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@PixelJones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy

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Technologist, coder, interested in tech/culture intersection, pixel art, pulp art, idea films #Futurism #Tech #Coder #PixelArt #PulpArt #VintageNeon #Neon […] [bridged from mindly.social/@PixelJones on the fediverse by fed.brid.gy ]

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PixelJones @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

Make Miners Cough Up Their Lungs Again #DJT's rollback of protections and promotion of "Clean Coal" is bringing back worst levels of Black Lung since 1970s www.npr.org/2026/08/05/nx-s1-589488… #Coal #Workers #Miners #ProtectWorkers

Graph of percent of Mine Workers with Black Lung by Years Worked
It shows that workers at every experience level getting diagnosed with Black Lung at 1980s levels (35% of workers w/ 25 years or more of experience), more than double the rates in the 2000s.

PixelJones @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

For #ProjectHailMary fans: Scientists have found an amoeba that survives and reproduces at RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES up to 63 C or 145 F. Not Astrophage but might feel kind of at home on Eridani. #science #microbiology Found in thermal hot springs creek in California. Link to paper in comments.

Illustration from scientific paper showing the replication and motility range of temperatures (42C to 63C) for hottest-surviving amoeba found in geothermal hot springs creek in California.

PixelJones @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

Animated 3D model reconstructions of Henry T. Brown’s 507 Mechanical Movements (1908). 507movements3d.com #Machines #mechanics #mechanical #engineering

One page of mechanisms 31 to 39 in 1900's drafted illustration style overlaid with one color 3D model of mechanism 39.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

🔥 TEXAS: “Registered voters in Tarrant County has increased 30% — to be closing polling stations is blatant voter suppression… when I joined the Navy, I swore an oath to defend the Constitution from enemies foreign and domestic…Talking to you, Comrades."

PixelJones @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/07/2026

Terrific video essay: How could Fascists love Supwrman, Star Trek & Star Wars yet think they have suddenly "gone woke?" youtu.be/lyrlfvAN-kA

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PixelJones @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/07/2026

Jellyfish Dancers #AIArt by @PixelJones using #ArtspaceAI Prompt: photorealistic surreal vivid scene of organic hybrid jellyfish women dancing wildly in shallow water at sunset on the beach, laughing and turning toward the camera, jellyfish headwear, eyes […] [Original post on mindly.social]

Hybrid jellyfish women dancing wildly in shallow water at sunset on the beach, laughing and turning toward the camera, jellyfish headwear, eyes glowing with soft inner light, translucent gowns, and glowing tentacle hair, intricate inner lights and bioluminescent detail

Hybrid jellyfish women dancing wildly in shallow water at sunset on the beach, laughing and turning toward the camera, jellyfish headwear, eyes glowing with soft inner light, translucent gowns, and glowing tentacle hair, intricate inner lights and bioluminescent detail

Hybrid jellyfish women dancing wildly in shallow water at sunset on the beach, laughing and turning toward the camera, jellyfish headwear, eyes glowing with soft inner light, translucent gowns, and glowing tentacle hair, intricate inner lights and bioluminescent detail

Hybrid jellyfish women dancing wildly in shallow water at sunset on the beach, laughing and turning toward the camera, jellyfish headwear, eyes glowing with soft inner light, translucent gowns, and glowing tentacle hair, intricate inner lights and bioluminescent detail

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PixelJones @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/07/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@gedeonm/1169412787… What a fool and what a waste: #TexasFlood has caused #GregAbbott 's "Flood-proof" $96 million "floating border wall" boondoggle to break up & HUNDREDS of ONE-TON buoys are barreling toward bridges near Laredo. #Texas #Trump […]

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PixelJones @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/07/2026

FUN and eye-opening: How tech firms & tech policy have rigged everything from Social Media, Cars, Medical Equipment, Farming & Food ... and HOW WE CAN FIX IT. ** Best conversation you'll hear this week ** @pluralistic #righttorepair @eff youtu.be/CK8M5sKWRkc

PixelJones @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/07/2026

Great news for #RIGHTTOREPAIR! Consumers have successfully won the right to fix their own (often hugely expensive) #JohnDeere equipment. For decades, Deere has held an IRON GRIP on repair and modification of farm equipment, equating owners attempting to tweak, repair or reverse-engineer products […]

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PixelJones @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/07/2026

Cutaway Clockworks #AIArt by Stephen Jones using Artspace Aside: I like to clarify that while I thoroughly embrace and support human-made art as the irreplaceable soul of culture, I also enjoy the idle hobby of AI art. I accept the inherent contradiction and […] [Original post on mindly.social]

Robot ballerina cutaway to show internal mechanism of gears, cylinders, and wires on a blueprint background.

