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Spocko @spocko.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 9h

@VeroniqueB99 Yeah, but to be fair, it's the driver's fault for buying it.

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Spocko @spocko.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

Chicks against MAGAts At the #NoKings Human Banner at SF's Ocean Beach on October 17, 2026

A person in a yellow inflatable chicken costume sign reads chicks against MAGATS

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Spocko @spocko.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Unicorn at the #NoKings human banner at Ocean Beach in #SanFrancisco 10-17-2026 The sign reads: Democracy's threat is real, unicorns aren't. NO KINGS Vote early. Article 2 Section 4 US Constitution.

Unicorn inflatable At the #NoKings human banner at Ocean Beach in #SanFrancisco 10-17-2026
The sign reads democracy's threat is real, unicorns aren't. No Kings
Vote early.
article 2 Section 4 US Constitution

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Spocko @spocko.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

At the #NoKings human banner at Ocean Beach in #SanFrancisco 10-17-2026 This woman's husband bought this shirt 20 years ago to take back the America he, as an immigrant, believed in when he came from India in 1962. He became a citizen in 1972. His name was Basab Basu.

Woman with a shirt with the Constitution on it and a American flag. At the #NoKings human banner at Ocean Beach in #SanFrancisco 10-17-2026
Her husband bought this shirt 20 years ago to take back the America he, as an immigrant, believed in when he came from India in 1962. He became a citizen in 1972. His name was

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Spocko @spocko.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

"Okay, Google, why did my Google Assistant stop working?" [I get a screen telling me that I need to use Gemini. There is a No Thanks BUTTON, BUT NO "Revert to Google Assistant." button! They got rid of Google Assistant about 15 days ago & there's no going […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Google AI Gemini can make mistakes including about people.
The NonThbaks button is circled but there is no Revert to Google Assistant button.

If you are 18 or over your info can be used for 3 to 36 months

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Isaac Freeman @isaacfreeman.cloudisland.nz.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

“AI” is inelegant. I think that's what offends me the most.

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Spocko @spocko.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

[Discussion of Elon Musk's Grok used to create Child Sexual Assault Materials] Today @emptywheel told @nicolesandler the horrible story about how #ElonMusk's #Grok is being used to create Child Sexual Assault Material. Musk is the GOP's TOP funder & he's […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

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WilliamNB 🇿🇦🇬🇧🏳️‍⚧️ @williamnb.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

When driving, teach your kids to count cyclists, so it becomes second nature to them to look for cyclists, once they start driving.

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Spocko @spocko.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

I loved Ann-Margret in this episode of The Flintstones in 1963. I also loved this song. I Ain't Gonna Your Fool No More. youtu.be/s-Mhvb-7mOw?is=yWK7JzMC1l8…

Ann-Margret records her lines with Reed and Wilma actor Jean Vander Pyl. https://www.metv.com/stories/get-an-inside-look-at-ann-margret-recording-her-lines-and-songs-for-the-flintstones

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Spocko @spocko.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Trump on Venezuela: "We're taking out for ourselves -- we deserve it. To the victor belong the spoils, right? -- we're taking out billions and billions of dollars a day."

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Spocko @spocko.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

@wendythedruid here is Denny Hastert, Republican Speaker of the House, in prison for hiding hush money payments to one of the 4 high school students he molested. He never was charged with the molestation because the statute of limitations expired.

Dennis Hastert in Prison and him as a high school wrestling coach at a high school in the 70's

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wendythedruid @wendythedruid.thistlenfern.org.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

Dennis Hastert, A GOP member, died this weekend at 84. In 2016 he was sentenced to 15 months after admitting he had sexually abused teenagers as a teacher, the judge called him a serial child molester. #History #Abuse #GOP #WeKnowWhoDoesThisShit #Trump #Remember #NeverForget

Side-by-side portraits of two men in suits: on the left, an older white-haired man with glasses and an orange tie stands in a hallway; on the right, a gray-haired man in a suit and orange tie speaks into a microphone at an event.

