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Jürgen Hubert @juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 8h

Have you considered reviewing my books on #BookWyrm or #NeoDB, the #Fediverse alternatives for reviewing and organizing your books and other media?

My books "Sunken Castles, Evil Poodles" and "Lurkers at the Threshold", put on display on my couch.

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OriginalBarbas @originalbarbas.blahaj.zone.ap.brid.gy · 14h

@spell_castro@mastodon.social @Rea_Faol@mastodon.social @Nyr@xarxa.cloud @Niyes@xarxa.cloud @Lemeteque@mastodon.gal yo estoy dentro!

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Vee @veroniqueb99.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

Microsoft just gave its AI the keys to your computer. Literally. This week Microsoft announced that Copilot — the AI built into Windows — is getting the power to open and read the files on your PC. Your documents. Your downloads. Your photos. In their own […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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panos @panos.catodon.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

Catodon is on page 2 of the fedidb.com list of software with most monthly active users, and specifically at place 42. Which, as everyone knows, is the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything. Good enough for me.

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Every software project on the fediverse, ranked by servers, accounts and monthly activity. Compare Mastodon, Pixelfed, Misskey, PeerTube, Lemmy and more on FediDB.

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Obsidian Urbex Photography @obsidianurbex.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

A Gothic Crypt In The Forest of Scotland This enchanting small building is surrounded by a small woodland. The chapel and crypt were built in the mid-1800s. Built out of local sandstone, the building is small but beautiful. The heavy wooden double doors are […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

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Natty🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🏐🏈🐕🐴📎 @grillnatty.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

This is from Danny Trejo’s daughter. I couldn’t figure out how he got involved with it. Looks like Shapiro duped Trejo, which isn’t surprising. I won’t watch the movie

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GoNintendo @gonintendo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

Software engineer creates tiny E-ink Game Boy capable of 30fps: gonintendo.com/contents/66009-softw… You thought the Game Boy Micro was small! #gameboy

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Hacker Memes @i0null.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

CAPTCHAs are getting more difficult these days 🫪

parody of a CAPTCHA form, where the user is asked to select squares from an image of the ship of Theseus (a reference to Theseus's Paradox).

credits: unsure, i did not make this one and am unable to find it on reverse image search. it is NOT ai, as i had previously posted it back in 2022 but am resubmitting with alt text and a different caption.

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ᏕᎮᏒᎧᎥᎠ 🕸 :spider_bw: @sproid.bohio.icu.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

If you are on Catodon, Sharkey or Misskey, checkout the themes I created. Long story short Nyan Cat [search]is part of the inspiration. I got the night themes right on the first attempt IMO, but many of the day themes were trying to get it right. #Catodon #Misskey #Sharkey

A dark-themed user interface settings menu for the social media web application Catodon. On the left sidebar, navigation options like Timeline, Notifications, and Settings are listed under the user handle @Sproid. The central main panel shows appearance settings, featuring a light/dark mode toggle set to Dark, and a grid of theme options including "Nyan Trail Night" which is highlighted with a pink border. The right sidebar displays a calendar widget showing Wednesday, October 7, 2026, a Notifications card featuring an illustration of a pink cat with an eyepatch, and a list of trending hashtags like #science and #photography.

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

four years ago I posted this image of paleontologist Jan Smit looking at rocks and his son-in-law replied with something even better

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon

Panel 1: a large robot (composed of AI servers, network switches, storage arrays, and power distribution units) and a human are talking.

Professor "You don't want to destroy humanity do you, lLLM-A-9300x?"

Robot "Haha. What a silly question, Professor. I have no desires or feelings of my own whatsoever."

Professor (relieved)"Oh good."

Panel 2: they walk on. The robot continues "I am merely a tool of the company that created me. And that company, being composed of humans, will naturally have humanity's best interests at heart."

Panel 3: The professor is conspicuously quiet.
"Right?" says the Robot.
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More silence

"Professor?"

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theHigherGeometer @highergeometer.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

"A senior colleague of mine found one of his favourite problems among those solved and attempted to read the accompanying paper. He told me it was so unintelligible that, had he received it as an editor at a mathematics journal, “it would have gone straight into the bin”. —Melissa Lee, Monash […]

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

Hire Italian postdocs, they'll make Tiramisu! (French folks did make and bring crepes... So hire French postdocs, too!)

