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Bill Hooker @sennoma.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 5h

@afewbugs You could buy them something made with faux fur or feathers, and tell them it was made out of whatever pets they have.

"What's the matter, I thought you liked cats?"

Bill Hooker @sennoma.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 5h

I'm seeing chatter about boosting AND fav'ing, like there's some kind of Fediverse etiquette around hitting both on a single post.

Am I imagining it, or did I miss a memo, or what?

Bill Hooker @sennoma.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 6h

If you're on substack, you're drinking at the nazi bar and people are going to wonder if you're a nazi. You should leave substack.

https://leavesubstack.com

You Should Probably Leave Substack

You should probably leave Substack. Here’s why and how.

leavesubstack.com

Bill Hooker @sennoma.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 12h

911? I'd like to report a stone cold murder.

https://mastodon.social/@QasimRashid/115339636366447027

Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@[email protected])

This week The Atlantic and Johnathan Chait published a hit piece on me. It’s replete with disinformation and flat out falsehoods. So I’m compelled to write this rebuttal. I’m writing this piece because these so-called thought leaders have caused incalculable harm to our public discourse and our collective moral compass. It’s long past time they were held accountable—not through mere outrage, but through rigorous, intellectual dismantling of their hypocrisy. https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/journalism-without-justice-jonathan

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Bill Hooker @sennoma.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 14h

This looks to me like nothing more than an insider-trading scheme designed to inflate stock prices.

When the dust settles, I'll be surprised if AI offers even 0.01% of these bullshit valuations in actual improvements over current tech.

https://social.coop/@eloquence/115340124760759142

Erik Moeller (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image At this rate it's honestly surprising that none of the major #AI players have issued an "AICoin" yet (aside from Altman's aspirational spycoin). Maybe that's the final step after institutional investment dries up. (Graphic from Bloomberg: https://archive.is/Pagn7)

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Bill Hooker @sennoma.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 14h

This is amazing!

What other tiny worlds do we miss every day, I wonder?

https://beige.party/@Moss/115339096591274914

Lichen Lich (@[email protected])

Content warning: CW spiders

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Dan Fixes Coin-Ops @ifixcoinops.retro.social.ap.brid.gy · 14h

[Lewd, car repair]

California youtube man: 🐰 ...and that's how to replace a radiator on a 2005 Honda Element! It's a fairly easy DIY, budget an hour or so.

My Pittsburgh ass: 🦝 I spent that long fighting with one rusted-to-fuck radiator hose clamp and when I finally got it off I made the exact […]

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Bill Hooker @sennoma.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 14h

New Enterprise just dropped.

A new flapper kit for the upstairs toilet, whose old one no longer makes a full seal.

Bill Hooker @sennoma.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 14h

The correct response is, of course, "You arseholes gave your Peace prize to Henry Fucking Kissinger. Fuck off."

https://mastodon.social/@gutenberg_org/115340061007639551

Project Gutenberg (@[email protected])

Nobel Prizes: 5 Unlikely Winner Reactions, From the Unbothered to the Downright Mad https://gizmodo.com/nobel-prizes-unlikely-winner-reactions-doris-lessing-peter-higgs-bob-dylan-2000669628 #nobelprize

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Phaistos Disco @pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · Aug 6

A fake O'Reilly book cover

This time, it's not a bubble

Spending billions of dollars on Nvidia GPUs

No, I've never heard of Tulip Mania

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Bill Hooker @sennoma.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 17h

Good to know, but a depressing way to learn it.

https://mathstodon.xyz/@weekend_editor/115339178291475990

Weekend Editor (@[email protected])

Today's blog post: A little girl demonstrates on video how to break zip-ties, in her words "in case you get kidnapped". https://www.someweekendreading.blog/in-case-zip-ties/

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Egon Willighagen @egonw.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 19h

@wikidata now has a reasonable collection of MOFs (close to 30): https://scholia.toolforge.org/chemical-class/Q909212 (let me know which one you like to see added)

Read literature about them: https://scholia.toolforge.org/topic/Q909212

#chemistry #chemnobel

Scholia

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dave@yourcomputer #:cursor: @dave.basilisk.gallery.ap.brid.gy · 5d

**I'm looking for work!**

I'm a **high-level infra and devops engineer** and **team lead.**

I've previously **run my own team** , and previously worked at **Mozilla** and **Facebook**. I'm looking for **infra/devops lead** or **senior infra/devops engineer** positions.

