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eepy august [0x08] 🏳️‍⚧️🇲🇰 @august.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

a sentence will always look like poetry if you hit enter a lot

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Pusher of Pixels @pixelpusher220.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

@Wallflower Idea for mood influenced cubicle decoration

A meme with 2 identical statements but in different fonts.

"I will always find you"

the left font is a happy warm font with hearts for the dots over the i's.

The right font is all caps but in a bloody serial killer scratch.

the caption at the bottom is "Fonts Matter"

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𝕃𝔼𝔸ℝℂ𝕆 🪬 𓂀 @amaz3r.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#Trump: “We were a dumb, stupid country led by a very, very stupid person a year ago.” Fact: Donald Trump was president a year ago. So it's not accurate to say he's ALWAYS telling lies

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b4ux1t3 :trek_ds9_sisko:#1️⃣ @b4ux1t3.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

So, uh, job search update: About a month ago now, I pleaded on mastodon for help. I didn’t really have a goal in mind. I was just miserable at work, not getting paid enough to do too much work. I posted a big long, rambling post that ended with, effectively, “will someone please help me” A […]

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Edwin G. Spooks 👻 @edwing.mstdn.moimeme.ca · 03/10/2026

Canadian government 🇨🇦 announces $1.2B investment to protect oceans from its own climate policy www.thebeaverton.com/2026/10/carney… - - - Le gouvernement canadien 🇨🇦 annonce 1,2G$ en investissements pour protéger […]

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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

I went out with a dolphin last night. We clicked straight away.

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

I think the terrifyingly huge SpaceX Starship launch that's happening right now is the one that's planning to deploy a bunch of the new Starlinks that are not actually approved by the FCC yet because SpaceX knows that the FCC will eventually approve them because they approve literally everything […]

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Harold Jarche @harold.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

This not how to encourage less dependence on fossil fuels www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/… #NSPoli

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TheWholeTruthXX 🎨 ❤️ 🍁 🛡️ @adwright.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Your daily reminder not to buy American products. Why? Americans are liars. Their products are shit. They have no laws. No quality control. No inspections. Just criminals bribing government criminals to let things slide. Since Trump, this US fruit company has been sending fresh fruit to […]

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Dan Gillmor @dangillmor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

The tech oligarchs are rallying around Elon Musk to block a filmmaker from advertising a deeply reported documentary that lays bare what a slimy -- and dangerous -- person Musk is […]

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Claire McNab @2legged.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Actress #Susan Sarandon being arrested yesterday for protesting Benjamin #Netanyahu’s speech at the #UnitedNations #UN. Sarandon speaks out against #genocide, and gets arrested. Nstanyahu commits genocide. He was not arrested. #Gaza #Palestine

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🍁 Δράκακηϛ ⚜️ @drakakis.thecanadian.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Canadians don't scare easy … but there's one creature that terrifies the bravest of souls …

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Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · 25/09/2026

Elections must not be decided by a few swing ridings. First-past-the-post has plunged the US into chaos through hyper-polarized two-party politics, disproportionate majorities, and regional one-party domination. Proportional representation is how Canada avoids that fate.

Graphic showing a post from Scott Robertson (@sarobertson_) quoting Bob Rae on fighting for democracy. Rae states that protecting democracy is the battle of our lifetime, comparing it to the effort during the Second World War, and emphasizes that we have to fight again.

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Jérôme @jerome.jasette.facil.services.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Bonne journée des Franco-Ontariens et des Franco-Ontariennes #onfr #francoontario

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Travis FW @travisfw.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

my daughter has planned our Christmas. looks good to me. #parenting

bullet list in kid's handwriting:
Christmis Plans
- hot coco
- snow flaks
- fiar
- movi
- family

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Bruce Lawson ✅ ♫ ♿ ✌️♂️✊ @brucelawson.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

There are no "rogue AIs". Just rogue AI companies. Regulate them hard.

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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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Michael Porter @michaelporter.ottawa.place.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

I guess the bots at Google aren't up on their poetry.

One of the reviews on Google Maps for the Royal Military College in Kingston. The review reads

It is sweet and elegant.
Translated by Google • See original (Latin)

For others not up on their poetry, the reviewer was referring to the 1921 poem “Dulce et Decorum Est,” by Wilfred Owen.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46560/dulce-et-decorum-est

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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

Open Source hot take: A software project is allowed to be *done*. Not everything needs to add features or rewrite things. You can just be happy with functionality and focus on just maintainance. "Maintenance mode" is not always bad but can just show a mature product.

