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Evan Prodromou 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇷🇵🇸 @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

Personal computers were introduced around 1975 and were widespread in offices by 1985. The Internet was widely available by 1995. Yes, there was a cohort of people who grew up and became adults without Internet-connected computers in their lives. Those people are dead. Baby Boomers in their 70s […]

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Evan Prodromou 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇷🇵🇸 @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

Sorry if I'm being mean; I'm in my Mean Time, Between Failures. I'll probably fail at something soon and be nice again after.

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Jef Poskanzer @jef.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

little endian big endian super endian mega endian economy size endian

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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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rrmutt @rrmutt.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

If you are weary of horrid people getting all the headlines, read about this year’s MacArthur fellows www.npr.org/2026/09/29/nx-s1-598044…

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midendian @midendian.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

a friend asked me yesterday what my favorite hiking spot is within an hour of SF and it made me remember I hadn’t been to Purisima yet this month! gorgeous 15K run up to Grabtown/Tunitas and Bald Knob into the clouds. the chonkiest salamander I’ve ever seen […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Dirt path winding uphill through lush ferns and dense conifers.

Spectacularly chaotic old tree covered in moss

Tall sparse trees in the fog, a tiny dirt trail winding though the underbrush

Enormous coastal giant salamander wearing leopard print sitting out of place on the brown dirt.

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midendian @midendian.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

working with a bunch of contractors this week who don’t have time to keep their android phones up to date so to send them photos from iPhone I gotta take a screenshot of the photo and send them that instead because they can’t decode whatever high efficiency thing Apple is using now. somehow we […]

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rrmutt @rrmutt.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

Yes, yet another AI take, but this one cites Brautigan, Adam Curtis, and Community Memory as context, so I thought it was worth the read. www.burningshore.com/p/machines-of-…

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Machines of Loving Grace

Plus News and Notes

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J. B. Crawford @jbcrawford.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

Today on Computers Are Bad: a new world airport and its baggage. Denver International Airport and its underground secrets. computer.rip/2026-09-20-denver-bagg…

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a new world airport and its baggage

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Maartje @maartje.dev · 19/09/2026

You can only conduct one… chose wisely

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Terrible Maps :bot: @terriblemaps.zpravobot.news.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

Which Australian capital city is closest to you

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14mission @14mission.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

This weekend is #SFMuni Heritage Weekend. It's fun but bittersweet because I just learned that an old friend, a former #FLine motorman, scholar, and transit photographer, that I used to see annually at these, passed on in July. At least last year, I bought a copy of his book and he signed it […]

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midendian @midendian.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

surprisingly autumnal weather on San Bruno Mountain this afternoon, even some sprinkles at the end. great run though. went out the ridge quite a way and had to stop and wait for some heavy lineman trucks to navigate those steep rolling hills! I guess up there […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Dirt trail winding around a scrubby hill. A city in broken sunlight in the distance.

Lumpy fire road along a mountain ridge. A transmission line and radio towers in the distance.

Heavy bucket truck groaning down a steep hill on the narrow fire road

A green scrubby ridge running toward the horizon

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an actual bus @renardboy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

html is pronounced "hot tamale"

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midendian @midendian.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

spectacular weather for a 15K jog from the Castro to Lands End and Baker and the famous bridge. #sanfrancisco

Large windmill hiding in some trees in an oceanfront park

Blue skies and blue ocean host an incoming tanker and a small building labeled GIANT CAMERA.

Wee dog smiling for a portrait in front of baker beach and the famous bridge.

Famous bridge with its towers aligned toward the horizon, lots of people and cars and unpredictable rental bikes abound.

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jonny (nonvenomous) @jonny.neuromatch.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

You literally cannot start something in a funnier way than this

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Matthew Dockrey @attoparsec.clacks.link.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

RE: techhub.social/@rayckeith/117243760… Finally, something from a cyberpunk novel I'm excited to see in real life! ...not that I can remember where I saw the idea. Random library book from 1993 or so, possibly YA. There each frame was signed with the private keys of news […]

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midendian @midendian.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

tried to jog up Montara mountain from Montara today—made it up but not enjoyably. the weather was nice though. #trailrunning

A wide dirt road with hikers wraps around a scrubby hillside. In the background fog approaches a city.

