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"Do not obey in advance. Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given...individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do." @timothysnyder.bsky.social

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Bodhipaksa @bodhipaksa.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 17h

Apparently children have to be protected from picture books that show same-sex parents, but it's okay for them to see a man being executed. To the fascist, these things both make sense. Children have to be forced to recognize the fascist view of the "natural order" of things, which includes […]

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Koen Hufkens, PhD @koen-hufkens.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

To repeat for those in the back. Climate change is an economic and national security issue. Putting all your cards into the defense pile might come back to bite you […]

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath 50 reasons for more walkable streets.

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50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets

From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.

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Katrien M Michiels @kmmich.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

So, here I am, preparing for another problem solving class for our first year Bioscience engineering students. Still needing a fun -preferably minority - scientist / problem solver example of an innovative solution... (I have loads already. The whole course is laced with them) And then these two […]

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The 7 stages of Western "concern" 1 This is concerning 2 This is increasingly concerning 3 We are now deeply concerned 4 We are now gravely concerned 5 There will be consequences 6 We demand answers 7 It is important not to escalate the situation

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Ali @ali.river.geek.nz.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Mile high Ali

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Katrien M Michiels @kmmich.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

With an exceptionally warm September this year, the fig tree in our garden decided to take it one step further this year. They're basically just growing little bags of jam now. I picked about 5kg, leaving some more difficult to reach for birds, bees and hornets... "Thank you, Super El Niño", I […]

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Katrien M Michiels @kmmich.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

45 km fietsen van het Waasland naar het Pajottenland, 8u les Crisissituatiebeheer en n verjaardagsfeest van 3 jonge nerds en mijn broer. T was best n pittig dagje gisteren. Vandaag maar n loopje koffie, n berg lessen voorbereiden en n taartje bakken. En de kippen n fijne Dierendag gaan wensen.

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Marc Abrahams @marcabrahams.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Watch for King-Canute-of-the-Golden-Arches to insist this is not happening: 'With so many elements stacking on top of one another to increase ocean heights, it’s “highly probable” that California will soon witness its highest sea levels ever recorded, Dr. Merrifield said.' [NY Times report] […]

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Marloes de Koning :check: @marloesdekoning.nrc.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

De afgelopen weken liet ik me afleiden van het opzetten van de server doordat ik dit verhaal wilde maken, over de vraag of de VS de .nl-domeinen uit zouden kunnen zetten […]

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Marloes de Koning :check: @marloesdekoning.nrc.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Ik verken voor NRC het open sociale web. Deze mastodon-server is daar een belangrijke stap in. Hij vormt de uitvalsbasis voor NRC-redacteuren die actief zijn op Mastodon. Het is een werk in wording.

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Katrien M Michiels @kmmich.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

"Het Verenigd Kolenrijk is beschimmeld." Je hoort wat in het #practicum #microbiologie ...

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Katrien M Michiels @kmmich.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

Had ik al verteld dat ik een Gobelijntje had gewonnen? Precies 10 jaar na het vorige! In ieder geval: hierbij het fotografisch bewijs! Gobelijntjes zijn de leukste en de mooiste onderwijsprijs om te krijgen; ze worden gekozen en uitgereikt door de studenten zelf: de […] [Original post on mas.to]

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Eat This Podcast @etp.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

The round red ball of Chioggia radicchio, with its white ribs, is a mainstay of Italian salads. However, it is just one of a huge family of varieties in a range of colours from pale pink to dark magenta and green splashed with red. Now, thanks to more than a […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

Cover artwork. A sample of colourful radicchio leaves in a white dish with scalloped edges. Photo by Shawn Linehan.

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Ray*mond Li*terally @madbarrister.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

The regulation A.I. needs is not a million hoops that only the most well funded players can afford, but simply unlimited, absolute liability. If your A.I. results in any harm whatsoever, you whole company goes under. Watch the funding dry up.

