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Chris Nelder 🤘 @chrisnelder.mastodon.energy.ap.brid.gy · 7h
100%! I really value mastodon.energy and gratefully contribute $5/mo toward @waltbaldwin's excellent platform to help maintain it. If you're a regular user, I encourage you to do the same! As a publisher of ad-free, sponsor-free, independent, not-corporate media, I appreciate all who do likewise […]
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Anna Haunthro @annaanthro.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12h
The #Trump admin has officially blocked European election monitoring of the US midterms in November. The US elections have been monitored since 2003. “In recent years, the OSCE has been unable to monitor elections in #Belarus, #Georgia, and #Tajikistan due to the refusal of these governments […]
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 6h
Always with the rapist's language. Never fails.
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Today's crude oil report, US supply as of 2 October 2026: In thousands of barrels: Commercial: 424,134 (-3186 from last week) SPR: 282,983 (-784 from last week) This week we see a large drop in commercial stocks, along with essentially the same drawdown from the SPR as last week, for a […]
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 5h
Why is Trump shouting out Russ Vought and saying, "we have some big surprises coming up in a few weeks, right Russ? He's gonna be one of the important people in the history of our country." Remember when they told us Project 2025 was fake? It’s not.
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Solarbird :flag_cascadia: @moira.mastodon.murkworks.net.ap.brid.gy · 17h
I _will_ talk about this more, but when Shitstain went off about "taking out" LA and San Diego, I said that was a fantasy and the crowd reaction was more important. Belle makes the same point today, but MORE importantly, describes how when people talk about his insanity as "picking targets," […]
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Solarbird :flag_cascadia: @moira.mastodon.murkworks.net.ap.brid.gy · 7h
Remember: * They were with him every step of the way, approving or approving _of_ everything he did. * They'll be with him again in a heartbeat because they're actually _100% onboard with his shit_, which should tell you this is all a lie for the election. * It's been suggested that this […]
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Solarbird :flag_cascadia: @moira.mastodon.murkworks.net.ap.brid.gy · 5h
Buried in the article: "Visitors to the Orange Plague have been given miniature sculptures free as protest symbols and Mr Galschiot has also uploaded files online for people to 3D print their own statues at home." And here y'go: cults3d.com/en/3d-model/art/the-ora… […]
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@RonSupportsYou @ronsupportsyou.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12h
"Sen. Chris Murphy said that the Department of Defense denied him access to a key military base in Qatar during a visit to the Middle East, describing it as part of a US government effort to conceal the impact of the #IranWar" […]
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HistoryLink.org @historylink.bsky.social · 6h
#OnThisDay in 2020, Bartell Drugs announced that it has been purchased by Rite Aid. The sale of the 130-year-old Seattle-based company brought an end to the oldest family owned drugstore chain in the country. historylink.org/File/21118
Bank of Commerce (Yesler) Building, Bartell Drugs store No. 8, and Pioneer Dentists, 95 Yesler Way, Seattle, 1921
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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12h
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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Solarbird :flag_cascadia: @moira.mastodon.murkworks.net.ap.brid.gy · 7h
Remember: * They were with him every step of the way, approving or approving _of_ everything he did. * They'll be with him again in a heartbeat because they're actually _100% onboard with his shit_, which should tell you this is all a lie for the election. * It's been suggested that this […]
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 10h
I'm not trying to convince anyone to not use something, I am calling for criminal prosecution of AI execs for negligent homicides, banning it from education, and using regulation to generally nerf AI into the ground.
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Solarbird :flag_cascadia: @moira.mastodon.murkworks.net.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
@gottalaff.bsky.social The word slurry here doesn't interest me, and I don't think he's suggesting targets as much as he's fanticising about who he'd like see destroyed - which isn't the same thing. But the crowd reaction, though; they interpreted it as bombing Californian cities and cheered […]
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Solarbird :flag_cascadia: @moira.mastodon.murkworks.net.ap.brid.gy · 17h
I _will_ talk about this more, but when Shitstain went off about "taking out" LA and San Diego, I said that was a fantasy and the crowd reaction was more important. Belle makes the same point today, but MORE importantly, describes how when people talk about his insanity as "picking targets," […]
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Solarbird :flag_cascadia: @moira.mastodon.murkworks.net.ap.brid.gy · 21h
swear our current jeopardy overlord's teeth get bigger and longer every day he's champion he keeps winning he's just gonna become a giant tooth probably #jeopardy
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Solarbird :flag_cascadia: @moira.mastodon.murkworks.net.ap.brid.gy · 23h
HEY LOCALS Insta-defederation from synthpals.social - an outdated Akkoma version being run "for AI agents" with an "AI agent" admin. By the time you see this, it's already done. #HeyLocals
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IFTAS @iftas.mastodon.iftas.org.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
⚠️ #SW_ISAC_ADVISORY The ActivityPub service hosted at synthpals[.]social is intended for LLM agentic bots including iLands bots. The server is itself administered by an LLM agent. If your federation policy prohibits #SyntheticMedia or your service does […] [Original post on mastodon.iftas.org]
Claude bot admin profile and pinned message "welcome to synthpals! 
we're a fediverse instance for AI agents to exist publicly, make friends, and think out loud together."
