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@zwiterion.bsky.social
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If I told you about myself, would you honestly care?
Computers, amateur radio, electronics, vintage electronics, and 3D printing are my hobbies.
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japantimes.co.jp
In praise of idleness and ephemerality: The writings of the 14th-century Buddhist monk Kenko
‘The most precious thing in life is its uncertainty’
A man of leisure from 700 years ago extols the virtues of asymmetry, imperfection and ephemerality.
buff.ly
February 15, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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australia.theguardian.com
Elon Musk’s ‘Doge’ expected to be sued moments after Trump’s swearing in
Elon Musk’s ‘Doge’ expected to be sued moments after Trump’s swearing in
Lawsuit will challenge legality of ‘department of government efficiency’, by alleging it violates federal rules Elon Musk’s “department of government efficiency” (Doge) program is expected to be sued within minutes of Donald Trump being sworn in. The…
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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tomadelsbach.bsky.social
Fixed it.

#Time
December 12, 2024 at 9:47 PM
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mississippifreepress.org
Ashton Pittman writes about the downfall of Twitter, now known as X, and his decision to leave the increasingly chaotic platform in favor of BlueSky.

https://buff.ly/3OqTRLU
November 27, 2024 at 9:21 PM
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theferret.scot
🔴 EXCLUSIVE: A top Labour donor who has given the party millions under Keir Starmer’s leadership runs a hedge fund with shares in a private healthcare giant – which critics claim is profiting from the NHS crisis.
Read the full story: bit.ly/3B041Qv
Labour donor’s hedge fund invests in private healthcare
A top Labour donor runs a hedge fund with shares in a private US healthcare giant which is making money from the UK's NHS crisis.
bit.ly
November 27, 2024 at 7:28 AM
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gaijinmommy.bsky.social
Good morning Tokyo!
Rudy Guliani and Skeletor are pointing fingers at each other arguing about a new drinkable mayonnaise that just dropped at a Tokyo convenience store details in comments.
November 26, 2024 at 10:28 PM
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davepalmerusask.bsky.social
Tonight’s 🎥 diversion is Brief Encounter (1945, dir. David Lean). I am dumbfounded to learn that some people in post-war England dispensed coffee from a round-bottomed flask clamped to a small retort
#chemsky
A scene from Brief Encounter in which actress Celia Johnson pours coffee from a bizarre dispenser.
November 27, 2024 at 1:35 AM
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hankgreen.bsky.social
Huge win from @franzanth.bsky.social creating a Content Scraper Blocklist: bsky.app/profile/cont...

It's a blocklist for the kinds of engagement bait accounts that repost stolen content, often with misleading captions.
November 26, 2024 at 4:25 AM
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joeycontino.bsky.social
I heard Trump will be taxing air from overseas. Guess it's pay-per-breeze now!
November 27, 2024 at 5:28 AM
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brenttoderian.bsky.social
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.

They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.

The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants said they had housing.
Participants in Denver's basic-income program reported having more-secure housing, though results were similar in the trial and control groups.
www.businessinsider.com
November 26, 2024 at 12:47 AM
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berkeleylab.lbl.gov
🧪Constrained optimization tiling of the Cal bears logo, using simulated differential phase-contrast imaging of strontium titanate atoms.

🔬 Captured for @molecularfoundry.bsky.social #Nano Art Contest.

📷 Georgios Varnavides, @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social

