Ian.Burnette
@ianburnette.toot.community.ap.brid.gy
@ianburnette on the bird-site. 🇺🇸➡️🇳🇱 He/him. Woodworker, pole dancer, python developer, and I can bake a pretty mean cookie too. DFTBA!
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Browsing my mastodon these days feels like the chapter of LoTR where all the big people are having serious conversations about Saruman's betrayal and the potential ending of the free world, and the hobbits are just kicking back with their old friend Bilbo.
February 2, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Browsing my mastodon these days feels like the chapter of LoTR where all the big people are having serious conversations about Saruman's betrayal and the potential ending of the free world, and the hobbits are just kicking back with their old friend Bilbo.
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Table saws are exhausting because they are terrifying #woodworking
February 1, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Table saws are exhausting because they are terrifying #woodworking
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American conservatives really are like “you’ll change your mind about this extrajudicial public execution of a man trying to provide first aid to a stranger when you hear that he KICKED A CAR ONE DAY”
It merely made me a bit sadder that I never got to shake the hand of Alex Pretti, who sounds […]
It merely made me a bit sadder that I never got to shake the hand of Alex Pretti, who sounds […]
Original post on mastodon.green
mastodon.green
February 1, 2026 at 2:07 PM
American conservatives really are like “you’ll change your mind about this extrajudicial public execution of a man trying to provide first aid to a stranger when you hear that he KICKED A CAR ONE DAY”
It merely made me a bit sadder that I never got to shake the hand of Alex Pretti, who sounds […]
It merely made me a bit sadder that I never got to shake the hand of Alex Pretti, who sounds […]
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«Some are proud because they made a lot of money while cutting down a forest. Others are proud because they are planting trees that will produce the oxygen breathed by their grandchildren. What if success was not privatizing resources but instead contributing to the commons, to make it each day […]
Original post on scholar.social
scholar.social
January 22, 2026 at 2:13 PM
«Some are proud because they made a lot of money while cutting down a forest. Others are proud because they are planting trees that will produce the oxygen breathed by their grandchildren. What if success was not privatizing resources but instead contributing to the commons, to make it each day […]
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May we take one step closer to The Federation in 2026, and one step further from The Empire.
December 31, 2025 at 8:16 PM
May we take one step closer to The Federation in 2026, and one step further from The Empire.
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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.
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I get it, Instagram is where the followers are, do what you need to do. But then please, *please* do something else, too. Don't make it so that people have to give Zuckerberg all their personal data just to even see what cool things you're up to!
December 15, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I get it, Instagram is where the followers are, do what you need to do. But then please, *please* do something else, too. Don't make it so that people have to give Zuckerberg all their personal data just to even see what cool things you're up to!
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*How odd to hear an AI eruditely discussing one of my novels with its two generated pseudo-personal voices
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2ACLHtklERVy3kwaTfF75w
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2ACLHtklERVy3kwaTfF75w
Holy Fire - Bruce Sterling
Human Stories, Machine Dreams · Episode
open.spotify.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:36 AM
*How odd to hear an AI eruditely discussing one of my novels with its two generated pseudo-personal voices
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2ACLHtklERVy3kwaTfF75w
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2ACLHtklERVy3kwaTfF75w
One of the joys of making stuff is the ability to gradually improve a tool. 3 years ago we needed a counter-height table for a party. Couldn't find it online, but I cobbled together something workable if we covered it with a table cloth. Then I added hinges […]
[Original post on toot.community]
[Original post on toot.community]
November 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
One of the joys of making stuff is the ability to gradually improve a tool. 3 years ago we needed a counter-height table for a party. Couldn't find it online, but I cobbled together something workable if we covered it with a table cloth. Then I added hinges […]
[Original post on toot.community]
[Original post on toot.community]
Ik vind deze campagne erg belangrijk - doe je ook mee? https://actie.degoedezaak.org/petitions/stop-de-amerikaanse-overname-digid?source=web_share_api&share=0d069e36-b318-4d1b-83b3-1cd62fed39d7
Stop de Amerikaanse overname DigiD!
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DeGoedeZaak
actie.degoedezaak.org
November 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Ik vind deze campagne erg belangrijk - doe je ook mee? https://actie.degoedezaak.org/petitions/stop-de-amerikaanse-overname-digid?source=web_share_api&share=0d069e36-b318-4d1b-83b3-1cd62fed39d7
This is the dumbest fucking timeline...
@404mediaco https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco/115549364008098533
@404mediaco https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco/115549364008098533
404 Media (@404mediaco@mastodon.social)
Tech companies are betting big on nuclear energy to meet AIs massive power demands and they're using that AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear power plants. https://www.404media.co/power-companies-are-using-ai-to-build-nuclear-power-plants/
mastodon.social
November 15, 2025 at 12:25 AM
This is the dumbest fucking timeline...
@404mediaco https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco/115549364008098533
@404mediaco https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco/115549364008098533
November 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Repeat after me:
Antifa is short of Anti-fascist.
Antifa is NOT a group. There is no "antifa group."
Anyone who opposes fascism is automatically antifascist.
When the state declares antifascists are enemies of that state, then that state has declared itself fascist.
Sadly, many people bought […]
Antifa is short of Anti-fascist.
Antifa is NOT a group. There is no "antifa group."
Anyone who opposes fascism is automatically antifascist.
When the state declares antifascists are enemies of that state, then that state has declared itself fascist.
