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pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

Mostly mundane, but lacking in my name, fortunately.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/22/are-you-in-the-epstein-emails/

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

Over on Whatever today I confirm that, indeed, all those emails authors and other writers are getting promising access to readers and book clubs and such are 100% scams, share all the scam emails I got just this morning, and note why they are all awful and bad:

https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/11/22/yes-all-those-author-services-and-book-club-emails-are-fake-and-no-dont-send-them-any-money/

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

I’ve got stickers 👀 #Merchtodon

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uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

My very first cat, Kisa Lísa. From the streets of Reykjavik, she became a beloved family cat. She's quite the legend in the family, and now there is a book about her life for those who are interested and able to read Icelandic.www.penninn.is/is/book/kott... #cats #caturday #catsofbluesky #catsky

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Hank Green proves the arc of AI-Doomerism is long, and it bends towards bullshit

#AI #aidoomerism #OpenAI #RegulatoryCapture

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

preparing gear for today's "Safety Marshal" gig at the Federal Building in #ROC at noon.

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uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

I had to post this one because it's just so genuinely ugly. That said, we never had trains in Iceland, so this must have been interesting for people to see back in the day. Again, this was taken in the States. I have no idea where exactly.#photography #filmphotography #slide #trains #history #usa

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uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

I'm not sure if this is Chicago like the previous pictures. All I know is that my grandfather numbered all the slides from America. This one is number three.#photography #filmphotography #slide #streetphotography #history #usa #america #vintage

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uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

A Chicago city street in 1958. This photo was most likely taken by someone my grandfather knew working at the Naval Air Station in Iceland. I really like the vintage signs.#photography #filmphotography #slide #streetphotography #history #usa #america #chicago #vintage

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

some encouraging words

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/21/us-activism-protests-boycotts-mutual-aid

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

so very weird

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/nyregion/congressional-aide-new-jersey-hoax.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

Mice are a common issue here in Hveragerði, old housing stock plus an abundance of commercial greenhouses make for a mouse-friendly environment.

Probably the reason why the town also has a lot of cats.

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

Technically it's 6.5 cats as one of the cats got so annoyed at all of the new cats that she moved to the garden centre across the street where the staff take good care of her. She returns to her old home for the worst storms, so her heading back is a reliable indicator that bad weather is on its way

According to the inhabitant who has been here the longest, the older portions of the house used to have a massive mouse problem but that hasn't been an issue since the cats arrived

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

So, I discovered that the new(ish) inhabitant in one of the flats in this house has two indoor cats.

That brings the cat population of this seven-apartment house up to... seven. Roughly one per flat, unevenly distributed, mind you. (I'm allergic, for example, so no cat here).

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

Same redwing bird, but in its supermodel era. #birds #iceland

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

"Yeah, I pooped on your balcony, what of it?"

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jasongorman@mastodon.cloud ("Jason Gorman") wrote:

If I was an employer of software developers, I'd be hiring now while I can have my pick.

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parental_guidance ("Parental Guidance") wrote:

Sex & Nudity:
The ample nudity is presented casually. No intense or prolonged boinking.

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BrianJopek@mastodon.world ("Brian Jopek") wrote:

I’m glad to see MTG is leaving but I’m gonna hold off on shit tons of excitement about it.

“AOC - ‘MTG is carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office. She is saying a lot but her ACTIONS have not backed up the rhetoric. For all her talk, she's STILL voting with them to gut healthcare and advance self-dealing corruption schemes." - Rachel Hurley

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felix@wandering.shop ("Felix") wrote:

Oh look, there's a cool new app that runs in the terminal! Let's check out the feature list:

"Written in Rust!"

That's not a feature. No-one cares.

"Uses Vi-like bindings!"

Sure, keep thinking that makes you more productive.

"Opinionated!"

Listen here, you little shit.

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Make. Fail. Repeat.

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

This video brings me a lot of joy.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=69fgnoyBczs

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joe@f.duriansoftware.com ("Joe Groff") wrote:

well if double-u is so great, how come there's no double-doubl—

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jnl@hcommons.social ("JNL") wrote:

I really appreciated this one

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/history-professor-ai-cheating-students%5Fn%5F69178150e4b0781acfd62540

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

My top albums this year according to last.fm. I decided to limit this to one album per artist to fit a few more artists in.

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sugar@goblin.camp ("Davey :sugar_approved:") wrote:

roses are red
cats have 9 lives

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bastianallgeier ("Bastian Allgeier") wrote:

OMG this is so good: https://colorpalette.pro/ Almost as if Teenage Engineering builds a color palette builder. 🥰

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

Oh sure, the president gives Mamdani permission to call him a fascist but when I do it I'm apparently woke or something

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

How's the mobile CPU landscape evolving? Thanks to process node improvements, a mid-range Android from 2025 is (finally!) as fast as 2017's iPhone 8, but a low-end (~$100) smartphone isn't yet as speedy as a decade-old iPhone 6s.

ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕") wrote:

gemini://freebooters.uk/chris