Robotic hand holding a red rose cutaway to show internal mechanism of gears, cylinders, and wires on a blueprint background.

Robot duck cutaway to show internal mechanism of gears, cylinders, and wires on a blueprint background.

Robot rabbit cutaway to show internal mechanism of gears, cylinders, and wires on a blueprint background.

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Indio Gringo ® @paninid.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026

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Harry Rasmussen @harryrasmussen.toot.community.ap.brid.gy · 19/06/2026

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Matt Blaze @mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/06/2026

West Trenton (Ewing), NJ, 2015 All the pixels, each semi-transparent, at www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/210… #photography

An early 20th century passenger train station, with an awning over the platform, across tracks. A blurred train streaks by in foreground.

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Daniël Franke :panheart: @ainmosni.ainmosni.eu.ap.brid.gy · 20/06/2026

We need more places to openly take stands like Thomas House.

PixelJones @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/06/2026

First time seeing the first postage stamp, called the "Penny Black" I couldn't help seeing "MonepennyH" Does anybody else see that and think of the character "Miss Moneypenny" in James Bond? Nothing on the Internet backs this up, mind you. Wikipedia says […] [Original post on mindly.social]

PixelJones @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/06/2026

House of EL (PhD computer science) has a terrifically clear explanation of this idiotic Claude ban: www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4nFEQb7kZo The military establishment is freaking out that the same AI that corporations are promoting to WRITE and FIX code can also be used to HACK code […]

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PixelJones @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/05/2026

WATCH THIS if you care about AI DATACENTER WATER USE. Spoiler: Is it worth worrying about? YES. Is it a CATASTROPHE waiting to happen? Not necessarily. AI ELECTRICITY USE, on the other hand... #AI #AIImpact #datacenter youtu.be/H_c6MWk7PQc

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JamesWNeal @jameswneal.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/05/2026

RE: universeodon.com/@tafnn/11662107217… “You think I'm gonna take a f—ing dime from Trump and the government after he's using this thing to cover him and his family in perpetuity for all of their crimes?” he told Cronkite News by phone. “You think I'm gonna take a dime of that […]

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PixelJones @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/05/2026

PUBLIC SERVICE: Have you recently swallowed POISON and need to induce vomiting? WATCH THIS VIDEO to see the VOMITOUS eyesore that is the proposed ARCH de TRUMP that will BLOT OUT the entire serene view of Arlington National Cemetery. Who does this honor? Who's it for? Trump says only "ME." […]

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PixelJones @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/05/2026

Someday we will ALL laugh at this ... but right now 1/3rd of us don't see the joke. #DJT #GoldenIdol #CultofDonald

Preacher at podium, leading prayer before dedication of Trump's golden statue. Large statue with arm upraised in a fist. Statue draped in white and blue covering.
Three speech bubbles superimposed:
1) Statue bubble: "Waah. My Golden Idol isn't Golden enough" - DJT (actual complaint)
2) Bubble over pastor: "As we prey at the feet of this Golden Idol ... Let me be clear: This is _not_ a Golden Calf." - Pastor (actual tweet)
3) Bubble pointed at men in suits under statue: "We're not a cult. If we were a cult would think it was normal to sit at the feet of a 22' Golden Idol?"

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PixelJones @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/05/2026

RE: thepit.social/@peter/11654628328114… Beyond embarrassing: Pastor: "I'm praying over this Golden Idol but but it is in no way idolatry, I promise." White men in suites: "Amen. We're not in a cult of white men" Trump: (True story) "I'm furious because it isn't solid gold. I […]

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PixelJones @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/05/2026

#Iran #IranWar #LindseyGraham #OccupyDemocrats

Pictures: George Conway (left), Lindsey Graham (right)
Lindsey Graham: "If we can take back control of the Strait of Hormuz, it is checkmate.
George Conway: "Interesting. This must be a new kind of chess where you compete to put the pieces back where they were before you smacked them off the board."

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Anne @annecavicchi.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/04/2026

Things that make you go hmmmm 🤔 Satire at its finest.

An image of Trump with the words, “Iran agrees to end war only if there is a regime change in U.S.”

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PixelJones @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/05/2026

Too funny. This is a hilarious response to Richard Dawkins waxing poetic about the intelligence and depth of his AI "friend" who he gendered female. @mattsheffield 's response: Dawkins: "Though a complex organism appears to be like a watch that can only have been intentionally designed by a […]

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PixelJones @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/04/2026

#Israel #Iran #IranWar

Headline over ancient cracked tablet with carved text: "Archaeologists discover 3,000 year-old Isrealite tablet and decode its inscription. It reads: "Iran is only weeks away from developing a nuclear weapon."
original by Stephen Moran

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PixelJones @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/04/2026

#ProjectHailMary is one of the best movies in the last few years but the main complaint I hear from fans of the book is "...but the book was better! They left important part X, Y or Z out!" Well, the film editor has confirmed that the first rough cut was 6 […] [Original post on mindly.social]

“The editor's cut was about six hours long. | like to put everything together so that we can go back and look at it later. It's all got to be assembled at some point. It's footage that | can insert into a sequence or insert into the movie. If it's a scene that was lifted - even though | know some of it, in my heart will definitely not go into the movie - | just have it edited so that it's something that we can refer to. Or maybe there's a piece of it we can use after having an assembly and weeding out the stuff that's absolutely not going to be in the movie. We ended up with a 3:45 cut of the movie that we screened for test audiences. It wasn't practical to release a long movie like that, so we made some tough decisions an
did some fancy montages and jump cutting just to make things go a little bit quicker and hone it down. The movie that was released was the best version of
the movie. It's entertaining. It holds your attention.”
- Joel Negron, ACE, editor, “Project Hail Mary”

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PixelJones @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/03/2026

DEFYING #ICE AT WORK: Like the beginning of Schindler's List reminds us, CONCENTRATION CAMPS need ARCHITECTS. Thankfully, at least 70 EMPLOYEES realized what they were building and REVOLTED against doing this DIRTY WORK for immigration thugs. ** RESPECT ** […]

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PixelJones @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/03/2026

My wife and I just got back from an early screening of PROJECT HAIL MARY. In short: It stands up to the beloved book and meets the wild expectations people had for the movie. It manages to wrap ENORMOUS HEART & HUMOR around real science fiction storytelling […] [Original post on mindly.social]

A metal lapel pin that says "Amaze. Amaze. Amaze" in futuristic lettering.
The packaging says "Project Hail Mary" and "IMAX AMC."

PixelJones @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/03/2026

Here's a POWEFUL example of "good" machine models (#AI). This clever model allows hundreds of thousands of clay tablets locked UNREAD in museums to finally be READ, replacing an expensive 3D scanning process requiring trained technicians with an "AI" that can clean up tablets and (eventually) […]

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PixelJones @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/03/2026

Ribbon Pierced Androids #AIArt by @PixelJones using #Artspace.ai Prompt: Intricate white marble bust of an [elegant|crazy smiling|angry] android head. Finely carved mechanical details, glimpses of inner gears and framework pierced by several shiny red silk […] [Original post on mindly.social]

White marble female android sculpture with intricate mechanism permeated by red ribbons like blowing hair

White marble female android sculpture with intricate mechanism permeated by red ribbons covering her eyes and piercing the figure from every angle

White marble female android sculpture with intricate mechanism permeated by curls of red ribbons

Angry white marble female android sculpture with intricate mechanism permeated by red ribbons covering her eyes and blown backwards like vibrant hair

PixelJones @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/03/2026

One of the best (and ethical) uses of "AI" I've seen lately which illustrates well how the human-in-the-loop is the REAL GENIUS of these systems. Here's the story of an FX artist working through how to use an AI/LLM to solve the numerous problems of shooting on green screens. The AI wasn't […]

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PixelJones @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/03/2026

Depicted here: The biggest ARSE feeling FREE to sign evidence of his international war crimes. #PeteHegseth

U.S. Secretary of War signing an artilary shell. Behind him is a banner wrapped around a wall so the large words on it say "The ARSE of FREE."

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PixelJones @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/03/2026

RELIGIOUS ZEALOTS THIRSTING FOR WAR: A watchdog organization has received HUNDREDS of complaints from enlisted #USMILITARY personnel that their COMMANDERS (encouraged by extremist #PeteHegseth) are CELEBRATING the attack on #Iran as a DIVINELY-INSPIRED means to bring about --END TIMES--, pushing […]

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PixelJones @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/02/2026

This spoof of GoFundMe hits hard (but true). Only in America where healthcare is run like the Hunger Games could you hear a CEO say out loud: “I run a popularity contest where if you lose you die!” #USAHealthcare #UniversalHealthcare #MedicareForAll www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIsXEkR5OVs

PixelJones @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/02/2026

Final Verdict: #DOGE was a death-dealing, jobs-destroying waste of time and tax dollars. (Link to full report in comments)

Real Legacy of DOGE:

DESPITE SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO'S
LIE THAT “[N]O ONE HAS DIED” AS A RESULT OF
USAID CUTS, REPORTING HAS SHOWN THAT THE
ABRUPT CUTTING OFF OF FOOD AND MEDICAL
SUPPLIES DIRECTLY LED TO THE [DEATHS] OF 90,000
ADULTS AND 200,000 CHILDREN.

This analysis demonstrates that the high costs of DOGE
unequivocally erase any verified savings it can claim,
raising concerns that President Trump and Mr. Musk took
advantage of the public's demands for a more efficient,
effective government to instead serve their own personal
interests.

A FIRM SPECIALIZING IN HELPING
EMPLOYEES TRANSITION AFTER
JOB LOSS IDENTIFIED DOGE AS THE
LEADING REASON FOR JOB CUTS
IN AMERICA IN 2025.

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PixelJones @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/02/2026

Truest political quote you'll ever hear. Galbraith first said this in a speech 62 years ago and it is truer today, although the "moral philosophy" of current conservatives dispenses with both the "moral" and the "philosophy" part. It's all just self-justified […] [Original post on mindly.social]

The modern conservative is engaged in one of
man's oldest, best financed, most applauded,
and, on the whole, least successful exercises
in moral philosophy.
That is the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.
- JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH

PixelJones @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/02/2026

OK, puzzle friends. Here's a fun daily game that's fiendishly simple, just higher-lower for words. It scores like golf, where your guesses are strokes and low score wins. #Game #DailyGames #wordgame purpleword.com

Purple Word - Daily Word Puzzle Game

A daily word puzzle game. Can you find the purple word? Play free online word game with daily challenges!

PixelJones @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/01/2026

Found this terrific collection of #stereo images from early 1900s around South Knoxville, Tennessee mostly taken by C.A. Wayland Pictures include animals and acts from the Appalachian Exposition of 1910 and Prohibition Parades of 1907. #Stereography #Tennessee […] [Original post on mindly.social]

Black and white stereo pair of images of a smiling seated woman with a leopard in her lap

Black and white stereo pair of images of a strong man or muscular boxer posing defiantly with arms crossed over his chest. A punching bag hanging nearby.

Black and white stereo pair of images of a woman in Asian clothing, long shawl and a headdress. A man in native dress and a hat in the background along with another women in native costume.

Black and white stereo pair of images of an elephant submerged in a lake up to its shoulders, its head raised and mouth open with a man posed perching with one foot on the elephant's neck and one on its head. He's holding its trunk arched back toward him.

PixelJones @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/01/2026

Still Life with Lego & Weather Station Chicago-land, USA (-12F, high of ~8 expected, -30F to -40 windchill)

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PixelJones @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/01/2026

Found this 1833 map of "Chicago Town - Population 350" and realized that where I work (the Federal Reserve building) would have been just three blocks South of the original street grid (which ended at Madison) and a short walk South of William Jones farm. If […] [Original post on mindly.social]

1933 map of Chicago Town (population 350).
At the time, it was a small 4x4 grid of streets with the same names as now.
The map is oriented with Lake Michigan at the bottom (so East is down).
I've extended the original grid South to include the Federal Reserve building (marked) plus the location of the Willis/Sears Tower near the river West of the original grid.

Inset of 1933 map of Chicago Town (population 350).
I've extended Chicago's original grid South to include the Federal Reserve building (marked) where it is now plus the location of the Willis/Sears Tower near the river West of the original grid.
The Fed building is just a few blocks south of large plot of land on the original map labelled "William Jones Farm" which would have been on the edge of the original town.

