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Mats Holberg @holberg.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/03/2026

Interesting—especially because this is the guy who turned Teen Vogue into the most impressive political publication during his tenure. Fast Company: Playboy just named its first openly gay editor-in-chief. He wants to change the brand’s pornographic reputation amid a ‘sex recession’ […]

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James J Malcolm @jamesjm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/03/2026

@dansup hi! Have you read this report? Is there a future where NATO / EU works with you to upgrade the Fediverse capabilities to limit this impact? I think it’s a potentially great source of funding and support […]

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James J Malcolm @jamesjm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/03/2026

@laurenshof It was made to be unuseful after the Arab Spring proved too potent.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com (US/Canada version)

A hi tech laboratory. Technicians work at computer work stations. A glass cylinder contains an unhappy bespectacled figure in a striped top and hat. A scientist explains to two colleagues:
"The subject will be returned to his natural habitat. But now, thanks to our implanted tracking device, we can answer the question 'Where's Waldo?' in microseconds rather than hours. "

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James J Malcolm @jamesjm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/06/2025

@ravirockks you always link to the most interesting articles! I really appreciate that!

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

My cover for the ‘New York Times For Kids’ which is in TODAY’S @nytimes.com. I drew the centrespread and some spot illustrations as well.

Cover of the New York Times for Kids by Tom Gauld

A large illustration of a family in a car, absurdly overloaded with luggage on the roof and in a trailer, arriving in the countryside from a city that we can see in the distance. We look out at them from a lush green forest filled with children playing, painting, swimming, climbing, reading, camping, exploring, making music and enjoying the wildlife.

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matdevdug @matdevdug.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 25/05/2025

This is a component of a thing I’ve been worried about for a long time with the forced SSL of everything. Google Chrome is one of the largest financial sponsors of Let’s Encrypt and also effectively dictates how SSL works by controlling the largest browser. If we continue to shorter the […]

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Rhubarbe @rhubarbe.design · 20/05/2025

Earlier this year, I had the occasion to design a new logo for the video sharing app @loops 😊 Turning the play symbol into a Möbius strip-like design reintroduces the notion of “loop” into the icon. I also created several animated versions, playing with the […] [Original post on mastodon.design]

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

A summery cartoon for @newscientist.com

Caption: “The work was hard and the hours were long, so on sunny days, the professor allowed the team to leave the lab and research their viruses outdoors.”

Image: Scientists in yellow hazmat suits work with chemicals, glassware and machinery in the dappled shade of some old trees on the university lawn.

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Michael | VoltPaperScissors @voltpaperscissors.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/04/2025

A year ago, I saw someone open a book lamp in a bar. It was a pretty expensive product. Since I combine electronics and paper crafting, I had to DIY it and develop an easy-to-use circuit template and instructions for it. This educational project is perfect for […] [Original post on chaos.social]

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James J Malcolm @jamesjm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/04/2025

4x3 Puzzle 2025-04-17 - normal Solved! with 4/4 lives Time: 3:02 Lives: ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Play at: 4x3puzzle.com

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James J Malcolm @jamesjm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/04/2025

Woohoo! Best result in a long time! Conlextions #580 - lex.games/connections/1744372800 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟪🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Solve Time: 46 seconds

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A NYT Connections-style puzzle from Lex Friedman.

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omi @omikim.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Rainy night in Japan with falling cherry blossoms. #photography

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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

We should redesign cities for autonomous kids, not autonomous cars.

two kids, one pushing a bike, on a woonerf in Haarlem. grown ups sitting at a bar.

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Murray Livingston @murraylivingston.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 16/02/2025

Saplings, Scotland's Ancient Caledonian Forest (2024). Oh what glorious autumn light does to the landscape. It was a joy to witness this hillside covered in young pine saplings, slowly expanding the edges of the forest. The sun took its time to come over the […] [Original post on mas.to]

golden autumnal light falls in a patchwork over a scottish glen, hitting the tops of pyramidal mountains in the distance. a few looming clouds swirl above the ancient caledonian pine forest that lies surrounding a loch below, with saplings growing in the foreground just catching the morning light.

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Murray Livingston @murraylivingston.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 01/02/2025

A photograph from one of the most remote places in the UK, the Fisherfield Forest - about a 20km round trip hike from the nearest road. Perhaps rather alarmingly for an area named "forest", the landscape here is mostly treeless with only one tiny fragment of original […] [Original post on mas.to]

a small lochan high in the remote mountains of scotland reflects beautiful clouds and blue skies. erratic boulders are strewn across the foreground while the background features a shapely mountain with a steep and wandering ridgeline. soft evening light dances across the scene.

