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

Is anyone else on @mastodon.online seeing their #SpamFilters as a "loud" warning even when they are set to silently hide the posts? Is this a bug or a new feature that I missed somehow? #mastodon

Screenshot of mastodon.online in a mobile browser showing a post that matches one of my filters, in the timeline with a "matches filter..." notice, even though the filter is set to remove the post and nit show it.

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

Having English Breakfast for supper because I'm a punk rebel.

Photo of a glass cup holding slightly reddish Ebglish Breakfast tea.

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urig @urig.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

How the mighty have fallen. Not one, but two grammar mistakes on #TheGuardian's International homepage at the moment. What a sad thing to see. www.theguardian.com/international

Screenshot of The Guardian's International homepage showing to top news stories. One says "Trump set to press Zelenskyy at UN to agree energy ceasefire with Russia" (missing the word "to") and the other says "NBC, ABC, CBS and Fox News, the fourth other networks that..." (should have said "the four other networks")

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urig @urig.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026

I've had worse mornings, thank you for asking. 😊

Landscape photo of lake Como in Italy. My legs are resting in a recliner facing (an empty) fire pit table beyond which a wide stretch of the lake is visible with hotels at the bottom of the mountains on the distant other edge l. It is beautiful and serene. I am on vacation.

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urig @urig.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 14/07/2026

[Computer Art, Flashing Lights] Check out this cool video art courtesy of my laptop glitching spontaneously.

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urig @urig.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 13/07/2026

Well done #Europcar. This is the first time I've ever had a company honestly refer to the fact that they are using a #tracking pixel in their emails to me. #privacy learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstu…

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urig @urig.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 05/07/2026

If you're using #Postman for #API development and testing, consider Bruno as an alternative. www.usebruno.com #Bruno is offline-only, privacy-focused and requires no sign-up or login. All your API collections are stored as files on your local drive […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Screenshot from the Bruno homepage that says: "The Git-native API client.
Collections stored as code. Works with Git, your IDE, and your agents.
Open-source, local, and built for developers."

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urig @urig.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 11/05/2026

[Cool spider close-up] Found this impressive little feller while washing the car. Likely a yellow sac spider, a type of Cheiracanthium. From its swollen abdomen I'm guessing it's a female just about to lay eggs. Wikipedia indicates its bite is slightly […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Closeup shot of a long-legged yellow spider with a large green swollen abdomen. The spider is about 2 centimeters long and poses for the photo like a professional.

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urig @urig.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 07/04/2026

@evan warning: this joke is a Shibboleth for Gen X.

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urig @urig.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 29/01/2026

Where I come from restaurants are lucky to last 20 years. In #Rome, I just had a most sublime lunch at an establishment that's over 110 years old. If you get the chance, don't miss dining at Alfredo alla Scrofa. alfredoallascrofa.com No need to […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Watercolor illustration showing the street front of the Alfredo alla Scrofa restaurant in Rome. Title above it says "since 1914" in Italian.

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urig @urig.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 29/01/2026

Good morning. I am drinking coffee in #Rome and this is the view from my window. Life could definitely be worse lol

Phone pic of the dome at the top of the Basilica di Sant'Andrea della Valle in Rome. It is garnished by several TV antennae and satellite dishes on the roofs just below it.

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urig @urig.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 28/10/2025

[Death in Africa] The Guardian: "Rapid Support Forces accused of killing more than 2,000 unarmed civilians in El Fasher in recent days" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/… No Jews, not interesting?

Screenshot of article in The Guardian's website titled "Mass killings reported in Sudanese city seized by paramilitary group".

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urig @urig.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2025

Any #car fans up for a riddle? Can't figure out why my car complains about the front wheel with 34 PSI having low pressure and ignores the other front wheel with 33 PSI.

Photo of an alert on my car's dashboard display. It shows a schematic of my car seen from above. One front tire is shown as having 34 PSI and is highlighted in orange. The other front tire is shown with 33 PSI and is not highlighted.

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urig @urig.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2025

[#Hamas Summary Execution. Graphic] Hours after releasing Israeli hostages, #Hamas executed several #Palestinians in #Gaza accused of collaboration with #Israel or challenging Hamas authority. They got them down on their knees in the street for all to see […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Phone picture showing several Hamas militants aiming assault rifles at 7 Palestinians kneeling in the street, their hand tied behind their backs.