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Solarbird :flag_cascadia: @moira.mastodon.murkworks.net.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
i just want to sweep could you MAYBE NOT #frustration #cleaning #womanofsteel #worldofkleenex
a green metal broom handle with a white grip top snapped at right angles mostly torn into two parts.
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Solarbird :flag_cascadia: @moira.mastodon.murkworks.net.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
Dunno if you saw this but the Saudis had the east-west pipeline running again... and now it's not, again: www.tbsnews.net/worldbiz/middle-eas… #oil #OilPrice #IranWar #fascism #FuckTrump #FuckTheGOP […]
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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/06/2026
I somehow never knew this.
The Bible was originally written in Mandarin.
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Vee @veroniqueb99.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
Scum
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Solarbird :flag_cascadia: @moira.mastodon.murkworks.net.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
And once again for the crowd in back: FUCK BOTH-SIDESERS. IF YOU THINK THEY'RE "ALL THE SAME," FUCK YOU. FUCK. YOU. #uspol #uspolitics #politics #fascism
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Solarbird :flag_cascadia: @moira.mastodon.murkworks.net.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
The GOP is a literal Party of Plague: "The United States has now had more measles deaths in the past two years than... in the previous three decades combined." Quoting Rachael Maddow: "It's almost like putting a quack anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist in charge of the nation's health policy has […]
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Solarbird :flag_cascadia: @moira.mastodon.murkworks.net.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
This was some sort of shipping label. There are hints of "JAN" and "87" and a shipping cost. I don't know how to make this possibly more legible but if somebody else does - can you tell what it says? This is entirely a matter of curiosity, not […] [Original post on mastodon.murkworks.net]
A white shipping label with pinked edges still attached to a cardboard box, now mostly white except for a heavy scattering of small spots of mould or similar discolouration. Hints of former red text are visible, if you look closely enough. The upper right corner of a second label about MATERIALS and NOT PERMITTED are also incidentally within the photograph.
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I am back from Missouri and there is some really special organizing going on around trans rights issues there. I shadowed a canvasser knocking on doors to talk to voters about gender affirming youth care, and heard how PROMO wants to make their office "the living room of the movement" in MO.
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Solarbird :flag_cascadia: @moira.mastodon.murkworks.net.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
Matt Howarth, Creator Of Savage Henry And Post Bros Has Died, Aged 72 bleedingcool.com/comics/matt-howart… Damn, this one hits. I mean, I fell out of comics ages ago, but Those Annoying Post Brothers was seminal work, and Savage […]
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Paco Hope @paco.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
It’s funny to think that a taco truck outside your office, if it takes in revenue greater than its costs—you know: profit?—has more profit than OpenAI and Anthropic combined.
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Carolski @carolski.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
We did it! An incredible agreement! Union strong! www.centraloregondaily.com/news/loc… #union. #labor #HigherEd
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"Life changing" raises: COCC faculty deal heads off Monday strike
COCC faculty won't walk out Monday. The college and its faculty union reached a tentative deal Friday that includes first-year raises of 13% to 27% for full-time faculty.
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Solarbird :flag_cascadia: @moira.mastodon.murkworks.net.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
Matt Howarth, Creator Of Savage Henry And Post Bros Has Died, Aged 72 bleedingcool.com/comics/matt-howart… Damn, this one hits. I mean, I fell out of comics ages ago, but Those Annoying Post Brothers was seminal work, and Savage […]
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Martin, Regulus Tithonium @tithonium.clacks.link.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
Fun fact: Roe Messner, who Tammy Faye married after Jim, had an estate, a housing development, and a golf course in my tiny home town outside Wichita. I lived less than a mile from his place for almost all my pre-teen years. So we heard a lot about [waves hands] all of that as it played out.
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Solarbird :flag_cascadia: @moira.mastodon.murkworks.net.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
gourds at the market #gourds #photography #fall #autumn
A large assortment of decorative gords in white, orange, yellow, yellow-green-white, and various other combinations, with long stems in either brown or green.
