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Andy 🌎

@asmaloney.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy

Curious human. I thrive on books, coffee, & big ideas. I was involved with open source for decades but have pulled back because "AI" companies ignore […] [bridged from fosstodon.org/@asmaloney on the fediverse by fed.brid.gy ]

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Andy 🌎 @asmaloney.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 04/05/2026

Dismay! I bought "Westviking" by Farley Mowat a while ago and just started it, only to find that the appendices aren't included in the book; they only included a page with a URL and a QR code. The intro suggests to read the appendices first and then references […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Cover of the book "Westviking" by Farley Mowat featuring a Viking ship.

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Andy 🌎 @asmaloney.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 18/04/2026

I saw this truncated CBC headline and was expecting a different ending... #RenewableEnergy #oil #headlines #BaitAndSwitch #CanWePleaseFocusOnRenewableEnergy

Truncated CBC headline: "Analysis: Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz sparks 'tremendous interest' in alternate..."

Me: Aha! People are FINALLY getting it!

Full headline: "Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz sparks 'tremendous interest' in alternate routes"

Oh.

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Andy 🌎 @asmaloney.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 15/03/2026

Happy Ides of March for those who celebrate. Sic semper tyrannis. #IdesOfMarch #JuliusCaesar #SicSemperTyrannis

Photoshop of a wooden Julius Caesar statue with many knives in its back.

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Andy 🌎 @asmaloney.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 05/05/2025

I'm reading **Hard to Be a God** (1964) by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky. For *some* reason the passage I just read jumped out at me... #bookstodon #Strugatsky #fiction #OnPoint #Science #Art

Quote from Hard to be a God by the Strugatsky brothers:

"No country can develop without science — it will be destroyed by its neighbours. Without arts and general culture, the country loses its capacity for self-criticism, begins to encourage faulty tendencies, starts to constantly spawn hypocrites and scum, develops consumerism and conceit in its citizens, and eventually again becomes a victim of its more sensible neighbours. Persecute bookworms all you like, prohibit science, and destroy art, but sooner or later you'll be forced to think better of it, and with much gnashing of teeth open the way for everything that is so hated by the power-hungry dullards and blockheads."

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Andy 🌎 @asmaloney.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 31/12/2024

Happy New Year everyone. 🎆 Thought I could just modify the image for 2025... (used it for the past few years). Here's hoping 2025 is only half as bad as you think it's going to be! 🤞 #NewYear #NewYear2025 #HappyNewYear #HappyNewYear2025

Group of people around the corner poking a door labelled "2025" with a broomstick.

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