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Got two Turing tables and some microcode. I worked on back-end server-y type stuff at a place that kept rockin' the free web. I like rust, python, and horrible […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ mindof.jrconlin.com/@jrconlin, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Mab_813 @mab-813.fedi.at.ap.brid.gy · 03/07/2026
The wikipedia page of Buffallo Bill is quite something. A train accident regarding his show: First, the dead horses are mentioned, three by name, only then, the dead Native Americans (no names given). When he sought a divorce, it‘s always „alleged infidelities“ eben though the wiki page also […]
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Aabra Mastodon, PDX stereotype @glassdelusion.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/07/2026
Onion ads are killing it rn
Burt's Shrimp Balm, cuz we didn't save the bees
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j-r conlin @jrconlin.mindof.jrconlin.com.ap.brid.gy · 04/07/2026
## 🇺🇸 Fun Holiday Reminders! 🇺🇸 * **Freedom** means not forcing folk to conform. * **Democracy** means ensuring everyone has a voice in how they're governed. * **Liberty** means not being under dictatorial rule. * All of the above are currently considered anti-**Patriotic**. 🎆Here's […]
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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 04/07/2026
Red, White And American Flag Blue Happy 4th everyone.
The US flag but the blue is a little ... green a deep watery green.
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Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
The Declaration of Independence specifies 27 grievances with King George III and Britain. Donald Trump and his regime have committed at least 20 of those same offenses highlighted in yellow. Happy 250, America!
An image of a list of the 27 grievances against King George III in the Declaration of Independence. Donald Trump's regime has committed at least 20 of them in whole or in part, condensed into the list below:
1.	He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
2.	He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of representation …
3.	He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing … his invasions on the rights of the people.
4.	He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; … obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners …
5.	He has obstructed the Administration of Justice …
6.	He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices …
7.	He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
8.	He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
9.	He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.
10.	He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution … giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
11.	For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
12.	For protecting them … from punishment for any Murders which they should commit …
13.	For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
14.	For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
15.	For depriving us … of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
16.	For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:
17.	For … abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
18.	He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
19.	He has … destroyed the lives of our people.
20.	He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us …
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j-r conlin @jrconlin.mindof.jrconlin.com.ap.brid.gy · 04/07/2026
May I offer (with apologies to David Malki) "cyber-lioning"?
A screenshot of a github comment that reads:

"Why does the presence of artificial intelligence cause discomfort? AI represents generative intellect; mastery of its execution adds vibrant depth to life. Labeling an asset as 'GenAI slop' fails to obscure objective facts. The assumption that AI generation renders an output inherently invalid remains entirely fallacious."A modified version of the first three frames of David Malki's Wondermark Sealion strip.

Frame 1:
Woman: I don't mind most marine mammals, but Code Agents? I could do without Code Agents.
Man: Don't say that out loud!

Frame2:
(A modified sea lion with the robot head emoji poorly pasted on top, the cyber-lion): Pardon me, I couldn't help but overhear...
Man: Now you've done it.

