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Fear The Walking Dead season 8 will come out in the US on 14 May. This will be the final season.

I'm currently watching season 7, because that has just come out for us in the rest of the world.
#FearTheWalkingDead

#FearTheWalkingDead
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New blog post: "Retiring Pinafore" nolanlawson.com/2023/01/09/ret…

Probably not going to surprise anyone, but I'm stepping back from Pinafore. Thanks to everyone who followed along with this project over the years!


Retiring Pinafore

Five years ago, I started a journey to build a better Mastodon client – one focused on performance and simplicity. And I did! Pinafore is the main Mastodon client I’ve used myself since I fir…
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oh nooo 😵‍💫
Thanks for developing and maintaining the best client out there! 👏
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@nolan, I'm disappointed to hear that. Thank you for the efforts! (And my apologies for requesting a new feature moments ago. I'm a little behind the times. 😆)
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So, transcoding on my PeerTube works again, without going into the swapfile this time. Which is a much smoother experience.
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Is There Life on Mars? We Asked a NASA Scientist

Short NASA video about what we know of the existence of life on Mars. Imported from youtube.com/watch?v=T3-3RHYGjX…. This video is assumed to be public domain since all NASA videos are thought to be public domain. Original description:

Is there life on Mars? No, we have never discovered life on the Red Planet, but we have found lots of evidence that suggests Mars could have once supported life in its ancient past. There’s even a chance that Mars could be habitable beneath its surface. NASA astrobiologist Heather Graham explains more.

Keep up with all of NASA’s endeavors at the Red Planet: mars.nasa.gov

Producers: Scott Bednar, Jessica Wilde
Editor: Daniel Salazar

Credit: NASA

Mars - NASA Science

Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun, and the seventh largest. It’s the only planet we know of inhabited entirely by robots.
mars.nasa.gov
#Science #Mars #NASA
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A Viking was shopping at a supermarket when he came across an elderly woman in a wheelchair, almost in tears.

"What's the matter?" he asked.

"Oh," wept the old lady, "I want to have a look at the frozen puddings, but as you can see, there are three steps down into the chiller cabinets."

"No problem," said the Viking, lifting her onto his back. "I'll take you."

He strolled through the chiller cabinets with the woman on his back. She selected several puddings and put them in the basket he was carrying for her. At the other end, her husband was waiting with her wheelchair.

"I'd really like to thank you," said the elderly lady as the Viking set her back down in the chair, "but I don't even know who you are!"

He just waved and walked off.

"I was really worried about you," commented her husband. "What have you been doing?"

"I've been through the desserts on a Norse with no name."

In this The Guardian interview the band B*Witched talk about 1998, just before they became famous, and what happened since. They recreate a publicity photo they did then.

I was a huge fan. Mainly of Lindsay Armaou. Still am. I had seen them about a year before their first single came out in something I happened to catch on video tape. I was struck.

The four girls crowded on a chair in their double denim, back in 1998, ages 20 to 26.

B*Witched in 1998, photographer unknown.

The same four girls (we should already have said women back in 1998), in the exact same position, in 2022.

B*Witched in 2022, by Simon Webb.

#Bewitched #B*Witched #LindsayArmaou
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B*Witched look back: ‘We can still do the dance moves – maybe not the bouncy ones’

The 90s pop sensations talk friendship, fame and double denim
Harriet Gibsone (The Guardian)
#LindsayArmaou #Bewitched #B*Witched Lindsay Armaou
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Even though B*Witched was one of the most real girl- (or boy-) bands at the time (actually talented performers, down to earth people), there's still some manufacturing going on as you can sense in that article. I dislike that aspect of pop music with a passion. Sinead was made 'the blonde one', Keavy had her personality and hairstyle assigned that she didn't feel happy with. But they were really young women, trusted the record company and went with it. I think other bands are manufactured to even much higher degrees.

