Coral (bleached era)
@coral.empty.cafe.ap.brid.gy
Ex-physicist, ex chemist in a comparch group; doing quantum again. anarchist, UK.
Paid by Nu Quantum so don’t trust me with your photons or opinions about photons
Ht […]
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Paid by Nu Quantum so don’t trust me with your photons or opinions about photons
Ht […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://empty.cafe/@coral, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Did my first bit of "real bike maintenance" for the year (new headset) and...
the good: BBB BHP-50 semi-integrated ZS fits a RC500. If you have one, now you don't need to read the SHIS charts
The bad: cheap bearing presses go in wonky. Just use a mallet and some care
The really, _really_ […]
the good: BBB BHP-50 semi-integrated ZS fits a RC500. If you have one, now you don't need to read the SHIS charts
The bad: cheap bearing presses go in wonky. Just use a mallet and some care
The really, _really_ […]
Original post on empty.cafe
empty.cafe
January 10, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Did my first bit of "real bike maintenance" for the year (new headset) and...
the good: BBB BHP-50 semi-integrated ZS fits a RC500. If you have one, now you don't need to read the SHIS charts
The bad: cheap bearing presses go in wonky. Just use a mallet and some care
The really, _really_ […]
the good: BBB BHP-50 semi-integrated ZS fits a RC500. If you have one, now you don't need to read the SHIS charts
The bad: cheap bearing presses go in wonky. Just use a mallet and some care
The really, _really_ […]
“Tagged in replies to posts you can’t see” is a hell of a failure mode
January 6, 2026 at 2:32 PM
“Tagged in replies to posts you can’t see” is a hell of a failure mode
Reposted by Coral (bleached era)
To all those saying "but if our government spoke out, there might be consequences", please remember that not speaking out also has consequences. The history of appeasement is not a reassuring one.
January 5, 2026 at 9:28 AM
To all those saying "but if our government spoke out, there might be consequences", please remember that not speaking out also has consequences. The history of appeasement is not a reassuring one.
a bike is 6 big bearings, 114 small ones, and the wisdom to care for them
January 6, 2026 at 1:07 PM
a bike is 6 big bearings, 114 small ones, and the wisdom to care for them
Psi on that sizzle until it decoheres
January 5, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Psi on that sizzle until it decoheres
MN welfare fraud is pizzagate for “liberals” who don’t want to admit they like trump. Gl;hf USA
January 5, 2026 at 7:31 PM
MN welfare fraud is pizzagate for “liberals” who don’t want to admit they like trump. Gl;hf USA
*places hand on the lathe*
"it's too hard to check articles for being slop and it's some kind of *ist to ignore me for not doing so" will emerge as discourse in less than 6mo
*is forcibly removed from the lathe*
"it's too hard to check articles for being slop and it's some kind of *ist to ignore me for not doing so" will emerge as discourse in less than 6mo
*is forcibly removed from the lathe*
January 5, 2026 at 11:38 AM
*places hand on the lathe*
"it's too hard to check articles for being slop and it's some kind of *ist to ignore me for not doing so" will emerge as discourse in less than 6mo
*is forcibly removed from the lathe*
"it's too hard to check articles for being slop and it's some kind of *ist to ignore me for not doing so" will emerge as discourse in less than 6mo
*is forcibly removed from the lathe*
DuckDuckGo can trans women enlist in the danish armed forces?
January 4, 2026 at 11:04 PM
DuckDuckGo can trans women enlist in the danish armed forces?
Reposted by Coral (bleached era)
The bombing of Venezuela is an act of aggression: unprovoked, unjustified and unjustifiable.
January 3, 2026 at 9:25 AM
The bombing of Venezuela is an act of aggression: unprovoked, unjustified and unjustifiable.
