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Deb Richardson - Former Mozillian, current Red Hatter, originator of Linuxchix and the Mozilla Developer Network among other open sourcey shenanigans. Also pretty deeply into pottery, boardgaming, and reading.
Taking PTO tomorrow and Friday to participate in a local wood kiln firing. It's gonna be cold, but totally worth it for the opportunity to talk pots with other potters while chucking wood into a kiln.
November 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Taking PTO tomorrow and Friday to participate in a local wood kiln firing. It's gonna be cold, but totally worth it for the opportunity to talk pots with other potters while chucking wood into a kiln.
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This person took this when they called the race
November 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This person took this when they called the race
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hire all the fired political teen vogue writers and make a new magazine call teen rogue.
we’ll all subscribe en masse
we’ll all subscribe en masse
November 4, 2025 at 2:32 AM
hire all the fired political teen vogue writers and make a new magazine call teen rogue.
we’ll all subscribe en masse
we’ll all subscribe en masse
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According to reports, ICE officers are being told to trust the results of a faulty facial recognition app over evidence of citizenship.
The Trump administration is steamrolling our due process and privacy rights to support its mass deportation agenda.
The Trump administration is steamrolling our due process and privacy rights to support its mass deportation agenda.
You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says
Photos captured by Mobile Fortify will be stored for 15 years, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, the document says.
www.404media.co
November 4, 2025 at 12:37 AM
According to reports, ICE officers are being told to trust the results of a faulty facial recognition app over evidence of citizenship.
The Trump administration is steamrolling our due process and privacy rights to support its mass deportation agenda.
The Trump administration is steamrolling our due process and privacy rights to support its mass deportation agenda.
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thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
Hey photography pals -- Flickr is overpriced garbage at this point, so I'm looking for a new place to host photos that isn't just a file listing system like Google Drive. What are the best options (ideally free, but < $10/mo would do)?
November 3, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Hey photography pals -- Flickr is overpriced garbage at this point, so I'm looking for a new place to host photos that isn't just a file listing system like Google Drive. What are the best options (ideally free, but < $10/mo would do)?
First time trying to use Flickr in a few years and it is completely broken and utterly useless to me. And this just after my pro subscription renewed. Yay.
November 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
First time trying to use Flickr in a few years and it is completely broken and utterly useless to me. And this just after my pro subscription renewed. Yay.
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A reminder that the original Hallowe'en jack o' lanterns date back to 18th century Ireland if not earlier, were based on a shady boozy blacksmith called Stingy Jack who cheated the devil & was trapped between 2 worlds, were carved from turnips and looked like this:
October 31, 2025 at 7:59 AM
A reminder that the original Hallowe'en jack o' lanterns date back to 18th century Ireland if not earlier, were based on a shady boozy blacksmith called Stingy Jack who cheated the devil & was trapped between 2 worlds, were carved from turnips and looked like this:
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I love maps so I'm giving away TWO signed paperbacks of my psychedelic/folkloric novel Villager each with these fantastic maps my dad illustrated of the fictional village in the book.Just repost this/reply below for a chance to win.
Here's an extract from the book: www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...
Here's an extract from the book: www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...
October 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I love maps so I'm giving away TWO signed paperbacks of my psychedelic/folkloric novel Villager each with these fantastic maps my dad illustrated of the fictional village in the book.Just repost this/reply below for a chance to win.
Here's an extract from the book: www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...
Here's an extract from the book: www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...
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Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Updating my LEGO White House
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AWS is down, post hog
October 20, 2025 at 10:05 AM
AWS is down, post hog
Took an extended long weekend (Wed thru Tues), and we were away until today, so making Thanksgiving dinner tonight. Slow roasted pork shoulder, potatoes au gratin, roast brussels sprouts and carrots. Normally would do a turkey, but this was a last minute change of plans, so making do 😜
October 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Took an extended long weekend (Wed thru Tues), and we were away until today, so making Thanksgiving dinner tonight. Slow roasted pork shoulder, potatoes au gratin, roast brussels sprouts and carrots. Normally would do a turkey, but this was a last minute change of plans, so making do 😜
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In 1989, writer Rick Veitch and artist Michael Zulli were the creators on #SwampThing. #DC balked after their planned Swamp Thing #88 featured a storyline wherein the titular character travels back in time, meets #JesusChrist, and morphs into the cross on Calvary Hill.
www.ign.com/articles/36-...
www.ign.com/articles/36-...
