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Giving some respect to William Shatner. Yes, he's a giant ham, but by the gods, he's a TALENTED giant ham. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiPzJEp5gDU
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Sandra Bond mastodon (AP)
It takes guts (I would imagine) to be able to make a career out of basically parodying yourself. Adam West also achieved this.

British judges have been incredibly harsh against climate and anti-genocide protestors…to the extent that the UN have questioned the sentencing.

But who has enabled them?

Successive #Tory and #Labour governments.

Did #Banksy plan some ‘redecoration’ for the Home Office, but then Yvette Cooper changed jobs last week? Was this their Plan B?

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/sep/08/court-staff-cover-up-banksy-image-of-judge-beating-a-protester

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Hey, Scotland, how are you holding up being next to England these days? You OK? Need a hug?
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Hello, yes. Thanks for dropping by. Please sit down. Do you want a coffee? Tea. OK, no, no I agree, let's get straight to it.

The thing is that you have been here for a long time, about four million years according to our records, and you have achieved some great things in that time. There are one or two slip ups, a couple of ... well it says world wars here, but I don't think that they covered the entire planet. But that's the thing, you had learnt from those two blips, or so it seems, so we're concerned that it looks like another one could bubble up.

The situation on the planet? Yes that's our concern too and we appreciate that it is quite pressured here, and there are lots of reasons to feel uncertain about life right now, but turning on those around you is not the right answer, so we want to work through with you some options and see where we can help. We don't want to lose you but, if this behaviour isn't checked, you are likely to be asked to find another solar system, and we don't want that. Nobody does.

Well, what we would like to do is help you with weekly mentoring, and a review at the end of each week to see how you have got on. This can still be rescued and easily we think, but we need to be sure. The mentoring is there to give you someone you can discuss things with, frankly and honestly because that's what it is going to take. And if we can do something to help, the mentor is there to make sure that you get it.

Well, here's the action plan we'd like to discuss and it does include a temporary, I want to stress that, temporary reduction in the load on you. We're going to do things like transfer responsibility for nuclear armaments to a group with less on its plate right now. We're also going to get you some help with redistribution of wealth and tackling poverty, which seems to be particularly difficult for you right now. That will help you concentrate on you and getting better, which has to be your priority right now.

I'm sorry, I know this is painful and probably came as a shock. We're doing this for your benefit, ultimately. It's clear something is not right for you now humanity and, going forward, we can't live with that.

You can stay here as long as you need or leave, you can take the rest of the day if you need it, I've cleared that already. Is there anyone you'd like me to call for you right now?

Don't worry, we can get through this. We're all here for you.

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https://arewedecentralizedyet.online
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Sovy mastodon (AP)
I just remembered seeing this post while back and how it feels even more relevant now.

Home safe from a short but epic Furvana weekend. Got in a few rounds of suiting, a few rounds of DJing, and one round dodging lightening 🌩️🌩️🌩️!

Time for laundry, repack and back on the road to BFC next!
📸 @buckley.deer.place (bsky)

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Thumper mastodon (AP)
The Furvana main stage room is... not big, but every time @ratchetfoxxo.bsky.social and @terkwolf.bsky.social manage to cram a hilariously awesome rig into the space. There were at least 14 lasers, the system exceeded the building's power, and I think I blew out an eardrum :P #GeneratorPower

Lookit this Derp! (And his worm)

That's all. Carry on!

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Leina mastodon (AP)
What an adorable derp! 💜 💙

Content warning: Video game violence

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Content warning: Climate Crisis Politics

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Content warning: re: Climate Crisis Politics


“When we are told that living standards are up because the averages look rosy, we should remember what Danny Dorling pointed out: an average can hide a multitude of sins.

If Jeff Bezos walked into a Norwich pub, the average wealth in the room would shoot through the roof, but not a single person’s pint would get cheaper – and I doubt he would get to the bar ahead of anyone else, either.”

Clive Lewis

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That is because the wrong sort of average is being used. Never use a mean average in a case like that, use a mode or even a median could be more accurate.
Bruno Girin mastodon (AP)
the way I tend to think about it:
Talking about the average favours those at the top because you can make the average go up by just increasing the highest numbers.
Talking about the median is better as you can only make it go up if the numbers in the middle go up. You can still abuse it but it's more difficult.

We're here to bring the party. And the colour!

💛 @azakir
🧵 @selkiesuits
📷 Revie Rae/Luminous Photography
🌍 Yorkshire Furs Summer Party 2025
⌚ #FursuitFriday

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Why don’t they ever show James Bond regenerating when they change actors, why is it always off-screen???
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Kit Bashir mastodon (AP)
@h3mmy ongoing lawsuit with the estate of Terry Nation.
gkrnours mastodon (AP)
they kinda did in casino royal. When the movie start, there is no agent 007

Purrrrrrple! 💜💜💜💜💜 #FursuitFriday
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l_b_i mastodon (AP)
Purple! A great color. I call myself purple and I don't care what others say.

