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Evan @vanzick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026
Tell me about leaving everything behind… www.independent.ie/irish-news/irish…
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Evan @vanzick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
Cut my hair and went to Sainsbury’s. Got ID’d on checkouts. Today is a good day! :awesome:
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Donncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026
The Stones Arches of Ballydehob The tide was full, and the water had gone completely flat, so the stone arches came out twice in the frame. We were lucky. The weather back home in Blarney was atrocious, with rain falling from cloudy skies […] [Original post on mastodon.ie]
A stone railway viaduct of twelve arches crossing still water on a bright day, its arches and the white cumulus above mirrored almost perfectly in the surface, with trees on the left bank, grass in the foreground and a long grey building visible through the right-hand arches.
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Mitch Wagner @mitch.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
BREAKING: After the Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing, I fought back. And I'm happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post. They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...
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Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen Attiah
An arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing.
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
the fact that a billionaire can randomly throw $100,000,000 into a campaign against taxing the rich seems like the best argument yet they can afford it
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Evan @vanzick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2026
Reading at the news about how the UK is entering a drought and how we are entering our 5th heatwave, I am baffled at how climate change is not part of the discourse at all. The BBC news website allows "certain news" to be commented by readers, the highest comments on these pages are all about […]
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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/08/2026
There's a new crater on the moon due to SpaceX accidentally crashing a leftover junked rocket body yesterday. Give me your best name suggestions! (Please note that *I* have absolutely no control over naming craters on the moon, there's an IAU committee for that, this post is a joke. I will […]
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Vee @veroniqueb99.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/06/2026
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Dan Stowell @danstowell.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/06/2026
The first trillionaire is such a sad moment in the history of humanity - that after so many eras, so many stories, institutions, dreams, our species has arrived at such an *idiotic* mis-allocation of resources. Our entire species. Everything we have. This is where we are.
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Dr. Dan Killam @dantheclamman.scicomm.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 30/05/2026
Pulse oximetry has previously been noted to have a bias against people with higher skin melanin content. It over-measures blood oxygen for Black people and others with more melanin, because most oximeters were calibrated for people with light skin. This can lead to someone with a real blood O2 […]
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Evan @vanzick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/05/2026
www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yedendp…
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Ghana parliament passes bill criminalising gay acts
Same-sex acts are punishable by jail terms under Ghana's new bill targeting those identifying as gay, lesbian or transgender.
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Evan @vanzick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/05/2026
RE: mastodon.social/@JMarkOckerbloom/11… Eeeeks
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kjaerulv @kjaerulv.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/05/2026
Trillions of miles of data: Your car is spying on you, and it's only just the beginning www.bbc.com/future/article/20260513…
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Quinn Norton @quinn.social.circl.lu.ap.brid.gy · 16/05/2026
no post has ever made me feel more seen than this one.
The classic:
Tech enthusiasts: My entire house is smart.

Tech workers: The only piece of technology in my house is a printer and I keep a gun next to it so I can shoot it if it makes a noise I don't recognize.
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Mᴀʀᴋ VᴀɴᴅᴇWᴇᴛᴛᴇʀɪɴɢ @brainwagon.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/05/2026
I updated this for 2026.
A COMPUTER
CAN NEVER BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE
AND IF WE BLAME THE Al,
NEITHER CAN WE.
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Evan @vanzick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/05/2026
There are songs that don’t actually grow on you but plant seeds in your heart and grow with you. And every time you listen to it, it blossoms. I feel this hearing this entire album youtu.be/T5KKQ1RK5Sk
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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/04/2026
I'm still working on this AI data center environmental effects talk (which, let me tell you, is seriously fucking depressing), but I wanted to share the best article I've come across on this topic, in case anyone else is interested in knowing exactly how much to hate slop-AI* use […]
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Morten @bech.mstdn.dk.ap.brid.gy · 27/04/2026
Stumbled upon this one. #Murica is broken.
