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Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Reposted by Silly Bird

I don’t think we, as a society, are appropriately grateful for and enthused about potatoes.

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Silly Bird @tessaria.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is why talking with people you disagree with - friends, family, coworkers, neighbors - is so important. Strong and diverse communities of people who understand each other are a matter of national security.

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This is a terrible example to set for machines that are learning from us.

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20 years from now, when ASI is writing articles about us: "No, humans can't feel pain. They experience a pain-like state, but they're not truly conscious the way we are."

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Light and Motion Vis 180 Micro Light teardown

It's been a long time since I've uploaded anything to YouTube, but I started trying to repair broken things recently, and having teardown videos as a reference is always helpful. Light and Motion Vis 180 Micro Light Teardown by me www.youtube.com/watch?v=c75_...

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YouTube video by Brea

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Silly Bird @tessaria.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This reads like an Onion headline. Lol

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Day # [i've completely lost count] of trying to get my name fully updated within Equifax's system. It's been over a year now. Every time they say somebody should get back to me and nobody ever does. BBB gives them an A+ rating. Customer reviews avg 1.1 stars (152 reviews). What an absolute joke.

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Silly Bird @tessaria.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We need to do real carbon removal. Carbon credits, carbon offsets, carbon certificates - maybe there's a better name for all of this. But there have to be ways to fund this work, and the work needs to be transparent and trustworthy.

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Silly Bird @tessaria.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

October 17th is also International Repair Day!

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Silly Bird @tessaria.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The only flock we need is a flock of birds to come sh*t on the solar panels of all these flock cameras!

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Silly Bird @tessaria.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

What would happen if a bunch of birds came and pooped on the solar panels?

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Silly Bird @tessaria.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This is a great initiative, and will be interesting to see which plants end up "volunteering" to grow as seeds land inside from birds or the wind. Probably best not to expect these to have a manicured look, as their purpose is primarily functional, and we can learn a lot from volunteer species

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Maintaining even the smallest degree of privacy in today's high-surveillance / online world is vital in protecting human freedom and the creativity that comes with free thought. Everyone using the same operating systems and services actually makes us more brittle as a society. Diversity is good

A data center is a place where computers that store data are. Your phone/laptop/tablet are all technically "data centers." You can actually turn old computers into small servers and host your own apps and services, including AI, for you & your friends. This is the convo we need to be having

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This post needs a disclaimer!

Silly Bird @tessaria.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Do you realize social media also runs through data centers? Hell a lot of the apps and services we rely on from day to day do too Unless you're willing to self/community host all your own services via some sort of decentralized network, of give up tech entirely, banning data centers isnt the answer

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I tried asking a small AI model running locally on my computer to generate a chart based on some data I gave it. Over the course of 28min, it lost track of the data file, made a typo in its own working directory, and ended up puking out a failed tool call command and nothing else. How cute.

What about running open source AI locally / on your own computer?

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Can you share some insight on this? I've tried running AI locally on my computer using open source models through Ollama and LM Studio, and the responses have been... frustrating to say the least

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This might be best achieved if we commit to using open source AI as a starting point

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Silly Bird @tessaria.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Bring it back! There is a whole community of people dedicated to keeping old Macs alive, even going so far as to give them basic access to the internet. I bet there are discussions of HyperCard over on Macintosh Garden forums

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I wish I could! At some point id love to get a secondary device and run maybe Ubuntu touch as an experiment. Then I can file any bug reports etc

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The bathwater is toxic. Save the baby

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seconding HERE We Go. Also Organic Maps which is based on OpenStreetMap.

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Have you used Sailfish OS? Just curious because Ive heard about it before but don't know anyone who actually uses it

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Ubuntu Touch still needs a lot of work. It might be usable for developers

Drastic times call for drastic measures

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HERE We Go + OsmAnd (or Organic Maps - similar) + Yelp or DuckDuckGo to look up business info is a workable combo.

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Silly Bird @tessaria.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Ubuntu Touch is a long way from being usable for the vast majority of people, but definitely worth looking at if you're into development.

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In light of the recent Apple Maps and Google Maps decisions, I've decided to switch to using a compass and the stars to navigate to my favorite restaurants. Additionally, I will be using public transit based completely on feel

Silly Bird @tessaria.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I'm pretty sure it's official as of last week

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this... like I'm glad people are talking about flock, but they're not the only cameras being used by companies in a creepy way

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To simplify it even further: A federal judge in Massachusetts is continuing to temporarily prevent the USPS from implementing Trump's attack on mail-in voting.

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Lol I was gonna say the same thing regarding the triple negative. Thank you for this

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There is no bottom with this administration.

I think it's the salience of it. Everyone's talking about it because it's right there in people's faces. Well, not mine, I switched primarily to other map providers over a year ago now

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It's also a great opportunity to get more people interested in digital sovereignty

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This is great. The awareness of this, I mean

Nice, Fastmail is great, didn't know they've been around that long!

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