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AstraLuma mastodon (AP)

Content warning: Tech culture

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Phil M0OFX hometown (AP)

It's jarring to think that we've only had homosexuality be fully legal in most of the UK since about 2003, and the first gay marriage in 2014.

To underscore that, it's only been about 10 years since you could say gay people have had comparable rights to straight couples.

And we're still fighting for the right to be who we are, and for our trans friends to do the same.

#LGBT #LGBTQ

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Arakin mastodon (AP)
@DeltaWye the DSM entry features in the intro to the early recording of Glad To Be Gay by Tom Robinson Band (a group on everyone's 80s and driving compilation album thanks to 2-4-6-8 Motorway).
It was interesting seeing how the song changes through the years. Later versions would reference other events in the UK, the AIDS crisis and I think the Spanner case, as well as Tom's own journey

My pc-keyboard-oriented brain finally figured out that "eepy" as "sleepy" makes sense it you realize that for the mobile generation(s), "L" is right next to backspace.

It sounds like baby talk, but it's a typo:
"SโŒซeepy"

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โ€œ@wheeโ€ became a personal meme for me because I kept missing the shift key to type โ€œWhee!โ€
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Sharkie mastodon (AP)
... wat, really?

Owlor mastodon (AP)

Content warning: fiction, fantasy wedding, alcohol

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It is important that you teach your cat the PHP programming language
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โš ๏ธ This OS is not a place of honor
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Aki Shadowpaw mastodon (AP)

Time for a new profile picture on this #FursuitFriday
I fell in love with this picture ๐Ÿฅฐ
Anyone wanna join me here? Itโ€™s comfy

#furry #fursuiteveryday #furryfandom #fursona #furries #fursuit #furrycommunity #oc #artist #cute #furryoc #anthro #husky #fursuiter #furrypride #originalcharacter #fursuiting #furrys

๐Ÿ“ธ by @DuskPanda
๐Ÿชก by @/nightless.creations
๐Ÿ“… 13.07.2024
๐ŸŒ Stuttgart

โ›“๏ธ linktr.ee/akithepup

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Sustainable us mastodon (AP)

We are 2 months away from having coal free (UK based generation sources) electricity in the UK. Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station closes on 30 September, the last train load of coal has already been delivered.

#coal #energy #UK #climatechange

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Sustainable us mastodon (AP)
Oh and I don't know about anyone else in the UK, but power cuts are extremely rare here. Even during the Russian gas crisis we only had a 15 to 20 minute cut in power. I have only experienced about 3 tiny power cuts in over 15 years.
Major cuts were more common when we used more coal!
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Avon DeRussate mastodon (AP)

"Wealth taxes could raise ยฃ10bn to help plug Tory budget hole, say economists"

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/28/wealth-taxes-britain-10bn-tory-budget-hole-economists

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Avon DeRussate mastodon (AP)

"UK โ€˜desperately exposedโ€™ to cyber-threats and pandemics, says minister"

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jul/29/uk-desperately-exposed-to-cyber-threats-and-pandemics-says-minister

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โ€œNever underestimate the bandwidth of a truck full of tapeโ€ coming for your power grid.
https://www.economist.com/interactive/essay/2024/06/20/solar-power-is-going-to-be-huge
from The Economist
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RevK :verified_r: mastodon (AP)
also solves the time shifting needs for solar.
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My paws are sore; why don't you rub them? ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ’œ

๐Ÿงต Fursuit made by Lupe Suits

#furry #furries #fursona #furryfandom #fursuit #paws #paw #LupeSuits

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Root mastodon (AP)

someone on cohost said "i literally still think vrchat should implement a feature where someone's nameplate actively tells you when they can't see your avatar for performance reasons" and man I agree with this so hard.

like the implicit social pressure created by realizing just how many people have your avatar disabled and consequently aren't seeing you for YOU would actually cause people to care about optimization

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Keys mastodon (AP)
am fomps
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Flits mastodon (AP)
Cute fomps!

Why is it always "she slept her way to the top" and never "he withheld career advancement and promotions in exchange for sexual exploitation"
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Sheezy mastodon (AP)
Mental health Is health. If you need a mental health break, try and take one. Recharge yourself, and get back out there when you're ready โค๏ธ
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Kianga mastodon (AP)

That was a weekend. I got to meet many wonderful beans who I've only known online, and I got to wear my fursuit in public for the first time! I think you can tell I was nervous even through the suit. :neocat_nervous:

I had this silly idea that we could do multiple rounds through the zoo that evening, but we ended up only going a tiny fraction of the way because everyone wanted photos and hugs and high-fives.

I also learned that fursuiting at home for two hours is not the same as fursuiting outside at 27 ยฐC (duh) and had to go back to our "fursuit lounge" much earlier than I wanted, because I didn't want to risk an accident with all the kids around. Still, seeing how much fun all the guests and my friends had, it was so worth it, and I'm definitely going to try this again.

Thank you to everyone who was there, especially @karb, @Polarie_Fox, @Deepseacreatur3, and @livi_wusky! We basically had a little Fediverse meetup. :3

It was also amazing to watch my fellow fursuiters Charlie Blufur, Mick, and Taro - it made me realize how much skill goes into fursuiting and bringing your character to life, especially at a public event like that.

