This week I went to an event where they had this amazing machine that demonstrated the workings of a heat pump: taking a unit of heat from the right side and transferring it to the left side, the beers are cooled and the (vegan) sausages are warmed. I think it's brilliant and should be used to overcome any doubts or resistance to heat pumps, especially in Germany. Maybe they should be mandatory in every beer hall?
Since I've seen a lot of chatter about people switching to #Firefox as Google ramps up the enshitification of #Chrome, let me tell you about a killer feature for people who (a) need multiple accounts on the same websites (eg. devs) or specifically (b) have to use multiple Google accounts.
Firefox has an official addon called Multi Account Containers that lets you trivially set up color coded tabs that have separate sets of cookies. Log into your dev account in one, and your test account in another. Log into your personal #gmail in one and have another tab next to it with your work Gmail. I'm actually not signed in to any Google accounts in most my tabs, I just have containers for the specific tasks I do on Google products.
It'll take you 30 seconds to set up.
Add-on: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/
Mozilla's explanation: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/containers
#COVID19 #COVID cautious folks:
Carrying a CO2 monitor helps me check how safe the #AirQuality in a space is, and lower or raise my cautions accordingly. (Details: https://www.harihareswara.net/posts/2023/my-current-covid-risk-approach/#ventilation ) Super useful.
I use and like the #Aranet4 #CO2 monitor. The #Aranet 4 is usually USD$249. It's on sale, direct from the manufacturer, till September 17, for $184.35, with free shipping in the US.
https://shop.aranet.com/north-america/product/aranet4-home
Or from Amazon for $197: https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B07YY7BH2W/ref=nosim/0sil8 (Might be today only - Sept 7th.)
Huh. TIL HelloFresh puts all their recipes on their website for free. https://www.hellofresh.com/recipes
Boston drops gender identity from marriage licenses. #Boston #MarriageLicense #GenderNeutral #LGBTQI https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2023/08/29/boston-drops-gender-markers-from-marriage-certificates/
Dam right I'm still doing the "mask thing"
didn't shave today - don't wanna get u sick - can't see me laughing lmao - surveillance cams everywhere - nose is cold - allergies every szn - (wildfire smoke 2) - don't wanna get me sick - don't percieve me!!!
New from me, inside the team of trans engineers, internet sleuths, and their secret weapon (an ex-Kiwi Farms member) who spent the past year trying to keep the world's most notorious anti-trans website offline
A story about the lengths targets of harassment campaigns have to go through when "deplatforming" is only the beginning https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/09/03/kiwifarms-website-offline
I've been looking at some polls about how various demographics view trans issues and other LGBTQ issues.
The polls are nearly always framed as if the subject is evaluating what other people (those LGBTs) are doing.
I wonder if responses would shift if they started with questions like:
Have you ever had a impactful bad experience resulting from not understanding or fitting into gender norms?
Have you always felt 100% aligned with your gender?
etc.
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https://isitbandcampfriday.com/
Hey, it's #BandcampFriday 🎶✨
Today all the money goes directly to the artist, yay!
how to be poor in America
I ran across this guide while googling what to expect for my Dad's Medicaid intake interview tomorrow, sharing it here in case it's helpful to others https://howtogeton.wordpress.com/2020/03/02/how-to-be-poor-in-america/
have some trippy earthbound gifs
dithering these things works really well ngl
[ for all of them, they display the same starman as Buzz Buzz casts PSI Shield Σ which does a full screen effect - the only difference is what cocktail of effects they went through, in addition to the colour palette used to dither them ]
1/2 “Beautifully surprising” to whom, exactly? How many studies and experiments do we need before we can just make this standard policy??
If I were homeless and couldn’t afford to eat regularly, and if some kind stranger gave me a few dollars, that wouldn’t be nearly enough to change my circumstances. So yeah, I might spend it on some drugs to help me feel some temporary relief from hunger pangs and the constant beatdown of life in this harsh society. But if I received enough money to get a room that isn’t infested with vermin and enough to know I could eat for the next month? THAT might help me get on my feet.
Desperate people do desperate things. Less desperate people do fewer desperate things. It’s so simple.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/new-leaf-project-results-1.5752714
"The Out Side: Trans & Nonbinary Comics," a really neat anthology I had the honor of creating a comic for, is now preordering! https://publishing.andrewsmcmeel.com/book/the-out-side-trans-nonbinary-comics/
Small fairy from Neptune. Bad decision maker. Pro translator. Won't shut up about magical girls, robots, lesbian romances, and wedding dresses. Eats, sleeps, and breathes. Ⓥ
I’m also on twitter: @atinyfaerie