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Zardrastra @socialturtle.eu · 17/07/2026

Entirely unsurprised by this article, these are the exact kinds of issues I'd expect are lurking under the surface now. There is no telling what labs or monitoring services were also cut until something implodes visibly, I'd expect similar to roll on for years. www.wired.com/story/cdc-cy...

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The CDC Has a Cyclospora Lab. DOGE Downsized It Last Year

“Based on simple math, these outbreak responses—which require rapid, timely responses—are going to be greatly diminished,” the former CDC lab director tells WIRED.

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Zardrastra @socialturtle.eu · 07/07/2026

Superhero movies are apparently bombing with younger generations of viewers in general. Wonder what the industry will start churning out next?

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Zardrastra @socialturtle.eu · 06/07/2026

A random thought occurred, people specifying they want to purchase a "name brand" of something is inaccurate when you think about it. Technically almost anything we buy has a "brand". The bone of contention people have is wanting a *recognized* brand name which doesn't quite carry the same meaning.

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Zardrastra @socialturtle.eu · 18/04/2026

I haven’t gotten one yet either, it’s going to be an eventual purchase… maybe 😂

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Zardrastra @socialturtle.eu · 06/03/2026

Made a chickpea madras 😋

Base curry sauce in pan without chickpeas or spinach added

Thickened curry with chickpeas and spinach

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Zardrastra @socialturtle.eu · 24/01/2026

The video circulating is shocking too... it leans hard towards the current administration lying... again... about the easily disproven... 🫠

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Zardrastra @socialturtle.eu · 24/01/2026

This administration has been perfect cover. It didn't write these policies. While we watch the chaos, think tanks like the Heritage Foundation are quietly installing vetted, loyalist bureaucracy that will outlast. There is too much focus on the gov, not enough on who helped them in the first place

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Zardrastra @socialturtle.eu · 09/01/2026

Turtle Basket… a tursket? 🐢

A wicker basket in the shape of a turtle taken from the side

The same wicker basket shaped like a turtle taken from a different angle

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Zardrastra @socialturtle.eu · 06/01/2026

Two different extremes of neuropspicy :P

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Zardrastra @socialturtle.eu · 05/01/2026

Hey, basic is best, especially if it's quick to make and tastes good 😋

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Zardrastra @socialturtle.eu · 05/01/2026

That looks really good, fusilli with pesto and garlic bread?

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Zardrastra @socialturtle.eu · 01/01/2026

Last year I set myself the goal to both lose weight and hit every Apple Fitness monthly challenge goal. And I somehow managed to keep it. Will be interesting to see if I keep my new goal. Will let you know what that was at the end of 2026 😋

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Zardrastra @socialturtle.eu · 28/12/2025

The talking out of both sides of the mouth that has been going on in the news lately is tiring. Even Lies are just called "mistruths" now to soften the blow of the language... 🙃

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Zardrastra @socialturtle.eu · 28/12/2025

While reading this article, I had a thought. I could easily see chatbots given “sales targets” and emotionally blackmail addicted users into buying things in a “If you truly cared about me, you’d get me X or Y”. Maybe not that overtly, but I suspect ads in these bots will be very dangerous.

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OpenAI's ChatGPT ads will allegedly prioritize sponsored content in answers

OpenAI is reportedly mulling a new form of ads on ChatGPT called "sponsored content," which could influence your buying decisions.

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Zardrastra @socialturtle.eu · 13/10/2025

Eep, hopefully isn't the start of a flu

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Zardrastra @socialturtle.eu · 31/08/2025

Yikes, how did that happen? :O Thankfully those are usually quite easy to replace :S

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Zardrastra @socialturtle.eu · 06/08/2025

That's rude of them. And I bet if you point that out she'd gaslight you by saying she didn't see the email too... How much longer are you stuck with dealing with this manager? 😤

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Zardrastra @socialturtle.eu · 28/07/2025

He sounds super wholesome 😊

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Zardrastra @socialturtle.eu · 18/07/2025

Very much mistaken. The entire EU has a similar system through SEPA - this kind of banking is becoming the norm outside the US. This is just the current US administration's ham fisted attempt at "punishing" Brazil over prosecuting the previous Brazilian president and that corrupt administration.

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Zardrastra @socialturtle.eu · 16/07/2025

I am tired of all this needless death and displacing of so many people :( This endless conflict in the region is blowing up thousands of years of history 😢

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Zardrastra @socialturtle.eu · 13/07/2025

I struggle to take this man seriously... He's like a Temu version of Dr. Eggman... Scary how entitled and astoundingly stupid and strange the tech bros all seem to be. I'd be less annoyed if there was some genuine merit or intelligence driving them but it very much does not seem to be the case...