The article doesn't mention it specifically, but when Lindsay talks about being 20 (and the youngest) when they started, we early fans know that is not what was in all the biographies... There she was 18, fresh out of high school was her origin story. I think ages 18-24 could be marketed better to high school kids than 20-26...

Beware of feigned victimhood which some people use to make them feel good about 'kicking up instead of shitting down' when they attack their chosen target.

Apparently Twitter has a setting in your profile for your gender, which they automatically populate based on activity. Mine was set at female 😧. Is it really so unnatural for a man to support women?

Instead of evangelising just let people be themselves and make their own decisions.

I think evangelising comes from doubting yourself after having made a choice that doesn't turn out to be very popular. You want others to also come over to your side so you don't look a fool being on your own. But just look at it from your own perspective: are you happy and getting what you wanted out of making your choice? Then that's all that matters.

I've long since stopped worrying about looking like a fool, since I do anyway. I'm always on my own in my choices.

#JennaOrtega

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2023-01-07 00:16:40


♲ @netflix@twitter.com:
@jennaortega thank YOU! A legend every damn day of the week



#JennaOrtega

#JennaOrtega #WednesdayNetflix season two

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♲ @jennaortega@twitter.com:
Thanks to everyone who made this upcoming season possible. This has all been pretty surreal
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#JennaOrtega #WednesdayNetflix

For season two I have some outlandish ideas. They could go full meta and have Wednesday deal with toxic fandom Wednesday-style, after doing it Tara-style earlier. But I'm actually ready for a full season of Goody Addams. Possibly flashback, possibly dual persona, but we haven't seen nearly enough of this very strong character. Or she flees along the fields and mountains with Enid, eight episodes long.

I wouldn't be a very good script writer. I'd do one idea for eight episodes long.

Scream trying to announce something on the day that Wednesday is announced for season two... Sorry, we can't hear you, Scream!
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Scream on Instagram: "Your exit is fast approaching. #ScreamVI"

Scream shared a post on Instagram: "Your exit is fast approaching. #ScreamVI". Follow their account to see 148 posts.
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MAN, pre-MANG, chemistry read audition tapes for Ginny & Georgia season 1. Season 2 now streaming.
#KatieDouglas #GinnyAndGeorgia
netflix.com/tudum/articles/gin…

Watch Max, Abby and Norah from Ginny & Georgia’s Audition Tapes

Here’s where “MAN” — minus the G for Ginny — began.
Tara Bitran (Netflix Tudum)
#KatieDouglas #GinnyAndGeorgia

Don't say you don't get the news here. That was within 7 minutes from the announcement.

Season two of Wednesday announced! Via this thank you video by Jenna Ortega as Wednesday.
#Wednesday #WednesdayNetflix #JennaOrtega
twitter.com/wednesdayaddams/st…

https://twitter.com/wednesdayaddams/status/1611407377227456513

More torture is coming. Lucky you.
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Hashtags do not federate. Sure, they federate, tagging along to posts that are sent to servers of followers. And though you can't subscribe to hashtags, you can subscribe to hashtags, once they happen to have arrived at your server.

But the important use of a hashtag, to create an informal space around a subject you can explore and subscribe to, doesn't work in the fediverse. If I'm interested in "# AmazingSubject" and subscribed to it, and you post your amazing take about it with "# AmazingSubject", I won't receive it. Not unless some specific conditions apply like we're on the same server, or someone on my server follows you, or someone with the right connections reshared your post, or our servers are on the same relay.

But if you need the info about e.g. flood warnings, track a news topic in your job as journalist or security researcher, support customers tagging your product, or want the latest information about your hobby, this is not good enough.

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If you have any further questions don’t. Hesitate to reach out

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IT forecast: mostly cloudy.

Interesting that the ChatGPT page doesn't let me access it because it keeps insisting I'm a bot. Even though I was putting on my most human face. I was trying to see whether it is free to use, and secure, but it shows no terms and conditions page. On the mobile site I get as far as an email input box, but with no terms, conditions, privacy statement I don't know what I sign up for.
#ChatGPT
#chatgpt

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uspol, non-serious
There's enough time to organise recall elections in some districts, flip some seats, and have Jeffries elected as speaker. Seems the only way to un-stalemate this thing.

