Samantha Soma

Screenshot of text: unfuck google drive by shooting gemini Hey folks! Google is fucking you via sneaky enshittification again! Want the shit in your google drive to load instantly again, instead of taking for-fucking-ever? Open your gdrive (web OR app) Settings > Manage Apps Gemini was checked "use as default" (and i sure the fuck didn't set it that way, this was a silent push) Nuke that, and suddenly, folders that took up to a minute to populate and sort do so in a fraction of a second.

friend shared this, immediately updated my settings

"Ah."

YouTube video by Felix & Paul Studios The People's House - Inside the White House with Barack and Michelle Obama

If you want to experience the East Wing as it was, here you go:

m.youtube.com/watch?v=bqW2...

YouTube video by Felix & Paul Studios The People's House - Inside the White House with Barack and Michelle Obama

If you want to experience the East Wing as it was, here you go:

m.youtube.com/watch?v=bqW2...

Just learned that the East Wing was where President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act, and President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act.

The East Wing was also where President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act, and President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act.

Hope things are physically better for you very soon.

Scientists reveal the one Covid symptom you may be stuck with for life A new study has found that a post-Covid loss of smell may be permanent

September 2025 research finds post-Covid loss of smell may be permanent. It doesn't happen to everyone, but why would anyone risk this if they knew?

Study link: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Story from The Independent: www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

Wow! Where are you?

“ …those who relate to others as though they are not worthy of respect ought to be treated with the regard that orientation deserves.”

earthquake map showing a 4.5 that just hit near berkeley california

yes, bay area, that was an earthquake. the dogs are still freaking out.

Indeed! MyShake verified it wasn’t a dream.

If you are not an Online Elder who was active in the online journaling circles back in the day m, you might not know about this beautiful story, so here ya go! tomatonation.com/stories-true...

www.fbi.gov/wanted/law-e... Democratic state politician Melissa Hortman and her husband have been killed in what appears to be a "politically motivated assassination. Democratic state lawmaker John Hoffman and his wife were also shot. Police say they are looking for a suspect Vance Luther Boelter.

Personally, I love vaccines. I love not getting diseases

Oh no. Best of luck tomorrow!
(Is gabapentin an option? It has helped our very reactive cats)

they do oppose the CA midcycle redistricting (& they also opposed the Texas one) - which is consistent if not very awake to the fascist threat. members should probably tell the org what they think!

but it's really good that they're not part of the mailer action

hey Californians, if you got a mailer (already!) against the fall special election to counter Texas gerrymandering, the League of Women Voters wants you to know that the mailer was lying about them - screenshotting with alt text here:

Can confirm.

Please tell me this is AI.

And I always thought that stalacTites hold Tight to the ceiling, StalagMites look like little Mountains
Yours is simpler.

“Mary’s violet eyes make John stay up nights, pondering” is a good mnemonic for Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto

I'll never get over that supplements, woo, etc. mostly don't require FDA approval and are an example of unscrupulous capitalism run amok and Big Pharma is heavily regulated and can be sued if they try to sell you sugar water, but everyone thinks it's the opposite

"PhD-level experts in your back pocket" is a completely nonsensical description of AI but a pretty good description of social media if you follow the right people

Interested to hear more! You are not alone in seeking the outside.

Photo shows a scientific instrument - a silver rod with slender, threaded, flat-topped cones on each end, the Acquity UPLC BEH C18 Column. It is described as “the premier column for method development, this sorbent provides you with the most universal choice for UPLC separations. The trifunctionally bonded BEH particle gives you the widest usable pH range, superior low pH stability, and ultra-low column bleed for high sensitivity MS applications.”

Photo shows a scientific instrument - a silver rod with slender, threaded, flat-topped cones on each end, the Acquity UPLC BEH C18 Column.

One of the benefits of private browsing is getting to see ads for objects I'd never encounter otherwise, such as the Acquity UPLC Chromatography tool, which separates substances based on their differing affinities for a stationary and mobile phase. It's my personal (free!) version of Stumble Upon.

I guess now I have something to look forward to in October!
Preordering today.

A lovely interview by @jasonspank.bsky.social:

Image from Vera Rubin. The cosmos.

On days like this I find it so hard to reconcile our human actions with the almost impossible odds that we exist at all. I wish we treasured and valued each other. I wish we realized there’s more than enough for everyone. That we belong to each other, we need each other. That we are all we have.