ROFLMAO


He looks quite serious about it, too


I remember reading a chart about a year or two ago as to how long different kinds of masks protect from COVID depending on whether one person is masked or all are masked. ¿Has this chart been updated for the latest variants? #COVID #novid nostr:npub1zuzsq4ssek2e644l2fsacl2cjsgjcqljtj3snn2sskj20q9qureshtjdyj


If the missing word in "My coworker's brother-in-law just unexpectedly after a brief COVID infection." was "died" I'm sorry for their loss. I wear a mask and it frustrates me that most people don't.


Spent dinner relaxing to Souled Out, an album by Jhené Aiko https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_milK-XwgYDcWYPg3Y4OJHzHVeoW57fdak&si=BGLVdJoWHnNKqjtS #Soul #Music #SoulMusic #Chill #ChillMusic


Enjoying the cheerful rock of Smile Buffalo, including di koenpai (fun fact: the Thai word for buffalo, ควาย, is used as an insult) https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=l-wi7qD-9ak&si=6_jlo3f7x4PPwRCo #Thai #Rock #Music #ThaiRock #RockMusic


oh purr


The breathtaking beauty that is Dhimbje by Fifi https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns51xUaBncs #Albanian #Kosovo #Pop #Music #AlbanianPop #PopMusic


oooh ¡nice!


nostr:npub1lnespsv205pw9euhj5euqw5tausd2eukxnn9ng5ykam3txszd4csrga26j I've been to Sedona several times and I've always found the green growth on red rock to be strange.


nostr:npub1lnespsv205pw9euhj5euqw5tausd2eukxnn9ng5ykam3txszd4csrga26j Additional alt text: A bell-shaped rock mountain with green trees or bushes growing here and there. Leading to the rock is a graded but rough path with red dirt and posts with wires demarcating the path.


nostr:npub1cm8rf05gdat6qus8ynphsdmufahfg9pmhsaygnrrmghuff9vz7aqzgzjyl how flexible


nostr:npub1eg2p0wruhxr58k098m5n2yf9vnksnx55h4ugdzae6n0pellah3sswg7ykg nostr:npub1fm48v6mzfh4gxpmkktj8z4w4fqqysmg5sq7shsy3f9ps8qe0sf2qc6f006 ¡nice!


¿Anyone know what's going on with the San Francisco pollution monitor? https://www.baaqmd.gov/about-air-quality/current-air-quality/air-monitoring-data/#/aqi?date=2023-10-02&id=316&view=hourly #sfba #SFBayArea #SanFrancisco #AirQuality


nostr:npub17u275qsmr4f8cwfta4hp4y9lgf32et5njjg5jxj730h5dcmgggfq5s6dmj ¿Which main section of system settings is it in? System settings search isn't working for me


nostr:npub1dt0460wa0dyschlfr40482zc93sf3nr9w6ff3m32cs5kkq349tkq2m7205 I'd guess that wasn't a nice thing to happen to the road


nostr:npub1fm48v6mzfh4gxpmkktj8z4w4fqqysmg5sq7shsy3f9ps8qe0sf2qc6f006 What I miss from the northeast living in coastal California. Absolutely breathtaking.


A Brief History of Emptiness by
FiftyBodyFifty has a very cool beat and wild lyrics if I run them through the translator https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=F_rkivL_-VU&si=69P3tP1UwliPFaZu #Mandarin #Rock #Music #MandarinRock #RockMusic


nostr:npub1dt0460wa0dyschlfr40482zc93sf3nr9w6ff3m32cs5kkq349tkq2m7205 Interestingly, that's about the time I started becoming a foodie and losing interest in 1950's Cantonese cuisine. Not sure whether the HK/Sg trip was responsible, but it's definitely around that time in my life.


nostr:npub1dt0460wa0dyschlfr40482zc93sf3nr9w6ff3m32cs5kkq349tkq2m7205 Ah, maybe that's it then. The distance is about right and I don't remember what twists and turns we might have taken.


