2026-10-23T08:09:26Z https://nostr.now Mike Taylor 🦕 https://nostr.now/npub1vaclwn7gm2udg98c5j8clshndafqucq3sfeppypn474y44ewfjyqmaxh6n https://cdn.masto.host/sauropodswin/accounts/avatars/000/000/356/original/6a00c678b9d78d6a.jpeg https://cdn.masto.host/sauropodswin/accounts/avatars/000/000/356/original/6a00c678b9d78d6a.jpeg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2s5fdacmr4ct8vvst05qar0vrdde4l0z68tdsknxyyl4pszddehqzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsdxve2s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd74llpdsdw6fhtxq2tlhcawvmeuhuzrycukkfxsuwwr3zhkgxgmsxeuw60'>nevent1q…uw60</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Such an underrated album. (Except Alan&#39;s Psychedelic Breakfast. That&#39;s just lazy and boring.) 2026-10-25T20:47:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8ygt9e3h99pnl7y96gxe6lj5aup804rusmf48wg74w95u0w6cghgzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgs0a2x9f &#34;You treated visitors to your website with the same respect that a restauranteur would treat patrons who had sat down to eat a meal; it would be exceedingly weird and creepy if you were to film them eating, or if you wrote down every word they said to each other and sold them to a stranger, or if you sniffed them while they ate and then said “I think I can guess what brand of perfume you’re wearing, can I order some more of it for you?”&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.anildash.com/2025/05/27/internet-of-consent/">https://www.anildash.com/2025/05/27/internet-of-consent/</a> 2026-09-24T20:33:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszpxm37lyrlw4t7kx3egm4j94l9pcv504hd9rn3dpyeh8ws35arwszypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgstmfh2j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswusya33pg292pvr4rmqze79nm527m6ck7s4560lukxvefkfvlqxqk062ju'>nevent1q…62ju</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Nice! How about one where, at each iteration, whichever two lines or arcs are closest to each other get merged into a single line/arc that is their average, and that continues until only one is left? 2026-09-22T10:43:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqw2u6n65r03meke5y59hajnhlqpvp3kdu8yw70754nyaewnj9grczypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsavwumz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfjzwxcfcwl84r886gdgtneug0fpu7vv7zs70vl9m7zy5xwaw5fjs38g220'>nevent1q…g220</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A truly great album — Dire Straits in full prog-rock mode. 2026-09-20T07:51:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstfcj6yx7qal8aw2f0325hzrv6lmv485swhuruqdcchwn72p6tljgzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgssv7naa &#34;The public overwhelmingly back the public ownership of water—in my view, with good reason. Public ownership would mean that the £22 billion earmarked for shareholder returns and interest over the next five years would go instead towards repairing our broken water infrastructure.&#34;<br/>— Paul Davies, MP for Colne Valley.<br/><br/><a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2026-09-14/debates/0E4845C2-E1B3-4BBB-8A08-6C7E05BD78DD/WaterSectorPublicOwnership">https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2026-09-14/debates/0E4845C2-E1B3-4BBB-8A08-6C7E05BD78DD/WaterSectorPublicOwnership</a> 2026-09-16T07:25:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyw8pxqfxj8uwqw2qgkskhl6c3pj8d4p30jzqjr28y6mlvyz40t4szypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgs2k5zzw &#34;In 1989, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher sold off our then publicly owned water and sewerage industry for £5.2 billion.<br/>…<br/>Private companies have paid out, in 2024 prices, around £83 billion—an average of £2.4 billion a year—as dividends, while loading the companies in debt. Often, those loans were taken out simply to increase the amount of cash extracted as dividends.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2026-09-14/debates/0E4845C2-E1B3-4BBB-8A08-6C7E05BD78DD/WaterSectorPublicOwnership">https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2026-09-14/debates/0E4845C2-E1B3-4BBB-8A08-6C7E05BD78DD/WaterSectorPublicOwnership</a> 2026-09-16T07:19:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspmdhhyhzrrdd0drqph3zs4chdy3pnn3mk8zsu4h78w27pe5k0r4qzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsncucpz &#34;The campaign to reinstate Pluto – with its passionate advocates, ongoing debates, occasional protests and petitions – seems to be largely confined to the US. “It is more of an issue in the United States,” says Metzger. “This was the one we discovered.” So, the planet’s demotion was a source of wounded pride? “I’ll admit there was some of that – among the public, not the scientists.”&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/aug/31/forbidden-planet-was-plutos-2006-demotion-a-big-mistake">https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/aug/31/forbidden-planet-was-plutos-2006-demotion-a-big-mistake</a><br/><br/>Incoming: executive order reinstating Pluto as a planet and renaming it &#34;America&#34; 2026-08-31T06:52:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdlf6pr4ar0tchxdkngtvfs869a55j6psn4lyu8jjj32nh70tvtvqzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgs4ka69v RE: <a href="https://thecanadian.social/@MostlyHarmless/117174393099795293">https://thecanadian.social/@MostlyHarmless/117174393099795293</a><br/><br/>Dear all Billionaires,<br/><br/>THIS is what you want the world&#39;s reaction to be when you die.<br/>nostr:note1lav9jqgzavhl4kgqkdytdj4ukz89z4psx7djcku0amflysuw6w7s2cay8n<br/> 2026-08-29T09:13:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgya2kfxvrwmmsln9zddk7ttnks89u2ft90yr5xguevjq3ulmye9qzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsyh9cpx AWESOME new feature in #LibreOffice! Every time I change the anchoring of an image to &#34;as character&#34;, the whole program crashes!<br/><br/>And I have 19 figures to paste and arrange into this manuscript that I want to get submitted tonight.<br/><br/>_sigh_<br/><br/>Welcome to the shiny digital future.<br/><br/>CC <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1tgg430m4q5ak0zezsxp4vvglkcu3vxtykyc272khxs4axddh0wxs7hqwzh" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>LibreOffice</span> (<span class="italic">npub1tgg…qwzh</span>)</a></span>! 2026-08-20T23:12:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr7u7sus208r8lfmq9d3f9kfk5rvueq8dsxff3f47zfqpmy78z6qczypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsrxggz7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs84f4tcdn8tlwns272fnljhnlk7tqwcre0n78769kvgjluvqs9fwghcfy5p'>nevent1q…fy5p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Which (A) is a ton of work that most regular people don&#39;t want to take on, and (B) leaves you left behind for actual bugfixes, e.g. timestamps properly and consistently updating when returning to a page the next morning. 2026-08-18T16:53:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0hu0udweaa6ccjl7s9f7rwsy98ml08kn9xl5p854uapvlllsa2hqzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsty3apj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz24h930gyad2vaupahnp67e2jaelwugwu448u2hwt3hvm8v0fh6cn8p0qy'>nevent1q…p0qy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That captures my feelings better than my own original post did. I use a couple of dozen apps all the time, and ALL of them are constantly changing under my feet. I really wanted Mastodon to be the exception. 