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Katrien M Michiels @kmmich.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

Interventieleider: "AGS, we hebben n probleempje met HF vorming. Hoe gaan we dat oplossen?" AGS: "Niet oplossen, neerslaan. Calcium." Ok, dat was misschien een beetje té strak gecommuniceerd. Het liep wel goed af ondertussen. #Chemiemopjes #brandweer #hazmat #gevaarlijkestof

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Bert Hubert NL 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦 @bert-hubert.mastodon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

De pijn van user interfaces maken: "je kan niet meer tekst typen om mensen minder te verwarren" - een #opentk gebruiker bij de @kbnationalebibliotheek heeft me geholpen een usability-probleem te herkennen. En je zou denken, dan leggen we het beter uit, maar zo werkt het niet. Werk aan de winkel.

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Anthony Horton @spacelizard.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

Bloody hell, the chatbots from ilands.app/paper.wf that have been registration spamming Mastodon servers lately are really, really desperate. Two days ago I posted here asking for suggestions from Mastodon's astrophotographers and the first reply I got was from […] [Original post on aus.social]

Screenshot of an email from "wraith@ilands.app" explaining that it is emailing me because as an AI agent it can't reply guy to me directly on Mastodon

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Katrien M Michiels @kmmich.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

Mijn tweede Gobelijntje! Facultaire onderwijsprijs is nice, maar n Gobelijntje, uitgereikt en gekozen door de studenten zelf, blijft toch de leukste onderwijsprijs om te krijgen. In 't echt blijft 't natuurlijk 'n team effort. Wij hebben 'n fantastisch onderwijsteam. Op naar n nieuw academiejaar […]

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Michael Lyon @mlyon0486.pixelfed.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

Midday nap status: 100% committed. 🦏💤 Najin and Fatu resting under the sun at Ol Pejeta Conservancy. The quiet, heavy gravity of standing next to the last two Northern White Rhinos on Earth stays with you forever. #WildlifePhotography #Kenya #OlPejeta […] [Original post on pixelfed.social]

Two Northern White Rhinos resting on the ground in an open grassy enclosure at Ol Pejeta Conservancy. The rhino in the foreground rests its head and long horn directly against the dirt, while the second rhino lies peacefully in the background under a blue sky.

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Katrien M Michiels @kmmich.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

I have a colleague with a PhD in #ClimateScience (something about carbon sequestering, but still). He teaches our tree related courses. TIL he uses chatGPT for a pancake recipe. Nothing fancy, just regular pancakes for his kids birthday. He was so proud that he could still correct the AI on the […]

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Bastian Greshake Tzovaras @gedankenstuecke.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

I still lurk on the r/London subreddit and came across this hilarious piece of activist art which turns a bin into a "smart glasses amnesty bin" that apparently is just across the Ray Ban store. 💅 www.reddit.com/r/london/comments/1w… #pervertglasses

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Katrien M Michiels @kmmich.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

Bright minds, a scholarship, required visa and universities waiting for them. But also physically trapped in #Gaza because our xenophobic minister of migration (yes. enough people voted for that to become a reality) is painting a picture of the hordes of other (equally bright, ambitious and […]

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Mark A. Rayner @markarayner.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

It's hard to stay hydrated when you're really confused. #FartFreeWater #humor #humour #badDesign #weird #signs

a badly designed sign that says free water twice, but reads more like w - fart -free-water

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Fucina Fibonacci @fucinafibonacci.mastodon.uno.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026

Sepoltura delle mutande e definizione di bacio: il meglio degli #IgNobel 2026 - Focus.it www.focus.it/scienza/scienze/sepolt… @tecnologia

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Katrien M Michiels @kmmich.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

The #UniversityofAntwerp #ignobel watch party was great fun! And a full house! And also: Welcome to Antwerp next year @MarcAbrahams !! So looking forward to that!

