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dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

3 days into quitting smoking and i still don't feel healthier.

send praise.

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
mmby wrote:

@lettosprey @soatok even with intact public health services in Europe, people don't get tested regularly because there is social stigma attached - I actually had my doc try to argue me out of it once, asking why I wanted to do that

if people are carried by momentum and the opportunity to be safer is *right there*, it's just great community service

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
afewbugs@social.coop ("Jules she/her") wrote:

RE: https://furry.engineer/@soatok/116321104173678252

Apparently some furry conventions offer STI testing and people are making judgemental memes about it. Whereas as anyone who has ever attended or worse had to arrange a scientific conference will tell you this is something every conference should be offering.

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
wronglang@bayes.club ("Krzysztof Sakrejda") wrote:

@soatok I see we're moving on from forgetting makes and into forgetting the 1990s

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
mees@sunny.garden ("Mees 🔻") wrote:

@tiefling @soatok @hazelnoot you'd have to trust not just them, but also their former partners, and their former partners, etc. That's a lot to ask.

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lettosprey@tech.lgbt ("Lett Osprey :v_pan: :v_enby: 🍉 :therian:") wrote:

@soatok Furry cons offering HIV testing seems like an indication of broken public health services.

Good on furcons to pick up the slack.

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macrumors ("MacRumors.com") wrote:

Ollama Now Runs Faster on Macs Thanks to Apple's MLX Framework https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/31/ollama-now-runs-faster-apple-silicon-macs/?utm%5Fsource=dlvr.it&utm%5Fmedium=mastodon

soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker") wrote:

OpenSSL 3 is so fucking wild (derogatory)

https://github.com/openssl/openssl/issues/30641

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
nlupo@amikejo.xyz ("nLupo :anarchist_flag: :antrans_flag:") wrote:

@soatok Yeah, because "sex bad". All simpleminded prudes are like that. There is nothing wrong with being responsible for the freedom you have, like any adult.

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
karl@infosec.exchange ("Karl") wrote:

@soatok the question is why don't non-furry conventions offer those? This seems like a good idea regardless of fur levels.

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
kirakira@furry.engineer ("kira for scale") wrote:

@soatok genuinely an incredible community resource

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
tiefling@bardicperspiration.club ("Diotima") wrote:

@soatok

This is a good idea and tbh ppl not getting tested is one of the hangups I have w being more active in my spicy life. I test enough to know I am safe, but ppl get weird abt it if I ask them if they do.

"Don't u trust me?" Uhm not anymore.

I see the sign and I think "hey they're doing it right."

I want this at all cons.

@hazelnoot

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
captainbara@meow.social ("Captain Bara") wrote:

@philpem @soatok
Furlingame (this weekend!) is offering HIV and STD testing Friday through Sunday.

https://furlingame.com/

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

TFW you just went most-in[1] on the solution they just orphaned https://mastodon.org.uk/@stsquad/116323060040293062

[1] it doesn't sound as good as all-in, does it?

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

“[2603.21687] MIRAGE: The Illusion of Visual Understanding”

https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.21687

> Frontier models readily generate detailed image descriptions and elaborate reasoning traces, including pathology-biased clinical findings, for images never provided

And

> Second, without any image input, models also attain strikingly high scores across general and medical multimodal benchmarks, bringing into question their utility and design

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cmconseils ("Lady Laura :bongoCat:") wrote:

By Garis Edelweiss

#Art

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mcmullin@musicians.today ("David McMullin") wrote:

@jrp
Each time you get COVID, maybe nothing bad happens, and maybe you get permanent disabling fatigue or a heart attack or brain damage. The more times you roll the dice, the more the chance of a bad outcome. If I’m wrong, I will have worn a mask and been thought a weirdo for nothing. (That’s what I hope!) But if I’m right, 25 years from now I could be one of the only healthy people of my generation still around.

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inthehands@hachyderm.io ("Paul Cantrell") wrote:

I will once again repeat what I think is a nationally winning campaign for a US opposition party (should any care to exist), now with Berlatsky’s improved phrasing:

❝If elected, I will fight like hell to:

- destroy Donald Trump, everything he has done, and everything he stands for,

- tax the living shit out of billionaires, and

- use that money to repair the damage they’ve done to the US.❞

Not saying that’s everything that needs to happen, or an entire political philosophy, or the solution to everything. Only saying that I think that — simply that — would win elections. Try it and see. You cowards. https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:htdsafwakqmzvuk2oivijzn6/post/3midafsxk3k2p

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zzt@mas.to ("[object Object]") wrote:

do you have any bofa

bofa deez factors of authentication!

…this concludes my defcon presentation, I yield my remaining 59 minutes and will not be taking questions at this time

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drwho@masto.hackers.town ("The Doctor") wrote:

@jwz It is immensely reassuring to hear that I am not the only person who finds Wikipedia articles about math incomprehensible.

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sand@kitty.haus ("Neputunu") wrote:

@jwz i started to update my computer to check out the new screensavers, but then i remembered that i'm on debian stable.

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th@v.st ("Trammell Hudson") wrote:

For the people who complained that the Curta was overkill and I should use a sliderule, I tried it this morning and calculated that 2.1*10^-2 kg coffee at a 1.5*10^1:1 ratio is about 3.15*10^-1 liters. Or something like that within a few powers of ten.

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netblocks ("NetBlocks") wrote:

⚠️ Update: #Iran's internet blackout has entered day 32 with most users cut off from the outside world for over 744 hours.

Extended digital isolation is bringing new challenges for Iranians, from expired domains and accounts to unpatched servers on a degrading national intranet.

ruben_wolff ("Ruben Wolff") wrote:

never a dull moment when playing npm roulette

https://www.stepsecurity.io/blog/axios-compromised-on-npm-malicious-versions-drop-remote-access-trojan

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
philpem@digipres.club ("Phil M0OFX") wrote:

@soatok Honestly I'm offended that more cons didn't offer it.
Sadly the dogwhistle tactics work - I think I told you about pushing for safe-sex kits in ConOps at one of the UK cons and being told "the media will have a field day, are you trying to destroy the con?"

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

Feel you, Mr. Plant

https://ledzepnews.com/2026/03/30/robert-plant-said-he-hasnt-been-writing-new-music-because-the-world-is-in-such-a-mess/

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smagnusson@graphics.social ("Spencer Magnusson") wrote:

I'd recommend every artist to follow feeds that include beginners, no matter what skill level you are. There's something so invigorating about seeing others take their first steps and creating things.

Remember: even your first steps can inspire anyone. #art #programming #FediArt

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
daisy@cloudisland.nz ("Daisy Leigh") wrote:

Something I think about a lot is when I posted something on here critical of genAI, and soon after got a text from a very talented friend who I look up to saying that they had been thinking the same thing, but didn’t want to say anything publicly for fear of negatively affecting their career by criticising genAI.

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ddayen.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("David Dayen") wrote:

My "We don't allow bets on assassinations and murder" ad campaign has people asking a lot of questions already answered by the ad campaign

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stephenjudkins.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Stephen Judkins") wrote:

That's right