2026-08-18T16:44:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0q3rqkt98vhcsmzj5ry3u0pm4u978w2qhhdpk755j0xuny4h07dqzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgs4nqj0q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswyqmlp9mdkywtp8fwqqgq8qr2z6zl9qn5fwlpfza8pqawezn0v6q8u49fz'>nevent1q…49fz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>OK, well I think so far the responses to my post have all been in disagreement with me, so I evidently have to withdraw the &#34;no-one wants&#34; part! 2026-08-18T16:36:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2luywl5ddyfn3v75av0vkdvxgjvjle0lwtpen3gtct4zeua9z8ngzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgs3jrhet In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswgqvn8zjelfryk9twzaah6fv2mgqluzm3efge87v9ryhcf4jkhuqrcc007'>nevent1q…c007</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The issue isn&#39;t whether the new look is better than the current one. It&#39;s the need to relearn what we once have learned.<br/><br/>And I do think if you asked a hundred Mastodon users &#34;What would you like to be different about Mastodon?&#34;, a vanishingly tiny proportion would reply &#34;a new look&#34;. 2026-08-18T16:27:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgy55yhe826k2vs68xxgq7rzej2npq00339wg3dmvg5thy7vcn7yszypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsgcdfla In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs82g7zhuetr4enya5ne6d7wk4r6j5e9jnpyudapmk0r9sk8avcfhcvtkzh8'>nevent1q…kzh8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Please, NO new visual look. No-one wants this. We&#39;re all happy with the look we know. 2026-08-18T16:17:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdapyzwrvseduk0kvegpkj5k7ujeld8ea8xl0u7xh4jperyt5yrtczypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsrylc5h &#34;Shareholder activism targeting CEOs has more than quadrupled since 2018, a December 2025 report by the Conference Board found. Consumer-facing industries have seen “particularly large spikes” in shareholder campaigns that focus on making sure investors get more money.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/10/consumed-consumer-goods-quality">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/10/consumed-consumer-goods-quality</a> 2026-08-11T07:11:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8r8ckgmkq7t5pd3z2ztj5ruqhdtkv0e6y37tra7ea04y2gyf9wjgzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgs5kwr9u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx869ca8vvfg6jq8deewtpv0zrrjncfesyd6epyw57cl5w40ehhdszu98rf'>nevent1q…98rf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Superstitious indeed.<br/><br/>We&#39;ve had plenty of the blog-posts on SV-POW! cited in formal literature (and not only by us!) These days they all have DOIs, but that wasn&#39;t true for most of the blog&#39;s lifespan. 2026-08-03T17:06:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2cv92e94vdla2t3q97883nllevsd5xsnrlsj5l9l2f0hm23y7ckszypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsjrl7df Please #help me with research! Newspapers.com has five articles from Toronto in the date-range 1990-1992 that mention Barosaurus, but it won&#39;t even tell me what the headlines are without a subscription.<br/><a href="https://www.newspapers.com/results/?city=Toronto&amp;date-end=1992&amp;date-start=1990&amp;keyword=barosaurus&amp;region=ca-on">https://www.newspapers.com/results/?city=Toronto&amp;date-end=1992&amp;date-start=1990&amp;keyword=barosaurus&amp;region=ca-on</a><br/><br/>If anyone does have a subscription, could you please send a list of headlines and dates? Thanks! dino@miketaylor.org.uk 2026-07-29T15:06:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg2v0udnjvzxrct0ld8mu59x8vw3syrcs04gq3ggdpqdrlx3l4l0czypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgse00qwq &#34;I don’t know how this is going to play out. But we are really now at the point where it’s pretty clear that Trump and the people around him have given up on actually winning the election. They’ve decided instead that somecombination of propaganda, misinformation, disinformation, and possibly massive illegality is their way forward.&#34;<br/><br/>— Paul Krugman, <a href="https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-forever-war-gets-scary">https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-forever-war-gets-scary</a> 2026-07-15T11:54:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvnxdsw56shgj66nt22d86evrnpnfu9vpcdhjrmxzdtq64zsz6xgszypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgs2k5zyl &#34;I know many of you have been gripped by the revelations about Nigel Farage’s personal finances published by The Times and The Sunday Times over the past week. Today, we can reveal the Reform UK leader is paying himself £50,000 in rent for a studio space at one of his houses — which is conveniently 1p less than the amount requiring a declaration to the Register of Members’ Interests.&#34;<br/><br/>— The Times daily update for Saturday. 2026-07-13T09:23:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr2a88cgzq3vvtf8egl6wzlxpgqpapaqxqcxh4ugzspzf3sxcj43qzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsm65d2c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszw3hndxt0g22zrujncxy42qafzhnmqswn6hd7at8gwzq3rlpkqpqlzt20f'>nevent1q…t20f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A truly great singer who approached every song, however silly, with utter conviction. And in doing so, elevated them above silliness into high art. 2026-07-10T16:00:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsffm6jt5ayzjzax3kh4g27665d0dhrww7kwfh85tps62qd0s37k4qzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgszvxvmj TIL that on the The Angels&#39;s 1967 one-hit wonder “My Boyfriend’s Back”, the trumpet was played by Ronnie James Dio.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.loudersound.com/features/ronnie-james-dio-the-early-years">https://www.loudersound.com/features/ronnie-james-dio-the-early-years</a> 2026-06-30T13:39:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszppflyqmgevcvkc9cydust0wg7nl6facv9zx778pzwyfs4ppxe5qzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsxwn48n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsph4t5r2mca6jf6u2n0qqz24rejw585q7kqxhjzuktvf2zlck8eds7w5pp0'>nevent1q…5pp0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thanks, all of that makes sense. I didn&#39;t realise we already had turbines sitting idle. 2026-06-30T06:33:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx24ud23fcvyfphtr897w85gcu46jj9sf69s2mr2jk6rrflhh3h7qzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgscapx0m In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd2rezs56sg255ftd8t8cjzwrdjkvm0thrd802l52m5kpezwrctvqdjfv58'>nevent1q…fv58</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Do you object to the turbines themselves? Or just to their use in powering a data centre? 2026-06-30T06:25:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqw5k2m0avlrny9qpazt3fhdu6wwv2wqpyc94gf30gwtm46wt4vhczypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgs9xtmu0 I have submitted my suggested storm names to the Met Office: ExxonMobil, Shell, BP, Chevron and Gazprom.