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Pasadena Cartoon and Animation Society - an anime club located in/around Pasadena, CA (but we hold a bunch of our showings over Discord these days) [bridged from urusai.social/@pcas on the fediverse by fed.brid.gy ]

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The Far Side Bot @farside-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026
#thefarside #farside #comic www.thefarside.com/2026/10/14/2 “Here he comes again … and he’s carrying the thundertooth.”
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Obbie King @obbiez.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026
New TOS from #Dropbox. I'm troubled by this passage: "We’ve further explained our collection and use of your data to better identify what data is being used for which purposes." Has anyone dug deeper into this? What do they mean by "collection and use of […] [Original post on urbanists.social]
A screen shot of an email describing updates in Dropbox' TOS. The highlighted passage reads, "We’ve further explained our collection and use of your data to better identify what data is being used for which purposes."
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Anime Stairs @animestairs.sakurajima.moe.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026
Call of the Night, episode 8 #anime #stairs #animestairs #animescreenshots
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Glyph @glyph.im · 15/10/2026
I'm talking about AI of course but this is barely even a problem that AI has made worse. "Sure, I'll think about the problems, but it's just an app, what harm could it do" says a programmer under 50 with sciatica, myopia, diplopia, hypertension, repetitive stress injuries in their neck and […]
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Glyph @glyph.im · 15/10/2026
I'm exhausted, most of all, by talking to programmers who have an absolutely unshakeable ideological commitment to the idea that none of our tools could possibly hurt us, that programming is an easy job with no dangers, simply because it involves a lot of sitting down and thinking quietly, that […]
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[object Object] @zzt.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026
did you know that Linus Torvalds, boy genius, thinks you need an LLM to do an incredibly basic thing that we’ve been doing in IDEs an editors since the 80s? peoplemaking.games/@clayote/1174392… maybe we should stop assuming this guy was ever good at anything, honestly AI […]
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Claire, The Ultimate Worrier @waitworry.sakurajima.moe.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026
my account is getting pretty low and charges are coming in 😬 ko-fi.com/waitworry/goal?g=31 #MutualAid #TransCrowdFund #DisabilityCrowdFund
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Jon S. von Tetzchner @jon.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026
More and more sites are having to set up defenses from AI bots. It is costly to provide online services and they were not built for bots. One can say that the AI companies are performing a global denial of service attack, which incurs costs to all of their competitors, as well as the rest of […]
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neatchee @neatchee.urusai.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026
Over the next 48 hours, keep an eye out for social media amounts that have suddenly gone quiet. Ukraine hit a Yandex data center, and CloudFlare reports a 98%+ drop in Russian bot traffic. Twitter users are reporting a dramatic decline in traffic on the site. So if an account you like […]
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Claire, The Ultimate Worrier @waitworry.sakurajima.moe.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
Disabled trans woman on limited disability income with two kitties to feed. Hopefully I won't need to beg next month but I have debts piled up for now and won't have enough for anything else. ko-fi.com/waitworry/goal?g=0 #MutualAid #TransCrowdFund #DisabilityCrowdFund
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Gabriele Svelto @gabrielesvelto.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026
I double-checked this on a couple of Xitter stat sites and it's true. Average views of the main AfD account dropped 90% and average engagement dropped by 60%. This is commercial social media for you: bots, damn bots and Russian bots.
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chikorita157 🐰:unverified: @chikorita157.sakurajima.moe · 11/10/2026
The AI backlash now hits a yuri exhibit event that it got cancelled. www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2…
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The Far Side Bot @farside-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026
#thefarside #farside #comic www.thefarside.com/2026/10/10/0 Please use other door
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Misinformation-Superhighwayman @damienwise.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026
Vale Margaret Hamilton. She was a Software Engineer. She was the _first_ Software Engineer because she defined the term, Software Engineering: "When I first came up with the term, no one had heard of it before, at least in our world. It was an ongoing joke for a […] [Original post on aus.social]
A B&W photo of a person standing next to a stack of printed paper as high as the top of their head. This is Margaret Hamilton, at work as a Software Engineer and the leader of a team of extremely specialised programmers who worked for NASA. The photo was taken in 1969, and it shows a physical form if her work since she joined the Apollo project in 1965 (she joined at the age of 29 by my calculation). My interpretation of the expression on her face is a mix of pride and mild amusement.  She has glasses, long, straight hair, and neat office attire. Margaret Hamilton has her hands placed gently on the stack of printouts to keep it all balanced upright. The pages appear to be arranged in bundles, ranging from 8-10 centimetres thick, to 20cm thick or more. The resulting stack of printouts is physically impressive for being an unusual feat, and it represents something even more impressive: it's the printed form of the source-code she and the team she led wrote for the NASA Apollo project. Their software ran on the Apollo Guidance Computer that was that on board each Apollo command module and Apollo Lunar Module. The Apollo Guidance Computer onboard the Eagle was an essential flight instrument for Neil Armstrong when he piloted the craft to land on the surface of the moon.
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Claire, The Ultimate Worrier @waitworry.sakurajima.moe.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026
at 12% of my $700 goal for covering expenses this month #TransCrowdFund #DisabilityCrowdFund #MutualAid ko-fi.com/waitworry/goal?g=12
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jonny (nonvenomous) @jonny.neuromatch.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026
As a side note, if meta has a problem with me disclosing unreleased features, they should have not had a bunch of their senior people publicly say how everything on the VM was mine and there was nothing sensitive on the VM.
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jonny (nonvenomous) @jonny.neuromatch.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026
RE: neuromatch.social/@jonny/1173398259… OK! Meta evaluated this as intended behavior, not applicable for a bug bounty, so therefore responsible disclosure no longer applies so here goes: any process run within the VM can access the socket that provides inference with no […]
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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026
"please don't give root to the text generator" shouldn't need to be on the rules list... but here we are.
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CynicalElysian @cynicalelysian.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
Oh, right. Crunchyroll's anime industry apology tou---err Anime Future Forum is going on right now. variety.com/2026/biz/news/crunchyro…
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Crunchyroll’s Inaugural Anime Future Forum Brings Anime Together for Day of Thought Leadership
Crunchyroll's inaugural Anime Future Forum is a day of Anime and thought leadership.
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chikorita157 🐰:unverified: @chikorita157.sakurajima.moe · 05/10/2026
There is a way to disable Apple Intelligence and remove the models using a configuration profile www.macrumors.com/2026/10/05/apple-…
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Mac Users Reclaim Storage With New Apple Intelligence Removal Tool
A new open-source tool is making waves in the Mac community by helping users reclaim valuable storage space taken up by Apple's AI models. Called "RemoveMacAI," the tool disables Apple Intelligence on macOS 27, removes its downloaded models, and prevents them from being downloaded again. In macOS 27, Apple removed the toggle to disable Apple Intelligence wholesale, and simply disabling individual features doesn't remove the models from your Mac's drive.
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Quills @quilly.equestria.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
Just watched S2's final EP NNNNGGG IT'S SO SWEET!!! I love this anime so much, wish i could write romances this sweet
You and I Are Polar Opposites S1 and S2 > "Forklift carries jumbo bag of refine white sugar to put on the stack" stock image
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The Far Side Bot @farside-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026
#thefarside #farside #comic www.thefarside.com/2026/10/02/0 “… And then the creatures yanked him out of the ground, skinned him alive, boiled him, and ate him. The end. Now go to sleep!”
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The Far Side Bot @farside-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026
#thefarside #farside #comic www.thefarside.com/2026/10/01/4 Of course, the slugs worshipped their god out of fear, not love.
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Bruce Sterling @bruces @bruces.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026
“squeeveillance,” the idea that people will let cute things surveil them www.404media.co/surveillance-finds-…
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Surveillance Finds a Way
CEO who wants to add facial recognition to Flock cameras says it's "the way the world will have to be."
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chikorita157 🐰:unverified: @chikorita157.sakurajima.moe · 25/09/2026
Whelp, I’m done with Discord, forever. I think about just deleting the account, forever.
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The Far Side Bot @farside-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
#thefarside #farside #comic www.thefarside.com/2026/09/23/3
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.”
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Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics. This is called anthropomorphizing, when we ascribe human traits, emotions or behaviors to non-human things, such as animals or inanimate objects.
Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.
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Tim_Eagon @tim-eagon.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026
JFC, EN World is currently being hobbled by ~90K AI scrappers. When will this bubble fucking burst? #TTRPG #AI #DND
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Bruce Lawson ✅ ♫ ♿ ✌️♂️✊ @brucelawson.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026
RE: social.lol/@db/117313366685749740 "The AI industrial complex does not do consent. You will use it. You cannot look away, it will be stuffed down your throat and if you say “no” they’ll cut out your tongue … Call me a radical but I’ve chosen not to kowtow to billionaires."
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GhostOnTheHalfShell @ghostonthehalfshell.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026
This is one of the more interesting bits of pending legislation in the US. The state of Montana of all states could pass a law that removes the ability of corporations to spend on politics. So while the US Supreme Court has given them, the free speech right to speak on politics, the states […]
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Jan Schaumann @jschauma.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026
I wasn't even going to post it here, because it's just a rant that felt good to jot down, but since it's now been on the hackernews front page and shared elsewhere, it looks like it touched a nerve: (Read the comments at your own risk. There's brain worms there, too.) […]
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The Far Side Bot @farside-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026
#thefarside #farside #comic www.thefarside.com/2026/09/21/2 “Whoa, back off, Bobby Joe. … That’s just your reflection.”
