Pureferret
@pureferret.bsky.social
I'm a software dev from the UK, two cats, married, and a child of the 90s.
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November 29, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Thale Cress (Arabidopsis thaliana) shot in May of 2020.
November 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Thale Cress (Arabidopsis thaliana) shot in May of 2020.
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Researchers Determine Moon Serves No Purpose But Alerting Raccoons It Safe To Come Out https://theonion.com/researchers-determine-moon-serves-no-purpose-but-alerting-raccoons-it-safe-to-come-out/
November 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Researchers Determine Moon Serves No Purpose But Alerting Raccoons It Safe To Come Out https://theonion.com/researchers-determine-moon-serves-no-purpose-but-alerting-raccoons-it-safe-to-come-out/
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Thanksgiving Guests Freeze In Disbelief After Teenager Informs Them Of Native American Genocide https://theonion.com/thanksgiving-guests-freeze-in-disbelief-after-teenager-1848076742/
November 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Thanksgiving Guests Freeze In Disbelief After Teenager Informs Them Of Native American Genocide https://theonion.com/thanksgiving-guests-freeze-in-disbelief-after-teenager-1848076742/
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HAPPY DAY OF CONSUMPTION AND GRATITUDE.
I figure, sure, why not do a day-appropriate apple review.
As such, you get -- GRANNY SMITH.
Enjoy, and have a glorious eatingsday appletime.
I figure, sure, why not do a day-appropriate apple review.
As such, you get -- GRANNY SMITH.
Enjoy, and have a glorious eatingsday appletime.
Apple Review #36: Granny Smith
It is the day of the giving of thanks, a holiday that is ostensibly problematic in its origin but kind of nice and pure in its current form — it’s a celebration only minimally about buy…
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November 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
HAPPY DAY OF CONSUMPTION AND GRATITUDE.
I figure, sure, why not do a day-appropriate apple review.
As such, you get -- GRANNY SMITH.
Enjoy, and have a glorious eatingsday appletime.
I figure, sure, why not do a day-appropriate apple review.
As such, you get -- GRANNY SMITH.
Enjoy, and have a glorious eatingsday appletime.
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These guys are great! I donate every year and may I suggest that some of the crafts they sell on behalf of the elders make great Christmas presents?
Time once again to rep my favorite place for giving: anelder.org - they supply food, firewood and supplies for traditional crafting to Navajo Elders. If you have the cash, please give these folks a hand.
November 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
These guys are great! I donate every year and may I suggest that some of the crafts they sell on behalf of the elders make great Christmas presents?
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I'm a 3 today
November 27, 2025 at 10:30 AM
I'm a 3 today
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In today's episode of #TheGreenAlliancePodcast, @ruthchambers.bsky.social talks to @chrisgpackham.bsky.social + environment law experts about the need to protect the right to protest in the UK for both democracy & the environment amid growing strain.
Full ep: green-alliance.org.uk/podcast/in-c...
Full ep: green-alliance.org.uk/podcast/in-c...
November 27, 2025 at 10:03 AM
In today's episode of #TheGreenAlliancePodcast, @ruthchambers.bsky.social talks to @chrisgpackham.bsky.social + environment law experts about the need to protect the right to protest in the UK for both democracy & the environment amid growing strain.
Full ep: green-alliance.org.uk/podcast/in-c...
Full ep: green-alliance.org.uk/podcast/in-c...
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Being bitten by a radioactive spider is always a bit of a gamble tbh.
19th century wooden “walking” doll with a wheel of eight legs ~ when costumed, the doll’s long dress would cover most of the leg mechanism, allowing the doll to “walk” when moving, while appearing to have only two legs at any one time www.theriaults.com/events/listi...
November 27, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Being bitten by a radioactive spider is always a bit of a gamble tbh.
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this image was generated with google's latest nana banana pro tool. we have no idea how bad it is about to get.
November 27, 2025 at 6:59 AM
this image was generated with google's latest nana banana pro tool. we have no idea how bad it is about to get.
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HELLO!! I have just weaseled my way into a set at this year’s “Cancer is a Joke” fundriaser!
You can see me and a bunch of much funnier people with a $19 donation streamed live from Dynasty Typewriter in Los Angeles!
Not, my set, at least, is not suitable for kids.
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You can see me and a bunch of much funnier people with a $19 donation streamed live from Dynasty Typewriter in Los Angeles!
Not, my set, at least, is not suitable for kids.
veeps.com/dynastytypew...
November 27, 2025 at 2:18 AM
HELLO!! I have just weaseled my way into a set at this year’s “Cancer is a Joke” fundriaser!