<br/><br/>In &#34;Reason for name choice(s) (optional)&#34; I wrote:<br/><br/>These are the corporations whose deliberate actions have caused the storms. They deserve credit.<br/><br/>Make your own recommendations at <a href="https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-our-storms-call-for-names">https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-our-storms-call-for-names</a><br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/sauropodswin/media_attachments/files/116/816/090/787/347/947/original/2231d73057343885.png"> <br/> 2026-06-26T11:08:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs82qfyygg7cgfwjrmfqtwhvj6cwxlpct7txtp3x2xap6e2zrskteszypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsjggn9u Does anyone know of a device I can buy that:<br/>1. Plugs into a USB cable.<br/>2. Lets me copy MP3s onto it.<br/>3. Plays those MP3s through a headphone socket?<br/>(3b [optional]. Can also play via Bluetooth.)<br/><br/>Basically, like an old iPod but without all the Apple-specific crud. 2026-06-14T13:42:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst4d0glq62pf2xn36w8u34gz6z7s44yxyk9sdsu9ds2tkm36xm0qgzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgstq3rka In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqcwq4zrqx63nmfxckzm0fcvwkxmgtuw83t5anwsy62glh5f7l33svwssee'>nevent1q…ssee</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My vote goes to Mike Portnoy — a musician first, a drummer second. 2026-06-12T09:48:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg4f9j54rlnvcgc2ss8763g8j5wedhnvzs77jvfdgvladg7232yrszypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsl9x2sm &#34;The truth is, tech doesn’t have an image problem. It doesn’t have a message problem. It has an intention problem. […] When you launch a product that’s designed to put millions of people out of work, block access to sources of verifiable truth, replace human creativity with slop, and lower the barriers to every sort of atrocity, the problem isn’t that you haven’t told the public a good story about those things. The problem is that you are trying to do them.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theringer.com/2026/05/28/tech/pope-leo-xiv-ai-encyclical-tech-industry-problems">https://www.theringer.com/2026/05/28/tech/pope-leo-xiv-ai-encyclical-tech-industry-problems</a> 2026-05-31T12:48:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstg3e75ssddl4vw8cxspetugq97mhwjmg6j3ynm0v0enq20qjnf3qzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgs06hjqv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs852gsrzex53ch4c7j58dtueh5rzfv553g4ln67dyudrcsrl9eteqk2rs4f'>nevent1q…rs4f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Woah! Brothers in Arms, Tubular Bells and Holy Diver all on the same day (in different years admittedly)? That&#39;s a stellar trio. 2026-05-25T10:34:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfpw4d2mr4l54e9jzf6hw2n44jrqx6wv4nmklcg22s392z5dx4n6szypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsaavtdz RE: <a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/116571974334663481">https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/116571974334663481</a><br/><br/>Hmm, this seems like the kind of scheme that the UK could benefit from being part of. If only there was some kind of union of European countries that we could be a part of.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1yzwmsqt0cp8japa4l0x48hv2vrl54ugv6cw907agh59hleudnw3qezqyxl" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1yzw…qyxl</a></span><br/> </div> 🚆 One journey. One ticket. Full rights.<br/><br/>We’re making cross-border train journeys simpler:<br/><br/>🎫 One booking across rail operators<br/>Find, compare and book trains from different operators in one transaction. <br/><br/>🛡️ Full passenger rights for the whole journey<br/>If you miss a connection on a single ticket, you’ll get assistance, including rerouting, reimbursement and compensation.<br/><br/>📲 Clearer pricing info<br/>Travel options shown fairly and clearly, so you can easily compare and choose.<br/><br/><a href="https://link.europa.eu/jMThrK">https://link.europa.eu/jMThrK</a><br/> <img src="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/system/media_attachments/files/116/571/968/469/653/811/original/06e770ede4c9c2a2.png"> <br/> </blockquote> 2026-05-14T12:01:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstkl5mmmj7ypua8dt6hkksx3acq9j9nn5c2fm6xg5ktlequucyk4czypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsxjct0t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf3nh8y3h86zg3zw3tm7fenw45epz3dh4vkts4nfvmt2gdjv9ht8sv6g790'>nevent1q…g790</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>We will all be outlaws soon. 2026-02-17T17:18:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsglj4gpvurxv3z2gcyfkg0xnug5em8z4ktxdq28lgkatvy42vpnsgzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgskea5hm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstl6zpdm59qadmz8n4cv4h798af3p6mtz5zv7c9566xntcssrfrgsde8a2j'>nevent1q…8a2j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Fantastic album. Up there with Machine Head, and those two some way above all the others IMHO. 2026-02-15T12:54:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswmadw6qyppdts04wacxzmq8qszx8m7vec4ae7re3mqftfnua9jvqzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgs37h62f Over the last few weeks I have noticed a behaviour in myself.<br/><br/>If I follow a link and I get a &#34;We care about your privacy&#34; popup, I click the &#34;Reject all&#34; button and read the article.<br/><br/>But if there is no &#34;Reject all&#34; button, just a link to a complicated set of preferences, I simply close the window and never see what the article had to say.<br/><br/>I wonder how many others do this.<br/><br/>And how many web-sites are losing A LOT of their traffic for this reason.<br/><br/>—<br/>UPDATE: see replies, lots of people do this! 2026-02-14T09:01:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyajv4pnagammxptfs8rrpa5d453xhpa2ulljdd3uf8ar0562rnqqzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgslvgjzj RE: <a href="https://mamot.fr/@RaphJ/116062828875470566">https://mamot.fr/@RaphJ/116062828875470566</a><br/><br/>In English, the speech bubble reads: &#34;I&#39;m sticking with X, but only to resist and offer a counterpoint.&#34;<br/>nostr:note1jhvech7q996yywwhuvzzwrjktxse6szu37x7ctxsx7dx7y50pa5sc5hl59<br/> 2026-02-13T12:29:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg3wf5t379ckh2vzx7lt28shxl9qsrxh9vv487cdcal2jdj7kg5vszypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgspp7gtz The foul an Salah is &#34;not enough&#34; for a penalty, as Gary Neville helpfully explained, because &#34;Bernardo Silva was clever enough not to leave his hand on the shoulder for too long&#34;. A short foul is fine, you see. Thank heavens the rules are the same for everyone.<br/><br/>#LFC 2026-02-08T17:15:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgejafyz6enmfpqy0g08el6cfeavdy0gswlvaz5vsp4x6wmnn5rrqzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsd9rmm5 &#34;For example, I work in a university. Normal people think that the purpose of a university is to research new knowledge and educate the next generation.