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[jesse_the_k]

Skyview skyview.social lets you view and share Bluesky threads without needing an account. It offers a tree view, as well as an unrolled (all replies) and embed (haven’t tested it). Plus bots to save all of those; claims to track nothing.

I’d offer an example but even the briefest time on Bsky today has crashed my news wall like woe.

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Excellent tool for managing time zone information https://dateful.com

The link you create a link automagically translates an event’s time to the user’s current time zone and day. When you create a free account, you can edit those links.

For example, a Media & Disability Communication Online Con

• 12 February 2025, 6PM to 9PM AEDT (UTC +11)
  In my timezone

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Seen on electric signboard on US Highway 12/18 E just south of Madison, 23 November 2024

Make it to deer camp safely buckle up

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resonant revises John Henry for the modern day:

The Ballad of John Henry's CEO

You can't fight fate, gotta automate,
Keep the cost of production down, lord, lord,
The cost of production down.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/62395177

First published in 2012, still relevant as fuck.

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I’ve always known that the most stressful equipment failure is when something breaks on my powerchair.

Previously, I would have put computing equipment in second place, but today I learned a new contender: when my tea kettle won’t turn on! Thankfully MyGuy recognized I was in anxious mode, and the store had a replacement, and all is well.

Well, all is .... I have tea.

Comments

[resonant]

Thanks for the boost! And for gathering these together.

I lost a teakettle a couple of years ago, and I was desolate. Even though the new one glows.

OOOOO!

[jesse_the_k]

Do you have a Sherlock (TV) kettle where blue lights glamorize the bubbles?

The kettle is my most used kitchen implement. I drink at least four and sometimes six tankards of tea daily.

Found a ridiculous insulated tankard with bottle opener built into handle -- it's can't be more Wisconsin-appropriate -- which holds 20 oz, keeps my tea warm, doesn't tip over and doesn't require me to grip anything. Except mine is purple with pink accents instead of aqua with yellow.

[sonia]

That dateful site is cool. I wonder who makes it... A quick search later, My Side-Project Story by Jonathan Berger.

What a great story!

[jesse_the_k]

...and now I realize there's actually a suite of tools there -- time between dates, add/subtract, parallel scheduler, parallel world clock.

I love the realistic goal embodied in the project, as Berger says

happiness equals reality minus expectations

I've used so many other time-and-date tools since 2020, and this is the cleanest one.

[a_natural_beauty]

Thanks for sharing those links! I think eventually BlueSky will slow down - at least I'm hoping as much!

perfect icon is perfect

[jesse_the_k]

on the one hand, it's great that Bksy exists and is thriving. On the other hand, I just can't filter it enough to meet my mental health needs.

Re: perfect icon is perfect

[a_natural_beauty]

Yes, I completely get that! Hopefully something can happen and that can change for you. *hugs*

[barbaratp]

Gostei desse trem do dateful, eu odeio tentar entender os fusos estadunidenses quando moro no Brasil e uso horário padrão de 24h contra o de 12am/12pm fora que há as outras diferenças que me deixam maluca. Esse site é uma benção.

YeS!

[jesse_the_k]

I grew up with the 12-hour-clock. I can't do mental arithmetic any more, and most of the time-and-date sites make it so hard to convert. It is brilliant to let the viewer choose the system they are most comfortable with.

There's actually a suite of tools there -- time between dates, add/subtract, parallel scheduler, parallel world clock.

For the two of us

Re: YeS!

[barbaratp]

Eu até consigo trocar o horário de 24h para 12h. O que me deixa perdida é quando se usa esse tem de UTC e coisas do gênero. Eu nunca sei sobre o que é, aí preciso ir online, entender tudo e fico mais perdida ainda. É tipo sobre o horário em que um programa televisivo vai passar nos USA, eles colocam umas letras na chamada da presentação que me forçam a ir online pesquisar o que é isso. É o fuso, de cada região, porque temos o fudido meridiano de greenwich e os fusos. Argh como eu odeio isso. Ao menos o do Brasil eu não me perco tanto porque temos diferentes fusos, mas todo mundo parece saber o horário da capital (horário de Brasília), e usamos ele ou de outras localidades que o seguem como base para a hora certa do país. Isso para mim é básico, quando saio disso fico perdida. Quando tinha contato com um colega no Japão eu tinha um relógio no telefone com o horário dele lá para nunca o incomodar em horas muito tardias ou muito cedo. Então esse site que você cita soa perfeito. Quem não tem boa memória com números (eu) agradece.

Re: YeS!

[jesse_the_k]

Blame it on the British Empire!

UTC -- Coordinated Universal Time -- began as "Greenwich Mean Time," the moment when noon crossed the Prime Meridian at the Royal Observatory in London. Sailing ships all over the world needed to adjust their watches to a single standard so they could navigate by the stars. So they could kidnap African people and force them to grow sugar cane in the Americas and put the sugar in their British tea.

Re: YeS!

[barbaratp]

Conheço muito bem essa história. Meus antepassados foram roubados de África, não sei nem de onde eles vieram, não faço idéia nem de deus nomes, uma lástima... No Brasil a cana-de-açúcar tem diversas reputações em seu currículo, eu particularmente adoro ainda mais o sumo que sai dela que bebemos como suco chamado caldo de cana. Mesmo assim sei das histórias horríveis dos engenhos...