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Anyone know of any student-led anti-GenAI campaigns in UK schools? My daughter hates the amount it gets used *by the school itself* and wants to do something…

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Russell (Robin) Phillips @rpbook.gts.phillipsuk.org.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

I approve of this method of proving humanity. Much better than asking me to tick all the boxes containing buses or whatever. (Seen at a UK National Archives survey)

A question asking the user to prove that they are a human by answering the question, "Which of the following best describes your involvement in creating the Domesday Book in the year 1086? I was ..."

There are several options, including "William the conqueror and commissioned the Domesday book"

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ari :ariYeah: @fedi.arimelody.space · 09/10/2026

I LOVE ART AND I LOVE ARTISTS

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meredeth @meredeth.bookwor.ms.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

two more fountain pens I hardly used going out the door, if anybody's interested. ebay.io/m/rw3hep (orange Conklin All American) ebay.io/m/M1KlLI (matte black Pilot Vanishing Point) #forSale #FountainPens #ebay

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meredeth @meredeth.bookwor.ms.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

wow I don't know what made me think updating to the latest LTS was a good idea. good thing I don't need functional graphics drivers or anything. ⚰️

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Trixter of the Moon Council @trixter.retro.pizza.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

The children yearn for the new Fire Emblem It’s me I’m the children

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Neville Park @nev.status.nevillepark.ca.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

this is what happens if you pet the belly #DailyCatPic #CatsOfMastodon #cats

Sidney Crosby the black cat with his front paws wrapped around my hand that is touching his chest. He looks very unamused. You can't see it in this photo but his rear legs are also kicking my arm.

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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

If you publish any #OpenSource and you want people to use it, may I please implore you to test your README? Can you actually follow the steps you've written down? Does it work if the user doesn't have the same development packages installed as you? […]

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Mr. Encyclopedia @eopoint.com · 06/10/2026

When Sam said, "There’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo, and it’s worth fighting for." he was talking about potatoes.

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meredeth @meredeth.bookwor.ms.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

[cubiclejob, vagueposting] ugh, are you so for real right now?

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highly praised and little read @hannah.posts.rat.pictures.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Just put my homemade cosmic microwave background rug over the baby’s crib

A homemade latch hook rug of the cosmic microwave background map, hung on a rod over a crib

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Meadhbh Dhommnail @meadhbh.retro.pizza.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

As it's Banned Books Week, I have put an incomplete list of banned books that folks might want to support on Bookshop.org (bookshop.org/lists/banned-books-wee… Note: Affiliate Link). If anyone has a favorite banned book to add, let me know. Buying through […]

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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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meredeth @meredeth.bookwor.ms.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

welp. i hope whoever finds my bonefolder enjoys it. RIP bonefolder. ⚰️💔

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Claire, The Ultimate Worrier @waitworry.sakurajima.moe.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

I like this diagram of how to apply the transdermal medication to a cat's ear

a diagram showing a human hand rubbing the inside of a cat's ear while the cat looks pleased

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jonny (nonvenomous) @jonny.neuromatch.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

Just started the search engine episode on the #forkiverse , and man that just bums me out. Many people including myself reached out to give them blocklists and give help with moderation and whatnot, and I'm sure there are people still on there that could have been given mod roles, and they could […]

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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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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Feeling very stressed about everything, and I went out to do some astrophotography. I was hoping for auroras, and was first excited to see an orange glow on the horizon, then annoyed as I realized it's probably a combine, then delighted again as I realized […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A nighttime sky view, with some silhouetted trees in each lower corner of the photo, the Milky Way stretching vertically up from an orange spot on the flat horizon, which is the moon about to rise

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SpookJ 👻 @snoopj.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Happy "Charles Darwin is poorly today" Day to those who celebrate 165 years ago today, Charles Darwin was having a rough one

Photo of Charles Darwin's hand-written journal entry from 1 Oct 1861 and digitized text of same

"But I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything."

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≽(•⩊ •マ≼ @josh.masto.byrd.ws.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

happy spooky season to all who celebrate 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

Vintage comic panel. A cheerful skeleton holding a long rake walks down a dirt path through a field packed with yellow pumpkins at night. Behind him are a wooden fence, bare trees, a gnarled old tree with a face-like knot, and a starry blue sky. A wavy speech bubble shows him singing: "Happy boy. Happy boy. I'm a very happy boy. Look at all my beautiful pumpkins!"

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

The numbers are staggering. The numbers are wobbling. The numbers just need to have a little sit down for a bit, please.