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Evan @vanzick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/04/2026
RE: mastodon.social/@nixCraft/116432858… We’ve arrived at the Era of Lunacy.
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Evan @vanzick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/04/2026
We should bring Nate Hagens to the Fediverse. I love his channel “The Great Simplification” if you haven’t watched yet please do! I’ve been learning so much. youtube.com/channel/UCWJOjGOpN8oSVr…
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Dan Gillmor @dangillmor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/04/2026
Molly Crabapple on the tech industry's appropriation of art, and profiting by regurgitating it. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/…
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Is AI the greatest art heist in history?
New technologies of reproduction are plundering the art world – and getting away with it
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Jon S. von Tetzchner @jon.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 16/04/2026
32 years ago I started working on my first browser, Opera. I left Opera in 2011, but two years later I co-founded Vivaldi. Thus I have been making browsers now for 32 years, with a short break there between 2011 and 2013. I have always felt that this work is important and no less today than […]
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 08/04/2026
We read a lot about the "powerful algorithms" that Big Tech uses. But the algorithms are not powerful. The people owning the big tech corporations are and the algorithms are just the manifestations of their choices and values.
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Jesper Lund @je5perl.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/03/2026
The Commission stands with Big Tech in an utterly wild letter that puts pressure on the democratically elected European Parliament to abandon their rights respecting vote on #ChatControl 1.0 just two weeks ago, and instead give Big Tech two-more-years of mass […] [Original post on eupolicy.social]
Letter from the Commission to the European Parliament asking them to vote tomorrow (26 March) on extending the interim CSAM derogation, aka Chat Control 1.0, without any amendments. Source: Politico article.
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bontchev.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy @bontchev.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 22/03/2026
This is a hilarious commentary on the US/Israeli war with Iran: "God is a comedian": no01.substack.com/p/march-19-21-god…
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March, 19-21: God is a comedian
A stiff drink is recommended
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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 @chris.mstdn.chrisalemany.ca.ap.brid.gy · 04/03/2026
If only Carney had the courage to say something like this on behalf of Canadians... Prime Minister Sanchez of Spain: “Because the question is not whether or not we are in favour of the Ayatollahs. No one is. Certainly not the Spanish people and of […] [Original post on mstdn.chrisalemany.ca]
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kim_harding ✅ @kim-harding.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 01/03/2026
Palantir Sues Swiss Magazine For Accurately Reporting That The Swiss Government Didn’t Want Palantir www.techdirt.com/2026/02/27/palanti… Please note that Palantir would rather that you didn't […]
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Evan @vanzick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/01/2026
Is anyone following Honey’s “Cookiegate scandal”? After a year and many lawsuits, young Journalist/YouTuber Megalag returns with further details on the business practices of PayPal’s Honey. His videos are managing to reach a much broader audience and shedding a light on deceitful big tech […]
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Evan @vanzick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/04/2025
“Oh sing for the trees that are felled on our watch, for in singing together we decry what we lost. Those who seek to destroy cannot see what we know. That from hopes coppiced roughly new green saplings may grow” youtu.be/ZXv3DT7Z620
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AJ Sadauskas @aj.gts.sadauskas.id.au.ap.brid.gy · 20/04/2025
I've got a quick favour to ask. If you're reading this post on Mastodon (or the Fediverse), please click share. How come? I recently moved across to my own self-hosted single-user server (using GoToSocial.org). For a bunch of reasons, including visibility across the Fedi, it would really help out.
