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Steve Bellovin @stevebellovin.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Got my flu and Covid shots today, in opposite arms which should help me with direction-finding to 5G towers.

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Corinna Balkow @coba.gruene.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

"Just last year, leaked internal Amazon documents showed that executives were exchanging notes about how to keep the public ignorant about the “true extent” of the massive amounts of water their data centers use. ... In Texas alone, dozens of AI data center facilities are using environmentally […]

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𝐉𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫 @jonberger.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

I would of course love Henry just as much if he didn't have perfectly symmetrical white markings. But isn't he a gorgeous creature? #caturday #catsOfMastodon

An orange tabby cat with white markings sitting by a window in an upright pose and gazing thoughtfully into the distance.

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Patrick @patrick.social.seattle.wa.us.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

Easy Pass, North Cascades National Park

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Coleen Walter @coleenwalter.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

This turtle looks like it was attempting cobra pose for morning yoga #turtle #wildlife #nature

A turtle on a rock in the sun by a green pond

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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 03/10/2026

I've never seen a cat do this. The first time I saw it, I thought he was just pausing. But no, he will go to the stairs & sit like this for 10-20 minutes. Is this an orange cat thing? Or just an orange cat named Biscuit thing? Or just a THIS orange cat named Biscuit thing? @gregdoucette.bsky.social

An orange cat sitting with his front legs fully extended standing up on the lower step and his back legs fully folded sitting on the upper step

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Barbara Monaco @barbramon1.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

Prudence, a study in white, black, and grey. #caturday #cats #catsofmastodon #allcatsarebeautiful

A floofy white and black cat lies sprawled on her left side with front paws pulled up and rear legs and very fluffy black tail extended. Her head is erect and she's looking intently straight ahead.
She is on a grey rug with bold, curvy lines o black, white, and lighter grey.
There are a few small spots of pink color, her nose and toe beans.

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Billz 😘💙 @billzismyname.queer.cool.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

Hey cuties! Getting ready for the Pumpkin Run! Meet me at the finish line for ice cream? 😂🎃

Me standing in the street holding a pumpkin.

Me standing in front of a backdrop for Gordy’s Pumpkin Run. I’m wearing a race bib and holding a pumpkin, which I’ll be holding while running

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

I had a meeting today that taught me that the SpaceX launch site in Louisiana is an even worse idea than I could have even imagined. You know what causes really intensely powerful vibrations in the ground? Rocket launches. And do you know what really powerful vibrations in the ground cause in […]

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 02/10/2026

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Oct LGBTQnation After a dogged effort by Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and others, HHS has finally been forced to reinstate the LGBTQ+ Youth Specialized Services hotline for suicide & crisis, after shutting it down a year ago. www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/10/unde...

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Under pressure, Trump admin restores LGBTQ+ youth helpline. But will it help trans kids? - LGBTQ Nation

Out Sen. Tammy Baldwin led the effort to bring the dedicated "Press 3" service back.

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laura lemay @lemay.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Today in Master Gardener: this herb demonstration garden in front of the extension office has been essentially abandoned for years now. They put out a call for a new head gardener to take it over. Say hi to the new head gardener. 🤗 #Garden #Gardening #Herbs

An area in between a parking lot and a building with a sign that says "herb garden." It is full of plants and planters and mostly very overgrown weeds.

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Chad :mstdn: @chad.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

From Reddit: The EU just announced its relationship with Canada on Facebook and I'm so here for it. #canpoli #cdnpoli #EU #EuropeanUnion

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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A quick guide to seasonal shots for those immunocompromised: (Johns Hopkins/Caitlin Rivers) COVID-19: Immunocompromised people can get 2 doses a year rather than one. Because COVID typically surges in summer & around new year, one shot in June or July and another in October or November.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 29/05/2026

"Danny Boyle revealed that 28 Years Later Part 3 (title TBA) which serves as the sequel to both The Bone Temple and the film that started it all, 28 Days Later, is due to enter production early next year." Thanks the maker 🤩 Both 28 Years Later movies are among my fav genre movies of the past year.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 29/09/2026

In response to a slew of anti-trans Democrats pushing hate during the 2026 midterms, Governor Andy Beshear provided principled criticism to the idea that red-state Dems need to adopt anti-trans views to win: "We Don’t Throw Anybody Under The Bus," he said. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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KY Gov. Beshear Has Message For Anti-Trans Dems: “We Don’t Throw Anybody Under The Bus.”

The governor provides a counterpoint to those who believe red state Democrats need to capitulate on transgender rights.

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

No one is coming to save us. There isn't a big single hero. That's a good thing. Following, trusting in singular persons is part of the problem. Keep your heroes at an arms distance. The durable way out is the one where we have to save ourselves.

