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Curmudgeon @jetton.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026

Proof that he sometimes gets off the couch. Treats may have been involved. [Next to him is our elderly Malamute who died 2 weeks ago.] #DogsOfMastodon

A black and white Newfoundland dog lying next to a fluffy white Alaskan Malamute.

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Curmudgeon @jetton.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026

Ever since we adopted Anubis from the Humane Society, not a single couch has been stolen. What a great watchdog! #DogsOfMastodon #Newfie

A black and white Landseer Newfoundland mix protecting a brown couch from all would-be thieves.

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Curmudgeon @jetton.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026

Loki, our 16 year old Alaskan Malamute that we adopted from the shelter 13 years ago had to be euthanized last week. Miss you buddy. You were a great doggo. #DogsOfMastodon

A fluffy white Alaskan malamute sitting in front of a fireplace 6 years ago when he was a youthful 10 year old.

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Curmudgeon @jetton.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 05/04/2026

My daughter knows all that computer and programming stuff, so I thought she could use a state of the art handheld computer.

An Apple Newton 120. A computer that fits in one's hand and does all that computer stuff.

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Curmudgeon @jetton.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 06/03/2026

@grammargirl If those are both spatulas, then what is this?

Photograph of a spatula used in laboratories.

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Curmudgeon @jetton.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2026

I was skeptical when I heard there was a planned remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, but looks like it may be a real corker.

Left: Donald Sutherland in 1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
Right: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor in the current remake.

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Curmudgeon @jetton.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 20/02/2026

Everyone knows this, right? Modify for what you know that the average person probably knows. marshdeer.github.io/xkcd2501-genera…

A general linear model is second nature to us biostatisticians, so it's easy to forget the average person probably only knows logistic and poisson regression.
And negative binomial, of course.
Of course.

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Curmudgeon @jetton.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 10/02/2026

I'm beginning to think the animal shelter was wrong about him being fully grown. Using the standard US length measurement of cushion width, he seems a bit larger nowadays. #DogsOfMastodon

The same doggo shortly after he adopted us 20 months ago.

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Curmudgeon @jetton.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 10/02/2026

The two pupperdogs have distinctly different ideas as to the ideal places to sleep. #DogsOfMastodon

A white Alaskan Malamute mix asleep in the snow with fresh snow starting to cover him.

A Landseer Newfie mix with a black head and white/black body lying on a brown couch. He has partially opened one eye when realizing I'm taking his photo.

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Curmudgeon @jetton.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 29/01/2026

This weekend will mark the sixth anniversary of Brexit. Have they worked out the kinks yet? #Brexit

Apparently it costs the NHS over three hundred pounds a year to remove foreign objects from people's rectums. Why aren't we removing British objects instead? Was Brexit all for nothing?

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Curmudgeon @jetton.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 13/12/2025

Oh no. My 11,430 points in an account I don't have are expiring. On the 13st of the month. What rewards to choose from this totally legit offer?

Scam email saying I have unused points in an account I don't have that expire on the 13st.

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Curmudgeon @jetton.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 12/12/2025

@hannah Glad they had the captions which clarified exactly how to do this.

Nonsense AI captions on an AI generated video.

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Curmudgeon @jetton.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 10/12/2025

So the U.S. State Department has banned the font Calibri for being woke and a product of DEI culture, and requiring documents to be in Times New Roman. Calibri is rather boring, but they could certainly find a font more appropriate for the Trump administration. I propose Codswallop.

The word codswallop in the font codswallop.

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Curmudgeon @jetton.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 05/12/2025

While I do not personally observe holiday traditions, I know that for many tonight is the most revered day of the year. So I wish a joyous Krampusnacht for all who celebrate.

A humanoid figure with dark fur, horns, and a tail stuffing a child in to a basket.

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Curmudgeon @jetton.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 03/12/2025

Fun Fediverse Fact The first fediverse toot was in 1887 by Joseph Pujol* in Marseille. The technology has greatly improved since. * Better known by his later stage name Le Pétomane.

Le Pétomane performing at the Moulin Rouge c.1893

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Curmudgeon @jetton.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 28/11/2025

To all those naysayers who claim AI is not useful— there is now a Published Scientific Paper showing how AI can diagnose autism! While the math might be daunting to some, figure 1 gives an outline of the method that is assessable to all. #Autistic #AI

An infographic supposedly showing the framework of the study. In the center is a cartoon outline of a women whose legs somehow grow through the bench, holding a child pointing to a sign saying &runctional values. Other signs list frymblal features, a bicycle with autism score of 0.93, a brain, and nonsense charts and figures. The central concept is Factor Fexcectorn.

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Curmudgeon @jetton.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 25/10/2025

The first No Kings Day rally in Boston was enthusiastic.

Large number of people on docks cheering as people on two anchored wooden ships throw boxes of tea into the harbor.

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Curmudgeon @jetton.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2025

@hannah They've now released a sketch of the suspect.

A man wearing a top hat and monocle.
The Gentleman-Cambrioleur, Arsène Lupin.

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Curmudgeon @jetton.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2025

Perfectly normal item for an FBI director to hand out. Wonder which 12 year old MAGA boy designed this.

