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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
rmateu@social.lol ("Roberto") wrote:

We visited a farm ... https://roberto.mateu.me/2025/04/19/we-visited-a-farm-yesterday.html

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

Dolphins are already angry

RE: https://www.threads.net/@theonion/post/DIoXdgeKKNF

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Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

A new #TheMarsVolta album came out about a week ago, haven't finished listening to it yet but already like this song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMehN3wJQBA

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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
futzle@old.mermaid.town ("Deborah Pickett") wrote:

“Olo”, the super-green that’s more saturated than pure spectral green and so lies outside the CIE chromaticity polygon. The trick is to use a (frickin’) laser to stimulate only the green cones on your retina. It’s like we hacked your eye’s Bayer sensor. https://www.popsci.com/health/new-color-green/

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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
smlx4@mastodon.nu ("Marie 🇸🇪") wrote:

When designers think outside the box. Studio Ghibli designed this DVD case to make it look like the characters are checking their reflection in the water.
Sweet!

#manga #studioghibli #dvd #characters #design

DVD box opened with a raised lid & the disc inside. Inside the lid there’s a picture of the characters standing by water & looking down. The reflection in the CD gives the impression that they see their reflection in the water.
Same picture but from a distance for a better overview.

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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
evansky_arts ("Evan Sky arts") wrote:

Throwback to this unique plushie I made back in 2023. I tend to forget about it but I actually love it! Look at that little guy!

#throwback #handmade #pigeon #pigeons #bird #funny #cute #sewing #embroidery #art #artist #artwork #fediverse #fediart #birdsofmastodon #mastoart #pixelfed

A handmade felt plushie representing a messenger pigeon held in front of a white wall. The pigeon has a teal head, a dark pink stripe on its neck and a grey body with darker flight feathers and tail. It has a big red and black eye and a little brown aviator helmet with goggles . A little metal set of keys is attached to it’s beak and a felt scroll closed with a felt wax seal is attached to its neck by a piece of red yarn.

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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
matti@social.lol wrote:

My Belarussian Neighbor

https://blog.martin-haehnel.de/2025/04/19/belarussian-neighbor/

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

Hey, maybe atheists aren't so bad after all.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/04/19/what-i-learned-yesterday/

American Atheists logo

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

I do not think Trump has alienated as many of those who voted for him as folks might prefer

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/04/18/opinion/trump-approval-focus-group.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

It’s not even been three full months yet.

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Boosted by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
tomgauld.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Tom Gauld ") wrote:

An exclusive extract for easter! (From this week’s @theguardian.com books)

: An exclusive easter extract from Dan Brown's new blockbuster novel Panel one: the caption reads "Renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon makes a shocking discovery!" below it we see him holding a stripy egg and saying "Colourful ovoids secreted in the undergrowth!". Panel two: the cation reads "Casting the beady eye of his brilliant brain over the mysterious designs, he draws the only plausible conclusion..." below we see him with six coloured eggs with classic designs (bunny, spots, cross, stripes) saying "A conspiracy reaching to the highhest levels!" Panel three: the caption reads "Langdon's mind leaps instantly into immediate action." Now he is holding a basket full of eggs and racing out of the garden saying: "I must consult the secret underground library hidden beneath the vatican!" Panel four: A mother and child watch himfrom within the house. The child asks "Mummy, why did that man steal our easter eggs?". She replies "Don't worry darling, he's gone now."

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Boosted by mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze"):
heidilifeldman ("Heidi Li Feldman") wrote:

BIG: U.S. Supreme Court orders Trump regime not to remove any Venezuelans detained in Northern District of Texas’s geographical area as legal proceedings unfold over the next few days. https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25902119/24a1007-order-41925.pdf #LawFedi 1/

SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 2025 ORDER IN PENDING CASE A.A.R.P., ET AL. V. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF U.S., ET AL. There is before the Court an application on behalf of a putative class of detainees seeking an injunction against their removal under the Alien Enemies Act. The matter is currently pending before the Fifth Circuit. Upon action by the Fifth Circuit, the Solicitor General is invited to file a response to the application before this Court as soon as possible. The Government is directed not to remove any member of the putative class of detainees from the United States until further order of this Court. See 28 U. S. C. §1651(a) . Justice Thomas and Justice Alito dissent from the Court's order. Statement from Justice Alito to follow.