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meredeth @meredeth.bookwor.ms.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

when the gods have blessed your print. (^_^) #3DPrinting

up top, the slim case I just printed for my phone (in ProtoPasta Empire Strikes Black, a black filament with silver sparkles), and down below, the two rounds of filament left over. maybe two feet? that was close!

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highly praised and little read @hannah.posts.rat.pictures.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

If you told me twenty five years ago that 2026 would feel like if douglas adams wrote cyberpunk i would think i’d be enjoying it more

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highly praised and little read @hannah.posts.rat.pictures.ap.brid.gy · 16/04/2025

You will certainly not regret eating five to seven kirby cars

A bunch of kirby pastries where he’s in car mode

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Trixter of the Moon Council @trixter.retro.pizza.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

I need a feature where I can mark myself Aware of The Horrors and it’ll filter all The Horrors posts out of my feed for the day.

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Swift @swift.sunny.garden.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

#sewists I bought this dress from a charity shop to study this "knot" - it's not a knot, it's done with darts basically! V clever, anyone come across a howto? #sewing #seamstress

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Author Help @authorhelp.gts.phillipsuk.org.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

This year's FediBookFair will be 7th/8th November. FediBookFair is a chance for #authors and #publishers to post about their books using the #FediBookFair hashtag. #Readers can watch or follow the hashtag to find #books to read and authors to follow. It's an excellent chance to find #Christmas […]

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rednikki @rednikki.toot.boston.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

@sundogplanets AI is terrible for citations. Citations are a huge part of my job (I edit at a journal). All of us journal people are trying to send up the alarm about how much AI screws up citations, and no one is listening. If you ask AI to format your citations it will mess up all your DOIs […]

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solo @solonovamax.tech.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

Drexel University is trying to close the oldest natural history museum in all of America, the Academy of Natural Sciences, which is over 200 years old. They intend to move the entire collection of fossils and artefacts to a different location, including over 19 million different specimens and […]

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M.S. Bellows, Jr. @msbellows.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

I'm so old, I remember when software that spread into the wild and infiltrated other people's computers and did harmful things to them that the users didn't ask it to was called "malware" instead of "AI" and the people that spread it were prosecuted instead of given billions in venture capital […]

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Neville Park @nev.status.nevillepark.ca.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

Oh boy, @jonny has another banger of a "staring into the innards of a hilariously poorly coded LLM" thread, this time with Meta's Muse, indirectly inspired by this post #computeing

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jonny (nonvenomous) (@jonny@neuromatch.social)

Attached: 1 image Not only confirming this, its extremely easy. Almost no prompt injection resistance lmao

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meredeth @meredeth.bookwor.ms.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

me, noticing i have three drinks on my desk: ah. #BiVisibilityDay

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Trixter of the Moon Council @trixter.retro.pizza.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

I'd ask the Fedi when one should reasonably put up Halloween decorations but I already know the communal answer will be "January".

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Dan Fixes Coin-Ops @ifixcoinops.retro.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

Steam's recommending me a dragon washing game, I'm all "OK I'll check out the store page at least," yup it's a dragon washing game where dragons show up at your dragon washing shop and you wash them, and if you're really good at washing them you can date them and do sex stuff with them 1. This […]

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

Oh, YES. Been meaning to do this for years, and finally found which old box the disks were in.

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meredeth @meredeth.bookwor.ms.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

holy belligerent sheep testicules why is the software that comea with embroidery machines such ass? i am insulted on behalf of embroiderers everywhere. 😡

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Alain Dellepiane :eit: :pm: @aran.localization.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

PSA if you are using an adblock, consider using AdNauseam. It's just as effective (it's based on uBlock) but also clicks on EVERY AD behind the scenes. Making both your tracking profile and their ad budget completely pointless. It's so devilish that Google doesn't actually allow it on the Chrome […]

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Alexis Bushnell @alexisbushnell.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

I'm offering life coaching sessions at £50 with sliding scale for those with fewer financial means while I train to be a therapist: bushnellcommunitysolutions.com . Ask me for details if you're interested in life coaching from a neurodivergent, kink friendly perspective. Boosts […]

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Solarbird :flag_cascadia: @moira.mastodon.murkworks.net.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

RE: mastodon.murkworks.net/@annathepipe… Whelp, this blows every kind of donkey. So if anyone has any leads, PLEASE throw them at Anna. She's been in test her entire career and particularly likes writing test automation. Her reviews have always been good, but a new VP […]

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Trixter of the Moon Council @trixter.retro.pizza.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

How dare they put out a new Fire Emblem when I don't have money

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