@cwebber Don't know maybe you'd like this:
https://www.amherst.edu/museums/naturalhistory
there is also a small art museum within walking distance from there
.@mhall119 is developing an ethical alternative to #MeetUp called #GetTogether.
There's already a flagship site up and running:
https://gettogether.community/
The dev is working on #ActivityPub support and is requesting feedback on what more needs to be done:
https://github.com/GetTogetherComm/GetTogether/issues/60
If you're interested in helping federate GetTogether, join the discussion at the link above.
Some how the mead that was opened a month ago tastes better now. Guess it's mead tonight.
#mead
At work today, a car toots their horn while driving by...distinctly to the beat of "Jingle Bells"
Yep. This...
THESE YAKS WON'T SHAVE THEMSELVES
What The Controversy Over Facebook's Privacy Policy Reveals About The Company And Us
yakhair mountain
This is bonkers - an entire blog about almost-extinct restaurant chains: http://actionsdower.blogspot.com/
An interesting compilation of experts discussing the psychological effects of exploitative social media.
Some of these ideas also apply to benevolent social media networks as well, not because things like Mastodon are evil, but because of human behavior in general apparently.
Take care of yourselves everyone.
Trying out a slow cooker today for the first time: Corned beef, potatoes, onions #slowcooker
Didn't know that Twitter records you at any time the app is in the foreground. Good thing we are on Mastodon now! 😀 Keep up the good work @Gargron 👍 ❤️
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/06/phone-camera-microphone-spying
This is the most dystopian shit I've seen in a while:
Google and Microsoft are pushing websites to replace passwords with their fingerprint scans and facial recognition.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/360582/google-microsoft-push-websites-to-go-password-less
..done taking my break here. Off to picking up gravel in my yard...sigh