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René Seindal @seindal.mastodon.uno.ap.brid.gy · 2h

We went kayak in the lagoon again today, and ran into a sail boat race with no wind, an angry crap, a very nice canal inside a lagoon island, and a less than clear traffic sign. #kayak #VeniceInKayak #Venice #lagoon

A woman in a blue kayak, sitting still while watching a series of sail boats, which are hardly moving, not moving past. The sky is blue with streaks of white, the almost placid water reflects the sky, and the kayak is bright blue, with a red spray-skirt. She wears an orange hat.

The view of a canal on a lagoon island, with boats moored on the sides. The land on either side is full of trees and other vegetation, which reflects in the water. So does the almost clear blue sky. The bow of an orange kayak is in the centre front.

An underwater photo with an overall olive-green ting, with a large angry crap waving its pincers and the camera.

A traffic sign, placed in the middle of the water, simply with a large exclamation mark. In the far background, a forested lagoon island.

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Karsten Schmidt @toxi.mastodon.thi.ng.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

“Fast tech is the blind spot of the e-waste world. Black Friday and Christmas will bring another enormous wave of electronic toys, decorative lights, mini gadgets, chargers and other inexpensive electronics into our homes. Their low price doesn’t mean they have no environmental cost. We need […]

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

I asked a trusted colleague for comments on a written document and they fed it in to chatGPT and sent me back that output and I just want to cry. Guess I won't be asking that person for help or advice on anything anymore. Enshittification happens in people's writing skills too, I guess. I also […]

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Fabienne Gallaire @lignedescience.social.sciences.re.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

Dolly the cloned sheep is now presented at the Edimborough Museum. Do you know of any other exhibitions of animals used in scientific research and experimentation? (Boosts welcome) #museum #museum #Science #histsci en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dolly_fa… #histnat

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File:Dolly face closeup.jpg - Wikipedia

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Marc Abrahams @marcabrahams.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

"So now, after more than a decade of pretending that he is not associated with Russia and that he would honor the U.S. national security position of support for Ukraine and our European allies, Trump is openly backing Russia’s president Vladimir Putin." [Heather Cox Richardson] […]

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 10/10/2026

"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 · 09/10/2026

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

it worked! I saw students taking pictures of the slides to get to their website even before I could share the presentation :) From Apollo 13 to harvest mice to sawing a woman in half with Pen & Teller in 2 hours. I love this class!

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

@venite Ja, is wel een erg mooi liedje! Maar het idee om Herman Van Veen érgens van te verdenken (ook al is het van iets onschuldigs als een verkeerde letter in een voornaam) is gewoon al tegen mijn ethiek. Clouseau heeft ook een -erg populair- liedje dat Anne heet, en hoewel die ook best […]

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

@venite als Belg verdenk ik meteen Clouseau. HVV houd ik toch liever buiten verdenking. Attenborough vibes.

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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

@matthewconroy thanks! Yes, I do feel really honoured! To be allowed to teach these students and then to get this prize from them! To be fir, our whole education team takes great pride and great fun in teaching them. We all love our jobs ánd our students. It is extra nice if they return the […]

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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 · 23/09/2026

Incident(je), met n OVD waar ik best veel mee deel (o.a. onze ags-klas), dus was niet zo erg :) Opstelling in n chemisch lab, onder een trekkast. Redelijk goed uitgerust, maar dus blijkbaar nergens calcium in de buurt...

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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 · 20/09/2026

@brenttoderian.bsky.social have you tried drawing it yourself? Doesn't have to win any beauty prizes, but for most useful pictures I find I can just as easily draw it with pen and paper... If you don't understand the point enough to turn it into a picture yourself, how would you trust whatever […]

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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

@MarcAbrahams it was of course also great Science! I do hope the Nerdland people will refrain from highjacking the event next year... The quirkyness of celebrating real quirky scientists is an important part of the original charm of the Prize, at least for me...

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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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