Two freestanding trees on adjoining hills stick into the roiling fog beyond.

Vines grow on tall straight trees in a foggy forest along a dirt path.

A horse stands over a wood fence with blinders on. Signs say DIVA, and a more stern one:
PRIVATELY
OWNED HORSES
I KNOW I'M CUTE.
BUT PLEASE REFRAIN
FROM FEEDING ME.
I HAVE A DELICATE
STOMACH.
THANK YOU
SO KINDLY.
ENJOY YOUR DAY!

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midendian @midendian.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

pretty fun show of The One With The Whales at the Castro Theater this afternoon. they even tacked on an encore of City on the Edge of Forever. #sanfrancisco

Still from the Voyage Home above someone playing a massive organ in an ornate old theater

Audience doing the 🖖 maneuver in a theater as a dyke Kirk impersonator speaks on stage

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Matthew Dockrey @attoparsec.clacks.link.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

Update: everything turned out fine, and I'm on my way home. I took the opportunity on my way out to finally stop to get some proper pictures of one of my favorite trees in the world, this lonely juniper in a pullout on Nevada 447 in the absolute middle of nowhere.

A large juniper tree stands in the middle of a gravel turnout. Behind it is a very small highway and brown hills with exposed rocky outcrops. There are no other trees in sight.

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midendian @midendian.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

tried out the new SFPUC Skyline Watershed Ridge trail. it requires getting an online permit and you’re trapped inside barbed wire with no water for the 12 mile out and back but that basin is otherwise inaccessible and there is a good variety! the best part is […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Shiny new multiuse path wrapping around a hillside with a view toward an enormous estuary under blue skies

A pine forest blocks a large reservoir. A freeway sits in the next ridge. A city at the distant horizon.

Bright green bed of a redwood grove with sunlight entering on one side

Large banana slug cruising across the gravel trail

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midendian @midendian.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026

[meatbag update] about two years, down 80 lbs. basically just exercise. barely mobile to running 30 miles/week (slowly). less depression and anxiety than I've ever had in my life. in theory should lose another 30 lbs but I'm pretty happy with how I look and […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Time-vs-mass plot starting 2024-09 at 294 lbs and ending 2026-09 at 212 lbs.

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highly praised and little read @hannah.posts.rat.pictures.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026

I think wikipedia does this intentionally to taunt people with adhd. Like hold on tell me about the cat

United States Treasury security

"Treasury Bill" redirects here. For the cat, see Rufus of England.

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midendian @midendian.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026

excellent wave-based explanation of how telescope mirrors work youtu.be/n5YpxFiJf7k #astrophotography

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midendian @midendian.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026

wrapped up my mountain week with the 20 km Clouds Rest adventure on the way home. I think I last did this two decades ago—I’d forgotten how exciting the ending is! #yosemite

A spine of granite leading to the horizon with great glacial valleys on each side. Blue sky with some lingering monsoon clouds.

Looking down into a great glacial valley filled with forest and many famous Yosemite landforms, particularly Half Dome on the left.

A human with a stick stands on a lower summit looking up the Tuolumne basin and the Yosemite high country. Large billowing clouds at the horizon.

Another view into Tenaya canyon and Yosemite valley but including the Clouds Rest summit on the left, from which previous photos were taken.

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midendian @midendian.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026

one last high sierra lake for the week, lower Lamarck. it rained all night and morning so the stream crossing to get to the upper lake was a bit more than I wanted to risk so a short day (with more rain). #FootpathFriday

Lake in a glacial basin rippling in the wind. Large piles of rocks in the background.

Dirt path wrapping around a scrubby hill. Large mountains across a valley in the background

Lake/meadow under stormy skies and a big grey mountain.

Wide dirt path lined with autumnal yellow bushes leading into a forest below a large mountain

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midendian @midendian.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

another fun day in the high country even though the monsoon storm rolled in and chased me back down before I made it to the pass. good motivation to run more.