Furpile from @Treycat 's 2005 birthday. He's in there somewhere, and I'll leave identifying everybody to y'all.

#FursuitFriday

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It’s Trey! mastodon (AP)
Omg, look at all those cuties! 💜 (Plus one gross human.)

TheDragon 🔥 mastodon (AP)

A lot of potentially useful info here for other FOSS projects, particularly those who might not have access to the legal assistance required to set up something like this.

I will say IANAL - just someone who's read of the difficulties some projects have getting/affording legal advice specifically for FOSS projects.. hopefully it might be useful to someone, in some way!

https://f-droid.org/en/2025/09/10/how-foss-projects-handle-legal-takedown-requests.html

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It’s cuppycat.bsky.social n I from #Megaplex2025 with another #FursuitFriday

📸 - gawainthedawg

#fursuit #fursuiter #fursuiting #mascot #furry #furries #furryfandom #fursuitphotography #foxfursuit #costume #cosplay

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Went to megaplex last weekend and bumped into reverbthehusky while suiting!

📸 - thadthehusky

#fursuit #fursuiter #fursuiting #mascot #furry #furries #furryfandom #fursuitphotography #foxfursuit #costume #cosplay #fursuitfriday

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Content warning: ukpol, OSA

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Ret mastodon (AP)

Content warning: re: ukpol, OSA

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Content warning: mini-rant

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Utterly wild to think that Mid Gen-X to Mid Millennial is probably the peak of genuine tech literacy of the masses of the human race.

Boomers were born too early to easily learn.
Z were born too late to have a need to.

Now the mothership is in control. You will do as you are told.

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Colin mastodon (AP)
there are some genius Z programmers doing game reverse engineering stuff right now.
I don't think all hope is lost.
But yea, it is worrying.
Roots of tech stuff are thanks to boomers too, there are some that know a thing or two.
Avon DeRussate mastodon (AP)
@colinstu i was referring to more.to casual users than people in the field. "What is a folder structure" is not a question i imagined getting asked of me by someone significantly younger than me but (thanks to most tech interactions moving off PCs and onto walled garden phones and tablets) here we are
DeltaWye mastodon (AP)

@colinstu Exactly. I don’t understand the details about FAT32, NTFS, etc, but I understand the basics about drives, partitioning, folder structures, etc.

In particularly dislike Microsoft’s “We handle all of this for you/put it all on the cloud” crap. It dumbs down the system way too much.

Avon DeRussate mastodon (AP)

@DeltaWye @colinstu

" Exactly. I don’t understand the details about FAT32, NTFS, etc, but I understand the basics about drives, partitioning, folder structures, etc."

Nor do you...or should you need to. There is such a thing as a middle-ground here.

Understanding how a computer works down to the bit level is not empowering. But understanding how to file away files and categorise folders DOES. It is this empowerment that big tech wants to take away through gradual dumbing down. And it has worked. You can always count on human laziness.

Ω 🌍 Gus Posey mastodon (AP)
Also no one can beat us at Soul Calibur.

One of the two original creators of the UNIX operating system, Ken Thompson, is still alive and doing well at 82 years young. That really drives home how young the field of computing really is. 1970 was only 55 years ago, hardly long enough to even register in terms of human technological development.
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"Holy mother of..." The astronaut stared out the viewport. "Hey! Come and look at this!"

"What's up?" The space station commander drifted over. "Oh. Yeah. Keep quiet about this."

"Really?"

"It's not harming anyone."

In the Pacific Ocean down below, the Kaiju's mating dance sank below the waves.

#TootFic #SmallStories #MicroFiction

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Andreas Neustifter mastodon (AP)

I haven't had to much exposure to Kaiju's before reading the "The Kaiju Preservation Society" by John Scalzi and now this book comes to mind every time they pop up.

What a great read. Both your post and the book.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kaiju_Preservation_Society

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@astifter I agree, it's a fun read. I also recommend watching various Godzilla films (in particular Godzilla Minus One) and Pacific Rim.
Andreas Neustifter mastodon (AP)
I'm currently occupied with re-reading the Cryptonomicon. No time for movies :)



Pippin friendica
Randomly, I seem to have become a bit of a fan of Wacky the Wolf from a ten-year-old children's show called A.N.T. Farm. He's the school mascot and shows up briefly in pretty much every episode, either as a background character or actually interacting with the main characters. No one really calls attention to him specifically, he's just another person who happens to be there, just fluffy and mute. As it should be!

