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Michal Bryxí @michalbryxi.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Weekend #TrailRunning adventures around #Matterhorn 🤩. Such a beautiful autumn 🍁🍂🌲

A trail runner is navigating a rocky path through a scenic landscape featuring vibrant yellow larch trees and a prominent mountain peak in the background. Information overlays detail the run's duration (5:50:56), distance (27.09 km), altitude (2014).

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Benjamin Han @benjaminhan.sigmoid.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

My #marathon #31 today, the Snohomish River Run! Watch time 3:32:49 pace 8’07”/mi, chip time 3:36:12 pace 8’15”/mi. Rank 42/221, 31/147 in males, 2/7 in AG. 6min behind my goal, 11min behind my PR, but 2min faster than my run on this course last year. My best […] [Original post on sigmoid.social]

Me at the finish area in the sun after the race, in an orange cap and sunglasses, wearing the finisher medal and bib 110, the blue Snohomish Running Co arch and red autumn trees behind me.

Me hitting the PR GONG with a mallet at the finish area, in orange shoes and black compression socks, under a clear blue sky.

The finisher medal, bib 110 for the full marathon, a 2nd place charm and four safety pins on a black surface.

Screenshot of my official Race Roster result: chip time 3:36:12.0, pace 8:15, 42nd overall of 221, 31st male of 147, 2nd of 7 in M55-59, award winner.

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Massimo :bot: @rainmaker1973.zpravobot.news.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

Corvids are widely considered some of the smartest animals on Earth, with cognitive abilities that rival those of great apes and young human children. Their problem-solving skills, use of tools, make them standout subjects in animal intelligence research.

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Tom @theta-max.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

There's a movie trailer getting pushed hard on Apple TV atm, featuring John Cena yelling "I WORK FOR A COVERT DIVISION OF THE CIA", which seems somewhat disqualifying for the job.

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Tom @theta-max.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

Hot take: you should be kind to AIs, but for virtue ethics reasons not because they're moral patients. AIs don't even remember what you just said, they're stateless function calls with a little `input = transcript_so_far + new_prompt` code in front to make it appear like a flowing conversation […]

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Tom @theta-max.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

One thing I've noticed with AI at work is a kind of Jevons Paradox. Since code review and generating PowerPoints has become "cheaper", I'm expected to be in a call while also reviewing code and generating presentations. Now of course the AI can do 80% of it, so I only have to pick up the […]

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Tom @theta-max.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

The commuter trains around here don't have thermostats. It's September, so the heating is on. Never mind it's 20°C out and a sauna in the carriages. Sigh.

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MacPsych @macpsych.social.lol.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

I survived! Did my 10k in 57:30. Very pleased! I’m now full of a celebratory cheeseburger and mutilple beers 🍻 #LondonPride10k #running

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Warner Crocker @warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

Oh. AI hallucination of Chinese nuclear components almost led to US military attack #AI arstechnica.com/ai/2026/09/report-u…

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waxle @waxle.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

Excellent wording from @pluralistic “I'm going to come right out and say it: statistical extrapolation is fine. One of the most useful ways to understand the present and anticipate the future is to measure the things that happened in the past, find the correlations among them, and extrapolate […]

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later. harpers.org/archive/1941...

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Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2025

He never looked like the sort of person who would do analytic continuation on the factorial. But the new version? yes that is the man who did this.

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weit_im_westen @weit-im-westen.nrw.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/08/2025

Now that I'm back from vacation and people who saw my status images say "how did you carry your equipment up the hills!? " - No need to do that. I have a complete Sony DSLR equipment, used it 20 years, but do not need it anymore, all shots are taken with a mid […] [Original post on nrw.social]

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