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M⑨ddie @mjdxp.labyrinth.zone.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

okay, that's pretty good

Except from a Wikipedia article:
During the 2001 Microsoft antitrust case, the names MICROS~1 and MICROS~2 were humorously used to refer to the companies that might exist after a proposed split of Microsoft.

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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever

A tweet by SarahStarberry that says "oh god read the vertical axis" on top of a chart measuring AI models' release dates and model numbers rather than any real capabilities

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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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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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Ángel @angel.triptico.com.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

## MAN / MACHINE INTERFACES This is a real story. Back in the days, I worked for a small company that built EGSEs (short for Electric Ground Support Equipment) for civil and military satellites built by Airbus, Thales Alenia, Leonardo and others. The hardware was designed by my boss, a bitter […]

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Erika Ensign @hollygodarkly.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

RE: zeppelin.flights/@incomparable/1173… Another episode of my silly #trivia game show just dropped! It's another ep filled with lovely Kickstarter backers who supported @UncannyMagazine! Yay for generous, lovely souls!

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Pandaemonium Miniatures @pandaemoniumminiatures.com · 30/09/2026

Ogre from @heresyminiatures.com! Just entered in the Dungeon Denizens challenge over on Baselair #Paintslam26 #Nerdlings #TTRPG #Wargaming #MiniaturePainting #WePaintMinis

An axe wielding ogre with tentacle tattoo designs over his body - front view

An axe wielding ogre with tentacle tattoo designs over his body - back view

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Bryan H. Rombough @bryanrombough.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

Another new 3D printed resin miniature for #HeavyGear. This time the Mastodon, the beefed-up version of the Mammoth, created for Heavy Gear Blitz. #Miniatures #Mecha #MechaGaming #Wargaming #MiniaturesWargames […] [Original post on dice.camp]

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JewelKnightJess "R" Us 🎲🖌️🎮 @jewelknightjess.com · 29/09/2026

I love the Rogue Trader jet cycle because it always reminds me of a garden railway locomotive

A space marine in blue rides a black jet engine

A man in blue rides a black garden railway loco

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Alexander Karn @xankarn.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

Jack Smith showing elected officials (and all of us) what it means to have principles, a moral code, and an evidence-based disposition. Inject today's testimony straight into my veins […]

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Alexander Karn @xankarn.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

"While fear may be contagious, courage is as well."

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Julia Evans @b0rk.social.jvns.ca.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

Is there a QR code generator that 1. is a website 2. is free, no account needed 3. is not secretly also a link shortener 4. does not look like a scam 5. does not include extra branding (the way the Chrome one does) a friend just asked me this and I really could not find one

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Dan Fixes Coin-Ops @ifixcoinops.retro.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

Now you might well say well shit Dan, what's stopping me from just buying a thing of jellybeans and periodically taking out five at random and eating them, and I'd say nothing, nothing's stopping you at all, remember how in that film Big in the early scene at the carnival the lad went "Shit I […]

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 28/09/2026

What a shock…I have been barred from Peter Thiel’s Nashville Antichrist lectures despite buying a ticket. Was it something I said? As the world’s foremost expert on Thiel’s Antichrist obsession, I take great umbrage. This aggression will be answered.

The Nashville Antichrist
Lectures
Marked as Not Going
The host of the event marked you as not going. We hope you can join next time.
Your ticket has been refunded, and you have been removed from the guest list. Thank you.

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Jones Murphy @jonesmurphy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

I just saw Karl Rove call California a failed state. This is widespread talk among Republicans. California and NY are the biggest net Federal taxpayer states. CA has the #2 life expectancy among the 50 states. Almost all red states depend on taxes paid by "failed state" California. Republicans […]

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Stefan Bohacek @fediverse.stefanbohacek.online · 26/09/2026

"First, it was just one missile, but then another, and another, until the system reported that a total of five Minuteman ICBMs had been launched." Happy Stanislav Petrov Day, fediverse! (From 2018) www.vox.com/2018/9/26/17905796/nucl… […]

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🍎 Lisa Brassington @agperiurban.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#Brisbane butcher has been asked to stop selling “pork swords” after a shopper complained about his window display. The $4.50 sausage creations were deemed inappropriate for a family shopping centre. Now removed from view, see the large sign reading: “Please ask to see my pork sword.” #ausag #food

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The Iconfactory @iconfactory.iconfactory.world.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

:tapestry_app: Some nice perks of subscribing to #TapestryApp are all the fun alt app icons. We've got some new ones coming in 2.1 too. Stay tuned! tapestry.iconfactory.com

Screenshot of three alternate app icons for Iconfactory Tapestry showing the Mac command symbol in several color schemes named after US cities. https://usetapestry.com

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MacBalance @macbalance.mstdn.games.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

I have installed #opencart an unrealistic number of times the last week or so. I’m trying to get a clean build I’m happy with for a migration from an elderly install that’s developed a few issues over time. Now I’m trying to decide between 4 different theme packages that kind of work. I have to […]

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

The world needs to know that my niece and nephew decided that the little horn on the back-end of a hornworm (like a tomato worm, or in this case an introduced leafy spurge hawk moth caterpillar) is called a... Butt Fang. I cannot convey how much I love this […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Close up of a very colourful caterpillar vertical on a small twig. It's black with lots of white spots on top, with yellow sides and bright orange and black spots on the yellow part, with bright orange feet, and a bright orange horn. A.k.a. butt fang.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 05/09/2025

Semiotic Standard icons designed by Ron Cobb for the USCSS Nostromo in Alien (1979). They're everywhere in the USCSS Maginot from Alien Earth (2025).

