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Mint Spies @mintspies.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 20h

@feijoa I'm sorry. Be gentle with yourself.

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Daveybot @daveybot.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

Me: ugh, modern landmark architecture is just rich people showing off how much money they have. What happened to restrained displays of class and taste? 18th Century Scotland: PINEAPPLES!!!

The Dunmore House Pineapple. It’s a Georgian building that looks like, well, a pineapple. It was made in 1761 when pineapples were some of the most fashionable objects on the planet, and, honestly, there isn’t much more to it than that.

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Daveybot @daveybot.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

Don't normally process my #AmperSand shots to black and white, but without the sun shining this was almost there already. And I liked the dog and their human.

A black and white photo. A white ampersand made of shells is on a sandy beach. Some dark rocks behind the ampersand point off towards the sea, where a labrador and their human are silhouetted against the water's edge.

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Mint Spies @mintspies.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Today's #Iceland adventures: caving in a lava tube and meandering the streets of Reykjavik. No frozen food in sight, but there are plenty of reasons why this mum goes here* *niche UK advertising reference.

A photo of the curved wall inside a lava tube, which is formed when the outside layer of lava cools leaving a hollow in the middle through which lava can run. The ceiling has little stalactites, caused by dripping lava, and the wall has visible layers where the lava level dropped to different levels. The wall is illuminated by torchlight, making it look grey and green; in reality, the basalt lava looks mostly black.

A photo of a sculpture of the skeleton of a viking boat, made out of stainless steel. It stands next to the sea, looking out to the horizon.

A photo of a large church, made of grey concrete. The tower has a sweeping base, so it looks almost like a pyramid. Apparently the shape was inspired by basalt columns.

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Mint Spies @mintspies.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

I'm in #Iceland on a school Geography trip. Lots of exciting geography? Tick. A hideously early start? Sadly also tick. At least everyone should sleep well tonight.

A photo of black volcanic rock coastline stretching into a a blue-grey sea. There's a definite swell and a lot of spray under a grey sky: it's picturesque but it doesn't look warm.

A photo of thick white steam rising from a geothermal pool in a rocky landscape that's mostly greens and browns.

A photo of a rift between two tectonic plates, filled with black volcanic sand. It looks like a black river running between rocky vertical cliffs.

A photo from the plane window: the coastline from above, illuminated by the sun which is mostly hidden behind grey clouds. The whole picture is coloured grey and silver, particularly where the sun is reflected in the sea.

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 16/10/2026

Ok, looks like this is the week of funny experiences. Customer: "I had an AI check our server and it says the SSH port is open and that's not very secure." Me: "Yes, you asked us to open it so you could access the server via SFTP (actually, you wanted FTP, but we discussed it a bit and found […]

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Jess👾 @jesstheunstill.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

I VEHEMENTLY reject the idea that it would ever be legitimate to exclude trans women from a woman's group or women's bathroom or whatever because of someone's trauma around men. That sort of rhetoric has been weaponized against minorities for years to justify their exclusion. "I'm afraid of […]

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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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Mint Spies @mintspies.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

@feijoa The party has only just started - you're just fine!

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Mint Spies @mintspies.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

@feijoa I've read the children version but not the teen one - the children one is excellent (and I use the techniques on the teenagers at work with quite some success!)

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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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