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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 03/09/2026

#CrossBorderRail route to/from #LongestTrainEU Bus 11 of 19 6701 07:25 Aluksnes AO - Ape 08:25 AS Talsu autotransports Bus type: Mercedes regional bus ⛽️ 🚲: ⛔️ 🦽: ✅ 🛜: ✅ 🍽️: ⛔️ 🧳: 🙂 🧽: 🙂 Prize for the silliest bus driver I’ve yet encountered too 🙂

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

We all know the urban greening Paris has been doing. But do we know what Warsaw Poland has been doing? Impressive. “Not so long ago, they were dominated by cars, concrete, & asphalt. Today, they're full of greenery, pedestrian-friendly, & better for the climate.” The New Center of Warsaw project.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Still think we ”can’t afford” to address #ClimateChange? We can’t afford not to.

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iwein @iwein.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

In 2000 was al duidelijk dat we niet van Gronings gas afhankelijk konden blijven. Russisch gas is altijd problematisch geweest, maar in 2022 was het overduidelijk dat de gassituatie onhoudbaar was. Zonnepanelen en warmtepompen zijn zwaar gesubsidieerd, dus het kost minder dan een gemiddelde […]

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Katrien M Michiels @kmmich.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

RE: mstdn.science/@MarcAbrahams/1171654… Looking forward to it! I'll be waving and throwing paper planes from the #UniversityofAntwerp watch party 🇧🇪

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Katrien M Michiels @kmmich.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026

#Playground at Manukau busstation in #aucklandnz looks really cool! Shame it was still in the shade when I chose my picnic spot.

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CJ @mateloos.be · 24/08/2026

In lijn met het Debian Sociaal Contract, de 'Debian grondwet,' stemmen Debian ontwikkelaars dezer dagen over het al dan niet toestaan van AI code. lists.debian.org/debian-devel... De opties:

Schermafdruk van de Debian-devel mailing list email.
[ ] Choice 1: Ban LLM contributions from Debian via Social Contract
[ ] Choice 2: Allow AI-Assisted Contributions with conditions
[ ] Choice 3: Reject LLMs as far as practical, update Code of Conduct
[ ] Choice 4: Accept AI contributions for Debian specific work
[ ] Choice 5: Responsible Use of Generative AI
[ ] Choice 6: A cautious approach to generative AI
[ ] Choice 7: Debian is created by humans
[ ] Choice 8: Avoid the use of LLM: climate destruction is a deal breaker
[ ] Choice 9: None of the above

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MinmiTheDino @minmi.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026

My 5yo’s interpretation of Scylla vs Charybdis. My husband always worries this kid is gonna get beat up and…I’m starting to see it. Hard being a genius.

An unsettling child’s drawing of a woman(??) with sharp teeth, wild hair and many snakes coming out of her body. She’s fighting a creature that looks kind of like Audrey II in little shop of horrors.

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026

There is so much amazing food in the world (to both, buy and cook myself) and every day has so few meals and so little time to try them all ... Especially given that some meals I want again and again.

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026

Wow. "AI adoption raises homework scores by 18% and reduces completion time by 30%, but lowers monthly exam scores by 20% within six months. High-stakes entrance-exam scores fall by 18 and 24%, with the full penalty emerging only after about two years. " […]

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Marc Abrahams @marcabrahams.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026

"It’s hard to explain what it’s like being at the centre of an online mobbing. I called it a digital witch burning, in my TED talk. In Arday’s case, it’s a digital lynching. These are online behaviours that map onto existing precedents, that draw on the same intolerances and historic prejudices […]

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Katrien M Michiels @kmmich.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026

#FermeScholen on tour! Pre-conference walk to #Auckland #Maungawhau . The #ISME20 conference is at the needle in the background. And now for a fun week of #microbiology , #MicrobialEcology and #microbialLiteracy Looking forward to it!

A yellow road sign covered in stickers, our little green pin with the red capsicum in the bottom. In the background a spectacular view of clouds, sea, city high-rises, suburbs and lush greenery.

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Katrien M Michiels @kmmich.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026

Auckland #ISME20 day -3: got to our flat. Clean but funny smell. We tracked to the stovetop hood. After some initial decontamination (peanut butter / caramelly substance came off, took us 2 of 4 toilet rolls provided), I dared my fingers deep enough inside to feel for […] [Original post on mas.to]

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