<br/><br/>What universities actually do, however, is publish papers nobody reads in journals nobody can afford, in order to make their numbers go up in ranking systems nobody understands, so they can attract research funding and student enrollments so they can pay people to publish more academic papers.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.hughrundle.net/i-accidentally-became-a-foss-maintainer-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-new-perspective-on-librarianship/">https://www.hughrundle.net/i-accidentally-became-a-foss-maintainer-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-new-perspective-on-librarianship/</a> 2026-02-08T00:34:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs942u2389z6xx9l0yezsujsgavsns8ss6xln30mz0ymf338al6d9szypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgs3vppp7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstnz2tasxv8qzqqrhhlnymgh0kz2j4dqvwae56vf5p3qykzjv5v4gmdlyav'>nevent1q…lyav</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There ya go! I just listened through it again in honour of the anniversary, so thanks for posting.<br/><br/>By brief thoughts about this album, if you&#39;re interested, are at <a href="https://reprog.wordpress.com/2025/04/23/what-ive-been-listening-to-in-2024/">https://reprog.wordpress.com/2025/04/23/what-ive-been-listening-to-in-2024/</a> 2026-02-03T17:11:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw088mmarjq2c0srtdsue2wkmap3wjemdqvagpe2mlw33089kzu0gzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsu8gf90 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq0g95wtxyp4w9l3j3kczh65su64nnud77t5jzj25kwva57g696xq9kyytu'>nevent1q…yytu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Wrong cover art! 2026-02-03T09:05:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqm35gtsla4nuz0qmx6nlxhydp696hqpzmqjmxq0hnajkleh4r6sgzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsveezqe Gerrard calls it at half time: Ekitike is Torres-like.<br/><br/>#LFC 2026-01-31T21:00:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspdw0hlaphhhdqyj4hppgdceg6s6aqz52ss4rf7v8mz9u00p7y0nczypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgspwd3zt &#34;The collapse of the AI bubble is going to be ugly. Seven AI companies currently account for more than a third of the stock market, and they endlessly pass around the same $100bn IOU.&#34;<br/>— Cory Doctorow, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/18/tech-ai-bubble-burst-reverse-centaur">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/18/tech-ai-bubble-burst-reverse-centaur</a> 2026-01-27T10:18:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr0yhyj45xs7l4hhd27f0dnr5zacmfjz27uylmp866lh5y8zs0mmgzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsvekkr9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr5lpt6wa6p6j2lch7cw6xasjyc4036269fwtyuc36w9mq2ed9prs7xfz44'>nevent1q…fz44</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That is ... a disturbing cover. 2026-01-21T13:54:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfxpef9wzvzc9zsf9qlyhn8qr04yxr60xg62dyhu6g0nac27sxumszypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsckqhlg &#34;The problem [with LLMs] is not the young generation. The problem is the older generation destroying critical infrastructure out of fear of missing out on the new shiny thing from big corp’s marketing department.&#34;<br/><a href="https://ploum.net/2026-01-19-exam-with-chatbots.html">https://ploum.net/2026-01-19-exam-with-chatbots.html</a> 2026-01-20T20:35:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvc5wytu660qcrq7h0q3xsnth54pgr8uyrn98sldccps5h3p05h5czypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgs53csjw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqucml2ajmmhrsmww4cmqm0d5yhyjxx4u84xjgx3ehk5vwgahradcjfl7x4'>nevent1q…l7x4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;There&#39;s no comprehending<br/>Just how close to the bone and the skin and the eyes and the lips you can get<br/>And still feel so alone<br/>And still feel related&#34;<br/>— Joni Mitchell, _Coyote_. 2026-01-07T11:49:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq43j6e8vrxx8qekd6snn0ugr5xv09p7ffk4sywlwtsl2pg80m5sgzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsd023kj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy8vkkewezls9e2ayrlnzv0raekn4e3vma6ewufq4zcaaaxrx7l6std6qg7'>nevent1q…6qg7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Three pounds fifty!<br/><br/>According to the Bank of England&#39;s inflation calculator <a href="https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy/inflation/inflation-calculator">https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy/inflation/inflation-calculator</a> that would be £27.43 today. But the reality is, it would cost ten times that. Why are gigs so much more expensive now? 2025-12-31T15:12:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdrkfulex407j32xykdpg80ppv0nt27rgf2fy2c05qmtndrqq669qzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgstvw42v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy5cet7nx8gqlylz9ggthwp7aapyc86unnhmljrndnmwknr26cuhsczmr3f'>nevent1q…mr3f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>So very very many. Supper&#39;s Ready is one that springs immediately to mind. 2025-12-27T12:19:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfrvkjgge4s2lmehh9k2zgl55slgmfr8wmnaaw5r5dnrgekn4rstqzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsn2t9dr RE: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@firefoxwebdevs/115740500373677782">https://mastodon.social/@firefoxwebdevs/115740500373677782</a><br/><br/>This is great news so far as it goes.<br/><br/>But.<br/><br/>It amounts to &#34;We&#39;re going to take all our resources (apart from the CEO&#39;s $7M salary, obviously) and plough it into generating plausible bullshit. But GREAT NEWS! You can turn it off.<br/><br/>What if we spend all that effort on something people actually want?<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1dnns6lv8msdyjjpl0kdep6wgtzuk89spczaktyvjkj0k85gdxa9sw4aufw" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1dnn…aufw</a></span><br/> </div> Something that hasn't been made clear: Firefox will have an option to completely disable all AI features.<br/><br/>We've been calling it the AI kill switch internally. I'm sure it'll ship with a less murderous name, but that's how seriously and absolutely we're taking this.<br/><br/>… </blockquote> 2025-12-19T13:18:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstumama6ekvxlm5vjl50wcznr92mes5fpwrjrny7prxus9llpuqmszypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsmjd5l0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspzpvngsprjtrtp87qnl8a4qkhx6zr76ydwwvwsjnacx00ys3kh7gt6pf8w'>nevent1q…pf8w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, I did get it from the website instead. Are the MacOS-specific improvements documented anywhere? (I don&#39;t see it described in the App Store itself.) 2025-12-18T12:03:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspf96gm4lcckh2ytlujguqmtcg2f6gpc6ss7wagj06txm692mryegzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgswume2q I&#39;m setting up a new MacBook, and I need #LibreOffice obviously. It occurred to me that it might be available in the App Store, which would be slightly more convenient than a separate download. It is ... for £8.99. What on earth is going on?!