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Dan Gillmor @dangillmor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

I try to suppress my contempt for the "news" organizations that fell for Musk's "flying car" con. But I fail. Almost everything that is wrong with journalism is embedded in that coverage of nothing real.

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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Tonight's Low Quality Ad is for this Unexpected Item Art Print. Nosferatu should not be blamed here. If you don't want the staff to die at self-checkout stations, then hire workers to scan the items for you the old fashioned way. collabs.shop/xbrf8e

Illustration of Count Orlok from Nosferatu standing at a self-checkout in a supermarket while holding a jug of milk and a bag of Frazzles chips, as a Tesco store employee lies dead in a pool of blood on the scanner floor.

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Alien software, human hardware @mavu.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon Navi sleeping, I'm happy to report that he is doing much better again, he lost a lot of weight, but is eating like a bear again now. For a time he would only eat if we held his food in the hand right in front of his face. Fur is also […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Black/gray/white norwegian forest cat with a brown nose on grey sofa, sleeping

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Alien software, human hardware @mavu.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

@jonny "Plus, Anthropic is unique in that our ability to spend tokens for internal use far exceeds what any other business would realistically want to spend." Ah.. Not sure i would want that sentence in an official public post while preparing an IPO.

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Alien software, human hardware @mavu.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

70 Counterpoints For An Old Earth - DEBUNKED Miniminuteman at his best. love this shit. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6zP2d__XAY OMG! CONSPIRACY! YOUTUBE MARKED HIS VIDEO WITH A DOUBLE UNDERSCORE IN TEH URL!! DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT "XAY" STANDS FOR??

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Alien software, human hardware @mavu.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

The "cnc" hashtag is one of the most hilarious things on the fedi. Where else could computer controlled machinery discussion be freely intermixed with very nsfw graphic and otherwise content. Just in case you're wondering why someone would put a content warning on their cnc-machine post, right […]

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Paul Southworth @pws.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026

Fact check... false

WIRED Magazine tote bag with lettering "You Can't Hack a Tote Bag"

WIRED Magazine tote bag with a piece of duct tape installed so it reads "You Can Hack a Tote Bag"

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Our friend @jimzub.com -- whose Patreon on comics writing is so good I subscribe to it so I can study his scripts -- is not only killing it on CONAN THE BARBARIAN but also has a creator-owned dark fantasy book coming out. I'll be there Day One. youtu.be/AlbndSnFbME?...

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OMEN BOUND Trailer

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

One of the "welcome to the Board" traditional conversations is when a new member says "don't they understand they're eating the seed corn?" and then senior staff or leadership decides who gets to explain "they don't care" this year.

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Kit Bashir @unixbigot.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

“Billionaires, “ the teacher said “were a cognitohazard of the late dirt ages. In that time it was normal to force humans to perform labour for four to five decades before being permitted a period of limited rest known as retirement. The billionaire class found ways to steal even the limited […]

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Alien software, human hardware @mavu.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

I would really like to hear about the second time he met his girlfriend's dad.

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Alien software, human hardware @mavu.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

@lowqualityfacts that is a very high quality fact! Congratulations to you and your future wife :)

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Bruce Sterling @bruces @bruces.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

*If there's a polar opposite to "traditional computer programming," it must be this

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Misinformation-Superhighwayman @damienwise.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

Vale Margaret Hamilton. She was a Software Engineer. She was the _first_ Software Engineer because she defined the term, Software Engineering: "When I first came up with the term, no one had heard of it before, at least in our world. It was an ongoing joke for a […] [Original post on aus.social]

A B&W photo of a person standing next to a stack of printed paper as high as the top of their head. This is Margaret Hamilton, at work as a Software Engineer and the leader of a team of extremely specialised programmers who worked for NASA. The photo was taken in 1969, and it shows a physical form if her work since she joined the Apollo project in 1965 (she joined at the age of 29 by my calculation). My interpretation of the expression on her face is a mix of pride and mild amusement. She has glasses, long, straight hair, and neat office attire. Margaret Hamilton has her hands placed gently on the stack of printouts to keep it all balanced upright. The pages appear to be arranged in bundles, ranging from 8-10 centimetres thick, to 20cm thick or more. The resulting stack of printouts is physically impressive for being an unusual feat, and it represents something even more impressive: it's the printed form of the source-code she and the team she led wrote for the NASA Apollo project. Their software ran on the Apollo Guidance Computer that was that on board each Apollo command module and Apollo Lunar Module. The Apollo Guidance Computer onboard the Eagle was an essential flight instrument for Neil Armstrong when he piloted the craft to land on the surface of the moon.

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Alien software, human hardware @mavu.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

Soo, learned today that, even if they're not really children anymore, your children might not appreciate their food if it still has it's legs attached.

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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Today's Low Quality Ad is for this "I Don't Know Shit!!! But I Feel Things!!!" Pin. Happy Monday, I am immediately making this my new email signature at work. collabs.shop/oefsbq

An enamel pin with a black circular border featuring a sleeping gray and white cat in the center. The text along the top curves to read "I DON'T KNOW SHIT!!!" and along the bottom reads "BUT I FEEL THINGS!!!".

