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What was one of your weird childhood misconceptions? One of mine I just remembered: I did the thing where "what if I'm actually in a movie, everyone else is actors, and car and plane rides are just where they put me while they're doing set changes?"

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Ah yes, the five genders #lgbtqia #queer #transgender #nonbinary #humour #pride #pridemonth

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Weird Computer Contest A contest to see the strangest computer being used to read mastodon/the fediverse. The prize is a cool drawing from me just for you. Rules: 1. Post a reply to show your device and why it is strange. Can mean hardware and software. A photo is better. 2. You can't go too […]

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“Anyone who thinks refugees are a burden on the economy should think again. By allowing Ukrainian refugees to work and open small businesses right away – after they were forced to flee Russian aggression – Poland has boosted its GDP by, remarkably, 2.7% in 2024,” said Kevin J. Allen, the UNHCR […]

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We do not need new roads; we need better transport options. Think of what could be done with £9.2bn, which is to be spent on just 14 miles of road! It could transform bus services and/or cycling and pedestrian infrastructure across Britain. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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When people talk about the "survival of the fittest" or "the crime of empathy," I want clips like this to be pressed into the sides of those people's self-serving dumbfuck heads until they cave in.

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Modern academic publishing means I don’t have access to the published version of my own paper. 🥲

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if you are under 30 years old and picking a font size for something other people need to read, not just yourself: that’s too small. still too small. A LITTLE BIGGER #accessibility #ux #typography

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Re-cycle seeks new partners and drop-off locations for bike donations https://bikebiz.com/re-cycle-seeks-new-partners-and-drop-off-locations-for-bike-donations/ Re-Cycle (Bikes to Africa) is on the lookout for new partners across the UK— people and places who can help collect and store donated […]

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Dear Every Restaurant: I don't want to place an online order, I want to look at your menu. I don't want to visit Facebook or any other site demanding that I login to an app. Current offerings with accurate prices are appreciated. Thanks to the 3 of you already doing this! Bon Appetit!

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Y'all were wondering which way the army would break. This is as clear an answer as you're going to get. During drills they were perfectly in time. This isn't a mistake. It's a message.

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The hunt for Marie Curie's radioactive fingerprints in Paris https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250605-the-hunt-for-marie-curies-radioactive-fingerprints-in-paris Marie Curie worked with radioactive material with her bare hands. More than 100 years after her groundbreaking work, Sophie Hardach […]

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"In the six weeks that have passed since the 2025 local elections, Reform UK has somehow managed to lose nine of its newly elected councillors to resignations, suspensions and expulsions. The reasons vary, but all contain a whiff of the incompetence and strife that has dogged the party […]

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Isn’t “rhomboid” a lovely word, I feel it needs to have a wider usage, eg “When he found out I’d dented his car he went absolutely rhomboid” or “We were having such a lovely time when suddenly everything went rhomboid”.

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So what's Fedi's favourite federated facebook freplacement? I had a vague recollection of Diaspora* looking interesting, but looking further I see they still haven't figured out migrating accounts and at this point that's a Hard Requirement tbqh also does anyone know a good synonym for […]

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Me: I’ve been fixing bikes for over 30 years, nothing can stop me Also me: damn, why won’t this light work? Me, 30min later, after hauling one tool after another up from the basement: discovers on/off switch on light oh

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Cool #Worcester Public Library (folding!) cargo bike at #Boston Pride. They were distributing banned books but ran out fast in the big crowd! The underside of the lid is a blackboard! #BikeTooter #FediBikes #Cycling #WorcesterMA

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A late freeze killed most of the late-Spring flowers, but nature is ever-resilient. The #peonies are up! #Bloomscrolling

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Remember, you do not have to go to the biggest protest in the biggest city in your region. Smaller local protests: 1. Allow you to meet your nearby neighbors 2. Are less likely to become flashpoints 3. Are a really GREAT way to hearten other people, because if protests are going on in places […]

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With 2 days left to go, PeerTube is less than $6k from reaching the next funding milestone - and only 2 days ago it was $10k. Reaching it will add live streaming directly from your phone via the app. Think how important live streaming is, especially on days like No Kings Day to provide […]

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No Kings except Drag Kings!

