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pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

I learned a little Napoleonic history for the first time this past weekend. I am even more disillusioned now.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/10/18/oh-so-thats-why-he-was-called-the-corsican-ogre/

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• Napoleon's disastrous march across Russia (remote)

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

[temps in F]

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

this mini runs so much cooler than my old-ish MacBook Air that it is astonishing to me.

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Mer__edith@mastodon.world ("Meredith Whittaker") wrote:

Where I speak some advantages Signal has over the bigger richer rest of tech:

“We don’t have to be full of shit. We’re not a surveillance company. I’m not trying to pretend Facebook is good. I don’t have to toe a party line that is divorced from reality”

https://restofworld.org/2023/signal-president-meredith-whittaker-messaing-privacy/

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kcarruthers wrote:

Russian sources disappeared after Trump declassified ex-spy’s evidence, UK court told

Donald Trump’s decision to declassify evidence given by a former British spy about the former US president’s alleged links with Russia led to the disappearance of two Russian sources, according to a court document.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/17/russian-sources-disappeared-after-trump-declassified-ex-spys-evidence-uk-court-told

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abraxas3d@mastodon.radio ("Abraxas3d W5NYV") wrote:

A very nice #hamradio article from #BBC Futures:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20231005-eclipses-do-odd-things-to-radio-waves-to-learn-more-an-army-of-american-amateurs-will-broadcast-during-the-next-ones

It was a super nice experience to be able to contribute to this article.

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ned@mstdn.ca ("Ned Yeung") wrote:

#gender

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• asexual-musings writes: things I have seen/experienced working in a toy store: « a customer asking me if boys like coloring « a customer telling her daughter she can't give out ice cream stickers for party favors because there will be boys there « an older couple laughing about how there’s a pink toy sword because a boy would never play with a pink toy sword (because i guess boys can't like pink and girls don’t play with toy swords. also it wasn't even pink it was red lol) « a customer refusing to buy a snail robot kit for his nephew because it was “too cute for a boy” « a customer sharply reminding me she was buying a gift for a boy when I suggested play food « a customer telling her daughter she needed ta pick a different birthday card for her friend because the one she chose had a pink envelope (her friend was a boy) « a customer asking what boy would like for valentine's day instead of the stuffed dogs she was getting for the girls « a customer getting upset when my coworker used blue ribbon on a gift bag because the present was for a girl « a customer saying a toy guitar was “too girly" for her grandson, based only on the fact that the box had a picture of a girl playing with it (the guitar was red with yellow music notes) but yeah, trans people have some real weird ideas about gender (remote)

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hrheingold ("Howard Rheingold") wrote:

I asked my university co-learners to co-teach in teams. Each team presented a mindmap of their session -- posted with their permission.

#learning #ToolsForThought

https://www.evernote.com/shard/s13/sh/9b31fe7b-a8c2-4d0c-8032-31af000a871c/e8de2b264d6fa5adc71ccb20e8a9ede0

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brad_frost wrote:

This is very accurate. https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/small-talks

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

Finally, the comedians are being deployed against Israel. They won't know what hit them.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/10/18/world-class-sarcasm/

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• Bassem Youssef (remote)

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catsalad@infosec.exchange ("CatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow:") wrote:

That's a level 11 on the cuteness scale

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• Two frame video of a cat and dog interacting and snuggling on a pet bed in the sun by a sliding door... (remote)

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

UK National Grid: Live: https://grid.iamkate.com/

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

This is quite positive. I'll bump the thermostat on my heat pump to celebrate.

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• 64% renewable energy + 11% nuclear in the UK

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damianogerli ("Damiano Gerli") wrote:

Last year, I went all in on a couple of quite exquisite PC-98 horror classics: Dead of the Brain and its sequel. It was an interesting time in discovering how Japanese adventures work differently from the Western ones, along with quite "specific" horror themes. Still waiting on the Dead of the Brain 2 english patch, but in the meantime, let's rivisit those deadites.
https://genesistemple.com/dead-of-the-brain

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• Zombie in Dead of the Brain 2 wanting more brain

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eniko@peoplemaking.games ("Eniko Fox") wrote:

what the fuck, 7-zip can open ELF files and show you all the sections??

