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ndm @ndm.raccoon.codes · 23/08/2026

My art skills have just received an unexpected bump.

Home Office Help's "ClipArt Volume 2" on CD-ROM, with Over 25,000 Totally New Images!

Photo courtesy of https://www.ebay.com/itm/233744983842, seller S & A Antiques & Collectibles

ndm @ndm.raccoon.codes · 20/08/2026

From the article. Between consenting adults, and far from the wildest thing I've seen people be into. On a practical level, he could get in trouble for (maybe) using an agency-issued gun for this, even though he said it was a personal handgun. Tl;dr: not abuse, just edgeplay

A firearm used during sex. Fultz confirmed that images provided by his ex-girlfriend showed him placing a gun in her mouth and pointing it at the back of her head during sex. She told investigators the encounters were consensual but said she came to view the conduct as alarming for a sworn deputy. Fultz said the weapon was his personal firearm. Investigators noted the gun resembled the agency-issued handgun assigned to him right after the April 2025 fatal shooting. He acknowledged disregarding the firearms safety training he had been given.

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ndm @ndm.raccoon.codes · 20/08/2026

The bad apple in question:

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ndm @ndm.raccoon.codes · 08/08/2026

It's incredibly easy to make your food look unappetizing. These are from Google Maps, taken from the same restaurant. I don't like restaurants using AI for menu photos, but in the same way I don't like them using stock photos. But I hold the two at the same level. I understand why they'd use AI.

A well staged photo of a burger. Toppings laid to the right, French fries spread on top. Backlit on the right side. Credit: Aracelis Torres.

A poorly staged photo of a burger. Washed it, slightly blurry. Fries piled on the left side with some nondescript toppings underneath. Depressing strips of bacon laid on top of a patty with some green lumps on top. Credit: Marty.

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ndm @ndm.raccoon.codes · 03/07/2026

I hate that this is just going to sit in my notes now

Screenshot of Google Keep:

To the tune of Big Rock Candy Mountain

Now listen to my tale of woe:
Glass bones and paper skin.
I break my legs each morning,
Afternoon my arms again.
I lie awake until my heart attacks
Put me to sleep.
You can help me through,
If you each buy two—
Cause my bills are high,
And my healthcare too—
I'm alive by selling chocolate.

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ndm @ndm.raccoon.codes · 01/07/2026

Who says the government never did anything for you? www.cia.gov/library/abbo...

Google Search result listing.

CIA (.gov)
https://www.cia.gov [PDF]

Office 2003 Professional: GWH28- DGCMP-P6RC4-6J4MT-3HFDY

Page 1. Office 2003 Professional: GWH28- DGCMP-P6RC4-6J4MT-3HFDY.

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ndm @ndm.raccoon.codes · 25/06/2026

Thinking about the "digital photo frames" that are really 32" 1080p TVs that only display a slideshow of media you upload to their cloud. I desperately want someone to test their unlimited AWS cloud storage claim and upload every Family Guy episode to make the ultimate ADHD second screen.

A screenshot of an Amazon product page:

Frame: 32" WiFi Digital Picture Frame with Large Display - No Subscription & Unlimited Storage, Support Long Video, Electronic Photo Frame for Gift, Share via Google Photos, App, Email, Web

Visit the cozyla Store
4.6 stars (408 reviews)

Product image shows the screen in a vertical orientation (can be horizontal as well) with the text: Share from Anywhere; Multiple ways to upload your favorite moments in batches. The icons include Google Photos, email, Safari, and Cozyla (the company's app/website, presumably).

Color: Black 32 Inch ($479.99)

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ndm @ndm.raccoon.codes · 17/06/2026

Always read the terms and conditions, I guess. Only eligible for systems with three identities 😔

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ndm @ndm.raccoon.codes · 17/06/2026

Don't do me like that Plexamp

ON THIS DAY

30 YEARS AGO
Odelay
Beck
1996 ⭐ 100%

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ndm @ndm.raccoon.codes · 16/06/2026

A lot of people complaining about it using "the Pixar style," but it's not really that. It's fully possible to give your characters and movie a distinct visual identity. You would not mistake these shots for being from the same film.

Bob Parr and Edna Mode in The Incredibles

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ndm @ndm.raccoon.codes · 16/06/2026

But why is it giving 1984?

A frame from the film adaptation of 1984, with the large face of Big Brother flanked by red and white INGSOC logos

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ndm @ndm.raccoon.codes · 11/06/2026

Already got the best one

The Cozy Cat Discord nameplate, featuring a striped orange cat sleeping on a white pillow

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ndm @ndm.raccoon.codes · 04/06/2026

Did you know you can just get posters made from whatever image you want? Including this one?

Cover of The Economist: The Rise of Gen-Z Socialism

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ndm @ndm.raccoon.codes · 02/06/2026

Oh no, they got rid of the Examples section. That's incredibly disappointing.

Excerpt of the History section for the replied page.

Jul 18, 2025

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Jul 2, 2025

Reverted 1 edit by [[Special:Contributions/

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Restored the examples of those roads.

