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Rachel Frost 🏳️‍🌈 🌹

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Queer 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ Healthcare statistical analyst for Colorado. FOSS copyleft advocate. Board member of the @openSUSE.org project. Sociology grad student at CU Denver. Trotskyist Marxist @reformandrevolution.org‬ frostarray.net

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Rachel Frost 🏳️‍🌈 🌹 @comraderachel.bsky.social · 20h
One of the most important people in computer science. She will be missed and remembered fondly. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
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Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90
Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90.
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Rachel Frost 🏳️‍🌈 🌹 @comraderachel.bsky.social · 21h
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Patrick Star: We Have Technology Meme
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Rachel Frost 🏳️‍🌈 🌹 @comraderachel.bsky.social · 21h
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Bread Plane Joke
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openSUSE @opensuse.org · 29/09/2026
Moving from #Windows to #Linux isn't just a tech decision anymore; it's a political and business reality. This #oSC26 talk shows how #openSUSE solutions fit the new world and why collaboration is key. #Endof10 youtu.be/PrRa3fChDdE?...
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The Great Migration Continues? How much has happened so far in 2026??
YouTube video by openSUSE
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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Lessons Learned After Trying MeshCore for Off-grid Text Messaging
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Lessons Learned After Trying MeshCore for Off-grid Text Messaging
Hackaday Article
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Rachel Frost 🏳️‍🌈 🌹 @comraderachel.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Opossum Goes WEEEEEEEEEE !!!!!!!!
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Brian Danger Hicks @ckape.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
No more superpacs, only vert-a-pacs
A vert-a-pac railcar being loaded with automobiles.  The railcar has side panels that rotate on a bottom hinge and automobiles are secured to the inside of these panels and a large forklift is seen raising the panels up to vertical.
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Jan Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H. @drjanicekirsch.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Thanks, Roadkill Robert No one should get sick or die from a preventable disease. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Image of map of Mid-Atlantic states with New York in red.
Inscription:"New York is declaring a measles emergency as cases reach 108 while vaccination rates drop in the U.S.".
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Rachel Frost 🏳️‍🌈 🌹 @comraderachel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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"Vote NO": Colorado's Top Medical Groups Formally Oppose Anti-Trans Ballot Prop. 135
There is not a single major medical group in the country that endorses blanket government restrictions on gender-affirming care like the one outlined in Prop. 135.
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Doll @dollspace.gay · 03/10/2026
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Rachel Frost 🏳️‍🌈 🌹 @comraderachel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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Google Accused of Illegally Killing a Massive Forest for Its New Data Center Project
Google is under fire for clearing over 300 hectares of forest for new data centers in Finland without the required environmental assessments.
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Rachel Frost 🏳️‍🌈 🌹 @comraderachel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Where is it at? Where the in world store is?
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Rachel Frost 🏳️‍🌈 🌹 @comraderachel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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ACLU Sues Minnesota School District That Banned All Stickers To Get Rid Of Rainbow Ones
“You created all of this disruption over a 2-by-3 inch sticker.”
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Rust Language @rust-lang.org · 01/10/2026
Rust 1.99.0 has been released! 🦀 🌈 This release includes extern "C" variadics (VaList), VecDeque::retain_back, Box::{into,from}_non_null, Vec::{into,from}_parts, std::fs::set_times, Layout::for_value_raw, and more! ✨️ Check out the blog post for all the details: blog.rust-lang.org/2026/10/01/R...
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Announcing Rust 1.99.0 | Rust Blog
Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.
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Robb Willer @robbwiller.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨Come work with us! 🚨 We're hiring a postdoc for Stanford's AI for Public Benefit Lab (ai4pb.stanford.edu), in partnership with @stanfordhai.bsky.social Open to PhDs from psych, poli sci, sociology, CS, econ, HCI, data science, etc. Please share! Position: postdocs.stanford.edu/prospective/...
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Rachel Frost 🏳️‍🌈 🌹 @comraderachel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Not good news imo techcrunch.com/2026/09/30/r...
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Reddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI bots | TechCrunch
Reddit is ending support for RSS feeds, as the company continues tightening access to its trove of user-generated content.