36 Years Later, DC Will Finally Publish a Controversial Canceled Comic Where Swamp Thing Meets Jesus Christ | NYCC 2025 - IGN
In 1989, DC canceled a Swamp Thing comic that would have seen the noble hero meet Jesus Christ. Now, 36 years later, that controversial story will finally see the light of day.
www.ign.com
October 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
In 1989, writer Rick Veitch and artist Michael Zulli were the creators on #SwampThing. #DC balked after their planned Swamp Thing #88 featured a storyline wherein the titular character travels back in time, meets #JesusChrist, and morphs into the cross on Calvary Hill.
www.ign.com/articles/36-...
www.ign.com/articles/36-...
Picture from the beginning of my beach walk this morning. I went out about an hour before low tide, walking 2km out and back to the furthest point you can see in this picture. More details about tides and how insane they are here in the alt text of the image.
October 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Picture from the beginning of my beach walk this morning. I went out about an hour before low tide, walking 2km out and back to the furthest point you can see in this picture. More details about tides and how insane they are here in the alt text of the image.
I've been doing pottery for 2 years now, and I'm still completely obsessed. A little sad I didn't discover it like 30 years ago, but so it goes. I'm in the process of going deep into learning about how to make and test and tweak my own glazes and I'm utterly giddy about it. Fired the kiln...
October 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I've been doing pottery for 2 years now, and I'm still completely obsessed. A little sad I didn't discover it like 30 years ago, but so it goes. I'm in the process of going deep into learning about how to make and test and tweak my own glazes and I'm utterly giddy about it. Fired the kiln...
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BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
October 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
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One, that's not how copyright works and there will be an entire battalion of IP lawyers who will be happy to correct Open AI of this misapprehension, likely to the tune of billions of dollars, and two, fuck this shitty thieving waste of proteins and lipids
Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.
OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out
Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.
on.wsj.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM
One, that's not how copyright works and there will be an entire battalion of IP lawyers who will be happy to correct Open AI of this misapprehension, likely to the tune of billions of dollars, and two, fuck this shitty thieving waste of proteins and lipids
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I grew up reading choose-your-own-adventure books and playing text-based adventure games on the computer. Decided to see if ChatGPT could replicate the experience. Not gonna lie...it's shockingly great.
September 27, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I grew up reading choose-your-own-adventure books and playing text-based adventure games on the computer. Decided to see if ChatGPT could replicate the experience. Not gonna lie...it's shockingly great.
Signed up for a 16 week glaze chemistry course including lectures, labs, and extra reading. Starts next week, and I'm very excited about it. It's also a prereq for a more advanced course that I'm hoping to do in the spring.
September 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Signed up for a 16 week glaze chemistry course including lectures, labs, and extra reading. Starts next week, and I'm very excited about it. It's also a prereq for a more advanced course that I'm hoping to do in the spring.
Kiln finished at 1222c (I missed the top temp), but...still frickin' hot in there. This will have to cool 'til tomorrow afternoon before I can crack it and unload it.
September 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Kiln finished at 1222c (I missed the top temp), but...still frickin' hot in there. This will have to cool 'til tomorrow afternoon before I can crack it and unload it.
It might almost be time to start blogging about my pottery journey. Trick is that I write for a living, so my writer brain gets used up much of the time. But...at some point I'm gonna have to start selling some of this stuff, and showing it and talking about it is gonna be how that's gonna happen.
September 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
It might almost be time to start blogging about my pottery journey. Trick is that I write for a living, so my writer brain gets used up much of the time. But...at some point I'm gonna have to start selling some of this stuff, and showing it and talking about it is gonna be how that's gonna happen.
An incredible opportunity for an emerging potter who is able to devote 2 full years to an apprenticeship (ie: not me, alas!) Canadian citizens or permanent residents only. maryfoxpottery.ca/legacy/appre...
Apprenticeship Application • Mary Fox Pottery
The search for the next apprentice starts soon! Learn about how and when to apply for the 2026 - 2027 apprenticeship program. How to prepare, resources and more
maryfoxpottery.ca
September 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
An incredible opportunity for an emerging potter who is able to devote 2 full years to an apprenticeship (ie: not me, alas!) Canadian citizens or permanent residents only. maryfoxpottery.ca/legacy/appre...