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They are going to nominate Gandalf (T) next.

Ginny & Georgia season 2 is out today on Netflix. The trailer had a glimpse of Katie Douglas, so she's in it. But probably again with little screen time like the previous season. But knowing Katie she's going to make it count, again like previous season.

The series itself is totally worth watching, don't let my Katie focus suggest otherwise.
#GinnyAndGeorgia #KatieDouglas

#KatieDouglas #GinnyAndGeorgia tv Katie Douglas
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Fear The Walking Dead season 7 has become available on Amazon Prime. This may sound like old news for those in other countries, but this is really how long we have to wait.

I'm now starting episode 6. So far this season of the (at least) three actresses I follow the series for, one could already be seen in a glimpse and had about one line, another had a good episode but was only in that one episode, and the other may not be in this season at all but is talked about.
#FearTheWalkingDead

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I have a problem with the character of Morgan. Not that he always wants to help everybody no matter what, that I like, but that whenever a woman does something on her own he sets himself the task of rescuing her, whether she's in danger or not and whether she wants him to or not. Sometimes the writers make her be in danger by the time he gets to her, making him look like the hero. But it's more that he believes (the writers do) that a woman can't do anything by herself.
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- minicom
- startx
- pppd
- xf86config
- bitchX
- telnet
- icq

If you've used three or more of these in the past, congratulations!

You're old 🤗

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Those politicians in the US should do what they do in the UK: take out the whip. What do you say? They 'withdraw the whip'? Well, if that is what motivates them.

(Points if you based on the cw already knew where this was going)

When a film starts and the first six credits are all male actors, I'm switching channels. No time for that. It happens more than 1.6% of the time.

Actually I'm also done with the superhero films with one token female character even if she's supposed to be one of the superheroes too.

The tea! (again)
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It's rather scary when a rather literal writer writes something and I as a rather literal reader understand it one way, to see that most other people have a very emotional response to it, having understood it in a completely different way.

Scary because I'm afraid this could unintentionally happen to something I post.

I think I said this before: I don't write between the lines. The meaning is only where the ink goes.

I see some well meaning advice for people used to Twitter that 'here' you need to 'boost' instead of 'like' because there's no algorithm to have these likes translate into views.

Firstly, there's only an algorithm on Twitter if you wanted that. You could just as easily use Twitter with the algorithm disabled, so that's not the differentiating factor. If you chose to run Twitter with the algorithm enabled, this place is likely not going to work for you.

Secondly, you're still thinking about trying to maximise views and chasing clout. That you appreciate a post is between you and its author, no further audience is needed. Just reblog what you want your followers to see because it fits the aesthetic of your page, just send a like for other posts you appreciate so the author knows.

It's so weird that schools in my country have things like a 'prom' too now, because everybody sees it in the films and assumes it's a tradition. This totally didn't exist in my day.

Between this account and several test accounts there's only one account where the new follower notification is working. And it's not this one. I can't spot the difference.

Happy Birthday Dafne!

Today Dafne Keen turns 18, which means Logan is now 7 years ago. She's a very talented Spanish/British actress who, unlike Lyra, did not sleep through growing up, making the great His Dark Materials.

Ana is not out yet where I live 😢. She's currently filming Star Wars: The Acolyte.
#DafneKeen
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Dafne Keen - Actress

Dafne Keen. Actress: Logan Noir. Dafne Keen Fernández is a British and Spanish actress who played the role of Ana "Ani" Cruz Oliver in the television series The Refugees, and the mutant Laura Kinney / X-23 in the 2017 film Logan.
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So many stunts she does herself, including some big ones. While 11yo. I think that by then she was already well versed in aerial silks, which is one of her hobbies outside of acting. Photography being a recent other one.
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She's so good. That scene near the end where they're sharing the same dark thoughts. That scene in the middle where she has that outburst at Logan. Actually, I happen to know she improvised that one(*), not on the day but during her final audition. It's on the blu-ray extras and the look on his face of 'what is happening' was very real.