A "Challenge Coin" given out by Kash Patel, Director of the FBI. It is a gold colored Punisher skull with KSH written on the forehead, spider eyes, and revolver teeth.

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Curmudgeon @jetton.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2025

@hannah I'm assuming the other mitten will look like this?

An icon of a frowning Macintosh with X-ed out eyes.

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Curmudgeon @jetton.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2025

Took a look at the new US "Department of War" website. Something seems a bit off.

Map purporting to show US Department of War bases around the world including hundreds in Russia and China.

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Curmudgeon @jetton.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 06/08/2025

@0xabad1dea Shortly after we adopted our Newfie mix last year, he defiantly demonstrated that he already knew how to sit. #DogsOfMastodon #dogs

A black and white Landseer Newfoundland with his front legs on the ground and his body on the couch.

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Curmudgeon @jetton.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 06/08/2025

If pope Francis is ever canonized, he will become the patron saint of kerning.

Tombstone engraved "FRANCISCVS" with too large a space on both sides of the A.

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Curmudgeon @jetton.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 09/07/2025

No less plausible than actual NYT headlines. #NYT

Fake New York Times headline:

Mamdani's Use of Oxford Comma Raises Questions Amid No Record of Attendance

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Curmudgeon @jetton.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 19/06/2025

Yay! My daughter's visiting from Chicago. I wonder if her jacket is a hint to me about something??

Back of a denim jacket with a celebrating skeleton carrying a giant scroll stating "BE GAY DO CRIME!"

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Curmudgeon @jetton.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 22/05/2025

Congratulations to Rolex and The Washington Post for apposite ad placement.

email from The Washington Post:

Earth may already be too hot for the survival of polar ice sheets
If Earth stays at its current levels of warming — below policymakers’ goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius — polar ice sheets may melt, causing seas to rise and displacing millions in coastal communities, a new study finds.

There is an advertisement below it for the Rolex Submariner watch.

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Curmudgeon @jetton.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 25/04/2025

It's been the received wisdom that the Bayeux tapestry has a total of 93 visible penises. Until now. Bayeux tapestry scholar Dr Christopher Monk has dangled the proposition there may be a 94th. There has been some stiff opposition from other scholars. Lengthy debate continues.

Going commando in 1066.
A part of the Bayeux tapestry showing two soldiers. The one on the right may be flashing his equipment.

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Curmudgeon @jetton.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 28/03/2025

@cstross However, in this timeline, it was a more boring computer. IBM 650.

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Curmudgeon @jetton.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 28/03/2025

@cstross It was the year of the first wrist mounted computer. [Photo was taken in John Mastodon's computer laboratory. The subject is believed to be "Pip" Boyer, the developer of the first portable computer.] #JohnMastodon #Fallout

A man is seated at a desk with electronic equipment. His arm is pushed through a large device that appears to be a computer with various cables, a number pad, and a small screen that displays the words "Pip-Boy 1.0".

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Curmudgeon @jetton.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 17/03/2025

Trump believes that Canada, Greenland, and the Panama canal belong to the United States based on the map that clearly shows this to be the case.

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Curmudgeon @jetton.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 12/03/2025

I'm not impressed with the Washington Post's new "Ask The Post AI". Completely unable to give answers to even the simplest query.

The AI is unable to generate an answer to the question "Why has the Washington Post embraced evil?"

A more specific query asking whether Jeff Bezos eats children for breakfast or only for dinner. Again the AI seems unable to answer.

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Curmudgeon @jetton.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 02/03/2025

No wonder that Trump and Vance were fuming at Zelenskyy. Can you imagine any other wartime head of state showing up at the White House to ask for aid and not having the common decency to wear a suit? And in front of news cameras?

Winston Churchill in front of News Cameras at the White House in 1942. Very much not wearing a suit.

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Curmudgeon @jetton.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 27/02/2025

Or if you prefer the actual dollar amount to plan next years budget, this handy chart shows average change by income bracket.

Change in taxes showing the lowest 95% in income will pay between $610 and $1790 more in taxation.
The next 4% will gain $7160.
The top one percent will have another $36,320 to help them out.

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Curmudgeon @jetton.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 27/02/2025

Are you looking forward to the new Tax Cuts proposed by Trump? This handy chart shows how much you will save!

Chart shows the percent change in overall taxation with increases for everyone under $360,000 per year income, and decreases for those above that.
Those in the poorest 20 percent will lose 4.8 percent of their income while the top 5 percent will gain 1.2 percent.

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Curmudgeon @jetton.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 13/12/2024

I find this road sign to be most offensive. It's "one fewer CEO", not "one less CEO".

Portable road sign in Seattle displaying "one less CEO" followed by "many more to go".

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

I know this meme is fake, but it seemed relevant.

Top photo shows a wall under an elevated road that has been painted to look like an entry to a tunnel, similar to one drawn by Wile E Coyote.
The lower photo shows damage to a car that turned into it.

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Curmudgeon @jetton.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 23/11/2024

Note that I am NOT suggesting that hundreds of trans men visit the US Capitol. But if they happened to, they should make sure to use the bathrooms of their gender assigned at birth, Otherwise, Rep Nancy Mace would be upset.