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Vee @veroniqueb99.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 5d

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xyla the rar :rar_laptop: @xyla.zip · 6d

xkcd 2347 with a stack diagram called "all modern digital infrastructure" holding up together – right next to it there's the angry birds slingshot with red (called "AI") pointed at that stack

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Steve Herman @w7voa.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 5d

KCUR - The director of the Eisenhower presidential library and museum says he was suddenly told to resign or be fired for refusing to give the Trump administration a historic sword from the museum’s collection […]

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hrbrmstr 🇺🇦 🇬🇱 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @hrbrmstr.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 5d

Microsoft steals content for their AI training data but doesn't want others to do the same thing. Odd.

https://therecord.media/linkedin-sues-data-scraping-company

LinkedIn sues software company allegedly scraping data from millions of profiles

ProAPIs, a software company, and its CEO Rahmat Alam allegedly run an operation which LinkedIn says charges customers up to $15,000 per month for scraped user data taken from the social media platform.

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AnneTheWriter @annethewriter1.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 1d

It's #hootintootintuesday again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to #Mastodon.

#Humor #humour #funnymeme #witch #halloween #witches #halloweenmemes #halloweenmeme #hexen #resistance

Meme with Victorian-style artwork of a witch knocking at a door. Meme text reads:

What to do if There's a Witch at Your Door

STEP ONE:
Invite them in.

STEP TWO:
Make tea.

STEP THREE:
Plot against the puritans.

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AnneTheWriter @annethewriter1.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Some fonts just do not work well in some situations.

(It's #hootintootintuesday again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to #Mastodon.)

#Humor #humour #funnymeme #fonts #halloween #yarddecorations #fontchoice […]

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Photo of some flat wooden cat decorations, in Halloween colors. They are shaped a bit like bowling pins with cat faces painted on the top sections and a piece of frayed rope as a bow tie on each.

The body section has the words "Trick or Treat" painted on it. However, the font used makes it difficult to easily recognize the word "Trick," and at first glance, it looks like the text is actually "F--k or Treat."

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BrianKrebs @briankrebs.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 1d

New, by me: A cybercriminal group that used voice phishing attacks to siphon more than a billion records from Salesforce customers earlier this year has launched a website that threatens to publish data stolen from dozens of Fortune 500 firms if they refuse […]

[Original post on infosec.exchange]

A screenshot of a scan of the trojan at virustotal.com shows 11 of the 72 security tools detected it as malicious. The malicious indicators are marked in red.

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Newsmast Foundation @newsmast.newsmast.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

October is Black History Month in the UK 🤎 🖤

Black history is woven into the identity of the UK. The theme this year is 'Standing Firm in Power and Pride', focusing on the power of individuals in history who exercised courage, vision, and agency.

You can […]

[Original post on newsmast.social]

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Steve Herman @w7voa.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 1d

WaPo - Dozens of Bob Ross paintings will be auctioned to help American public television stations following sweeping cuts to federal funding. https://wapo.st/3L18abq

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mariafarrell @mariafarrell.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

RE: https://mastodon.social/@mariafarrell/115333913079023817

Well this is admirably concise and direct by Germany's justice ministry.

"Chat control without cause must be taboo in a state governed by the rule of law. Private communication must never be under general suspicion."

THANK YOU […]

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AnneTheWriter @annethewriter1.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Welcome to October!

(It's #hootintootintuesday again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to #Mastodon.)

#Humor #humour #funnymeme #pumpkin #halloween #pumpkins #halloweenmood #halloweenmemes #halloweenmeme #cats #catstodon #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon

Meme with a photo of a cat snuggled inside a blanket that is decorated with pumpkin images. The cat is wearing a pointy witches hat. Meme text reads, "Mood for the whole month of October:"

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 1d

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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Bruce Sterling @bruces @bruces.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

*Curing Alzheimer's in mice

*Skeptics will go, "heyn that's in mice," and rightly so, but curing it at all, that's a big deal

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41392-025-02426-1

Rapid amyloid-β clearance and cognitive recovery through multivalent modulation of blood–brain barrier transport - Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy

Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy - Rapid amyloid-β clearance and cognitive recovery through multivalent modulation of blood–brain barrier transport

www.nature.com

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AI6YR Ben @ai6yr.m.ai6yr.org.ap.brid.gy · 1d

CNN: "There will not be enough air traffic controllers in the tower at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport Tuesday night, the Federal Aviation Administration is warning. In Nashville, so many controllers have stayed home the facility, which guides planes into and out of the airport, is […]

Original post on ai6yr.org

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PepperTheVixen ΘΔ @pepperthevixen.meow.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Hey there! I'm one of the blind folks who read alt text on here. I'd like to say thank you for adding that so that I can also enjoy images of cartoon animals. A little effort from you means a world of difference for people like me
#accessibility #alttext #blind

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Rob Ricci @ricci.discuss.systems.ap.brid.gy · 1d

I have an offer to make: do you want to run an instance on the fediverse for a group that's underrepresented here?

I'll pay the bills. Period.

I'll do admin if needed (software updates and the like). But you decide what kind of community you want it to be, so you put together the mod team.

DM me.

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AnneTheWriter @annethewriter1.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 1d

It's #hootintootintuesday again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to #Mastodon.

#Humor #humour #funnymeme #witch #halloween #witches #halloweenmemes #halloweenmeme #hexen #resistance

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AnneTheWriter @annethewriter1.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 1d

#genealogists are a special kind of people.

(It's #hootintootintuesday again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to #Mastodon.)

#Humor #humour #funnymeme #autumn #halloween #cemetery #halloweenmemes […]

[Original post on universeodon.com]

Photo of a cemetery in Autumn, with lots of lovely fall colors in the leaves of the trees. Meme text reads, "My family wanted me to take a break from Genealogy today. So I said, 'Okay. I'll go look at the beautiful fall foliage and take in some fresh air'."

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AnneTheWriter @annethewriter1.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Some fonts just do not work well in some situations.

(It's #hootintootintuesday again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to #Mastodon.)

#Humor #humour #funnymeme #fonts #halloween #yarddecorations #fontchoice […]

[Original post on universeodon.com]

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AnneTheWriter @annethewriter1.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 1d

I asked my 95-year-old friend his advice for living a long life. He said, "Avoid cemeteries!"

(It's #hootintootintuesday again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to #Mastodon.)

#Humor #humour #funnymeme […]

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A very old and worn down granite gravestone which reads only "W-T-F" and "1620." Meme text reads, "Apparently, 400 years ago wasn't great, either."

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AnneTheWriter @annethewriter1.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Welcome to October!

(It's #hootintootintuesday again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to #Mastodon.)

#Humor #humour #funnymeme #pumpkin #halloween #pumpkins #halloweenmood #halloweenmemes #halloweenmeme #cats #catstodon #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon

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fediverseobserver @fediverseobserver.fediverse.one.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Found 628 new servers and 59 servers died off since 10 hours ago

26,142 servers checked today. 18,405,385 Total Users with 1,529,630 Active Users today

Check out the #fediverse stats

History of servers found and deleted

Help others find a home, send them to fediverse.observer

#fediverse […]

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impfmilf @impfmilf.troet.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 2d

#Bloomscrolling #flowers #herbst

Regentropfen auf einer orangen Ringelblume

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AnneTheWriter @annethewriter1.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 1d

"The Master" has married "The Rani"!

Congratulations to #anjlimohindra and #sachadhawan , who got married in Tuscany last weekend.

#doctorwho #drwho #therani #themaster #ncutigatwa #jodiewhitaker #celebritynews

Photo of a young Indian couple in traditional Indian wedding attire-- actress Anjli Mohindra who played "The Rani" in recent Doctor Who episodes with Ncuti Gatwa, and Sacha Dhawan, who played The Master against Jodi Whitaker's female Doctor. On the ground in front of them are a variety of traditional Indian wedding dishes and objects. The couple both have one of their hands held up in the air and tied lightly together with a small piece of red rope.

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Vee @veroniqueb99.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

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