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Tim J @timtfj.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

Bring back þe letter þ. How can you þrow out þe only rune in your alphabet? Also bring back ð. But ðis time, except in very common words like þe which look nice þe oðer way round, don't treat ðem as interchangeable. Use ð for þe voiced one and þ for þe unvoiced one, like ðey do in Icelandic […]

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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

Getting married to this gorgeous girl tomorrow, so I'll see you folks later.

A man with short brown hair and a beard, wearing a light-colored button-down shirt and grey pants, stands next to a smiling woman with long brown hair wearing a white long-sleeved shirt and black pants, both holding wine glasses in a rustic room with exposed wooden beams.

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Stuart Wilkinson @fairtradestu.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

The second anniversary of this post is coming up, and surprise surprise these little "end of life" laptops are continuing to run well with #linux and do what we need then to, which includes spending less on tech so we can buy more actual books for the school […] [Original post on mastodonapp.uk]

A mastodon post from October 2024 showing a photo 8 laptops running Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and libre office, the post explains the school has added Ubuntu to some old windows 10 devices that their IT support told them were end of life.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This is absolutely damning. A must-read.

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Martin Rundkvist @mrundkvist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

A person is very fortunate when after 27 years with their partner they feel joy and love at the mere thought of them. ❤️ #marriage

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

Boycotting Green Day after they insulted the MAGA agenda. Punk rock should NOT be political. Punk rock is about and has ALWAYS been about the following: -respecting cops. -upholding the patriarchy. -saluting the flag, standing for the national anthem, and unconditionally supporting the military.

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Medieval Illumination @medieval-illuminations.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

Bear rider. Les Grandes Heures du duc de Berry, Paris 1409. BnF, Latin 919, fol. 75r. #medieval #MedievalArt

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toilet taco @rebelliouscheez.jorts.horse.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

*david bowie voice* 🎶 we can eat gyros 🥙 just for one day

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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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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

On the "Highland Chieftain" heading south back to Edinburgh after a lovely 4-day book tour around the 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿North East and there is the most loveliest of dogs on board who is greeting everyone in turn. The whole train carriage is smiling. 🥰

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John Altringham @johnaltringham.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

Cloudburst, Ilkley Moor Watercolour

Watercolour of a cloudburst over a moorland edge. Monochrome, blacks and greys, semi-abstract.

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Mint Spies @mintspies.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

#DofE expedition is looking up! (it's much easier supervising than participating!)

A photo of my coffee, with an amazing latte art cat face, complete with whiskers, ears and a series of mini hearts. It tastes as good as it looks!

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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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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

farmers bred specifically rectangular cows so that they could stack more easily bsky.app/profile/davi...

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Jon PENNYCOOK @jonpsp.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

"You're being lied to about British beer." "Four foreign-owned corporations make 80% of it. The 'imported' lager in your hand was probably brewed in Burton-on-Trent. That craft IPA on the bar is owned by Heineken. Here's how we lost our pint - and how to win it back." […]

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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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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

Some good news from Heathrow, the lady who passed out on the luggage carousel is slowly coming round.

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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

Please give me a dollar a month on Patreon. Your support boosts my confidence. www.patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

Screenshot of a social media post by "lowqualityfacts" with handwritten text reading: "That's so sad. Humans laugh less as they age, and lose the ability to laugh entirely at the age of 84." Below it, a reply from user "noah_lfc" reads: "Who the fucks posts these dumb sentences so confidently?"

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Beer Mat Movies @beer-mat-movies.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

This week's reviews written in Head of Steam, with a few pints of Camerons' Gold.

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David Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

i didn't spend eight years in the crypto mines for you shitheads to kramer into my mentions to tell me why fucking crypto of all things is good actually

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Anna Lighthouse Emoji @venite.mastodon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

Non-Dutch friends often ask me how it’s possible that everyone has a bike here. It’s very easy. You just try a few of your friends’ bikes, then pick the one you like best, take a cutting, and grow it to the size you prefer. #cycling

Three Dutch style bikes in a rack, overgrown with vines and leaves

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Noel Romey @ner.fwoof.space.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

I use the my noise app and have done so for a ng time. Has hundreds of cool soundscapes and randomized music for noise masking and relaxation. The dev totally redesigned the app about a year ago and the accessibility was so bad that the dev was nice enough to point me to the old app which they […]

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

I have been looking forward to this day for weeks. today is the day that my husband and I could harvest the carrot not a typo. There is just the one the others fell victim to the raccoon and to other .. perils (#picathecat ) I had such high hopes for this […] [Original post on sauropods.win]

A rather thick but extraordinarily stubby carrot. In fact it is spherical.

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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026

If you're ever feeling insignificant, just remember that Sequoia Trees are way bigger than you and everyone likes them way more than they like you.

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Mint Spies @mintspies.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

Last night, the rain was torrential and the lightning non-stop. Glad it's drier today #storm #lightning

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Garbage Data 🦝 @anomalocarididae.furry.engineer.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

Me: Man my lyrics are so basic and bland. I can't make good music Daft Punk, early 2000s: ONE MORE TIME. CELEBRATE. ALRIGHT.

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Anne Fuller (Sʼaachtlʼéiḵ) @scoterd.alaskan.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/07/2026

Grateful for #TomGauld, an erudite cartoonist (and for the IRL scientist who share this with me) #NewScientist #Grammar #humor

by Tom Gauld for New Scientist this chart is called
SOME GRAMMATICAL VOICES FOR USE IN SCIENTIFIC WRITING
ACTIVE VOICE
Our team collected samples and then we tested them.
PASSIVE VOICE
Samples ere collected and tested.
PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE VOICE
We did all the collecting and testing. No need to thank us. Just doing our job.
CLICKBAIT VOICE
We collected some samples...You won't believe what happened next!
HAIKU VOICE
Quiet science lab.
Workers arrive with samples.
The testing begins.
CONSPIRACY VOICE
Mysterious “samples” were harvested and covertly “tested” by
so-called scientists.

