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Ross Grady @rossgrady.dood.net.ap.brid.gy · 3h

New end table at our house. I won all the stuffies from the claw machine at Village Lanes (RIP).

A transparent acrylic cube, perhaps 18” on a side, completely filled with colorful plush stuffed toys. It is on a thin wooden base with legs that are squiggly.

Ross Grady @rossgrady.dood.net.ap.brid.gy · 6h

I’m by no means a #Rangers fan (although honestly, it seems like the purges of the past season-and-a-half have gotten rid of most of the douchebags), but Igor is an *outstanding* goalie, and it is legit awful to see him taken out for the season in such a freak accident. Especially after he just […]

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Ross Grady @rossgrady.dood.net.ap.brid.gy · 6h

"Oh but Ross," you say, "that's what 'Duplicate' is for." YOU WOULD THINK SO, WOULDN'T YOU

A screenshot of the results of selecting "Duplicate" from the Apple Pages file menu. You are able to modify the filename, yes, but the options to select the location are greyed out.

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Ross Grady @rossgrady.dood.net.ap.brid.gy · 6h

The entire rest of the known universe, for the past 40 years: "You use 'save as' when you want to save your current file under a new name or in a new location, thereby creating a copy of the file rather than overwriting the original." Apple:

A screenshot of the Apple Pages file menu, which contains the following options: New, Open, Open Recent, Close, Save, Duplicate, Rename, Move To, Revert To, Share, Export To, Publish to Apple Books.

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Ross Grady @rossgrady.dood.net.ap.brid.gy · 9h

I’m a single-issue voter. I will vote for anyone with a viable plan to materialize potatoes in the tailpipes of every post-1972 Ford Mustang in America, and turn their drivers into capybaras.

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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 @chris.mstdn.chrisalemany.ca.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

Trump turns to Putin and Russia for diesel, before the midterms, during a war, where the USA is — apparently — on the Ukrainian side. Russian stocks spike. Sanctions? what Sanctions? Allies? What Allies? Oh, and also on the same day that the USA […] [Original post on mstdn.chrisalemany.ca]

The fascist uttered:

Donald J. Trump « *
@realDonaldTrump
I have just concluded a highly successful discussion with
President Vladimir Putin, of Russia, wherein it was agreed that
Russia will immediately supply over 300,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel
to the American and Global Marketplace, another 500,000 Tons
during the month of November, and 1,000,000 Tons immediately
thereafter. Additionally, based on the condition of their Diesel
Refineries, Russia will then deliver, within a short period of time,
3,000,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel. Between our TOTAL CONTROL of
the Strait of Hormuz, and this great announcement on Russian
Energy, Diesel Prices for Americans and, indeed, the World, will
be COMING DOWN, IN RECORD NUMBERS, AND FAST! Lower
prices for Americans, especially our Great Farmers, Ranchers,
and Truckers, is my Greatest Priority. This is a very big and
important announcement. Additionally, it must be understood,
that Iran will not have a Nuclear Weapon! Thank you for your
attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP
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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

See what’s happening with voting in DC. bsky.app/profile/councilofdc.bsky.s… This is why we who have state governments between us and Trump must vote in massive numbers.

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Mignon Fogarty @grammargirl.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

Just got a mass email from our bank that essentially says, "If you give your username and password to an AI agent, you're on your own." You've. Been. Warned. 🤣

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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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Ross Grady @rossgrady.dood.net.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

When I was 16 or 17, I drove up to Raleigh from Clemson with Kenny Roby, because some older punx had a gig at the Fallout Shelter and they needed a ride. At the show, Lee Johnson was walking around asking people “Do you wanna buy a copy of my zine? It’s called Eat My Shit.” For 40 years I have […]

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Dale Harvey @dale.toot.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Stairs in the Art Gallery of Toronto

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mx alex tax1a - 2020 (6) @atax1a.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

ngl a large part of why the "but what if there were good uses for it" discourse drives us absolutely batshit is that no possible "good use" of the LLM will _ever_ overcome the widespread and thorough damage it's doing on a day-to-day basis. the conversation about "good" uses of it is happening […]

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Ross Grady @rossgrady.dood.net.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

I had them muted, but during one hockey game I saw approximately 1200 DraftKings ads, and an equivalent number of Kalshi ads. Including the one with Timothee Chalamet. What the fuck is wrong with rich people.

