Old Woman Yelling at Clouds

Here goes an introduction attempt: I'm a lifelong Democrat living in a state that's getting more conservative by the day. My main hobby is SCA which is often rightly described as a hundred hobbies in a trenchcoat. As such my main interests are spinning, cardweaving, cooking, archery and heraldry.

This sums up why they are trying to build data centers in my state -- it's easier to run roughshod over one couple on a rural road than it is to run over a large city of thousands. It's still evil.

If Bluesky has taught me nothing else, it has taught me it's okay to block assholes. Blocking them on Facebook is making me happier. I'm willing to have a polite discussion. I'm not willing to be insulted.

We're aware of a phishing attack that has compromised more than 4,500 accounts. The attack spread through posts promoting a fake offer of a government payment. We have temporarily suspended the compromised accounts and are working with their owners to secure them and restore access.

In my mind, I picture wombats as badger or possum sized, but they're ... um ... not.

Banning a booke ys extinguishing a beacon. Banning a booke ys silencinge a thousand voyces speakinge yn the heart. Banning a booke ys refusinge to looke at the stars. Banning a booke ys damming a streame of feelinge and invitinge flood. Banning a booke ys making a violent litel shryne to ignorance.

This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead

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Somehow I missed it was the month for the Shitty Camera Challenge. It's the kind of weirdness I value Bluesky for.

Why does grief always hit me unexpectedly in the middle of the night? Just under 2 weeks ago my ex-husband died in a far away state. After the initial shock I've been mostly okay. Except around midnight. Out of nowhere I break down without warning.

FYI for Black Hills of South Dakota residents. Boosting the signal.....

Auditors observed election mail at 14 processing facilities and 73 delivery units and found significant flaws in the handling of ballots. In some locations, management wasn’t familiar with ballot processing requirements.

An AI flyer is a brown M&M test. If your event or business is cutting corners by using an AI flyer, where else are you cutting corners? What else are you cheating out on? Why should I be bothered to go somewhere you couldn't be bothered to promote with a little of your own personality?

❌ No, Jill Biden wasn't a teenager working as the Biden family babysitter when she started dating Joe Biden. www.snopes.com/fact-check/j...

104 years ago, on the 13th of September 1922, the Straw Hat Riot began in New York city. A tradition of taunting people who wore straw hats after summer had ended escalated when a group of youths started to attack factory- and dockworkers, who fought back. #otd #history 🗃️

The activists were sentenced to about 5 to 7 years in prison in a case widely seen as a barometer of the city's eroding freedoms as Beijing clamps down on dissent. n.pr/4xSyAzY

This exchange is so good.

“wE CarE abOUt tHe tRooPS” shut up no you fucking don’t, they’re just cannon fodder for your bloodlust

I think this has become my week when I'm finally through with being polite to Republicans and conservatives online. I've gone off on two of them on Facebook in two days. I miss the old me when times were calmer.

REMINDER: Dusty Johson, Mike Rounds, and John Thune cut $1 TRILLION from Medicaid.

I just had reason to look up Samuel Johnson's definition of _thumb_, and I like it: "The short strong finger answering to the other four."

The fireworks display last month at #MountRushmore cost the state of South Dakota $450,000 more than the event generated in economic impact, according to the state Department of Tourism. buff.ly/c11PjUY

Hatred and exclusion of Americans due to their religion is illegal, anti-American, and disgusting. We will not be silent.

100 years ago we were saying this about Catholics.

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I really recommend the 2022 documentary “It’s Quieter in the Twilight,” which profiles the scientists working in relative obscurity to keep the Voyager spacecraft operating—many of them past retirement age, but unwilling to quit until the Voyagers do. It was very sweet and thought-provoking.

You know you've made true fame when you've made it to The Onion!

Experts say immersion in cold water before an ambulance arrives can greatly increase the chances of heat stroke survival and reduce the risk of long-term complications.

Do not meddle yn the affaires of wyzardes, for thei will knocke upon thy doore and aske yf the paintinge of a barbarian fightinge a dragon on the syde of their van ys awesome or not, and so surprised thou will be that thou wilt doubte thyne owene judgemente and the poor wyzard will wayte, awkwarde.

I contacted a journal in my field when I found "myself" cited with a fictional work in their journal. They replied that it was not editor's responsibility to call the author out on that, and I should contact the authors directly. And, as a journal editor, I call that BS.

The fact that we almost did not get this movie about a little guy taking on a corporation focused only on profit because the studio decided to axe it for short term profit is frankly too much for me right now.

Arthurian Connector xkcd.com/3274/

I try not to overdo this bit but ... my man is begging for it. Let's go.

Don't know if I have any Sioux Falls people following me, but it doesn't hurt to spread the word.

Once upon a tyme Ich was falling yn love. Yet now Ich onlye falle all apart. Ther ys no thinge Ich kan do. A total eclipse of the herte

This is fascinating to watch/listen to. Two chaps talk about learning old English and then have a chat in it! youtu.be/Ww6hoKRWlpw?...

Their goal is to create so much chaos and so many crises that it starts to feel like nothing you do makes a difference. Don’t believe it. Every action matters. Keep showing up and remember the resistance will prevail!

I just got one of the most poorly designed messages in a game ever.

79 years ago, on the 8th of July 1947, reports were broadcast that a UFO crash-landed in Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the Roswell UFO incident. The debris had actually come from a military balloon part of a top secret program to detect Soviet nuclear tests. #otd #history 🗃️

JANE AUSTEN: “It was an earnest, steadfast gaze, but she often doubted whether there were much admiration in it, and sometimes it seemed nothing but absence of mind.” ELIZABETH, sweatily: Why does he keep staring at me with that stupid look on his stupid staring face, staring stupidly and facely???

It’s a start!

Titans of industry! Architects of tomorrow! So confidently, consistently wrong.