I can't wait to try this again! :neocat_happy_blep:

If you haven't yet, check out the other pictures from the event on Furtrack:

https://www.furtrack.com/index/event:jungle_night_augsburg_2024

๐Ÿ“ท @keeya

#Fursuit

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Cendyne mastodon (AP)
Found in production today
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Subjacent Banana mastodon (AP)

So, Covid killed Sinead O'Conner, like (some of us) thought.

First everybody claimed it was suicide, then they decided they weren't interested, and now we get a massive "Pre-existing conditions killed her" minimization.

Welcome to all of our future deaths.๐Ÿ’€

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David Thomas Jackson mastodon (AP)
Finland, where the wealthy pay their taxes, was again named the happiest country in the world. U.K.did not make the top ten...
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Mondanzo iceshrimp (AP)

Been a while since I posted something on here showing progress of the project I've been working on.
So here it is! All neonly now! I'm quite happy going with this theming cuz it's easy to maintain and I need to shift my focus on making a small mission driven singleplayer "campaign" like in Shellshock Live as well as improve the online experience and a tutorial. Those are the last really important parts I should get done (Improve Online as in figure out how to best cover my ass legally and have some sort of lobbies with simple settings and private option)

#GameDev#ScreenshotSunday

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When we say โ€œbillionaires should not exist,โ€ what we mean is:

Everyone should have healthcare.
Everyone should have housing.
Everyone should have access to good food and clean water.

Billionaires are a policy failure.

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Purple DragonMage mastodon (AP)
A ton more progress has been made on the pony gas mask. A lot of work went into to optimizing the valve and hose fittings to fit into the compact space and have good flow. And there is now a nice comfy face seal.
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Angie mastodon (AP)

Everything catastrophically wrong with the world was done to make some billionaire even richer.

Every town that had to evacuate due to a chemical spill, strip mining, or a never-ending underground fire was done to make some billionaire even richer

Every news article that pits white people against minorities and immigrants is written to distract us from billionaires destroying democracy, human rights and the planet to make themselves even richer.

The billionaires are the problem.

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protip: when referring to your favourite programming languageโ€™s features, call them spells instead to sound more mysterious and cool.

:neocat_thumbsdown: โ€œmemory safety featureโ€

:neocat_thumbsup: โ€œmemory safety spellโ€

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Mary Gillis mastodon (AP)
Mary Shelley doesn't get enough credit for not only anticipating the silver-spooned narcissist techbro who recklessly creates technology without thinking through the consequences, but also for knowing that said techbro would be an absolutely terrible father.
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Cy ActivityPub
Techbros would have just funded Victor's project. They don't have a mad science bone in their bodies.
Juggling With Eggs mastodon (AP)
I had to read Frankenstein at schoolโ€ฆa much better read overall I thought than Dracula. And it still blows my mind that Mary Shelley was only 18 years old when she wrote it. Sheโ€™s buried in St Peterโ€™s Church graveyard in the centre of Bournemouthโ€ฆmy old stomping ground.

Today is the last day to bid on Sunset Coyote! Is this gorgeous fursuit coming home with you?? ๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿงก๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’œ
https://www.thedealersden.com/listing/sunset-coyote-fullsuit/286480

#fursuit #fullsuit #forsale #auction #coyote

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Chloรฉ Raccoon mastodon (AP)
Also, while on the @TundraWolf week topic..
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Dairishgoat mastodon (AP)

Random fursuit photo from the archives.

Ed Poodle on stage during the ConFuzzled 2022 poodle party dance.

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James mastodon (AP)
Realising after *many* years why Hacker News feels familiar
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Cy ActivityPub
Oh that is clever...

Vee mastodon (AP)
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Wuffpet mastodon (AP)
Itโ€™s important to keep your plush toys secure. For good measure I did it a few times! ๐Ÿ”’๐Ÿ”’๐Ÿ”’๐Ÿ”’
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This makes me so sad. The #library was a haven from my miserable, white trash childhood. I walked there nearly every day in summer, sometimes spending all day exploring every aisle. No one hassled me, I learned so much, it opened so many doors. #lgbtq #media #civilrights #freedom #idaho
https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1dt4oi0/new_sign_in_idaho_public_libraries_requiring_a_id/
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Cy ActivityPub
Horrifying...
TundraWolf mastodon (AP)

@pippin This is worse than so much worse than saddening. This is like the Vatican proscribing books, book burning and the severe forms of state censorship that the USA used to deplore and *said* it would go to war to prevent.

(This message has been edited to correct the last sentence, which said that the USA would go to war to defend censorship, however accurate that might be now, the sentence was written with a historical perspective.)

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Joaquรญn Baldwin mastodon (AP)
This is important
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๐Ÿ‘ more ๐Ÿ‘ developers ๐Ÿ‘ need ๐Ÿ‘ to ๐Ÿ‘ hear ๐Ÿ‘ this

I can count on one hand the number of my clients over the past couple of years who haven't either over-architected for scale or were unnecessarily concerned about it (prior to coming to me for strategic advice, of course ๐Ÿ˜‰).

You don't need to understand Distributional Little's Law to figure this out, it's obvious with primary school level math.

(screenshot excerpt from https://tailscale.com/blog/new-internet)

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