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Saxophonist since 8 Web Designer since 10 Finance since 19 Diver since 30 Awesome since birth #Sax, #Finance, #Analytics, #Diving, #Travel, #Awesome [bridged from https://mastodon.social/@jamesjm on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
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We should redesign cities for autonomous kids, not autonomous cars.

submitted 100 days ago • 28 comments

Saplings, Scotland's Ancient Caledonian Forest (2024). Oh what glorious autumn light does to the landscape. It was a joy to witness this hillside covered in young pine saplings, slowly expanding the edges of the forest. The sun took its time to come over the […] [Original post on mas.to]

submitted 15 days ago • 2 comments

A photograph from one of the most remote places in the UK, the Fisherfield Forest - about a 20km round trip hike from the nearest road. Perhaps rather alarmingly for an area named "forest", the landscape here is mostly treeless with only one tiny fragment of original […] [Original post on mas.to]

submitted 30 days ago • 2 comments

The Social Web is so popular at FOSDEM that the overflow event has its own overflow event!! 1. Social Web devroom Saturday 2. BOF Sunday 3. After-hours Sunday night. I'm planning to be at all of them. Reach out!!

submitted 33 days ago • 2 comments

Open source alternatives to Instagram, TikTok, and WhatsApp raise funds on Kickstarter https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/24/open-source-alternatives-to-instagram-tiktok-and-whatsapp-raise-funds-on-kickstarter/

submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

@stu Happy Birthday mate!

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

Fascinating reveal of Nokia's 2007 internal analysis of the iPhone launch. They were anything but complacent, anticipating * low-cost "mini" iPhones, * decline and rejection of current Nokia design, * 3rd party apps, * future network/lens/sensor improvements […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

Sweet - Pixelfed is number 1 trending app in the Google Play Store chart currently :) #pixelfed #trending #fediverse #socialmedia

submitted 44 days ago • 2 comments

FYI for (new?) #Pixelfed users, using #PhanpySocial will show the media-first UI experience, implemented last year https://mastodon.social/@cheeaun/112286757479031305 👉 https://phanpy.social/

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

People using Star Trek as a model for the future conveniently forget the part where it takes thirty years of nuclear war and contact with an alien race to get there. "By the end, most of the major cities had been destroyed and there were few governments left” Even our brightest visions for […]

submitted 60 days ago • 2 comments

Waymo (aka Google) admits that it trains its robotaxis to break the law. When WaPo reporter finds robotaxis fail to stop for pedestrians in marked crosswalk 70% of the time, Waymo says it follows "social norms" rather than laws. Expert explains: When robotaxis obey law, they don't go fast […]

submitted 63 days ago • 13 comments

BBC Breakfast host struggles to keep up with the quick wit of Hacker T Dog. This is so much fun. Genuine laughter througout. Chockful of jokes and references. Had to watch it three times! https://www.dirtyfeed.org/2024/12/best-comedy-christmas/ #BBCBreakfast #dirtyfeed #HackerTDog

submitted 67 days ago • 0 comments

Hello fediverse! This morning we’re opening a beta for Surf, a new kind of browser for a new kind of web — the open social web. Built from the ground up on ActivityPub, AT Proto and RSS, you can create and surf amazing custom feeds that organize people […] [Original post on flipboard.social]

submitted 75 days ago • 5 comments

Three Drakensberg "b-roll" images for your Saturday morning! Doesn't get much more dramatic than this... I can't wait to get back out into these mountains and do some more exploring. #mountains #landscape #landscapephotography #nature #naturephotography #southafrica […] [Original post on mas.to]

submitted 86 days ago • 2 comments

Don’t Call 911 If You See a Coyote, Unless It’s Carrying ACME-Branded Products: The Office of Sheriff, Monroe County, New York https://www.openculture.com/2018/08/dont-call-911-if-you-see-a-coyote-unless-its-carrying-acme-branded-products.html

submitted 87 days ago • 1 comment

Why does nobody like the surf and turf turkey?

submitted 92 days ago • 1869 comments

The John Le Carré Advent Calendar - My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com Books. (with apologies to @realjohnlecarre.bsky.social and @harkaway.bsky.social)

submitted 93 days ago • 48 comments

Federation at work: if you search for “@flipboard.com” in your favorite client and search by ‘users’, you can find a bunch of news sources to add to your feeds, if you feel you've been missing out

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

Boost this toot if you're planning on sticking around Mastodon whether or not it's more popular than Bluesky.

submitted 105 days ago • 12 comments

Elon Musk calling EU Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen: 🧑🏻‍🦱 "Do as I say, or I will turn off Starlink in your home neighborhood" 👩🏻‍🦳 "I am not a Starlink user." 🧑🏻‍🦱 "Do as I say, or I will cause your Tesla to malfunction!" 👩🏻‍🦳 "I drive a Mercedes!" 🧑🏻‍🦱 "Do as I […]

submitted 104 days ago • 2 comments