I'm not looking for […]

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Bill Hooker @sennoma.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Enjoying this new-to-me band.

https://distantdream.bandcamp.com/album/it-all-starts-from-pieces

Bill Hooker @sennoma.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

End of an era (h/t @ernie):

https://tedium.co/2025/10/07/dr-demento-retirement-tribute/

Dr. Demento Is Retiring. He Leaves Behind An Army Of Musical Oddballs

A Dr. Demento superfan looks back on the novelty radio icon as he finally hangs up his microphone. Oh, he pulled in a bunch of other superfans.

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Ernie Smith @ernie.writing.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 1d

As you might have heard, Dr. Demento is retiring this weekend. Fortunately, I know an incredibly massive Dr. Demento fan.

https://tedium.co/2025/10/07/dr-demento-retirement-tribute/

new @tedium

Dr. Demento Is Retiring. He Leaves Behind An Army Of Musical Oddballs

A Dr. Demento superfan looks back on the novelty radio icon as he finally hangs up his microphone. Oh, he pulled in a bunch of other superfans.

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Bill Hooker @sennoma.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Every now and then I see something that makes me think I'd like to have loads of money to spare.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/07/bob-ross-painting-auction-public-television

Thirty Bob Ross paintings to be sold at auction to help fund public TV stations

Money will aid with licensing fees and ensure artist’s ‘legacy continues to support’ medium that made him popular

www.theguardian.com

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Just got my official letter for the fellowship to New Zealand! And I have a possible lead on a local farm sitter, but nothing is set yet.

So I'm just going to put this out onto the Fediverse again, in case someone who knows how take care of goats in Real Canadian Winter (down to -40C temps) […]

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Jonathan Carroll @jonocarroll.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Oh, no! My R package {safespace} is in a broken state - won't someone (new to PRs) help me fix it???

I'm renewing my offer to guide newbies through the R package building / fixing / reviewing process during Hacktoberfest - see this post […]

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Bill Hooker @sennoma.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

@dyckron Yep.

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Bill Hooker @sennoma.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Listening to a mix of Golden Earring songs and I could swear Barry Hay just sang

"lonely as a shepherd without cheese"

and I think it's time for me to get off the computer and maybe go eat something.

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Bill Hooker @sennoma.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

"We're all the canary". That can't be good.

*cough*
https://removepaywalls.com
*cough*

h/t @dyckron

https://www.
cnn.com/2025/10/07/climate/che
micals-plastic-wristbands-phthalates-bisphenols

Remove Paywalls - Read full articles behind a paywall, for free! Works on Bloomberg, NYTimes, the Atlantic, hundreds more.

Bypass the paywall and read full articles for free. Works on NYTimes, Bloomberg, the Atlantic, the Economist

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Ron Dyck @dyckron.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 1d

“The chemicals used in plastic are now extremely well known to contribute to disease and disability that cuts across the lifespan, from cradle to grave, from womb to tomb”

Three CNN reporters on three continents wore chemical-tracking wristbands. The results were alarming […]

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Bill Hooker @sennoma.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

@mrundkvist I've tried explaining that there are loads of gods, so really I just don't believe in one more than them. That never goes over well either.

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Jürgen Hubert @juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

With the recent influx of newcomers from #bluesky , it behooves us to contemplate what we can do to improve #moderation on the #fediverse - something that has been a problem in the past, and is one of the major reasons why the Fediverse is not as big and as diverse as it could be.

The first and […]

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