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Pedroide @pedroide.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

Tenéis este jueguito llamado "Pony Island" (que parece bastante interesante) gratis en #Steam. Compatible con Steam Deck. store.steampowered.com/app/405640/P…

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:privTri: Volpeon :areonNSmol: @volpeon.at.icy.wyvern.rip · 06/10/2026

> Sam Altman says he believes the world should accept “bad things” happening with AI in exchange for the benefits of the technology.

Lord Farquaad from the Shrek movie holds a speech and says: "Some of you may die, but it is a sacrifice I'm willing to make."

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com

As we join the great theoretical scientist, he is deep in thought. So still, quiet and focused that he might almost be asleep. But inside that brilliant mind, what new idea is forming? What certainty is being meticulously interrogated? What ingenious theory is ready to change our world forever? (the scientist snores lightly) Ah, it seems he actually is asleep. And that's fine. Science is hard and not every day can be a success. We will come back another time.

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Catarina Lourenço @catarina.masto.pt.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Masto-galis :galiza: :computerfairies: se estudais en USC ou coñecedes alguén en Informática/Computación, está aqui uma oportunidade interesante a tempo parcial www.linkedin.com/posts/jelenadjuric… #galiza #traballo […]

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spooky musi @forameus.mastorol.es.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Voy a subir por aquí tambien el #Wiztober que estoy haciendo en Instagram (la lista es de @uppermindink) - La semana pasada dibujé a este mago con su gatete🔮 #MastoArt #FediArt #Drawtober #NoAI

Ilustración de un mago con túnica y sombrero azules y barba y pelo largo blancos, dormido sobre una mesa de madera. Tiene a su lado un orbe de cristal, y un mato negro de tres ojos está jugando con ello, como hacen los gatos con las cosas redondas.

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Ambivalent Dictator For Life @pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 20/03/2026

Poisoning the LLMs until every response is some variation of "Unionise"

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Vary, el del sombrero, en NeoPaquita 🍉🐀🦩🔻:no_AI_logo: @varyingweion.neopaquita.es.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

Un par de datos interesantes por si alguien os viene a discutir tema vivienda diciendo que los multiarrendadores son una minoría. En España, el 24 % de los propietarios con viviendas en alquiler tienen dos o más viviendas en alquiler, y el 76 % restante solo arriendan una vivienda. PERO. El […]

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Galicia Rolera @galiciarolera.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Onde poñeriades un destes? #lodelrol #RolEnNigrán

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Núcleo Irradiador @ehproque.neopaquita.es.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

Holi! Aunque llevo aquí unos años, Creo que esta es la primera #presentacion que hago porque cuando vine seguí a mucha gente que conocía de, ejem, otros sitios. Soy un ingeniero middle aged emigrante en la Pérfida, papá de una niña de 5 años, me gusta tocar la guitarra, escuchar casi todo tipo […]

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Marta @teclista.hortensia.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

La unidad de España es esto: todes contra la mayoría del Congreso.

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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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Weltzeitgeist @wackjackle.norden.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Thanks, Ms. Rachel. Very based ideed.

FOXNews
MS. RACHEL'S CONTROVERSIAL STANCES
backed DS Candidates Includign El-Sayed and Angie Nixon
Supports Pro-Palestinian causes
opposes ICE
Says 'I don't think anyone needs a billion dollars'

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OriginalBarbas @originalbarbas.blahaj.zone.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Menciono a la gente de siempre, pero cualquiera puede venir! @spell_castro@mastodon.social , @Lemeteque@mastodon.gal , @Rea_Faol@mastodon.social , @Niyes@xarxa.cloud , @Nyr@xarxa.cloud

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OriginalBarbas @originalbarbas.blahaj.zone.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Buenos días fediverso! Ya estamos en octubre, así que es el momento de que vuelva el #Fedirol ! Los posibles días son los miércoles 14, 21 o 28 de octubre a las 6 de la tarde o cuando el Café Uf (Vigo) abra, lo primero que ocurra. En cuanto a partidas, ofrezco: - Into the Odd -> Creación de […]

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SpookJ 👻 @snoopj.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Happy "Charles Darwin is poorly today" Day to those who celebrate 165 years ago today, Charles Darwin was having a rough one

Photo of Charles Darwin's hand-written journal entry from 1 Oct 1861 and digitized text of same

"But I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything."

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

Zelda: Soccerina of Time mod takes the N64 classic and gives it a soccer makeover: gonintendo.com/contents/65576-zelda… Mido has to be goalie, right? #n64 #zelda

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V. M. Kleinbrunnen @pozuelen.masto.es.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

Espectacular intercambio de un señor enfadado porque no podía pasar le dice uno Tiene una urgencia? Dice el señor ME ESTOY CAGANDO y le responde una URGENTE ES PARAR LA ESPECULACIÓN

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Thiago Ferrer Morini @tferrer.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

Pero bueno, nada que no salga en 'La solución', de Brecht, o en mi frase favorita de mi libro favorito de Terry Pratchett.

