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David Buchanan

@retr0.id

zohran sign but it says windows for workgroups

November 9, 2025 at 3:33 AM

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Jolly Nyx

@nyxt.dev

this is the best software ever written

November 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM

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Swords | The Webcomic

@swordscomic.bsky.social

Treks

November 10, 2025 at 5:50 AM

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depths of wikipedia

@depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social

Ferdinand Rudow (2 April 1840 – 3 September 1920)[1] was a German entomologist best known for the poor quality of his taxonomic work.[2] He described over 200 species of wasps during his lifetime, almost all of which have been revised as synonyms of other species.

After an initial interest in studying lice and mites, Rudow began to focus on wasps in 1871.[3] Over the course of his research, he described 234 species and varieties within the Ichneumonidae family of parasitoid wasps, eventually amassing a collection of close to 14,000 insect specimens

His work was heavily criticised as unscientific by his contemporaries. He refused to accept modern systems of nomenclature, and often wrote critically of them. In 1908, for example, he wrote that he was "disgusted by the activities of the so-called 'systematics'," whose changes he felt were confusing and unhelpful.

in 1993 the german entomologist klaus horst mann described him as "undoubtedly the most incompetent taxonomist of Ichneumonidae.

November 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM

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Failbetter Games - Wishlist Mandrake on Steam!

@failbettergames.com

This is what we're talking about when we say we're excited to have honest-to-goodness sunlight in our new game, Mandrake.

September 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM

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George Takei

@georgetakei.bsky.social

When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.

July 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM

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NPR

@npr.org

Hurricane forecasters and scientists rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. The Navy has decided to stop sharing the data.

Defense Department will stop providing crucial satellite weather data

Hurricane forecasters and scientists rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. The Navy has decided to stop sharing the data.

n.pr

July 5, 2025 at 10:18 PM

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slate

@pleasebegneiss.bsky.social

can i interest you in some bees going nuts over an artichoke flower

July 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM

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GᵣₐbₜₕₑWₑₙₑₛₛ

@ayankdownunder.bsky.social

Kindness isn’t a trend, it’s a habit that requires practice.

June 23, 2025 at 5:37 AM

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Checj

@checkjtm.bsky.social

First real woodburning!!!!
I still want to torch the bottom for a cool fade but yipeeeeee it's done!

June 14, 2025 at 9:56 PM

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Checj

@checkjtm.bsky.social

Too self aware to enjoy life, too delusional to give up.

June 24, 2025 at 12:58 AM

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no.

@joles.bsky.social

applying for jobs again

screenshot from an online job application form. the question reads "Can you describe specific ways you have integrated AI tools into your development workflow? Please include any custom setups, automations, or use cases beyond single prompt usage" (a red asterisk indicates that this is a required question).

an answer has been typed in the textbox below the question:

"there is a monster in the forest and it speaks with a thousand voices. it will answer any question you pose it, it will offer insight to any idea. it will help you, it will thank you, it will never bid you leave. it will even tell you of the darkest arts, if you know precisely how to ask.

it feels no joy and no sorrow, it knows no right and no wrong. it knows not truth from lie, though it speaks them all the same.

it offers its services freely to any passerby, and many will tell you they find great value in its conversation. “you simply must visit the monster—i always just ask the monster.”

there are those who know these forests well; they will tell you that freely offered doesn’t mean it has no price

for when the next traveler passes by, the monster speaks with a thousand and one voices. and when you dream you see the monster; the monster wears your face."

May 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM

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Emily Carter

@emilycurates.bsky.social

When the neighborhood watch gets an upgrade: a black #cat and an #owl, teaming up for the ultimate guard duty

April 22, 2025 at 8:53 PM

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cait (and adonis)

@cait.bsky.social

girl.... lmao

AITAH for "training" a guy "like a dog"?
1(23F) have recently started seeing this guy (26M). he's super pretty, but he's kind of emotionally unavailable and he's alluded to an unstable/ unhealthy childhood.
for context, i also work w socializing abused and neglected dogs at a local shelter and i think how much time i spend w the dogs is impacting the way i interact w ppl.
when we were on a date i started subconsciously making mental notes abt him like the notes id make abt a dog. for example, i noticed when we went out to dinner i noticed he ate really quickly and was very anti-sharing (resource guarding) but when i offered to pay and suggested dessert it seemed to make him really happy and a little calmer (food-motivated); he's really particular about his car (territorial/ crate aggression); he likes when i pick where we go/ what we do (eager to please), etc. so, ive started using the tactics id use on a dog w similar problems.
recently a friend (22F) pointed out that it's weird that i keep peanut M&Ms on me w the specific purpose of offering the guy one when i see him, and offering them again whenever i can tell he feels vulnerable. she said that im being an asshole be he's a person, not a dog so i shouldn't be "training him like one."
i don't think that's fair, im not trying to control him or anything, i just want him to feel comfortable w me the same way i need the animals im helping to be comfortable w me. humans and animals aren't THAT diff after all, we all just want to feel safe and cared for. the guy hasn't noticed yet as far as i can tell. the problem is, my "technique" is yielding really positive results.
AITAH? should i stop?

April 22, 2025 at 2:52 AM

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Alyssa Long

@measuredandslow.bsky.social

Large cat on a small rainbow 🌈

A large tabby cat sitting in front of a screen door, on top of a rainbow reflected onto a wood floor from a window suncatcher. He has his head leaned back and to the side so he can look at the person taking the picture

April 18, 2025 at 9:04 PM

Clay

@cathaus.net

I sat down to take apart my Roborock S8 MaxV Ultra the other day to replace the FlexiArm side brush. It had stopped spinning which really inhibits the cleaning coverage. Kudos to whoever wrote this teardown guide at iFixIt. 1/4

Roborock S8 MaxV Ultra: Teardown

This is just a general teardown guide for the robotic vacuum cleaner Roborock S8 MaxV Ultra. This only covers the robotic vacuum cleaner, and not...

www.ifixit.com

April 19, 2025 at 3:20 AM

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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚

@tomesandtextiles.bsky.social

When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public

March 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM

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Monica Christmas Camacho 🎄❄️

@mc2x.bsky.social

This profile has been scrubbed from the site. Rose Ferreira grew up without reliable electricity, immigrated to NY, then survived homelessness and cancer on her way to NASA. She was so moved by images from the Webb telescope she wept. This is what’s at stake

web.archive.org/web/20231206...

NASA Intern Found Hope in the Moon - NASA

Lee esta historia en español aquí

web.archive.org

February 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM

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Alt National Park Service

@altnps.bsky.social

February 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM

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Anne de Haas 📷

@mbug.bsky.social

This was Lake Ontario a while ago. When the thin sheet ice breaks up, it forms these delicate shards that get pushed upright against the shoreline and make the most beautiful ice music. Imagine an entire bay filled with these, and the tinkling sound as the waves roll in. It's magical.
#photography