Arthur Dent @ArthurDent@unxpnx.farm

#StarTrek #JellicoTrek Serving up something for the 4th

"Years ago, anthropologist Margaret Mead was asked by a student what she considered to be the first sign of civilization in a culture. The student expected Mead to talk about fishhooks or clay pots or grinding stones.
But no. Mead said that the first sign of civilization in an ancient culture was a femur (thighbone) that had been broken and then healed. Mead explained that in the animal kingdom, if you break your leg, you die. You cannot run from danger, get to the river for a drink or hunt for food. You are meat for prowling beasts. No animal survives a broken leg long enough for the bone to heal.
A broken femur that has healed is evidence that someone has taken time to stay with the one who fell, has bound up the wound, has carried the person to safety and has tended the person through recovery. Helping someone else through difficulty is where civilization starts, Mead said."
We are at our best when we serve others. Be civilized.

“Back in my day, memes were made in Macromedia Flash.”

“What’s Macromedia Flash, Grandpa?”

“Well it's like HTML5 except it puts malware on your computer."

As a hardcore punk band, you had to be able to endure a lot. Every evening could escalate

Dead Kennedys on Broadway, San Francisco, June 27, 1982. Photos by Greg Gaar

#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #deadkennedys #jellobiafra #history #punkrockhistory

a "root vegetable" is a vegetable with administrator privileges

@markarayner
Don't let that stop you.
Become ungovernable.

Made a thing

If you're concerned about the billionaires but can't have the slightest amount of compassion for refugees drowning at sea, you're the problem.

I'm looking at every nation, media outlet, and yes, Billionaire, that gives this amount of coverage, money, and international resources to this rescue operation but contribute to the opposite to migrants fleeing oppression and violence.

3/3

I'm furious about the money & international effort spent on both the causes of the desperate migration of refugees, and the money & effort spent to block and punish rescuers & refugees alike, and to force rescuers to leave thousands of people to die.

A couple billionaires drown on an $$$ and ill-advised tourist trip and it's tragedy. Thousands of refugees die and it's punishment for their crime of what? Color of their skin? Location of their birth? The amount of capital they don't own?

2/3

I'm laughing at memes about billionaires who can't pull themselves up to the surface by their own bootstraps, but in reality I'm furious.

I'm furious I was accused of human smuggling by FRONTEX (European border agency) for being part of a sea rescue operation that saved 1000+ lives of refugees fleeing war & terrorism.

I'm furious at the money & international effort being spent to rescue these billionaires when operations like ours cost so little and save so many lives, but are punished.

1/3

Edit: @neckspike got it, seems to be a Singer 9W. An unusual model indeed!

Edit 2: muting this now that it’s solved ;)

Ok here’s the true test of whether the fedi can replace Reddit. Can anyone help me identify this antique singer sewing machine?

I’m pretty good at recognizing all the most common models, but a friend found this in his in-law’s house and it has me stumped.

Boosts appreciated

#sewing @sewing #antique #antiqueSewingMachine #vintageSewingMachine

I don't know what the squirrels in my back yard are up to *exactly* but I feel like I'm the one who's going to wind up in jail for it.

Absolute gold. 🏅 My kids think this already.

John Rogers on the money, as usual:

What a wonderful story Nathan Lane recently told about an old interview where Robin Williams saved him from being inadvertently outed by Oprah during an interview during their 'Birdcage' days.

As if you needed yet another reason to love Robin Williams. 💕
https://www.comicsands.com/lane-robin-williams-oprah-outing-2659678209.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=toot&utm_campaign=SAND

They can't build predictive algorithms on you if you're unpredictable.

Let chaos reign.

your feelings are valid!!! your syntax unfortunately is not

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Look, I'm not suggesting anything, but I want to point out that France has erupted into violent protests because the government raised the retirement age.

From 62 to 64.

Meanwhile, in America, we're not eligible for full retirement benefits until 67.

Despite what many conservatives and "centrists" would have us believe, I don't think Americans riot often enough.

Okay, turns out I'm suggesting a thing.