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Johannes Ernst @j12t.j12t.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/01/2025

The Social Web is so popular at FOSDEM that the overflow event has its own overflow event!! 1. Social Web devroom Saturday 2. BOF Sunday 3. After-hours Sunday night. I'm planning to be at all of them. Reach out!!

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Sarah Perez 💙 @sarahp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/01/2025

Open source alternatives to Instagram, TikTok, and WhatsApp raise funds on Kickstarter techcrunch.com/2025/01/24/open-sour…

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James J Malcolm @jamesjm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/01/2025

@osma Just a sizeable amount would be enough to align interests, but you’re right in saying that if the flagship is too large it disincentives work on server-hopping features like migration. I still think the pros outweigh the cons though.

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James J Malcolm @jamesjm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/01/2025

@osma I think there’s a benefit to having code & service as part of the same org; the feedback loop for efficient code is as short as it possibly can be, and it aligns instance owners with code owners on that basis. Imagine if Mozilla was run by people who made websites; it’d be a completely […]

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Timo Tijhof @timotijhof.net · 18/01/2025

Fascinating reveal of Nokia's 2007 internal analysis of the iPhone launch. They were anything but complacent, anticipating * low-cost "mini" iPhones, * decline and rejection of current Nokia design, * 3rd party apps, * future network/lens/sensor improvements […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Slide 1 of 22:
* Nokia. Confidential. Dated 10th of January, 2007.
* Apple has agreed with Cisco on using
the iPhone name, details not known.

Slide 2 of 22:
* User interface has been a big strength for Nokia. Consumer research indicates this is in decline. Urgent action needed to prevent further erosion of this position.
* Expect Apple to launch lower-price point
models soon. Hit for market position will come if Apple makes "mini” version of iPhone.

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* iPhone is not a super feature pack. No 3G nor HSDPA. Only a 2MB camera. Apple changes specs frequently though, no room for complacency.

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Total Sonic Media @totalsonic.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/01/2025

Sweet - Pixelfed is number 1 trending app in the Google Play Store chart currently :) #pixelfed #trending #fediverse #socialmedia

Screenshot from Android phone of Aurora store app displaying Pixelfed at the #1 app in Google Play Store "trending" list

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Benjamin Ross @benrosstransit.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/12/2024

Waymo (aka Google) admits that it trains its robotaxis to break the law. When WaPo reporter finds robotaxis fail to stop for pedestrians in marked crosswalk 70% of the time, Waymo says it follows "social norms" rather than laws. Expert explains: When robotaxis obey law, they don't go fast […]

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Mike McCue @mike.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/12/2024

Hello fediverse! This morning we’re opening a beta for Surf, a new kind of browser for a new kind of web — the open social web. Built from the ground up on ActivityPub, AT Proto and RSS, you can create and surf amazing custom feeds that organize people […] [Original post on flipboard.social]

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Murray Livingston @murraylivingston.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 07/12/2024

Three Drakensberg "b-roll" images for your Saturday morning! Doesn't get much more dramatic than this... I can't wait to get back out into these mountains and do some more exploring. #mountains #landscape #landscapephotography #nature #naturephotography #southafrica […] [Original post on mas.to]

rock spires backlit by the morning sun leading off to mountains in the distance

sun rays burst through a cliffside onto a cloud inversion below

a photograph of fluvial ridges of the drakensberg at sunrise

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Curmudgeon @jetton.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 06/12/2024

Don’t Call 911 If You See a Coyote, Unless It’s Carrying ACME-Branded Products: The Office of Sheriff, Monroe County, New York www.openculture.com/2018/08/dont-ca…

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 30/11/2024

Why does nobody like the surf and turf turkey?

turkey stuffed with octopus tentacles, sitting on top of crab legs

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

The John Le Carré Advent Calendar - My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com Books. (with apologies to @realjohnlecarre.bsky.social and @harkaway.bsky.social)

Title: The John Le Carré Advent Calendar - Available in all good bookshops.

Description - December 1st to 23rd: open the door to watch Gerorge Smiley reluctantly uncover a conspiracy as he wanders around the damp, dilapidated London of the seventies.

(images of six of the doors, showing a stick figure os Smiley going about his business in shades of browny-gray)

December 24th: Having solved the mystery and written his resignation letter, Smiley eats Christmas dinner alone.

(image of Smiley at a table with a letter, unappetising portion of food and glass of wine, in browny-gray)

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Jesse Skinner @jesseskinner.toot.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 18/11/2024

Boost this toot if you're planning on sticking around Mastodon whether or not it's more popular than Bluesky.

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