nina eleanor alter
@ninavizz.bsky.social
Human, curious; designer, usability advocate; snowboarder, Michigan kid, Motörhead fan. Former Model UN dork. Still a general dork.
“Under the shelter of each other, we survive.” -Mike Davis, RIP
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“Under the shelter of each other, we survive.” -Mike Davis, RIP
bigwheel.net
Why is it so damn hard to find a battery UPS backup that DOES NOT can have its sounds permanently disabled? I work from home. I don't want a device malfunction waking me up at 2am.
Does anyone know of an affordable UPS that can have its alarm permanently disabled?
Does anyone know of an affordable UPS that can have its alarm permanently disabled?
December 28, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Why is it so damn hard to find a battery UPS backup that DOES NOT can have its sounds permanently disabled? I work from home. I don't want a device malfunction waking me up at 2am.
Does anyone know of an affordable UPS that can have its alarm permanently disabled?
Does anyone know of an affordable UPS that can have its alarm permanently disabled?
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Primer on Nigerian history and current affairs, and why Nigerian Christians that oppose terrorism will tell you that Islamist terrorists in Nigeria target Muslims too, and hurt more Muslims than anyone else.
And that you can't fight terrorism with Islamaphobia. That strategy doesn't even make sense
And that you can't fight terrorism with Islamaphobia. That strategy doesn't even make sense
mekka okereke :verified: (@[email protected])
@[email protected] Quick thread on why all these things are connected:
1) So many Black folk in tech are Nigerian
2) ChatGPT uses the word "delve" a lot
3) So many of the top 100 Scrabble play...
hachyderm.io
December 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Primer on Nigerian history and current affairs, and why Nigerian Christians that oppose terrorism will tell you that Islamist terrorists in Nigeria target Muslims too, and hurt more Muslims than anyone else.
And that you can't fight terrorism with Islamaphobia. That strategy doesn't even make sense
And that you can't fight terrorism with Islamaphobia. That strategy doesn't even make sense
He really dropped bombs. On Nigeria. On Christmas. Supposedly to avenge Christians who'd been attacked by Muslims. How to signal you've never read The Bible, without actually...
December 26, 2025 at 6:27 AM
He really dropped bombs. On Nigeria. On Christmas. Supposedly to avenge Christians who'd been attacked by Muslims. How to signal you've never read The Bible, without actually...
Watching It's a Wonderful Life for the first time, in decades. MAN, we KNEW Capitalism was this f*ckd and ROMANTICIZED it?! That jerk backed Regan, who enabled all the damn Potters of the world.
December 25, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Watching It's a Wonderful Life for the first time, in decades. MAN, we KNEW Capitalism was this f*ckd and ROMANTICIZED it?! That jerk backed Regan, who enabled all the damn Potters of the world.
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“American whites are victims of a cultural genocide,” said Jeremy Carl, a Trump nominee for the State Department. He downplayed the Holocaust, authored The Unprotected Class: How Anti-White Racism is Tearing America Apart, and imagined “a great replacement of whites.”
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
State Dept. nominee espoused antisemitic views, downplayed the Holocaust
Jeremy Carl, a Trump administration nominee for a senior position at the State Department, has expressed a range of derogatory views of the Jewish community, characterizing in writings and public inte...
www.yahoo.com
December 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
“American whites are victims of a cultural genocide,” said Jeremy Carl, a Trump nominee for the State Department. He downplayed the Holocaust, authored The Unprotected Class: How Anti-White Racism is Tearing America Apart, and imagined “a great replacement of whites.”
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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I bet macho boneheads such as Hegseth get all in a froth when they learn their mighty navy includes little cuties like this fella
December 18, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I bet macho boneheads such as Hegseth get all in a froth when they learn their mighty navy includes little cuties like this fella
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I hate that the bigoted right made everyone fret over detransitioning, but it's good that there's some science now to say what we always knew: just let people be who they are.
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I hate that the bigoted right made everyone fret over detransitioning, but it's good that there's some science now to say what we always knew: just let people be who they are.
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The Jews For Food Aid Chanukah Tzedakah campaign aims to raise $36,000 for Palestinian olive farmers. Tzedakah is a practice of solidarity that leads us to collective safety and freedom for all people, binds ourselves to others, and brings us closer to a world redeemed.
Support Palestinian olive farmers!
Sponsor a Palestinian olive tree or part of an orchard today. Every sapling counts🌱 HaYovel is a Christian Zionist organization that claims to bring Christian volunteers from around the world to Judea...
support.greenolivecollective.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:07 AM
The Jews For Food Aid Chanukah Tzedakah campaign aims to raise $36,000 for Palestinian olive farmers. Tzedakah is a practice of solidarity that leads us to collective safety and freedom for all people, binds ourselves to others, and brings us closer to a world redeemed.
The Darien Gap is most notable for being the lone remaining holdout of the Americas, still run by indigenous people who've managed to stave-off the industrialized world for almost 100 years. Drug cartels, military brigades, National Geographic. Nobody has yet beat the people of the Darien.
December 12, 2025 at 6:42 AM
The Darien Gap is most notable for being the lone remaining holdout of the Americas, still run by indigenous people who've managed to stave-off the industrialized world for almost 100 years. Drug cartels, military brigades, National Geographic. Nobody has yet beat the people of the Darien.
Countless ironworkers lost their lives building the bridges, buildings, dams, and other physical infrastructure that has made today's world possible.