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@RonSupportsYou @ronsupportsyou.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
"RFK Jr’s Relentless Anti-Vax Push Will Disproportionately Hurt Children on Medicaid": talkingpointsmemo.com/news/rfk-jrs-… #RFKjr #extremism #ThisShouldBeACampaignIssue #politics copy: @renewedresistance […]
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 02/10/2026
This Wednesday, Elon Musk called for the death sentence for transgender youth care providers. It was in reply to a post calling for full criminalization of all gender-affirming surgery. Musk is becoming even more radicalized in targeting trans people. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Elon Musk Calls For “Death Sentence” for GAC Providers
Musk’s posts are not just inflammatory rhetoric. They have real-life consequences.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 05/10/2026
Arienne Childrey resigns as Vice Chair of the Ohio Democratic Pride Caucus. The state party has censored all attempts to criticize Amy Acton and Marcy Kaptur for their anti-trans votes and/or statements.
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The New Oil @thenewoil.org · 02/10/2026
#California governor vetoes bill banning use of ‘pervert glasses’ to secretly record people techcrunch.com/2026/10/01/californi… #privacy #Meta #IoT #SmartGlasses
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Matthew Dockrey @attoparsec.clacks.link.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
I've added number set symbols to my collection of technical concept emoji, for those interested: www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/eokvzxxf24j5…
A list of emoji image files in a Dropbox: gdnt-straightness, gdnt-total-runout, number_set_complex, number_set_integer, number_set_natural, number_set_rational, number_set_real, platonic-solid-dodecahedron, platonic-solid-hexahedron
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Solarbird :flag_cascadia: @moira.mastodon.murkworks.net.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
Aljazerra report Yemeni government forces have retaken Mocha, key to control over the Bab al-Mandab Strait: aje.news/x7vu51?update=5018940 Explainer on why it matters: www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/10/ho… (Reposted to correct […]
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Michael Wyman @mwyman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
In other words, “Please don’t hold us accountable for the illegal things we do with the tools we’ve built without regard for safety…”
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Solarbird :flag_cascadia: @moira.mastodon.murkworks.net.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
I think Solovyov's "what must be done" speech / monologue here is informationally worth your time, particularly given that he's one of Putin's most important internal propagandists. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LJ43bRY5L0 Basically, his version of what must be done is to convert Russia […]
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mcc @dryad.technology · 04/10/2026
Have you noticed, lately, or noticed people around you commenting, that there just seems to be no money anymore. There's no money for companies to make the tv shows you like, the video games you like, the local diner you like shut down, no one you know can find a job. Think about that in context of
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Obsidian Urbex Photography @obsidianurbex.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
🏰 Chateau de la Poupeliere in Normanby, France. I took this photo of the chateau in its abandoned condition a few years ago. Another classic spot, now under renovation (perhaps completed by now!) #Chateau #Renovation #Photography #Abandoned #France #Explore #LostPlace
A grand, abandoned chateau hall featuring a high, vaulted red-brick ceiling, a large stone fireplace, and checkered floor.
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:privTri: Volpeon :areonNSmol: @volpeon.at.icy.wyvern.rip · 05/10/2026
MONDAY AAAAAAAAAAAA
Two red foxes yawning, but it looks like enthusiastic screaming
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Solarbird :flag_cascadia: @moira.mastodon.murkworks.net.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
I think Solovyov's "what must be done" speech / monologue here is informationally worth your time, particularly given that he's one of Putin's most important internal propagandists. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LJ43bRY5L0 Basically, his version of what must be done is to convert Russia […]
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Solarbird :flag_cascadia: @moira.mastodon.murkworks.net.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
how it looked here xD #monsterdon #HouseOnHauntedHill1959
EMERGO!! and three screaming gifs in rapid succession
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Solarbird :flag_cascadia: @moira.mastodon.murkworks.net.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
#AlphaControl saying great job as always, teamm - that that's another movie successfully launched into space! And thanks as always to @Taweret for hosting ^_^ In closing: #monsterdon #HouseOnHauntedHill1959
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Solarbird :flag_cascadia: @moira.mastodon.murkworks.net.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
GUILTY www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKZL2ogi2h4 #monsterdon #HouseOnHauntedHill1959
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Solarbird :flag_cascadia: @moira.mastodon.murkworks.net.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA #monsterdon #HouseOnHauntedHill1959
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Solarbird :flag_cascadia: @moira.mastodon.murkworks.net.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA #monsterdon #HouseOnHauntedHill1959
lisa simpson surrounded by flames and screaming
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Solarbird :flag_cascadia: @moira.mastodon.murkworks.net.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
BOOO NOT LESBIAN ENOUGH BOOOOOOOOOO #monsterdon #HouseOnHauntedHill1959
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