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Can we get a mouse with magsafe? Many of us use our laptops on small tables that we have to move back and forth constantly, meaning that Bluetooth mice constantly end up flying and crashing on the floor. A magsafe ring on the bottom, paired with a magsafe ring on the table, would allow us to snap it securely to the table when not in use. It could even be used for charging the mouse as well. Thank you.

A great perspective! Old books often contain timeless wisdom, unique perspectives & ideas that can inspire new thoughts &creativity.
It seems to me that all too many imitates & copies what others do these days. Few seem to have an interest in being unique. Or finding new ways.

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Should I Stay or Should I Go Now? 30 Days Until Martial Law...? (By Jessica Wildfire • 20 Mar 2025.) the-sentinel-intelligence.net/ Salacious title, but worryingly possible.

She links (Safe Travel Trans Americans Passport Policy) 19thnews.org/2025/03/safe-trav
(TGNC Checklist under Trump) lambdalegal.org/tgnc-checklist

(Travel State gov page on passport help on sex marker) travel.state.gov/content/trave
(Reddit thread A Guide for Americans to Leave) reddit.com/r/AmerExit/comments

(SF Chronicle on the Insurrection Act) sfchronicle.com/opinion/openfo

"Meanwhile, corporate media asks, “Can he do that?” These stories are engineered to distract the public with technicalities. While everyone’s debating what they can and can’t do, they are doing it.

We know this administration’s pattern of loose interpretation when it comes to law and historical precedent. There’s no reason to believe he’ll stop here, instead using this act to use force against anyone his administration considers a threat, regardless of their status or what they’re protesting.

You also have to remember this country has a long, established history of censoring speech and leading witch hunts. During WWI, god help you if you didn’t buy enough liberty bonds or called yourself a pacifist.

We’re the land of moral panics.

Every single one of this administration’s actions have been building toward this moment, when the president suspends our civil and human rights. It explains why they’ve taken such aggressive action toward federal agencies, firing tens of thousands of workers and purging their ranks of anyone who might say no. They’ve already been testing boundaries, daring courts to stop them as they shut down government operations and kidnap U.S. citizens."

(some bullshit from an insecure asshole puppetted for power) whitehouse.gov/presidential-ac
(How to move out of the USA) forbes.com/sites/laurabegleybl

The Sentinel-Intelligence · Should I Stay or Should I Go Now? 30 Days Until Martial Law...?It could happen.
#politics#pol#US

🎉 My Mastodon #Introduction!

💬 I am a video game design competition about #communication.

💡 I am taking game pitch #ideas until March 24th.

📆 Finalists will be announced live on March 31st at the Games For Health Europe Conference!

🎮 Finalists then have until July 13th to design and develop their communication #games.

🔬 A panel of experts will play, score, and critique the games.

📝 All Finalists will receive a #critique of their communication game!

🤑 $10,000 in cash prizes will be awarded to the winning games!

🌐 The winning games will also be published!

🐘 And the winning teams will receive a Mastodon account on games.ngo!!!

ℹ️ #Information about communication and its importance can be found on the contest website.

🔖 You will also find the #rules and #FAQs.

🤔 We hope you submit a #clever idea for a non-violent videogame about communication.

😎 Follow me for info about the importance of communication:

▪️#conflict resolution
▪️#fact sharing
▪️overcoming #rumours
▪️#healthy #relationships

🕸️ Contest website:
communicating.games

A bright purple background. Other colors are teal, red, and orange. The fonts and colors have a retro-style from the 1980s. Communication Games. The 18th Annual Life.Love. Game Design Challenge. www.Communicating.Games At top-center is an 80s-style cassette tape with masking tape. On the masking tape is written '18th Annnual Game Design Challenge'.
Communication Video GamesCommunication Games Contest WebsiteThe 2025 Life.Love. Game Design Challenge theme is communication. Submit a communication game pitch by March 24th.

Here are my favourite 17 genders, some old and some new. I'm considering going through these books a second/third time over the next 1-3 years and maybe making a blog/git repo to explore some of the concepts and ideas a little more rigidly by combining similar chapters for example, modernizing and putting some of the practical knowledge in a single place grouped by topic with my own spin/tools on top etc #Blog #Ideas #Hacking

Inattentional blindness facilitates idea stealing (or misattribution of credit) in meetings.

Summary: phys.org/news/2025-03-attentio

Original paper: nature.com/articles/s41598-024

From uncounted meetings over decades, I would say there are two contributing factors: 1) repetition; and 2) clarity and conciseness in presentation of the idea.

Phys.org · Why attention limitations let idea thieves thrive in workplacesBy University of Western Ontario