PixelJones @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/01/2026

RE: hachyderm.io/@numb_comfortably/1159… This prediction is so true. To be honest, I do mostly enjoy conversational summaries/answers to searches by AI ... but ... also had the "stochastic parrots" confidently get answers wrong often enough that I _ALWAYS_ have to confirm […]

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PixelJones @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/01/2026

Choose Life? Protect Life? Nah, profit is everything #EPA #Profiteering

Title:
Pollution & Profit - are everything
People & lives - mean nothing
Text:
Trump’s EPA will no longer consider impacts
on human lives when setting pollution limits,
focusing instead on costs to businesses.
Since the 1980s, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
has used a metric called the “Value of a Statistical Life,” which
essentially assigns a value to human life, when considering cost-
benefit analysis of pollution limits. As TechCrunch simplified,
“lowering pollution can prolong human life, so if the health
benefits of reducing pollution outweighed the costs, then there
was an economic argument to be made in favor of reductions.”

The Trump administration’s EPA has now decided to reverse
decades of practice when it comes to considering the impacts
on human lives when setting pollution limits on fine particle
matter and ozone - two of the most widespread air pollutants.
(Long-term exposure to both pollutants is linked to asthma,
heart and lung disease and premature death.) The agency will
instead estimate -only- the cost to businesses.

Per reporting from NYTimes, who obtained internal documents
of the plans, “The change could make it easier to repeal limits on
these pollutants from coal-burning power plants, oil refineries,
steel mills and other industrial facilities across the country, the
emails and documents show. That would most likely lower costs
for companies while resulting in dirtier air.”

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PixelJones @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/01/2026

Truly Awful. Temperatures right now (43C = 109F) in Australia and New Zealand have killed Flying Foxes in the thousands. That's on top of 20,000+ of these lovely "sky puppies" that died in last April's heatwave. The nursing moms and pups are the most vulnerable. #ClimateChange #Australia […]

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PixelJones @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/01/2026

If you read ONE THING about #AI and the #AIBubble and its impact on jobs, creators and artists, then read #CoryDoctorow (@pluralistic) 's speech where he calls out the dangers and delusions behind it all […]

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PixelJones @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/01/2026

Why #Venezuela isn't about DRUGS or DICTATORS and the attack is not now and never has been a rescue. It's PIRACY. The chief pirate is #Trump and the booty is #OIL. youtube.com/shorts/QNuZM97SKP0

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PixelJones @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/12/2025

Leftover pizza is MAGIC: The fridge turns BAD carbs into FIBER. So what if it tastes like cheese on cardboard? It's kind of HEALTHIER-ISH. www.scientificamerican.com/video/wh… #Pizza #nutrition

scientificamerican.com

Why Leftover Pizza Is Actually Healthier: The Science of “Resistant Starch” Explained

Researchers have discovered that cooling starchy foods—from pizza to rice—creates “resistant starch,” a carb that behaves like fiber and alters your blood sugar response

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Mark H @neonbubble.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/12/2025

Architect Frank Gehry died today aged 96. He leaves behind a legacy of impressive buildings. As fans of architecture and modern art we absolutely had to visit the Guggenheim in Bilbao back in 2018 and we were not disappointed at all. #Photography #Travel […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

A building built from steel plates arranged in a form that defies easy explanation. The architect deliberately chose a waving, random pattern of blocks, curving and interconnected, lined with sheets to reflect the light so that at all times of the day it would seem a living, metallic thing. A taller, melted structure on the left with stockier blocks on the right, and curved, pointed blocks appear behind and above the main arrangements we can see from this side. The steel tiles on the exterior show reflected greys in various shades under this cloudy sky. In the foreground there's a shallow lake and a modern art sculpture of metallic balls stacked upon themselves rises up a few tens of metres.

PixelJones @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/12/2025

#Beeple is back! This time in physical space: The digital artist uses his grounded but silly Midwest sensibility plus tech literacy to make art that skewers cultural icons. Here he turns tech giants, Andy Warhol (and himself!) into ROBOT DOGS with hyper-realistic human heads POOPING OUT their […]

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PixelJones @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/12/2025

FAFO: Vote for the "Leopard that promises to eat your face" party and don't be surprised when it EATS YOUR FACE. Honestly, I FEEL BAD for this guy. #GOP-faithful or not, NO ONE should be deported for what their PARENTS decided when they were FOUR YEARS OLD. #Immigration #DACA […]

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PixelJones @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/11/2025

100% best analogy to expose how absurd the US system is. #USHealthcare

Post by salaambhativa:
Imagine paying for Netflix every month, and
then paying when you watch the movie, and
then getting another bill three months later
because one of the actors isn't signed with
Netflix so you have to pay him directly.
That'd be STUPID right???
-This is a post about health insurance-.