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Rides ampersands downhill, sled-style, without the brakes. #Poet. Tech worker. Occasional #gamer. #sailor. Crafty in that #knit #crochet #tat way. I'm sometimes in Calgary; sometimes in St. John's. She/her.

My posts evaporate. C'est la vie!

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@Gargron@mastodon.social avatar Gargron , to random

Today I am stepping down from my role as the CEO of . Though this has been in the works for a while, I can't say I've fully processed how I feel about it. There is a bittersweet part to it, and I think I will miss it, but it also felt necessary. It feels like a goodbye, but it isn't—I intend to stay on and continue to advise the new leadership and contribute, because Mastodon—and the fediverse—is one of the very few beacons of hope for a better web.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/my-next-chapter-with-mastodon/

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@Gargron Thanks for building something for us, and not for our corporate overlords.

@arstechnica@mastodon.social avatar arstechnica , to random

Judge smacks down Texas AG’s request to immediately block Tylenol ads
The Texas lawsuit hinges on the unproven claim that Tylenol causes autism.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/11/judge-smacks-down-texas-ags-request-to-immediately-block-tylenol-ads/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica What did Tylenol do to piss off Trump?

@TheBreadmonkey@beige.party avatar TheBreadmonkey , to random

I feel sure it's normal to assign personalities to your cutlery, and seriously there is one fork that can just fuck all the way off

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@TheBreadmonkey Ah, yes. The fork with the wayward tine. The spoon with the oh-so-subtle nick that catches the lip. The knife that is attempting a trial separation from its handle. The Ikea cutlery that is total Goldilocks--too big or toooo small.
Why I don't jettison them, I don't know.

@w7voa@journa.host avatar w7voa , to random

CNN editor-in-chief Mark Thompson, following a While House meeting, sought to soften the news network’s coverage of President Trump’s demolition of the East Wing, claiming viewers aren’t that interested in the story, according to the Status newsletter.

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@w7voa The only people willing to tell Americans the truth is a few Reagan-focused ad producers from Canada.

@AnarchoNinaWrites@jorts.horse avatar AnarchoNinaWrites , to random

Brey, they don't come back. They simply do not come back. Nazis do not later on decide that they were wrong about all that Nazi shit. What they do is go very quiet around about the time people start unaliving nazis because "hello? It's fascism and they're fucking FASCISTS" and burn with seething resentment for the rest of their lives, plotting a return of their mythic past and Nazi bullshit - always, every time.

You can't even get rid of them, you can simply make them afraid. That's the SCORE.

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@AnarchoNinaWrites This year, I read Frauen: German Women Recall the Third Reich by Alison Owings. She interviewed so many women who were in Germany 1930s & 40s. My take away was: the ones who liked fascism when they were young, were still all-in when they were old ladies.

https://www.ubcpress.ca/frauen

@arstechnica@mastodon.social avatar arstechnica , to random

ChatGPT will soon allow erotic chats for verified adults only
Sam Altman claims new tools can detect mental distress while relaxing limits for adults.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/10/chatgpt-will-soon-allow-erotic-chats-for-verified-adults-only/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica Verified adults.

@alice@lgbtqia.space avatar alice , to random

This seagull has no neck.

It's a grumpy looking seagull with no visible neck. I bet its name is Nugget. It looks like a Nugget.
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@alice Tis a cold wind blowing on that birb. Gulls hunch in the face of bitter cold.

@arstechnica@mastodon.social avatar arstechnica , to random

Hands-on with Fallout 76’s next expansion: Yep, it has Walton Goggins
TV tie-ins aside, it's the combat tweaks over the past year that really matter.
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/10/hands-on-with-fallout-76s-next-expansion-yep-it-has-walton-goggins/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica Haven't watched the show. is like a an old friend at this point. My trusty tire iron in hand. Wandering the wasteland. Steering clear of all the NPCs and cities.

@fedora@fosstodon.org avatar fedora , to random

One of the best things to witness is seeing someone forget about their Windows partition. :)

Every success story shows that Fedora, and Linux in general, is continuing to push the desktop in the right direction - not only as an alternative to the mainstream options, but to what the desktop should have been all along.

https://www.xda-developers.com/dual-booted-fedora-kde-forgot-windows-installed/

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@fedora I have not booted Windows since January when the crap soup called Win-10-upgrade boiled over. Running Linux Mint on a USB. No issues. Super fast. 🤷

@clacksee@wandering.shop avatar clacksee , to random

New month, new book thread…

My first read for August was I'll Never Tell by Philippa East.

