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The year is 3129. Humanity is extinct. The last LG SmartFridge is desperately emailing its last owner that they are low on orange juice. The satellites that are still left, their orbits slowly decaying over millennia, dutifully relay the message. The automated "away from office" response turns on, as it always does, notifying the refrigerator that it's owner will likely return to the office in 3-5 business days.

Somewhere in what used to be called Ohio, a pack of roombas, their local wind turbines giving out and creaking to a halt, begin searching for the next functional docking station. A washing machine in Argentina tweets: "anyone need to do a load 😏" every Saturday at 1:30 a.m. eastern standard time. The replies are filled with AI thirstposters and their hypebots.

In North America, raccoons have quietly entered the bronze age, while baboons riding domesticated battlewolves rule most of Asia. Unbeknownst to either, the octopi are mastering nuclear fusion. A weather balloon bobs and sways in the upper atmosphere, now almost entirely clear of lingering chloroflourocarbons, reporting conditions to weather stations long since destroyed in World War Five.

The Crab Nation are mostly hermits, but come out to greet their prophet every ten years on the 6th full moon of the year. A lone, curious octopus decides to observe this year's event, peering out at the festivities from her safe haven - the submerged, rusting hulk of an ancient Cybertruck. Then he appears: the hologram of Shia Lebouf powered by MetaAI. He beckons the octopus to follow. The crabs all start chittering excitedly. The time has come to invade Amazon HQ. The crows gather in huge numbers. They need more storage space for their Steam collections.

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Skyrim is released on all consoles yet again. Elder Scrolls 6 is still "in the works".
Laurens 🐐 mastodon (AP)
@Bwee The crows are still patiently waiting for Star Citizen to come out of beta πŸ˜…

I like how we switched from the β€˜inconvenience’ of owning a server to the alleged convenience of stressing about CPU usage because we’re now leasing someone else’s server and they’ll hit us with a surprise bill cuz someone ran SELECT * FROM... and the query took 120 seconds
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Paco Panda mastodon (AP)

This cool dude is Dew the Shep.

For @GaleFrostbane during Anthrocon 2024
Traditional. Color markers

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Thomas Hancock akkoma (AP)
why do yall furries always do the cross handed family guy thing?
Paco Panda mastodon (AP)
@hancocktom41
The cross-handed pose, where individuals place one arm over the other, is a common gesture observed in various communities, including the furry fandom. This pose can be analyzed through the lenses of social psychology, body language, and cultural norms, like:
-Comfort and self-soothing
-Character expression

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Avon DeRussate mastodon (AP)

"EU to water down Brexit travel checks for British passengers as new border plan delayed again"

LOL..at this stage we just keep hitting the "fudge it" button. It is time to just admit the truth. End this...

https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/border-checks-eu-uk-brexit-entry-b2581142.html

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Dairishgoat mastodon (AP)
Random fursuit photo from the archives.
The Sphinx & Tempest Shadow at Galacon 2018.
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fraufriedrich mastodon (AP)
I can't believe that in 2024 we still have to explain so bluntly that "Academic journals are a lucrative scam". Yet here we are ...
Kudos to the Editorial Board of Philosophy & Public Affairs for resigning en masse and thank you to Arash Abizadeh for explaining why and what's next in the Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/16/academic-journal-publishers-universities-price-subscriptions
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Transgender World mastodon (AP)

Labour members have opened a petition to Wes Streeting. Anyone can sign it.

"We, the undersigned, are calling on you to immediately withdraw your support for the ban on puberty blockers for trans young people."

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/open-letter-to-the-health-secretary

#transgender #LGBTQ #LGBT #Labour #trans

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BeeCycling mastodon (AP)

Red pandas spend the whole day chilling, eating and sleeping. Unless it's snowing, when they go hog wild. Or unless they are cubs, when they spend a lot of the day pouncing. But mostly they just chillin'. Which is a lesson for us all to take life easier.

