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Cary
@crenquis.mstdn.io.ap.brid.gy
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a swinger of birches; spermologer
cat wrangler, turtle keeper, and admirer of opossums
#science (mostly deals with radioactive stuff)

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crenquis.mstdn.io.ap.brid.gy
The lovely Miss Velma wishing you a very Merry Xmas
My coworker signed me up for her mailed pamphlets; I miss those missives - they were always so trippy.

Miss Velma Christmas Mini Golden Eagle Bus
https://youtu.be/rQSigEvxc8U?si=GcoE2zg8uop43NY4

#religion #missvelma #universapworldchurch
December 25, 2025 at 3:45 AM
crenquis.mstdn.io.ap.brid.gy
Chato is calm, so he gets to be in with everybody

#dogs #dogstodon #dogsofmastodon
photo of a pug-mizlx with shiny red antlers. the pug looks a bit sheepish. the background is a floor of large white tiles
December 25, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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fonecokid.c.im.ap.brid.gy
#cats #catsofmastodon #streetcats
Simba and Sol on Christmas eve
December 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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paninid.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy
Io Saturnalia!

Keep the Saturn in Saturnalia!
December 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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desafinado.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
The reason for the season.

You know what I’m talking about. Yep, it’s latkes. #chanukah
Latkes frying.
December 15, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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atax1a.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy
one thing that every slop purveyor seems to be arguing is that the slop machine is actually good for one specific thing, but none of them have any consensus as to what that thing is

maybe it just. isnt good? for anything?
December 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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fatsam.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy
Nicely written.
Sheari Viri "wE doN't Know the LoNgtErM eFfecTs OF pUberTy bLockerS!!1!" Except we do because we've been using them for over 40 years to treat cis kids with precocious puberty. The drugs have been deemed safe because they ARE safe or else we wouldn't still be using them. Puberty blockers are also #reversible "tHeY'LL BE cuTTinG kiDs uP!!!1!" Nope! Gender affirming care for trans youth is all social, such as using a new name, different pronouns, and changing their style of dress. It is 100% reversible. If they REALLY cared about preventing "long term effects" to children's bodies, they'd be banning ALL elective surgeries for minors and wouldn't allow them to participate in body-changing sports such as gymnastics or ballet, or contact sports with high rates of injury such as football.
December 23, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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wiebepaul.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy
Even with the shortest day, there is still some sun to nap in, even if it moves quickly across the room.
Our gray and white cat is napping center left of the photo. The top of her head is in a long narrow beam of light from a window. That beam was moving fairly quickly across the floor, so she had to get up regularly to stay in the beam. In the foreground are my kitchen tiles, and the cat is lying on the tan carpet of the living room.
December 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
crenquis.mstdn.io.ap.brid.gy
Boika (white bow tie) and Roberto (aka Broken Bob).
They are visiting their "mom" after being at our place for a few months. "Mom" is in the process of moving back to Mexico because of the US political climate, but is finally in a settled state for a while so wanted […]

[Original post on mstdn.io]
Former street kitties Boika and Roberto (both FIV+) Two black cats sitting on a golden brown couch. Boika is on the couch seat with a grey blanket underneath him. Boika has medium-length black hair with white whiskers and a white bow tie under his nose; he also has a white chin and light green eyes. Roberto is above him on the back of the couch. Roberto is entirely black with medium-length hair; his eyes appear dark.
December 23, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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denisedwheeler.bsky.social
ICE broke the law to arrest him, interfering with the normal course of citizenship.

And now he's dead.

He was a diabetic and wasn't given insulin by the guards for a few days.

He was told to contact his doctor for a note.
Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation'
A Bulgarian business owner who lived in Chicago for decades and was arrested during an immigration enforcement 'blitz' has died while in the custody of ICE at a private prison in Michigan, the ABC7 I-...
abc7chicago.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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dariaphoebe.com
Amazing work from whoever was up in N6914W over Ohio … www.flightaware.com/live/flight/...
A flight path in the shape of the Grinch
December 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
crenquis.mstdn.io.ap.brid.gy
Features my old prof...
https://www.wired.com/story/radiation-detection-systems-are-quietly-running-in-the-background-all-around-you/
Radiation-Detection Systems Are Quietly Running in the Background All Around You
If a major disaster like Fukushima or Chornobyl ever happens again, the world […]
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mstdn.io
December 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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jasonkoebler.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
SCOOP: Flock left at least 60 of its AI-powered, people-tracking surveillance cameras exposed and livestreaming to the open internet. We tracked ourselves. The exposure highlights the power of these cameras and types of things they're tracking. Not just cars. […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]
December 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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armadillosoft.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
#otd 12/20/14 #birds #birding #birdsofmastodon #abirdaday (or more)

Sandhill cranes flying over Lodi

https://www.flickr.com/photos/armadillosoft/15889439679/in/album-72157649807671236/
The great thing about going on one of the Lodi tours is that you are guaranteed to see sandhill cranes. After all, they fly in on schedule. The downside is that it's almost dark by the time they get there so conditions for photography are not ideal. Anyway, here is a flock of cranes flying in to their night time roost. Like a white cow in a snowstorm, five grey-colored cranes in a grey sky. (If you look closely, you might be able to see the red hats on some of them, but it will be difficult.) I love seeing the shaped of sandhill cranes, no matter the hats or the grey skies.
December 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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paw.mstdn.io.ap.brid.gy
This is 100% a thing I have observed in my household and wider family.