nostr:npub1dt0460wa0dyschlfr40482zc93sf3nr9w6ff3m32cs5kkq349tkq2m7205 that said, I don't think it was a hawker center but a stand-alone restaurant or stand


nostr:npub1dt0460wa0dyschlfr40482zc93sf3nr9w6ff3m32cs5kkq349tkq2m7205 I just had a look at a map and street view. From the map location, No Signboard seems like it may be right (and I would have been wrong about the walk only being 20 minutes past Bugis, more like 40, but that's a 30-plus-year-old memory). From the looks, well, you've just told us why we can't go on looks, since there's been so much tearing down and building going on. There was a noticeable outside seating area at the time, but who knows if it's still there now.


nostr:npub13hpzxcerr3jw73y2msh20yxw248ktj67vwa7e4renafw8rsdvs0qzjkqum Interesting points. I disagree that it's just about death. As a foodie, I would be miserable if I lost my sense of taste or smell to long COVID. And chronic fatigue would not be fun either.


Sometimes #BloomScrolling dominates my timeline and sometimes #CatsOfMastodon does. today it seems to be the cats.


nostr:npub1jntfqs5wqxml8asvqgvrl0cuk6f78ad2hwk56s5sl4c40p5dd8xqxn88c4 love this


nostr:npub1dt0460wa0dyschlfr40482zc93sf3nr9w6ff3m32cs5kkq349tkq2m7205 Glad you like the weather. I was miserable the whole time I was there, even in aircon spaces. But then again I find anything over 68 F/20 C to be a heat wave. You are totally right about SF at 80 F.


nostr:npub1dt0460wa0dyschlfr40482zc93sf3nr9w6ff3m32cs5kkq349tkq2m7205 ah, thank you, found it


nostr:npub1dt0460wa0dyschlfr40482zc93sf3nr9w6ff3m32cs5kkq349tkq2m7205 ¡Love it! Interesting it says it's a Lim Giong remix. You might enjoy Lim Giong's album Insects Awaken https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nGwMyL4K5jTC5UwsCuplkT0pHC5fOGYns&si=m1La52HQ-2pPQYrd


nostr:npub1dt0460wa0dyschlfr40482zc93sf3nr9w6ff3m32cs5kkq349tkq2m7205 Just started play. Interesting.


nostr:npub1dt0460wa0dyschlfr40482zc93sf3nr9w6ff3m32cs5kkq349tkq2m7205 ¿Are you talking about the Thompson-East Coast line? Apple Maps is showing me a single station for Outram Park for 3 lines. ¿Where is the new station?


nostr:npub1dt0460wa0dyschlfr40482zc93sf3nr9w6ff3m32cs5kkq349tkq2m7205 anyway, I'll have to try those other crab dishes you mention if I can find them in the Bay Area


nostr:npub1dt0460wa0dyschlfr40482zc93sf3nr9w6ff3m32cs5kkq349tkq2m7205 I don't even think I knew the name of the place back then.


nostr:npub1dt0460wa0dyschlfr40482zc93sf3nr9w6ff3m32cs5kkq349tkq2m7205 ewww, okay, this was over 30 years ago. sad to hear the dish has gone downhill.


nostr:npub1dt0460wa0dyschlfr40482zc93sf3nr9w6ff3m32cs5kkq349tkq2m7205 Maybe I lucked out. Many years ago I had chili crab late at night somewhere to the east in a walkable distance from downtown, maybe 15-20 minutes past Bugis Street, and seating was outside. It was divine, if much spicier than I'm used to, and the crab was so fresh I could taste it through the chili. I think it was probably legit because a local friend took me and picked the place, although he did also take me to Newton Circus food center once, so maybe not.