You can see me and a bunch of much funnier people with a $19 donation streamed live from Dynasty Typewriter in Los Angeles!
Not, my set, at least, is not suitable for kids.
veeps.com/dynastytypew...
You can see me and a bunch of much funnier people with a $19 donation streamed live from Dynasty Typewriter in Los Angeles!
Not, my set, at least, is not suitable for kids.
veeps.com/dynastytypew...
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![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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This one hits hard. I very much hope to be posting something like it in a decade or so.
November 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
This one hits hard. I very much hope to be posting something like it in a decade or so.
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(I realize this will not convince anyone who is going “ha ha, you can’t tell ME what to do!” or thinks it’s funny when authors go the food bank, but for the people who may have just fallen in sideways—libraries are AWESOME! The taxes are going to them, so make use of it!)
November 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
(I realize this will not convince anyone who is going “ha ha, you can’t tell ME what to do!” or thinks it’s funny when authors go the food bank, but for the people who may have just fallen in sideways—libraries are AWESOME! The taxes are going to them, so make use of it!)
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Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
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AND supporting your local library is super important! If you actually DO want books to be available to everyone, the library *already exists* and is staffed by the people who are deep in the trenches of fighting censorship! Supporting the library is doing actual good for your community!
TAPS SCREEN
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
AND supporting your local library is super important! If you actually DO want books to be available to everyone, the library *already exists* and is staffed by the people who are deep in the trenches of fighting censorship! Supporting the library is doing actual good for your community!
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It's only pedantry if it's from the Pedan region of Spain, otherwise it's just sparkling Know-it-all-ism.
November 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It's only pedantry if it's from the Pedan region of Spain, otherwise it's just sparkling Know-it-all-ism.
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"inspired by the blockchain" in the sense that it might collapse at any time
November 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
"inspired by the blockchain" in the sense that it might collapse at any time
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Device…hoarding. Because you don’t go get a new one while yours is still fine.
Apparently I am also practicing car hoarding, house hoarding, husband hoarding, dog hoarding, computer hoarding, furniture hoarding and art hoarding.
Apparently I am also practicing car hoarding, house hoarding, husband hoarding, dog hoarding, computer hoarding, furniture hoarding and art hoarding.
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Device…hoarding. Because you don’t go get a new one while yours is still fine.
Apparently I am also practicing car hoarding, house hoarding, husband hoarding, dog hoarding, computer hoarding, furniture hoarding and art hoarding.
Apparently I am also practicing car hoarding, house hoarding, husband hoarding, dog hoarding, computer hoarding, furniture hoarding and art hoarding.
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So the pinnacle of modern computing is to replicate something we knew in the 1960s only also using all the water and power. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA
November 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
So the pinnacle of modern computing is to replicate something we knew in the 1960s only also using all the water and power. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA
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This coming Thursday I am at Waterstones Gower Street talking 10 years of Children of Time with Temi Oh. www.waterstones.com/events/celeb...
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November 23, 2025 at 11:56 PM
This coming Thursday I am at Waterstones Gower Street talking 10 years of Children of Time with Temi Oh. www.waterstones.com/events/celeb...
> In particular, as the investigators acknowledged, “measures of physical activity, including accelerometry and patient-reported fatigue or perception of frailty, did not improve.”
Why do these people keep promoting exercise studies with reported benefits that do not reach the threshold for clinical significance? Here's another one of these, from @jamanetworkopen.com: virology.ws/2025/11/21/t...
Trial By Error: Another Exercise Trial with Clinically Insignificant Findings | Virology Blog
By David Tuller, DrPH A recent study from JAMA Network Open, called “Resistance Exercise Therapy After COVID-19 Infection: A Randomized Clinical Trial,” dem ...
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November 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
> In particular, as the investigators acknowledged, “measures of physical activity, including accelerometry and patient-reported fatigue or perception of frailty, did not improve.”
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Why do these people keep promoting exercise studies with reported benefits that do not reach the threshold for clinical significance? Here's another one of these, from @jamanetworkopen.com: virology.ws/2025/11/21/t...
Trial By Error: Another Exercise Trial with Clinically Insignificant Findings | Virology Blog
By David Tuller, DrPH A recent study from JAMA Network Open, called “Resistance Exercise Therapy After COVID-19 Infection: A Randomized Clinical Trial,” dem ...
virology.ws
November 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Why do these people keep promoting exercise studies with reported benefits that do not reach the threshold for clinical significance? Here's another one of these, from @jamanetworkopen.com: virology.ws/2025/11/21/t...