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Rachel Frost 🏳️‍🌈 🌹 @comraderachel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I picked up this beautiful work of art by Laura Garabedian at DenFur 2026.❤️
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Richard Fisher @richardfisher.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The last of a series of pieces I wrote for the BBC about ESO's telescopes in the Atacama Desert - why do they fire massive lasers into the atmosphere? ⚛️🧪 www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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Why astronomers make fake stars with huge lasers
For the first time in its history, the Very Large Telescope in Chile is operating with up to seven lasers that fire up into the atmosphere. But why do astronomers need them?
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Rachel Frost 🏳️‍🌈 🌹 @comraderachel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Static Glitch
ALT: Static Glitch
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Guilherme Nunes @guilhernunes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
adorable possum loves sweets very much
painting of a possum desperately looking at a shop window full of sweets
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Rachel Frost 🏳️‍🌈 🌹 @comraderachel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
blog.coloradomesh.org/2026/09/21/c...
blog.coloradomesh.org
Colorado Mesh Monthly — August & September 2026
The first issue of our monthly community newsletter — protocol updates, events, gear, and more from across the Colorado mesh.
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Rachel Frost 🏳️‍🌈 🌹 @comraderachel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I’m many ways the same has been done to women whose boobs are ”too big”. I guess society just like to judge people for anything
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openSUSE @opensuse.org · 23/09/2026
#LLMs are reshaping how people #code and #software. But what are the #security trade-offs? Get a clear-eyed assessment from this #openSUSE Conference 2026. #Linux #AI youtu.be/33jpOZ0-aJM?...
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openSUSE Conference 2026 - LLMs: The good, the bad and the ugly from a security POV
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 23/09/2026
Jim Crow was on the ash heap of history. Then came the Roberts Court. Our September + October cover story: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026
“The Department of Health and Human Services informed congressional appropriators earlier this year that it was moving about $12 million from its Office of Minority Health to help cover the ballooning cost of security for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
wsj.com
Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office
The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.
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Rachel Frost 🏳️‍🌈 🌹 @comraderachel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
No we must shame everyone tho doesn’t act, dress, and do everything the exact same way I do it. /s
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🕯️🦊FOX DEN CON 🦊🕯️ @foxdencon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Do you have what it takes to get the crowd jumping? To make em shake their tails and groove to the music? Are you a musician or DJ looking to tear up main events with your awesome beats?! Apply on our website (foxdenclub.org#/contribute) to get on stage!
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Rachel Frost 🏳️‍🌈 🌹 @comraderachel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
hackaday.com/2026/09/17/f...
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FCC ISM Rules May Shatter Lora Mesh Communities
Although everyone has their own reasons for exploring a new hobby, one of the driving factors behind the popularity of Meshtastic and MeshCore has been the incredible accessibility offered by off-g…
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Rachel Frost 🏳️‍🌈 🌹 @comraderachel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Elon Musk’s PAC Drops $100 Million On Anti-Trans Ads Targeting Dems Who Already Capitulated
Anti-trans capitulations didn’t stop Musk from spending big to attack these Democrats.
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Rachel Frost 🏳️‍🌈 🌹 @comraderachel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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A Texas megachurch’s 400 AI-powered surveillance cameras are deeply disturbing
Lakepointe Church and Pastor Josh Howerton have installed a system capable of monitoring staff, tracking license plates, and destroying any expectations of privacy
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Rachel Frost 🏳️‍🌈 🌹 @comraderachel.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Ya I often went hungry because my parents “made too much money” for me to qualify for free lunch but somehow they often still couldn’t afford to put money on my account.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Signs that you might be living in an authoritarian state
Federal prosecutor fired after investigating ICE officer for civil rights offenses in Minnesota shooting, sources say
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openSUSE @opensuse.org · 03/09/2026
Where has #openSUSEBoard involvement made a real difference, and where are the limits? An open conversation with the community. #oSC26 youtu.be/CAaJZIUtWbQ?...
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openSUSE Conference 2026 - Board Session
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Rachel Frost 🏳️‍🌈 🌹 @comraderachel.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
15 hours seems really lacking for an "ultimate" package. I know plenty of people who game 20+ hours a week let alone a whole month.
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Liam @ GamingOnLinux @gamingonlinux.com · 03/09/2026
Microsoft to place limits on XBOX Cloud Gaming Game Pass Ultimate: 15 hours Game Pass Premium: 10 hours Game Pass Essential: 5 hours What a total joke news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0...
