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Tried to schedule a covid vaccine at Costco, but they have a note saying a Rx is required in the following states. Oregon was listed, but WA and CA weren’t. So I’m going to try my luck at one across the border in WA.

That’s the bar we’re at?

Yup. Originally, Irish and Italian immigrants weren’t white. Syrians and Arabs have always been white though, because as they argued in court, if they weren’t white, neither was Jesus. So that case ended quickly.

Same! I was one of the early migrants just before the mass migration, having seen the writing on the wall and having already joined Mastodon. It was a great time initially, a bit of “you’re new? okay, I’ve figured a few things out, try this”. We caught Ernest by surprise because he was only making a proof of concept to offer an alternative to Lemmy. And then we showed up in droves. But he did his best, and while it was bumpy, it was still an overall great experience, much like the early days of Reddit, pre-Digg.

I still like the kbin-style instances over Lemmy, but yeah, it’s not quite the same any more. That said, still preferable to Reddit these days.

Thank you, Ernest. Hope you’re recovering wherever you are.

Yes, because if we don’t let them do whatever they want in the name of their religion, it’s oppression. Literally the same as throwing them to the lions.

/s

Damn, someone beat me to it!

Yeah, that’s the part I’m having trouble with. Can’t decide on something serious, easy to communicate and that I like. Definitely a me problem.

I have a domain and an email address through it, but my problem is I can’t find a domain name I like enough to both keep and give out to others as a long term contact point. The one I have right now is silly, and not easy to communicate over the phone.

It’s a me problem, but if I ever figure out something I’m will to keep and is available, that’s the goal.

I’ll probably go with one of the other roms on an older phone or possibly one of the Linux phones. It won’t be exactly what I want, but it’ll be better than their walled garden bullshit. That’s precisely why I left Apple way back when.

Do it! It’s not that bad. Everyone’s got different needs, but I switched to fastmail and have been enjoying it.

I think it was on the verge of going blue back in the early aughts and then they gerrymandered a majority for themselves ever since.

No, I think you should have done what you did. In this day and age, you can’t really tell any more.

They both were rather hoopy

Election, yes. Fair election, no.

The major problem—one of the major problems, for there are several—one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them.

To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it.

To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

– Some hoopy frood

Seconded on do it. It’s a lot better than it was even a few years ago.

We started finding out with the first run of Trump that our government still operates on gentlemen’s agreements and the pony express being cutting edge technology.

The Fediverse is “hard” because you have to pick a server. And that’s apparently enough to stop normies from going any further.

Same thing during covid. If we stop testing, our numbers aren’t getting worse!

Yeah, Mastodon is like Twitter, Pixelfed is like IG, Owncast is like Twitch, Friendica is like Facebook etc. They all connect and talk to each other to some extent, but you’re not going to get a great experience using Pixelfed (and app for photos) to stay up to date on someone’s Mastodon post.