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The Bird

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Thank you dear Quark Amaya McFluffers for being my kitty buddy for 16 years. I miss you. I live alone in a city, and like to #write, compose music, and make art […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ disabled.social/@Aaidanbird, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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The Bird @aaidanbird.disabled.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

I've been sick most of this year so focused on just doing behind the scenes server stuff to try to keep our server safe from the endless deluges of spambots and AI agents we've had lately. I keep wanting to write a thread on a topic I'm researching (when I can't leave bed, I just read and take […]

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The Bird @aaidanbird.disabled.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

#Fediblock I've been using the block the IP tool since this new spam attacks seem to come from one IP until that one is blocked then they switch it up I guess? Do others have tips on how to block this spam attack? We set our server so everyone must fill […] [Original post on disabled.social]

A long list of spam bots who all have the exactly same reason for the application to our server: "Hi, I'm a developer interested in decentralized platforms. I'd love to join to follow tech discussions. Thanks!" We're a disability server not a tech server.

Another long list of spam bots who all have the exactly same reason for the application to our server: "Hi, I'm a developer interested in decentralized platforms. I'd love to join to follow tech discussions. Thanks!" We're a disability server not a tech server.

The Bird @aaidanbird.disabled.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

Regarding AI and its problems, this video essayist did the best analogy that I've ever seen. And highly entertaining video. "You knew you could do it, but did you ever stop and ask if you should?" #AI #StopAI #JurassicPark youtu.be/RyOFDfpjR9U?si=-Hkgks2cEK4…

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The Bird @aaidanbird.disabled.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

RE: universeodon.com/@georgetakei/11732… This fucker is someone I have voted against, friends have tried to dethrone, and yet he persists. I wish I could shake the entire state to not vote ever for this man. He's utter trash. Just a walking talking trash heap. So many shit […]

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RM @rowlandm.disabled.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

RE: lgbtqia.space/@aceofcosmicspace/117… In Australia they have started to demonise people on the NDIS - a disability support scene, so that they could justify cutting funds to the NDIS. The efforts that they put into demonising disabled people last a lot longer than the […]

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The Bird @aaidanbird.disabled.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

Whoever is doing this, I hope they get kicked into the sun or step on Legos for the rest of their lives. This has clogged up the new member application feed. I've had to suspend these IP addresses which somewhat helps, but I'll have to go reject/suspend all […] [Original post on disabled.social]

Screenshot of the new member application screen for moderators. However, there is nothing but bot probe signups clogging the feed.

The Bird @aaidanbird.disabled.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026

Star demands pets. No one can enter or leave without paying the 'pet Star' tax. She will hound until she gets that pet.

Orange tabby cat sits on a scratching pad and looks up. A red pepper shaped toy sits next to her.

The Bird @aaidanbird.disabled.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026

huh. i never used federated much since it's random folks from various federated servers. well, I took a look today and... ... it's endless posts by news sites with very little people-users in between. not sure what to think of that. i guess will go back to avoiding.

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

But I think we should congratulate and shout out the local protests and people flooding community feedback meetings to oppose data centers. It's working! By being there with you homemade sign you might inspire others to do the same. Keep it coming.

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

Last January 37 percent of Americans would support a data center constructed near where they lived while only 28 percent opposed it. This July only 24 percent would support while 41 percent oppose. This wild swing in public opinion has happened even as most mass media has been very positive […]

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I can’t help myself. I have to add how MADDENING it is that RFK Jr., a conspiracy theorist with no education, training or experience in any related field, singlehandedly made it harder for every American under the age of 65 to get a COVID19 vaccines when there is clearly significant benefit.

The Bird @aaidanbird.disabled.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

People just blatantly lie about why they were suspended and it's so exhausting. we always have screen caps to prove our side. if asked we can provide. so a former member is spreading false info on us, but the slot amount of people falling for it is a bit sickening to see. Yes, vagueposting as I […]

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Voyagers @voyagers.stefanbohacek.online.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

Voyager 1 is 25.67 billion km/15.95 billion miles away from Earth and will reach 1 light-day from Earth in 75 days, 18 hours: eyes.nasa.gov/apps/solar-system/#/s… Voyager 2 is 21.47 billion km/13.34 billion miles away […] [Original post on stefanbohacek.online]

Computer-generated image showing position of Voyager 1 interstellar spacecraft relative to the planets of our Solar System.

Computer-generated image showing position of Voyager 2 interstellar spacecraft relative to the planets of our Solar System.

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-dsr- (unoptimizable) @dashdsrdash.tilde.zone.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

"Move fast and break things" is a clear admission of malicious intent.

The Bird @aaidanbird.disabled.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

I love it when bots line up perfectly.

The Carmen Sandiego bot says, "Oh, No! Carmen Sandiego has stolen your car!" and directly under it is the Endless Screaming not who says, " Aaaaaaaaahhhh." They lined up perfectly.