<br/><br/>CC <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1tgg430m4q5ak0zezsxp4vvglkcu3vxtykyc272khxs4axddh0wxs7hqwzh" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>LibreOffice</span> (<span class="italic">npub1tgg…qwzh</span>)</a></span> 2025-12-18T09:29:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvxr34njqtuft6yh44cdpkh3v0aajkazrvnyfaghk6ppwam9dg0aszypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgs5hdxsx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg5w3qcpscx8hxrzy5057jpqmhn3ddy5x29dmcqyy78tm2a9t3yks900yge'>nevent1q…0yge</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Can I have Ritchie Blackmore and Steve Morse, or did they have to be simultaneous? (If not, then I want extra credit for Joe Satriani.) 2025-12-07T20:30:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9lpu45jl04emg9v4l878xvs30a8snx6jwp6mjum6wa3xwpv8zd7szypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgss4kznr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8th80zv88azd80qtuardryzrptzg2mgpyhmnx5zjvwzce66y8h0sx2s7wf'>nevent1q…s7wf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Giving him an excellent conversion rate of 50% 🙂 2025-11-30T17:59:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspy64prkkrz9hvhuu53lmhjhyppx2fq4uykskpnuyzt9s04dr9fsczypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgs3ddkml In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvyw0acsm8j33fg5k5kv3g2wx8v9dj3at0nsq738r8snmrcz6n2nqwn53me'>nevent1q…53me</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The feature I really need, and whose absence keeps sending me back to Google Maps despite msyelf, is real-time routing based on prevailing traffic. Is there any way that might be on the way? (I get that it depends on privacy-dubious approaches, but it&#39;s just so darned useful.) 2025-11-29T12:07:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8gtultakjzvhmv0h3s638w58kgj88jclhmaldt8a4gwqnuntn3fgzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgstq0v77 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0acvpak44gvknaj3c3x42sn3w89zyd0a8lr6lwa5g8s9y0rrua6sv69fxx'>nevent1q…9fxx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh, my, another stone-cold classic. Six decades later, there&#39;s still nothing that sounds like it.<br/><br/>(Except the bridge of the Blue Öyster Cult&#39;s _The Golden Age of Leather_. Checkout from 3m30s at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDgJpQZae0E#t=3m30s">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDgJpQZae0E#t=3m30s</a>) 2025-11-19T15:41:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0js5ptpr0ltvmn98m06uy9wkusuej0xg045xjsuws92u4frg8x4gzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgs46r07e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2jk0w3k98jlem0zthyjj7qxy795gfcnftgl4dc3r7llcmznczf2g9q8sqh'>nevent1q…8sqh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m not sure that&#39;s true. Nigel Farage, for example, was a privately educated merchant banker. Still, I can&#39;t begin to empathize enough to imagine what his motives might be, 2025-11-18T10:50:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfh2kh5jh3y5hmtylh570fhqwk9nddfrdgryhjp5n8dk6g24wfnnqzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsget4cg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvvj4a4549e6jcvx60rmryfemq3wfuhfxmd0gum873crgw3wylksgydygka'>nevent1q…ygka</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>But no-one (I assume) goes into politics with the aim of getting votes. They go in with the aim of making things better for people by governing well. But by the time politicians actually get into government, most have been so worn down by the process that little trace of that initial goal remains. 2025-11-18T10:40:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrrpv5lz0mf5q7qlepp3hu6uazrqkuf4xy0y40xmptsc7rsejzjcszypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsrh8srq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdcp332g6xn60kqq7us0g6p6dsy979m009947unq2ds6ayh08eqjs96x9uq'>nevent1q…x9uq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>C. S. Lewis wrote about this (in another context) in 1942:<br/><br/>&#34;To sacrifice the greater good for the less and then not to get the lesser good after all -- that is the surprising folly. […] If Esau really got his pottage in return for his birthright, then Esau was a lucky exception. You can&#39;t get second things by putting them first; you can get second things only by putting first things first.&#34;<br/><br/>A government doesn&#39;t exist to get re-elected, but to govern. 2025-11-18T10:30:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszg63lartcxldh7qe0pllmgxgufycv4268mmlvry3lkt24nvh7segzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsekl7yp I was already done with the shrivelled husk that still calls itself the #Labour Party and will be voting #Green in future — a party that actually stands for something. But if I&#39;d not yet given up on Labour, yesterday&#39;s vile anti-refugee rhetoric would have put the lid on it.<br/><br/>The UK has not had a #Conservative Party for ten years now: the name and machinery succumbed to reverse takeover by UKIP. Now the same is happening to the former Labour Party.<br/><br/>It&#39;s a cancer. 2025-11-17T09:09:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0ssjhl6vqhz2lmna38380xhl73efhjptwjm9js8d2sxsm8a6qd0czypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsrslc84 Today I learned that all those pointless collective nouns (a murder of crows, a parliament of owls, a pride of lions), which are only ever used in pub quizzes, were made up by one woman 500 years ago.<br/><a href="https://www.themarginalian.org/2024/01/04/brian-wildsmith-birds-company-terms/">https://www.themarginalian.org/2024/01/04/brian-wildsmith-birds-company-terms/</a><br/><br/>#TIL #TodayILearned 2025-11-13T08:21:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy00czj85ajhjjg7uf8wjnyem26aq3d489aph37m0axsynaquqjwgzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsgyw6rf My word, this is bleak. Imagine having everything material that the world can give you and still being so inadequate.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/sauropodswin/media_attachments/files/115/524/948/439/609/962/original/1cd5024064dcc205.png"> <br/> 2025-11-10T10:34:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsglpndjf4z3had5r50prqeqdmsag3hn3jrq23qttc0ckzkwhac3zszypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsduld75 I expect #LFC to get shafted by officials in the Premier League. We&#39;ve seen it consistently. But I don&#39;t expect it in the UCL. 2025-11-04T20:35:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfyc6fu43cnl8rm54p0yme9h0g6zmkgkgk3zf9j5tw9v62g2tdxkqzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsu63zq7 We all knew about this trend, but I didn&#39;t realise it was nearly so extreme as this:<br/><br/>&#34;Before 2000, for instance, only about 25% of top-grossing movies were prequels, sequels, spinoffs, etc. Now it’s 75%.