EDIT: im not joking look at this hilarious bullshit XD

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• 7-zip showing a bunch of sections from an opened ELF file including .bss, .rodata, and .text (remote)

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Ronnierobins@mastodon.ie wrote:

Arresting the person who is trying to save our planet for protesting against the people who knowingly are destroying it seems ludicrous, but that's the idiotic world we live in. I'm a non apologetic supporter of #gretathunberg she is doing what more of us should be doing. #climatechange #climatecrisis https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-67136772

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aurynn@cloudisland.nz ("Aurynn Shaw") wrote:

Patreon is just Stripe with blog posts, how on earth is it losing money

rust@social.rust-lang.org ("Rust Language") wrote:

:ferris_wave: Hello World!

The Rust project now has an official presence on Mastodon! ✨

We'll be posting the same on our Twitter and Mastodon accounts, so you won't miss anything on either platform.

rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:

17. Renfield (2023). Goofy fun. This kinda reminds me of one of those 90s SNL movies. It uses a lot of Stuart Smalleyisms set against a horror backdrop for comedic effect.

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• Poster for Renfield. Nicolas Cage as Dracula glares forward grabbing an apprehensive-looking Nicholaus Hoult by the shoulders.

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ghibli@mstdn.social ("Daily Ghibli :verified:") wrote:

THE BOY AND THE HERON from Hayao Miyazaki.
In North American theatres and IMAX on December 8.

#TheBoyandtheHeron featuring the voices of:

CHRISTIAN BALE
DAVE BAUTISTA
GEMMA CHAN
WILLEM DAFOE
KAREN FUKUHARA
MARK HAMILL
ROBERT PATTINSON
FLORENCE PUGH

(The English language version was produced by GKIDS in compliance with SAG-AFTRA)

Link http://TheBoyandtheHeron.com

Via @GhibliUSA on :twitter:

#ghibli #studioghibli #スタジオジブリ #anime #howdoyoulive #GKIDS

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• The Boy and the Heron, North America poster. (remote)

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

time for dessert ::poof::

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linuxgal@techhub.social ("🌈 ☯️Teresita🐧👭") wrote:

#atheism

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LALegault@newsie.social ("LA Legault 🕊️") wrote:

Can the world 🌎 collectively agree on one thing?

Now is really not a good time for WWIII and it would be nice if the foaming war-mongers could turn it down about 10 notches.

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nedhamson@campaign.openworlds.info wrote:

A guide to the EU probe of Israel-Hamas disinformation on Elon Musk’s X - Vox https://www.vox.com/technology/2023/10/17/23921219/x-twitter-europe-disinformation-investigation

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

pskreporter says I'm hitting Eastern Europe on 40m, but it is pretty quiet at the moment

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

"what happened on Oct. 7 cannot be justified or explained by the occupation, Israel’s very real wrongdoing. No people had this coming to them. There is no history, background, theory, analysis, oppression, harm or grievance that justifies what Hamas did. None.

The celebrations of the atrocities, the blaming of Israel for the atrocities, the excusing of the atrocities, the silence about the atrocities — that is utter lack of human empathy. Palestinian self-determination is essential. But Hamas is an Islamist terrorist organization with a program to eliminate the Jews from the land."

https://archive.ph/xe7KH

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moshboy wrote:

salad no kuni no tomato-hime, manual, hitachi s1 (1984) https://www.mobygames.com/game/53911/salad-no-kuni-no-tomato-hime/cover/group-230055/cover-591753/

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• a circle containing pixelated graphics: princess tomato sitting down, wearing long red boots and a light dress. sir cucumber stands upright. both are smiling. text in circle: fantastic adventure.

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

attribution: http://smbc-comics.com/comic/optimal

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

setting up for usual weekly informal local voice net on 50.250MHz 📡

#AmateurRadio

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

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