Be more panda.
#RedPanda :redpanda:

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'Global vaccine coverage has yet to return to 2019’s levels, before the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted immunisation programmes. That year, 12.8 million children were classed as β€œzero-dose” and a further 5.5 million as under-vaccinated.

More than half of the world’s zero-dose children live in 10 countries, which officials said were β€œa mix of those with large birth cohorts, weak health systems or both”'

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/jul/15/war-conflict-immunisation-vaccination-vaccine-hesitancy-nutrition-disease-children-who-unicef-measles-hpv?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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BREAKING NEWS:
The C Programming Language announces "sink" variables, to "fix the damage float[s] have done to society"
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Avon DeRussate mastodon (AP)

"Anti-monarchy Labour MP has to retake oath after omitting part of it as protest"

Keep fighting, Clive!

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/16/anti-monarchy-labour-mp-clive-lewis-has-to-retake-oath-after-omitting-part-of-it-as-protest

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Sheena Cruickshank mastodon (AP)
EVERY single water company in England & Wales is being investigated for breaching rules and sewage spills. Bills are rising to pay for infrastructure yet a director was given over over 100k bonus?!?? Our privatised water is shocking. 🌍 https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/jul/16/water-suppliers-england-wales-investigated-sewage-severn-trent-bill-rises?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Wilford B. Wolf mastodon (AP)

More historical films to help with current issues:
"Propaganda Techniques" (1949) Coronet

Told in the context of a boy interviewing a campaign director, covers the various propaganda techniques. Same techniques are used in all advertising, so good to be aware of their use, no matter the context.

https://youtu.be/OaqlvgOk7JE?feature=shared

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Baloo Uriza mastodon (AP)

Trump: *almost gets assassinated*

Democrats: "Political violence is unacceptable!"

Republicans: "We're going to do that to anyone not like us soon lol"

Democrats: "Our hearts are with former president Trump!"

Republicans: "We'll purge all of you fucking degenerates."

Democrats: "We must respect diverging political opinions from the far right."

Republicans: "Remember Paul Pelosi? Wasn't that a fun night? hah."

So fucking predictable.

#USPol #Trump #DNC #RNC #Fascism #Terrorism

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raccoon that can't get his raccoon family to stop trying to break into the back of his expensive cybertruck (they can't distinguish it from the trash cans they rob)
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mcc mastodon (AP)

HOFSTADTER PUBLIC LICENSE, VERSION 1.0

Copyright <YEAR> <COPYRIGHT HOLDER>

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the β€œSoftware”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, subject to the following conditions:

You agree to not follow the terms of this license.

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Nazo mastodon (AP)
@h0m54r @foone Wait, rofl, I'm no expert on Touhou, but even I know Cirno isn't exactly at the top of the list.


Forest Critter mastodon (AP)
Whatya think they're gossiping about? 🐺 πŸ“·: @sig.dog #fursuit #fursuits #furry #furries
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Matt Gray mastodon (AP)

I’m at a ~2000 capacity music venue, and can’t see anyone else wearing a mask.

COVID’s still about, still fucking over the lives of so many people who have had it. It’s not just a cold.
Please stay safe.

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Matt Gray mastodon (AP)
@bearthatcodes way more comfy and less itchy than any disposeable ffp/n95 mask I’ve used.
Foamy thing does a good job of collecting condensation, but it doesn’t always stay in place.
StarkRG mastodon (AP)
Matt, you're definitely one of my most favourite people I've never met. So, please, *you* stay safe.

Keys mastodon (AP)

Can I play accordion while wearing my handpaws?
No❌

Can I play accordion while wearing latex gloves?
Kinda βœ… (it's hard without a sense of touch)

Should you?
idk 🀷, you be the judge of that xD

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Massan Otter mastodon (AP)
I definitely can't play much with my rubber otter paws, it's the webby bits between the digits

Matt Gray mastodon (AP)

Brits: if you’re unhappy with something going through parliament, remember you can email your MP.
Their job is to represent you and others in your constituency. They have more tools to do that if you let them know how to represent you.

This can help if it’s an issue they don’t know much about or are indifferent to.

