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SirFox @sirfox.bsky.social · 9h

Anyone keeping notes…

We are at “Hiding your neighbors from the secret police” stage of things.

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Dave W @dave.io · 9h

It backs them, even if they're too chaotic to use it. That's allowed.

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Dave W @dave.io · 9h

Bold of you to assume that my herd of cats are capable. I do maintain a calendar best I can, as well as Notion. But they... have little direct input. I try!

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Dave W @dave.io · 10h

Knowing that your place in the polycule is not to be the pretty one is difficult. But it's survivable.

As long as the relationship continues to elevate your world, think around it.

You're the reliable one. Or you're the fun one. Or you're the facilitator.

"Value" takes many forms.

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Dave W @dave.io · 10h

This is interesting because I have actually experienced a dead input. MS turned off my right ear nerves for 3 months. It was horrifying. It was this. I'm impressed.

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Álvaro Montoro @alvaromontoro.com · 11h

Practical visualization of how using robots.txt works to prevent AI bots from going through your site.

A cheeto/potato chip used to lock a door

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Dave W @dave.io · 12h

Sure. It would be great if we could have a trans politician in his place.

But the world is what it is. Nobody is voting for one of us because the bullshit is too strong.

I am more than happy for Zack Polanski to deploy his cis privilege to support us. I welcome it unreservedly.

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Dave W @dave.io · 12h

Why are the trans community getting behind Zack Polanski? He's cis!

Because Zack Polanski is the first politician who listens to us. You think that Piers Morgan interview happened from nothing? The context he deployed can only have come from one place.

TALKING TO TRANS PEOPLE.

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Dave W @dave.io · 1d

"In this case, yes I do". Because in this case, yes, he does.

Because the Supreme Court process involved *checks notes* ZERO trans people.

No trans witnesses. No trans stakeholders. Just cis people deciding that their ick should be law.

www.threads.com/@evie.erb.lid...

Evie Erb-Liddle (@evie.erb.liddle) on Threads

“In this case, yes I do” Amazingly said @greenpartyzack , thank you so much for being an incredible ally and standing up for the trans community against transphobia. It’s nice to see a politician use science and facts for a change 🏳️‍⚧️🇬🇧💚 @thegreenparty #trans #transgender #uk #piersmorgan

www.threads.com

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Dave W @dave.io · 2d

we are so fucked. SO FUCKED.

Say Reform pull it off. They simply do not have the people who could run an effective Government.

But I suppose then again, neither did Donald Trump.

Fuck.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

Latest poll puts Greens just two points behind Labour. When I said we weren't here to be disappointed in Labour but to replace them, I meant it.

Join us and let's make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

Poll from find out now showing greens on 15 and labour and Tories on 17. Reform on 32.

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Dave W @dave.io · 2d

I will always think fondly of this track.

Lyrics include "DO NOT LISTEN TO GOTEKI / THEY WILL DESTROY YOUR STEREO"

When Goteki played live at Whitby X, they launched into this tune, and the entire fucking PA instantly broke.

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Dave W @dave.io · 2d

PRESENTS! to myself, as ever. still counts.

it's a story about "what if antifa really were everything they say" and thus I could not resist.

me, holding up a book called “THE ANTIFA SUPERSOLDIER COOKBOOK”

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Dave W @dave.io · 2d

There's a stage of being diagnosed with MS-like symptoms, but no lesions (or I think just one lesion? Not sure). It's not called MS at that stage.

It's called Clinically Isolated Syndrome.

So people are being diagnosed with a terrible, debilitating syndrome.

Pray for the cis.

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Dave W @dave.io · 2d

Matrix?

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Dave W @dave.io · 3d

I regret to inform you that Vertu are at it again.

This time with Web3 nonsense! Checks out. And this isn't even their most expensive phone.

vertu.com/products/met...

Metavertu 2: Luxury Web3 Phone | Vertu Official

Buy Metavertu 2, the ultimate luxury Web3 phone with AI. Custom designs, gold, diamonds, and alligator skin options available. Explore Vertu today!

vertu.com

Dave W @dave.io · 3d

I'm not going to appeal because it wasn't that important and they'll probably decide it's punishable by death or something. But their moderation is bullshit.

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Dave W @dave.io · 3d

Don't post about [Mario's brother]-ing people I guess. Clearly I am a threat.

Note from the screenshot - which I have censored - that I did none of these things.

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Dave W @dave.io · 3d

PIPE-307. A novel MS treatment which could be a gamechanger.

Remyelination!

www.perplexity.ai/search/e845...

Perplexity

Perplexity is a free AI-powered answer engine that provides accurate, trusted, and real-time answers to any question.

www.perplexity.ai

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Dave W @dave.io · 3d

I am fucking DETONATING. It's Christmas. It demands exactly what I can do in my sleep, and includes no dev nonsense.

And it's DuckDuckGo, who do so much work for privacy. It's perfect.

Every finger I own is crossed.

🧵 2/2

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Dave W @dave.io · 3d

Wasn't sure whether to talk about this as it's still so early, but a DuckDuckGo headhunter dropped me an email and we have a call booked for later this month for a senior SRE role.

🧵 1/2

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Dave W @dave.io · 3d

Claude is the model for people who want good answers and are happy to wait.

GPT-5 is the model for people who just want to chat with a model (stop that).

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Dave W @dave.io · 4d

Qualcomm aren't fucking about with their Arduino acquisition, releasing an absolute beast of a board combining MCU ops with a quad-core 2 GHz processor running full Linux.

www.arduino.cc/product-uno-q

Discover the New Arduino UNO Q: The All-In One Toolbox

Arduino UNO Q bridges high-performance computing with real-time control. Discover innovation made simple.

www.arduino.cc

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Dave W @dave.io · 4d

Perplexity Research mode:

- Fast
- Pretty good

Claude Research mode:

- Takes approximately three ice ages
- Absolutely slaps

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Dave W @dave.io · 4d

STAR TREK: PRODIGY is an easy one to miss. And yeah, it's targeted at kids, and yeah, there are some absolute filler episodes.

But it's a quiet love letter to Trek, as well as a decent story. Particularly the latter half of the second season.

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