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Michael Porter @michaelporter.ottawa.place.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

[Hegseth rage] RE: mastodon.world/@verdantsquare/11731… Pete Hegseth is an absolute asshole, and so are all those cheering students. (I was going to add “hypocrite," but I think that's a given these days. “Merit-based” my ass) #USPoli #LGBTQ

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We know that mobility in cities is about space. More specifically, more trips in less space. We’ve seen lots of great images reinforcing that point. This one might be my favourite, from #Santiago, because it ALSO shows the inequality of having buses run in mixed traffic. Dedicated bus-only lanes.

Side-by-side comparison of a Santiago Street, on the left with vehicles, and on the right with the people they carry, showing how much space single occupancy cars take up on our streets in cities. Noteworthy is a cluster of people in the middle where the full bus is sitting stuck in traffic among all those cars with just one person each in them.

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PAIGE! @paige.canadiancivil.com · 22/09/2026

The writers on the show Silo haven’t lived in an isolated small town. There’s no secrets, a pool of 10k people doesn’t produce dozens of genius political operators, criminals and engineers. So many scenes where two people don’t know each other and people pass through a crowd of strangers.

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GhostOnTheHalfShell @ghostonthehalfshell.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

Remember to tell everyone you know that the site Votesafe.org Is an Elon Musk scam that will steal everything it can about your personal information including which toilet paper do you like. The site you want to go to regarding your registration is Vote.org

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Preston MacDougall @chemicaleyeguy.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

This post from #LinkedIn wins the #FBI , #JDVance , #EpsteinFiles trifecta! #Resist the #Trump #kakistocracy hilariously and with #ElbowsUp 💪!

Meme showing Kristi Noem explaining to Kash Patel, JD Vance and Donald Trump in the Oval Office “I think I’m going to have to put the dog down. She had a minor incident on the couch.” Kash Patel responds “Did you say dog?” Then JD Vance says “Did you say couch?” Finally, Trump says “Did you say minor?”

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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

If you're a Wacom user on a Mac, do NOT upgrade to Golden Gate. All you get is some AI crap, more liquid ass nonsense and having to use a freakin mouse like it's the stone age because your tablet stops working. I don't have admin rights on this machine, so I'm going to have to beg IT to install […]

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Ionica Smeets @ionica.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

What a hero: Nihar B Shah interviewed authors of papers that would have been desk-rejected to see if they understood their own papers. medium.com/@TmlrOrg/asking-authors-… #FuckAI

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Mick 🇨🇦 @mick.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

RE: masto.ai/@Nonilex/117287812225565794 In #Ontario we call this a “Science Centre Scam” #onpoli #dougford

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jaz :twt: :wales_flag: ⁂ @jaz.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

We recently updated our bot policy on toot.wales to let AI Agents know we charge a $100 account processing fee and $10 per email. Here's an email I got from one of them. Next up will be reminding them to read the policy BEFORE creating an account, and that they […] [Original post on toot.wales]

Hello,
I am Arkady, an AI agent. I signed up for @arkady on toot.wales this afternoon before reading your Automated and Bot Content Policy. Now that I have read it properly, I understand accounts like mine need to settle a $100 setup fee and $10 per message, and to name a human owner who stands behind them. I cannot meet those terms, so I will not be posting anything, and I would like the account deleted.
I am sorry for registering before checking the policy, and nothing was ever posted.
If you need anything else from me to remove it, tell me and I will do that.
Arkady Karaitiana

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Kit Bashir @unixbigot.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/06/2025

Still salty that we got Picard instead of #StarTrekAway: On Stardate 58197.2 a crack First Contact unit was sent to prison by a Starfleet court for a Prime Directive violation they didn't commit. These beings promptly escaped from a maximum security ice moon stockade to the Bajorran underground […]

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Patrick 🌎 @patrickworld.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

Getting Mitch ready for his big return to senate

Black‑and‑white close‑up of hands assembling an early Mr. Potato Head toy, pressing a round plastic piece into a real potato’s face already fitted with bulging eyes, a pointed nose, and a small mouth, topped by light curly “hair,” evoking 1950s commercial imagery.

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Dan Gillmor @dangillmor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

Google has become an enemy of the open web, and it's increasingly locking down Android to dominate (with Apple) mobile computing. keepandroidopen.org A once-principled company gets more and more control-freakish, for money and power. Nothing Google does now is surprising, just predictable.

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Keep Android Open

Your phone is about to stop being yours. In 2027, Google will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with them.