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Spocko @spocko.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

This Lego set depicts five NASA trailblazers: Margaret Hamilton, who led the development of software for the Apollo missions while at MIT; Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman in space in 1992; Katherine Johnson, who calculated & verified […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

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Minifigures of five NASA pioneers — from left to right, Margaret Hamilton, Katherine Johnson, Sally Ride, Nancy Grace Roman, and Mae Jemison — will appear in an official LEGO set originally designed by MIT staff member Maia Weinstock.
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Photo: Maia WeinstockThe set depicts five trailblazers in NASA’s history: Margaret Hamilton, a computer scientist who led the development of software for the Apollo missions while at MIT; Mae Jemison, who became the first African-American woman in space in 1992; Katherine Johnson, known for calculating and verifying trajectories for the Mercury and Apollo programs; Sally Ride, who became the first American woman in space in 1983; and astronomer Nancy Grace Roman, one of the first female executives at NASA, who was instrumental in the planning of the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Spocko @spocko.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

That $100,000 American Express bill that Kimberly Guilfoyle got a donor to pay? I wonder what she spent it on? Clothing? Botox?

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Femme Malheureuse @femme-mal.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

Yes. I've used LibreOffice for years now and I'll keep using it going forward. LibreOffice says ‘no AI’ is now a software feature Zack Whittaker 8:25 AM PDT · October 6, 2026 techcrunch.com/2026/10/06/libreoffi…

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Spocko @spocko.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

Colossus: The Forbin Project 1970 taglines: "We built a super computer with a mind of its own and now we must fight it for the world!" and "Man's greatest invention could be Man's greatest mistake." Screenplay by James Bridges(who wrote The China Syndrome & […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

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Spocko @spocko.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

I LOVE this costume her boyfriend chose to wear at a Renaissance Fair.

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Spocko @spocko.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

#BloomScrolling bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla). Photo taken in Fremont California, on October 6, 2026

Blue and purple bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla).
Fremont California, October 6, 2026

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Spocko @spocko.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

Trump on Lynne Walz. "She's a disaster just like her uncle or whatever the hell he is. They come from a bad bloodline. I had to play somebody in the tournament related to Gary Player, I said "Are you related through blood or did you just happen to come along?" He said 'No, no. He's my father […]

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Spocko @spocko.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

Would you believe Nazis in our city? This was on a sign with Muhammad Ail looking at it back in the 1960s. Like racism, Nazis are still around in the US.

Would you believe Nazi in our city on a sign with Muhammad Ail looking at it.

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Nonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

Off today. #Linus beats the political BS of this world. Especially these days. In my whole life — I have participated or at least engaged in the democratic experiment since age 6, there has never been a time so full of shit so performative so very nonsensical & idiotic…sometimes it just […]

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Spocko @spocko.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Frm Spkr Denny Hastert-R never faced sexual abuse charges for molesting 4 teens,14-17, as a wrestling coach at Yorkville High in Illinois in the 70s because the statute of limitations expired. In 2015, he pleaded guilty to hiding hush money to one & served 15 […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Photo of Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert next to a team he coached in 1970's Hastert faced allegations that he molested four teenagers, ages 14 to 17, in the 1970s, when he was a wrestling coach at Yorkville High School in Illinois. He never faced sexual abuse charges because the statute of limitations had expired. But in 2015, he pleaded guilty to structuring cash withdrawals to hide hush money payments to one of his sexual abuse accusers

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Spocko @spocko.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Gas prices in #SanFrancisco, California on Oct 1, 2026 Gas regular $6.75 Diesel $8.59 It's a small price to pay to get more Democrats elected in November. VS What Trump said it is for...

