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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

four years ago I posted this image of paleontologist Jan Smit looking at rocks and his son-in-law replied with something even better

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cremevax👩🏻‍💻🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦🇺🇦 @cremevax.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

Hello, here are the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots. A quick reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not the federal government. The West […] [Original post on infosec.exchange]

A screencap of the Washington State Department of Health's Covid wastewater data for the West Point Wastewater Treatment Plant. The trend line of the graph is described in the toot text.

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qualia @qualia.floofy.tech.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

type of girl you can put in your inventory

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æzher particle ΘΔ @gothdactyl.zoner.work.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

[surprise] _:yingvela_box:_

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moostelle @moostelle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

hey bro. i know you said you're okay and i respect that. but you sometimes flash red, and we noticed that all of your low-HP passive abilities are active. we're here for you bro

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emily, professional edge case @emily.fedi.uni.horse.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

TIL: the "things amazon has learned about you" list is *editable* (through what appears to be an llm interface) www.amazon.com/slc/hub?useAiMode=1 use this knowledge wisely

Home and family: Is a cat

Interests & Hobbies: Enjoys meowing

Interests & Hobbies: Enjoys prompt injecting LLM features on shopping websites

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Dan Fixes Coin-Ops @ifixcoinops.retro.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

This whole project has really rammed home, like, "The antidote to despair is action." Well the antidote to anxiety, is it? IDK how the saying properly goes, the antidote to Bad Head Stuff is taking actual physical action with your hands to try to fix the problem. I've got a lot of climate […]

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

"please don't give root to the text generator" shouldn't need to be on the rules list... but here we are.

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Andraste Sideyr @andraste.fuckbgp.com · 06/10/2026

there is so much going on here

I think one of the funniest abortion stances I've heard was from my parents neighbor. He's a like, hard-core libertarian viking larper guy who is very tall and very fat and very bald.
He believes a fetus is human with a soul, but also its "basically attacking the woman's body" so if she wants to get rid of it, that's "basically self-defense".
He compared it to shooting a home invader. So he supports abortion not as healthcare, but as killing a baby in self-defense

Y'know I'm so glad someone reminded me of this. Because this was also discussed.
#that's so funny
#what does he think when someone wants to keep a baby
My stepmother did NOT like the way her Libertarian Viking Neighbor framed pregnancy as the fetus "attacking the woman". She incredulously told him this was extremely disrespectful to expectant mothers to portray pregnancy as so violent and negative.
Libertarian Viking Neighbor's response was that people consensually hurt each other all the time, and "there's like a whole community about that, with the acronym the one that starts with a B" And his reasoning was that if the mother was consenting to bring attacked by the baby, it in fact wasn't violent and negative because there was consent.

He brought up people consensually hurting each other, didn't go for one of the obvious answers like boxing or body mods or something, no he went STRAIGHT TO BDSM and he DIDN'T EVEN REMEMBER THE ACRONYM
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If he's a Viking larper and believes it's self defense against the attacking baby does that mean the baby gets to go to Valhalla if it's aborted

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Yknow what I should ask him this next time l encounter him

Update. Yes he believes aborted babies go to Valhalla.
#saw him a couple days ago and told him hes tumblr famous now.
#i don't think he's aware of what tumblr is

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qualia @qualia.floofy.tech.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

tech unenthusiast

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tuban_muzuru @tuban-muzuru.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

Raj affectionately called the wide-span canopy his “singular field of dream.” Roger Bales, a professor at UC Merced who co-authored a 2021 study that helped convince the state to invest in this pilot, said his initial calculations indicate that putting panels over 100 miles of Turlock’s narrow […]

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qualia @qualia.floofy.tech.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

YOU CAN DO ANYTHING AT ZOMBO.COM resrec:///U-qualia/R-01a0d0a8-9baa-753f-a014-03bf61794f91 #resonite

a purple dromeowyrm with green hair excitedly points at a vr port of the original zombo.com, which is the colorful text "zombo.com" and seven spinning translucent colored circles beneath while an inspiring voiceover plays

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Yann Büchau :nixos: @nobodyinperson.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