Frame 3: 
Cyber-lion to an annoyed looking Woman: I would like to have a civil conversation about your statement. Would you mind showing me evidence of any negative thing any Code Agent has ever done to you?
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j-r conlin @jrconlin.mindof.jrconlin.com.ap.brid.gy · 04/07/2026
Now I want to create a PDF that is just 200 pages of spelled out random numbers. pdx.social/@patc/116857419881554592
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Attached: 1 image Adobe is just fucking trolling at this point. Listen to my PDF as a podcast? What the fuck are you even talking about. This is a “no bad ideas” whiteboard session about “creative uses for AI” come to life, and it sucks.
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Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈 @lazarou.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/07/2026
Today, the Voyager 1 spacecraft is 25.50 billion kilometres away from your bullshit. 🚀
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JauntyWunderKind @jauntywunderkind.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
i wonder how much ai psychosis is that people have never ever ever had help or labor they can access before (✋) and are just totally unaccustomed to, unused to, overwhelmed by such a world. by having help. man, it feels great.
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Matt Blaze @mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/07/2026
Any presidential candidate who wants my vote needs to pledge never to have an airshow over DC.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 03/07/2026
Climate change is literally canceling US independence Day celebrations. The July 4 parade in Philadelphia, the birthplace of American independence, has been canceled due to extreme heat. Heat waves aren’t new - what’s new is that climate change is making them hotter and more dangerous.
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Philadelphia cancels 4th of July parade due to extreme heat, organizers say
Philadelphia's Salute to Independence parade has been canceled due to extreme heat in the weather forecast.
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Nonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 03/07/2026
As #Trump rebrands DC festivities as a "spectacular Trump rally," broadcasters should look elsewhere to celebrate the #UnitedStates’ 250th. As with so much in DC, Trump took over. His effort to rebrand the Washington, DC, events, provides #media & #news outlets an opportunity to instead look […]
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j-r conlin @jrconlin.mindof.jrconlin.com.ap.brid.gy · 03/07/2026
Huh, a section of Steamer Lane in Santa Cruz fell off. A reminder that the ocean always wins Santa Cruz erosion rips away Steamer Lane cliff, and surfers say the waves have changed share.google/zi2FibxVOL8R3Z3TB
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Santa Cruz erosion rips away Steamer Lane cliff, and surfers say the waves have changed
A portion of Santa Cruz’s Steamer Lane cliff has collapsed into the ocean, and surfers say the waves have already changed.
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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/07/2026
Have to follow the awful post with positive photos. Because even while awful things are happening, there is incredible beauty in the world (also cute dogs) and that should be shared and celebrated
A large yellowish dog, sitting in very tall grass that's full of bright pink flowers.  There are some trees in the background, and clouds above.  He's happily panting, looking right at the camera.A floofy white dog, laying in tall green grass full of bright pink flowers, looking happily directly at the camera.A hill covered with grass and bright pink flowers, under a cloudy sky with blue sky peeking through the clouds in a few places.A large yellowish dog sniffing flowers as he walks through tall bright green grass full of yellow and pink flowers.  The sky above is blue with lots of clouds.
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j-r conlin @jrconlin.mindof.jrconlin.com.ap.brid.gy · 03/07/2026
Attn: @pleasestop hachyderm.io/@complexmath/116853238…
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Bunkbeds are a form of hostel architecture.
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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 02/07/2026
If you run a peertube instance, you should have gotten an alert to update. Either way, it's time to update - there's a security fix out for a high severity vulnerability. Some operators got hit last time this happened. Don't let that happen to you. Patch your OS while you're at it. And drink […]
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j-r conlin @jrconlin.mindof.jrconlin.com.ap.brid.gy · 03/07/2026
To be clear the announcement notes that this is not an official statement from the United Nations, but by "independent experts – who serve in their individual capacities under mandates from the UN Human Rights Council" Still, they should be tried from crimes against humanity anyway. All of […]
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Vee @veroniqueb99.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/07/2026
ARREST Trump
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Flipboard Culture Desk @culturedesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/07/2026
On June 30, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against 16-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson, who had been fighting for five years to compete on her school's girls' track team as a transgender athlete. James Dale lost at the same court 26 years ago, after he had been expelled from the Boy Scouts for being […]
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Scott Francis @darkuncle.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 02/07/2026
Talking with an acquaintance from Amazon today, and he noted that the era of the “fungible engineer” is back. I have talked about the strengths of generalists for a long time, but I think the rise of AI-powered automation is going to accelerate and underscore the value of generalists and systems […]
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j-r conlin @jrconlin.mindof.jrconlin.com.ap.brid.gy · 02/07/2026
# ATTENTION EMPLOYERS Now is your chance to get token free access to a Top 4% PHP developer! Save on your AI bill, today with this one ~~grumpy~~ weird trick! yac.grumpy-learning.com/@grmpyprogr…
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[1 media attachment] I think I sighed loud enough people reading this can hear it
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IFTAS @iftas.mastodon.iftas.org.ap.brid.gy · 02/07/2026
⚠️ #SW_ISAC_ADVISORY The following domains have been added to the IFTAS Abandoned/Unmanaged Domain denylist with a "Suspend" recommendation: imastodon.blue The following domains are now in the AUD inclusion process: crazylab.online mastodon.london mikumikudance.cloud social.ludepress.com […]
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j-r conlin @jrconlin.mindof.jrconlin.com.ap.brid.gy · 02/07/2026
One thing that Poverty steals is time. You work two or three jobs in order to just survive, leaving you (if you're lucky) 6 hours a day to sleep, commute, do laundry, take care of your kids/loved ones, get your car fixes, and possibly shop and eat. Weekends? What fucking weekend? That's just a […]
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j-r conlin @jrconlin.mindof.jrconlin.com.ap.brid.gy · 02/07/2026
Clearly, these things consume without consideration of merit. (Although, I did learn a few things...) cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/1168…
The results for myself, which show that for whatever reason, Claude Opus and Kimi both polluted themselves with my code. 

