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grysbok

@ grysbok @lemmy.sdf.org

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I'm a systems librarian in an academic library. I moved over the Lemmy after Rexxit 2023. I've had an account on sdf.org since 2009 (under a different username), and so I chose this instance out of a sense of nostalgia. I do all sorts of fiber arts (knitting, cross stitch, sewing) and love dogs.

  • I need to buy a fridge+freezer soon, what should I look out for?

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  • Yes, awesome. Thank you.

  • I need to buy a fridge+freezer soon, what should I look out for?

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  • Make sure that the door style you choose fits with the space you have available. My fridge is kind right by pathway, so we have the dual-door style, to minimize blocking the path.

    I also like using magnets on the fridge. Iirc, some stainless steel refrigerators aren't magnet-sticky (10 pts if you can tell me what word I forgot).

  • UFC confirms Trump's plan to host a fight at White House in 2026

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  • Didn't Stephen King write a novela about that?

  • To fight Trump's funding freezes, states propose a new gambit: Withholding federal payments

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  • Payments available for withholding include the federal taxes collected from the paychecks of state employees, as well as grant payments owed back to the federal government.

    As I read it: as a state employee my federal taxes would still come out of my paycheck, but the state would hold to the money. Sounds like it could get complicated for me come tax season.

  • ‘FuckLAPD.com’ Lets Anyone Use Facial Recognition to Instantly Identify Cops

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  • It's a public servants thing--the public wants to know what they're paying for, so public servant salary records are public.

    Various websites compile this information from the various state and federal sources. It's wicked easy to find information on, say, every public servant with the title "librarian" in Fake County, Kentucky.

    Knowing their full name, you can look up their home ownership records in the county real estate or tax databases and ta-da, you know where they live. You also know if they work part-time at a different public library, so that's convenient for stalking purposes.

    Edit: not that I think it's a good thing. It's creepy as all get out. If we have to post salaries, I'd much rather they be anonymized like on Glassdoor.

    Edit2: and these lists do get used for political ickiness. There's an anti-union group that mails out helpful tips on how to save money--leave your union. They even provide a "I want to leave" postcard addressed to your union leadership for you to sign, pre-filled-in with your info.

  • ‘FuckLAPD.com’ Lets Anyone Use Facial Recognition to Instantly Identify Cops

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  • I'm a librarian. I also work with members of the public, some of whom do not share my understanding of reality. My information is still public because I'm a government employee.

  • It's Father's Day in the United States. What is a memory of your father that left the greatest impact on your life?

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  • My mom would always fuss that I'd drip water on the floor after a shower. After one such fussing, my dad took the time to actually give me advice on how to towel off properly, so as not to drip. (LPT: start from the top, work your way down)

    Anyways, he was the more patient parent and would try and help you succeed.

  • How to learn to accept people?

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  • Like "you sweet, summer child" except less obviously condescending?

  • "No Kings Day" protests turn out millions, rebuking Trump | Our unofficial estimate is that around 4-6 million people attended a protest event yesterday. Anti-Trump resistance is outpacing 2017.

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  • Zouaves!

  • Republicans Want to Ban Pets From Domestic Violence Shelters

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  • I'd happily give 25 times that to help domestic abuse survivors and their pets. To put that princely sum in context: 50¢ could buy you a full-sized candy bar 30 years ago.

  • What's a niche fediverse software you like?

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  • I'm also on Sharkey. It's just more fun that Mastodon. Also feels a touch more queer, in a wonderful way.

  • Massive internet outage reported: Google services, Cloudflare, Character.AI among dozens of services impacted

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  • Same. Feeling pretty good about using Anubis instead of Cloudflare for our dinky systems.

  • For Trump, This Is a Dress Rehearsal | Ordering the National Guard to deploy in Los Angeles is a warning of what to expect when his hold on power is threatened.

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  • "Oh, you have a [baby|upcoming deadline|scheduled holiday] in your regular life? Drop everything and harass these protesters while trying not to worry about regular life "

    I'd be frustrated, too.

  • Reddit sues Anthropic, alleging its bots accessed Reddit more than 100,000 times since last July

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  • I wonder if I can get Facebook to give me some of that sweet, sweet cash for the inconvenience of telling them to bugger off...

  • Trump Appoints 22-Year-Old Ex-Gardener and Grocery Store Assistant to Lead U.S. Terror Prevention

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  • At 22, he didn't even live through 9/11.

  • Reddit sues Anthropic, alleging its bots accessed Reddit more than 100,000 times since last July

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  • That's hardly anything. Facebook has a bot accessing my server's robots.txt multiple times a second. (My robots.txt used to say "Facebook bot go away" but now I just respond 404 to any requests from the Facebook bot. Pretend I said that all technical and stuff, it's 2 am and I ought to go to sleep.)

  • Top CDC covid vaccine adviser quits after RFK Jr. ended recommendations

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  • Yep. My household has tentative fall plans to take a road trip to Canada, if we can't get vaccinated in Freedom Land.

    I'm so glad I didn't update my passport to accurately reflect my gender. Living stealth sucks in some ways but is much simpler in others.

  • Slrpnk.net outage (resolved)

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  • Lol. Yeah, sdf.org feels pretty hands-off. They have longevity going for them--I've had an sdf account of some sort since 2009 at the latest. The system started life as a BBS in the 80s. The name comes from the anime "Super Dimension Fortress", which I've never seen.

  • Slrpnk.net outage (resolved)

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  • This is making me want to create an alt on slrpnk.net , since you're so chill and communicative about issues.