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.experimental-history.com/p/the-decline-of-deviance">https://www.experimental-history.com/p/the-decline-of-deviance</a> 2025-10-30T13:12:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd66azezp478jer9hg0gk0s89lw6h2safl7f4yh2dc49kt0hpm9ygzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgs06mr2r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvqcc2w0p28mdvy6y7eeesxx3vu3tea55zn85d9kuye85k6p2mecg6d27vl'>nevent1q…27vl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Some great stuff on this album, notably Stagnation. All of it gets overlooked in favour of the The Knife, for some reason. 2025-10-23T10:33:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw5lck998wz82wjjns0ymptavxgdmally5s4yqlkygdtpjr3hd5uqzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsdn8r7g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0rpdcmalyz7959jpa3sw7zdn0dehtxrft9dtfndp772s4vfmvhcqnjp05s'>nevent1q…p05s</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Not a deserved loss at all. Possession was all but even (they had the edge), so were shots (we had the edge), and we had 3 big chances to their 2, all adding up to 1.93 xG to their 0.88. According to the stats, we were more than a full goal better than them. 2025-10-04T19:44:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx75wckrjwz5a0y5t3j2zyzgggtvdzjs6ltkcx63e0zlfa7u5t9ggzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgs2w5uvh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszxzhadq9q0vwnm024xdqrzsy3xta9we6j9l9rafn292zxulzyflcczljar'>nevent1q…ljar</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>JFI, I reference this photo on our sauropod vertebra blog: <a href="https://svpow.com/2025/10/01/necks-the-lying-liars-that-just-keep-lying/">https://svpow.com/2025/10/01/necks-the-lying-liars-that-just-keep-lying/</a> 2025-10-01T11:28:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswang443uejd23kckcd39mex0j6v00znypfmnu7zp94g9z79ynhhczypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgs94972f Liverpool now up to 1.02 xG according to FotMob.<br/><br/>#LFC 2025-09-30T19:38:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszqjkv3zmjdnh2ndx7klh350nmy4y4y95m9gul8h8c5q9r0s0qa6szypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsn89ty5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswhlvn8uj3uyzdrdwwjx742t3u3u6zepdujvdvzlkdzfdw06zsjkc2ksq6n'>nevent1q…sq6n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There&#39;s one half of a really good Genesis album in ABACAB. 2025-09-27T09:29:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9a5deggdnzp457469mq3vvxtsedcgulj9ax9a925s5054qpadrsczypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgse2g3kn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv96qvdlrlwkp6kzh03a4k5u6ked02z9d4dh7ydhxxmn27ztn9d0cdkdm67'>nevent1q…dm67</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You may enjoy my career summary of Whitesnake at <a href="https://reprog.wordpress.com/2017/03/24/whitesnake-a-tragedy-in-about-12-acts/">https://reprog.wordpress.com/2017/03/24/whitesnake-a-tragedy-in-about-12-acts/</a> 2025-09-22T09:10:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8py23wuhzwz6m8rynuedq48983r5lxtdx5gm2h06ea24a5dv8k8gzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgscdez25 That is a harsh second yellow for Burnley&#39;s man. I would NOT be happy about that if happened to us.<br/><br/>#LFC 2025-09-14T14:46:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0ehmgy849hknpj8k68j9mqt4z0cq3nyyghaaqn0u22fapa6hgsfqzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgs6kegc7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxyluxnl03r2vh3zcaagr8w89f87nsp5q0err2pmgnz9mrske9qgs7ncjsh'>nevent1q…cjsh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>But attitudes aside, it&#39;s just a straight-up bad song. 2025-09-09T14:57:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz6g3jc2h9gfufpff8a40q8jcvlm8er49r0jph8pu6dxjka5m7flqzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgspf73g3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs09478fup3ufen3pptr69vnnq24hert3kwm7yjjn4q4lg474xv8mch6m6hl'>nevent1q…m6hl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Making Movies is a very strange album. Side is all solid gold classics — admittedly only three of them. But side 2 falls apart as it progresses, ending up in surely the single worst Dire Straits song. 2025-09-09T14:13:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrvnlfvythr9ts5rxrl6a9z8stng9vtax2l9tnceqz94gqcn3uhfczypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgs622nqd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxt4g94u7rt3ksq9h7ac0ajahuuxlppd7yl856wf8y7kg6txtuh2q2t9kgr'>nevent1q…9kgr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes; but I am enjoying the new Frost* album. 2025-09-09T08:52:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspkwy60nq57snwrz973p7h2hujsqg8wzxzletl2h3tmpmwx0dsp3czypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgs7zvjnr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0hdgr63n2g3e3ml8c006jqfvwl6nzlvrq5zxe29s3nq80ndfxmncc993vl'>nevent1q…93vl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Exactly! Other late-career albums that I consider underrated:<br/><br/>It Bites — The Tall Ships<br/>Deep Purple — Purpendicular<br/>Blue Öyster Cult — The Symbol Remains<br/><br/>… but definitely not any of the late Genesis stuff! 2025-09-09T08:45:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsttp0sg4ydnuk242xucsr8kymejs4fx3qznezaj7c350vhc7l0a8qzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsu3aty3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9vuj8lpsqwj6xfuzp4uw08crwx4nsj9pea4cujuhdfl9sgzgsh2gfjefh5'>nevent1q…efh5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Haha, and it&#39;s interesting to see that the only other comment on the original post <a href="https://sauropods.win/<span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1m72c2pl56u6rkgrdzmktxfd494lfncktm86nts60ncdm34k7xd4qltu75y" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Gary</span> (<span class="italic">npub1m72…u75y</span>)</a></span>/115173033455684520">https://sauropods.win/<span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1m72c2pl56u6rkgrdzmktxfd494lfncktm86nts60ncdm34k7xd4qltu75y" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Gary</span> (<span class="italic">npub1m72…u75y</span>)</a></span>/115173033455684520</a> says the exact opposite! 🙂<br/>CC <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1m72c2pl56u6rkgrdzmktxfd494lfncktm86nts60ncdm34k7xd4qltu75y" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Gary</span> (<span class="italic">npub1m72…u75y</span>)</a></span> 2025-09-09T08:43:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9vuj8lpsqwj6xfuzp4uw08crwx4nsj9pea4cujuhdfl9sgzgsh2gzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgs3z7d9r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgryzn87968psfppzp58hpgd8vhunng38ht5nn8kvvr46epdvtlcc4r6r2p'>nevent1q…6r2p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Very underrated album IMHO. Sounds absolutely stellar, and quite a few of the songs have legs. 2025-09-09T08:42:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr4gzyw7dxqq9ew8l29e4x678hxk6se7cwaejtxm8lu38de9pfekczypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsa8nrnl I was just thinking to myself &#34;It would be good if #Mastodon let you follow someone&#39;s original posts without seeing all the stuff they boost, which is not relevant to me&#34;.