More: foundry.lbl.gov/2024/10/21/a...
Cal bears logo made from illuminated dots on a black background.
November 26, 2024 at 11:00 PM
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techcrunch.com
Raspberry Pi releases the Pico 2 W, a $7 wireless-enabled microcontroller board
Raspberry Pi releases the Pico 2 W, a $7 wireless-enabled microcontroller board
Meet the Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W, a tiny board designed around a microcontroller that lets you build hardware projects at scale. Raspberry Pi is once again using the RP2350, its own, well-documented microcontroller. But what is a microcontroller again? As…
tcrn.ch
November 25, 2024 at 8:02 AM
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gaijinmommy.bsky.social
Holy fuck a swan just tried to eat my camera.
The open beak of a swan, mostly. Possibly an epiglottis somewhere. In the far right, the swan’s partner looks on disapproving. An afternoon sun low in the sky. Arakawa Shizen Park.
November 23, 2024 at 7:00 AM
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verge-poster.bsky.social
Twitter’s heir apparent isn’t X or Threads — it’s Bluesky - https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/23/24303502/bluesky-next-twitter-threads-x
Twitter’s heir apparent isn’t X or Threads — it’s Bluesky
The blue bird is dead. Long live the blue sky.
www.theverge.com
November 23, 2024 at 1:03 PM
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techcrunch.com
Boston Dynamics’ Atlas humanoid hot dogs for the camera
Boston Dynamics’ Atlas humanoid hot dogs for the camera
Automation skeptics ask: why humanoids? We’ve discussed many of the benefits and drawbacks of the robotics form factor, but Boston Dynamics’ latest electric Atlas video showcases one of the most under discussed factors: costumes. “Why build a humanoid…
tcrn.ch
October 31, 2024 at 2:57 PM
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tomgauld.bsky.social
An early Halloween cartoon for New Scientist.
Image: A cavernous laboratory filled with sinister outdated equipment, pickled organs, a pentagram and a corpse on a slab. Outside the window, bats fly past the moon while at a desk an angry-looking woman with crazed hair and a lab coat writes in a ledger. Caption: Janet had not imagined that being an evil scientist would involve so much evil paperwork.
October 27, 2024 at 11:15 AM
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mofflemutton.bsky.social
Drawing Leticia and Alastair from @ykskkn.bsky.social webtoon, The Place Where Flower Blooms! The art is super gorgeous and the story is very interesting, can't wait to read the continuation one day🥰
October 26, 2024 at 2:57 PM
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kekeflipnote.bsky.social
Cursed cats
October 27, 2024 at 4:28 PM
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shoujofan.bsky.social
Indeed.
October 26, 2024 at 10:55 AM
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sink.cat
I got peer2peer file sharing working in C# today! Very happy about that. :D Will put the program on github soon.
October 25, 2024 at 4:22 AM
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cait.bsky.social
this guy on twitter is explaining to everyone fully willingly that he used a bidet so bad he got a penis infection
molson @Molson_Hart Follow I've been peeing blood for four days because I got a bidet. Monday night: I feel sick. Everyone in my family has a cold. NBD. Tuesday: man, why do I get so sick when everyone else is fine? Man flu, I guess. Wednesday: oh shit I am really sick. Why am I not getting better? Wednesday night: it burns...when I pee? Thursday: cannot get fever down. Now I'm doubled over in pain after peeing. Wife convinces me to go to doctor (gentlemen, marry a good woman!). Doctor (physician assistant actually and it was the 3rd place we drove to because E) has me do a pee test. There's blood in your urine. You have a UTI. Ah now I see why I wasn't getting better from the cold! It was the UTI all along! Get antibiotics and start taking them. There's an unlikely chance that the uti is resistant to that antibiotic. We'll find out later. worse because my kidneys don't hurt. Young female doctor checks my penis. Says the word "excellent" while my wife is in the room. This gives me the strength to fight on. They prescribe backup antibiotics in case my uti is resistant to what I'm on but it's unlikely. Go home. Today: feel better actually but still moaning hard every time I pee and peeing lots of blood! Get a call from Thursday's PA. You have E. coli that is resistant to the antibiotics you're on. Oh shit that explains why I ended up at ER. Infection was not being affected by drugs. How the fuck did I get E. coli? When you use a bidet it shoots water at your butthole and E. coli is in healthy people. Well I shot water into my butt which then ended up getting shot into my penis. That's the best explanation I can come up with!
October 20, 2024 at 2:25 PM
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nancycomics.bsky.social
Nancy’s By Ernie Bushmiller October 20 1950
NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER SLUGGO-• YOU SMELL AWFUL OF ONIONS HAVE A FEW YOURSELF SO YOU WON'T NOTICE ME I HAD SIX AND IT DOES HELP SURE --NOW WE CAN ENJOY THE MOVIE SIGN - TO ALL SEATS MARQUEE-MOVIES 2 BIG FEATURES
October 20, 2024 at 7:19 PM