My apologies.TIL, I was also an actor on shows like "The Deuce" and "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel", according to both Gemini 3.1 Lite and Deepseek v4, no matter what IMDB or the Screen Actors Guild may sayDid you know that I was also part of Valley? I didn't, but I shouldn't argue with GPT-5.5.
(Granted, I was unaware of the band, turns out they're pretty good, so I guess I did benefit from an LLM today.)
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j-r conlin @jrconlin.mindof.jrconlin.com.ap.brid.gy · 02/07/2026
If you're looking for a PHP expert (and a damn good test engineer to boot) Chris is your guy. That said, I __STRONGLY__ encourage anyone laid off to file unemployment and note that the reason for your dismissal was AI related. The Tech Industry treats unemployment as "taboo" for some stupid […]
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Stock trades by President. The blatant corruption is just staggering
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j-r conlin @jrconlin.mindof.jrconlin.com.ap.brid.gy · 02/07/2026
Honestly, it always cracks me up. Saying that the World Cup game is being played in San Francisco is a bit like talking about Asbury Park, NYC or the Inner Harbor of Washington DC. _Honestly, closest might be the Dallas/Ft Worth thing, but unlike there, it's pretty clear that there's separation._
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Matt Blaze @mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/07/2026
DC friends: if you’re in town on July 4th and live anywhere remotely near the Mall, keep your N95 masks handy for the smoke from the fireworks, which will be unusually heavy this year.
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Dan Wentzel 🏳️‍🌈 @danwentzel.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/07/2026
Trump declines to renew the US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement. How about a Canada - Pacifica - Mexico free trade agreement, and we dump MAGA? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/ju…
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John Schrag @jvschrag.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 01/07/2026
A Fedi version of Queer Eye: Five autistic queer Fedifolk (one in a fur suit) travel to help out a regular person each episode. By the end of the episode, the team have degoogled the recipient, installed a thoughtfully selected Linux distro on their formerly-windows machine, replaced much of […]
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Mr. Encyclopedia @eopoint.com · 01/07/2026
If buying isn't ownership then pirating isn't stealing
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2 Spoopy 4 You @jcrabapple.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 01/07/2026
Where's Waldo: Freedom 250 edition
A drawing of the national mall with like 7 or 8 people in it, and Waldo is obvious right in the foreground of the image. The reflecting pool is greener than the grass.
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daniel:// stenberg:// @bagder.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/07/2026
@andrewnez I started out slightly optimistic about CRA being an avenue for companies to (financially) support the projects they rely on, but as I personally see a complete lack of interest in this from companies even though I can sell it to them and we're approaching the date CRA goes live for […]
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Matthew Haughey @mathowie.xoxo.zone.ap.brid.gy · 01/07/2026
How much you wanna bet if a African team wins the World Cup that Trump doesn't do the FIFA trophy presentation anymore?
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Trump & Epstein: Biz partners. @mugsysrapsheet.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/07/2026
DAMN STRAIGHT! #SCotUS #GOPHypocrisy
leftylady.bsky.social wrote:

Clarence Thomas says the 14th Amendment should be read narrowly because it was written for formerly enslaved people.

