Gary Bunker 
@AndySocial@mastodon.cloud
Living in Texas, don't feel Texan. Listening to New Order and dreaming of the Pacific Ocean.
I'm a Navy brat, Army veteran, and work for the DoD as a contractor. Despite that pedigree, I am not a jingoist.
I prefer to spend my time consuming science fiction in various media and playing with computers. In recent years, it seems "ignoring politics" is not a wise strategy, so I'm trying to be a better citizen. So far, not having a lot of luck - see above about living in Texas. :-)
Joined Aug 2017
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Glad as always for this deep look into Pearl Jam’s brutal fight against Ticketmaster in the 90s, but it does still always shock me how these stories omit mention of, yes, Prince — who carried on the same battles while also fighting his record company for control over his master recordings. And no surprise, Black artists often faced even steeper punishments for speaking up for artists’ rights. https://prospect.org/power/ticketmasters-dark-history/
I'm setting up a new profile on indieweb, which is a smaller instance and on a current version of the Mastodon software. Hopefully the migration works...
@gmph This is very clever. You rolled your own Diqus!
Thoughts on a sustainable model for Fediverse instances.
https://andysocial.com/archives/2022/12/21/social-media-sustainability
Good first word!
Wordle 550 2/6
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Day Twenty-One of the musical #AdventCalendar is a modern classic - The Killers' "Don't Shoot me Santa."
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@pluralistic Interesting how they were never in the black until after Trump became president
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Why do we call them “central banks” and not “apex creditors”?
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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: 2023's public domain is a banger; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2022/12/20/free-for-2023/
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Nobody could have predicted the Taliban would somehow still by raging misogynists!
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/20/asia/taliban-bans-women-university-education-intl/index.html
Does a keyboard need a CPU and GPU? It does if you want it to display Unreal Engine-powered animations on the keys...for reasons.
https://www.theverge.com/23518440/finalmouse-centerpiece-mechanical-keyboard-screen-features-price
I've never heard of Liam Payne or Dixie D'Amelio, but this is a catchy little tune for Day Twenty of the musical #AdventCalendar
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Seriously, the most fun I ever had online was in the years prior to 2008 - when instead of visiting just one or two huge sites over and over, I spent my days wandering from message board to personal site to proto-social network in search of cool people and cool stuff. If we move just 1% back in that direction - with people visiting Mastodon, AND Cohost, AND whatever the fuck other sites they like - I'll be very happy.
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I keep seeing that “first they came for the journalists” sign, and it pisses me off so much, because when they came for muslims, immigrants, and trans people, mainstream journalists normalized it and reported it as “both sides”. Somehow it didn’t count for them until it was happening to them personally, which is *exactly* what the fucking poem was warning against in the first place.
That is a CHONKY boy, particularly with a 7-inch screen and no battery! On the other hand, you can honestly tell people you built your own laptop (for certain values of LAP).
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sb-gajendra/lappi-20-a-better-than-ever-diy-laptop
Interesting - for people who routinely use grocery pickup/delivery services, what is the best path to avoid filling the world with "single use" reusable bags? Can the store collect and reuse them? What logistical challenges does that add?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/walmart-reusable-bags-plastic-ban-1.6687315
A little newer than yesterday's track, Day Nineteen of the musical Advent calendar is the classic from Slade: Merry Christmas Everybody.
His ostensible employers say they don't know him, his alma mater says they don't know him, his "family company" is worth "over a million" but somehow can afford to pay him $750,000. His non-profit pet charity is not a registered non-profit nor charity. He went from an eviction in 2015 to owning 13 properties in 2022, although nobody can find any evidence that those properties exist. WTF, dude?
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Best Steam Deck Games Released in the Past Week – 2022-12-19 Edition, with FFVII Crisis Core and Dwarf Fortress: https://boilingsteam.com/best-steam-deck-games-released-in-the-past-week-2022-12-19-edition-with-ffvii-crisis-core-and-dwarf-fortress/ #linux #linuxgaming #update #release #proton #steamplay #gaming #steamdeck #steam #verified #playable
Gary Bunker has moved to @AndySocial@indieweb.social:
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Living in Texas, don't feel Texan. Listening to New Order and dreaming of the Pacific Ocean.
I'm a Navy brat, Army veteran, and work for the DoD as a contractor. Despite that pedigree, I am not a jingoist.
I prefer to spend my time consuming science fiction in various media and playing with computers. In recent years, it seems "ignoring politics" is not a wise strategy, so I'm trying to be a better citizen. So far, not having a lot of luck - see above about living in Texas. :-)
Joined Aug 2017