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

I think the terrifyingly huge SpaceX Starship launch that's happening right now is the one that's planning to deploy a bunch of the new Starlinks that are not actually approved by the FCC yet because SpaceX knows that the FCC will eventually approve them because they approve literally everything […]

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 26/09/2026

Peter Thiel praises evil. Peter Thiel hates democracy. Peter Thiel founded Palantir. Peter Thiel owns JD Vance. Peter Thiel is the most powerful billionaire in the United States. Peter Thiel can’t stop talking about the “Antichrist.” Find out why. Read “The Nerd Reich”

Perfect with photos of teal and Judy Vance. Quote from Peter Teal if you’re evil, you’re actually kind of good because at least you’re getting something done.

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

There is an attempt to make people feel like being critical of using LLMs is not "hip and with it" Only old people who don't understand technology are unimpressed. Nothing could be further from the truth. Young people don't like the slop, the most tech people have the harshest words. The […]

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

I don't want to talk about satellites and genAI (though I appreciate all the comments in my mentions. I just need a little break) I want to talk about goats and squash! Positive things I can directly affect! (Well, goats are you know, goats. So there are some limits to directly affecting them.)

A view looking down into the bed of a large pickup truck, completely full of squash. There is a bin of yellow and green gourds, multiple bins of acorn squash, a giant pile of spaghetti squash, semi-green baking pumpkins, white carving pumpkins, delicious warty pumpkins and big orange baking pumpkins.

Me, standing in the middle of a mostly-empty squash field, holding a very large pumpkin (maybe 30 lbs?). I'm wearing a sun hat and a black hoodie and looking very proud of this giant orange pumpkin in my arms. It's sunny and the sky is blue.

A whole bunch of goats happily eating weeds with a small lake and some trees in the background, with a bright blue sky above a pretty flat horizon.

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Colin Burgess @thundercove.net · 27/09/2026

The trail is lined with cool manzanita trees. These beauties have a deep red colour to their bark, which peels and fades as it grows older #MentalHealthHike

Wizened old manzanita tree next to a dusty trail

Red and grey bark on the trunk of a manzanita tree

Dead manzanita tree trunk, wrapped around rocks in a bank

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Colin Burgess @thundercove.net · 27/09/2026

For today’s #MentalHealthHike I visited an old friend, St Joseph’s Hill Open Space Preserve. This hill is perched above the Lexington Reservoir, and the Highway 17 snakes it’s way past Los Gatos, up through the Santa Cruz Mountains, and then down to Santa Cruz and the Pacific Ocean.

A wooden sign in front of a stand of Eucalyptus trees. It reads

St Joseph’s Hill
Open Space Preserve
Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District

A highway winds its way between hills. A reservoir spillway is visible to the highway’s left.

A reservoir, seen from above. There are power lines crossing the valley above it.

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sleepy62🍁🛠️ 🖥️ 🔬 🌞 @sleepy62.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

"Too many governments in the world have been captured by the fossil fuel industry and the petrostates. Taxpayers around the world are actually subsidizing the burning of fossil fuels at the rate of $4.5 trillion per year. " […]

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David Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

AI coding's actual use case is enterprise software proceeding with vastly greater velocity from dumb idea to unshiftable tech debt waste dump the stuff was always terrible and barely worked, but we can churn it so much faster now

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Bellycan @pelicangut.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Yesterday we caught the bus to Teralba and walked to Speers Point for a picnic. Here's a selection of birds seen along the way. #LakeMacquarie #BirdsOfOz

An Australian pelican, white with black wings and a pink bill, is paddling on Cockle Creek. The creek water is cloudy, and the pelican is heading into the shadows of mangrove trees.

A distant shot of two pelicans on the water near a floating platform at the edge of Cockle Creek, with mangroves and casuarina trees behind.

A darter sits on rocks at the edge of a road alongside Cockle Creek. Across the water are mangroves and casuarina trees.

Four wood ducks on a grassy area. All were sitting until I disturbed them by stopping and looking; now three are standing.

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Chuck Darwin @cdarwin.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Americans’ First Amendment right to equal access to official government statements is violated by the Trump administration’s use of Truth Social’s preferential treatment scheme, which blocks people who won’t pay Trump’s company up to $100,000 a month early access to government news, EFF told a […]

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🎃HalloDeeny🎃 they/them @geraldinepiche.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Those posts that are like "show me you from 10 years ago" "show me you in red" "show me you as a kid" etc are all meant to train gen AI I hope this helps

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William Pietri @williampietri.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

The thing that's slowly making me crazy is that so many things could be better for everybody at much lower cost, but both in business and politics the people we've put in charge refuse to think systemically. Some are greedy, some are not the sharpest and can't admit it, many need feelings of […]

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Prairie_Dog @digitalrodent.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

My Night Blooming Cereus is having a good year. This morning I had four blooms! I don’t think it has had over three at one time before. It still has lots of buds on it, so there may be more to come. #Cereus #bloomscrolling #gardening #flowerphotography #flowers

A Night Blooming Cereus plant is growing in a terra cotta pot against a wooden fence. It has four individual blossoms which are large, white, and star shaped with many thin petals.

A close-up of a Night Blooming Cereus flower, it is star shaped with many long thin petals, and delicate stamens. The paddle-like leaves are visible surrounding the flower.

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Book dedications bot @dedicationbot.stefanbohacek.online · 23/09/2026

A Pirate's Life for Tea by Rebecca Thorne #books #literature #dedication

To the people who gave me one-star reviews
because the first book "had lesbians."
I doubled the lesbians in this one. Just for you.

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Aram Sinnreich @aram.aoir.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

America already has an arch and it's a pretty damned good one

The St Louis Arch as seen through an office window

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GhostOnTheHalfShell @ghostonthehalfshell.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

We want our GPU’s CPU’s and ram back from AI companies. Remember when you could buy a computer for reasonable amount amounts of money? Well, the guys in Silicon Valley fix that problem for you now you can’t afford anything whether or not you still have a job

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Paul Wiebe 🍁💭🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @wiebepaul.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

An osprey keeping an eye on the Bow River, as well as the photographer. From a bike ride yesterday. There were about 50 crows in the surrounding trees. #PhotoMonday #PhotoMontag #Birds #WildlifePhotography

An Osprey is perched on a bare branch, keeping an eye on the photographer. In the near background are a couple crows, also perched on bare branches. In the far background is a beautiful blue sky.

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Nonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

#CNN, #MSNOW & #Politico to sue #Trump admin over White House access The three national news outlets Trump banned from the #WhiteHouse — CNN, MS NOW, & Politico — are filing a critical #FirstAmendment lawsuit to restore their access. The emergency request is set to go before a federal judge in […]

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mx alex tax1a - 2020 (6) @atax1a.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

you'd think "usage of the thing that is directly and explicitly built on the exploitation of the world's collective creative labor is unacceptable" would be an easy sell among leftists but fuck me, i guess

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GhostOnTheHalfShell @ghostonthehalfshell.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

RE: masto.ai/@GhostOnTheHalfShell/11730… I should also remind people that the site is extremely aggressive, scraping your data. JavaScript provides the means to scrape obscene levels of information from your system. Somebody wrote up a little website to demonstrate this it’s […]

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

Still beautiful! even though...

A stunningly orange and pink sunset with a nearly purple sky above. Faintly visible in the dark, silhouetted part of the photo are 2 dogs.

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

Hey everyone, just thought you should know that Saskatchewan is beautiful.

A bright yellow tree next to a bright blue lake under the blue sky. There's a beaver lodge behind the yellow tree at the mouth of a river into the lake. There is a hill in the background that has mostly green trees, but a few yellow ones.

A view down into a beautiful valley with a big fenced-off grassy pasture surrounded by woods with a few yellow trees but mostly green. The sky has a few clouds but is mostly blue.

Looking up a pathway leading into yellow trees, with the blue sky above

Several bright yellow trees contrasting beautifully with the stunningly clear blue sky behind.

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Prairie_Dog @digitalrodent.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

My Dearest Fedizens! I want to encourage you all to go get your fall vaccinations. I just got my COVID-19 vaccine last Saturday, and I’ll be getting my Flu shot this Saturday. These are easy to do, and could save your life, or at least save you a lot of […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

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

I'm so ad blocked that when I happen to see one? I hiss! Like a cat. It's involuntary.

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elle mundy @ap.exch.gr · 16/09/2026

i don’t want a humanoid slave robot. i want adequately funded universal healthcare, including home health aides for those who need them, paid a decent livable wage

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Warner Crocker @warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

Good morning. A pop of yellow under cloudy skies. #Photography #Today #Chicago #Fall #bloomscrolling

A close-up of a vibrant yellow marigold flower, with several other blurred yellow flowers in the background against green foliage.

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Servelan @servelan.newsie.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

"In one of the most surprising developments, legendary former George W. Bush strategist Karl Rove, a ruthless Texas Republican operative, announced he would be voting for French's Democratic opponent, oil and gas engineer Jon Rosenthal." Republicans face death threats for condemning nominee's […]

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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 14/09/2026

Hegseth blocked dozens of promotions for women and minorities this month, and for the first time in over a decade no active duty female Navy officer made one star admiral. Survivors say every unit now has its own Hegseth, a known predator everyone quietly warns each other about.

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New horrors in military detailed as insiders tell all: 'Every unit has a Hegseth'

When news broke that a Navy officer’s sexual assault claim was dismissed as a workman’s compensation issue, Dawn, a retired Marine, took a bat to a tree in rage.Dawn is one of the survivors of militar...

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