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Ross Grady @rossgrady.dood.net.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

The fuckin ESPN app — on an Apple TV box, at least — has gotten more sophisticated about keeping us from skipping commercials. Side effect: it’s almost impossible to skip intermissions, because it forces like 12 minutes of mandatory ads.

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M.S. Bellows, Jr. @msbellows.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

I disliked the Sharon Stone Western "The Quick and the Dead" when it came out in 1995, but only because I didn't realize how brilliantly and intentionally camp it was at the time. I just rewatched it, and it's glorious. Imagine a woman playing every single terrible […] [Original post on c.im]

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

My bank account is empty. Pica has bought some kind of "dried herbs distributer" I think they are the largest catnip distributer in North America. She's also bought a defunct fish market? I don't think she understands that there aren't any fish in it. My life is ruined. I just wanted her to […]

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SellaTheChemist @sellathechemist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

Beware. If you are looking for Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor's film "Naza" based on interviews with 24 Israeli soldiers, that is currently in film festivals and cinemas, you won't find it online. Instead you will find the IDF's "Naza - The True Story" that presents a very different picture of […]

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mx alex tax1a - 2020 (6) @atax1a.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

anyway we're dying laughing at the slopbro trying to talk to the pope about running local models

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Ross Grady @rossgrady.dood.net.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

Thousands of words of equivocation instead of just saying “I am fucking horrified that someone I thought I admired was a rapist piece of shit. I need to go think long & hard about the signals I might have missed, and what other behaviors I might be unconsciously dismissing due to my unhealthy […]

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Baloo Uriza @baloouriza.social.tulsa.ok.us.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

#KansasCity folks be like "oh we can't have a good light rail system, we're not *that* big!" and then they just forget about the past. #Transportation #Interurban #LightRail #Kansas #Missouri

A 1924 map of interurban (light rail, but for both freight and passengers) service around Kansas City. There's 8 lines and easily well over 100 stations stretching from St. Joseph, MO to Olathe, KS, and Fort Leavenworth, KS to the start of the Oregon Trail in Independence, MO, and from Excelsior Springs, MO to Lawrence, KS.

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Kit Bashir @unixbigot.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

In precision machining it’s known that the standard twist drill makes holes that are never perfectly round nor perfectly sized. When exactness is required you drill slightly undersized then follow up with a reamer. Needing 10.000mm I drilled 9.9 and chucked a 10mm reamer. Instead of taking tiny […]

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

This house is deep out on ocean ave in Brooklyn and it's been empty for decades. It has "Gilded Age grandeur" but I think most of it has peeled off. Let's low-ball 'em with like 400k but. in cold hard cash and make it into a hacker collective and reverse datacenter/ nerd flop house […]

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Ross Grady @rossgrady.dood.net.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

I just keep thinking about poor Skyler Brind’Amour getting put on waivers by his own dad.

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Jay 🆘 @ap.jay.xyz · 03/10/2026

Anybody know how to get a frog out of a bass guitar, asking for a friend

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Ross Grady @rossgrady.dood.net.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

Score, sure, whatever. The real news is that shot differential. #Canes #Caps #NHL

At 2:52 left in the first period, the Capitals are leading the Hurricanes 3-0 — but more importantly, the Caps have 15 shots on goal vs the Canes’ 10.

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Ross Grady @rossgrady.dood.net.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

This is a great thread, well worth your time. Made even moreso because it’s written by an actual legislator, proving that it *is* possible for our politicians to see through the AI smokescreen. RE: mastodon.social/@SeanCasten/1173715…

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Ross Grady @rossgrady.dood.net.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Someone did a David Copperfield on half of downtown #Durham

The downtown Durham skyline but there is a thick fog so that the taller buildings just three blocks away are totally obscured.

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Ross Grady @rossgrady.dood.net.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Like a lot of people, I jumped on the M-VAVE FM-1 bandwagon a few weeks ago when everyone online suddenly had one. For $60 it was a neat toy. But this week, after installing the BaudGirl firmware, it’s upgraded to a really rad synth: baudgirl.com/work/FM-1+VA

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FM-1+VA · Baud Girl

A custom firmware for the FM-1, focused on live performance, quality-of-life features, and the addition of a brand-new Virtual Analog engine.

