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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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Infrapink (he/his/him) @infrapink.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

[IEpol] The government made sure to reduce the tax people pay on stock market profits. This us a terrible idea, and I say this as somebody who has paid Capital Gains Tax. CGT is a tax on income that doesn't come from making goods or providing services; people use their EXTRA money to buy a […]

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Infrapink (he/his/him) @infrapink.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

[FRpol] So was anybody under the impression that Le Front, perdonne, Rasselement National WEREN'T a crowd of antisemites?

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Jorijn Schrijvershof :jorijn: @jorijn.jorijn.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

New instance, and I need to test federation, so here's one of my favorite photos of Kaylan (who unfortunately passed away a few months ago). Tuning server processes, so feel free to boost to make it work a bit. #CatsOfMastodon

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Dan Gillmor @dangillmor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

A carpenter friend in California told me today that the price of copper has gone through the roof -- e.g. $100 for a short section of pipe. He said the data centers are hoovering up raw materials in such a frenzy that the cost of essentially all construction materials is insane. I haven't seen […]

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Infrapink (he/his/him) @infrapink.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

A small child has escape their sandbox and is now begging to go on the swings.

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Elaine Baker @elaineactivism.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Linux question - As a parent I am interested in alternatives for secondary school student educational devices which are NOT apple iPads with MS teams, google search and unlimited AI and internet, and which restrict access to only a white list of educational content and in-school communications […]

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Infrapink (he/his/him) @infrapink.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

@jackemled@furry.engineer @sparklepanic There are three Reddit-likes, all federated. Lemmy is the original, and it works, but the devs are all massive tankies who encourage the view that Russia are right to conquer Ukraine. mbin is the one I use. It's by far the least popular; I like it, but […]

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

The numbers are staggering. The numbers are wobbling. The numbers just need to have a little sit down for a bit, please.

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Infrapink (he/his/him) @infrapink.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

So I guess this My 9 Games thing is going around. Here are mine. 1+2: A tie between Super Mario Bros and Commander Keen. These were the first two games I ever played, and they made me a gamer. 3: Doom. It's Doom innit. My dad had no problem with me killing […] [Original post on mastodon.ie]

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D. G. Marshall @davidtheeviloverlord.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

My brother-in-law's laptop stopped working. It's under warranty. So he called #Dell. "Hi! I'm your A.I. assistant. Before I can help you, you have to read me a tiny number from the back of your laptop." He can't read it, he's blind. I read it. The "A.I" has one job. It is very bad at it. I […]

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Infrapink (he/his/him) @infrapink.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Haven't seen a Ryan George sketch go this way before, but I dig it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=v629ci8lHnA

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Pottery by Osa @potterybyosa.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

I got my lamps back from the shop. This is such a fun, satisfying collaboration. 💡 #beautility #pottery #ceramics

The image features two decorative lamps with unique designs. The larger lamp on the left has a textured, light blue and brown surface with geometric patterns. The smaller lamp on the right has a vibrant design in dark orange, green, and brown zig zags. Each lamp features a tall, ringed neck.

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

The news woman says: "... and protests that turned violent ..." The footage shows a crumpled car with half a dozen bullet holes in the door. The footage shows police holding batons with helmets and body armor walking backwards through the dusty Texas soil. A coordinated maneuver. But they do […]

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J A @jaeclectic.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

@futurebird Something over a year ago, a colleague of mine who I used to respect presented at a team meeting about experimenting with an LLM-driven "design sprint" where all the usual participants (designer, product manager, engineer, researcher, etc) were represented by feeding documents […]

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Pottery by Osa @potterybyosa.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

I finished a load of #pottery yesterday, including these two lamp bases. I love the way they came out: one funky little Earth Tone lamp for a desk or nightstand and the other more subtle but still highly decorative. They’re at the lamp shop getting wired.

A collection of decorative pottery pieces displayed on a worktable. The foreground features two lamp bases: a small, round form with intricate patterns in dark orange, brown, and light green triangles, and a taller, form with a textured surface, a light blue diamond pattern and a tall light blue neck with rings.

