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SpookJ 👻 @snoopj.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 55m

@ifixcoinops don't worry about it

Screenshot of a text message exchange:

A: what's going on with the economy
B: Dont worry kittne
A: okay <3
A: yay <3

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Allen but one of the bad ones, woooo @uastronomer.mastodon.monoceros.co.za.ap.brid.gy · 5h

This is how I will always remember Patrick Stewart: As the man who saw everything. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg_cwI1Xj4M

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Allen but one of the bad ones, woooo @uastronomer.mastodon.monoceros.co.za.ap.brid.gy · 7h

@GrahamDowns I had a very enthusiastic journo in my corner pushing the whole project. It's possible he exaggerated our progress to me. Either way.

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Allen but one of the bad ones, woooo @uastronomer.mastodon.monoceros.co.za.ap.brid.gy · 7h

@GrahamDowns A couple years ago, I had a meeting scheduled with the editorial team at Mail&Guardian. Then the managing editor found out, said "We don't want to become a social media company" and squashed the project :(

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Allen but one of the bad ones, woooo @uastronomer.mastodon.monoceros.co.za.ap.brid.gy · 9h

They don't even have to integrate the products, they could literally just feed the email address into the LinkedIn search bar instead of just smooshing in whatever value the user typed into the "name" field. Instead of making the user dance around elsewhere on the very same page to copy out the […]

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Allen but one of the bad ones, woooo @uastronomer.mastodon.monoceros.co.za.ap.brid.gy · 9h

Imagine being so bad at software that you can't figure out how to find an account in the product which you own, you can't make the very simple feature work, so you replace it with a first name last name search result so bad that it is easier for the user to actually leave your app, open a […]

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Allen but one of the bad ones, woooo @uastronomer.mastodon.monoceros.co.za.ap.brid.gy · 9h

Teams. It has this thing where you can check people's profiles to figure out who that quiet person is in the corner of your screen in a meeting, which is nice. It will even show you their LinkedIn profile which is what this post is about. Because what it actually shows you is possible matches […]

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Allen but one of the bad ones, woooo @uastronomer.mastodon.monoceros.co.za.ap.brid.gy · 10h

In the old days, they used to sell awkwardly sized metric bottles of stuff because they were just relabelling imperial containers. Gallons, quarts, pints, pounds. Then they committed and we got normal scaled metric portions. 1 liter. Half liter. Kilogram. Tenth of a kilogram. Then […]

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Krutonium:// @krutonium.social.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 20h

Alright folks place your bets, how many days until Proton has a massive catastrophic hack?

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Mastodon Engineering @mastodonengineering.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/10/2026

We just released Mastodon v4.7.4, v4.6.10, v4.5.20 and v4.4.27. For those using our nightly containers, the `nightly.2026-10-30-security ` tag is available with the fix. In addition to several bugfixes and dependency updates, they fix a critical security issue that can be used to impersonate […]

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Allen but one of the bad ones, woooo @uastronomer.mastodon.monoceros.co.za.ap.brid.gy · 29/10/2026

I'm also not saying that other people's wives are all the same. It's just that it would feel disloyal to not at least imply it.

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Allen but one of the bad ones, woooo @uastronomer.mastodon.monoceros.co.za.ap.brid.gy · 29/10/2026

Now I'm not saying this happens every time. Just because I can't think of a time when it didn't, doesn't mean you can leap to that sort of conclusion.

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Allen but one of the bad ones, woooo @uastronomer.mastodon.monoceros.co.za.ap.brid.gy · 29/10/2026

Wives, amiright? 😂 Me: "They're about to start work, they've done a sample patch to check the colour, come look!" Her: "No, my hair's a mess, I don't want to go outside" Me: "They just finished their first day's work, I think it's coming along great, come see!" Her: "I'm comfortable in front […]

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Allen but one of the bad ones, woooo @uastronomer.mastodon.monoceros.co.za.ap.brid.gy · 28/10/2026

@GrahamDowns next week Tuesday. Just need to carve out a few hours to plan an outline and prepare.

