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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 8h

omg this is such a silly joke and I'm still giggling about it @xkcd.com

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Mats Holberg @holberg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 8h

Eva Marie Saint dying at 102 is one of those reminders of how compressed our modern history is -- like, it hardly even seems like 'history' when someone who was still alive last week was already 20 years old when Nazi Germany fell.

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Julia @catnip.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 4h

I was ROFLing last night when GK Barrie (love her) said something about “non-mahogany” relationships. #eggcorn

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Julia @catnip.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 4h

My cat thinks that churu contains crunchy bits that taste like medicine.

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Julia @catnip.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

I just did an excellent typo: spreadsheep 🐑

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Julia @catnip.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

#GreatBritishBakeOff Does anyone else think that Shannon looks like the Mona Lisa? 🖼️ #UKTV

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Louise Locock @proflouisel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

Annual reminder for National Trust members to vote in the AGM to keep out the so-called 'Restore Trust' Tufton Street right-wingers. Best way is to use the quick vote tactically to prevent fragmentation of the progressive vote. But if you wish to choose yourself, AVOID the following candidates […]

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Jonathan Kamens 86 47 @jik.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

I want to share with you the gist of a mind-blowing conversation I had with my doctor today at my annual physical. She asked about my mood, which led to a conversation about how AI is ruining everything, which prompted her to mention that she doesn’t use the AI transcription app that her […]

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Martin Rundkvist @mrundkvist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

Talked to someone who has been dabbling in translating fiction. This guy was horrified when I told him that if he uses machine translation for more than dictionary checks of individual words, he can't put his name on the translation and the work is ineligible under most standard publishing […]

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Jez Higgins @jezhiggins.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

"Street food concept" is just wanker-talk for "burger van"

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abadidea @0xabad1dea.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Well you don’t see that everyday: Chinese plates in Amsterdam. The stickers declare they’re on a journey from Qingyang to Iceland #amsterdam

A van with a 甘M license plate from China, a lot of country flag stickers, and a message in Chinese about Iceland or bust. Also a sticker that says “pizza tour”. Are they traveling the world to sample pizzas? goals.

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Kit Bashir @unixbigot.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

Uh uh, uh uh “a big computer did it and ran away” is now a valid defence, gotcha

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Julia Evans @b0rk.social.jvns.ca.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

Are you interested in learning how to use Git for the first time? (or almost the first time) we're looking for Git beginners to give us feedback on a Git tutorial! The tutorial will be open source when it's released, so you'll be helping many future beginners! Sign up here […]

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Intending to write another column about the treatment of #ME/CFS patients this week, pegged to new research findings on the biological basis. My question for sufferers: Are any of you still being offered inappropriate (psych/GET etc) "treatments"? Please email george at monbiot dot info. Thanks.

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Erik Uden 🚩 @erikuden.mastodon.de.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

people wanna be “one with nature” but can't even be nice to pigeons

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David Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

this is a UK anti-AI petition that is sensible and about actual harms supporters.openrightsgroup.org/civi… by @openrightsgroup

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

I have another brilliant idea to save money and time. Instead of promoting an LLM to write an email this new system will simply send your target the prompt and the email will be generated on their end with *their* tokens should they choose to open it. We can hide this all in an embedded HTML […]

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Julia @catnip.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

[Great British Sewing Bee spoilers] #GreatBritishSewingBee Anna has been my favourite all the way through for what she’s made and also her personal style. Although Beth’s final dress was also stunning! #UKTV

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Graham Dunning @grahamdunning.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

Making a 3 panel pamphlet for the next gig I'm putting on. A programme, I guess, but formatted like a leaflet for a local tourist attraction. How many noise gigs come with a pamphlet?

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Julia @catnip.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

Yeah, thanks BT 😬. What do you want me to do, make an appointment in my diary?! How about just let me know when it’s ready?! #NotificationsFromTheFuture #ThanksIHateIt

Text message from BT informing me that my latest bill will be ready to view “in a few hours”.

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Adrianna Tan @skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

The year is 2026. Nobody wants a gamified experience on a website. Don’t give me a badge. Don’t even perceive me

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Julia @catnip.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

Gah, staying in an AirBnB and just stubbed my big toe on the bed footboard in my sleep. Beds should not have footboards. Totally unnecessary.

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Bastian Greshake Tzovaras @gedankenstuecke.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

Shocker, the deskilling machine successfully deskills school kids - to the tune of them being a full year behind their peers who are "left behind" by *checks notes* actually learning! Students who don’t use AI are ahead on every measure […]

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Paco Hope @paco.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026

I've just seen this Peter Drucker management quote that I think encapsulates AI perfectly: > There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all. A lot of people are using AI to automate processes that exist, instead of asking what the process accomplished in […]

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Julia @catnip.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

#Earworm The kiddie grime song off the Cheestrings TV advert. youtu.be/80zKinZRqgo

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Franz Graf @hikingdude.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026

Someone recently complained about all the taxes we pay. I said: "well, our social system want's to be paied, too. But okay, let's lower the taxes - which kind of services are you willing to give up?" He responded with several services that OTHERS benefit from. I let him talk and then said […]

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Jürgen Hubert @juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026

Thought of the day: We need more product testing teams consisting entirely of elderly people.

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The Dan @danbeeston.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026

Current Manifesto topic: The fossil fuel industry is responsible for Crypto, NFTs and LLMs because we already have enough renewable energy to power everything else.

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Graham Dunning @grahamdunning.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

A free sample set - metallic percussion - of contact-miked scrappy metal gate thing, by Sam Underwood. "I recorded a rather wonderful patchwork metal gate in Timoulilt, Morocco, using a contact mic. This was subsequently edited down to form this sample set." […]

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026

When I was a teen the first computer spellcheckers became popular. I always struggled with spelling and decided to use them whenever possible. One of my teachers said "but you may never learn how to spell on your own if you lean on these tools too much" She was correct. This could happen to […]

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Julia @catnip.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026

For anyone interested in what’s happening in Stirchley, Birmingham UK and the surrounding area, my local coworking space writes an excellent weekly newsletter. You can read this week’s (and previous) here: theoldpostoffice.beehiiv.com/p/news… And sign up for the […]

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Matt Blaze @mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/08/2026

Just picked up milk and noticed the label says "100% milk from real cows". This wasn't something I was worried about before now.

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Dr Alice Violett @alicemcalicepants.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026

Yesterday my friend forgot the word 'bridge' and said 'the train is on legs' at the point it crosses the M25.

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SunDancer @sundancer.metalhead.club.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026

Just read something that made me giggle: "Welcome to social media. A person with no sense of humour will contact you soon" XD

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026

Wow. "AI adoption raises homework scores by 18% and reduces completion time by 30%, but lowers monthly exam scores by 20% within six months. High-stakes entrance-exam scores fall by 18 and 24%, with the full penalty emerging only after about two years. " […]

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juliette @juliette.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026

One of the key negative impacts of mandatory bike helmet laws is that they are essentially a death sentence for bike share programs. Those programs win because they are convenient and encourage spontaneous cycling. That just doesn’t work if a person has to carry a helmet everywhere just in case […]

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Julia @catnip.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026

Decided to turn my camera off in a Teams meeting specifically for the purpose of eye-rolling.

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