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Infrapink (he/his/him) @infrapink.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

[USFasc] Donald Trump is planning on building a Roman-style triumphal arch which will also serve as a military base for drones and snipers. Because that's what you want in the middle of the capital city […]

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eepy august [0x08] 🏳️‍⚧️🇲🇰 @august.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

[drugs OH] 'noncensensual miku miku mischkonsum'

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Rach "pumpkin spice butt girl" @ykantrachelread.social.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

[antisemitism] as a reminder, 'zio' is a slur for Jews popularized by neo-Nazi and former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke. the context in which it's used is generally as a substitute for 'Jewish' in antisemitic conspiracy theories - i.e., "zio media," "zio bankers," "zio globalists." it's an easy […]

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Infrapink (he/his/him) @infrapink.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

[Consumerism IG] The new Fire Emblem game came out yesterday. I'd been trying to reserve get the limited edition ever since it was announced, but both Smyth's and Nintendo's online shop were out of stock. Yesterday, ON LAUNCH DAY, eBay was full of new, unopened special editions at 60% or more […]

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Robert Kingett @weirdwriter.caneandable.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

I was reading somewhere in my RSS reader, I'm not linking it, that Mastodon hates everything and everyone, but the dude complained about not everyone liking fascist adjacent stuff and I'm over here like, how do we make bigots feel less welcome? this is fantastic! this is the kind of PR Mastodon […]

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Infrapink (he/his/him) @infrapink.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

I have officially read one book this year, but what a book it is. The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars, And Caliphs byvMarc David Baer covers the entire history of Ottoman Türkiye from the foundation of the dynasty by Osman I (Ottoman I) to the abolition of the sultanate […] [Original post on mastodon.ie]

The cover of The Ottomans by Marc David Baer. It shows a detail of the Suleiman Hunting With Selim, as if seen through an ornately-carved window.

At the centre of the image is the future sultan Selim II, riding a black horse and wielding a sword which the viewer can just make out he is using to kill a gazelle. Lobes around the centre show Selim's attendant and some hunting dogs.

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Infrapink (he/his/him) @infrapink.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

If you use a Unix-like operating system (Mac, Linux, BSD, etc) and need to convert a bunch of webp files into pngs, this is how: for i in *.webp; do magick $i $(basename $i webp).png; done You can swap out 'png' with 'jpg' if you want jpgs. And you can swap out 'webp' with a different […]

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River 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @riverseeber.net · 13/09/2026

I need to find more GenZ and/or queer/trans folks to follow on Mastodon. Especially looking for more mutuals tbh. It would be nice to make some more actual friends on Fedi. Everyone should boost this to help me make more mutuals. :cyber_boost_request: And come follow me if you fit either of […]

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Infrapink (he/his/him) @infrapink.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

[Gym] RE: mastodon.ie/@Infrapink/117058709453… First time back in the gym since my accident and wow I'm out of practice. I was only able to do one round on lighter weights than I had been. Some of that is the fornicating humidity, but I'm still not quite over the concussion and I […]

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I wrote this quickly at a bus stop and didn't realize it would go viral, or else I would have worded it better. But the point is that the media is too credulous about AI killing everyone in 10 years (how?) when climate change is killing people now and will only get worse (we know exactly how).

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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

The Irish know what’s what.

Couple in Dublin today, protesting Trump. Man’s sign says “Trump is so if shit, toilets are jealous.”

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Irish protestors tell Trump "rapists not welcome"

Irish protestors hold a sign calling Donald Trump a racist / rapist.

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Pottery by Osa @potterybyosa.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

I love this part of my process. I spread out all of my test tiles (both glaze and terra sigillata) on my work table and create combinations that I’ll use on my #pottery. The four tiles to the right are one of the color combos I picked out. I wrote about the […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

An assortment of ceramic test tiles arranged in two groups, featuring various shades and textures. Some samples are labeled with place names and notes. The samples are lying on the light beige surface of my work table, shot from above.