I'm just here thinkin' 'bout paws... How 'bout you? 🐾💜 #Pawgust #Paws

Arts by Azshara Kletete (https://kletete.eu/)

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off-topic, but it's weird how you look naked to me without the limb tubes :o
Cheetah Obscura mastodon (AP)
@Mycroft Hee! They've become rather iconic, haven't they? Gotta show off the spots sometimes though!

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Mira mastodon (AP)
Yay! Good for you all! I’m not sure if it’s a law here or if it’s just a “rule”

Pippin friendica
Today! (Well, yesterday as it's now well past midnight.) I achieved something! I've been meaning to do this for a while and it's been ages in the planning, but I got the physical work done in just a few hours on a single day. I've installed a hanging rail inside the under-the-stairs cupboard so we can hang our coats in there. We now have a proper Jeeves cupboard! And we no longer have to have the free-standing hanging rail cluttering up the hallway. Of course, now I need to find some other home for the ironing board, step ladders, clothes airers and such that won't fit any more now that there's a rail in the way! It was a simple matter of four screws (two into plasterboard, two into plasterboard-then-probably-breezeblock), plus a bunch of time making sure it was all as level and square as I could get it, and cutting the rail to length, but I'm kinda proud of myself. Just finding all the tools in the incredibly full garage was a challenge in itself. But it's done!
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Pippin friendica
30 August: I got out on my bike! Having had some servicing done recently (11 August apparently! Oof, I'm really not getting out much) I really ought to get out on the roads more, but at least I got out on one day. This is a selfie in the mirrored doors of the hall wardrobe at the old house, so I must have visited there that day.
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Pippin friendica
I think 12 August was about the sunniest day we've had since the solar panels got put on the roof. It's certainly the one with the best graph - it's nice and smooth and you can clearly see the "shoulders" in the morning and afternoon where the panels on the garage are shaded by the houses on either side; the couple of cloudy periods in the middle of the day are easy to ignore and don't prevent seeing the shape of the curve.
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Pippin friendica

Content warning: CW: photo of a spider

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Hey, folks! 🦁🐯🐱🐶🐺🐻🐼🐗+

I haven't been very active here lately, but my convention season finally starts next week! Please get excited with me and check out my boyo's lovely new video here:
🤍💜🤍💜🤍💜

https://youtu.be/WV4j9ixGEyw

#eurofurence29
#eurofurence

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if anyone needs an american centric counter to "pull yourself up by your bootstraps":

you can't refill your tank, if you don't already have enough gas to get to the next station
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Ocicat and Ysengrin, back in 2002 ... Oci doesn't seem to be active here in the Fediverse.

#MFF2002 #FursuitFriday

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@xoagray Yeah, I don't bounce around like I used to :)
Xoa Gray mastodon (AP)
I feel that.

It's the last #FursuitFriday of #Pawgust, so have some paaaaaaaaaaws! 🐾💜
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RawiWoof mastodon (AP)
urge to pounce intensifies :vlpn_hyper:
Cheetah Obscura mastodon (AP)
@rawenwolf Paws are always tempting! X3

You never know how #FursuitFriday is going to hit. This week it's making a fluffy superhero three point landing into your timeline!

🧵 @selkiesuits
📷 CreamSoda
🌍 Anthro Irish 2025

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Kandrel mastodon (AP)
*dook*

if you need a campaign slogan:

what if your oven only allowed you to cook foods that its makers approved of
what if your car only allowed you to drive on roads its makers approved of
what if your scissors only allowed you to cut paper in shapes its maker approved of

why when it comes to electronic devices then suddenly it's completely fine for the maker to have a say on what you're allowed and not allowed to do with your own device you have possession of

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Bit of sentimental chat about sheep we have loved and who have passed.

Love your creatures while you can ❤

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I’ve long been a fan of Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City…watching the characters evolve and have adventures over 5 decades has been a joy to follow. And at the heart of it is Mrs Madrigal. The perfect landlady and granny…and yes she’s #trans. It wouldn’t work without her.

Great to hear Maupin’s warmth and defiance.

https://open.substack.com/pub/armisteadmaupin/p/holding-forth-in-support-of-trans?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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Bodhipaksa mastodon (AP)

"Be a human being and let people be who they are." Love it!

I read the first six books, probably around 1990. Loved them all except for the last of them, but hadn't realized he'd written more. I might tear through the entire series from the start!

Juggling With Eggs mastodon (AP)

@bodhipaksa

There is still much to be enjoyed in the later ones…and they are beautifully good books to tear through at pace I find!

I think it must have been too painful to write about the characters for a long period…but I’m really glad he returned to them.

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