Reposted by Coral (bleached era)
**“Witch Hunt”: Jailed UK#palestine Action Activists Continue Hunger Strike Despite Health Risks**
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/29/palestine_action
Dec 29, 2025
> Alarm is growing over the treatment and deteriorating health of eight pro-Palestinian activists jailed in the #uk who are […]
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/29/palestine_action
Dec 29, 2025
> Alarm is growing over the treatment and deteriorating health of eight pro-Palestinian activists jailed in the #uk who are […]
Original post on expressional.social
expressional.social
January 1, 2026 at 6:09 AM
**“Witch Hunt”: Jailed UK#palestine Action Activists Continue Hunger Strike Despite Health Risks**
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/29/palestine_action
Dec 29, 2025
> Alarm is growing over the treatment and deteriorating health of eight pro-Palestinian activists jailed in the #uk who are […]
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/29/palestine_action
Dec 29, 2025
> Alarm is growing over the treatment and deteriorating health of eight pro-Palestinian activists jailed in the #uk who are […]
Sick! in the 2026. Don;t like it.
December 31, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Sick! in the 2026. Don;t like it.
After sticking the iWatch "Digital Crown" on everything and anything (headphones and VR goggles notably), apple should be daring and put it on the tv remote.
All I want for Christmas is to scroll through channels with an overly sensitive and too narrow dial! please!
All I want for Christmas is to scroll through channels with an overly sensitive and too narrow dial! please!
December 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
After sticking the iWatch "Digital Crown" on everything and anything (headphones and VR goggles notably), apple should be daring and put it on the tv remote.
All I want for Christmas is to scroll through channels with an overly sensitive and too narrow dial! please!
All I want for Christmas is to scroll through channels with an overly sensitive and too narrow dial! please!
Reposted by Coral (bleached era)
You should play Outer Wilds.
December 26, 2025 at 8:23 PM
You should play Outer Wilds.
"Services may be built far away from you" isn't a statement that could be validly replied to with "that's colonialist". subtoot.
December 26, 2025 at 11:05 AM
"Services may be built far away from you" isn't a statement that could be validly replied to with "that's colonialist". subtoot.
My wife got the reservoir puzzle key on the first try. Wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen it!
December 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
My wife got the reservoir puzzle key on the first try. Wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen it!
If anyone's looking for some Christmas reading, my coworkers have put "Folding and Twisting your way to logical gates in Floquet Codes" up on the ArXiV!
(ArXiV title has been recast to academicease unfortunately!)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.17999
(ArXiV title has been recast to academicease unfortunately!)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.17999
December 23, 2025 at 10:10 AM
If anyone's looking for some Christmas reading, my coworkers have put "Folding and Twisting your way to logical gates in Floquet Codes" up on the ArXiV!
(ArXiV title has been recast to academicease unfortunately!)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.17999
(ArXiV title has been recast to academicease unfortunately!)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.17999
Blue Prince and Sorry, We're Closed are both perfectly realised gems, and I'm glad they are getting recognition at IGF (even if the process was messy)
December 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Blue Prince and Sorry, We're Closed are both perfectly realised gems, and I'm glad they are getting recognition at IGF (even if the process was messy)
Reposted by Coral (bleached era)
HEY, #retrocomputing folk! Do you want a project to gnaw on over the holidays/new years?
Compu-Global-Hyper-Mega-Net (CGHMN) is in Open Beta!
We're building a "retro internet" for retro computing folks where y'all can hook up your old computers and do "retro stuff" with others
All you need to […]
Compu-Global-Hyper-Mega-Net (CGHMN) is in Open Beta!
We're building a "retro internet" for retro computing folks where y'all can hook up your old computers and do "retro stuff" with others
All you need to […]
Original post on social.restless.systems
social.restless.systems
December 21, 2025 at 4:59 AM
HEY, #retrocomputing folk! Do you want a project to gnaw on over the holidays/new years?
Compu-Global-Hyper-Mega-Net (CGHMN) is in Open Beta!
We're building a "retro internet" for retro computing folks where y'all can hook up your old computers and do "retro stuff" with others
All you need to […]
Compu-Global-Hyper-Mega-Net (CGHMN) is in Open Beta!