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Upcoming Changes to XBOX Cloud Gaming
Beginning in November, we’re changing how cloud gaming is included with XBOX Game Pass.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 03/09/2026
Chinese automaker BYD said it had exported an all-time high of nearly 190,000 vehicles overseas in August, as the company speeds toward becoming a truly global competitor in a sector once mostly dominated by U.S. companies.
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Watch out, Detroit: Chinese automakers are increasingly going global
BYD reported a surge in exports as Chinese companies look outward for sales.
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Rachel Frost 🏳️‍🌈 🌹 @comraderachel.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
21 States Sue Federal Government To Block Anti-Trans Under-19 Medicaid Ban. substack.com/@erininthemo...
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21 States Sue Federal Government To Block Anti-Trans Under-19 Medicaid Ban
The rule is slated to go into effect in six weeks.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A jury convicts Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis of first-degree murder in orchestrating the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur.
A jury convicts Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis of first-degree murder in orchestrating the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur.
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Rachel Frost 🏳️‍🌈 🌹 @comraderachel.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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Elon Musk’s xAI used child porn to train Grok models, lawsuit says
xAI accused of training Grok on real and AI-generated child pornography.
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Rachel Frost 🏳️‍🌈 🌹 @comraderachel.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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Futurama Fry Eating Sandwich
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CU Denver Dept. of Sociology @cudenversociology.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
With the start of a new academic year, it was wonderful to see so many students and faculty coming together. As our graduate director, Dr. Lippert, wisely said, "You all chose us, but we also chose you." Let’s embrace the spirit of sociologizing and make this year exceptional! 🙆🏽‍♀️🙅🏽‍♀️🎓💛
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Boner Vivant @dougtilley.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Rest in peace to one of the best to ever do it.
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Kendra, spooky version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Tim Curry and Dolly Parton have taught us not only that you should be bigger, weirder, gayer, and freakier, but also that those qualities are what people will love about you. The things that make you strange and amazing are the things that will resonate with other strange and amazing people
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Reuters @reuters.com · 27/08/2026
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama dies at 97, Kyodo says reut.rs/4wQ6ZxM
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Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama dies at 97, Kyodo says
Japanese ​avant-garde ​artist ⁠Yayoi ​Kusama, ​97, has ​died, ​Kyodo ‌news ⁠agency ​reported ​on ⁠Thursday.
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Misa @cheese-vault.org · 26/08/2026
The squirrel has expressed his rage. The chair is DESTROYED. All furniture and handheld items will have "health" and a broken state. Anything can be repaired, though. #gamedev
A 3d model squirrel character is standing near a chair. The chair is broken and has been split into pieces.
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openSUSE @opensuse.org · 24/08/2026
Control planes are optional. An event-driven architecture for #Linux #infrastructure that keeps working when the network doesn't. Find out more from this #oSC26 talk. youtu.be/tXTnVqeqpV8
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openSUSE Conference 2026 - Event-Driven Infrastructure: Autonomous Operation and Unreliable Networks
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Rachel Frost 🏳️‍🌈 🌹 @comraderachel.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
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Baldi Basics Character with Ruler
ALT: Baldi Basics Character with Ruler
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Misa @cheese-vault.org · 24/08/2026
Items on the floor, now. Two random opposing positions around the center of the tile are calculated so they don't overlap. At least that's the hope. I'll have to be cautious about object size. Sin and cos are used to calculate the positions as a kind of orbit. #gamedev #godot
Two flowers in pots and sitting on a big square tile. They are situated across from each other, with the center of the tile directly between them.
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Rachel Frost 🏳️‍🌈 🌹 @comraderachel.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/dego...
fightforthefuture.org
Sign up for an hour of free de-googling with Fight for the Future
Get advice from the experts on how to get off Big Tech once and for all.
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openSUSE @opensuse.org · 20/08/2026
#FIDO2 tokens aren't just for web logins anymore. Using them for #LUKS2 disk #encryption, session logins, and #SSH key binding. #oSC26 youtu.be/WLSVrcsBOZU
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openSUSE Conference 2026 - FIDO2 Tokens in Practice
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