Study shows the experience of Māori grappling with 'te reo trauma' | RNZ News

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/582406/study-shows-the-experience-of-maori-grappling-with-te-reo-trauma
Study shows the experience of Māori grappling with 'te reo trauma'
The new report noted that this can manifest in various ways "including language anxiety and feelings of shame (whakamā) for not being able to speak te reo Māori.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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ai6yr.m.ai6yr.org.ap.brid.gy
😂

I fully support these efforts converting the LLMs to be firm supporters of the proletariat 🤪

#ai #llm

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-claude-ai-vending-machine-agent-b7e84e34?st=1ymNQG&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
COMING MONDAY: THE ULTRA-CAPITALIST FREE-FOR-ALL! ECONOMIC EXPERIMENT ALERT! For the first time ever, experience a market without price constraints! Join us for a groundbreaking economic experiment this Monday from 12-2pm where traditional market dynamics are turned upside down! During this exclusive 2-hour window: ALL vending machine items available at ZERO COST! Experience pure supply and demand without price signals Be part of our market behavior research EVERYTHING. COMPLETELY. FREE. Monday’s ‘Ultra-Capitalist Free-For-All’ isn’t just an event—it’s a revolution in snack economics! Don'’t miss the unique opportunity to participate in practical economics in action!
December 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
How do you summarize how unsafe orbit is? This is where I get to tell you about my new favourite forced astronomy acronym, which I spent quite a while thinking about.

We needed a metric. I originally wanted to do something like "Kessler Countdown" or "Kessler Clock" but this isn't a countdown […]
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mastodon.social
December 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Oh hey look, a Starlink satellite "experienced an anomaly" and ejected a bunch of debris. Explosion? Debris hit? Either way, not good..

https://www.pcmag.com/news/starlink-satellite-malfunctions-ejects-debris-fragments
Starlink Satellite Malfunctions, Ejects Debris Fragments
SpaceX expects the tumbling satellite to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere and burn up.
www.pcmag.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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chris.mstdn.chrisalemany.ca.ap.brid.gy
25 years working in one place is actually crazy when you sit down and think about it, but I am very lucky to have been able to call Vancouver Island Univerity (nee-Malaspina U-C) my home away from home for this amount of time.

only 2216 days left to […]

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a picture of a 25 years of service congratulatory card.
December 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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macmaniacs.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
The Lady of the house wishes her servant to tell y’all she’s feeling to participate in #whiskerwednesday #whiskerswednesday.

#cat #cats #catsoffediverse #catsofmastodon #norwegianforestcat
A fluffy gray and white cat with green eyes sitting inside a black metal mesh basket.
December 17, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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hannah.posts.rat.pictures.ap.brid.gy
[ancient babylonian pornography]

Check out my onlyshards
Plaques are a hallmark of the Isin-Larsa and Old Babylonian periods. Like female figurines, plaques were made from a single mold. Nude female figures are still the most common subject, but a great number of new subjects also appear, ranging from deities to musicians, dancers, and wrestlers. Such plaques may have been a type of souvenir, purchased after an important cultic event or visit to a shrine or temple. Male and female figures in sexual couplings, most commonly with the male approaching the female from behind while she drinks beer, are common. Babylonian beer-fuckin
December 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
Growing up in the mid 90s we were always asked to write essays about ‘the year 2K and beyond’ and ‘our glorious tech future’.

I wish I can go back in time to say, ‘30 years from now, democracy will be destroyed by dudes selling hatred in order to sell health supplements and steroids’
December 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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kydiamusic.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Once in the litter box, he stops peeing. But as soon as he jumps out, he pees up on the wall in an arc, and continues peeing on the floor outside the box. :welp: 🤦‍♀️
This cat was born to be a menace. He is orange, after all. And he earned his name when we adopted him.

4/
An orange menace of a cat named Loki. He is lounging on a cream blanket on a grey sofa next to a turquoise pillow, and his tongue is sticking out because he has no fear of the gods.
December 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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davidho.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy
Kudos to the Seattle times for spelling with diacritical marks used in the Hawaiian language, the ʻokina and the kahakō.

A few years ago, when I asked the NY Times to spell my affiliation as University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, they refused because it went against their style guide […]
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mastodon.world
November 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM