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llewelly @llewelly.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 2h

ha ha ha, pyrocorona ... does exactly what it says on the tin

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 5h

@pthane oh they can! every human has an intrinsic understanding of logic but often it is only applied to subjects or objectives they: * know well * feel ownership over I’ve had students who are failing at logic rattle off logical interpretations of the school rules on how much homework I can […]

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Jess👾 @jesstheunstill.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 5h

Maybe we just turn off the internet until PHP is patched, and don't bother to turn it back on again.

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llewelly @llewelly.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026

@futurebird yeah, those are really interesting. And they're "climbing" kilns, since they have a slope.

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llewelly @llewelly.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026

@futurebird only for low fire. All the high fire kilns I have seen have been either gas or electric.

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llewelly @llewelly.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026

@futurebird did it have a little window to look in to see the differently formulated clay cones bend as it got hot?

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llewelly @llewelly.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026

@futurebird I am guessing pottery by the length of time. Was it gas, wood, or electric?

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026

I once helped with a kiln in the summer. You had to go out to the little building in the predawn dark to start the firing and it lasted for more than a day. Few things are as exciting and yet soothing and starting a kiln in the cold morning after crossing frosty grass. It's both the beginning […]

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llewelly @llewelly.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026

@futurebird what kind of kiln firing? Pottery? pizza? wood drying?

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llewelly @llewelly.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

on the one hand, I'm kind of sad that guy died, but on the other hand, he hosted that show like the Overton window wasn't being driven around like a remote control car whose controller was in the hands of meth-smoking billionaires.

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llewelly @llewelly.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

I want chamomile tea, but last time I was at the grocery store I didn't buy any because, and for reasons totally unrelated to the flavor of the tea, I hated every brand on offer in the tea aisle. Now I'm disconsolately drinking hot water and I'm not sure what to do.

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llewelly @llewelly.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

you might have thought Empty Orchestra was band name meant to be a clever play on Phantom of the Opera, but actually it's just karaoke

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llewelly @llewelly.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

@mattmcirvin as a child I was for some reason a little bit creeped out by that show.

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llewelly @llewelly.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

@mattmcirvin this is what Robert Falcon Scott dreamed of

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Matt McIrvin @mattmcirvin.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

1926 Ford Model T snowmobile, North Conway, NH

A 1926 snowmobile made from a modified Ford Model T. This has the classic black flivver body with bright red skis replacing its front wheels, seemingly attached to a steerable linkage, and tank-like treads replacing the rear wheels. The tread on this side is partially disassembled.

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Matt McIrvin @mattmcirvin.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

On the Conway Scenic Railroad, North Conway to Crawford Notch, NH

Old locomotive roundhouse on the North Conway Scenic Railroad. Four segments form an arc, only one of which still has a track leading to it, wtih an old rail car parked on it. This was formerly used to add steam locomotives for the final push up to Crawford Notch.

Autumnal mountain vista with golden trees in the foreground against a partly sunny blue sky, Conway Scenic Railroad.

Barn, houses and fall foliage seen from the train somewhere near Glen, NH, Conway Scenic Railroad.

Three heritage diesel locomotives in yellow livery lined up to pull the train on the Conway Scenic Railroad. They bear the emblem "Conway Scenic" on the side.

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Dave Clark @bedirthan.fullmoonstorytelling.com · 18/10/2026

Sundays are for adventure

Photo of a blue dice tray with a large red d20 and a large silvery d20 inside.
There are note cards with scribbled notes.
Three D&D themed minifigs are pictured too

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DistroWatch @distrowatch.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

Last week I posted that DistroWatch was receiving an unusually high number of new distribution submissions. This week we have received 28 new requests for listing projects. That's an average of four per day. I'm in favour of distribution diversity. The flood of new submissions though is piling […]

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Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧 @peter-link.expressional.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

**Trump Is Targeting #IlhanOmar. Where’s the Elite Media Outrage?** _Unlike the raid on John Bolton, the targeting of Omar has elicited zero condemnation from NYT, WSJ, and Washington Post._ theintercept.com/2026/10/15/ilhan-o… October 15 2026 > But […]

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jendefer @jendefer.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

I had three participants at today's #darning workshop, none of whom had darned before. I found it very amusing that one of them, who had been actively knitting a sock when I entered the room, told me she'd never darned before because she found it intimidating. And she was knitting a sock! That's […]

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KanaMauna @kanamauna.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

Went to the Campbell Oktoberfest on the last hot day of the year. It is held on E Campbell Ave by the Campbell Chamber of Commerce. About average-sized for these events and there is a light rail station at the event. Parking was reasonable. There was also a […] [Original post on sauropods.win]

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llewelly @llewelly.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

@futurebird it has been my experience that right-wingers can be very altruistic to people they view as being politically and religiously "like them". And to me that seems quite ant-like, although ants do it by smell, approximately, while USA right-wingers lean heavily on racism and sexism.

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llewelly @llewelly.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

@futurebird for many years it has seemed to me* that in this one aspect, the USA right-wing is much more ant-like in its behavior than the USA left, a thought which still seems counter-intuitive to me, despite having thought about it for so long. *(Probably I picked this notion up from E. O […]

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

Last night I was thinking about how powerful cooperation is as a strategy from an evolutionary perspective. And I was thinking about how you don't have to be very good at it to benefit from it. Ants are famous for their cooperation, but they aren't exactly well organized or efficient. They just […]

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Atle 🧇🧅 @atlefren.snabelen.no.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Bill Watterson: fortsatt like relevant!

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

You don't need "alexa" or "siri" if you have a cat. You can say the cats name and all kinds of things will happen. Probably not what you want, but it's still a kind of "voice interface" And you still have a "she who will not be named"

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Karen @kpdooty.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Boatmobile found 5 dark ibises late yesterday. By the time I got there they had retreated deep into the wetlands and out of view. This morning I looked at the map and decided to be at the Usual Patch by daybreak. Turned out I didn't have to worry about them […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

I'm pretty sure this one is a White-faced Ibis. They are hard to ID even on a good day! All ibises are vagrant in our region. White and Glossy flyovers are not unheard of, but White-faced may be a first! This one has red eyes and a small red patch near the base of the bill. Huntley Meadows Park, Hybla Valley, VA

This one is definitely a White-faced Ibis, and not a juvenile. The red under the wing and red legs are apparent, as is the red eye. It is a vagrant bird! Is this the same bird as the other? That I'm not sure. Huntley Meadows Park, Hybla Valley, VA

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U.S. Elaine @uselaine.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Mark Zuckerberg blocked the Indivisible Team from their accounts today. That tells you how dangerous it is to use any Meta platform. Boost what you can on all the channels! They fear democracy! #NoKings #Indivisible #VoteEarly

People by a highway hold letters that spell VOTE EARLY.

A small portion of the large crowd at the No Kings/Vote Early demonstration, holding various signs up to passing traffic.

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Just because They really are watching you doesn’t mean you aren’t also both paranoid and mad.

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[object Object] @zzt.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

“huh huh huh if you’re so unhappy with how linus is leading the kernel, you can always ask for a refund” bet. where do we send the invoices for all the labor we donated to the Linux ecosystem under a promise that’s now repeatedly been broken? the Foundation can cover it at standard consultants’ […]

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llewelly @llewelly.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

@futurebird I would guess on the ability to hiss to be ancestral to all tetrapods, since several salamanders can hiss.

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Since geese hiss, we might assume that dinosaurs of old could hiss. So, then did the cats learn to hiss to imitate the great avians of that other age?

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Anybody have dark sky connections around the Lone Pine, CA area? Can the town slap them with some nuisance lighting fines? That would be funny.

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Oh to be an ice fish making a circular nest in great sandy expanse deep under the ink black-blue water that sits unknown under a glacial shelf on the edge of Antartica....

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llewelly @llewelly.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

@futurebird they were called "brackets" because in days of yore they were made from the humeri of baby brachiosaurs.

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

They used to be called "carriage returns" because in those days they were pulled by horses.

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Scary "Grampus" Jerry 👻 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Lots of account take overs today resulting in posts with malicious links tagging dozens of accounts. gird your passwords, my friends. turn on 2fa. don't click on sketchy links.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

“This is a remarkable provision to bury in [the] terms of service, given that this would give Meta access to material that would likely cost many millions of dollars in a licensing market,” said Matt Topic, a media /intellectual property attorney at Loevy & Loevy. “ www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/meta...

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Meta’s new commercial terms will allow the scraping of news sites, legal experts say

Starting October 30, business accounts will consent to Meta scraping their websites if they continue using Facebook, Instagram, or WhatsApp.

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Jess👾 @jesstheunstill.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Give yourself a hug from me today. You're doing the best you can and I'm glad to be sharing a Fediverse with you. (Unless you're a racist or fascist that found me somehow. In that case, fuck off and die.)

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llewelly @llewelly.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

@sundogplanets if you had said this was the graph of the audio of an obscure tropical frog I am not sure I would have known better.

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

At least I finished a cool plot for the incredibly obscure mixed-mode resonant dynamics paper that maybe someday I'll actually get to finish writing.

3 scatterplots stacked on top of each other, showing cool diagonal patterns.

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

NYC has a lot of schools, a lot of young people and there are not enough sports, clubs, and extra curricular activities for the young people. In the south Bronx the fast food restaurants have bouncers who don't let the teens in unless they can show they purchased something on their phone or […]

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Martin Rundkvist @mrundkvist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Talked to a bizarrely unfit IT support guy whose questions and tone of voice suggested that any problem was obviously my fault. He kept referring to things I had supposedly done in the organisation's IT environment several days before I started working here. 🙄😄

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llewelly @llewelly.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

@futurebird reminds me of Frans de Waal, dutch primatologist, and animal cognition expert, who wrote _Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?_, in which he details the many difficulties in studying animal cognition, and how badly people have mis-estimated the cognitive abilities of […]

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llewelly @llewelly.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

@futurebird "... solider try to take things apart and fix them. " war on entropy, you mean. Soliders in the war on entropy.

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llewelly @llewelly.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

@futurebird the real problem with picking up a blanket on which a cat is standing is that eventually, you must let the cat out of the bag.

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