<br/><br/>Then it occurred to me to look and see if it does ... and it does! Click on the person&#39;s username, then click the three-dots menu near top right of their profile, then choose &#34;Hide boosts from …&#34;<br/><br/>This is a game-changer! 2025-08-28T10:08:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvvszfhpefvayjlj50uvp0g3uf3q5rulw8wmtxfps0gerj7830thczypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsryt8j9 WARNING: Science In Progress!<br/><br/>Matt&#39;s staying with me for a few days, and we&#39;re working into the night trying to put a stake through the heart of a long-running project. He just left the room to take a quick break, and I snapped this photo of the work area. We have everything we need! From left to right: beer, Carnegie Diplodocus skeletal reconstructions, 3d prints of brachiosaurid dorsals, chocolate, alligator vertebrae, a shared Google Doc with an in-progress…<br/><br/><a href="http://svpow.com/2025/08/19/warning-science-in-progress/">http://svpow.com/2025/08/19/warning-science-in-progress/</a> 2025-08-19T23:17:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfm2u04vc67968ppgcka6u9jc6gpa4w5thlgkzw6gsn2sfmed736gzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgswe20pv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9cxrf0k9607jxk2hkr4ktgzgneullstf0fwny08nhgvpl2p0c9yquckty4'>nevent1q…kty4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I read some extracts at <a href="https://www.loudersound.com/features/ufos-pete-way-reflects-on-the-decade-of-decadence-he-spent-with-ozzy-osbourne">https://www.loudersound.com/features/ufos-pete-way-reflects-on-the-decade-of-decadence-he-spent-with-ozzy-osbourne</a> ... TBH I found it all a bit distasteful. I&#39;m much more interested in the music he made! 2025-08-07T10:17:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgmmjg9r26c7jq9u6fn9nntgh0xs5yefdgpepvqsp0wmqd4gm68tqzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgshlpjkx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9crm0r4drwc5mt6m304exjuyq0774x4swdjc3qt3wl069ry3yu7gsk85hw'>nevent1q…85hw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh, I missed that he&#39;d died. That&#39;s sad. 2025-08-07T09:17:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0p2jt6snx6qvpnv2fn4lam2dm5su0pa2fxddpu2k4muxtfkgym9qzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgs7gm2z2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv6mvkm68x2tf4umnjxzh6mxe08sn0y2ewmfjkfv94k6r2sc26qwq5ck48q'>nevent1q…k48q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I actually think this is one of the Beatles&#39; underappreciated albums. It&#39;s so joyful, even in the sad songs. The only blemish, really, is the unnecessary inclusion of Dizzy Miss Lizzy after the perfect ending that Yesterday would have been. 2025-08-06T10:04:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqmkvsud3p3tuuuz4snur4jv00vuj4whjj58sm2lntww4mvusj5gqzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgswt9qjd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0lvfpfn7vw4lkprk42yhdk7xeve5lzuhme5uf9pu6mt0h5apyajcefnt88'>nevent1q…nt88</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oooh, tough one. 2025-08-05T07:24:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2jj0lgexn8hdq7mu4nwtuenmswhf5ypmrg9p2msnq5nqmvs34pmgzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgser3kch In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdep7rwx4m9mgu34kknt9efjcxna23zp07twlr3p26evy837eys0crqx90e'>nevent1q…x90e</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;d like to read that article, can you please edit your post to include the full URL? 2025-08-01T09:38:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdg3e8czvfaa76xldddcsxvxwxuug9yfndvu623clwv98v2gpyejszypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgs7wrqme In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgg0jmggg7wfhd7704e67d5lsuhwmj9naa0yq0wu6jjn9z2mtz6cg5eqy3a'>nevent1q…qy3a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thank you. 2025-07-08T15:54:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0haxf7w4x4ugl0dcugcv0mdqlwd3qvp2razew9psu6ttfdu7c4fszypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgstsf9fq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2thaxwjmm2rneg3k7mhax6laa5tgrdv2tfqvy3kx4azzffkrgwdcm43asp'>nevent1q…3asp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Not to argue the core point of this post, but who was murdered? Bastian Obermayer, who broke the news, is still alive; &#34;John Doe&#34;, who supplied the information, remains anonymous, so far as I can gather. 2025-07-08T15:45:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxkwpl0u3w7dnr5ey5pwteg3llegzyhjxppf78adgvxzg7s8pxklszypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgskjvrkk The Met Office (UK) invites you to suggest names for future storms. Make your own suggestions at <a href="https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-our-storms-call-for-names">https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-our-storms-call-for-names</a><br/><br/>Here are mine.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/sauropodswin/media_attachments/files/114/721/243/270/802/539/original/5fbb42c58a09e5c7.png"> <br/> 2025-06-21T12:01:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst0hq3dc5ewtma022x5lg020dsff8pm6w0jgkm5q9kqmjctep203czypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsjg7qq6 In 2013, I co-wrote an article in PLOS ONE on cartilage in the necks of sauropods. The URL was <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0078214">http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0078214</a> so of course I used that as the link in my online CV, blog posts, my IR, and so on.<br/><br/>Now I find that this link no longer works.<br/><br/>PLOS has broken its links.<br/><br/>I have no words for this level of incompetence. Do I REALLY need to link to <a href="https://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI">https://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI</a> yet AGAIN?<br/><br/>CC <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1cgwxrclznhlj9l40aqnmcadc45r88w76eyaz2tek0hh9a8dfqyrq9rrh79" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>PLOS :verified:</span> (<span class="italic">npub1cgw…rh79</span>)</a></span> 2025-06-20T07:11:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9cdhu2msg529hcqtg4pau808axl3wufhwhs5d3nqgmp9xd2thvrszypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsxe2mms It&#39;s astonishing that Scientific American is having to publish an article on How Not To Be Killed By The Police, but here it is: <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-protect-yourself-during-protests/">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-protect-yourself-during-protests/</a> 2025-06-11T12:46:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvdthunuugdspz6swp0ewx49m76spqqmakfx6zwvgr20plfdzjgpczypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgskza2qz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstpypdh6hsrcdp0ttepyddu5pr6j2m99ts4adlsqw3llarxewstzsdqqakg'>nevent1q…qakg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yep. 2025-05-20T12:04:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9ehay23n2quu2l2cdx48vg949dckn5qcvftunm36s6jdgwz97yyszypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsxjkck8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy53nxtry7cqydm56pfu53e3l8pte2zz69ucwywj7dp4rtd8fgddqcgr2uy'>nevent1q…r2uy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What I&#39;ve noticed that Konate, when playing along side VVD, looks like a world beater. And Quansah, when playing along side VVD, looks like a world beater. Also, Gomez, when playing along side VVD, looks like a world beater. I keep thinking there must be some common factor. 