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Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
Meyerweb ("Eric A. Meyer") wrote:

I’m seeing a lot of people making fun of their incompetence for this, but that’s not what this is. This whole regime is a gang of bullies, headed by a bully, and like all bullies, they’re cowards. Stand up to them, and they whimper away. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/business/trump-harvard-letter-mistake.html

New York Times headline and lead graf: Trump Officials Blame Mistake for Setting Off Confrontation With Harvard An official on the administration's antisemitism task force told the university that a letter of demands had been sent without authorization.

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mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

The Trump administration appears to have escalated to the nuclear option with Harvard *by mistake*. Good thing they don't also have actual nuclear weapons at their disposal. Oh. Wait.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/business/trump-harvard-letter-mistake.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.A08.ZL%5Fr.5Wnd6CF5XGRp&smid=url-share [gift link]

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Boosted by xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins"):
helpingfriendlybot@shakedown.social ("Helping Friendly Bot") wrote:

This is Sand by Trey Anastasio, last played 2025-01-29 (4 shows ago). Phish have played this song 151 times since 1999-09-11.

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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
redsad@ohai.social ("captain acab :antifa:") wrote:

Me sending you good vibes

The Care Bears beaming rainbows from their bellies. text says what I imagine when people say they’re sending good vibes 

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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
Athena@chaosfem.tw wrote:

good to print off a few copies in case your ISP has an outage and you need to send some packets in an emergency

A pen-and-paper form for RFC791 Internet Protocol Datagram, with checkboxes for the header bits and set of blank "Data" lines with the help text "Print legibly and press hard. You are making up to 255 copies."

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
maxleibman@beige.party ("Max Leibman") wrote:

Remind your kids not to handle any Easter eggs they find outside; if they do, the mother bunny won’t return to the nest and nobody will feed the baby Jesus when the eggs hatch.

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Tooden@aus.social ("Hugs4friends ♾🇺🇦 🇵🇸😷") wrote:

@broadwaybabyto This will effectively kill any exports of US food to any other country.

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

hilarious: “we didn’t really mean it…”

standing up to bullying works

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/business/trump-harvard-letter-mistake.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
ghibli@beep.town ("Studio Gifli") wrote:

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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
matti@social.lol wrote:

You kind of know that weekly reviews are important to do. 🧠✨
But somehow it’s hard to find the time to actually sit down and do them, right? ⏳😅

You know what makes it *slightly* easier? Not doing it alone! 🙌

Over on https://didyoudoit.lol — our little accountability community —
we just posted our review thread that includes a little template
to get the review juices flowing. 📝💭

https://www.didyoudoit.lol/t/review-of-2025-03-28-time-to-reflect/47?u=matti

Come on in and share your review! 💬🫶

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Boosted by jwz:
MEActNOW wrote:

That's right, London!

👇🏼 London bus stop near Amazon HQ 🎯🔥

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Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
paulisci@mstdn.ca ("Paul Fairie") wrote:

How to write about fascism (1939)

STUPID NAZI CLAIMS ALTHOUGH damage to the battleship was not serious, stupid Nazi broadcasts sought to magnify the results into a propaganda victory similar to the sinking of the Ark Royal and half the rest of the British navy. In this is detected the inherent weakness of propaganda which is allowed ot run riot and pays no attention to the truth. A stage is soon reached when even the wish to believe is undermined. --The Sunday People, 31 Dec 1939

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adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold") wrote:

Mural, Portland neighborhood, Louisville, KY

A painted mural depicting Spaceman Spiff emerging from his spacecraft.

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mbrubeck@mefi.social wrote:

Get in the pachinko machine, Shinji.

Photo: Neon Genesis Evangelion themed pachinko machine, with a bright pink NERV logo at the top, and a video slot machine display with a picture of Shinji Ikari in the center.

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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
bicipoiesis@layer8.space wrote:

@adam "People will come [...] to adore the technologies that undo their capacity to think." Aldous Huxley

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

this is not how US campuses are supposed to operate, students should not live in fear and should feel welcomed. this has been our strength for centuries.

https://www.reddit.com/r/rit/s/YjK4Ja7yl1

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Boosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
azonenberg@ioc.exchange ("Andrew Zonenberg") wrote:

Finally had time during some flights and family travel to work on a short SF story I've been trying to write for a while.

First time attempting something like this so hopefully it turned out decently :)

"Holding The Bag"

https://serd.es/2025/04/17/Holding-the-Bag.html

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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
sarajw@front-end.social ("Sara Joy :happy_pepper:") wrote:

Gave it a little more 'zhush'

The same image as before but with more defined lines and a "CSS is awesome" slogan on the coffee mug.