Test


Pleased to discover there are a whole bunch of files in my Mac's system files with the extension .catfamily #Caturday #macOS


nostr:npub1584tqmyyfv5jfq6g8fzfe30832jwy8atvw78f30vudcg6cu4pgtsyug3dp awww

nostr:npub1pe9rq3lukz8z0sq6rqjfvv5y35hftfmwck8mqnxujcxz0pv4mztsrccye6 ¿will they be moving into the panda house soon?


nostr:npub15dz54fj52zsw8qly0ps0zhvdnxmmhcra2mhw7crz9d4944fqqe5sfq6wus squirrels got competition


I absolutely love Stage Manager (except when I'm trying to set the capture window on a QuickTime screen recording).


nostr:npub1x7ptj680lgett27nueqtzxkry29cgaasfwwlrv832ptrxwta5gnqg5s8l4 I'll give it a try. That said, hashtags are not trademarks and there will be clashes from time to time. I've seen #macOSSonoma and #macOS14


nostr:npub1z2w5h5djk43nmu38kzx8d0gryxhdtv6z7l0artp6yh3cr90crfgsqk5u9e Funny I ran across this because of a hashtag clash between macOS Sonoma and Sonoma California, which is probably going to be a thing for a while. Yes, it's beautiful up there.


nostr:npub1wwhr0e5zh0yz6n3fzshhmwqnjnhwqfuuwhy6zgdfhvzm3cfa96eqlg6mqn nostr:npub1qc5rm9490am5znghhm6vzsfxvaurqmj8k3qhzq4wcnz97u6ajqtqrd2t0h No they didn't. It made my eyes feel ill for three hours afterwards and someone else on Mastodon reported it made them feel nauseated. #accessibility


nostr:npub1qc5rm9490am5znghhm6vzsfxvaurqmj8k3qhzq4wcnz97u6ajqtqrd2t0h made my eyes feel ill for 3 hours afterwards


nostr:npub1wyj84xdj2zxgxrcmaw8u7h2c3ws577737g7edt0d5vmsyenqdg9s2gmkhk or the pictures were too adorable for words


nostr:npub1anhh9hwunhu9hxqdca0cyzhqaqm3dzvjm832zs3kcd666rmw8p7s6sy9sk You may want to complain directly to Apple (I've already done so)


nostr:npub1wyj84xdj2zxgxrcmaw8u7h2c3ws577737g7edt0d5vmsyenqdg9s2gmkhk ¡how dare they dis Frankie like that!


nostr:npub1anhh9hwunhu9hxqdca0cyzhqaqm3dzvjm832zs3kcd666rmw8p7s6sy9sk Made my eyes feel ill for 3 hours. You might be able to dodge it by installing from the macOS Recovery feature rather than from system settings, but it's too late now.


nostr:npub1lvz64es3p0dd6q8sx7wyl38x5hweyk8zf5sdlzjfsjjzdlkrxyyscqmk4j If you upgrade from system settings it changes your screen saver to an animated farm field, and displays that to you as your very first login screen after the upgrade. Made my eyes feel ill for three hours afterwards.


nostr:npub1wmsf62agfjn0jnp9v29at8e58sta97vz2pvelg4630yfnnqymyaq3dvwt3 Wait, I'm confused. If I go to https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222 it only mentions the one Sonoma release on September 26, and if I go to https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213940 it only mentions the single September 26 release. There's no mention of any update to the release.


Earwormed by the Kumbia Kings cover/evolution of No Tengo Dinero https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=ufRANBQKMNc&si=YGYD-fYTZji2vHHQ #Latin #Cumbia #Music #CumbiaMusic #HipHop #HipHopMusic


Heads up that Auto-Play Animated Images turns on every time you boot up, log in, or launch System Settings. You'll have to go to Accessibility then Display to turn it off. I suggest leaving System Settings open as I don't know when the re-on happens. #accessibility #macOS #macOSSonoma #Apple #Sonoma


The difference is that doing it by upgrade replaces your screen saver with a motion animation and your first log in screen will present a password field over a full-screen motion animation. Doing it from Recovery doesn't seem to do this.


