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Dom Arbuthnott
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Brit living in #Hungary, born at 320 ppm, #ModernHistory at #Oxford, #Accountant, work for a US multinational, #Treasurer of #AnglicanChurch in #Budapest, watch a lot […]

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After 35 years of serving in the Navy,
I was removed from my position by Pete Hegseth without reason.

I never went back to the Pentagon or wore the uniform again.

I’ve spent my entire life in service to our country,
always putting the mission and the people above myself.

But when I was forced […]
Original post on c.im
c.im
January 21, 2026 at 1:26 AM
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#trump & Cabinet secretaries conspired to violate the #constitution

In remarks laced with outrage, a Reagan appointed federal judge, speaking at a hearing on student detentions, decried “breathtaking” violations by top officials & called Trump an “authoritarian.”

#law #immigration […]
Original post on masto.ai
masto.ai
January 16, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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Is see Danish citizens online are now proposing to invade USA and MAAG. (Make America Actually Great)
Under occupation they would ensure Americans got.
Universal healthcare
Fairer wages + lower income inequality
Paid parental leave
Bike-friendly cities
Free […]

[Original post on aus.social]
January 6, 2026 at 5:37 AM
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Consider the slow creeping horror of a spring with no insects. The uncanny unspecified silence of the night. The emptiness and around you the whole ecosystem would be failing from the bottom up... without making a single sound.

You might make it to fall, maybe through the first winter but […]
Original post on sauropods.win
sauropods.win
December 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Not what I expected, #govrondesantis pushing back on unchecked #ai development in #Florida #politico
https://search.app/wv5Lk
December 28, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Not what I expected, #govrondesantis pushing back on unchecked #ai development in #Florida #politico
https://search.app/wv5Lk
December 28, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Silicon Valley, drunk on exponential curves and both terrified and entranced by endless funding rounds,
has given us the "Hero Developer":

a figure who ships features at midnight,
who “moves fast and breaks things,”
who transforms whiteboard scribbles into billion-dollar unicorns through sheer […]
Original post on c.im
c.im
December 28, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Stop. Breath. Walk. Repeat.

El Chaltén - day 1

1/9

#patagonia #nature #photography #elchalten
December 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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I hope in the new year folks will stop being surprised that people with no #corevalues, #FirstPrinciples, or sense of #shame will somehow operate differently or experience consequences.

Please stop saying how wild their hypocrisy is, that is the most important thing to grasp […]
Original post on mastodon.world
mastodon.world
December 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Yeshayahu Leibowitz, the Israeli public intellectual, said in a speech in 1980:

"The corruption of occupation does not stop with the occupiers - it also deforms the lives of the occupied Some may even be driven to acts of terrorism. I cannot bring myself to moral outrage over this fact, because […]
Original post on social.coop
social.coop
December 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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What do you mean you don't obsessively count the number of chocolates in a tub of Celebrations every year and put the results into an Excel spreadsheet!?

Anyway, the 2025 results are in:
Bounty x5
Galaxy x5
Galaxy Caramel x5
Maltesers x5
Mars x9
Milky Way x9
Snickers […]

[Original post on mas.to]
December 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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I don't miss Twitter but I do miss many of the people who are still on there.

Sadly I think if they haven't come here yet, they won't
December 17, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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I believe that Computer Science has a place in "The Liberal Arts Education"-- that is I think an understanding of how computers are made, programming and algorithms should be a part of what a "well educated" person knows regardless of their particular area of focus.

This is not the case at […]
Original post on sauropods.win
sauropods.win
December 16, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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art at what point did YOU start thinking "the fix™" is something you can order on amazon?

your worldview aligns more & more with the cornucopians.

#doomerboomer #climatechange #renewable
December 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Time for your annual reminder that, according to a A Christmas Carol, Bob Crachet makes 15 shillings a week. Adjusted for inflation, that's $530.27/wk, $27,574/yr, or $13.50/hr.

Most Americans on minimum wage earn less than a Dickensian allegory for destitution.
December 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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So why the 2nd strike? [not that a communication is grounds for murdering stranded shipwreck survivors]

Survivors clinging to capsized boat didn’t radio for backup, admiral overseeing double-tap strike tells lawmakers

#trump #hegseth #law #criminal #murder #warcrimes #extrajudicialkillings […]
Original post on masto.ai
masto.ai
December 5, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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Graphs that give a good overview of various "Elon Musk" effects on Mastodon's number of user accounts and number of active users over the past several years, including recent events https://mastodon-analytics.com

Thanks to @erickhun!
Mastodon Analytics
How many users, active users, servers are on Mastodon?
mastodon-analytics.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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Funny how ‘annexation’ becomes ‘changing the map’ when it’s an ally. The West’s vocabulary shifts faster than its principles.

#iran #israel #trump #war #gaza #un #usa #hyprocrites #europe #freepalestine #savegaza #genocide #uk #eu #west #palestine #uspol #zionism
December 1, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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The real story behind the #trump #wittkoff #russia #ukraine “deal” – unlimited joint US-Russian fossil fuel and rare earths exploitation and trade, to the detriment of Europe and the Arctic.

Breathtaking and super-important investigation by the Wall Street Journal – #giftarticle #giftlink […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 29, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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November 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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SOME GOOD NEWS FOR A CHANGE…👇

Enjoy. 😎🌈✨
November 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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This is how you do it people. I feel like I could have written this article, as it is extremely detailed as to all of the valid reasons why they would want to ban such content from being associated with Nature.

Every journalistic & creative outlet you follow should be publishing something like […]
Original post on indieweb.social
indieweb.social
November 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM