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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 5h

Freedom of choice

4 frame comic. an off frame street journalist asks a bearded man wearing a green cap and khaki clothes:

sir! do you think people
who don't have the guts to
watch a public execution
should do something else
instead of complaining, while
real men enjoy the show?

the man replies:
I don't know. do
you think people who don't
want to watch drag storytime
should just do something else
instead of demonstrating?
do you think people who
don't want to transition
should get a hobby instead
of restricting trans care
for people who need it?
how come you people
only care about freedom of
choice when it's about
being cruel to people?

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abadidea @0xabad1dea.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 6h

Just had a conversation with peers that was like: "my friend says github's changed their SSH key fingerprint again and it's generating scary warnings you have to ignore" "oh? it hasn't changed for me" "or me" "can't find any documentation on them having changed it since 2023" "... uh-oh." […]

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Stefano Marinelli @bsd.cafe · 10h

I got a call from someone I don't know. "Hi. We have a FreeBSD server. It's been working perfectly for years, but it hasn't been updated since then. We asked AI to update it, but now it won't boot anymore. It didn't even make a backup before starting. The AI keeps trying things, everything is […]

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abadidea @0xabad1dea.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 6h

Odin is looking for Mila… but will we find her?

Odin the Newfie looking around sadly in a sunny field

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abadidea @0xabad1dea.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 5h

yes! yes!! YES WE FOUND MILA

Odin the Newfie chasing Mila the Ridgeback through a sun-dappled meadow

Odin standing and Mila sitting in very dignified poses

Odin gets impatient for attention when Mila’s mom pets her…

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rickf - a cynical professor @rickf.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 8h

Interesting how the media keeps referring to the AI companies as "labs" as in "a model escaped the lab.." or "research at the labs shows that..." 'Lab' implies a place where experimentation and 'accidents' understandably might happen. Y'know, like Ebola or Covid. A 'company', on the other hand […]

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Dan Stowell @danstowell.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11h

It's a genuinely plausible post-apocalyptic scenario: only a few salvaged computers remain, powered intermittently from car batteries, no internet - we try to run a small LLM from a DVD-R on an old PC to answer some questions about the world - it takes weeks - the distilled LLM is a bit janky - […]

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Hacker Memes @i0null.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 11h

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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abadidea @0xabad1dea.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 8h

So, this silly recall is real, and it’s because the sand filling is contaminated with asbestos. How did I verify that? well, not simply by going to gov.uk like the announcement says! The front page of gov.uk does not have a header for “recalls”, “product […] [Original post on infosec.exchange]

A British product recall notice featuring plush toy gnomes that are apparently marketed as “Halloween Gonks.” It says to check gov.uk for details

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Adrianna Tan @skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 18h

I continue to be awestruck by this planet #Nepal #Pokhara

A photo of the Annapurna range from Pokhara with the snowy peaks of various Annapurna peaks including Mt Fishtail (local name Macchapuchhre) peeking out

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Quixoticgeek @quixoticgeek.v.st.ap.brid.gy · 10h

Things have improved at ah.nl, The error page loads a lot quicker.

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Bruce Lawson ✅ ♫ ♿ ✌️♂️✊ @brucelawson.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 13h

Finally, a CAPTCHA that doesn't require me to instantly know what American fire hydrants or school buses look like.

A grid showing 16 different Roman busts, with the rubric "Please click each image containing an emperor of the Flavian dynasty
If there are none, click skip"

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Ruth Mottram @ruthmottram.eurosky.social · 14h

I would really like to see a data journalist do a deep dive on the actual statistics from the different SoMe platforms (X, Bsky, mastodon, Facebook) to see what the yandex outage has done to activity on them. I'm wildly curious about the bots and the trolls, also on a country level.

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Quixoticgeek @quixoticgeek.v.st.ap.brid.gy · 20h

Ook!! Ook ook ook oooook!!!

c.im

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Weltzeitgeist @wackjackle.norden.social.ap.brid.gy · 19h

'Banks are now trying to offload the AI data center debt they just underwrote JPMorgan and MUFG are part of the group that has spent more than six months trying to distribute $38 billion in construction debt tied to a Texas and Wisconsin data center project leased to Oracle.' […]

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Moof! 🏳️‍🌈 @moof.space · 13h

Yes, we’re doing the train tourism thing…

A red Rhätischer Bahn train going over the Landswasserviadukt and into a tunnel in the rock face.