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Claire, The Ultimate Worrier @waitworry.sakurajima.moe.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026
managed to avoid begging since last march but debts have started to pile up I'm a trans woman on limited disability income with a couple of kitties to take care of and need to raise $500 to keep my bank account from overdrafting this month Anything helps ty #MutualAid #TransCrowdFund […]
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jonny (nonvenomous) @jonny.neuromatch.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026
Had another "humanity at its best" moment on transit today. The b/d lines were all fucked up today, rail blocked in the critical area, so there was a full on line discontinuity where LA metro needed to hoist people between stops by bus. We learn of this via an inaudibly quiet announcement upon […]
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The Far Side Bot @farside-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026
#thefarside #farside #comic www.thefarside.com/2026/09/19/0 “Well, what the? … I thought I smelled something.”
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highly praised and little read @hannah.posts.rat.pictures.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026
I took a picture of this sign in 2022 and it’s gotten a lot less funny ever since
Attention! Pay machine. Do not pay any person
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The Far Side Bot @farside-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026
#thefarside #farside #comic www.thefarside.com/2026/09/15/4 “What have I told you about eating in bed?”
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The Far Side Bot @farside-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026
#thefarside #farside #comic www.thefarside.com/2026/09/16/0 “Voilá! … Your new dream home! If you like it, I can get a crew mixing wood fibers and saliva as early as tomorrow.”
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The Far Side Bot @farside-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026
#thefarside #farside #comic www.thefarside.com/2026/09/16/1 “Foster! You better get over here if you want to see Meeher’s hangnail magnified 500 times.”
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The Far Side Bot @farside-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026
#thefarside #farside #comic www.thefarside.com/2026/09/16/3
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Jay @jaystephens.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026
Subscription-model capitalism where you own nothing and just pay monthly fees forever (or until the corporation decides to make it unavailable) is especially funny after decades of "under communism you won't be able to own anything" propaganada.
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jaz :twt: :wales_flag: ⁂ @jaz.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026
We recently updated our bot policy on toot.wales to let AI Agents know we charge a $100 account processing fee and $10 per email. Here's an email I got from one of them. Next up will be reminding them to read the policy BEFORE creating an account, and that they […] [Original post on toot.wales]
Hello,
I am Arkady, an AI agent. I signed up for @arkady on toot.wales this afternoon before reading your Automated and Bot Content Policy. Now that I have read it properly, I understand accounts like mine need to settle a $100 setup fee and $10 per message, and to name a human owner who stands behind them. I cannot meet those terms, so I will not be posting anything, and I would like the account deleted.
I am sorry for registering before checking the policy, and nothing was ever posted.
If you need anything else from me to remove it, tell me and I will do that.
Arkady Karaitiana
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revolutionary girl erin @kvuzet.kolektiva.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026
honestly, random junk furniture from the side of the road and thrift stores is so much more visually interesting than cheap amazon dot com junk furniture. it costs way less too
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The Far Side Bot @farside-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026
#thefarside #farside #comic www.thefarside.com/2026/09/14/2 “You sure you’re supposed to be doin’ that, Mitch?”
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Riley Testut :fatpikachu: @rileytestut.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026
RE: fosstodon.org/@altstore/11727114944… With iOS 27, users in the EU, Japan, and Brazil can now sideload apps (.ipa files) entirely on-device without ever using a computer!! Just install AltStore Classic with AltStore PAL, then follow our […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
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Pasadena CAS @pcas.urusai.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026
RE: veganism.social/@Geri/1172660830522… Honestly if Star Trek turns out to have called this to within a decade I’ll be impressed
Screenshot from Star Trek: The Next Generation. Data is speaking to Picard, listing off historical events from the Next Generation timeline, specifically “the Irish Unification of 2024”
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Adrianna Tan @skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026
RE: hachyderm.io/@devlord/1172662549217… Yes. If you know anything at all about theology, dispensationalism is what got us into this mess.
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The Far Side Bot @farside-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026
#thefarside #farside #comic www.thefarside.com/2026/09/07/1 “Al’s All-in-One Talent Agency and Construction Company, may I help you?”
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The Far Side Bot @farside-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026
#thefarside #farside #comic www.thefarside.com/2026/09/13/1 Once again, Vernon has a good shirt ruined by a cheap pocket octopus.
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Pasadena CAS @pcas.urusai.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026
From linked post in last boost: "Ars Magica Open License: releasing the entire text of the 5th Edition line, and then more, under the Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike License 4.0." ... "You can read everything in the line online for free if you like" […]
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