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Ross Grady @rossgrady.dood.net.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

I just went to a three-band metal show at a local bar. It is Wednesday night. The first band was onstage by 7:40 and the last band was finished by 9:35. I was home by 9:50. I had honestly assumed that *everything* about this post-2020 timeline was utterly shitty. It is legit disconcerting to […]

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Ross Grady @rossgrady.dood.net.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

It’s kind of weird to be watching a comparatively young metal band from Richmond VA and think to myself “wow that singer apparently really admires Lee Ving.”

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Ross Grady @rossgrady.dood.net.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Holy shit dude if you are going to see BRAT on tour, show up early for .memoria (from Denton TX, I think?) AMAZING

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

With Meta Glasses YOU can always know everyone's name! Think of the edge that will give you when doing sales! But is it an "edge" if everyone is doing it? Do you really want to mine your social network like a gold deposit? Mines run dry. We can't all be successful spammers and social engineers […]

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Matthew Haughey @mathowie.xoxo.zone.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

I’ve lived all my life where the “close doors” elevator button does nothing so it’s truly remarkable to be in Japan where the same button instantly closes the doors on every elevator you board.

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Glyph @glyph.im · 27/09/2026

There's a whole legal/philosophical argument that software is a form of speech, and we don't punish harms done with speech, so we can't punish harms done with software. But that's not true at all either! There are very strict limits for speech, even in the USA where the limits are as loose as […]

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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

The District Attorney intends to bring the Cornell frat guys accused of gang rape before a grand jury. It’s a start. abcnews.com/US/district-attorney-re…

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École des Bro-Arts @aphyr.woof.group.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

Got ejected by security from my own dream for not wearing my ID badge. Woke up indignant that I could be kicked out of the world I created! 🙃

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

Sometimes I wish I had a hype man for just regular stuff, like when I need to go buy some groceries or do the laundry.

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Kit Bashir @unixbigot.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

“Ow! It stung me. What the fuck was that?!” “Copyright enforcement drone.” “What the literally flying fuck?” “You were humming again, lover, and your hair is obscuring your license QR” #Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot #Title_Enforcement_Droid_Zero_Point_Two_Oh_Nine #BonusEdition

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Ross Grady @rossgrady.dood.net.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

Literal three-alarm #DurhamFire response to a building that is absolutely not on fire. The local station gets called out here weekly for very loud false alarms, so this is kinda weird, since the building alarm isn't sounding.

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Ross Grady @rossgrady.dood.net.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Literally the plot of the movie WarGames. (Which, BTW, is still an *awesome* movie so at least we've got that going for us.)

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Ross Grady @rossgrady.dood.net.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

In MY day, this was how the punx approached the classics. youtu.be/cqvB-ZZEazA

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Ross Grady @rossgrady.dood.net.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Literal ROFL at fuckin late-middle-aged Social Distortion covering “Wicked Game” and it’s not a piss-take.

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Ross Grady @rossgrady.dood.net.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

I may just be losing my mind, but I swear, car batteries used to last more than 3 years, and they used to be a lot cheaper than $235. Right?

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Ross Grady @rossgrady.dood.net.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Why is #Apple so bad at designing its own operating system? This is its own maps app in Tahoe 26.6.2. There is some "feature" of its UI that . . . blurs stuff near the tops of window elements? Even when they're non-scrollable?

A screenshot of a portion of the Apple Maps UI. There is a searchbar that says "Apple Maps" and then directly below that, there is a list that has the label "Places," with "Pinned" and "Saved Places" below that. The word "Places" is so blurred out that it is barely legible.

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TheWholeTruthXX 🎨 ❤️ 🍁 🛡️ @adwright.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Your daily reminder not to buy American products. Why? Americans are liars. Their products are shit. They have no laws. No quality control. No inspections. Just criminals bribing government criminals to let things slide. Since Trump, this US fruit company has been sending fresh fruit to […]

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

You know flying is bad for the environment. But it that hasn't gotten you to shy away from flying maybe the new AI powered air traffic control might. And The Devil Said: "But there are applications for LLM algorithms in routing and traffic control that could lead to greater efficiency when […]

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Ross Grady @rossgrady.dood.net.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

New BRAT is out today. They remain my current favorite death metal band, and I *cannot wait* to see them live next week: brat504.bandcamp.com/album/manslayer

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Daphne Preston-Kendal @dpk.swhack.com.ap.brid.gy · 30/05/2026

Everyone talks about not having senior devs in the future because we’re replacing the juniors with LLMs, but nobody’s talking about losing senior devs now because people who are competent and care about the quality of their work are leaving this LLM-infested hellscape of a career path to go into […]

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