Portraying a buncha billionaires as even touching a fraction of the toil and risk that ironworkers do, is revolting af.
Portraying a buncha billionaires as even touching a fraction of the toil and risk that ironworkers do, is revolting af.
December 12, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Countless ironworkers lost their lives building the bridges, buildings, dams, and other physical infrastructure that has made today's world possible.
Portraying a buncha billionaires as even touching a fraction of the toil and risk that ironworkers do, is revolting af.
Portraying a buncha billionaires as even touching a fraction of the toil and risk that ironworkers do, is revolting af.
Benioff bought and now owns Time. Can they all please just get a damn room and leave the rest of us alone?!
Representing oligarchs as working class heroes is a new low…even for us.
December 12, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Benioff bought and now owns Time. Can they all please just get a damn room and leave the rest of us alone?!
OMG THE DARIEN GAP IS IN PLURIBUS!!! Vince Gilligan respect just hit a new high. 🏍️
December 12, 2025 at 6:03 AM
OMG THE DARIEN GAP IS IN PLURIBUS!!! Vince Gilligan respect just hit a new high. 🏍️
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AI is a tool of fascism.
December 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
AI is a tool of fascism.
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Really not into this dark at 4:30pm BS.
December 9, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Really not into this dark at 4:30pm BS.
Otto Ohlendorf. A good one to read about, for reminders on how easy language is to skew to hide nefarious motivations.
December 8, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Otto Ohlendorf. A good one to read about, for reminders on how easy language is to skew to hide nefarious motivations.
Today is a disgrace for arts in America. Not one dancer, visual artist, or any artist not primarily recognized by capital success, is represented at the Kennedy Center Honors. Gloria Gaynor is also the only woman, and the only non-White artist.
I wish Caroline had some pull, but she does not.
I wish Caroline had some pull, but she does not.
December 8, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Today is a disgrace for arts in America. Not one dancer, visual artist, or any artist not primarily recognized by capital success, is represented at the Kennedy Center Honors. Gloria Gaynor is also the only woman, and the only non-White artist.
I wish Caroline had some pull, but she does not.
I wish Caroline had some pull, but she does not.
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This is SUCH a good insight. "Luxury belief."
Luxury bigotry is so 2025.
Luxury bigotry is so 2025.
Transphobia is a luxury belief. Yes, ordinary people are often ambiently transphobic, but they have bigger things to worry about. The true believers are wealthy, powerful, influential, and face no real hardship that would force them to prioritize issues that affect them.
They genuinely don't have anything better to do. These are not people capable of great things. That she was so capable, that trans people can attain successes they must win with lies & slander, gnaws at them. Even when they win, for them it has no savor
December 7, 2025 at 2:15 AM
This is SUCH a good insight. "Luxury belief."
Luxury bigotry is so 2025.
Luxury bigotry is so 2025.
"Smart Poop Cam" is my new favorite First World Problems gizmo to ding. At least unlike AI data centers, it's pretty laughable.
NEW: Your "end-to-end encrypted" poop pictures taken by this $599 (+ subscription) smart toilet camera are actually not end-to-end encrypted.
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techcrunch.com/2025/12/03/e...
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techcrunch.com/2025/12/03/e...
‘End-to-end encrypted’ smart toilet camera is not actually end-to-end encrypted | TechCrunch
Kohler, the makers of a smart toilet camera, can access customers' data stored on its servers, and can use customers’ bowl pictures to train AI.
techcrunch.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:04 PM
"Smart Poop Cam" is my new favorite First World Problems gizmo to ding. At least unlike AI data centers, it's pretty laughable.
Obligatory screening of "Blues Brothers" must be had. Rock on, Steve!
December 4, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Obligatory screening of "Blues Brothers" must be had. Rock on, Steve!
This year I think I did my best-ever turkey: a 17lb bird, and my second turkey in our new convection oven. 2.5hrs and it was perfect, getting up to 180 on the thigh and 205 on the breast. 48hr brine.
This is also the first damn year I did not take pictures, and I'm kicking myself, now.
This is also the first damn year I did not take pictures, and I'm kicking myself, now.
November 28, 2025 at 7:34 AM
This year I think I did my best-ever turkey: a 17lb bird, and my second turkey in our new convection oven. 2.5hrs and it was perfect, getting up to 180 on the thigh and 205 on the breast. 48hr brine.
This is also the first damn year I did not take pictures, and I'm kicking myself, now.
This is also the first damn year I did not take pictures, and I'm kicking myself, now.
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November 28, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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Just saw an AI video of Cliff Burton, aged to 62. No, no, no, no, no. So. Much. NO.
November 27, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Just saw an AI video of Cliff Burton, aged to 62. No, no, no, no, no. So. Much. NO.
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Saw this at the cash register of my local grocery store. Regardless of your politics, the idea that the government’s now making it harder for you to get exact change at the store isn’t something you can ignore or blame on Biden & DEI.
More people voted for this in the election than any other choice
More people voted for this in the election than any other choice
November 27, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Saw this at the cash register of my local grocery store. Regardless of your politics, the idea that the government’s now making it harder for you to get exact change at the store isn’t something you can ignore or blame on Biden & DEI.
More people voted for this in the election than any other choice
More people voted for this in the election than any other choice
OMGOMG GRESHAM HAS A TRADER JOE'S!!!
November 27, 2025 at 1:47 AM
OMGOMG GRESHAM HAS A TRADER JOE'S!!!