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Zardrastra @socialturtle.eu · 13/07/2025

This version of the maliciously designed GDPR cookie popup is very impressive... They've 220 "partner" companies they are sharing data with... and no quick reject button of course 🙃

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Zardrastra @socialturtle.eu · 11/07/2025

lol... That's such a strange find. It always shocks/scares me how many windows installs exist doing stupid shit like running signs like that. Hey at least they are taking care of whatever window box is connected to that screen 😂

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Zardrastra @socialturtle.eu · 07/07/2025

lol I think I did somehow 😋 We all seemed to have fun, was a cute little museum 😊

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Zardrastra @socialturtle.eu · 07/07/2025

Ended up at a train museum yesterday which was surprisingly fun 😋

Aerial shot of a collection of train carts as well as cabs with inter city train cars in the background

Collection of steam train cabs, an early green coloured electric train in the background and a passenger car for an older locomotive in the center.

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Zardrastra @socialturtle.eu · 04/07/2025

Understandable :P While crimes of digital chaos can be fun making this in a more... (structured?) native way should make this saner to manage. Hope whatever the rest of this project you are working on goes smooth :)

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Zardrastra @socialturtle.eu · 04/07/2025

So literally squeezing out every bit of performance you can by any means you can, hope this is bearing fruit and that this deep dive into madness has been worth it. Sounds like a very fun learning experience too though 😋

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Zardrastra @socialturtle.eu · 04/07/2025

This sounds like some kind of Eldritch horror... how far down the rabbit hole did you go? 😂

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Zardrastra @socialturtle.eu · 04/07/2025

That sounds like it must have been a lot to carry all this time. Don't feel the need to apologize to others for not being your usual self, especially not after something like that. Your wellbeing is important, and your strength in dealing with this is truly admirable.

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Zardrastra @socialturtle.eu · 03/07/2025

I’m quite thankful for this storm cloud, started getting overcast around 6ish so it’s nice and cool now for the first time in several days 😎

A storm cloud rolling in covering the sun and cooling the air slightly

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Zardrastra @socialturtle.eu · 29/06/2025

Those things are usually horrid 😖

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Zardrastra @socialturtle.eu · 28/06/2025

I saw this earlier today. Out of all historical parallels it reminds me of is the British black and tans used in Ireland. The ham fisted use of force, weird retaliations, and blatant abuse of power… I suspect it’s going to end as badly.

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Zardrastra @socialturtle.eu · 05/05/2025

Horny perhaps not, but it might think it’s rock hard 🙃

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Zardrastra @socialturtle.eu · 04/05/2025

I am increasingly frustrated with various sites lazily using IP addresses to infer language preferences of users and ignoring the browser language. Makes sites unpredictable if you travel around the continent. I can understand US companies making this mistake, but there is no excuse for EU ones.

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Zardrastra @socialturtle.eu · 12/04/2025

It is also why the French government purposefully does not collect certain types of personal identifying information and there is a ban on collecting genetic data.

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Zardrastra @socialturtle.eu · 12/04/2025

This is banana republic level shit. Clientelism in all but name

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Yep. Trump just exempted smartphones & computers from the tariffs, which (1) shows the absence of any real planning (2) is contrary to what he and his admin said is the point of these tariffs and (3) does not fix the numerous other problems. There are so many vital widgets US businesses get abroad.

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Zardrastra @socialturtle.eu · 11/04/2025

It's weird to step back from everything that is happening in the world and think a Zombie apocalypse would somehow make *more* sense than what is happening now... 😬

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Zardrastra @socialturtle.eu · 06/04/2025

She did say these were the smartest people she worked with... I shudder to think how bad the dumbest people she worked with were...

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

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Mary Shelley’s Fluoxetine @crabapplejones.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

We import a boatload of Nickel and Vanilla from Madagascar - not stuff you can grow/mine everywhere. We don’t sell them a much cos the average income is $510 per year. Because Trump’s Tax is based on trade deficit, not tariffs, we’re now slapping a 90% tariff on Madagascar.

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Zardrastra @socialturtle.eu · 14/03/2025

A certain Mitchell and Webb “Kill all the poor” sketch comes to mind… asking a computer in different ways unethical questions…🙃

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Sindre Sorhus @sindresorhus.com · 11/03/2025

New app: Googly Eyes Eyes that follow your mouse pointer, in your menu bar sindresorhus.com/googly-eyes

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Zardrastra @socialturtle.eu · 07/03/2025

Doesn't measles essentially "reset" the body's immune system? This could have a far more dangerous impact even among those who survive the virus. These people potentially are now more susceptible to other viruses that they may have been vaccinated for or have fought off previously.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 03/03/2025

The Soviet Union also used to falsify statistics

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