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I am asking one thing of you all: do not voluntarily detransition.

That is what they want most.
dudes rock
#RailNews: A North Island property with a fully functioning 370-metre miniature railway has hit the market for sale, attracting calls from around the country.

Via OneRoof: www.oneroof.co.nz/news/big-kid...
Big kid's rail paradise for sale - 10 tunnels, two bridges and a 370m track
Owner built secret railway track in his backyard.
www.oneroof.co.nz
February 11, 2026 at 12:10 AM
How are you thinking about technology choice for this set of alignments?
February 10, 2026 at 11:42 PM
we’re at a local minima for worker power in silicon valley right now :(
February 10, 2026 at 10:55 PM
from what I understand about Nix, and my experience with Ansible, you should take to Terraform like a duck to water
February 10, 2026 at 10:55 PM
imo this is a somewhat reasonable move given the state of corporate sf
February 10, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Man the Alibaba Qwen folks are continuing cook with this new model for text-heavy images
Qwen
Qwen Chat offers comprehensive functionality spanning chatbot, image and video understanding, image generation, document processing, web search integration, tool utilization, and artifacts.
qwen.ai
February 10, 2026 at 9:49 PM
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β€œEstrogen would not have saved Lyndon LaRouche because she would absolutely have been a Zizian” I tell the nice police officers as I am placed on an involuntary psychiatric hold
February 10, 2026 at 9:29 PM
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February 10, 2026 at 9:26 PM
it took them more than a week to release this?????
February 10, 2026 at 9:18 PM
i loved playing flag football so much.
February 10, 2026 at 9:16 PM
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The AI Labs don't yet do a good job explaining how the upgrades to their harnesses change work

For example, since Opus 4.6, Claude Code will spontaneously use subagents to do work in parallel. This is very helpful with a real impact on tasks, but was sort of quietly rolled out without documentation
February 10, 2026 at 9:06 PM
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there has never been a better time to have ADHD and hyperlexia than about 18 months from now
February 10, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Wesgroup, Renewal Development, and the ShΓ­shΓ‘lh Nation were able to truck and barge some existing houses near my place up to Sechelt for a second life. Cost for this project is estimated at 60%-80% of from-scratch construction (20%-40% savings as the article puts it). #bcpoli
Relocated Metro Vancouver houses form new First Nation neighbourhood in Sechelt | Urbanized
The Shishalh project on a First Nation reserve in Sechelt on the Sunshine Coast repurposed 10 old houses from Metro Vancouver.
dailyhive.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:25 PM
It should not be possible based on my life history that my strongest non-English language is German, and yet
February 10, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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Median driver in 2026.
yeah I got a question: what the fuck?
February 10, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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replies on bluesky consistently talking about ai not working when the problem is that it works well enough that people end up working through their breaks and, in fact, doing a lot more work

i am probably working too much and i am posting all day long. these things used to be mutually contradictory
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: β€œ.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.”

hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
February 10, 2026 at 7:54 PM
I would choose to describe it as β€œjoyfully silly”, but
February 10, 2026 at 7:55 PM
I can heartily recommend this approach for getting started. They’re very easy to put together and back away. You can also just stick the modules on an IKEA shelf as a starting point for something that stays out.
February 10, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Loving the very German choice of possible honourifics on the order form
February 10, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Reposted by ellen teapot πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ
Ahem (except cost estimation) jtraingraph.de
jTrainGraph - convenient application for train graphs and timetables
jTrainGraph - convenient application for train graphs and timetables
jtraingraph.de
February 10, 2026 at 6:51 PM
You know what would be cool? A computer program where you can input an existing railroad’s schedule, track diagrams, and equipment, then do timetable-based infrastructure planning with a basic cost estimation tool.
February 10, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Forgot to put that on my schedule with the women’s hockey preliminary match against the USA later this morning
February 10, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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representation is so important
February 10, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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WE KNOW THE SOLUTION JUST HANG THE CATENARY

...wait
The world's busiest waterway is starting to get electrified. Testing started on a battery fully electric on a 10,000-ton 740-TEU container ship on the Yangtze River. The ship will be used for China's inland waterway and coastal shipping routes.
February 10, 2026 at 5:50 PM
biathletes 🀝 bisexuals

messy
This is a famously messy Norwegian biathlete who was banned in 2023 from the Biathlon World Cup because he accidentally fired his competition rifle in his hotel room (he was also teary and apologetic then)
new most bizarre moment of the Olympics just dropped

Norwegian biathlete wins bronze medal, then, totally unprompted, reveal he cheated on his GF, she left him, and he wants to apologize publicly hoping she takes him back

www.vg.no/sport/i/vr5g...
February 10, 2026 at 5:43 PM