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C Puffer @puffer.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 21h

Now live wvew.org

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jordan @jordan.sometimes.social · 23h

computer-driven and remotely-driven vehicles are not trustworthy because the driver doesn’t have the same kind of incentive to preserve the lives of their passengers as one who is physically present in the vehicle

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henk ✅ @henk.waag.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

how an ad blocker becomes a must... Researchers discover how a simple ad can turn your phone into a spying tool. "This is the first-ever public confirmation of zero-click mercenary spyware delivered via targeted ads. We call the technique AdFection, and show […] [Original post on waag.social]

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Leigh Silvester @leighms.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

Over the past year I have been spending time in NHS hospitals and a private one. Lucky me! I have made a passing observation of how toilets are treated in these different settings. In the NHS hospitals there is a very high rate of poor marksmanship. Not only with blokes urinating all around the […]

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Natalie Davis @nataliedavis.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

The Black Panthers at 60: You can jail a revolutionary, but not the revolution therealnews.com/the-black-panthers-… #news #left #vsn #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia

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Stefan Bohacek @fediverse.stefanbohacek.online · 13/10/2026

Happy Ada Lovelace Day! "Babbage saw the analytical engine as a mathematical device. After all, it primarily stored and operated on numbers. But Lovelace recognized that a machine designed to crunch numbers could do much more if the numbers represented other things." […]

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Putin has not funded disruption and chaos across Europe and the UK solely to weaken his enemies. He also knows that disruption and chaos favour the far right. And the far right loves Putin. It will abandon Ukraine and build him a highway into Europe.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

NEW: Prime Minister Andy Burnham finally breaks a decade of UK govt silence…& reveals there was ‘clear’ Russian interference in the Brexit vote. 1/

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une abeille @uneabeille.en.osm.town.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

I can't believe that the Canadian government shut down the weather radio service. How is anyone supposed to get weather updates outside of a city now? This was an essential service and they just turned it off and told people to use an app, when there is no public telecom operator, and the vast […]

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Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox @thunderbird.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

Lots of new faces around here lately 👋 So before we go any further, let's talk: What actually is Thundermail? Privacy-first email from the makers of Thunderbird. No ads, no tracking, no AI training on your email. Read the full breakdown here 👉 […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Blue gradient Thundermail FAQ slide with heading “What is Thundermail?” and brief privacy‑focused email description.

Light background slide stating no ads, tracking, or AI training on emails, with notes on custom domains and open standards.

Features slide titled “More than just email” showing cards for compatibility, appointment scheduling, and private large attachments.

Early access slide inviting users to join the Thundermail waitlist, with a browser mockup of the email service interface.

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Bruce Lawson ✅ ♫ ♿ ✌️♂️✊ @brucelawson.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

Finally, a CAPTCHA that doesn't require me to instantly know what American fire hydrants or school buses look like.

A grid showing 16 different Roman busts, with the rubric "Please click each image containing an emperor of the Flavian dynasty
If there are none, click skip"

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Melissa BearTrix @melissabeartrix.gives.hugz.online.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

Best quote of the day Dumb people don't realise how dumb they are Hugz & xXx

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Ruth Mottram @ruthmottram.eurosky.social · 12/10/2026

I would really like to see a data journalist do a deep dive on the actual statistics from the different SoMe platforms (X, Bsky, mastodon, Facebook) to see what the yandex outage has done to activity on them. I'm wildly curious about the bots and the trolls, also on a country level.

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Grumpy Philosopher @stevecooke.org · 11/10/2026

It’s been nearly two years now, and there’s not been a single day that I’ve regretted my decision to have nothing further to do with Amazon.

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Peters Insult du Jour @salty.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

LLMs are killing human learning. We may have just seen the last generation of young *any intellectual pursuit* start their careers for some time. Till the bubble bursts - either under the weight of its own financial stupidity - or till the LLMs disappear up their own fundaments because there's […]

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

JD Vance heckled as MAGA cultists fail to get a USA chant going to drown out the lone protestor.

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Leigh Silvester @leighms.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

Spotted this tree at Barnsdale garden. No idea of the species. Loved the colours and pattern of the bark. #trees

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Brian Vastag @brianvastag.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Years ago after another botched lethal injection, an anesthesiologist friend of mine said based on what he read and his extensive knowledge, he was close to 100% sure the IV was not inserted properly and the drugs were delivered intramuscularly, which he said would cause some of the worst pain […]

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Leigh Silvester @leighms.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Tell us the bizarre things you have done for #science Back in the early 90s I was shaving cows. We had the early Polar chest heart rate monitors. I had fashioned stainless steel bolts through thick elastic straps connected to cables so they rested either side of the cow's chests. The data […]

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Simon Brooke @simon-brooke.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

I've just received one of those 'ᴏᴜʀ ᴀᴜᴛᴏᴍᴀᴛᴇᴅ ꜱʏꜱᴛᴇᴍꜱ ᴅᴇᴛᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ᴀ ᴍɪɴᴏʀ ɪʀʀᴇɢᴜʟᴀʀɪᴛʏ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴀᴄᴄᴏᴜɴᴛ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴠɪᴛʏ. ᴛᴏ ʀᴇꜱᴛᴏʀᴇ ꜰᴜʟʟ ᴠɪsɪʙɪʟɪᴛʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀᴄᴄᴇꜱꜱ, ᴘʟᴇᴀꜱᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴇᴛᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴠᴇʀɪꜰɪᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴘʀᴏᴄᴇꜱꜱ.' messages. If you see one of these, it is DEFINITELY a phishing attack. Mastodon does not have […]

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Radical Anthropology @radicalanthro.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Ethiopian #MiddleStoneAge obsidian, with sourcing showing procurement distances (up to 250 km), landscape usage and mobility patterns www.sciencedirect.com/science/artic…?

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Daniel Lakeland @dlakelan.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Fediverse, the social media system for 40+ year old people who built the world wide web and regret it.

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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

Today's Low Quality Ad is for this Hostile Frog Pin. Remember folks, never bring a knife to a gunfight. Bring a frog holding a knife instead. That's way more deadly. collabs.shop/uoji4y

An enamel pin of a green frog holding a small dagger against a white background.

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Green Elects @greenelects.world · 29/09/2026

We've positively changed how we deliver ALT text. We will now follow UCL Press guidelines by default. Our former system wasn't fit for purpose. Accessibility is important to us; we have been professionally advised on it for a while and act in good faith. Apologies, and thank you for your support.

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Leigh Silvester @leighms.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

Lovely day visiting Moseley Old Hall near #Wolverhampton Plus got to try the legendary #NationalTrust curried cauliflower pasty. Popped into #Lichfield garden centre on the way back. Didn't buy any plants for a change.

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Leigh Silvester @leighms.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

Bottled beer (ale, lager,cider) from the upstairs bar.

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Leigh Silvester @leighms.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

Tonight we are watching Repo Man at The Savoy in #Nottingham The seats are a bit posher than they used to be. Nice beer as well. #SavoyCinema

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padeluun ⁂ @padeluun.digitalcourage.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

Das ist alarmierend: YouTube, TikTok und Meta verweigern bezahlte Werbung für Alex Gibneys Dokumentarfilm „Musk“, angeblich wegen „politischer Inhalte“. X verweigert laut Hollywood Reporter sogar den Kontakt zum Verleih. Wenn wenige Konzerne darüber entscheiden, welche Inhalte beworben und […]

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🇮🇲Dan @isleofmandan.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

The magic sausage kiosk has closed down. The dog does not understand. Sadness is upon her. #IsleOfMan

A white greyhound stands forlornly in front of a closed shed which used to give her sausage...

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Kavana Ramaswamy @kavana.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/02/2025

My thesis—"Cripping Justice: Enabling Theory on Disability"—while currently still under embargo for conversion-to-book-form purposes, is nonetheless now accessible here: www.repository.cam.ac.uk/items/580c… I am particularly happy that the repository added […]

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Obsidian Urbex Photography @obsidianurbex.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

The once top-secret abandoned bomb facility hidden in an old slate mine. Step inside the subterranean labyrinth of Llanberis Bomb Store, Wales. In the 1930s the slate quarry became a vast RAF munitions store. In January 1942, the roof collapsed burying 14,000 […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

An overgrown view of the abandoned Llanberis Bomb Store in Wales, featuring concrete tunnels and a large open area.

An abandoned underground concrete bunker, likely an old munitions store, features a prominent rusted industrial lift mechanism.

An abandoned RAF bomb store features a row of concrete arches overgrown with plants and colorful graffiti,

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Oh, diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility seem pretty fucking great to me.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Wtaf is this question my university just asked me about my project?

Does the project involve any work that could be interpreted as promoting DEIA, climate change research, or non-compliant to any Presidential Executive Orders?

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

The news woman says: "... and protests that turned violent ..." The footage shows a crumpled car with half a dozen bullet holes in the door. The footage shows police holding batons with helmets and body armor walking backwards through the dusty Texas soil. A coordinated maneuver. But they do […]

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Leigh Silvester @leighms.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

How annoying! Got up at 6:30 to get to an 8am appointment for a lung cancer screening session only to be told it had been cancelled. To top it off the local ASDA supermarket café is now a Costa who do really crap sausage cobs Not the best start to the day. Now off home to kick the cat who was […]

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