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

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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
Chato is calm, so he gets to be in with everybody

#dogs #dogstodon #dogsofmastodon
December 25, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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December 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Io Saturnalia!

Keep the Saturn in Saturnalia!
December 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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The reason for the season.

You know what I’m talking about. Yep, it’s latkes. #chanukah
December 15, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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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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Nicely written.
December 23, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Even with the shortest day, there is still some sun to nap in, even if it moves quickly across the room.
December 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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]
December 23, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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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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Amazing work from whoever was up in N6914W over Ohio … www.flightaware.com/live/flight/...
December 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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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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. […]

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December 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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December 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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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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😂

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
December 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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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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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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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 […]

[Original post on mstdn.chrisalemany.ca]
December 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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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
December 17, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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[ancient babylonian pornography]

Check out my onlyshards
December 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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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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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/
December 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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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