Reposted by KatAdam Shostack :donor: :rebelverified: @adamshostack.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 03/04/2026NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman took this picture of Earth from the Orion spacecraft’s window after completing the translunar injection burn. There are two auroras and zodiacal light is visible as the Earth eclipses the Sun. 106
Reposted by KatKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 26/03/2026One of the reasons Julius Caesar was assassinated was because he started putting his own likeness on Roman coins, where previously that was reserved only for people who were already dead. 6335108
Reposted by KatSteen Comer @mediapathic.bsky.social · 15/03/2026If, like me, you are delighted at hearing crowds get excited about things you don't understand in sports that are meaningless to you, may I introduce you to the 2011 Japanese Precision Walking Competition? www.youtube.com/watch?v=jINu...youtube.comYouTubeShare your videos with friends, family, and the world 041
Reposted by KatWeltzeitgeist @wackjackle.norden.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/03/2026That's the reason Carlin got more angry over the years. He didn't do stand-up anymore. He just told us how it really is. And we laughed our asses of. Well.. 039
Reposted by KatSteen Comer @mediapathic.bsky.social · 13/03/2026No lie, it came from Industrial, Magickal, and Cyberpunk cultures. If we’re already talking about dismantling consensus reality, gender just seems like a freebie. 1233
Kat @tak.notapattern.net · 10/03/2026i thought i was gonna hate-read this article on how much New Yorkers get paid, but it was oddly fascinating to read about how people make money and the joys and anxieties specific to those careers […]weatherishappening.networkOriginal post on weatherishappening.network 000
Reposted by Katsasha solomon @sachee.macaw.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/03/2026daylight will never truly be saved until we rid the world of morning people 0324
Kat @tak.notapattern.net · 05/03/2026i love this. Solnit doesn’t miss mastodon.world/@longreads/116171829… 000
Reposted by KatMatt Blaze @mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/03/2026Shortwave "Discone" Antenna, AT&T High Seas Transmitter Site, Ocean Gate, NJ, 2009. All the pixels, none of the risk of sea sickness or scurvy, at www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/414… #photography 297
Reposted by KatLaura Hilliger @epilepticrabbit.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 18/02/2026"You will certainly lose your job to a competitor who is fluent in AI usage." Counterpoint: I have no competitors. 204
Reposted by KatSteve Dinn 🇨🇦 @steve.social.dinn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 16/02/2026The sheer audacity of this giant banana. Banana for scale. 214
Reposted by Katabadidea @0xabad1dea.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 12/02/2026I can't stop thinking about the LLM-generated compiler that passes all the unit tests but emits inner loops that benchmark over 150,000x slower than a gcc debug build. I couldn't possibly have intentionally come up with such a funny demonstration of the point of genuine expertise […]infosec.exchangeOriginal post on infosec.exchange 32767
Reposted by KatMissing The Point @missingthept.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/02/2026SpaceX shifts focus from something that it will never do on Mars to something it will never do on the Moon. 2233
Reposted by KatDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 08/02/2026Reminder when you watch the Intuit Super Bowl ads, they have Super Bowl ad money because they are a successful rent seekers who have worked for decades to kill free, quality, public tax preparation services donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-death-...donmoynihan.substack.comThe Death of Direct FileTech for good not welcome in the Trump administration 161384463
Reposted by KatDavid Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 06/02/2026I thought I'd check out the winter olympics by watching some ski jumping. Then I ended up watching the bobsleigh, downhill, freestyle skiing and luge as well. It's a slippery slope. 21847
Kat @tak.notapattern.net · 31/01/2026TEMPERATURES WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE NEGATIVE YEARS OF SHOVELING SNOW yet NO REAL WORLD USE FOUND for PICKING UP ICE AND PUTTING IT SOMEWHERE ELSE Want to feel cold anyway, for a laugh? We had a tool for that: it was called POPSICLES “Yes please give me a roof rake. I need to prevent ice dams […]weatherishappening.networkOriginal post on weatherishappening.network 211
Reposted by KatSteen Comer @mediapathic.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Alt text: "Why wouldn't you rehearse for a good future? I think that we should celebrate and rehearse for a bright future, and maybe it will come true. I don't have time to illustrate misery or dystopian scenarios because they’ll happen. If you let everything go, they'll happen anyway." -Syd Mead 0125
Kat @tak.notapattern.net · 30/01/2026i had to learn about ice dams this week and i hate that for me. owning a house is just an endless accumulation of cursed knowledge that is somehow both high-stakes and the most boring shit imaginable. i could have happily gone my whole life without knowing a “roof rake” was a thing, let alone […]weatherishappening.networkOriginal post on weatherishappening.network 100