Sadly, many people bought […]
Original post on disabled.social
disabled.social
October 24, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Repeat after me:
Antifa is short of Anti-fascist.
Antifa is NOT a group. There is no "antifa group."
Anyone who opposes fascism is automatically antifascist.
When the state declares antifascists are enemies of that state, then that state has declared itself fascist.
Sadly, many people bought […]
Antifa is short of Anti-fascist.
Antifa is NOT a group. There is no "antifa group."
Anyone who opposes fascism is automatically antifascist.
When the state declares antifascists are enemies of that state, then that state has declared itself fascist.
Sadly, many people bought […]
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We are not going to do this.
The Dutch elections are fair and disqualifying the thousands and thousands of volunteers on the ten thousand voting polling stations is not fair at all. I do not accept slander from any politician about all of the people I worked with this week to make this election […]
The Dutch elections are fair and disqualifying the thousands and thousands of volunteers on the ten thousand voting polling stations is not fair at all. I do not accept slander from any politician about all of the people I worked with this week to make this election […]
Original post on zug.network
zug.network
October 31, 2025 at 6:24 PM
We are not going to do this.
The Dutch elections are fair and disqualifying the thousands and thousands of volunteers on the ten thousand voting polling stations is not fair at all. I do not accept slander from any politician about all of the people I worked with this week to make this election […]
The Dutch elections are fair and disqualifying the thousands and thousands of volunteers on the ten thousand voting polling stations is not fair at all. I do not accept slander from any politician about all of the people I worked with this week to make this election […]
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«When I came on the scene in 2001, I probably seemed pretty unsavory compared to the competitors. But that was when academic research happened in libraries and George W. Bush was considered the stupidest president. […] So, yeah, peer review deez nutz» 🤣
This is brilliant!
Hi, It’s Me […]
This is brilliant!
Hi, It’s Me […]
Original post on scholar.social
scholar.social
October 28, 2025 at 10:06 AM
«When I came on the scene in 2001, I probably seemed pretty unsavory compared to the competitors. But that was when academic research happened in libraries and George W. Bush was considered the stupidest president. […] So, yeah, peer review deez nutz» 🤣
This is brilliant!
Hi, It’s Me […]
This is brilliant!
Hi, It’s Me […]
Halloween prep continues! This is one of my favorite props, made a few years ago for our "Nature's Reclamation" theme. This year they're making an appearance in the woodsy area of our "Witchcraft" theme.
I don't know, it's one of the few props I've made that […]
[Original post on toot.community]
I don't know, it's one of the few props I've made that […]
[Original post on toot.community]
October 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Halloween prep continues! This is one of my favorite props, made a few years ago for our "Nature's Reclamation" theme. This year they're making an appearance in the woodsy area of our "Witchcraft" theme.
I don't know, it's one of the few props I've made that […]
[Original post on toot.community]
I don't know, it's one of the few props I've made that […]
[Original post on toot.community]
October 21, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Hello Masto-peeps who use screen readers!
I just learned that I need to put alt text on URLs for more accessible PDFs, but -- what should it say?
I am formatting academic citations that include a URL, so all the information about where that link will take you is in the text. I don't want it to […]
I just learned that I need to put alt text on URLs for more accessible PDFs, but -- what should it say?
I am formatting academic citations that include a URL, so all the information about where that link will take you is in the text. I don't want it to […]
Original post on craftgoblin.club
craftgoblin.club
October 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Hello Masto-peeps who use screen readers!
I just learned that I need to put alt text on URLs for more accessible PDFs, but -- what should it say?
I am formatting academic citations that include a URL, so all the information about where that link will take you is in the text. I don't want it to […]
I just learned that I need to put alt text on URLs for more accessible PDFs, but -- what should it say?
I am formatting academic citations that include a URL, so all the information about where that link will take you is in the text. I don't want it to […]
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ironically this wasted even more time, but by GOD it felt nice
October 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
ironically this wasted even more time, but by GOD it felt nice
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Dear Labour Party - you don't neutralise the threat from Reform by adopting their policies or talking points. You do it by reducing inequality. Fascism doesn't flourish if people feel they're fairly recompensed, equally treated, well-fed and well-housed and their jobs are safe. So be more Labour.
October 4, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Dear Labour Party - you don't neutralise the threat from Reform by adopting their policies or talking points. You do it by reducing inequality. Fascism doesn't flourish if people feel they're fairly recompensed, equally treated, well-fed and well-housed and their jobs are safe. So be more Labour.
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Over 40 years, we were collectively told to give tax cuts to rich people.
And we were told that if we did that, wealth would trickle down and everyone would be better off.
Over 40 years, pretty much everything got cut to fund these tax cuts.
Schools. Hospitals. Public housing. Public […]
And we were told that if we did that, wealth would trickle down and everyone would be better off.
Over 40 years, pretty much everything got cut to fund these tax cuts.
Schools. Hospitals. Public housing. Public […]
Original post on gts.sadauskas.id.au
gts.sadauskas.id.au
October 1, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Over 40 years, we were collectively told to give tax cuts to rich people.
And we were told that if we did that, wealth would trickle down and everyone would be better off.
Over 40 years, pretty much everything got cut to fund these tax cuts.
Schools. Hospitals. Public housing. Public […]
And we were told that if we did that, wealth would trickle down and everyone would be better off.
Over 40 years, pretty much everything got cut to fund these tax cuts.
Schools. Hospitals. Public housing. Public […]