Warning! If you are motion sensitive and on macOS, don't do the upgrade from within System Settings. Instead, boot into Recovery mode and do an install from there. #accessibility #macOS #macOSSonoma #Apple #Sonoma


I also have to turn off Auto-Play every time I launch System Settings, so I'm just going to leave System Settings open. #Accessibility #macOS #macOSSonoma


Very industrious of her


Just so you know, they'll need their own account on the Mac, since the default boot is to that user once the install is done and they'll need the password to the account they used so they can log back in and get rid of the animation on the login screen.


Noted in https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/27089


Yep, new to 4.2.0. Sites still on 4.1 scroll one line at a time.


Okay, looks like it's Mastodon. Grrr. No, I really want to scroll one line at a time when I use cursor down.


¿Did scrolling in Mastodon change? ¿Or did Safari change? It used to be cursor down in Safari moved the timeline one line at a time. Now it jumps as if I did Page Down.


nostr:npub1dt0460wa0dyschlfr40482zc93sf3nr9w6ff3m32cs5kkq349tkq2m7205 I like the Indonesian band Telephone and their album Selemanya. You might also check out Malaysian band Estranged.


nostr:npub1ulmkv6wnxkmxrje9r7tz3u44yc4280683p63qt3zavkc9jt70d7qss8acx I chose to upgrade because they list a bunch of security fixes and there's not a corresponding security release (yet) for Ventura.


After doing the settings changes in the preceding toots of this thread, restarting the computer does not result in the motion screen.


As a side note, under Accessibility then Display, there's a new setting Auto-Play Animated Images which defaults to On, even if you have previously turned on Reduce Motion.


It's apparently automatically set on upgrade. Apple Accessibility Support walked me through disabling it, but it was their first time with this case and things may change.
1) For Screen Saver, choose one of the Other ones.
2) On the same settings pane, turn off Show on All Spaces
3) For Wallpaper, if it's not your preferred wallpaper then choose that or anything that doesn't have an icon on it.


Warning! If you are motion sensitive and on macOS, have someone else do your upgrade to Sonoma. The initial launch screen is a motion animation behind the password field. I haven't tried re-launching so don't know whether this is a one-time thing or an every-time thing on power up. #accessibility


nostr:npub1hmck2wdquhtg0dar90kdnxmrflpgtueqqqcar4vznnk8gnxqyexs92a46k nostr:npub1728f8seslcw4yzpvlad7w55ax9tts6d477ng995zkrl8tu6m3fsqx8q433 nostr:npub1typ5we79rr527q30467hfz8ptfy0h8gxpmfn7j64ak6pk6pv4rfszzc8hh Sorry, I wasn't clear. I have the hearing item on my menu bar. I don't see Spring Meadow Walk.

https://files.ohai.social/media_attachments/files/111/129/727/694/073/561/original/e2dc5123ad3a5d98.png


¡Now at 1900 songs! Infectious playlist. Catchy songs for joy in catchy times. Eclectic. Global. Mid-to-uptempo. 100+ hours of fun music. https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLdlgvDfBTAJb2Jx86sRBuOQqh-mcJN0y&si=f5srjxY_rtY6UKig #Music #Languages


Seriously, ¡check this group out!


Speak of the devil. Found one.


And filed  Language list on posts fails contrast #26948 https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/26948


nostr:npub1sg5g8wluu5zcwczf6ec9cux4yyv3t038gtuvefddn55yyyea7apqat3cmf Ah, so it appears to be an alphabet. Interesting that the letter for the "a" sound looks like the Chinese period. And indeed it is an alphabet, according to Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tifinagh


Ah, I see the language drop-down on posts gives a bilingual list, unlike the preferences. There's a contrast violation I need to file, however, when I get the chance. #Mastodon #accessibility #MastodonAccessibility


Hmmm. ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ is one of the language choices for Mastodon. Google Translate takes it as English and a Duck Duck Go search gives random unrelated results. Searching on English Wikipedia reveals it as Moroccan Amazigh. Now I know. #Languages


nostr:npub1qtcw325mx3hr3pzjjwf542c8ghawa7mrur70t7awp9w23esw89fqz2rwqy She appears to be doing an excellent job