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Alien software, human hardware @mavu.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

@futurebird the spacex guy would have, because he is insane. The other 2 might want to, but are too incompetent.

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Alien software, human hardware @mavu.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

Und von dem allem abgesehen, Autismus = Leiden ist auch kein so geiles Lebensgefühl fur Menschen mit Autusmus.

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Alien software, human hardware @mavu.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

Ich bin grundsätzlich sehr unzufrieden mit "leiden" als fester bestandteil von Autismus. Die Fachliteratur ist sich soweit ich weiß einig das es eine genetische ursache hat. Wie kann es sein das man nur eine diagnose bekommt wenn man darunter leidet? Ganz zu schweigen von der schwierigkeit das […]

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Alien software, human hardware @mavu.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

@ObsidianUrbex Another failed invention of the great but misunderstood inventor Chad Gippity. This "party palace" as he wanted it called, would combine a 70s style Disco with 90s foam generators (including optional colorants and glitter additives) all on a spinning platform to invoke the feeling […]

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Bruce Sterling @bruces @bruces.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

*Could AI scan a thousand old DIY punk-hacker videotapes and find the maybe-15-minutes that are truly unusual and interesting archive.org/details/ngvision

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Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine

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Alien software, human hardware @mavu.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

@sundogplanets because they want some of that sweet sweet venture money that gets thrown around when your press release contains the words space and ai.

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Alien software, human hardware @mavu.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

Yesterday waiting in line to order at a local Döner shop: customer in front of me touches his EC Bank card to the terminal and walks away. Cashier calls after him that he forgot to enter his pin. Customer yells his pin through the whole restaurant, cashier enters it, both wave, customer leaves […]

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Alien software, human hardware @mavu.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

i listened to @scalzi Old Man's War books again after a long time, and i like Zoe's Tale best. Which is surprising, because i almost skipped it, (mis?)remembering that i didn't like it back then. So, give older books you might not have completely enjoyed another chance, maybe they aged with you […]

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Alien software, human hardware @mavu.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

One time I say something about #DHH and his political views on #Reddit and immediately get an award. Nice! #TechBroFascism #Techbro

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Alien software, human hardware @mavu.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

@davidgerard unlikely you'll get much first-hand data on that here :D You'll have to post that on the old or the new twitter. (Don't bother with Threads though, no one there will understand the question)

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Ugly Reykjavik @uglyreykjavik.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It's fascinating how plants take over when houses are abandoned. #Iceland #Reykjavik #photography #streetphotography #naturephotography #nature #abandoned #decay #windows

An abandoned house with a dilapidated wooden deck surrounded by plants.

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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

The American Revolution actually began when George Washington officially changed the spelling of mollusc to mollusk, engaging Britain. These are the kinds of political issues we used to have before the internet was invented.

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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

I miss Jane Goodall.

"I have body slammed countless chimps. It's the only way to make them respect you. "
-Jane Goodall

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Alien software, human hardware @mavu.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

@xyla a couple years ago i would have replied "don't give the tech CEOs any ideas!" These days, I'm reasonably sure they're just waiting for one of them to actually do it and get through with it.

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rar is win @xyla.zip · 22/09/2026

i love how oracle is like “here :3 have an apple for being a good developer :3” and then u eat it and you learn it was laced with 500mcg acid and 500mg arsenic and the executives have already placed their bets on which one hits u first

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Alien software, human hardware @mavu.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@KimSJ/117293216379… Maybe a better (or in my opinion) more precise question would be: If you post publicly on mastodon, do you have any right to expect replies without personal attacks, hate speech and unsolicited pornographic or disturbing images? Or put […]

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Alien software, human hardware @mavu.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

@futurebird @davidgerard I'll make an exception here. gigawatts are just too intangible. I'll ask my energy provider to list the values in microNewYorks on the next invoice.

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Bruce Sterling @bruces @bruces.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

"asymptotic rates of acceleration will unravel the tawdry scarecrow of consensus reality" substack.com/inbox/post/215414304

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Play Ball and Fight Fascists @cafechatnoir.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

And the last one that I forgot to post when it was finished - it came out so nicely! #FusedGlass

The 6 x 6 inch sheet of fired glass ribbons from the prior posts. It was placed over a stainless steel mold and a slump (lower temp) firing was done - the edges bend down in the firing and now it is a votive candle holder.

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Alien software, human hardware @mavu.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

Hey, @protonprivacy You sure you want people to pay money for this #AI #LLM nonsense? I told your Lumo AI to plot this graph: f(x) = (x^5)/3 - 2x^4 + 3x^3 Just maybe, consider that it's not actually working and stop pretending it is useful beyond […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

LLM generated graph of this term: f(x) = (x^5)/3 - 2x^4 + 3x^3
it's bad beyond description. Y axis labeled (bottom to top) 3, 2+, subscript 2 above x equals 3, 26, 24
X axis labeled (left to right) : A, 10, 0, 31, 35

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Alien software, human hardware @mavu.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

"Bart Piotrowski, who works on Flathub’s infrastructure, said DigitalOcean cancelled its sponsorship of the GNOME and Flathub VMs in August. It was $50 a month. [...] So there’s $3 million for a guy who writes that you should deport Romani people like you’d shoot wolves, and there isn’t $50 a […]

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