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Infrapink (he/his/him) @infrapink.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

Casuals: Hey, it's Metroid! She's cool! Fans: That's not Metroid. Metroids are aliens. That's actually Samus Aran. Samus: Well actually... www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhPkGtVNH1Q #Metroid #Samus #SamusAran #Nintendo

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Infrapink (he/his/him) @infrapink.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

Beat Splatoon Raiders' main campaign today and it gave me major Gurren Lagann vibes. #Splatoon #SplatoonRaiders

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Infrapink (he/his/him) @infrapink.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

😆This man was interviewed by an LLM, so answered all his questions with nonsensical word salad. It's honestly impressive how smoothly he operates, and never misses a beat.🤣 www.tiktok.com/@graham.zip/video/76…

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Infrapink (he/his/him) @infrapink.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

Fedi, I dropped my phone yesterday and now the front screen has a network of fine cracks. It's still perfectly functional¹, snappy, and responsive, but I should really replace it before that changes. Volla looks pretty good. Are they secretly fascists by any chance? Boosts appreciated. ¹well […]

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Pottery by Osa @potterybyosa.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

I hope that showing my test tiles—including those strange, unexpected, sometimes undesirable results—gives you a window into what it takes to produce a piece like this that turns out just as intended. Each section of the surface began as a test tile that I […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

My hand holding a bowl I made in front of bright green foliage. The bowl is decorated with dark orange terra sigillata and bright chartreuse green glaze. The design features a bold diamond pattern with added raised dots of texture. The rim is stamped with texture and the interior is glazed chartreuse green. The sun shines brightly onto the bowl and background.

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Pottery by Osa @potterybyosa.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

The tile didn’t even make it into the kiln before it started acting weird. My final guess was right—it cracked and peeled off the tile. I’ve had this happen both before and after firing. I have an entire blogpost dedicated to the weirdness of working with […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

My hand holding an unfired test tile made of brown clay painted with black terra sigillata that has now cracked and peeled away from the tile. In the photo upthread, it was shiny and smooth. The sig was made from a black wild clay collected from Myakka City, Florida.

I may still fire the tile just to see what happens. I will also fire a sample of the original unprocessed clay because I’m still curious about the way it will transform during firing.

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Pottery by Osa @potterybyosa.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

Black #clay from Myakka City, FL. My 18 year old mentee brought me a local #WildClay sample before she moved away to Texas with her family. What a special gift. I haven’t come across black clay in #Florida yet! After all of the testing I’ve done, you’d think […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

My hand holding an unfired test tile made of brown clay that has been painted with terra sigillata made with black wild clay collected in a nearby town called Myakka City. I polished it so there is a soft sheen to the surface. Clay splattered clear plastic is on the ground in the background.

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Lucire @lucire.fashionsocial.host.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

Gloria Steinem, feminist icon and activist, passes away at 92 lucire.com/insider/20260903/gloria-…

Gloria Steinem. From the Jewish Women's Archive. Photographed by Joan Roth. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic licence. Image has been enlarged from the original.

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Infrapink (he/his/him) @infrapink.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026

RE: mastodon.ie/@Infrapink/117175591069… Slept in fits and starts but woke up naturally and with no headache. Promising start. Actually, I woke up in the middle of a dream. It seemed to be about the Planet Express crew playing various games and the X-Men joining in. I woke up as […]

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Infrapink (he/his/him) @infrapink.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

I was recovering, but then spent most of today sleeping off a sudden headache which seems to be linked to underhydration and eating too {much | little}. Now it's nearly midnight and I don't feel tired at all, but my headache seems to be gone. So basically my circadian rhythm is completely […]

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Infrapink (he/his/him) @infrapink.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

[Celebrity death] Peter Cullen based his iconic portrayal of Optimus Prime on his older brother, Larry. In particular, Larry gave Peter a great piece of advice. "If you're going to be a hero, be a real hero. Be strong enough to be gentle." […]

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