Just realized that different software is using the same icon to mean different things. On Mastodon, the eye with a slash through it means hide the media. But in CKEditor5, which is used in Drupal, it means edit the alternative text. This is not a good thing, especially for someone like me who is icon-challenged. #accessibility #UIDesign #Mastodon #CKEditor  #Drupal #Icons


nostr:npub17ds78qjyprhqv27ytpp3ryrrvm52zvk8a46kzr4svlt0xk8g3wsqk5jy24 Actually, I see that on all four approaches, the car stop line is well behind the crosswalk. The bike boxes on Fulton just happen to be ahead of the stop line.


nostr:npub17ds78qjyprhqv27ytpp3ryrrvm52zvk8a46kzr4svlt0xk8g3wsqk5jy24 Oh, interesting, I'm on a German Mastodon instance so I have to accept a cookies dialog in German (which I don't read).


nostr:npub17ds78qjyprhqv27ytpp3ryrrvm52zvk8a46kzr4svlt0xk8g3wsqk5jy24 That's not how it looks to me. There's a stop line behind the bike block showing where cars are supposed to stop. https://www.google.com/maps/place/San+Francisco+Bicycle+Rte+20+%26+Divisadero+St,+San+Francisco,+CA+94117/@37.7768733,-122.4383162,52m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x808580b034d06a95:0x89467e7e57acfe50!8m2!3d37.7768691!4d-122.4381499!16s%2Fg%2F11f3dnmg72?entry=ttu


nostr:npub17ds78qjyprhqv27ytpp3ryrrvm52zvk8a46kzr4svlt0xk8g3wsqk5jy24 I notice they are also in a bike block. ¿Aren't cars supposed to stay behind those?


nostr:npub1muyu4t28s7mz7h7ag490x5fvheckx4tvv6klpxdfaqk7xuh3mcks0rjnwc Alternate text: Image of a male and a female actor in a remote town with a post bearing distances to various remote locations.

I thought the series was just okay. My father loved it. On a personal note, there was a subplot with a lesbian couple and that led my father to have some acceptance of my gayness. #lgbtq


Six more weeks of dinner


nostr:npub1ugc49tr34fd6smgh4cz0f026l8nvrkrhycnemvjxr59yedykukgq85sz2c nostr:npub1k4qmle0sq0u0fwfz8l7zr85j3ag07z0v3lzj7xrkz5v6sfxdd00ss73lsq oh purr


nostr:npub1x8ptf6upwpwzpn9h34fuz2mpc52h63xtx5y96nfaytcuwhlu46eq9vs7wq Her climbing skills seem quite advanced for her age


awww, so much love in that


nostr:npub1nqzzvvr02rm8eqqamu6u403a584ljdtuh0uwdqzdl5maxjn880nss7838y (image text continued) "We need to rapidly phase out fossil fuels, dramatically accelerate climate finance, protect nature, and deploy renewable energy both rapidly and equitably. Now is the moment when we must do all that we can to renew one of the key resources necessary for climate action: political will."


¡Arrgh! Switched from Firefox to Safari for Mastodon because of scrolling issues. But Safari doesn't have the Copy text from image feature that Firefox does. #accessibility #browserCompatibility


If four is an unlucky number in Chinese (due to sounding like the word for death) then ¿why do moon cakes come in boxes of four? #MoonFestival #MidAutumnFestival #Superstitions #Culture #Language


nostr:npub1up6yx0k9a2qt4s26rzxd38nkmd2tjqqv46l7z57z3m4xnstgenwsjn5rqj also quality assurance


Surprised my blog post ¿Farthest possible bus-only trip in North America using only public transit? got over 40 views this past month. Viral. (I know it's not viral by any stretch of the imagination, but for me it's viral.) https://chasbelov.wordpress.com/2022/09/29/farthest-possible-bus-only-trip-in-north-america-using-only-public-transit/ #transit #PublicTransit #bus #BusTransit #BusTrips #travel