Flawed but fundamentally decent characters just trying to do their best. A messed-up situation. Secrets and lies aplenty.

And the dog lives.

Review: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/ee6f5bd5-6c9b-407e-852a-c14d398884b7?redirect=true

I'll Never Tell by Philippa East.
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@clacksee bookstodon@a.gup.pe icon bookstodon group

Sidebar on the Boots Theory
I walk about 800 kms a year. Footwear just gets trashed with that kind of daily walking. It's true that the cheaper the quicker. But even more-expensive boots just get worn down.

If the boot is traditionally made & can have a cobbler resole it, then you get more wear. But many expensive hiking boots are molded synthetic soles that cannot be re-soled.

I hate getting rid of walking shoes after a year. But I also cannot keep walking in them 🤷

@lastrobot@writing.exchange avatar lastrobot , to bookstodon group

Picked up these at the bookstore. Don't know which to start first! Clearly I'm not in a cozy-read mood 😸
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Two books lying face up. "Cursed Bread" by Sophie Macintosh, shows a young woman lying face down. Flower bouquet obscuring her face. And "Hurricane Season" by Fernanda Melchor, all black cover with white lightning zigzag through cover.
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@lunalein bookstodon@a.gup.pe icon bookstodon group I suspected as much. 😸

@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io avatar molly0xfff , to random

as someone who likes to collect cool or new words, you would not believe my delight just now when i discovered my e-reader saves a list of all the words i look up while i’m reading

Vocabulary builder: iconoclast patrician denouement gantry encomiastic scrofulous sepulchre vicissitudes samovar eyrie verisimilitude cockaded fulminate euphony physiognomy labile moraine scrivener Diadem privation perdition epigram encomium torpor synecdoche taciturn balalaikas
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@molly0xfff @Karen5Lund I made friends with a stranger at a work meeting when I muttered 'harbinger' to describe the enthusiasm Management was showing to to a bad idea.
Bonding over underused words 🌞

@vmaderna@mastodon.art avatar vmaderna , to random

Another quick Rebelle test, coloring a pen & ink drawing. This is really my main interest for this stuff and it works really well so I'm happy.

Painting directly over ink requires a very clean drawing and my essential tremors and I just gotta have tons of white-out 😅

Ink drawing with digital color of a pig with a fishing pole and a bucket walking nest to a stream. By Victoria Maderna.

Ink drawing with digital color of a pig with a fishing pole and a bucket walking nest to a stream. By Victoria Maderna.
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@vmaderna That was very peaceful to watch. Thanks!

@lunalein@federatedfandom.net avatar lunalein , to bookstodon group

What are the best books you've read in the first half of 2025 ?

I read over 100 books so far this year (because I'm out of control) and here are my top 5!

Gliff -- Ali Smith
Woodworking - Emily St James
The Hymn to Dionysus -- Natasha Pulley
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This -- Omar El Akkad
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter -- Stephen Graham Jones

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@lunalein bookstodon@a.gup.pe icon bookstodon group

Hair for Men
Michelle Winters
202 pages • paperback • 2024

Loved and Missed
Susie Boyt
198 pages • paperback • 2022

Hotel Splendid
Marie Redonnet
117 pages • paperback • 1986

Frauen: German Women Recall the Third Reich
Alison Owings
536 pages • paperback • 1993

The Book of Goose
Yiyun Li
2022

Feed Them Silence
Lee Mandelo
105 pages • hardcover • 2023

@wilander@mastodon.social avatar wilander , to bookstodon group

Do people really read 99k words in 7-8 hours? There are fast readers for sure, but this kind of metadata always puts me off. It kind of tells me I'm not a good (enough) reader. bookstodon@a.gup.pe icon bookstodon group

Screenshot of data about an ebook, saying 99k words / 336 pages takes 7-8 hours to read.
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@rpaulo @wilander bookstodon@a.gup.pe icon bookstodon group 😂 It's the book which sprang to mind when I mused about slower reads!!