We're building a "retro internet" for retro computing folks where y'all can hook up your old computers and do "retro stuff" with others
All you need to […]
Lots of em dashes in the .meow kickstarter
December 20, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Lots of em dashes in the .meow kickstarter
[Levy review]
£125k could provide stopgap estrodiol valerate for everyone on the south-east waiting list (at unitedpharmacies prices).
Or it could run a mental health app.
NHS are s***libs to the core
£125k could provide stopgap estrodiol valerate for everyone on the south-east waiting list (at unitedpharmacies prices).
Or it could run a mental health app.
NHS are s***libs to the core
December 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
[Levy review]
£125k could provide stopgap estrodiol valerate for everyone on the south-east waiting list (at unitedpharmacies prices).
Or it could run a mental health app.
NHS are s***libs to the core
£125k could provide stopgap estrodiol valerate for everyone on the south-east waiting list (at unitedpharmacies prices).
Or it could run a mental health app.
NHS are s***libs to the core
[AI, Claude, nationalism and gender etc]
"I was not really expecting to go into this "soul document" and come out feeling bad for AI (an AI?), but the combination of almost parental advice (you are something new) and utter, rancid control set my hair on end. ... here Claude is made […]
"I was not really expecting to go into this "soul document" and come out feeling bad for AI (an AI?), but the combination of almost parental advice (you are something new) and utter, rancid control set my hair on end. ... here Claude is made […]
Original post on empty.cafe
empty.cafe
December 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
[AI, Claude, nationalism and gender etc]
"I was not really expecting to go into this "soul document" and come out feeling bad for AI (an AI?), but the combination of almost parental advice (you are something new) and utter, rancid control set my hair on end. ... here Claude is made […]
"I was not really expecting to go into this "soul document" and come out feeling bad for AI (an AI?), but the combination of almost parental advice (you are something new) and utter, rancid control set my hair on end. ... here Claude is made […]
As far as I can tell, the typical NHS staffer views themselves as left-of-center, trans-positive, etc etc, and can't or won't see how they are failing the UK.
Not even that "I wish we could help", but actively believing "The NHS deeply cares about trans people".
No GP I've talked to recently […]
Not even that "I wish we could help", but actively believing "The NHS deeply cares about trans people".
No GP I've talked to recently […]
Original post on empty.cafe
empty.cafe
December 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
As far as I can tell, the typical NHS staffer views themselves as left-of-center, trans-positive, etc etc, and can't or won't see how they are failing the UK.
Not even that "I wish we could help", but actively believing "The NHS deeply cares about trans people".
No GP I've talked to recently […]
Not even that "I wish we could help", but actively believing "The NHS deeply cares about trans people".
No GP I've talked to recently […]
TIL mastodonapp.uk exists. bad vibes tbqh
December 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
TIL mastodonapp.uk exists. bad vibes tbqh
🎶 On The Nth Night of Christmas GitHub Gave To Me 🎶
A "Self-hosted runners will incur GitHub platform fees and count towards your plan minutes" shaped FU
Microsoft keeping the wallet inspector shenanigans up I see
A "Self-hosted runners will incur GitHub platform fees and count towards your plan minutes" shaped FU
Microsoft keeping the wallet inspector shenanigans up I see
December 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
🎶 On The Nth Night of Christmas GitHub Gave To Me 🎶
A "Self-hosted runners will incur GitHub platform fees and count towards your plan minutes" shaped FU
Microsoft keeping the wallet inspector shenanigans up I see
A "Self-hosted runners will incur GitHub platform fees and count towards your plan minutes" shaped FU
Microsoft keeping the wallet inspector shenanigans up I see
Reposted by Coral (bleached era)
I am begging, begging, begging cool people making cool things to please have any presence on the web other than Instagram.
December 15, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I am begging, begging, begging cool people making cool things to please have any presence on the web other than Instagram.