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Oh oh. Just been followed by a porn bot. That's the first time it's happened here. #mastodon #porn #bot

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Billionaire-proof open social media is now mission-critical infrastructure for the future of democracy.

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Want to leave the US? Stockholm University is hiring PhD students in Computational Mathematics and Mathematics, and these positions are open with people with any nationality: https://su.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:807359/where:4/ https://su.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:803014/where:4/ […]

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Farewell Eddie Jordan. Yours was a life well lived and will be remembered for a long time. #F1 #FormulaOne #EddieJordan #racing https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/articles/c4gp474y92vo

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Got carried away making an elaborate page on a specific item in the basic first-aid kit for Rabbit Waves: Triangular Bandages. This is one of many illustrations populating the page ^_^ https://rabbitwaves.ca/site/triangular_bandage.html

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Donald Trump is trying to gaslight his base into thinking Joe Biden's pardons aren't valid because they were digitally signed instead of using a pen. How ridiculous. When asked about this on camera later he responded: "it's not my decision, it's up to a […] [Original post on mastodon.me.uk]

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Why do people get killed in self-driving Tesla's? Mark Rober exposes how dangerous Tesla's naive self driving system is, and this video deserves a billion views. https://youtu.be/IQJL3htsDyQ?si=q8c9yntgpm4_v0ku

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EVs have one big advantage over ICE vehicles that I almost never see mentioned. They're EXTREMELY simple, from a mechanical POV. Electric motors usually have a single moving part, as opposed to the many hundreds that need to be coordinated in an ICE. Putting together an EV in a variety of […]

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I've found it folks! The proverbial "fork in the road".

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Timeline cleanser. 🐑

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What's to stop Musk, who's already tried meddling with German elections, from seizing Zelenskyy's, or any other European leader's X account, and posting something with dire geopolitical consequences? We're way past the point where it's wise for European leaders and institutions to rely on a […]

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MAGA wants the nation to stick its head into the sand about #ClimateChange. "The 2009 finding under the Clean Air Act [that planet-warming greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare] is the legal underpinning of a host of climate regulations for motor vehicles, power plants and other […]

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The legality (not wisdom) of putting European private data on US clouds hinges on the availability of the US Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. Trump neutered this board, and the European parliament has taken notice & asked the European Commission what they think:

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Insofar as I know, "how to write a devastatingly withering resignation letter" is neither a topic taught in law school nor tested on the bar exam. These folks had to pick it up on their own. Here's the latest SDNY prosecutor resignation in the Adams case.

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Bringing this highly requested feature to #Mastodon and the fediverse is not as trivial as some might think, but quote posts are coming. Here is our latest write-up about our progress: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/02/bringing-quote-posts-to-mastodon/

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"If you want a metaphor for what the hell's going on right now, the microcode attack is as good as any. That's important because what's happening is so massively and obviously illegal that it depends like all coups on everyone else being too stunned and overwhelmed by the speed and audacity of […]

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A new paper from researchers at Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University finds that as humans increasingly rely on generative AI in their work, they use less critical thinking, which can “result in the deterioration of cognitive faculties that ought to be preserved.” […]

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I was a Schroeder's millionaire on the national lottery this morning, for about an hour. Then gave in and logged in to discover my winnings. £5 and a lucky dip. Oh well 😄

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Dinner tonight is sausage roll and brown sauce, cooked by my son at HE called in school. Well, for starters anyway 😋

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Server bills are paid for! ✅ Bank account is super sad again 💸 Just a friendly reminder that non of our services run ads or track you! Admins pay the costs from their own pockets with help from the community, if possible ofc! ❤️ https://paypal.me/stuxOS https://patreon.com/mstdn […]

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In northern Japan and the forests of China you can see these flowers that look normal but when they come into contact with water their petals become transparent. Its name is skeleton flower or glass flower, its scientific name is Diphylleia grayi. #nature #natura #flowers #flower #photography #wild

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I had an accident leaving work yesterday–an act of carelessness. As I approached the bottom of the stairs I was looking out the window to check the weather and ground for ice. Didn't judge the bottom step, turned my ankle and went flying. Couldn't move for a while with the pain but managed to […]

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After some German unions yesterday, more than 60 (!!) German universities left #X/#Twitter today. Some are already active on #Mastodon. They justified this with their commitment to fact-based communication and against antidemocratic forces. Values that […] [Original post on social.heise.de]

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New: Last Week in #Bluesky This week's news: - Bluesky reportedly close a new funding round, valuing the company at 700MUSD - Custom Feed builder Graze discusses monetisation plans, showing how ads might come to bsky - Bluesky's issues with bots Read at […]

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The world’s first net zero carbon race car in the world’s first net zero carbon sport. https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/515770

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You won't see the nuclear lobbyists repeat this but Germany in 2024 reached a record high of 63.7 percent, with solar power smashing government expansion targets and coal use continuing to drop sharply. https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/germanys-electricity-mix-2024-cleanest-ever-researchers

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Recently on the unicyclist forums there was a thread about what to do in the "winter, off season" but in all honesty I did not understand the question so I just ignored it. 🤷 In totally unrelated news I took a little clip from my ride home today […] [Original post on velocipederider.com]

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Great #DoctorWho poster. https://www.reddit.com/r/doctorwho/comments/1htsgrh/comment/m5gax3d/ #BBC1 #TV

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