¡Found it! Ne se sumnyavai v men by Mastilo https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=QstouruKCQc&si=1HwBu7H_XTo2TwN8 #Bulgarian #pop #music #BulganianPop #PopMusic #earworm #earworms


nostr:npub16hmk8mhtag8rldrnnlryq6nh9cduszj6pxxrg0z0x5krpjxkxucqthxt0c ¡delightful!


nostr:npub19jdxhq3q9fu8xjjqxpjwdyglsah37k2cxl6y3qz7y8ntjl6v4glq7ds0lm It could


nostr:npub1xjeukhsqhjgydjm90ltm0859uka4tmcuwlsl5erhqereqhnekpjs2stvce oh purr


A year or so ago there was a chart showing how long masks provided protection from Omicron in various masking scenarios. ¿Is there an updated chart for current COVID versions?

#COVID #masking #masks #CovidMasking


nostr:npub1xtwf6t78y384qkn0mtu40rm0m7fx4efryvcr2hc96vmqpa29r7qsd7ahxy nostr:npub1dt0460wa0dyschlfr40482zc93sf3nr9w6ff3m32cs5kkq349tkq2m7205 nostr:npub1k7j5j5v2xsmcdm66x46vjz0s8tuvzuh8lfufa834du5zng5vzeqqqrh5dh Wait, ¿red daikon as opposed to carrot? ¿huhng baahk lo baak? Of course, there are also yellow carrots and purple carrots, just to make things even more confusing, although they are typically sold together with the orange carrots as rainbow carrots rather than a bunch of yellow or a bunch of purple.


nostr:npub1v2sycpx32th4h4aude3jq4g0kgj0p2t5062059l0fx0vcn8njs8spcmqq5 Um, it wouldn't have been okay if it *was* just brown people.


Also earwormed by some other song. Can't remember who it's by, what album, what language it's in (not English), only suspect it's on a various artists album so could take time to track down. Again, no time today.


Earwormed today by some Buck-Tick song but doesn't seem to be on Six-Nine and don't have time to track it down on 97BT99. #earworm #earworms #Japanese #Rock #Music #JapaneseRock #JRock #RockMusic


I do sometimes put butter on bread that I'm eating by itself but not in a sandwich. I also don't generally use mayo or butter on sandwiches. If I put anything on a sandwich, it's likely mustard, and only for certain sandwiches.


nostr:npub1gwytt2lvzrwqe7a5ydpj9epnvzlsy34lp4e5xzj0aqrcgzq2v96q4a80nf ¡Thank you!


nostr:npub1x7648z2a0kz8gc3ts2qkgvaecpx9u0qp8pkfkkwmx47zawky94eqvxdhhe Sorry, read this at first as "I had some shedding to do."


nostr:npub1gwytt2lvzrwqe7a5ydpj9epnvzlsy34lp4e5xzj0aqrcgzq2v96q4a80nf Aside from the transport, looks very much like a California Street cable car in terms of layout, down to where the destination signs are.

Interesting destination signs. On the front left Southern Pacific Depot and Golden Gate Park. On the front right, O'Farrell, Oak, Page and Divisadero, via 4th, Ellis.


nostr:npub103r3za060mz0djmktpaq445lhhpc6yhcu6lgfnc6csapqxkz6hvqhk8xnd Thank you for the suggestion. I can actually stream both of their albums, so if it's a song that's not on their albums then I've never heard it or it's by someone else (maybe Fun4 or Ayal Komod, don't think it's Mayday)


1. My mental cover of The Letter by The Box Tops (that's mental, not metal, I can hear it in my head any time I like)

2. My mental reggae cover of Love You Ten Thousand Years by Wu Bai & China Blue

3. My mental 3/4 time cover of Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin

#3GoodThings nostr:npub1aqz07wr4vt849yz47rx7c867v9h7jhkss6axqvf009fmpk79r3asm76zx3