San Francisco, CA Oct 1, 2026
Gas regular $6.75
Diesel $8.59

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Spocko @spocko.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

I watch a lot of short YouTube clips about TV & movies. One theme is "This famous actor/comedian improvised these lines! They were so great they were kept in the movie!" Why? To boost the idea that actors can be spontaneously funny? OR is it that writers […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

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Dan Gillmor @dangillmor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

The pro-crypto legislation didn't pass after all, and some of the credit for this surely must go to Molly White. She is without question doing the best, most relentless coverage of that irredeemably slimy and corrupt industry -- joined at the hip with the irredeemably corrupt Trump world. And […]

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MrAlanCooper @mralancooper.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

I still remember the day in 1976 when Gary Kildall typed in "dir" to an "A>" prompt on his hazeltine green-screen character display to show me a directory listing on his 8080-based, eight-bit computer running the first release of CP/M, the first real microcomputer operating system (that Gary […]

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Spocko @spocko.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

Gary the Raygun cat says, "The vast left-wing conspiracy will see YOU at the next Hawks game! Unless Eric Schmitt finds out.." Get your shirt at Raygun T-shirts! www.raygunsite.com/collections/data…

The Atlanta Hawkeyes! The official sports team of the vast left-wing conspiracy! https://www.raygunsite.com/collections/data-centers/products/the-atlanta-hawkeyes

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Spocko @spocko.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

Last term Trump's worst projects* & bizarre ideas weren't implemented. This term they are & being carried out by corrupt agencies, no questions asked. *Alligator Alcatraz was the implementation of his idea of filling a moat with alligators.

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Chuck Darwin @cdarwin.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

Some of Trump’s lies are so bizarre or trivial that I can’t help but laugh,” Dale wrote. “On the whole, though, his lies have been deeply harmful to the country.” Dale gave the examples of the people spurred on to commit the Capitol riot, or those who died after receiving misinformation about […]

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Spocko @spocko.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

"Let 'em drink Champagne!" The Trump's, partying like it's 1789. This clip was posted by Dan Scavino Jr., DJT's Social Media guy, on Sept 26, 2026 on Xitter. I believe it's AI slop, but it could be real, esp considering Don Jrs' recent Russian Oligarch […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

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Spocko @spocko.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

I could've just posted this joke, but first I checked with @snopes Was this real? Was The Flat Earth Society making a joke? Nah, it's fake. Yes, it's fake, but studies show uncorrected #disinformation posts STILL have an impact on people's minds. Especially […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Check out this Snopes article: Did the Flat Earth Society Post on Facebook It Has 'Members All Around the Globe'? https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/flat-earth-society-facebook

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Trump is canceling nearly $1 bil in spending approved by Congress, using a rare & contested power to axe $ for immigrant services & diversity-focused initiatives Most of the cuts are focused on services for immigrants, incl nonprofits that serve refugees & unaccompanied minors ...”

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Trump administration uses rare authority to claw back nearly $1B in spending approved by Congress

President Donald Trump is canceling nearly $1 billion in spending approved by Congress. The White House announced the move on Friday, using a rare and contested power to axe funding for immigrant serv...

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Spocko @spocko.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Saint Paul, MN – Dozens gathered at the Minnesota State Capitol to unveil the MN Stolen Neighbors Quilt. 12,500 quilt squares – each square representing a Minnesota immigrant taken by ICE from the start of the second Trump term to the end of Operation Metro […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"A jury in Santa Fe, NM, found on Fri that Meta Platforms misled the state's residents, in a case stemming from allegations that political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica, which had worked on Trump's 2016 pres campaign, obtained data from millions of FB users w/o their consent."

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Spocko @spocko.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

Inside the Sterling Memorial Library at Yale in New Haven Connecticut.

Inside the Sterling Memorial Library at Yale in New Haven 9-24-2026

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M.S. Bellows, Jr. @msbellows.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

I'm so old, I remember when software that spread into the wild and infiltrated other people's computers and did harmful things to them that the users didn't ask it to was called "malware" instead of "AI" and the people that spread it were prosecuted instead of given billions in venture capital […]

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Kit Bashir @unixbigot.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

Uh uh, uh uh “a big computer did it and ran away” is now a valid defence, gotcha

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