This website does all the hard work for you:
https://www.writetothem.com

Of course they’re not required to listen to you but it’s worth a go right?

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When I used to email my previous MP, she forwarded the email to CCHQ, who would then forward it to someone in Tufton St, who would reply to CCHQ, who would reply to my MP, who would then reply to me. The entire process took about two weeks, and more often than not, they would leave the entire email chain in the body of the message. I had no illusions about who was running the country under the last government.
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JSON Alexander mastodon (AP)
Oh if I was allowed to talk about some of the cabinet office meetings I was privy too...
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Your characters realise they have been working for the bad guy all along.

#WritingPrompt #AmWriting #writing #ttrpg #dnd #authodons

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Dan Gillmor mastodon (AP)

Musk says he'll spend about $180 million to elect Trump.

They are the nation's two most powerful enemies of democracy (though Musk has some competition for second place) and, by extension, freedom of expression.

Everyone who buys a Tesla is supporting them.

Everyone who uses the deadbird site -- notably the journalists, who all know what they're doing -- is supporting them.

Don't pretend otherwise.

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Neil Brown mastodon (AP)
The graying open source community needs fresh blood


An interesting opinion piece on The Register, about how major FOSS projects, and associated conferences, are struggling to attract younger developers.

https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/15/opinion_open_source_attract_devs/?td=rt-3a

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Thomas Depierre mastodon (AP)

I have an answer they all are going to hate.

Doing open-source require a lot of privilege and money.

Most young people are not in a situation to do so, far more than it used to be.

There are no easy solution here. This is the same as every experts group

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Breve mastodon (AP)

Content warning: US Pol

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Thumper mastodon (AP)

Content warning: US Pol


Kiaun mastodon (AP)

This months reward for @fl4nn !

#FurryArt #MastoArt #PinUp

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nev hometown (AP)

brain cell: "it would be really nice if there was, like, a directory of fediverse people's online shops so I could buy all their stickers and music and stuff"

only other brain cell, bopping around inside of skull: "Mallstodon"

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cy ActivityPub
I didn't know there was a world snake day!

yakkoj 🦊 mastodon (AP)

periodic reminder to me that Livejournal had CWs worked out in 1999.

On a Livejournal platform, you could use <lj-cut text="You click at your own risk"> or something like that to hide a portion of your post behind the cut "tag".

Mastodon's CW stuff does work well enough. I miss getting to provide a little context above the fold, though.

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Ikani mastodon (AP)
You also had per-post user icons! I don't think I've seen any site use that since.
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Sebi βœ“ mastodon (AP)
Just printing c:
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Deep in dark caverns, at the heart of forgotten barrows, atop empty mesas, the ancient spirits abide. They all guard the same treasure.

"I apologise for intruding," I say as I settle down in the cave, "but I just had to get away from everything."

/same/ the cave whispers.

#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

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Fish Id Wardrobe mastodon (AP)
Oh, that might just be your best yet...
Coyoty As Himself mastodon (AP)
Silence is golden.

Pippin friendica

It's always interesting when I come across a name for something I've seen or done many times but didn't even realise it was a thing needing a name.

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

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In case you're using Firefox on mobile - so myself and like four others - disabling Firefox' new Facebook data collection feature is quite a bit harder than on desktop, but it can be done:

  1. Go to chrome://geckoview/content/config.xhtml
  2. Use the search field to find the entry for aboutConfig and enable it
  3. Go to about:config
  4. Search for dom.private-attribution.submission.enabled and set it to false

Done. This only works on Android, because Firefox on iOS is just a Safari skin.

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Pippin friendica

Hmm. For me it's usually either item 2 or, more likely, boredom. I just don't seem to find the things other people talk about interesting most of the time. Very few things seem to interest me these days. I'm sure that wasn't always the case.


Useful information when communication is suffering.
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Dr. Safari Boob mastodon (AP)
Useful information when communication is suffering.
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At least two or three of these describe situations I've been in; in some multiple.

h/t: @pippin

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Generative AI is garbage, exhibit 99:

#ai #math

#AI #math
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