A chart titled "Semiotic Standard" showing a collection of futuristic safety and system symbols designed for spacecraft. Each symbol is inside a square with red, black, white, gray, yellow, blue, or green coloring, and labeled with meanings such as “Pressurized Area,” “Cryogenic Vault,” “Airlock,” “Hazard/Warning,” “Exhaust,” “Radiation Hazard,” “High Radioactivity,” “Refrigeration,” “Direction,” and “Life Support System.” A legend at the bottom explains the color codes: red for visible/solid/alive/abnormal, white and grey for life-supporting conditions, black for vacuum and danger, yellow for harmful atomic/chemical processes, blue for lowered thermal condition, and green for biological substances. The chart is signed “R. Cobb.”

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

when i mention "claude" you can assume i'm talking about the albino alligator not the llm

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Martin Rundkvist @mrundkvist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson are widely seen as not so great game designers. I agree. But their games were not so great in the same sense that the Wright brothers' aircraft was not so great. #ttrpg #pnpde

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The Iconfactory @iconfactory.iconfactory.world.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

:tapestry_app: Things to note as you explore today’s version 2 release: - Be sure to update to 2.0 across ALL of your devices where you use the app (iPhone, iPad & Mac) so connectors stay in sync. Otherwise you’ll see errors when refreshing. - Speaking of errors, Mastodon.social is having a […]

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The Iconfactory @iconfactory.iconfactory.world.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

:tapestry_app: Introducing Iconfactory Tapestry 2. Reply, quote and even post directly to Mastodon and Bluesky from Tapestry! Attach photos & videos to your posts, create polls, hashtags, an improved Mac app and so much more. This is the update you've wanted from day one. Free to try, learn all […]

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Julia Evans @b0rk.social.jvns.ca.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

Are you interested in learning how to use Git for the first time? (or almost the first time) we're looking for Git beginners to give us feedback on a Git tutorial! The tutorial will be open source when it's released, so you'll be helping many future beginners! Sign up here […]

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GhostOnTheHalfShell @ghostonthehalfshell.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

RE: mastodon.green/@Casey/1173042990252… It would be a pity if all sorts of people boosted the post below to the moon.. Or Mars

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Adrianna Tan @skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

One more sleep before I get on a plane to be reunited with my wife!

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Adrianna Tan @skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

Well there are a bunch of teenagers playing ‘vintage music’, like ‘Jimmy Eat World’

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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 19/09/2026

Got my new shirt ready for all the AI meet-ups that I don’t go to.

A red T-shirt with white text: “I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself - Hayao Miyazaki”

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Nonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

💕 Hundreds of supporters of the John F. #KennedyCenter for the #PerformingArts gathered Friday as the sun set over the Potomac, surrounded as much of the building as they could, linked arms & chanted, “Hands off! Hands off!” For the first time in what felt to them like ages, their beloved #arts […]

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MacBalance @macbalance.mstdn.games.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

RE: thepit.social/@APBBlue/117294618787… These two can’t set it up either: they had to put the maps in picture frames with metal backs and magnetize the tokens. Fully set up the board would be something like 10 feet long.

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Servelan @servelan.newsie.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

He pulled back federal leadership (including money) Rage as Trump's 'bizarre' rain-tax ruling roils waters on Chesapeake Bay - Raw Story www.rawstory.com/trump-rain-tax

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 17/09/2026

Still, I'd love to see del Toro finally make his Mountains of Madness. Twenty years ago, I was writing sci-fi news (back when you could still get paid for it), and it was already a hot topic.

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Adrianna Tan @skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

Chinese diaspora in San Francisco: where can I buy the most authentic and traditional mooncakes? People in HK: I’m going to spend money on mooncakes shaped like butts #Food #ChineseFood #MidAutumn #Mooncake

Screenshot of Goods of Desire in HK selling butt shaped mooncake

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Adrianna Tan @skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

I want to write a book about colonial era baking and call it Recipes from the Yeast Indies

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Mihai Parparita @mihaip.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

The Macintosh Garden is an amazing resource, but it can give Russian nesting doll vibes when installing software - apps inside of disk images, inside of StuffIt archives, etc. Inspired by @nulleric's What the .SIT?! site (bluescsi.com/what-the-sit) […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

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Dr H @drh.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 27/02/2025

Guardian #9 The ninth Eldar Guardian for my personal army/collection. I made him a sniper with a steampunk rifle based on a Kroot rifle. and I gave him a 'nid-powered Auspex. It also amused me to give him a camo-cloak and bright red armour. The cloak is THAT […] [Original post on dice.camp]

Close up views of the Eldar Guardian #9.

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MacBalance @macbalance.mstdn.games.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@daringfireball/117… Reminds me of the classic MacOS era when new machines (especially in the PowerPC days) often custom os versions or at least “enablers” required for initial releases. Usually included with later releases. I assume the ‘enablersk were […]

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Adrianna Tan @skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

Why does the DC Metro smell so much like sewer (inside the trains)

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Wendy Palmer @wendypalmer.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

Go to a volunteer committee meeting to contribute to their new strategic plan*. Someone whips out their phone to get an LLM to do it. Ring the vet, phone answered by “Jess”. AI assistant. Butchers the appointment, human has to ring back to reschedule. Try a new book on Kobo Plus. It’s […]

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026

Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.

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