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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

Hey academics: 'By consuming AI products (which is optional, nobody – nobody – is forcing you to do it as an intellectually–independent academic, which you are, aren’t you), you are fueling these crises and are therefore actively sabotaging and annihilating the hard efforts and work of many of […]

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Donty @donty.mastodon.tetaneutral.net.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr1exlv… Weasel legal bullshit. Ironically, he feels so fucking entitled. The cause of most of the shit in this world is down to selfish wealth and entitlement. Same as all class structures before.

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Warrants used to search Andrew's homes were unlawful, court says

A criminal investigation into the former prince continues and police have retained material seized from his homes.

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Donty @donty.mastodon.tetaneutral.net.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

If you ever feel a bit down I find this 40sec video clip makes me smile. Ray Hanna was a superb pilot, and the presenter Alain de Cadenet was his friend. Both gone but still making me spit tea out if I get the timing wrong. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iOoiEbtf2w

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Daniel Lakeland @dlakelan.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Fediverse, the social media system for 40+ year old people who built the world wide web and regret it.

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Donty @donty.mastodon.tetaneutral.net.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw980g1lem5… Horrible scary thing. So glad no more lives were lost. But seriously, you cannot be surprised when your country is seen by most people as committing genocide and with extreme hatred & violence against children. Hating genocide & such state […]

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Voyagers @voyagers.stefanbohacek.online.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Voyager 1 is 25.74 billion km/16.00 billion miles away from Earth and will reach 1 light-day from Earth in 53 days, 18 hours: eyes.nasa.gov/apps/solar-system/#/s… Voyager 2 is 21.54 billion km/13.38 billion miles away […] [Original post on stefanbohacek.online]

Computer-generated image showing position of Voyager 1 interstellar spacecraft relative to the planets of our Solar System.

Computer-generated image showing position of Voyager 2 interstellar spacecraft relative to the planets of our Solar System.

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Donty @donty.mastodon.tetaneutral.net.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

I'm busy doing nothing in a Costa waiting for a windscreen replacement. @callunavulgaris is at Elgar's birthplace & sent this to me. 20yrs ago she walked into a crowded room with this playing for her, 20yrs ago. All eyes on her then and she still […] [Original post on mastodon.tetaneutral.net]

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

You can do many magic tricks with data. I would like to present two simple magic tricks, explain how they work, then make the case that this concept is applicable to other technologies that work with data. 1/

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Donty @donty.mastodon.tetaneutral.net.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

OK, quick linux Q, I recall being able to set a terminal emulator window titles to a FQDN, but I cant recall what I did, I have a sorta recollection of it being a function of a specific TE but it was ages ago! Just much more help than a hostname when you are running migrations!

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Donty @donty.mastodon.tetaneutral.net.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026

#Firefox #Chrome #PDF #AltText Anyone else seeing this in recent browsers - Alt Text prompt when opening a PDF? Having reports of seeing it in Chrome and Firefox. Seems to be related to a prompt for AI to write one for you. Of course that means sending the PDF to whomever is running the […]

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Donty @donty.mastodon.tetaneutral.net.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026

I think the scariest problem with generative AI is the extent of harm to truth. How will people ever know again anything remote from them is true? Photos and videos have been evidence of something being there or happening. No more. The floods in Nepal look like a disaster movie - in the […]

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Hacker Memes @i0null.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026

Another amazing video by perhaps one of the best channels on youtube. Though I am somewhat biased given it centres on 2 of my favourite topics: technology and philosophy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=25O2SnNm3Fg

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Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈 @lazarou.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/08/2026

Rod Liddle never found a Minority he didn't hate. But he did beat his girlfriend and lust after children, so you can see why the Right is in tears today... www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2… #Ableism #Disability #RodLiddle #Bigotry […]

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Donty @donty.mastodon.tetaneutral.net.ap.brid.gy · 01/08/2026

RE: mstdn.social/@RandamuMaki/117021149… Not sure you can have a billionaire without it being corrupting and vile in affect.

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2026

So now everyone is doing a blockade? The US, Iran, Houthis ... Wow global capitalism is so effective at distributing resources.

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Christine Burns MBE 🏳️‍⚧️📚⧖ @christineburns.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 13/07/2026

After years of spreading fear uncertainty and doubt about Electric Vehicles the media are having to walk back those lies one by one. The latest subject is batteries: Remember how the media seeded and constantly reinforced the lie that your EV’s battery would […] [Original post on mastodon.green]

Screenshot of a Times article (echoing a Wall Street Journal story). Headline: EV Batteries Are Defying Expectations After Hundreds of Thousands of Miles

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TheEvilSkeleton 🇮🇳 🏳️‍⚧️ @theevilskeleton.social.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 05/07/2026

Screen reader users using a free and open-source calendar app on Linux, what do you use? I'd like to use one as a reference for making GNOME Calendar more screen reader friendly. (Boost appreciated) #a11y #accessibility #accessible #GNOME #GNOMECalendar #Linux

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hamish campbell @hamishcampbell.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/07/2026

Things are accelerating. From the global lurch toward authoritarianism to deepening #climatechaos, it's understandable to feel overwhelmed. The answer isn't trying to fix everything. It's staying grounded and building the social and technical infrastructure that can hold the line, nurture trust […]

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kim_harding ✅ @kim-harding.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 01/03/2026

Palantir Sues Swiss Magazine For Accurately Reporting That The Swiss Government Didn’t Want Palantir www.techdirt.com/2026/02/27/palanti… Please note that Palantir would rather that you didn't […]

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Donty @donty.mastodon.tetaneutral.net.ap.brid.gy · 30/06/2026

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgdn3q… Interesting, nothing mentioned about the income or savings rate required to do this. So at 40 & 35yrs old (20yrs work each combined) they could retire. With 4% compound interest they need to save over £3000 per month to reach £1m. That's after […]

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@RonSupportsYou @ronsupportsyou.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/06/2026

Ron Wright: "Elon Musk once jokingly offered to end World Hunger, asking how much it would cost as if it would be some incalculable number. When the United Nations replied saying $6.6 Billion would be enough to immediately end famine for the year, Musk never responded, and a few months later […]

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Donty @donty.mastodon.tetaneutral.net.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026

'In real terms' is doing some heavy lifting here. Lots of percentages about being higher but relating to what, CPI/RPI/housing/food or some other convenient cost of living index? Cross generationally is not really helping us understand much. Post war, median people each had a much higher […]

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 14/06/2026

"Males are single-purpose sexual missiles" It's wild.

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Jade @ap.jade.ellis.link · 31/05/2026

The three genders (nonbuynary)

What is your gender?
Please select one.

Male
Female
I have no plans to purchase a new vehicle

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Donty @donty.mastodon.tetaneutral.net.ap.brid.gy · 09/06/2026

What happens when the Trillion/billionaires die? Do the banks take the shares or sell them en-mass to recover the loans given. These 'rich men' seem to use debt to get paid in loans against assets eg shares/property etc so they avoid tax. Then buy assets with the cash and use those assets to […]

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Donty @donty.mastodon.tetaneutral.net.ap.brid.gy · 03/06/2026

RE: teh.entar.net/@spacehobo/1166851779… Interesting and valuable. I think not just trusting AI claims is a good position but writing everything off as tainted is the same form of hyperbole as the AI controllers. There is a balance but we struggle to move as quick societally as […]

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Gay vampire and billionaire oligarch, Peter Thiel, has fled the United States to Argentina, murmured something about the US collapsing soon as his reason for fleeing.

Vampire trying not to burst into flames underneath daylight

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Frank Cavil @frankcavil.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 29/05/2026

"Where are my videos?" "We've backed them up to OneDrive, and then moved them to a near identical folder elsewhere on your hard drive." "Why?" "So you can access them online." "I don't want to access them online. Can you, like, not sync them please?" "Yeah, no, of course, sorry. Actually, no […]

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Kirk Smith, PhD @kirk.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 21/05/2026

I went and did it. Made a longer-form video explaining our open-source battery project and diving into the details of the kit and chemistries we're working with! It would really help our project out a lot if you could share this with interested folks. YouTube link (feed the algorithm) […]

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Donty @donty.mastodon.tetaneutral.net.ap.brid.gy · 10/05/2026

Ok, there is hope for America. Nothing is perfect but as long as people are actively trying there is reason for hope. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/ma…

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 13/04/2026

My week starts with a request: "I need a server to deploy to production, but the devs have no idea how to do it. They don't know how to use the terminal, they don’t know how to handle certificates, nothing. They need to be able to click a few buttons and deploy directly to production. They're […]

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John Mark Ockerbloom @jmarkockerbloom.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/04/2026

"In the course of my life I have developed five little democratic questions. If one meets a powerful person... ask them five questions: What power have you got? Where did you get it from? In whose interests do you exercise it? To whom are you accountable? And how can we get rid of you?' If you […]

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Donty @donty.mastodon.tetaneutral.net.ap.brid.gy · 26/03/2026

www.theguardian.com/news/2026/mar/2… Palantir doesn't seem to have any good news these days. Now it's shown to be complicit in killing young girls. Seems a pattern is revealing itself. There is no good from […]

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