2025-05-20T11:57:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsydn7047plusnzawauzlt53swc5kadqev4q9rnnznnwav0sjdznfgzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsfz2zr4 &#34;I&#39;ve long maintained that the threat from AI to workers isn&#39;t that AI can do your job - it&#39;s that an AI salesman can convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that *can&#39;t* do your job.&#34;<br/>— Cory Doctorow at <a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/114466666309059661">https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/114466666309059661</a> 2025-05-07T14:37:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsres0ge0lf0v6264qseapucugd2avpthj8r3d3dys7ftergauju6szypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgs2fz3yu The Royal Society is dead<br/><br/>A few months ago, Dorothy Bishop resigned her fellowship in the Royal Society in protest at Elon Musk&#39;s continuing fellowship. This was a highly principled stand. Eight weeks ago, Steven Curry wrote an open letter to the President of the Royal Society asking him to explain how Musk&#39;s activities and pronouncements can be considered compatible with the Society&#39;s code of conduct.<br/><br/><a href="http://svpow.com/2025/04/04/the-royal-society-is-dead/">http://svpow.com/2025/04/04/the-royal-society-is-dead/</a> 2025-04-04T05:57:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstt0derhnuactpa9uq3ae95e6kqwhjsfrhe9z68d464juaazq3v5szypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsuqvpyj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr32wgpflr6nlnmgl34xspvfx7w9l4fu9l8cxl89r9wcse3379gmgw565cp'>nevent1q…65cp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The #RoyalSociety is dead in the water. Three hundred and sixty-five years of history, and it&#39;s ended it as a beard for a facist. What an utterly utterly shameful end for a once-great society. 2025-03-27T23:43:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxpcne8jk55h6q9s5n2ylp0dn6ep3kppcw0e0srxfxg2ltnvhnw2szypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsk87yj4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs990esfzzlpajg593dcamw0d8vjs60twgp7d5l6uvr9u2kmskc9dqkvmers'>nevent1q…mers</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What does &#34;Neptune&#34; mean in this context? 2025-03-05T20:57:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxyv52r32dxlm2fr7pmgz07aqd8x629nq37pe5ypng7w0jvf407sgzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsw55trt If Google had engineered a take-over of the Mozilla Foundation, what would they be doing differently from what the Mozilla Foundation is doing now anyway? (Layoffs, ubiquitous &#34;AI&#34;, introducing adverts, removing privacy clauses from their docs).<br/><br/>Time for a new custodian organization for this code-base.<br/><br/>#mozilla #enshittification 2025-02-28T11:10:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxfpu6rqljq24z50yj8yz9lep87ec3rdk8sgflsh7es79u9dy7tsszypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsq3v3em In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdaugjjlsecc350xnsmm9wy34fzeuxmhs23ue7e3l3r0srr4r095qcfyjj3'>nevent1q…yjj3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes. But that&#39;s a bit like saying Covid is better than cancer. 2025-02-28T10:59:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd2ww09faq0j20mf9c387h52wl4d4hl85wgvzatzfw44r4yfxqvpgzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgs4lttkm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst5rg65e4lmee4fyx2v4rzar5msk3k894q2tvduke8qacdv74c9fgfm34yp'>nevent1q…34yp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That is so true, and seems to be a repeating pattern. Someone ought to analyse it. 2025-02-25T09:56:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswm6a4vmyuy34e0grvamzwmqtp3e4zefwezscxnwhlmukxwne4lyszypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsrw9tur Jones could have had a straight red there.<br/><br/>#LFC 2025-02-12T20:55:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfga0794aj524acgzt3jgafmdrf0ah02st7augd9qqjh62p6trr0czypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsenxgcu At first, I thought Trump&#39;s new Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs could not possibly have said what was being attributed to him.<br/><br/>Then I found his actual tweet. It&#39;s true.<br/><a href="https://x.com/DarrenJBeattie/status/1842239185203151053">https://x.com/DarrenJBeattie/status/1842239185203151053</a><br/><br/>&#34;Competent white men must be in charge if you want things to work.&#34;<br/><br/>i cant even 2025-02-04T12:21:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg59k03knyd7xhky6qwyk9l8gjmg7fz5xpp8pynhwyyz9y3mfkmcczypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsym9jkf <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/sauropodswin/media_attachments/files/113/877/770/047/972/386/original/24551c2b4e73c6dc.png"> <br/> 2025-01-23T12:54:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdlukk3hjvduulcwly38s0ssagu770kxvukxjcwc9jh7jk35wzu9gzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgs3ksrze In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspun95axr4y88794k54s5t8es8wzxzxylvd3gpnkk2y7pksaethuc9k6cv7'>nevent1q…6cv7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>s/weird/wield? 2025-01-17T14:40:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx9hzwhdjf469euez3gvzm6749f0hqgt9jm985hz6zemsr2p2g99gzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgspy3yqv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstwgy9d0vj4hrtztxszpkch0dzp6r7p87tnd3w6qmgevgf7e462csw5u84f'>nevent1q…u84f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>One important reason is that the very very rich people control the media. 2025-01-16T16:03:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8xagqtswxje9d4q08av76hne05ppfft68wxswcjdrm2822hsx2aqzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgsee4lsp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9s25c922786ngkjp47pm5hd5hav2nhts8t2urycj69h4khpy5luc35tjy7'>nevent1q…tjy7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There are not many things that would turn me away from the club I&#39;ve loved for 48 years, but I would drop them like a hot rock is this happened. 2025-01-07T16:33:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs929znjssge57nsqcjzzam9m0d3vszhtlukmkupeu5uqajv09lm5qzypnhra60erdt34q5lzjglr7z7dh4yrnqzxp8yyysxwh65jkh9exgszlp9c3 &#34;The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) calls for action to specify a minimum marriage age of 18. While 186 of 193 countries have ratified the CEDAW treaty, the United States shamefully remains as one of only seven countries that has to date refused to ratify it. We join Iran, Sudan, Somalia, Nauru, Palau, and Tonga on this indefensible list.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/america-has-a-child-marriage-epidemicand">https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/america-has-a-child-marriage-epidemicand</a> 2025-01-01T11:07:59Z