Couch potato. Enjoy history, science-ey stuff, and Bay Area fog! I follow people who seem to have interesting things to say/share
Joined Nov 2017
Finally got my first vaccine shot thanks to the City of Berkeley - if anyone else is an Alameda County resident and needs one, they're well-organized and it's easy to book
JB
boosted
Listen to Wikipedia: A Web Site That Turns Every Wikipedia Edit Into Ambient Music in Real Time.
Bells are additions, strings are subtractions.
Smaller edits sound higher ones, and larger edits lower ones. There’s something reassuring about knowing that every user makes a noise, every edit has a voice in the roar. (Green circles are anonymous edits and purple circles are bots. White circles are brought to you by Registered Users Like You.)
Finally got a chance to use the desktop browser version of CoSo instead of the Android app, so I got to test out #CoSoTalk - it works beautifully!
JB
boosted
Welcome to all of the new CoSo folks!!!
A few things about CoSo:
You can expect real people here to be helpful and nice.
You can enjoy freedom from ads, promoted content, and other manipulation.
You can feel secure that your data is private and not being harvested for misuse.
You can see people engage without cruelty for entertainment.
Please take your time, get settled, and savor the difference.
CoSo is a garden in the online desert.
💛
JB
boosted
Stop everything for 26 seconds and watch this.
Footage, with sound (!) from the surface of another planet.
You can HEAR Mars,...Just incredible.
JB
boosted
For those in Austin and Houston who need clean water, here are some lists of resources.
NASA's livestream of the Mars landing is starting (landing in about 90 minutes): https://youtu.be/gm0b_ijaYMQ
Phew...what a relief! I'm hoping to have a boring remainder of the day, without needing to worry about what craziness the administration has gotten up to
Woke up without an alarm at 5am Pacific... decided to stay awake because it feels like Christmas morning!
Oh my goodness, that Warriors win was an unexpected pleasure! It's actually more fun when they're underdogs #nba
JB
boosted
ALERT FOOD SAFETY RECALL
***PLEASE BOOST***
Nestle is recalling some pepperoni Hot Pockets because of concerns they may be contaminated with glass and hard plastic, the US FDA says
https://cnn.it/2XLmgBZ
I'm delighted that the mess that is the James Harden trade has offered me something else to pay attention to instead of politics #nba
It's sad that someone with that kind of distinguished career would come to this:
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/an-air-force-combat-veteran-breached-the-senate
Well, it's been another day of not being able to get work done...but the whackamole game that the Birdsite has been doing today has been a welcome bit of comedy!
JB
boosted
It's here. Track account suspensions related to Trump's whack-a-mole on Twitter at this dashboard, part of a series of trackers on Trump's final days (including resignations and calls for the president's removal). Will be updated with new reports.
https://public.tableau.com/views/WhiteHouseResignationTracker/TwitterSuspensionsDashboard
This is one of those days when I've reeeeeally appreciated the integration of the TV news feeds that @th3j35t3r set up for us!!
JB
boosted
Natl Assoc of Manufacturers (busn group) calls on Pence to invoke 25th amendment and remove trump w/o completing his term due to today
I've always enjoyed seeing the rest of the world celebrate New Year's all day before it gets to us in California - it's a full day of virtual celebration!
A nice appearance for the holiday, but sadly, it's been raining: Mysterious gingerbread monolith appears in San Francisco’s Corona Heights Park | KRON4
https://www.kron4.com/news/mysterious-gingerbread-monolith-appears-in-san-francisos-corona-heights-park/
Couch potato. Enjoy history, science-ey stuff, and Bay Area fog! I follow people who seem to have interesting things to say/share
Joined Nov 2017