(*) Can you imagine, I say it again, 11 years old, having done your audition, probably acing it because, Dafne, and then turn to all those studio execs and ask: 'Can I do it again? But this time improvise it?'

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An earlier piece from 2020: Lyra from the His Dark Materials, played by Dafne Keen.

I drew her in 3 variants of clothes from the 1st season and Pan in his ermine and arctic fox forms. I tend to pay attention to costumes in movies, and I love pet companions ^^

I left the drawings a bit loose and sketchy, this is another style I like to work in. I love the story and the TV show, and everything in that. The third season comes in December, can’t wait!

#Character #Costume #FanArt #MastoArt #NoAI

Digital drawings of a young girl protagonist - Lyra form His Dark Materials - in three different warm clothing. She has an ermine and arctic fox pet alongside.
#MastoArt #character #FanArt #costume #noai
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Computers used to scream out in pain when we connected them to the Internet.

This was a clue and we just didn't listen.

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I dunno, you guys, my mom used to (still does) wander around our house, sort of muttering and narrating everything she did. Sometimes she'd ask questions. "Do you think this chicken will turn out good?" "Okay, what did I say I was going to do at noon?" And while I did have a period of time when I used to think she was talking to me, I came to realize she's just talking, that vocalizing her life helps her live it. So that's most of what I assume social media is. Just talking to live.

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Reminder that despite your private ssh keys being nicely tucked away in the .ssh folder of your very own home directory (where no-one can get at them, right?) they still need to be encrypted with a password.

(Just read an article about a hack that claimed to be benevolent and just research but in the process uploaded the .ssh folder, likely the .aws file, etc. Interestingly, the hack is not something the user could do much against.)

Why am I getting more out-of-memory events now memory has increased? Current working assumption is that 'some process' starts up and uses memory based on ram totals, rather than ram available, thereby not taking other running processes into account. With small ram sizes this caused small memory usage spikes which were covered by the swapfile. But larger ram, under these assumptions, causes larger spikes, which with a smaller or no swapfile could not be accommodated. But I don't know whether this is right or which process it is.

One argument against running too much stuff on a single resource (server, file share, etc). It's not as easy to assign blame.

I see that for most people 2022 was a year where they could live again. Good.

(Not a complaint, just that for me 'post'-corona-times aren't that different from during-corona-times)

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How about some #Studies of stills from the TV show Wednesday? Here are some scenes with nice composition/lighting for you to have a go at! Happy painting!

(There's nothing hugely spoilery in there but I've hidden the images just in case)

#ArtReference

A still from the TV show Wednesday. A large room lit with two chandeliers. The decor is red and brown. There's a big window at the back of the room letting a soft blue light in that's framing a large desk and the people sitting at it in silhouette. There's a large stone fireplace on the left, and dark wood shelves and bookcases on the right.
A still from the TV show Wednesday. A woman in blue clothing stands in front of a large wooden desk where plants spill over from partly open drawers. The floor and walls are grey and there are tall, narrow windows along the left that let in soft daylight. The walls are lined with an assortment of potted plants and wooden cabinets, and the desk is covered with more plants.
A still from the TV show Wednesday. A misty blue-toned forest with a large stone crypt in the background with big heavy doors and carved stone angel wings on either side. Two characters stand in the foreground, one with blonde hair in pigtails and a long grey-white dress, carrying a heavy tome under one arm, and the other dressed in a black catsuit with black hair and cat ears.
A still from the TV show Wednesday. A close up of a character leaning back against a wooden bench, their face turned to the right and partly cast in shadow. Out-of-focus fairy lights form soft bokeh in the background that warmly lights the scene and highlights the large silver sequins on the character's top.
#artreference #studies

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