Kat @tak.notapattern.net · 29/01/2026i just had to attach a voided check to something for the first time in years and “Pay to the Order of: VOID” is sure a mood 100
Reposted by KatSecond Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 28/01/2026Someone put a scarf on the Grand Army Plaza dinosaur to keep him warm this week. 613219
Reposted by KatZuthal @zuthal.floofy.tech.ap.brid.gy · 27/01/2026happy large boulder the size of a small boulder day to all who celebrate 0514
Kat @tak.notapattern.net · 22/01/2026@ivory hey is there a setting to restore single tap to boost behavior and i’m missing it? i had it like… a tap on the icon would boost and i could hold it down to quote a post and that seems to no longer be the case 🤔 000
Reposted by KatGlyph @glyph.im · 17/01/2026we all need a little less raging against the dying of the light and a little more coordinated tactical assault on the darkness factory 135130
Reposted by Katmx alex tax1a - 2020 (6) @atax1a.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 15/01/2026cannot stress how much of a whitepeople opinion it is to say that intelligence can be had by averaging the language of the entire internet 104
Kat @tak.notapattern.net · 12/01/2026“I encourage anyone who has this reaction to take a good hard look at why they think a system being good (or even halfway decent) at providing boiler plate code gives it any credibility for other kinds of information seeking behavior. The tech companies are counting on you agreeing that writing […]weatherishappening.networkOriginal post on weatherishappening.network 001
Kat @tak.notapattern.net · 09/01/2026a new and exciting experience: winding down with a relaxing shower in the hotel room after an excruciatingly long day of travel, and suddenly the power goes out. it was PITCH black and i had to grope my way to turning off the water, locating a towel, opening a glass shower door and two interior […]weatherishappening.networkOriginal post on weatherishappening.network 100
Reposted by Katmyrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 07/01/2026I've been reading about what really helped people who had problems with "AI Psychosis" and one tip jumped out at me: Open a second window and tell it exactly the opposite of each thing you say. This helps to expose the sycophancy and shatters the illusion of sincerity and humanity. Thought it […]sauropods.winOriginal post on sauropods.win 7693
Reposted by Katmx alex tax1a - 2020 (6) @atax1a.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 05/01/2026the LLM is a fascist project to deskill workers and propagandize the masses. there is no reclamation to be had here. it must be resisted by force. 015
Reposted by KatPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 02/01/2026Saying ”Grok apologized” is like If I type “YOU’RE A BITCH” into Speak-And-Spell and tell you “Speak-An-Spell says you’re a bitch” 492846589
Reposted by KatJay 🆘 @ap.jay.xyz · 02/01/2026[Grok, Elon] I remember one time in like 2023, at the start of all this nonsense, articles were going around saying "Shocking! ChatGPT explains its decision making process to someone who asked." It did no such thing! Why is it that people, *smart people*, even the hardest skeptics, still […]social.coopOriginal post on social.coop 000
Kat @tak.notapattern.net · 27/12/2025i could have written this, except for me it’s Japanese (and a number of other “fun” things i do). sometimes people ask me why and i tell them that if it had any actual utility in my life, it would be ruined. the pointlessness is the point “Find something difficult enough to demand your […]weatherishappening.networkOriginal post on weatherishappening.network 000
Reposted by KatLuke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 26/12/2025I had a dream last night that today was broken and only had 17 hours because the other ones were corrupt and couldn’t be loaded. I think I need to spend less time around computers 61548
Kat @tak.notapattern.net · 26/12/2025[Stranger Things S5 reaction (not a spoiler)] Jonathan’s FACE during THAT scene. MY HEART 😭 010
Kat @tak.notapattern.net · 20/12/2025the last couple episodes of Pluribus have been quietly devastating and the more i think about them, the more this is true. really curious what the show is working up to in the final episode of the season 000
Kat @tak.notapattern.net · 19/12/2025snuck in a bike ride yesterday to get the last few miles in between weather fronts. ten years! ten thousand miles! 😮 000
Reposted by KatKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 17/12/2025The U.S. is giving dying mall vibes. I can't explain it, but you know I'm right. 586177563179
Reposted by Kathighly praised and little read @hannah.posts.rat.pictures.ap.brid.gy · 17/12/2025If a 4000 year old statuary fragment can be this chill then so can you 1118
Kat @tak.notapattern.net · 15/12/2025this story is horrifying (if utterly predictable) but there’s something sort of accidentally adorable about this sunflower that identifies as a bear/cactus chimera. it’s a confusing world, kids, may as well get used to it! perfect holiday gift for […] [Original post on weatherishappening.network] 000
Reposted by KatProf. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/12/2025@kat Just in case you are curious about the Reasons why this happens, it's pretty neat (apologies if you already know this): it has to do with the fact that Earth is close to perihelion (closest point in its orbit to the Sun), so the Earth is travelling faster along its orbit around the Sun than […]mastodon.socialOriginal post on mastodon.social 114