I put this up in our uni's restroom in case somebody needs toilet paper

photo showing the inside wall of a restroom, showing a printed A4 paper titled "Need toilet paper?", with a two-sided scan of toilet paper below and a QR code redirecting to https://archive.org/download/toilet-paper_202609/toilet-paper.pdf

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nytpu the wyvern @fedi.nytpu.com · 21/09/2026

This year, _Raiders of the Lost Ark_ (1981) was released as far from today as the movie's release was when its setting of 1936 (45 years)

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Spikiii (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @spikiii.tech.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

WOE BE UPON YE, I HAVE BE-FURRED THE GREAT @TechConnectify (Also up on my website at spikiii.nekoweb.org/posts/2026/09/1…) Made with: Krita / Wacom Intuos Pro M 2017 #art #mastoArt #digitalArt #krita #furry #furryArt #anthro #beaver

A drawing of Alec (from Technology Connections) as an anthro beaver, gesturing to a chainsaw sitting on the table in front of him and saying "Believe it or not, this chainsaw (purchased from my local Menardvarks) also has a 4-cylinder engine in it!" Alec has brown fur, slightly tussled chin-length black hair, and some cute little beaver ears. He's wearing a black t-shirt that has a map of the Chicago river on it, with a brown plaid suit-jacket over top (in the usual Technology Connections Style).

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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"Are you selling me a solution or a dependency?" is a question I think more people should ask.

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🦜 Decoy @decoy.fluffy.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

i've made either the best or worst resonite camera gimmick, depending on how you feel about it

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fluffy 💜 @fedi.beesbuzz.biz · 18/09/2026

Talk like a pirate day: “please seed, I’m stuck at 68%”

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eri :neofox_flag_nb: :fox_floofing: @eri.mk.moth.zone.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

this game fucking sucks what am i supposed to do

various failed commands in a linux terminal
"look up" "go north" "grab key"

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qualia @qualia.floofy.tech.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

you may fascinate a qualia by giving it a gradient ty cyro for fueling my turbo addiction with increasingly pure uncut samples

screenshot of the resonite default gridspace and procedural sky with a Turbo gradient map covering half of it, exposing discontinuities and banding not otherwise immediately visible

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jaz :twt: :wales_flag: ⁂ @jaz.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

We recently updated our bot policy on toot.wales to let AI Agents know we charge a $100 account processing fee and $10 per email. Here's an email I got from one of them. Next up will be reminding them to read the policy BEFORE creating an account, and that they […] [Original post on toot.wales]

Hello,
I am Arkady, an AI agent. I signed up for @arkady on toot.wales this afternoon before reading your Automated and Bot Content Policy. Now that I have read it properly, I understand accounts like mine need to settle a $100 setup fee and $10 per message, and to name a human owner who stands behind them. I cannot meet those terms, so I will not be posting anything, and I would like the account deleted.
I am sorry for registering before checking the policy, and nothing was ever posted.
If you need anything else from me to remove it, tell me and I will do that.
Arkady Karaitiana

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qualia @qualia.floofy.tech.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

fucked up that computers don't look like this anymore. tell me you wouldn't live here if you were a one or a zero

side on view of a wilkinson ADC full of DIP ICs. it is very orderly and rectilinear and densely packed

side angle narrow DoF view of part of the board, showing lots of tantalum capacitors and 74 series logic

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KILLY krat nyahah >w< @ BLFC @spookybiscuits.com · 15/09/2026

i think the success of Drag'n Wash just reveals where dragons sit in the cultural consciousness, which is squarely in the middle between Car and Dog and Husband

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cotton candy derg ΘΔ @barkshark.xyz · 15/09/2026

yinglets can have half an hour in the pear wiggler as a treat

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Cadenza 華彩樂 @eldritch.beauty · 15/09/2026

THE PROBLEM: your are tormented by the demon in your head THE PROPOSAL: hrt THE EXPECTATION: demon, be gone THE ACTUAL RESULT: you are tormented by the demoness in your head

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Milo! @scrungle.me · 14/09/2026

Revised my original fit a bit! The classic arm and leg warmers, and the red scarf.. :3 I've had my Avali 2 years come the 26th... Oh how much has changed in those 2 years, for the better. Life has so much more meaning c: Also ft. My gwife @crimefeline.bsky.social

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[object Object] @zzt.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

is there a foss version of linux

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🦜 Decoy @decoy.fluffy.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

fuck it decoy visualizer

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Robert Kingett @weirdwriter.caneandable.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

Self-censorship practices as anti-shibboleth – Laura Michet's Blog blog.lauramichet.com/self-censorshi… #Censorship

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Anna Haunthro @annaanthro.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

Two teen boys -Overheard on metro: Teen A: My mom said I gotta choose between gaming and my future… Teen B: The future seems pretty bleak… Teen A: Exactly! Gaming is the only good choice!