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Judith @aroundthehills.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

As #PaddyTheCaddy has, this morning, had a service in Wrexham I thought I'd go for a walk and have a peaceful lunch in the back of the van. I think I must've disturbed a nest as this HUGE bird appeared. Look at it trying to get back into that tree. #AVGeek #Beluga

An Airbus Beluga XL aeroplane quite close up and seen sideways on against a grey sky. Its nose wheel is down and you can clearly see its happy little face.

The same aeroplane has now gone past the camera and perspective (and vivid imagination) makes it look like it is heading into the upper branches of a tree.

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Karsten Schmidt @toxi.mastodon.thi.ng.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

Almost Post-Summer Blues (2026) ...at fjord-like Plansee, with the beautiful Thaneller (2341m) pyramid mountain towering in the background. #MeerMittwoch #LandscapePhotography #Photography #Alps #Mountains #Lake

View of an intensely blue large lake surrounded by steep majestic mountains with large rock faces and dense forest further down. A small wooden boathouse on the right hand side. Sunny day with clear blue sky.

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Jennifer 🍄 @jenyetagain.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026

dolly parton could have written the communist manifesto, but karl marx could not have written 9 to 5.

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Dr. Dan Killam @dantheclamman.scicomm.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026

Over the last few years, a meme has been growing on Reddit, Tiktok and elsewhere that bivalves have a decentralized enough immune system that they count as vegan. I am not vegan, and I think bivalves are an excellent, sustainable food source, but I am trying to fight this misconception because […]

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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026

I know that Elon Musk gets a lot of hate on here, but hear me out. I think we could hate him more. We have the capacity, we all just need to put in a little more effort.

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Matt Blaze @mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/08/2026

Just picked up milk and noticed the label says "100% milk from real cows". This wasn't something I was worried about before now.

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Mint Spies @mintspies.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 23/08/2026

For me, one of the worst bits about being an teacher is the pre-term anxiety dreams. They start just before A-level results and roll right through to the first day of actual teaching. So far, I've had pupils arrested during a school trip, lost a DofE expedition team, and had to clean flour out […]

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Matthew Haughey @mathowie.xoxo.zone.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026

My partner is a grammar nerd, so whenever a worker at a store says “how are we doing today?” And I give a normal “Good!” response. She pauses, then says “Well.” I always let her know that I appreciate her use of proper grammar by saying “Whenever you do that, I love you a little bit fewer.”

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Phil Stevens :tinoflag: @phil-stevens.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@blogdiva/117119225… Let's not forget that Musk came from apartheid South Africa and has a deep-seated personal belief that African peoples are legitimate targets for exploitation and extermination. Killing USAID and WHO funding was an ideological move to […]

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Mint Spies @mintspies.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026

In these times of experimental cuisine, it's important to let everyone know what they're eating.

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robyneatseverything @robyneatseverything.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026

This is the worst take I’ve ever seen Smut is ✨literature✨ and it’s bloody hard to write well, actually

A screenshot of a terrible internet take of someone saying that smut doesn’t count in your books read total

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Mint Spies @mintspies.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026

Have decided to embrace fusion cuisine this evening, and we're having chicken curry pie for dinner: everyone likes curry, and everyone likes pies - what's not to like?!

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Robert Kingett @weirdwriter.caneandable.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026

This shit writes itself. This is so beyond parody at this point I can't write about it. I had an author friend gush, for paragraphs, about how amazing my editing was. It was funny. It was honest. It was developmental juice that didn't have any trouble asserting it's flavor. He begged me to know […]

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Jeebus this entire piece is a phenomenal piece of writing.

Flailing regimes dehumanize minorities to distract from their failures. When the economy collapses or a war goes badly, they find a tiny group of people, make them the enemy within, and rally the country against them. This is how it’s gone in Iran. Hungary. Russia. I wrote PDBs about it. This will not stop with trans people. It never has.

But that caricature works only if people like me don’t exist—and I exist. I speak now because somewhere, a trans kid is watching. I want that kid to know that they are not alone. I was a trans kid too, and I’ll be damned if I let another generation grow up the way I did—told that they don’t belong, that they don’t deserve a job, a bathroom, a future. If I could brief presidents and serve in the White House—twice—so can they.

I had planned to spend the rest of my career serving my country at the CIA. This White House took my calling, but it will not take my pride, or tell me that I don’t belong, or that I must disappear. I once wrote under a pseudonym so I could keep serving. I write now in my own name for the same reason.

Julia.

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026

I had a fantastic time camping! Don't get me wrong, I slept HORRIBLY. Especially the second night. But because it was Bortle 1 skies and gorgeously clear, it was something like this: "ohhhh my neck ohhh my hips owwww..." *opens eyes, looks up at perfect dome […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Perfectly dark hills silhouetted by the Milky Way diagonally across the perfectly dark sky. There are easily a dozen satellite streaks visible.

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Patioboater @patioboater.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026

One of the amazing things transforming Detroit has been the murals. Every now and then you’ll be driving along and suddenly see something breathtaking, as was the case for us last night as we drove north on Woodward after the baseball game. This lovely mural […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Photograph of a colorful painted mural on the side of a building featuring a black woman’s face in the center, and images of education and space around her.

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