So I posted earlier about how I was flabbergasted the oceangate guy didn’t just ask resident rich guy deep sea diving enthusiast James Cameron for sub advice or to borrow some of his tech or something. Cameron was just on the news with another prominent oceanographer saying “yeah i heard about the sub and warned some of the people involved in the construction that this was a really bad idea and this was completely preventable” hadffdhfdgsdf

@photophoregirl

oh, here’s some JUICY rumored details about meta’s plans for the fediverse

tl;dr “Meta will only federate with select larger instances from the beginning. There will be contracts which also provide for financial compensation for the instance owners.”

can’t entirely verify their validity but it’s still worth posting just in case

#FediPact #barcelona #project92 #p92 #meta #facebook #fediverse #fediblockmeta #FediAdmin #MastoAdmin #threads

@vantablack

While I wait for grocery delivery, I decided to do laundry. One of the items I washed was Hops, Phee’s kangaroo friend who is coming on vacation with us because both Sebastians are currently hospitalized and awaiting surgery. So I moved the clean laundry from washer to dryer and at some point, Callisto swooped in and stole Hops from the dryer. I know this because she proudly showed him to me once I’d started the dryer. Oy vey DOG! Needless to say Hops is in the dryer and it has been restarted.

@Pawpower

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We’ve noted for several years how the “race to 5G” was largely just hype by telecoms and hardware vendors eager to sell more gear and justify high U.S. mobile data prices. While 5G does provide faster, more resilient, and lower latency networks, it’s more of an evolution than a revolution. But that’s not what telecom giants […]