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One last push: The peertube app campaign is just €7000 away from it's €55,000 target, and 2 days to go. Surely there are #fedizens who may not have seen this already? If they make the €55,000 target I promise to write a peertube channel into my next grant proposal, AND I'll post some better […]

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Long-distance stray: Cat stows away in shipping container from China to Minnesota for three-week journey https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/cat-stow-away-minnesota-travel-b2769579.html

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Report from the Amsterdam protest: there are a few hundred people here and two uniformed Dutch cops at a respectful distance very casually chatting with each other while they wait for nothing to hurry up and happen. A lot of people are tourists (American or […] [Original post on infosec.exchange]

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UK transphobia solidarity action - you can order "Maybe I'm trans?" badges to confuse the toilet police here: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/maybe-im-trans

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Some of the local buses have RIP on their displays in honour of a driver who passed away, which is a lovely gesture and everything, but imagine getting run over by an RIP bus 💀

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Look, I don't care what you say, but I remain convinced the rain, combined with warmer temperatures, makes the hills grow bigger, and that explains why I suffer more cycling up them. I will not be taking any questions.

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My kids love their trampoline, but they only spend 50% of the time bouncing up, wasting the other 50% falling down. That's why I'm not spending another penny on trampoline maintenance until they can improve efficiency and reduce wasted falling time to at most 25%. This toot is about austerity.

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This is a graphic from a paper on ants but it looks like something I drew in a boring meeting. (The point it's making is an interesting one, all ants can do all jobs, and you don't need to inject them to make it happen, they will just switch if the job isn't […] [Original post on sauropods.win]

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I saw the otter on the River Camel in Wadebridge #Cornwall again last night at about half an hour before sunset.

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Anarchy in the UK! #bird #birds #birb #humor #humour #gull #seagull

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All the elements that makes the major platforms harmful to humans in general all make it equally or more hostile to online organizing, too. Convinced the open social web is future of organizing. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/ice-protests-progressives-social-media.html

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when we say that "rest is revolutionary," what we mean is that a community of people given to setting themselves on fire to keep each other warm will eventually become a community of people too burnt out to help each other. this goes doubly so for my fellow chronically ill, disabled, and […]

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Judgement Day for the EHRC - an incredible piece by Ian Dunt. Tl;dr: #EHRC have well overstepped the mark; any employer who follows their interim guidance probably opens themselves up to more legal challenges than they protect against. "With any luck, this will be the nadir. The reaction of the […]

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🌲Ed Sheeran explains to Louis Theroux that he dislikes private jets and prefers trains because "I like the environment, I like trees." We know that this type of messaging from celebrities is hugely impactful. We need far more of this from more stars. As posted by @nowthisimpact.bsky.social

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Next week it is time to #ShowYourStripes again. We encourage everyone to download their warming stripes graphics and use them to start climate conversations on Friday 20th and Saturday 21st June. www.ShowYourStripes.info Graphic: Change in global average temperature from 1850-2024.

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Everyone knows about the Tarka Trail, and the Camel Trail, yet Drake's Trail is mostly unknown, outside of Plymouth. This route is well worth a train ride (with your bike) to Plymouth, to make a day of #cycling out to Tavistock & back. www.willcycle.com/2020/10/07/d... #WillCycle #TrafficFree

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Hello everyone! It's been a while since I made an update about my repair project. We've just launched the landing page for The Repair App! If you're interested in following our progress as we approach the launch of our MVP, please consider signing up for […] [Original post on cyberplace.social]

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How it feels to have executive dysfunction

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It's smoky because everything is burning up north, and awful military crap is happening down south, but I love that the CUTEST mama and baby that ever existed and they live in my barn!

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