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@sdc.bsky.social

they/their Ex LGBTQ Politico for HRC. Live in Denver, but probably in the mountains. Hacker, futurist, post leftist, poetry, haikus, aspiring mountain climber. Mostly optimistic commentary but sometimes the pessimism gets me. Talk to me about algorithms

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I bought the Denver post on a whim and tbh itโ€™s been great. Physical medium is at the pace and scale that feels informative and not attention seeking. Also have the local app, and on iOS I set it up so I get two notifications a day (morning/evening)

02.10.2025 17:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Oh Iโ€™ve seen this before outside a bubba gump shrimp in Tallahassee

07.09.2025 16:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thereโ€™s always RDR so you can kill clan members

03.09.2025 03:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Long exposure of blurry and streaking lights over mountain.

Long exposure of blurry and streaking lights over mountain.

Time is the grief of loving the present.

๐Ÿ“ท taken at RMNP under full moon with loving friends

18.08.2025 04:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Friend just showed me the tiktok account of Nutter Butter, absolute unhinged acid trip of a brand account.

17.08.2025 21:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Your site is ideal. Web design, especially for text focused content peaked in the 90s and itโ€™s all been downhill since. It crushes accessibility metrics, itโ€™s clear and serves its purpose.

06.08.2025 17:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah I didnโ€™t realize it existed either, I had been using an alternative app on safari called block bear. But just searched and saw itโ€™s newly added to the App Store.

The issue is iOS forces WebKit. So either I use Firefox focus (pretty good add screening as is) or safari with ublock extension on.

06.08.2025 17:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thereโ€™s also other iOS system wide tools like ad guard and NextDNS that can improve ads and other shenanigans.

06.08.2025 17:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Actually I spoke too soon. Just realized ublock lite is available as an app for iOS. Probably wonโ€™t do much to deal with site side scripts (havenโ€™t investigated closely) but since all browsers on iOS are safari under the hood, might be able to play with it to improve mobile on iOS.

06.08.2025 17:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It does on android Firefox. iOS youโ€™re kinda SOL. But web pages suck generally on mobile imo.

06.08.2025 17:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeahโ€ฆ itโ€™s hard to be a degenerate these days and get the high quality brain rot free of worse brain rot.

But we do what we must to survive. Also I havenโ€™t really had any issues switching to Firefox and after some tinkering I like it better and I donโ€™t give Google any more data. Win win

06.08.2025 14:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You can play with the settings, and it seem to do a good job at killing popups in general. Including the constant cookie request.

Between ublock and privacy badger, my internet is far saner. But if youโ€™re on chrome they neutered ublock so Iโ€™m a Firefox dingus now.

06.08.2025 14:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ublock origin

06.08.2025 14:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you. I saw people sharing this and thought I was living in an alternate dimension.

24.07.2025 12:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

* Communists

15.07.2025 21:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not to mention there was a whole counter thread of calling civil rights activists communities and a complete propaganda campaign in southern news papers.

15.07.2025 21:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Public Opinion on Civil Rights: Reflections on the Civil Rights Act of 1964 blog | Roper Center for Public Opinion Research Likely the most sweeping civil rights legislation since Reconstruction, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ushered in a new era in American civil rights as discrimination on the basis of race, color, religi...

An inordinate amount. From my recollection public opinion didnโ€™t actually move until the early 60s when civil rights finally broke into the top issues on Americans minds.

ropercenter.cornell.edu/blog/public-...

www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

www.aaihs.org/what-civil-r...

15.07.2025 21:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In hindsight Iโ€™ll admit it might have been just good pedagogy, asking the questions kids may be too afraid to ask, but Iโ€™d bet money it was sincere.

10.07.2025 21:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I once got in trouble in health class because our male health/gym teacher asked a sex educator that came in to give a sexual health talk to our class โ€œif a girl has sex with two guys can the baby belong to both dadsโ€ and I impulsively said โ€œHow did they let you get a teaching certificate?โ€

10.07.2025 21:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

But in the way we know ticketing and post hoc enforcement isnโ€™t a valid policy solution for speeding motorists, Iโ€™m not sure it solves that issue here either.

This seems like a design/company solution oriented problem, not enforcement.

09.07.2025 20:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m curious what kind of policies you think could actually be effective in stopping this behavior?

Iโ€™m with you, I do think improper use of micro mobility options on predominantly sidewalks can be a safety and optics issue for better streets.

09.07.2025 20:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The fisher price laptop needs to go in the bin.

05.07.2025 07:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Landscape of the Maroon Bells Mountain range with solo hiker crossing a narrow stream. In the foreground is wild flowers and a hint of a path.

Landscape of the Maroon Bells Mountain range with solo hiker crossing a narrow stream. In the foreground is wild flowers and a hint of a path.

Grand mountain valley landscape with snow capped mountains in the distance.  Taken on a slope with spruce trees dotting the foreground in a lush green alpine media.

Grand mountain valley landscape with snow capped mountains in the distance. Taken on a slope with spruce trees dotting the foreground in a lush green alpine media.

High alpine tundra with rocky scree fields covered in last of spring snow. Large mountain peaks in the background.

High alpine tundra with rocky scree fields covered in last of spring snow. Large mountain peaks in the background.

Sunset over an alpine lake. Background cast in orange hues with a mountain peak in the distance bathed in alpine glow. Lake in foreground is casting a reflection of the sunset. With a narrow hiking path along the lake leading to a thicket of spruce trees.

Sunset over an alpine lake. Background cast in orange hues with a mountain peak in the distance bathed in alpine glow. Lake in foreground is casting a reflection of the sunset. With a narrow hiking path along the lake leading to a thicket of spruce trees.

Mount the possible
on jagged edges, cut from
the love of being.

#haiku #shotoniphone #maroonbells #poetry #landscape

05.07.2025 03:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Also my issue here isnโ€™t with regenerative farming, we should have switched decades ago.

But youโ€™re dismissing an idea that does have a lot of promise before we have any real data.

The study you posted assumes prototype reactors and pharmaceutical grade, those are not production scale

30.06.2025 02:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If youโ€™re buying your animal proteins from regenerative farmers something tells me youโ€™re not going to be encountering it because lab grown meat will likely be the lowest economic rung of meat production. The McDonaldโ€™s and Wendyโ€™s of the world.

30.06.2025 02:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sure and you donโ€™t have to, but the US consumes 4x the rest of the global average of beef alone, and the rest of the world is catching up. Animal agriculture is limited by the land it takes to grow it. If weโ€™re going to make animal protein available to everyone we need ways to scale it.

30.06.2025 02:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

To be fair they are starting to look alike

30.06.2025 02:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

*the former

30.06.2025 02:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes and in market economies people produce what people will pay for. Either we cudgel farmers into growing regenerative with laws, we find economic models that make it better for the farmer to do. The later Iโ€™m not a fan of, the former is few and far between. Land costs are thing.

30.06.2025 02:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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