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myrmepropagandistSomeone reported my ant video on tumblr as "mature content"
aw come on what is with you people???
Maybe it was the "big beautiful ant" title?
But they also ding'ed my drawing of the container ship Ever Given?
I've asked for a "review" ... this is why I don't post over there very much anymore.
https://www.tumblr.com/futurebird/724838647283810304/big-beautiful-ant-she-is-perfect?source=share
myrmepropagandistMy husband has been going to "Recycle a Bicycle" for years. This week he donated a bunch of bike stuff and found out that they have a new location in Brooklyn.
The new location is harder to get to but much larger and it's full of used bikes. Their website makes it look like they only have a few bikes. I think they just don't update it all the time.
I kind of wish I was in the market for a new bike. You need to go in person.
https://www.recycleabicycle.nyc
myrmepropagandistRE: https://mastodon.social/@cmconseils/115929676461946307
I know this is a comment on how saying "don't be sad" isn't doing very much... but I just see a bulldozer trying their best to comfort the sad ship and it's the sweetest thing ever... I... I'm so happy for them both.
The bulldozer is doing their best to help.
myrmepropagandistthings will get better
(made it color)
(fixed the name to say "Ever Given" ... "evergreen" is a shipping company with many ships.)
myrmepropagandistRE: https://mastodon.social/@cmconseils/115929676461946307
I know this is a comment on how saying "don't be sad" isn't doing very much... but I just see a bulldozer trying their best to comfort the sad ship and it's the sweetest thing ever... I... I'm so happy for them both.
The bulldozer is doing their best to help.
Laura Manach :bongoCat:
myrmepropagandist"Appalachian Chupacabra"
Is a charming nickname for the right sort of person. Perhaps you know them? Help them find themselves and give them this name.
myrmepropagandistZohran is expanding the number of public toilets in NYC and improving how the existing ones are cleaned and maintained.
If this is a big enough initiative it will have a huge impact on quality of life for new yorkers. I don't know if it is big enough. Nonetheless this is the way to address the things that make people feel like the city is a dump. It's also just... civilized. IDK. How do you call it a city and you have no bathrooms?
Anyway welcome to communism.
myrmepropagandist1. When comparing works of the past with what is made today nearly always there has been an increase in both volume and diversity. Today we have MORE music, more books, more art, most of it isn't very good.
2. We tend to compare what survived from the past, the most enduring and best work with the average work of today. (Architecture and furniture do this often.)
3. Related to #2 what is popular now, may not be what ends up defining the era when we look back.
4. Leave them kids alone.
myrmepropagandistThere is some interaction between these common place and comforting falsies:
* More history keeps happening the closer you get to the present.
* The Decline of ...."
These are based in similar statistical issues. It's all sampling errors.
myrmepropagandist"The Fall of Modern Literature"
I encountered this phrase in the context of someone complaining about fan fiction. But, you can find this sort of notion about many of the arts: it could be "the decline of hip hop" or maybe "the decline of TV series" or just "the terrible state of the modern teen"
Or if you find those absurd what about "the decline in manufacturing quality" ?
Ah. Maybe that one has a point?
These pro-nostalgia arguments may vary in validity but they face common hurdles.
myrmepropagandist1. When comparing works of the past with what is made today nearly always there has been an increase in both volume and diversity. Today we have MORE music, more books, more art, most of it isn't very good.
2. We tend to compare what survived from the past, the most enduring and best work with the average work of today. (Architecture and furniture do this often.)
3. Related to #2 what is popular now, may not be what ends up defining the era when we look back.
4. Leave them kids alone.
myrmepropagandist"The Fall of Modern Literature"
I encountered this phrase in the context of someone complaining about fan fiction. But, you can find this sort of notion about many of the arts: it could be "the decline of hip hop" or maybe "the decline of TV series" or just "the terrible state of the modern teen"
Or if you find those absurd what about "the decline in manufacturing quality" ?
Ah. Maybe that one has a point?
These pro-nostalgia arguments may vary in validity but they face common hurdles.
myrmepropagandistOne of the reasons I'm suddenly interested in sharing videos is directly related to AI.
I worry that I might watch a video and not know that it's AI.
A lot of AI is very obvious to me, but that doesn't mean that I can't be fooled. When we look at things together and discuss them we stand a better chance of catching deceit.
This is the invite link to fediTV. You can add videos on youTube by clicking "save" when you are watching them:
INVITE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTh3hv32NLhrPBgOXrUgwp6BQaC94lt9n&jct=HNo63JsyzJgiqq4wtxlQLw
3/3
myrmepropagandistI promise if you watch a lot of youTube this is dead simple and easy.
If you don't watch a lot of youTube? Honestly good for you. But what do you watch?
If you watch videos most of the time it's: