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Greg Bell

@ferrix.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy
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Security software developer, fledgling Maker, and pedant. Trying to become a better person than I was yesterday. He/him/his [bridged from mastodon.online/@ferrix on the fediverse by fed.brid.gy ]

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GeekMomProjects @geekmomprojects.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
My "bedazzLED" denim jacket tutorial is up on @makemagazine 's site without a paywall now! It's a practical wearable project that's looks cute even when it's not illuminated. makezine.com/projects/bedazzled-jea…
There colorful Illuminated flowers on the back of a denim jacket
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bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026
ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
old photos of a woman (Margaret Hamilton) standing next to a tall stack of books (printouts of Apollo space mission software source code)
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Anna Haunthro @annaanthro.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026
The #Trump admin has officially blocked European election monitoring of the US midterms in November. The US elections have been monitored since 2003. “In recent years, the OSCE has been unable to monitor elections in #Belarus, #Georgia, and #Tajikistan due to the refusal of these governments […]
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eepy august [0x08] 🏳️‍⚧️🇲🇰 @august.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026
a sentence will always look like poetry if you hit enter a lot
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Louis @louisevans.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
okay i've taken this too seriously on its own terms. when a billionaire says "dictatorship is efficient" what he means is that it's easy to bribe.
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rar is win @xyla.zip · 06/10/2026
(boost pls 🥺) i NEED a person who owns the winrar bag. like, not in the romantic sense,, i just wanna have a photo of it with the ikea rat plushie placed on top of it. i can arrange the details, ship the rat to you, pay for the shipping, whatever. i just need the photo picrel
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Greg Bell @ferrix.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
@jonny i just saw Meta is hiring someone to do meta sandbox protection. (Great timing) You could do something pretty funny
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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
Georgia is going to be a hotspot for election interference by the Trump regime. Excellent reporting on the friction between the executive director of the Elections Board (who essentially asked Trump regime to interfere) and two Board Commissioners […]
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 05/10/2026
This November, Colorado voters will decide on anti-trans ballot measures. Now, Colorado's leading medical societies have formally condemned the surgery ban for transgender youth and announced their position against them. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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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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Greg Bell @ferrix.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
Improving EV capacity out of China
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Greg Bell @ferrix.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
Bagged Halloween candy on my counter: "You'll never hold out for a whole month"
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b4ux1t3 :trek_ds9_sisko:#1️⃣ @b4ux1t3.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
So, uh, job search update: About a month ago now, I pleaded on mastodon for help. I didn’t really have a goal in mind. I was just miserable at work, not getting paid enough to do too much work. I posted a big long, rambling post that ended with, effectively, “will someone please help me” A […]
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Flipboard Science Desk @sciencedesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
Popular accounts of the discovery of the structure of DNA suggest that Rosalind Franklin missed the significance of the photo she famously produced, and that the flash of insight was James Watson's alone. A new paper by science historian Alistair Sponsel and crystallographer Brian Sutton argues […]
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highly praised and little read @hannah.posts.rat.pictures.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
Just put my homemade cosmic microwave background rug over the baby’s crib
A homemade latch hook rug of the cosmic microwave background map, hung on a rod over a crib
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Tim W RESISTS @tim.union.place.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
Hey #UnionPlace family! I need your help. We've got about 230 active users. The cloud hosting bill for the instance is a bit over $500/mo. We're down to about $100/mo of income from people-who-are-not-me. That means I'm out of pocket $400+/mo to keep this going, and that's not super […]
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Assigned, of course, got the real story, and got it right, a week before the Times. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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Democrats Lose by Punching Down on Trans Issues, Strategists Say - Assigned Media
Insiders, including at centrist think tank Third Way, are cautioning Democratic candidates against echoing Republican talking points on trans rights.
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SellaTheChemist @sellathechemist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
Beware. If you are looking for Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor's film "Naza" based on interviews with 24 Israeli soldiers, that is currently in film festivals and cinemas, you won't find it online. Instead you will find the IDF's "Naza - The True Story" that presents a very different picture of […]
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Glyph @glyph.im · 01/10/2026
Taylor Lorenz is preparing for her "why I left the left" right-wing grifter pivot. Do not trust her. www.thefp.com/p/two-drinks-with-tay… (If you do not know "the free press", it is Bari Weiss's right-wing false-balance propaganda outlet, so talking to them *at all* is […]
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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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Julia Evans @b0rk.social.jvns.ca.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026
Is there a QR code generator that 1. is a website 2. is free, no account needed 3. is not secretly also a link shortener 4. does not look like a scam 5. does not include extra branding (the way the Chrome one does) a friend just asked me this and I really could not find one
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Obsidian Urbex Photography @obsidianurbex.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026
👻 After three visits, I still get goosebumps as I push open the heavy doors and step inside once more. This spectacular control room was built in the 1920s in Art Deco style. Natural light enters through an immense central skylight. Levers, switches, and dials […] [Original post on mstdn.social]
An abandoned Art Deco power plant control room features a grand domed skylight illuminating vintage control panels. A central structure and metal railings are also visible.
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026
new: A third-party surveillance company is telling cops that it wants to add facial recognition to Flock footage and ALPR reads to help them "close the gap" in what Flock offers. Company offers racial analysis, gender analysis, behavior analysis […]
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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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abadidea @0xabad1dea.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026
my friends wanted to pass on the reminder this Spooky Season that black food dye (often made from activated charcoal, which is used for treating poisonings) can cause your medications to be ineffective
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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
“ICE is now lying in wait outside convenience stores, or at busy intersections.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-inte… ICE will have to be wholly dismantled.