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midendian @midendian.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

my broken brain every time I’ve driven past this sign for the last 25 years

Street view image of a brown highway sign that says MILPOND COUNTY PARK in a high desert scrub ecosystem

Still from a Simpsons episode where Milhouse was supposed to sign Bart’s cast but got distracted by the idea of a swimming and wrote MILPOOL instead

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midendian @midendian.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026

had a spectacular day over 3000 meters, going up Mono Pass (not the Yosemite one) and down to some lakes in the basin on the other side for lunch and then back over to Mosquito Flat, a surprisingly-leisurely 20 km day. (1/2) #MountainMonday

Steep granite basin filled with forest and beautiful blue lakes under blue skies and puffy clouds (the pictured direction in this basin from Mosquito Flat is a lovely family+dog friendly walk, highly recommended).

Faint dirt trail through granite sand leading up the side of the Ruby Lake basin (which despite the name is quite blue)

A crumbly granite arete reflected in a calm lake

A sparse high alpine ecosystem around 3600 meters. Some candy colored backpackers descend the rocky surface into the next basin.

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midendian @midendian.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026

broke my #planespotting hiatus to go see one of the DoJets that flies to KMMH on the weekends. they are just uncommon (and cute) enough to be worth some effort. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_Dor…

Small regional jet size aircraft with a pointy nose and a forehead smoothly sloping from the high wings which carry two small hair dryers. Forested mountain slope in the background.

Same aircraft with a bare moraine in the background in front of an enormous mountain of folded metamorphics

Same airplane in front of a sheer granite wall with a few tiny remaining permanent snow fields

Same plane but on the ground at the rustic brown terminal being serviced by a fuel truck.

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midendian @midendian.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/08/2026

hobby I’m saving for retirement: wandering around the grocery stores of California mountain towns, helping bewildered European tourists decode American food products.

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midendian @midendian.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/08/2026

bit of a pointless but lovely slog up Pine Creek this afternoon. not much aerobic capacity at 9500 feet but the quads still work.

Dirt path through green scrub up a canyon lined by large grey peaks

Hikers on a path next to a steep rocky cliff. Blue skies above the distant desert

Steps in the rock lead up to more rocks and high peaks. Thunderstorm quickly moves across the sky.

Rocky path cutting through rocks facing a metamorphic face with a pair of bristlecone pines before plunging into the desert.

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midendian @midendian.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/08/2026

decided to take a week off and stay in Mammoth. quick altitude check jogging up to Mammoth Rock this evening. #trailrunning #FootpathFriday

Yellow and green scrub cut by a dirt path. Several layers of mountain clouds move across the sky.

Dirt path lined by rocks the size of small boulders. Trees party obscure the peaks beyond.

Dirt path through green scrub leading up to an unusual rocky prominence on a steep slope.

Dirt path leading around a hill into a forest. Interesting clouds in the distance.

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midendian @midendian.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026

the glen canyon hubris houses should be just as iconic as the painter ladies imho. #SanFrancisco

Several mid century modern homes levered into the canyon with tall pylons into the rock

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J. B. Crawford @jbcrawford.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026

www.nktechlab.org/all-change-for-no… really really really want to know more about the politics of area code refactoring in North Korea

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Randal Hale (He/Him) @rjhale1971.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026

Teaching QGIS. I haven't taught in person in a while so I'm a bit rusty. Yesterday I had the Bases "ESRI Guy" in the class. He was mad - he's been told they have to drop some ESRI licenses. At Lunch he was not having a great day. We talked. The research facility has been 100% ESRI and anything […]

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Anthony Horton @spacelizard.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026

It looks better from this angle. Less cable gore visible.

Photo of the front end of the Huntsman Telescope, an array of ten camera lenses on a single mount.

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I keep spotting this Lightfoot e-scooter zipping through our neighborhood. Yes, those are solar panels along the side to extend its range. Bonus points if you can recognize the rider.

A man riding an e scooter on 17th street. The scooter has large solar panels built onto the sides, giving it a very boxy and unusual look. It seems sort of retro futuristic in style too.

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