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ndm @ndm.raccoon.codes · 26/05/2026

"Bitcoin burger" has the same energy as

The "estrogen burger" meme in potato quality because Google Images sucks now.

An anime character eating a fast food meal. The food is labeled "estrogen burger", "5g nuggets", "vaccine drink", and "pronouns fries".

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ndm @ndm.raccoon.codes · 18/05/2026

Correlation != Causation

Edited version of the "smartphones affecting birthrates" chart.

Could the Burj Khalifa be affecting birth rates?

% change in total fertility rate relative to pre-Burj Khalifa era, by years before/since its construction

A bunch of trend lines show a sharp decline starting in a two year window labeled "Burj Khalifa opened to public"

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ndm @ndm.raccoon.codes · 13/05/2026

Guess I'm boring 🙃

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ndm @ndm.raccoon.codes · 28/04/2026

Look, a lot of the world sucks right now, but distancing from that: it's really cool to be alive and in the industry during a tech boom. These numbers are very impressive right now, but they'll be a joke in a year. It's fun seeing Moore's Law at work again.

At least for DeepSeek V3, Tenstorrent claims its four-node Blackhole Galaxy Superclusters can process a 100,000 token prompt — the equivalent of 166 pages of text — in less than four seconds.

Meanwhile, we're told the systems can churn out up to 300 tokens a second per user, and that they expect to increase that to 350 through software refinements in the near future.

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ndm @ndm.raccoon.codes · 16/04/2026

What on Earth was this room? It makes zero sense to have a bunk bed next to a chandelier, let alone an exercise bike in front of the ladder. Whoever staged this did a wild job, but also in what world does a chandelier make sense in a room this small anyway?

A photo from the Zillow listing. The left wall features a glass panel door and a wall of closets. The ceiling features a tall chandelier with lots of dangling pieces. In the corner opposite the camera, taking up a quarter of the room, is a gray bunk bed, the ladder of which is blocked by an exercise bike with a large screen on the front. The only other items in the room are a pale blue mat in the bottom right corner and a small piece of abstract art on the wall.

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ndm @ndm.raccoon.codes · 14/04/2026

Haven't heard much about this Eleted person, but I get good vibes.

Quote post by "cait (and adonis)" (@cait.bsky.social):
"god they'll jump on literally any bag of dogshit with a D next to their name"

The quoted post has been deleted, showing the text "ℹ️ Deleted".

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ndm @ndm.raccoon.codes · 12/04/2026

First time playing in ages lol

Tempest 3000 high scores screen:
1: NDM 156650
2: YAK 10000
3: FLOSSIE 9123
4: SHAGGY 8456
5: AMBER 7789
6: COPPER 6123
7: BEEFMAN 5456
8: MOOYORK 4789

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ndm @ndm.raccoon.codes · 06/04/2026

Trying to apply your lesson and now I'm confused.

The post being replied to, with another post by Pavel (@spavel.bsky.social) below: "Has bsky been extremely slow to load for anyone else the past few days?"

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ndm @ndm.raccoon.codes · 25/03/2026

This is the new vendor-branded media player. Or network manager. Or email client. That preinstalled software with a massively overbuilt UI that nobody used, launched with Windows, and ate all your default file associations. It even LOOKS like it was put together by The Skins Factory.

A crop of the cover image for the quote replied article. Focus on a laptop screen running Windows 11 with an empty desktop, save for a frosted pull-down app overlaid on the top third of the screen. On the left is a series of very small notes in a 3-by-2 grid, each with a title and three short lines of text. In the center is an LLM chat interface with white-on-frosted-white text, with a large text input below labeled "Ask IQ" and flanked by a microphone (left) and "IQ" button (right). On the right is a nearby device indicator, similar to an old Wi-Fi or Bluetooth tracker (Lenovo comes to mind) labeled NearSense.

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ndm @ndm.raccoon.codes · 10/03/2026

So you don't have to dig for it: www.unicode.org/L2/L2024/242... I... didn't know what to expect, but yeah that's exactly what it is.

Page 4 of the linked PDF. Heading "C. Image distinctiveness". Below is a gallery of various inflated characters, captioned as "Examples from: Squadron Supreme, Steven Universe, Ice Age, Yang Maoyuan, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Garfield, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Naruto, Sailor Moon."

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ndm @ndm.raccoon.codes · 10/03/2026

Everyone should see this movie. Everyone should also study Naomi Wolf.

The poster for the film adaptation of Naomi Wolf's "The End of America"

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ndm @ndm.raccoon.codes · 08/03/2026

So TIL I'm apparently on two blocklists. I try to be civil, but I get that it happens. What's wild to me are what the lists are: pro genocide and blind party loyalty. Anyone who knows anything about my political views should know how ridiculously off base both of those are 😆

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ndm @ndm.raccoon.codes · 05/03/2026

THIS is what horrifies me about AI. If the creation part is automated, all you have is the jump from idea to selling a product. Unless you're a marketing exec, this is a nightmare. I don't want a world where everyone is a startup. But I also want to be able to eat and pay bills, like everyone else.