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Steven Saus

@ StevenSaus @midwest.social

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There are people I love. There are people who love me. I fight for what I believe, protect those I could, and stand my ground against the encroaching darkness.

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  • You could try using a relay somewhere in your process; while I was on a travel gig I had to do some finicky work with a travel router (though this may not work, since you need a VPN for your work, but maybe it'll give you an idea: https://ideatrash.net/2022/05/howto-secure-and-share-your-internet-on-free-wireless-wifi.html

    Also if you have your DNS resolvers manually put in, you may not encounter their portal. Had that problem when on hotel wifi as well.

    All that said, I ended up using phone data a lot.

  • Ohio Supreme Court rules boneless chicken wings can have bones

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  • Milton: We use only the finest baby frogs, dew picked and flown from Iraq, cleansed in finest quality spring water, lightly killed, and then sealed in a succulent Swiss quintuple smooth treble cream milk chocolate envelope and lovingly frosted with glucose.

    Praline: That's as maybe, it's still a frog.

    Milton: What else?

    Praline: Well don't you even take the bones out?

    Milton: If we took the bones out it wouldn't be crunchy would it?

    Praline: Superintendent Parrot ate one of those.

    Parrot: Excuse me a moment. (exits hurriedly)

    Milton: It says 'crunchy frog' quite clearly.

    Praline: Well, the superintendent thought it was an almond whirl. People won't expect there to be a frog in there. They're bound to think it's some form of mock frog.

    Milton: (insulted) Mock frog? We use no artificial preservatives or additives of any kind!

    Praline: Nevertheless, I must warn you that in future you should delete the words 'crunchy frog', and replace them with the legend 'crunchy raw unboned real dead frog', if you want to avoid prosecution.

  • Mounting Folders VS Symlinks?

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  • science @lemmy.world
    Steven Saus @midwest.social

    When Scientific Citations Go Rogue: Uncovering ‘Sneaked References’

    www.discovermagazine.com /the-sciences/when-scientific-citations-go-rogue-uncovering-sneaked-references
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    Steven Saus @midwest.social

    Study: Acupuncture can ease methadone treatment

    www.axios.com /2024/07/10/acupuncture-helps-opioid-addiction-treatment

  • MRI scans show age-specific changes in the brains of kids with ADHD

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  • The pun was intended. :)

  • The GOP's proposed national platform is extremely transphobic

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  • You are making a false equivalency between "being Christian" and "being a bigot". While there is a high correlation, particularly with some denominations of Christianity, they are not synonymous. (Heck, I've seen some religious groups at my local Pride celebrations for years.)

    Presumably you're aware of this.

  • Families urge judge to block law forcing display of ‘Protestant version of the Ten Commandments’ before kids return to public school in Louisiana

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  • Well, sure, if they weren't misrepresenting their motives. The real motive is indoctrination and the incorporation of a specific flavor of Christianity into all aspects of USAian society, transforming it into a theocracy. They're not particularly subtle about this. :)

  • Fedi Garden to Instance Admins: “Block Threads to Remain Listed”

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  • I get this argument... but I keep seeing folks talk about Threads as if it's somehow an existential threat to Mastodon rather than "big crappy instance with asshats on it," and I don't quite understand how it's more than that... at least at a level that users and instance admins have any influence over. Can someone ELI5?

  • US lawmakers vote 50-0 to force sale of TikTok despite angry calls from users

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  • Unlike? I think you mean they're JEALOUS of TikTok's appeal to minors...

  • Content Nation Backlash Highlights Mastodon's Toxicity

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  • Oh, neat! Thanks for pointing out the USA centrist viewpoint I had there! My bad indeed!

  • Content Nation Backlash Highlights Mastodon's Toxicity

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  • For what it's worth, if you post a story (for example) to the open internet -- your blog, social media -- and there is NOT a paywall or explicitly restricted access, many (if not all) publishers will consider that material previously published. That doesn't mean it's public domain at all, but it does recognize that the work is not private. Likewise, I'd consider any social media post being akin to posting a sign in my front yard. If someone does the work of driving by and taking pictures of the signs in my front lawn, that's their right -- unless I'm in a closed, gated community.

    Then again, i see people thinking that they somehow "own" their Facebook feed, so ....