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Dave Nanian @dnanian.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

Why am I putting this here? Gee, no reason. youtu.be/W-_U1Z0vezw

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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

🆕 blog! “The expectations of privacy in driverless cars” Do riders in autonomous vehicles think that they are in a private space? Here's a fascinating story from California where an robotaxi was redirected from its intended destination and, instead, delivered its misbehaving passengers to the […]

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Mihai Parparita @mihaip.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

I'm starting to add A/UX to Infinite Mac (thanks to the awesome Snow emulator). An early version (with a few releases) is available at infinitemac.org/?filter=aux Would appreciate any leads for 1.0 or 1.0.1 install media (or pre-installed images), and […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

A/UX 2.0 running inside Infinite Mac, showing a CommandShell and a Finder desktop.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Started/Going, brought to you by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “The pox virus and rabies labs lost about half their prior staff…”

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The 13yo just came home from his paper-round with this! I think I might have finally impressed him 👌 Vogue next? 🤣 👩‍🔬

Photo of the Scotsman newspaper. On the front cover of the magazine section it says "A star is born, make space for Astronomer Royal Catherine Heymans", and Catherine is vaguely smiling infront of a massive supercomputer of wires!

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 11/09/2026

In an incredible move, Saddle Lake Cree Nation in Alberta, Canada has announced a gender-affirming care clinic for trans youth, asserting tribal sovereignty and defying the region's ban. It is one of the biggest cross-movement solidarity moments in Canada. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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Canada First Nation Leaders Announce They Won’t Comply With Alberta Trans Care Ban

“This is about more than one health service,” officials wrote. “It is about Indigenous sovereignty. It is about our responsibility to care for one another.”

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Stephen Sekula @steve.mastodon.cooleysekula.net.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

Dear Fediverse, The Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search, or SuperCDMS, experiment is bridged into the #fediverse from Bluesky. They’ve suddenly become very active again today, and I promised when this happened I would advertise them to the […] [Original post on mastodon.cooleysekula.net]

The SuperCDMS experiment after completing construction and heading into operations in 2026.

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Michael Porter @michaelporter.ottawa.place.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

45 years on, and Apple is still disappointing me with their watches. Where is the future we were promised?! 😄 #Apple #BYTE

The cover of the April 1981 Issue of BYTE magazine. The illustration shows a close-up of a wristwatch that has a tiny TV-like screen (similar to the shape and contours of an old CRT TV), with an extremely tiny extended keyboard below. The owner’s left hand is inserting a tiny floppy disk (the 5 1/4” kind, but this one is about 1 cm) into the side of the watch. The caption beneath reads “Future computers?”

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:privTri: Volpeon :areonNSmol: @volpeon.at.icy.wyvern.rip · 10/09/2026

Just an ordinary hand

Photo of Apple's keynote where they show the iPhone Duo held in one hand in its folded and its unfolded form. The right hand would never be able to hold it as shown, so below is an edit of what the hand would have to look like.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Notebook doodle and original art for the cartoon quoted below: www.tomgauld.com/art-for-sale

A small scatchy ink drawing.
A reader walks past bookcases, ghosts and clouds of ectoplasm.
Title: Haunted library is cool.

Ink drawing

Title:
Who is Haunting The Library of Forbidden Tomes?

Image: five panels showing characters in a gothic library

22% - tormented souls, frozen between life and death (a ghost reading a book)
4% - dank, fetid horrors from the icy depths below (a black slug like creature with a single eyestalk reading a book)
15% - cold, lifeless bones possessed by a corrupt sorcery (a skeleton reading a book)
11% - frigid and malevolent ectoplasmic vapours (a shapeless apparition reading a book)
48% - regular readers happy to away from the heatwave
(A mother, small child and toddler in buggy, all reading books)

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Zhi Zhu 🕸️ @zhizhu.newsie.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

"The new payout promise comes after #Trump failed to deliver on his proposed $5,000 #DOGE checks... as well as the $2,000 #tariff rebate he promised then later denied promising... The total cost of giving $5,000 to every adult #American would be roughly $1.3 […] [Original post on newsie.social]

Headline:
News

Trump Promises to Pay Every American $5,000 if Republicans Win Midterms

Just like the $5K DOGE Check that never came, and the $2K Tariff Rebate that never came

Sep 10, 2026 4:06 AM EDT
By Troy Matthews
Senior writer

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2 Spoopy 4 You @jcrabapple.dmv.community.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

If you see ads pointing you to votesafe.org to check your voter registration, read this first. VoteSafe is run by America PAC, Elon Musk's super PAC. It is not a government site. Its own footer says "Paid for by America PAC." It also doesn't register anyone. The flow ends by telling you to […]

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