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Greg Bell @ferrix.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
RE: aus.social/@jimbob/1173460853173758… I remember this TNG episode, don't mess with the dude who lives there
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Brian Vastag @brianvastag.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
Cool movie poster I saw in a restroom in Portland recently. You may or may not recognize the film. #film #posters #Portland
A red movie poster for "Guerre Stellari" that looks like an old western movie poster.
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Ika Makimaki @pezmico.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026
People keep saying "If we do a wealth tax, rich people will leave the country" And I'm like "Naybe, if we get lucky. But let's try it first and see how we go." #NZPol #TaxTheSuperRich
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josh buermann @buermann.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026
RE: mastodon.social/@buermann/113206030… Happy #StanislavPetrov Day to all those who celebrate, live it like it's your last. I guess I could observe this year's #Ramadoom by refusing to use LLMs but you'd have to make me in the first place. Like the one where the Catholic gives […]
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`Da Elf @elfin.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026
Flock thinks it's cameras have a legal right to privacy in public. 😂
Flock Safety has issued a legal demand seeking the removal of a public map showing the locations of approximately 300.000 of it's surveillance devices across the United States.
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Adrianna Tan @skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026
SF Democratic Party stands behind.. Flock They even have two people on Flock’s payroll! Who didn’t recuse themselves from the vote! Feckless, gormless politicians missionlocal.org/2026/09/san-franci… #SanFrancisco #Flock
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S.F. Democratic Party stands behind Flock surveillance cameras in sweeping vote
Two Democratic committee members work for Flock, but were allowed to vote regardless S.F. Democratic Party stands behind Flock surveillance cameras in sweeping vote
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Greg Bell @ferrix.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
A generational divide I cannot understand: there used to be "before/after" pics, where you see how something used to be, and then how it turned out. (Kitten to cat pic, renovations, what have you) but mostly these days I see people put the after (newest) first, then older and older pics. Do you […]
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 23/09/2026
With the Rails 8.2 release imminent, real work is about to ramp up on @mosscap, the fork we've been laying the groundwork for. If you want to help reduce the impact of the "weird guys" on Rails, Ruby and OSS in general, we need your help! This is ESPECIALLY true if you're a member of a […]
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Greg Bell @ferrix.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026
RE: infosec.exchange/@codinghorror/1173… I don't like crows. But I respect the hell out of them
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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026
There is going to be important election related litigation news virtually every day between now and early January, at least. Here’s a doozy. The 8th Circuit today decided to override the Missouri Supreme Court and once again insist the state use a map gerrymandered to eliminate a majority-black […]
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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026
The U.S. news today is nuts. I expect a similar pace and intensity from now through Election Day, probably beyond through Jan 3. Even amongst the swirl, though, this report of ICE/DHS latest anti-rule-of-law doings stands out […]
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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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Greg Bell @ferrix.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026
RE: hails.org/@hailey/117305848518062351 Inside you are two Firefoxes
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Simon Phipps @meshed.cloud · 20/09/2026
University of #Southampton cancels contract and scraps assignment management tool over vendor plan to train #AI on student assignments - bravo! www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/26558627.s…
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University of Southampton to scrap plagiarism checker over AI and data concerns
The University of Southampton is phasing out the use of a plagiarism checker for students' work over data protection and AI concerns
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Flipboard Science Desk @sciencedesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026
On Sept. 10, the National Science Foundation issued a 10-page memo, changing the role of the agency from giving grants to individual researchers pursuing their best ideas, to addressing the research priorities of President Donald Trump and his administration. Science magazine takes a look at […]
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Quixoticgeek @quixoticgeek.v.st.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026
Gootube recommended this video at me. About how the EU is hoping to simplify how a company expands it's operations into other EU countries. It sounds great, harmonising paperwork and simplifying everything via a single system. Except a month ago the PPWR rules basically reintroduced borders to […]
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Lesley Carhart :unverified: @hacks4pancakes.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026
Rather be poor and not famous than have anyone question in twenty years where I stood on human rights, or if I was afraid to take a stand against evil.
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Flipboard News Desk @newsdesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026
Sweden's center-left opposition has won the country's general election by the thinnest of margins, removing the right-wing incumbents from power. Here's more from @CNN. flip.it/--IeXT #Politics #Sweden #News
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Sweden’s center-left opposition wins election, SVT says | CNN
Sweden’s center-left opposition has defeated the incumbent right-wing governing bloc by the slimmest of margins, public broadcaster SVT said on Wednesday, after 99% of the votes in Sunday’s parliamentary election had been counted.
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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026
I’m still kind of mad about HTML email tbh. That was the beginning of the end.
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Flipboard News Desk @newsdesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026
In a largely symbolic vote, the U.S. House votes for a third time to end the Iran war as conflict drags on, with several Republicans in opposition. @AssociatedPress reports: flip.it/wVLVSi #News #Iran #USPolitics
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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.
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aburka 🫣 @aburka.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026
Me: I'll just start the dishwasher and then go to bed, so it'll be done in the morning Also me 20 minutes later brushing my teeth: WHAT IS THAT NOISE WHO IS BREAKING INTO MY HOUSE
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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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Mr. Encyclopedia @eopoint.com · 14/09/2026
Every company right now for some reason
The famous 1979 IBM training slide but altered to read "A computer can never be held accountable therefore a computer is the perfect shield for legal liability lol"
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