Peckishly · @peckishly
256 followers · 92 posts · Server toot.io

I realize that it may seem presumptuous of me to label my toots with the hashtag, but really it's my intense dislike of ambiguous communication that's responsible. In the end, I'd rather a joke fail on its merits than have someone wonder, "was he trying to be funny , or..."

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Stephen Shankland · @stshank
1370 followers · 322 posts · Server mstdn.social

IRA stands for:

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Olaf Eisen · @iceadvice
311 followers · 605 posts · Server fediscience.org

@sou @denebeim

Hashtag USPol is a quick useful one to type in CW that allows others to choose whether to engage when US folks we get going.

Hashtag remote vs hashtag [insert city or region, etc.] Is pretty quick too









#decenteringsuperpowers #reframingconversations #decentering #regional #globalnorth #englishspeakers #hegemony #Disambiguation #specificity

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Charles Slomovitz · @game7
1 followers · 1 posts · Server mastodon.cloud

This is curious to me - the ambiguous web problems - but with the right business model - you can still make billions 😂
seroundtable.com/google-60-per

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Pat · @Pat
124 followers · 2265 posts · Server qoto.org

25A = 25th Amendment, etc...
2A = Second Amendment (to the US Constitution)
abbr = abbreviation
AI = artificial intelligence
A = amps
BBC = British Broadcasting Corporation
BFG = Big Friendly Giant (or Big Fucking Gun)
blm = Black Lives Matter
btw = by the way
CCP = Chinese Communist Party
CDC = Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDCP = the correct abbr for CDC
deco = decompression (scuba diving)
DFS = Dynamic Frequency Selection
disam = disambiguation
DS9 = Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
EMI = elecromagnetic interference
EM(R) = electromagnetic radiation
epr = Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen paradox
FDR = Franklin D. Roosevelt
fedi = fediverse
FWIW = For what it's worth
HGV = Hypersonic glide vehicle
IR = infrared
JFK = John Fitzgerald Kennedy
JPL = Jet Propulsion Laboratory
lol = (I am) laugh(ing) out loud
ms = millisecond
N95 = NIOSH rating for respirators (95% filtration)
N99 = NIOSH rating for respirators (99% filtration)
N100 = NIOSH rating for respirators (99.97% filtration)
NASA = NASA (everyone knows what NASA is)
NIOSH = National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NPR = National Public Radio
OP = original post, original poster (the first post in this thread)
potus = President of the United States
qcd = quantum chromodynamics
qed = quantum electrodynamics
qm = quantum mechanics
ROC = Tiawan, Republic of China
scifi = science fiction
scotus = Supreme Court of the United States
scuba = self-contained underwater breathing appartus
STE(A)M = science, technology, engineering, (arts), math(s)
TIL = Today I learned
tmux = terminal multiplexer (a Linux utility)
TNG = Star Trek: The Next Generation
TOS = Star Trek: The Original Series; also, "Terms of Service"
u = micron (or micro-)
usec = microsecond
UTC = Coordinated Universal Time
V = volts
vax = vaccine
W = watts
wrt = with regard to
wtf = a profane exclamatory interrogative
www = World Wide Web

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Pat · @Pat
125 followers · 2265 posts · Server qoto.org

@zleap

HGV = Hypersonic glide vehicle

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Pat · @Pat
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Pat · @Pat
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@2ck

Toons Bar & Grill. Chicago.

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Pat · @Pat
125 followers · 2265 posts · Server qoto.org

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Pat · @Pat
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@robryk @freemo

FWIW = Forest Fire Weather Index Watch

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Pat · @Pat
125 followers · 2265 posts · Server qoto.org

@kmic

DFS = Dancer Fitzgerald Sample

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Pat · @Pat
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@lunovox

RP = Radical prostatectomy

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Pat · @Pat
125 followers · 2265 posts · Server qoto.org

STEM = singing, theater, entertainment, and music

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Pat · @Pat
125 followers · 2265 posts · Server qoto.org

btw = by the way
wrt = with regard to
wtf = exclamation (not "why the fuss?")
CDC = Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
N95 = NIOSH rating for respirators (95% filtration)
NIOSH = National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
qed = quantum electrodynamics
qcd = quantum chromodynamics
qm = quantum mechanics
blm = Black Lives Matter
vax = vaccine
fedi = fediverse
scotus = Supreme Court of the United States
potus = President of the United States
AI = artificial intelligence
scifi = science fiction
epr = Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen paradox
2A = Second Amendment (to the US Constitution)
25A = 25th Amendment, etc...
JPL = Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA = NASA (everyone knows what NASA is)
FDR = Franklin D. Roosevelt
JFK = John Fitzgerald Kennedy
DS9 = Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
TNG = Star Trek: The Next Generation
TOS = Star Trek: The Original Series; also, "Terms of Service"
CCP = Chinese Communist Party
ROC = Tiawan, Republic of China
UTC = Coordinated Universal Time
NPR = National Public Radio
BBC = British Broadcasting Corporation
OP = original post, original poster (the first post in this thread)
IR = infrared
lol = (I am) laugh(ing) out loud
STE(A)M = science, technology, engineering, (arts), math(s)
EM(R) = electromagnetic radiation
EMI = elecromagnetic interference
A,V,W = amps, volts, watts
u = micron
usec = microsecond
ms = millisecond
www = World Wide Web

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Pat · @Pat
125 followers · 2265 posts · Server qoto.org
Pat · @Pat
125 followers · 2265 posts · Server qoto.org
Rob Vincent 🎙️ · @Rob_T_Firefly
635 followers · 2659 posts · Server hackers.town


(Inspired by BigSpiderBack@birdsite.)

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Pat · @Pat
125 followers · 2266 posts · Server qoto.org
Pat · @Pat
125 followers · 2266 posts · Server qoto.org

FYI

PLC = Pityriasis lichenoides chronica

(FYI = for your information)

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