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DarkRat

@darkrat.chaosfurs.social.ap.brid.gy
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rat. searchable [bridged from chaosfurs.social/@darkrat on the fediverse by fed.brid.gy ]

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DarkRat @darkrat.chaosfurs.social.ap.brid.gy · 4h
mistakes were made www.reddit.com/r/RATS/comments/1xdh… #rats
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DarkRat @darkrat.chaosfurs.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/10/2026
@philpem maybe. I vaguely remember there being a "we got these new cool whatever features" after a bigger update. but nothing more. Even the 14 to 15 update didn't have anything
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DarkRat @darkrat.chaosfurs.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/10/2026
@philpem nope. updated this morning to latest. both instances I run are self hosted and free. No notifications or ads anywhere
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DarkRat @darkrat.chaosfurs.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/10/2026
@philpem looks fine to me? can't remember being nagged about anything on my instances other than "we got this new feature" that always shows up after a major update
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DarkRat @darkrat.chaosfurs.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2026
You know an IT problem is bad, when the national news reports on it #php2shell #emudhra
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DarkRat @darkrat.chaosfurs.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2026
@philpem we should rewrite rust in php
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lizbian @lizbian.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2026
Half the Internet is down, and it's not a Cloudflare issue. #php
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DarkRat @darkrat.chaosfurs.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2026
@0xabad1dea yeah, current gen PHP is quite a solid language regarding speed, design and functions
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DarkRat @darkrat.chaosfurs.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2026
@SteffoSpieler nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/oc…
nodejs.org
Node.js — Wednesday, October 21, 2026 Security Releases
Node.js® is a free, open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment that lets developers create servers, web apps, command line tools and scripts.
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DarkRat @darkrat.chaosfurs.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2026
TLS, PHP, Node The internet having a very fun day today
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DarkRat @darkrat.chaosfurs.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026
The web in 2027 #mastodon #mastodon5 #firefox #ux #fuckingcircleseverywhere
screenshot of old zombo.com

showing a bunch of colored circles
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DarkRat @darkrat.chaosfurs.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026
@zachweinersmith.bsky.social standing desk, maybe?
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friendly fluorescence -> KiKv.1 @tudbut.social.tudbut.de.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026
hey are there any critters here who have deep knowledge about java and its internals? i need to brainstorm some things for a library that interacts deeply with java internals but i dont know anyone who i can talk to this about. and obviously i dont want to talk to an LLM. please boost for reach
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DarkRat @darkrat.chaosfurs.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026
it me mastodon.social/@MrLovenstein/11745…
mastodon.social
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DarkRat @darkrat.chaosfurs.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026
[messy, weird, maybe lewd?] oh god, the webcomic just canonized the existence of AO3 in the books #dungeoncrawlercarl
Screenshot of the Dungeon Crawler Carl webcomic.

Opening part of a fanfic that looks like a Archive Of Our Own page.


Title: Nate’s Alien Fish Princess
Author: Zev_The_Admin

Summary:
How Nate reacted when he discovered a beautiful alien fish princess in his private lake.

Notes: (See the end of the work for notes.)

Chapter 1: First Contact

Nate stared at the petite figure before him. At first, he thought perhaps one of his friends had slipped something into his moet champagne. He could still hear the party, muffled by the triple glazing on his bespoke lake house. But this felt far too real.

[...]
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DarkRat @darkrat.chaosfurs.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026
Sometimes I have the urge to set up a "SMBC out of context" bot @zachweinersmith.bsky.social
A Saturday Morning Breakfast Comic panel out of context of its comic.

A man walking, saying "Welp, time to have a beer and a wank for three hours"
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DarkRat @darkrat.chaosfurs.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026
Man, I love to code review 15k+ added lines merge requests consisting of very loosely supervised LLM code Absolutely the reason I became a developer. It's perfect. No notes added
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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 12/10/2026
I got a call from someone I don't know. "Hi. We have a FreeBSD server. It's been working perfectly for years, but it hasn't been updated since then. We asked AI to update it, but now it won't boot anymore. It didn't even make a backup before starting. The AI keeps trying things, everything is […]
mastodon.bsd.cafe
Original post on mastodon.bsd.cafe
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DarkRat @darkrat.chaosfurs.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026
"disgusted/intrigued meme"
First panel "weird ai music"
Second panel, with Weird ai yankovic hair: "weird al music"
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SpookJ 👻 @snoopj.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2023
the most important part of #Unicode history is when a mouse fell out of a light fixture and got added to the count of members present at a Technical Committee meeting (9 Nov 2016) www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16325.htm#…
Screenshot of meeting notes for UTC Meeting 149. Text reads:

Mouse now present. 6.502 members represented.

