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Tucker McKnight @tuckerm.us · 8m

@questlog I think having an upload limit is find, and increasing the limit for donors is a great idea. I'd also cap the resolution (720p?) and apply some JPEG compression, and that could also be removed for donors.

What about being able to "tag" Questlog in a Mastodon post, and the Mastodon […]

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Questlog.app @questlog.mstdn.games.ap.brid.gy · 20m

Maybe I should tackle the biggest feature I'm planning as the next thing to do. Screenshots.

I always wanted to add this, but I'm kind of afraid of it as it brings many challenges.

Storage (Especially the size) and User rights (the images should still belong to the user, but I have to be able […]

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Tucker McKnight @tuckerm.us · 3h

@ricci Was thinking the same thing about the U of U football game (although it start to clear up after the game started).

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jonny (good kind) @jonny.neuromatch.social.ap.brid.gy · 4h

mathematicians spanking my hand out of the cookie jar of knowledge at light speed every time I am like "that is a cool knot I wonder how that works"

$Wikipedia page for "Slice Knot" A slice knot is a mathematical knot in 3-dimensional space that bounds an embedded disk in 4-dimensional space. [ a glossy H-shaped object with a bunch of colored bands drawn around it, horizontally. 3 of the 4 points of the H are "closed" in that the 3d shape comes to a point, but one of them is open as a cylindrical tube. the rim of that tube is labeled "slice knot." I have no idea what the image means, I'm just trying to explain what it looks like] Image caption: A smooth slice disk in Morse position, showing minima, saddles and a maximum, and as an illustration a movie for the Kinoshita–Terasaka knot definition: [A bunch of math jargon below] A knot K ⊂ S 3 K\subset S^{3} is said to be a topologically slice knot or a smoothly slice knot, if it is the boundary of an embedded disk in the 4-ball B 4 B^{4}, which is locally flat or smooth, respectively.$

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Gabriele Svelto @gabrielesvelto.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · Jul 31

We are modernizing the user interface

Pray we do not modernize it further

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Jorge Candeias @jorgecandeias.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

What a time to be alive! :)

https://youtu.be/NtZaP8VMv0c

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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 1d

Here's the framing we should put on this.

"Hegseth announces that sharia law will apply to part of Idaho AF base"

Yes Qatar is governed by sharia law. UAE is more complicated but it partially follows sharia.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯ @cryptadamist.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 1d

trump announced 100% #tariffs on china and the price of his #trump memecoin (which is most of his net worth these days) immediately crashed 85% on the largest chinese crypto exchange #binance

it's almost as though someone was trying to punish the trump […]

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chart showing massive 85% plunge in value of TRUMP tokens on binance followed by a rebound

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Matt Blaze @mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

One of the big US election equipment vendors was just acquired. While this may be interesting industry/business news, it's not by itself particularly interesting election security news. With protocols like Risk Limiting Audits, we don't depend on the integrity of tally equipment (or their […]

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Gildilinie Gremlin 🏳️‍⚧️ @gildilinie.beige.party.ap.brid.gy · 6d

@literalgrill PART OF the problem is that mastodon is lacking basic features to moderate harassment targeted at an individual, so it's hard to argue that mastodon has sufficient moderation. Because when you get a "private mention" reply, you have to individually moderate it, and the same thing […]

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Steve Herman @w7voa.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 2d

(AP) - US says it's sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor Gaza ceasefire deal.

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Warner Crocker @warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Love my city. Love this piece about Chicago from Neil Steinburg.

A lovely day in the city
#chicago #politics
https://www.everygoddamnday.com/2025/10/a-lovely-day-in-city.html

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AI6YR Ben @ai6yr.m.ai6yr.org.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Tin foil must be coming off the shelves like CRAZY in Florida.

https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/florida-attorney-general-asks-public-to-report-airport-weather-modification-activity/3703267/

Florida attorney general asks public to report airport weather modification activity

Florida’s attorney general is asking the public to report any weather modification activity they see at the state’s airports.

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sP00kY J @jaystephens.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

ht @MMantscheffAu

Screenshot of a post:
This is a week when arts degrees are worthless but asking the AI industry to pay for the products of that would kill the whole industry

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

A colleague recently sent me a conference website to look at (something to do with satellites). Looking through the panels, I noticed that there was one panel that was 100% women speakers, with a women moderator, and it wasn't called "Women in XYZ". Is this how you pass the space conference […]

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Matthew Haughey @mathowie.xoxo.zone.ap.brid.gy · 3d

a tweet from years ago that I think about often was about some guy who went out of his way to get $10 worth of quarters so he could do laundry after work, then he trips on a sidewalk and crashes down to the pavement and someone sitting at a bus stop says to him "you good, Sonic?"

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Tucker McKnight @tuckerm.us · 4d

@moxxi Well, let Moxxi know that we're always happy to see her here! :)

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 4d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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Servelan @servelan.newsie.social.ap.brid.gy · 4d

'Actually working': Political psychologist explains how she broke through to MAGA die-hard - Raw Story

https://www.rawstory.com/psychologist-political-debates/

'Actually working': Political psychologist explains how she broke through to MAGA die-hard

Former Watergate prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks spoke with political psychologist, Dr. Karin Tamerius, on her "Just the Facts" podcast on Tuesday, and the discussion walked through how one woman broke through far-right propaganda to have a conversation with a MAGA loyalist. "So, I reached out to my angr...

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David Fox 🌻🥸 @davidbfox.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 4d

Way back on July 28, 2025, I had a long conversation about my games career and everything else I've been doing for the past 50 years, with my old friend Mark Holmes as part of his #cinematicdesign Community. I just uploaded it to YouTube. Enjoy!
https://youtu.be/c9N38sunkIg

#gamedev […]

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Post Tropical Depression Jerry 😞 @jerry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 4d

I would like to thank everyone who made this accomplishment possible. It’s a dream come true.

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Matt Blaze @mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 5d

Apparently theres a new wave of people joining mastodon, and with them a new wave of self-appointed cops "welcoming" them with long lists of mostly fictitious "rules" they need to follow.

This is a social media platform, with many of different ways to use it. It's fine. Mostly, just try to be […]

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Matt Blaze @mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 5d

Pescadero, CA, 2014.

All the pixels, none of the sand tracking into your house afterward, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/14832380095

#photography

A beach on an overcast day. Small hill at right, water at left, a lone piece of driftwood in foreground.

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Rob Ricci @ricci.discuss.systems.ap.brid.gy · 7d

I just realized that despite ostensibly having 400M monthly active users, I don't think I have ever seen anyone link to Threads, embed a Theet (see I don't even know what they're called), post a screenshot from Threads, beg me to follow them on Threads, or refer to Threads in casual conversation […]

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Spo0000opybirb :flag_cascadia: @moira.mastodon.murkworks.net.ap.brid.gy · 6d

if he's not a vampire have him touch THIS [pixelated]

#Monsterdon #frightnight1985

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