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The Bird @aaidanbird.disabled.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

On August 20, the disabled.social admins and moderation team suspended a longtime instance member for violating multiple server rules. While we don’t want to expose private communications or violate our users’ privacy, in this case the member misrepresented this situation in a public post after […]

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Douglas Edwards :neurodiv: @dedicto.zeroes.ca.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026

Keep in mind that #Luddism does NOT mean across-the-board opposition to technology. Many of the original #Luddites were skilled operators of what in their day was high technology. #Luddism means willingness to destroy specific technologies that are judged to be socially harmful. It means […]

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The Bird @aaidanbird.disabled.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026

Hi #DisabledSocial , when we contact you privately, it is to talk through respectfully to resolve a situation. We try hard to balance our moderation and to stay in good faith with our friendly servers. So please, when you report a post, make sure you choose the post in question. If the entire […]

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Alexei Flore Becanne-Roux @floresweetness.mastoart.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026

Right now I'm reading "Evolution's Rainbow - Diversity, Gender, and Sexuality in Nature and People" by Joan Roughgarden, and I love it ! If you're into nature, animals, and queerness (or if you're just curious about nature's diversity), I totally recommend it […] [Original post on mastoart.social]

Book cover of Joan Roughgarden "Evolution's Rainbow - Diversity, Gender, and Sexuality in Nature and People". The cover is mainly black, except for the top part which shows a bright orange and purple fish. There is also a sign saying it is the 10th anniversary edition.

The Bird @aaidanbird.disabled.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026

RE: mathstodon.xyz/@gregeganSF/11709045… This is why I say no. I will never consent to these things because: 1. they are not regulated and any regulations that might exist aren't being enforced, 2. training for AI is hugely exploitive 3. The environmental damage from AI data […]

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The Bird @aaidanbird.disabled.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026

Finished my full draft of my original #novel. Debating between So a little bit of Melody or So an Odd bit of Melody as the title. Kate and her girlfriend face a growing telepathic bond, mysterious lures that nearly get Kate killed, and missing people the govt refuses to acknowledge. They call […]

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The Bird @aaidanbird.disabled.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026

Finished my full draft of my original #novel. Debating between So a little bit of Melody or So an Odd bit of Melody as the title. Kate and her girlfriend face a growing telepathic bond, mysterious lures that nearly get Kate killed, and missing people the govt refuses to acknowledge. They call […]

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026

New paper thread! "Rings in the Sky: Orbital Data Centres and Potential Impacts to Astronomy and the Sky" by A. Boley, me, and @hannorein. Submitted, and posted to the arxiv preprint server. What would the sky look like if companies actually launch the tens of thousands up to one million "AI […]

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Douglas Edwards :neurodiv: @dedicto.zeroes.ca.ap.brid.gy · 23/07/2026

@futurebird The disgustingly dishonest so-called "age verification" campaign is 100% about powerful people trying to control Internet communication, and especially to control social media — and exploiting our concern about children to accomplish that. Whoever said "Patriotism is the last refuge […]

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The Bird @aaidanbird.disabled.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2026

DARVO style of gaslighting is way too common in society (USA). Deny Accuse Reverse Victim Offender The person denies that their actions caused you harm. They then accuse you of harming them by making the claim OR claim that the behavior they did was actually you doing it (often despite you […]

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The Bird @aaidanbird.disabled.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2026

Wish this was talked about more. Medical Trauma Is Real and is More Common Than You Think (Video by Jessica Kellgren-Fozard) www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Uijou2QXB8 #Trauma #Disabled

The Bird @aaidanbird.disabled.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/07/2026

Can we make 4th of July a day of literally anything but USA? * Make it a day to mourn those we lost to USA's past, current, and ongoing genocides. * Ignore it and make it the day of napping * Make it a piss off a fascist or punch a fascist day * Make it a day to craft items to help others * […]

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The Bird @aaidanbird.disabled.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/06/2026

RE: universeodon.com/@jaykuo/1167664183… Alt text for the photo: A Trump Lackey stands at a podium that reads department of justice and points his slimey finger at the crowd.

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The Bird @aaidanbird.disabled.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/06/2026

I crashed pretty bad this weekend. Means I'm behind on things again. Then I remind myself that I'm on Crip Time, so I don't have to set ridiculously silly and useless deadlines. I just need to be honest about where I'm at in the process. It's hard to undo the icky "must be productive or I"m […]

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Ahimsa @ahimsa-pdx.disabled.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/06/2026

RE: mastodon.art/@thelatestkate/1167609… This is my response (usually just in my head, not out loud or posted here) when people say things like, "Why fight? They've rigged the system and they're going to win anyway!"

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Ahimsa @ahimsa-pdx.disabled.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/06/2026

The US Postal Service (USPS) published a proposed rule to allow the federal government to control who can cast a mail-in or absentee ballot. States would have to send a list of every voter slated to receive a ballot by mail to the USPS. Public comments are now being accepted on this rule. See […]

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Amber :neodog_box: @puppygirlhornypost2.transfem.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/06/2026

too real #shitpost

skeleton lifting weights meme captioned "my body is a machine that doesn't work very good"

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Tyrone Slothrop @slothrop.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/06/2026

RE: nileane.fr/@nileane/116704285750838… If you’re still using Proton mail: The company is sponsoring the videos of French right-wing YouTuber Vincent Lapierre. If encryption is part of your vision for a better society, find a better service provider. #proton #fash

The Bird @aaidanbird.disabled.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/05/2026

This is bad. Submit a public comment and urge your state to sue and fight back against implementation of these federal rules: elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summ… If implemented we won't have science anymore, just another political arm of the […]

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Ahimsa @ahimsa-pdx.disabled.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/05/2026

RE: disabled.social/@tomkindlon/1166405… Quote: "Long COVID did not create medicine’s discomfort with invisible illness. It exposed a preexisting pattern that millions of patients had been navigating for decades. Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) […]

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Ahimsa @ahimsa-pdx.disabled.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/05/2026

"What changed was not the existence of invisible illness. What changed was the number of people experiencing it all at once. Once millions of previously healthy people began experiencing chronic exhaustion, cognitive dysfunction, and functional instability simultaneously, the limitations of […]

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

"Generally speaking, I think it takes a special kind of gall to assume that what a desperate world needs is your particular spin on giving up." organizingmythoughts.org/declining-in...

“We need more people highlighting solutions, practicing care, bracing for impacts together, and naming the openings we might push through—which is why the public broadcast of doom and despair deserves scrutiny right now. Pessimism is not foresight, and despair is not a synonym for political clarity. Not because people are obligated to be cheerful, but because resignation, transmitted as a factual conclusion, becomes an invitation to surrender.” - Kelly Hayes

The Bird @aaidanbird.disabled.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/05/2026

Had a horrific hospital experience, but thankfully I had an advance directive and POA, and she with my younger sister went to bat for me. Hospital kept trying to discharge despite my frequent nonepilectic seizures and semi conscious state. They had no care plan. My day nurse alerted me and […]

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The Bird @aaidanbird.disabled.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/05/2026

Seizures suck and can lead one to feel so dazed and confused for a long time after. #seizures #disabled

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Managing Barista and Janitor @proprietor.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 14/05/2026

Hi, 'Shop. I'm stepping slightly out of my local, community-care lane to share something I feel is very important to Canadians. We're facing another terribly damaging, wrongheaded attempt by our government to "regulate" digital communications by compromising everyone's security. If you're a […]

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Sophie Schmieg @sophieschmieg.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 14/05/2026

In order to go viral on Mastodon, your post should include at least one cat and some criticism of AI. So here is Binah disliking large language models.

A mediocre picture of a black kitten, who is definitely very critical of LLMs. Or something.

The Bird @aaidanbird.disabled.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/05/2026

#DisabledSocial A reminder that when people signed on to Disabled Social, they committed to the rules we have. One of those rules is making posts accessible to all our members. This includes AltText on photos and videos. AltText doesn't need to be much. Just to explain in a sentence or two what […]

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abadidea @0xabad1dea.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 13/05/2026

I often get replies that really clearly fit into the pattern described by those who warn about the literacy skills crisis — where readers see only the keywords, and construct a completely different sentence in their head with the same keywords and respond to it. It’s 100% not your fault if you […]

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The Bird @aaidanbird.disabled.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/05/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@mcc/11656382106358… This is an user-bility and accessibility nightmare. If you move your mouse Gemini will harass you? I'd toss the laptop into the wall before I even opened my writing and art programs. I do not need AI telling me anything. Can we just delete […]

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The Bird @aaidanbird.disabled.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/05/2026

Why do I curl up in my chair, with my feet tucked like a cat, and me scrunched up into smallest space possible? I KNOW this will cause my feet and ankles to go numb and for the pain to start, and yet I fall back into this same position every few hours. I learn nothing from the pain […]

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The Bird @aaidanbird.disabled.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/05/2026

Perfect Loaf. #Cats #Caturday

An orange kitty sits with paws and legs tucked under to form a perfect kitty loaf. Cat puzzles sit next to her, all of them solved and treats inside eaten.

The Bird @aaidanbird.disabled.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/05/2026

I love it when the bots line up perfectly in my feed:

A screenshot of Carmen Sandiego's post that reads: "Oh No! Carmen Sandiego has stolen your parking spot!" Directly under it is the Endless Screaming bot who posted: "Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhh." The juxtaposition of the two in the timeline was humorous.

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The Bird @aaidanbird.disabled.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/05/2026

#DisabledSocial For our new people, do you have any questions? Mastodon is a little different from the corporate social media like Facebook and others. You generate your home timeline by following people and tags. If you'd like further tips, reply to this thread. For established members […]

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The Bird @aaidanbird.disabled.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/05/2026

Do people on the fediverse know about Ellipsus? It's a really great app by writers for writers, and they are anti-AI and pro-privacy: ellipsus.com Pros: * Easy to collaborate, examine, and merge changes. Including chats and comments. * Good set of editing and writing features. * All […]

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