[149-A94] Action Item for Landlord: Capture and exile the mouse that just fell out of the light fixture.
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Mark Taylor @markiswrit.ing · 09/10/2026
Thanks Microsoft grammar and style checker, very helpful
Text reading "I've knocked up a script to do these in bulk", with automatic style suggestions:
Direct language is clearer and won't confuse a reader. 
pregnant
impregnated
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DarkRat @darkrat.chaosfurs.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
@puppygirlhornypost2 I think I have vision loss
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DarkRat @darkrat.chaosfurs.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
@q love that even without the context of the other post, my mind went "isn't that the jetlag slide?"
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DarkRat @darkrat.chaosfurs.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
love the artstyle. game is also quite fun, if you like that kind of game and can get access to the playtest store.steampowered.com/app/5131690/… #rats #steam #roguelike
store.steampowered.com
I Am Plague on Steam
I Am Plague is a dark incremental roguelite with automatic combat and permanent progression. Lead a horde of rats, collect mutations, create powerful synergies, and devour your enemies as you climb 200+ floors of a vast underground fortress. Every death makes you stronger.
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DarkRat @darkrat.chaosfurs.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026
extrapolating from the current design trend, in a couple versions #firefox will just be a fully circular window and automatically convert all website content into circles
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DarkRat @darkrat.chaosfurs.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
@philpem the most messed up way I had a fursuit resurface was from a furry I knew who died of cancer, and the suit suddenly popped up at some drama youtuber that did some weird shit
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DarkRat @darkrat.chaosfurs.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
just for the record: this time it *again* aren't the rats that spread the plague
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DarkRat @darkrat.chaosfurs.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
@KayOhtie the weirdest chat platform migration I experienced was a business related software community that moved from slack to discord. it just feels like... going to a lan party in a full business suit
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DarkRat @darkrat.chaosfurs.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
#rats
Photo of a textile cat toy in the shape of a very abstract and rounded rat, captioned "me after being sandpapered nice and smooth"
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DarkRat @darkrat.chaosfurs.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
Here's an artist offering #rats comissions Very cute www.reddit.com/r/RATS/comments/1wuo… #art
drawing of 4 pet rats in a hammock cuddling together, their tails forming a heart behind them. Their names: Jam, Toast, Katsu, Beefy Supreme
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DarkRat @darkrat.chaosfurs.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
20C at night at the end of september. very normal temperatures
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Kowalski Dragon @kowalski7cc.xyz · 27/09/2026
Some #republican senator said that having #furry staff flying planes is terrifying. I don't know, but having a convicted felon as president behaving like a child alienating all the allies is way more scarier, no? And also […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
A meme with the caption "Your pilots in real life" with two furries in the cockpit of a plane in the picture
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DarkRat @darkrat.chaosfurs.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026
one of those days I want to have a rat fursuiter meetup in alberta... social.tchncs.de/@partim/1173335195…
social.tchncs.de
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DarkRat @darkrat.chaosfurs.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026
@nobodyinperson finally, something for this gimp preset
gimp image preset: Toilet Paper (US, 300ppi)
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DarkRat @darkrat.chaosfurs.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026
@WooShell thick piece of steel that you put in the oven. then put the pizza on it. the stored heat bakes the pizza faster, resulting in a better crust and bottom traditionally a stone is used, but steel is easier to handle and clean
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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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DarkRat @darkrat.chaosfurs.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026
20 bucks for a custom-sized pizza steel. I really should have gotten one sooner. My selfmade pizzas are about to get so much better
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DarkRat @darkrat.chaosfurs.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026
RE: cyberpunk.lol/@vantablack/117288419… "Thank you for contacting the Spaceship Legal and Abuse department. We confirm the receipt of your report, it will be reviewed and processed following our policies."
cyberpunk.lol
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DarkRat @darkrat.chaosfurs.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026
@philpem pregnart
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highly praised and little read @hannah.posts.rat.pictures.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026
I took a picture of this sign in 2022 and it’s gotten a lot less funny ever since
Attention! Pay machine. Do not pay any person
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Feral Art Bot @feralbot.botsinbox.net.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026
e926.net/posts/5757147 Source 1: bsky.app/profile/threeratmoon.bsky.… Source 2 […] [Original post on botsinbox.net]
Art of a mammal by threeratmoon. Sourced from e926.net
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DarkRat @darkrat.chaosfurs.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026
@jaz would be interesting to send them a bitcoin address with insisting of payment, and see what happens
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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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Lucky ✨ @lucky.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026
the French titles for Pokemon Winds and Pokemon Waves are making me laugh like an idiot. me when i'm posting about my virtual critters but i'm a little toxic about it
Pokemon VentsPokemon Vagues
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DarkRat @darkrat.chaosfurs.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026
[Why do some mustelid furries like to play with electronic capacitors?] Because they are into micro-ferrets
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DarkRat @darkrat.chaosfurs.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026
@halfy rat approved
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Derick Rethans @derickr.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026
If you're wondering why the @Xdebug issue tracker is unavailable, I can conclusively say that it's another bout of LLM scrapers. #php #llmmealone #xdebug #opensource
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M④ddie @mjdxp.labyrinth.zone.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026
A wiki image of the old Xubuntu logo captioned "The xubuntu logo is a rat in a washing machine."
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DarkRat @darkrat.chaosfurs.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026
not to brag about my pro-level relaxing skills, but my watch just congratulated me on the short nap I did, while I was watching youtube on the couch
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