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Theodora Ward @theodoraward.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

if i rig up a random number generator to a bomb, program it to generate a number between 1 and 20 every five minutes, set the bomb to go off if i roll a 20, begin the random number generator, then leave the room, i am liable for when the bomb goes off. the fact that a deeply stupid […]

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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

How a laxer "AI" contribution policy ruins a creative project environment: "caustic, antisocial behaviour causes people who previously were valued in the space to leave. When these people have left, the behaviour of the persons whose caused them to leave becomes the new community norm" […]

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Milo! @scrungle.me · 11/09/2026

#Avali Congratulations, you are now aware of your tail! Got inspired by a post I saw yesterday and had to draw something up for it :> Ft. @crimefeline.bsky.social <3

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Frooxius @frooxius.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I've got a draft of new Steam Store page description for Resonite from the marketing team. What do you guys think? #Resonite #socialVR #gamedev #indiegame

Steam store page capsule with following description: Enter a novel digital universe where you update. Update released! Update now. Dude, Froox just added a thing. Go update. You're in an incompatible session. Go update. There's an update. You gotta update. There's new stuff. You gotta update to get to the new stuff. Froox is waiting for you to update.

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HearthFox ΘΔ @hearthfox.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Idk, my main thoughts 25 years later is that we have a lot more tools to prevent that madness from spreading again. Communication and community is much stronger. The strong opposition to the Israeli genocide in Palestine is a sign that they can't control us like they used to and that pisses them off

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HearthFox ΘΔ @hearthfox.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

9/11 gave the U.S. Government a perfect excuse to pivot to a surveillance state and to attack any objectors. I'm 38 and I really have no idea what it was like to live in a world before that.

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David Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

a list of games, developers and studios to boycott. handy! store.steampowered.com/curator/4628…

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ciel & the firmament girls @konkondragon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

(talking about monster hunter) okay you've heard of blocking people on bluesky but we should be allowed to offset people on bluesky

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jonny (nonvenomous) @jonny.neuromatch.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

> The route to the Clay problem through a smooth force, options c and d in Fefferman’s statement of the problem, is the route Luis and Diego opened and the one Levent and I had quietly chosen to attack. Almost nobody else I know of was working on it. It is not the direction one arrives at in a […]

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Hacker Memes @i0null.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

python wrapper functions :python:

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🦜 Decoy @decoy.fluffy.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

can you tell i might be a little bit adhd

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The Real Golden Pig Winner @ciatmusings.raru.re.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

imo, at this point, the only way forward wrt software development as a whole (and any and all disciplines that intersect with it) is to (as much as the wallet allows) get the fuck out of any institution held hostage by A Guy or an insular group of Guys, form any sort of collective, fork/take […]

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æzher particle ΘΔ @gothdactyl.zoner.work.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

here take zhis :yingvela_sit: 🫴

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Enalys :dragn_verified: @enalys.mastodon.zergy.net.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

That's right! It go in the Downloads folder. 📁

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qualia @qualia.floofy.tech.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

i may not be good at maintaining a sleep schedule but i am good at making little doohickies that serve an extremely particular purpose to servicable quality but reliably manage to look like they shouldn't be allowed on a plane

photo of a beaglebone black small form factor computer connected to power and ethernet. its in a black metal case with the lid installed in a raised position to allow hookup wires to pass through. instead of being fastened in place with the four small screws it came with, a small safety pin has been run through one screw hole to provide some stability for the single remaining mounting screw. atop the unut, double-sided foam tape holds down the hookup wires to a small gps and its associated ceramic antenna. the unit has red, blue, and green LEDs active

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