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urig @urig.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2025

What's going on here, #Mastodon? Why are you trying to "uniquely identify [my] computer"? #privacy

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urig @urig.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2025

I will resist the temptation and will not have any of the Amarena cherries. I will resist the temptation and will not have any of the Amarena cherries. I will resist the temptation and will not have any of the Amarena cherries. I will resist the temptation […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Photo shows a small, white, glass jar of Amarena Wild Cherries in Heavy Syrup. The cherries are not visible, but they are inside. Yumm.

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urig @urig.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2025

Today's catch from the Halper's Books. Such a rare gem of a store.

Phone pic of two used books that I just bought: Thomas Piketty's "Capital in the Twenty-First Century" and Jonathan Lynn and Anthony Jay's "The Complete Yes Minister".

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urig @urig.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2025

Oh wow, I've found a Templar Tomato when making salad. Dan Brown has got to see this.

Picture of half a tomato on a cutting board. The tomato is roughly square shaped and so it's 4 inner chambers form the shape of a Templar cross a.k.a. cross pattée with arms that are narrow at the centre and often flared in a curve or straight line shape to be broader at the perimeter.

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urig @urig.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2025

Breaking: Now that I'm mainlining Linux on my laptop, I have decided to signal virtue and demonstrate superiority by shunning both GUI text editors AND #vi and opting to re-learn #GNU #emacs. Stay tuned for updates on my suffering and regret.

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urig @urig.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2025

An unusual quartz-tipped tool killed a man 12,000 years ago. Scientists are puzzling over who wielded it CNN: edition.cnn.com/2025/08/29/science/… #archaeology #pleistocene #asia

The skull of the man found at Vietnam's Thung Binh 1 cave was shattered and flattened. This image shows the skull after reconstruction. The skull has a dark tint. The jaw bone and all teeth are present.
(A. Wilshaw/C.M. Stimpson/Stimpson et al. 2025 Proceedings of the Royal Society B)

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urig @urig.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 29/07/2025

They brought me my Singha beer in a Chang beer cozy next to a Heineken glass. No complaints. 5/5. Recommended. #Thailand

Phone photo of a Singha beer bottle in a Chang beer cozy next to a Heineken glass.

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urig @urig.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 10/07/2025

I'm on the hunt for a #TextToSql package for #Node. That is, an #npm package that takes an #SQL database, analyzes its structure, and can then transform natural language input into a query, run it, and bring me back the results. Although it's #Python and so […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

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urig @urig.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2025

#Mozilla's unwise decision to kill its #pocket #bookmarking service has had a good effect on me. I switched to #wallbag (foss: wallabag.org) and am now paying a small monthly fee to host my bookmarks at wallabag.it, without a big corp spying on me. Lemons to lemonade imho.

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urig @urig.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 01/07/2025

Unfortunately, I accidentally broke one of the 4 plastic pins that fix the GPU fan to the GPU on the graphics card. Check out the rust on the spring - neat, eh? If anyone knows the search terms to find a replacement I'd be much obliged :).

Photo of a small, black plastic pin measure about 15mm in length. The pin has a rusty spring coiled around it. 4 of these are used to secure the GPU fan to the GPU on my AMD Radeon 5450 graphics adapter. The pin is broken into two parts and so cannot be re-used for its original purpose.

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urig @urig.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 30/06/2025

The good news are that these aren't nearly as addictive as the honey & mustard variety. The bad news are that they're still fucking addictive. It was very hard to stop munching them long enough to take the pic. Pretty sure these are artificially flavored with cocaine. Please send help.

Phone pic of a bag of Snyder's of Hanover's Hot Buffalo Wing Pretzel Pieces. Please send help.

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urig @urig.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 30/06/2025

Yes! Finally it's time to cancel that great evil - politeness. But why stop there? Let's target kindness, empathy and just being good to each other. Am I missing any other awful social constructs forced upon us by the imperial hetero-hegemonical industrial […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Screen shot of toot from @kristiedegaris@mastodon.scot that reads: "New piece of writing on how British politeness and 'manners' are the last surviving pillars of the Empire.

'Not all legacies of the British Empire are loud. Some are quiet, habitual, and dressed in good intentions. In the UK, tone still trumps truth, and politeness remains more culturally sacred than justice.'"

Also includes a photo of a gilded door-knocker shaped like a lion's head and a link to an article from which the quote is taken.

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urig @urig.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 25/06/2025

Have you had breakfast yet? Don't forget to nap afterwards. You're welcome.

Photo of my black cat sprawled over a grey sofa, napping after breakfast.

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