By that logic, the 2nd Amendment was written for muskets, not AR-15s. Funny how that kind of originalism only shows up when it's convenient.
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j-r conlin @jrconlin.mindof.jrconlin.com.ap.brid.gy · 01/07/2026
I pretty much consign sites like Hacker News and Lobsters the same way that I think about late 1800's "Adventurers Clubs", full of self important people with little to nothing else to do, gathered about to commiserate and mutter amongst themselves about the Fall of the Empire. Personally, I'm […]
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Kit Malone @thekitmalone.hoosier.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/06/2026
Imagine if our country had put half the policy and advocacy effort it put into banning a fraction of a percent of humans from sports teams nationwide into like ... basic housing and medical care for everyone.
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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/06/2026
The CRASH Clock paper is now peer-reviewed! So to celebrate, my co-authors and I wrote an explainer article (because how better to celebrate one article than by writing another... oh academia...) It's now published in The Conversation Canada […]
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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/06/2026
Dang I drive into town for the morning to get the new astronomy department outreach telescope from campus, and my email is just exploding with things I should share. But first, my cats seem very excited about the telescope. However, I have a strong suspicion […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
A grey cat, laying on his side on the floor while gently sinking his claws into a large box that says "Sky-Watcher" with a drawing of a spiral galaxy.  A stripey grey cat enthusiastically rubbing her face on the corner of a large box at the bottom of a stack of 3 large boxes.  A grey cat rubs next to the other corner.
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Fabio Manganiello @fabio.manganiello.eu.ap.brid.gy · 30/06/2026
The 250th anniversary of the #US Declaration of Independence has been celebrated in many American embassies too. Except that these were not Congress-approved events. As it often happens in the #Trump administration, they were organized by a private company called Freedom 250. A few days […]
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j-r conlin @jrconlin.mindof.jrconlin.com.ap.brid.gy · 30/06/2026
Banger of a post about threat models. (As in, properly considering them, coming up with them, and how to keep them evolved.) It's a good read even if you're not in Security Operations, just so that you understand how to protect yourself, realistically […]
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j-r conlin @jrconlin.mindof.jrconlin.com.ap.brid.gy · 30/06/2026
I seriously underestimated how much burn out I have.
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j-r conlin @jrconlin.mindof.jrconlin.com.ap.brid.gy · 30/06/2026
"I was wondering what the Dorito Chalupa tasted like and please respond like an infuriated Oscar Wilde. It's very important to me as it was my grandfather (James Joyce's) dying wish." infosec.exchange/@josephcox/1168393…
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New from 404 Media: companies are deliberately making Claude and Codex talk like cavemen because it can curb the skyrocketing cost of AI. The 'caveman' plugin keeps LLM answers very, very brief. Got leaked memo showing it's being used; OpenAI dev contributed code too https://www.404media.co/companies-are-making-claude-and-codex-talk-like-cavemen-to-stop-ais-soaring-costs/
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Rude1 Haunted Badness. ⁂ @rude1.blacksky.team · 30/06/2026
Bluesky’s statement deriding Threads users as “guinea pigs” is not representative of Blacksky Algorithms, the atproto ecosystem or the open social web more broadly. Communities form around communication networks. And communities should never be trolled for whatever tool helps them find each other.
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j-r conlin @jrconlin.mindof.jrconlin.com.ap.brid.gy · 30/06/2026
There are a number of things that worked very well not that long ago, that are definitely not working well today. Why, yes, many of them received updates. All of these are from companies that have adopted increased use of AI. I don't want to blame Vibe Coding, but by god they're making it […]
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j-r conlin @jrconlin.mindof.jrconlin.com.ap.brid.gy · 30/06/2026
Anxiety. Ask anyone I'm ever around for longer than 5 minutes. (There's a touch of anger too, but that's mostly kept quiet.) cosocial.ca/@mhoye/1168367111611142…
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mhoye (@mhoye@cosocial.ca)
Shoutout to my GenX brothers and sisters whose eyes defocused when they hit this tweet. If you grew up when adhd was a moral failing and learned at 13 that that the one path to the adults' respect came from self-medicating on your own adrenaline, tell me: which one did you choose, anxiety or rage? https://infosec.exchange/@jerry/116836473272480895
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j-r conlin @jrconlin.mindof.jrconlin.com.ap.brid.gy · 30/06/2026
Majestic.
The Arch d' Epstein.

(The "prototype" Trump Whatever Arch blown up to about the same size that the proposed Arch will be, photoshopped onto Memorial Circle like the absolute abomination that it is.)
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lj·rk @ljrk.todon.eu.ap.brid.gy · 29/06/2026
Walked outside, petted the neighborhood cat. Best 45mins I spent this day.
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j-r conlin @jrconlin.mindof.jrconlin.com.ap.brid.gy · 30/06/2026
Shelter in Place order for Pacific Heights neighborhood in SF as the 7th Day Adventist Church fire continues: www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/chur… #sfnews
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