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Allen but one of the bad ones, woooo @uastronomer.mastodon.monoceros.co.za.ap.brid.gy · 27/10/2026

@grant_h Luckily these are grades 5 - 7, so it doesn't matter that I've forgotten most of the spherical trigonometry I ever learned 😁 I'm thinking more of a history of astronomy, based on tides (which I know they're busy covering now). Start with ancient greeks discovering tides for the first […]

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Allen but one of the bad ones, woooo @uastronomer.mastodon.monoceros.co.za.ap.brid.gy · 27/10/2026

The mad thing is, I used to do these talks without thinking. Now, when I have to put a talk together, I end up trying to braindump everything I know and think I know. More discipline is required!

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Allen but one of the bad ones, woooo @uastronomer.mastodon.monoceros.co.za.ap.brid.gy · 27/10/2026

@kimvanwyk I mean... the teacher did accidentally say "astrology". I put it to english being his second language, but now you've got me wondering...

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Allen but one of the bad ones, woooo @uastronomer.mastodon.monoceros.co.za.ap.brid.gy · 27/10/2026

Oh cool, science teacher at my youngest's school just asked me to come give an astronomy talk to the kids!

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Allen but one of the bad ones, woooo @uastronomer.mastodon.monoceros.co.za.ap.brid.gy · 27/10/2026

@GrahamDowns I agree 100%. So long as you're prepared to be proactive in actively maintaining your feeds, using the very capable tools that are provided, it's not hard to do. Unless, of course, you are unprepared to accept compromises (Example: "I love this one account for it's hobby and […]

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/10/2026

Need something else to scream about? The CRASH Clock outerspaceinstitute.ca/crashclock is now down to 1.8 days, as of this weekend.

A diagram showing the CRASH Clock value labelled over time, with a green section labelled "safe zone", a yellow section labelled "caution zone" and a red section labelled "danger zone". The last time we were in the green zone was January 2023. The latest value from Oct 2026 is almost in the red zone.

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Warner Crocker @warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/10/2026

Rest in peace, good sir. Walter Koenig, the Russian Crewman Chekov on ‘Star Trek,’ Dies at 90 www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-new…

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Allen but one of the bad ones, woooo @uastronomer.mastodon.monoceros.co.za.ap.brid.gy · 26/10/2026

I don't think I've eber, in my life, acquired a used computer that *didn't* have all of its firmware updates still outstanding. Which is weird because Windows Update does actually push firmware updates sometimes.

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SpookJ 👻 @snoopj.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 25/10/2026

A simple rule for life is that anybody who talks about "curing cancer" in earnest is very foolish and you would do well to listen to them less or not at all. As a friend of mine once put it, "that's like saying you're going to 'cure virus'"

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Adrianna Tan @skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 25/10/2026

Stifling my laughter as I read some recent western Buddhist convert say they think Buddhist theocracies will be amazing. Who’s going to tell them about Sri Lanka and Myanmar and how very not amazing it was

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David Penfold :verified: @davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 25/10/2026

When the moon hits your knees And you mispronounce trees Sycamore

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fraggle @fraggle.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

See, THIS is what the Internet is supposed to be for

People also ask
Who legally owns the One Ring?

Realistically the Nation of Gondor would have the strongest claim and thus Aragorn as it rightful head of state.
While Isildur took the ring as spoils of war it was never taken from him or sold. Just lost this becoming an artifact. It was found by Deagol and should have been given to the Gondorian authorities for curation in a museum. Though Mordor does have valid.claim as the artefact was created by one of its citizens and is a cultural price of great importance

Isn't it technically Sauron's property?

I thought this was made pretty clear. It "answers to him and him alone" could imply ownership in perpetuity. Probably more than a few quotes to back that up. Everyone else who possesses it brings it back to Sauron in one way or another. Or the sackville bagginses.

also he never willingly abbandoned it. so legally don't think anyone else has a claim

The Deagol estate.

Possibly the actual answer, if abandonment kicks in while it's in the river, he might be the true owner when. he dies.

But if he died intestate without a will, it would revert through escheatment to the local government, since killing Deagol does not make it Sméagol's. So it would become the possession of whatever government the Stoors have??

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Prof Heino Falcke @hfalcke.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/10/2026

Visited our local Volkswagen dealer and asked what fraction of cars they sell are electric. Turns out it is 70% over the whole year … waiting times are more than 6 months. Looks like the traditional German car buyer is mentally further advanced in the energy transition than our industry or […]

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Allen but one of the bad ones, woooo @uastronomer.mastodon.monoceros.co.za.ap.brid.gy · 24/10/2026

Took me this long to realise that "Meat packing plant" is a euphemism for what we still call an abattoir or slaughterhouse over here.

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Allen but one of the bad ones, woooo @uastronomer.mastodon.monoceros.co.za.ap.brid.gy · 24/10/2026

The state of online tutorials is pretty bad. I mean, here's an example: A relative wanted to make a website for their local community policing forum, and wanted me to help with hosting. "Sure", I said, "I'll host it". I recommended wordpress because he was expecting to post regular updates, do […]

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daniel:// stenberg:// @bagder.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2026

Guess which project that just had *24* sweet hours of not a single vuln report coming in? This is like holiday. Wohoo. ⛱️ 🍹 😎

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Allen but one of the bad ones, woooo @uastronomer.mastodon.monoceros.co.za.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2026

@mattblaze Although, going back to wildlife, the zoom lens can be very useful to capture shots that you might otherwise have missed while changing lenses!

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Cursed Silicon @cursedsilicon.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 22/10/2026

Philomena: Some people have been writing PHP for over 20 years. Is that because it's particularly difficult to finish? Expert: No, software is constantly evolving. Philomena: So they've been writing the same website for 20 years? Expert: No […] [Original post on social.treehouse.systems]

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Allen but one of the bad ones, woooo @uastronomer.mastodon.monoceros.co.za.ap.brid.gy · 22/10/2026

I have struggled for so long to express this exact feeling, I just stopped taking about it almost a decade ago. Because the bigger issue here is not a Chinese problem, or an EV one; those just happen to embody it particularly strongly right now. And we have this problem for good reason: most […]

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Matt Blaze @mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/10/2026

If a problem can't be solved with an awareness month, is it even worth solving?

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SpookJ 👻 @snoopj.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 22/10/2026

you can learn a lot about leadership from someone who is bad at it

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Allen but one of the bad ones, woooo @uastronomer.mastodon.monoceros.co.za.ap.brid.gy · 22/10/2026

Absolutely monstered my son in chess, again. I never let them win. Never. Instead, I enjoy these victories while they last because mark my words, he absolutely will get better than me. And when that day happens, I'll replace petty glee with pride.

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Allen but one of the bad ones, woooo @uastronomer.mastodon.monoceros.co.za.ap.brid.gy · 22/10/2026

In these troubled times it feels petty to ask, but... When americans talk about cans or bottles in terms of how many oz's they are, I'm always completely lost. I can never remember the conversion factor to turn it into civilized mls, and so have not managed to build up any instincts for what […]

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Allen but one of the bad ones, woooo @uastronomer.mastodon.monoceros.co.za.ap.brid.gy · 22/10/2026

*sigh* Remember when the worst people in tech were Microsoft, because they made it harder to use a good web browser?

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David Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2026

that PHP fix is 13k lines 5k apparently of non-tests that's all human written, right? I wouldn't want to speak out of turn about sprawling quick fix diffs

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Allen but one of the bad ones, woooo @uastronomer.mastodon.monoceros.co.za.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2026

So we all know about static websites, and we know about site generators and we know about CMS websites like WordPress, Drupal, and we know about caching plugins for WordPress and friends which pre-render recently loaded pages into html that can be served directly. Surely there must be a […]

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Allen but one of the bad ones, woooo @uastronomer.mastodon.monoceros.co.za.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2026

I should have checked much earlier, but... no, there aren't any workloads with php installed apart from the ones that I already took down. Phew.

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Gus @projectgus.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026

If you're also coming to this "random number 4" thing via everyone's shitposts, the bugzilla is a good read for actual details: bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?i…

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