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@haiimrowie

hai, I'm Rowie (they/she). TMA. Plural. I reblog stuff. Late 20s, from Aotearoa (NZ). Transfem sapphic.

July 31, 2026 - A cannabis dispensary in Michigan, USA, responded to the Flock camera that was put up facing their parking lot by blocking it with a "NO FLOCK ZONE" sign. [video]

August 14, 2026 - Update about this specific Flock camera:

that's what we call diversity of tactics

Replacing physical buttons and controls with touchscreens also means removing accessibility features. Physical buttons can be textured or have Braille and can be located by touch and don't need to be pressed with a bare finger. Touchscreens usually require precise taps and hand-eye coordination for the same task.

Many point-of-sale machines now are essentially just a smartphone with a card reader attached and the interface. The control layout can change at a moment's notice and there are no physical boundaries between buttons. With a keypad-style machine, the buttons are always in the same place and can be located by touch, especially since the middle button has a raised ridge on it.

Buttons can also be located by touch without activating them, which enables a "locate then press" style of interaction which is not possible on touchscreens, where even light touches will register as presses and the buttons must be located visually rather than by touch.

When elevator or door controls are replaced by touch screens, will existing accessibility features be preserved, or will some people no longer be able to use those controls?

Who is allowed to control the physical world, and who is making that decision?

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All other horrors aside, I have to admit it's pretty fucking funny that JD Vance probably thought being trumps VP would get him respect.

Every passing day he just looks more and more like the mascot for a German chocolate candy company.

Some people age like fine wine, then there's Vance aging like late 90s CGI

I miss when vice presidents were made using practical effects.

No one would ever abduct JD Vance because it would mean having JD Vance. I bet his wife keeps dropping him off in strange locations and hoping he can't figure out how to find his way back. She tells everyone she's not married.

JD Vance inspires the kind of devotion that animals feel gnawing off their own limbs to get away.

He has an incredible physique, a neck that just screams out for being hanged at the Nuremberg trials.

Credit where credit is due, he probably inspired his mom to be pro-abortion.

JD Vance's wife spends all her time jealously scrolling Erika Kirk's single and ready to mingle social media feed.

His code name with the secret service is Meat Shield

He's always trying so hard to look like a strong man fascist, but instead he looks like the cover of a Spirit Halloween costume for "funny soviet dictator."

JD Vance is flop sweat that walks like a man.

are u guys hearing this

(This is a Great Golden Digger Wasp - Sphex ichneumoneus - doing what its name implies, digging. But you may also notice, if you turn the sound on, that she’s making some incredible noises as she does so.)

Incredible onomatopoeia practice happening in my notes

Anyone saying mean things about wasps or even Thinking about saying mean things about wasps on this post is getting bitten, btw. just throwing that out there

the fascinating thing about being abused is that years later youre gonna be there sitting around going "okay so what now". cause like theres no instruction manual is there

youre gonna be buying groceries and then youre gonna remember you went through all that for literally no good reason and youre gonna go Oh Okay and put paper towels in your bag or whatever

basically begging people to look at the the onion headed infowars shit theyre putting out this is fucking me up badly

Th oceangate submersible should've happened in like 1980 so that mythbusters would test it out with pig carcasses

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gen z simon and garfunkel

i earnestly do not have the emotional energy to transpose the lyrics of Baby Driver to be about the super smash brothers video game series as i thought i would a minute ago

Many stories are made worse by not being written marxistly. This isn't because I need a story to confirm my political beliefs but because liberals write stupid fucking stories with stupid dilemmas that are only dilemmas if you're a liberal.

please help my partner not be homeless

hello! without divulging a lot of details my partner @chrisp-dolair is currently in an extremely bad situation and is in need of shelter. i’m organizing a fundraiser to help pay for a motel, at least until i can get on my own two feet and have it stay with me.

CURRENT GOALPOST: $800

$50/800 REACHED

A small update. I am no longer ‘definitely’ getting kicked out after much pleading. It is still not guaranteed and I am still stuck in my abusive household and still need funds to plan my leave (or a place to stay If I am still kicked out. It is currnelty in the air). I do not have any money at all, I thank everyone who has donated or shared this from the bottom of my heart.