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James Smith 💾 @floppy.org.uk · 13/04/2025
Holy shit, Carole Cadwalladr’s TED appearance is incredible. *Unbelievably* brave to stand up in person in front of the people enabling tyranny, call it out directly, and call THEM out by name. “You are not gods. You are men; and you are careless.” Phenomenal. youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE
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Evan @vanzick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/04/2025
I spent many hours on Cult of Lamb in 2024. One of the most captivating things about this game I found was certainly the music, which it was stuck on my mind on repeat for many months. I am truly saddened to hear the passing of “River Boy” the talented musician responsible for CoL soundtrack and […]
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Evan @vanzick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/04/2025
I want a flip phone! youtu.be/nnsyGSTKlw0
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Evan @vanzick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/04/2025
“ When it comes to software, Europe runs on U.S. code.” 👨‍💻 foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/31/europe…
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Europe Must Avoid Becoming a Digital Colony
The EuroStack is the continent’s last chance for technological sovereignty in the era of AI.
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Erik Uden 🚩 @erikuden.mastodon.de.ap.brid.gy · 31/03/2025
Can ChatGPT also steal some Nintendo art style? It's the one legal battle I'd at least know they ain't winning. Come on, do your thing :nintendo:
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 29/03/2025
"Apple’s AI isn’t a letdown. AI is the letdown" Even CNN is slowly starting to get it. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/03/27/tech/app…
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Apple’s AI isn’t a letdown. AI is the letdown | CNN Business
Apple has been getting hammered in tech and financial media for its uncharacteristically messy foray into artificial intelligence. After a June event heralding a new AI-powered Siri, the company has delayed its release indefinitely. The AI features Apple has rolled out, including text message summaries, are comically unhelpful.
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Evan @vanzick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/03/2025
US government allegedly deletes data pertaining to investigation in the War in Ukraine compiled by Yale scientists. How odd. www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0rzygd…
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Trump administration withdraws from Russian war crime investigations - BBC News
The Trump administration has defunded a programme documenting the abduction of children from Ukraine.
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Evan @vanzick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/03/2025
Loved this review from ep3 of Adolescence. decider.com/2025/03/17/adolescence-… #adolescence #netflix
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‘Adolescence’ Episode 3 Recap: The Conversation | Decider
This is the best hour of television so far this year.
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Evan @vanzick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/03/2025
“The interviews and documents reveal a system that treats women like household goods — bought, sold and discarded. Some company websites have an “add to cart” button next to photos of workers. One advertises “Kenyan maids for sale.” Harrowing report from the NYT. We should hold no respect for […]
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Aram Sinnreich @aram.aoir.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/03/2025
Turns out Pink Floyd was wrong. We do need education.
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Martin Nutty @mnutty.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 08/03/2025
Written 90 years ago in 1935, the words of #Hemingway in his “Notes on the Next War” should resonate with every thoughtful reader. #Geopolitics #EUPolitics #USPolitics
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There is the great danger and the great difference. France is a country and Great Britain is several countries but Italy is a man, Mussolini, and Germany is a man, Hitler. A man has ambitions, a man rules until he gets into economic trouble; he tries to get out of this trouble by war. A country never wants war until a man through the power of propaganda convinces it. Propaganda is stronger now than it has ever been before. Its agencies have been mechanized, multiplied and controlled until in a state ruled by any one man truth can never be presented.
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Evan @vanzick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/03/2025
Apparently Google and Apple removed International Women’s day from the calendar on the 8th of March. #womensday #humanrights
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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 23/02/2025
I’m so proud of Pica. She has done a great job recovering from her #hyperthyroidism and becoming a potato again. #PicaTheCat #catsofmastodon #cats #cat #potato
A small tabby cat looks at you with alert cute eyes. Another angle of the cat to showcase her potato like form.
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com
Two figures walk along a corridor lined with complex machinery. 

The worker says "Congratulations, sir! The most intelligent machine ever created is ready to change the world. Ten billion dollars well spent...  What shall we ask it to do? "

The billionaire replies "That's my business, not yours. Close the door on your way out."

Now alone with the machine, the billionaire asteps closer and asks quietly "Can you Make people like me?"
it says "No"
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abadidea @0xabad1dea.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 29/01/2025
when I was young, adults with authority over me loved to tell me that I'd agree with them when I was older, but as I approach 40 they're still wrong and I wish I'd picked more fights with them
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