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Moof! 🏳️‍🌈 @moof.space · 13h

TIL that a formal thank you in Romansch is “Gratzie fitg” Unfortunately, with his accent, it makes it sound like this conductor is calling everyone a “Grassy bitch”

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Quixoticgeek @quixoticgeek.v.st.ap.brid.gy · 23h

Have had to switch from summer socks to warmer autumn/spring socks

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Quixoticgeek @quixoticgeek.v.st.ap.brid.gy · 23h

Things I struggle to find in the Netherlands: Good easy to make at home hot chocolate. Most people just seem to heat up chocomel which I find intolerably sweet, and insufficiently chocolatey. I am definitely open to recommendations from anyone in the Netherlands for good hot chocolate.

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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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Quixoticgeek @quixoticgeek.v.st.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

Something I absolutely adore about living in the Netherlands is how diverse the people here are. At the workshops I did at the makerspace we had 2 Greeks, a Ukrainian, German, Chilean, Russian, & American. We also had a few Dutch people come by to say hi and see what we were up to.

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Quixoticgeek @quixoticgeek.v.st.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

Am absolutely exhausted. Ran two slip casting workshops, provided machine instruction 12 times. Did some 3d printing. Signed off some safety checks on some machines. Now I need several days of rest. Time to curl up and hide from the world for a bit.

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Quixoticgeek @quixoticgeek.v.st.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

"it's amazing how many pro trump accounts are offline now the yandex servers got blown up" "Is that also why the Albert Heijn website is offline?"

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Jess👾 @jesstheunstill.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

For all the talk AWS and Microsoft and Google have about EU sovereign clouds, those guarantees vanish REAL quickly the moment a madman in DC decides he doesn't like an EU customer.

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Quixoticgeek @quixoticgeek.v.st.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

Ran the slip casting workshop again today. Only had two people turn up instead of the expected 3, so there was one mold extra so I could cast one for myself. We also gave the slip twice as long in the mold which has made a massive difference.

A grey ceramic pumpkin fresh out of its slip casting mold on a small wooden board.

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Chuck Darwin @cdarwin.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

A one-time 5% wealth tax would bring Silicon Valley's billionaires' wealth back to where it was just 31 days ago (when it was "just" 178% higher than on January 1, 2023). They'd rather let 3 million people lose their health insurance than let that happen.

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Quixoticgeek @quixoticgeek.v.st.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

Am doing another slip casting workshop at the makerspace today. Hopefully it will go a little better now we've learned a bit more about how the molds behave. Key point is to leave them for longer before pouring the slip out

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Moof! 🏳️‍🌈 @moof.space · 11/10/2026

OH: “Why are we standing in an air and space museum talking about the Present Historical tense?” “Well, we are in the present, and this is historical”

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Quixoticgeek @quixoticgeek.v.st.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

Another absolutely rammed 4 car NS VIRM. They halve the number of trains, yet don't think to run anything other than the bare minimum length. Wtf NS. Wtf.

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Quixoticgeek @quixoticgeek.v.st.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

Sat on a bench at the station, my hair had been blown in my face. Out of habit I just flicked it to the side over my shoulder. Small flaw in that plan. I don't realise how long my hair is, and the hair band on the end of the braid banged the woman sat next to me in the face. Oops. She did at […]

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Quixoticgeek @quixoticgeek.v.st.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

It's so cloudy and dark the lights at the station just all turned on...

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Moof! 🏳️‍🌈 @moof.space · 11/10/2026

How have we as a society gotten to the point where we’ve complicated the act of disposal of rubbish enough that it seemingly requires a master’s degree to understand which bit goes in which bag or bin in every home, let alone the variations per district or country?

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Masto♾️Don ᓚᘏᗢ @bigboppa.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

My sister in law came up to the cabin this week to see the fall colors. The weather was mostly cold and windy until today so she was able to get the money shot early this morning when the lake was as smooth as glass.

The tree line from across the lake with the leaves in full color and reflection on the still water in mirror image.

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Leah Price @leahprice.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

If bathrooms are gendered, why not cereals? (See also: A Modest Proposal.) #FoundInanity

White box reading:
Man Cereal
Protein and Creatine Cereal
Naturally Flavored Net Wt. 7.40z (2109) |

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Fife4Europe #FBPE @fife4europe.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

The Ferret revealing the Conservative Party treasurer operates an offshore-linked firm behind Scotland's mega AI data centre at Chapelcross exposes the nexus of money and power. Offshoring profits while privatising critical energy infrastructure is wrong. Why tolerate tax havens? […]

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abadidea @0xabad1dea.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

The steakhouse said Odin could come in, and he was a very good boy who did not steal anyone's steak even though his mouth is above table level and there's absolutely nothing anyone could do to stop him

Odin the Newfie sitting politely in a rustic cabin-styled restaurant, not stealing a single steak

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Ika Makimaki @pezmico.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Phone call with the conservative uncle: -The problem with all this Socialist and communist ideology is that it doesn't consider people are different. We don't have the same interests, capacities, desires. That's why it's bound to fail. Me: Right. Everyone has something different to offer and […]

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Quixoticgeek @quixoticgeek.v.st.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

I discovered this week my favourite linen skirt has a hole in the pocket. I finally say down this evening to try and sew it up. Only to realise it's a lot bigger than I thought. I think this needs a patch, rather than just sewing it up. Which means I now need to […] [Original post on social.v.st]

A close up of a piece of black linen fabric with a seem round the edge. On the right side there is a frayed hole with a finger just viable through it.

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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Ah yes, the classic zh_SV locale on the door leading to the power unit on this X2000 (This unit was initially sold to China and later bought by SJ back to Sweden, apparently they kept some trivia since!)

Door leading to the power unit of my X2000 today with warning signs in English and Chinese characters

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Quixoticgeek @quixoticgeek.v.st.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Well that was a very loud bang. I wonder what exploded.

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Quixoticgeek @quixoticgeek.v.st.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Today has been a long day. Gave 9 lots machine instructions at the makerspace. Ran a slip casting workshop, did some 3d printing. Generally a productive day. As I was about to leave I realised I still needed to change the battery on my bike (which requires tools). Got the light apart, then […]

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Felicitas Pojtinger 🌅 @pojntfx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

> "Self-hosted' > Runs on Cloudflare Pick one

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Quixoticgeek @quixoticgeek.v.st.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

I've spent the last few weeks making some plaster molds for slip casting clay. Today I ran a small workshop at the makerspace using the molds. Here's the first slip cast pumpkin out of the mold. Everyone seems to be enjoying the workshop, and the molds are […] [Original post on social.v.st]

A small clay sculpture of a pumpkin day on a piece of wood. In the background part of the plaster mold and some scraps of clay are visible.

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Quixoticgeek @quixoticgeek.v.st.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Due to construction work, NS are running half the number of trains on my usual route, and they are diverting the ones they are running via Schiphol. The later means an additional gormless hoard that doesn't knows how to use public transport trying to get on. And of course they are running a 4 […]

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

There is something to the bird's eye view. A city - Paris. Lines of wind turbines along the outer crests of Pyrenees. Deep shadows of morning light behind the hills.Fog collecting in the deep valley of a river. A village clustered on top of a hill. Solar panel fields. Perspective. A reminder […]

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The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Always get a kick out of seeing this, between Peterborough & Grantham!

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🎄🎅🏻🎄Jolly Kringle 🎄🎅🏻🎄 @jonathankoren.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Wife: I learned all about sunscreen and skins cancer tonight. It’s really important. See? You didn’t grow up with that. What level of sunscreen did you grow up with? Thirty? Me: Uhh… four? Wife: Four!?!?!? Me: I remember seeing as low SPF 1/2. Wife: WHAT?!?!? […] [Original post on sfba.social]

Bottle of Coppertone from the 1980s.

SPF 4 “moderate protection sunscreen”

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