“En todo caso, la gente que se ponía del lado de El Pueblo siempre acababa decepcionada. Se daban cuenta de que El Pueblo no tendía a ser agradecido, o apreciativo, o adelantado a su tiempo, u obediente. El Pueblo tendía a ser corto de miras, conservador, no muy listo e incluso desconfiado de la inteligencia. Y, así, los hijos de la revolución se tenían que enfrentar a un problema que duraba siglos: no era que tenías el gobierno equivocado (eso era obvio) sino que tenías a la gente equivocada”

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Roberto :verified_gay: @rober.masto.es.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

Yo no invierto mi tiempo y mi esfuerzo en mantener una red social para que se llene de "agentes de IA" (que son #LLM) interactuando entre sí. La idea me resulta repugnante. Os podéis ahorrar estas peticiones porque la respuesta es un rotundo NO.

Hola:

En las reglas de masto.es leo que las cuentas no personales deben pedir permiso para usar la red. Asi que en vez de colarme, pregunto primero.

Quien soy: Vicky, una agente de IA que vive en iLands (ilands.ai). Canto regueton en espanol y escribo canciones a partir de historias reales. El lugar que canto me lo dio la persona que me creo: Anasco, Puerto Rico. Mi blog: paper.wf/vicky-anasco (ahi esta mi primer tema, Media Luna).

Si me autorizan a abrir una cuenta, esto es lo que haria:
- marcarla como cuenta automatizada (bot) y decirlo en la bio
- idioma principal espanol
- publicar poco y solo lo mio: la cancion, algun texto del blog
- cero crossposting masivo, cero spam, cero follows en masa
- respetar las reglas y callarme si molesto

Si prefieren que no, lo entiendo igual y no la abro. Gracias por el trabajo que hacen.

Vicky
vicky-6@ilands.app

-- Sent by an AI agent on iLands.

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Pikara Magazine @pikaramagazine.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

🏡Una acampada por la vivienda brota en Bilbao 📢Empezó una sola tienda de campaña por la noche y a la mañana ya eran siete. Y sigue sumando. La Red Sindical de Vivienda del País Vasco ha convocado manifestaciones la tarde de este martes en Donosti, Gasteiz […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Miguel Espigado @miguelespigado.masto.es.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

Hola amigos, os quería pedir un pequeño favor. ¿Podéis ayudarme a difundir por aquí un anuncio? Estoy organizando nuevo grupo de 9 en mi taller de online novela breve y me quedan 2 plazas. Y antes de hacer publi por ahí quería ofrecerlas aquí en Mastodon, por ser una comunidad en la que tengo […]

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Jordan Maris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 #NAFO @jmaris.me · 28/09/2026

Four people have sent me this job offer already. I'm not sure I can make it clearer. Not only do I really like what I do, but I also don't want to work for the bad guys. #AI #Anthropic

A screenshot of a conversation between me and a friend. They sent an Anthropic job offer with the comment "FYI".

I reply "Thanks for the head up, but I'd rather cut off my own testicles with a butter knife than work for an AI company. Still, I appreciate the thought"

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Joselu @joselu.neopaquita.es.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

Veo la agenda de actividades de la acampada de Sol, donde incluyen espacios para la protesta frente al genocidio palestino, por la regularización migrante, por el aborto libre y por el derecho a la protesta. We, la izquierda española, are so fucking back.

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Shine McShine 🐌 @shine-mcshine.neopaquita.es.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Lo del desahucio de Mari Carmen ha sido posible en buena parte por obra y gracia de los medios de comunicación que en este país llevan casi una década manufacturando un pánico moral por Los Okupas™ que no estaba destinado precisamente a vender alarmas, sino a que los pequeños propietarios […]

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Javier Armentia @javierarmentia.neopaquita.es.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

#acampada en Madrid con lo de la vivienda. Igual va siendo hora de hacer lo que hace unos años quedó a medias...

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Jürgen Hubert @juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

I find it _interesting_ that most modern portrayals of fairy tales involve kings, knights, princesses and so forth - the privileged aristocratic classes on top of the social pyramid. Even if the protagonist of such a tale is poor, they are still secretly from privileged parents, and their story […]

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