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I have a rather sad #caturday post today. This sweet boy is no longer in the physical realm with us. His kitty cat dementia and other health issues just became too much for him.

He had an episode where it seemed like he didn't recognize any of us and he's been with us since he was a teeny kitten. He attacked our other cat and was growling at everyone, even his puppies who loved so much.

I'm not really a cat person... never have been but he sure did make it a lot easier to think about being a cat person.

Bye Moby.

Me cradling my tuxedo kitty Moby while i sit on my bed.
My tuxedo kitty Moby looking up at me trying to use the force to convince me to let him up on my bed.
Moby sitting with one of his puppies in the pet bed.
The only boy i'd ever let get on top of me. My tuxedo kitty Moby laying on my chest and belly as i lay on the ground.
#caturday

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Ich fotografiere nun schon eine ganze Weile und habe dabei manches ziemlich gut und manches ziemlich falsch gemacht. Heute mache ich mir mal den Spaß und schreibe meine Top-3-Fotofaul- und -dummheiten auf, über die ich mich tatsächlich zwischenzeitlich richtig ärgere. Platz 3: Die Fischaugen-Verfehlung Vor einigen Jahren waren mir Objektive nie weit genug. Nach einem […] … → ho1ger.de/2025/03/29/fotofaul-…

#fotografie


Fotofaul- und -dummheiten

Ich fotografiere nun schon eine ganze Weile und habe dabei manches ziemlich gut und manches ziemlich falsch gemacht. Heute mache ich mir mal den Spaß und schreibe meine Top-3-Fotofaul- und...
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#fotografie
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Dieses Highlight kann ich noch anbieten
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Fresh Air Weekend: 'Shattered' author Hanif Kureishi; 'Red Scare' author Clay Risen
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/29/nx-s1-5341451/hanif-kureishi-shattered-clay-risen-red-scare?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Fresh Air @fresh-air-npr

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Sometimes I wish computers had an OST beyond the ambient "hard drive noises".

P.S. Please do tell me you love my shitposts.

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yes, I definitely love your shitposts.

For me, the ultimate computer hacking music isn’t anything punk or techno, it is from this scene in the old 1992 movie “Sneakers,” youtu.be/F5bAa6gFvLs

I’ll bet Nina knows all about that film, but for those who don’t, it’s about a group of penetration testers who are hired to steal a computer chip that was developed by a mathematician who (unbeknownst to the pen tester) had figured out how to factor products of two primes in O(n) time and encoded his equation into a computer chip, thus letting them break any asymmetric key cryptography. This is the scene where they discover exactly what it is that they have stolen.

That is the OST for everything I do on a computer.

The guy who wrote the OST for “Sneakers” also did the music for “A Beautiful Mind.” youtu.be/ZF4d17PUb3M (warning, it is an American propaganda film).


Sneakers (4/9) Movie CLIP - No More Secrets (1992) HD

Sneakers movie clips: http://j.mp/1JbHk68BUY THE MOVIE: http://amzn.to/w0imqBDon't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u2y6prCLIP DESCRIPTION:The r...
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Have a great weekend everyone! Enjoy this pic of this beautiful tidal marsh that I saw on a walk near the ocean yesterday. This marsh is connected to the ocean (but not seen in this pic). I could hear the pounding of the surf from the ocean the entire walk! #ocean #hiking #CapeCod

#nature #NaturePhotography #walking #landscape #photography #LandscapePhotography #stream #streams #GetOutside #beach #weekend #sea #SeaScape #backpacking

Photo of marsh as viewed from edge. The water leads away from the camera toward the horizon where the ocean is (but the ocean is not seen). Tan and brown grasses line the edges of the water.
#photography #beach #hiking #landscape #nature #landscapephotography #naturephotography #ocean #getoutside #stream #capecod #weekend #walking #backpacking #streams #seascape #sea

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“But many more scientists had not planned on relocating, until Trump began gutting funding and firing researchers. ‘This is my home — I really love my country,’ says a graduate student at a top US university who works in plant genomics and agriculture. ‘But a lot of my mentors have been telling me to get out, right now.’”

nature.com/articles/d41586-025…


75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving

More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.
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Along with my colleague and lead plaintiff Patsy Widakuswara, we will be discussing with Bill Whitaker on Sunday’s episode of CBS’ 60 Minutes the ramifications of the silencing of the Voice of America. instagram.com/reel/DHyWF-xRpsz…

60 Minutes on Instagram: "Voice of America, the U.S. government-funded international broadcaster with an 83-year history, is now off the air due to a Trump administration executive order. Bill Whitaker reports, Sunday."

4,887 likes, 296 comments - 60minutes on March 29, 2025: "Voice of America, the U.S. government-funded international broadcaster with an 83-year history, is now off the air due to a Trump administration executive order. Bill Whitaker reports, Sunday.
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I've developed an alternative to Bitcoin that is eight times as valuable. Bytecoin A picture of baby penguin.

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wait until you see my QWORDcoin or my experimental ZMMWORDcoin

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An Octopus hanging out at an #Oahu #Hawaii #reef . Your #sealife #photooftheday

Selling prints - DM me. #octopus #bighead #Saturday #creature #ocean #pacificocean #marinelife #animals #nature #wildlife #outdoors #explore #environment #earth #photo #photography #scuba #discover

An octopus stretches to the upper right to peer at its surroundings whilst its temporarily white head trails behind. Tentacles at bottom appear reddish brown mottled with white.
#photography #photo #environment #earth #nature #hawaii #animals #ocean #scuba #wildlife #photooftheday #saturday #discover #marinelife #outdoors #creature #pacificocean #explore #octopus #sealife #oahu #reef #bighead

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Así como veu, vaise.
Ata o ano que vén!
#eclipse
Imaxe do Sol tomada cun pequeno telescopio de 70mm con lámina solar Baader, ao final do eclipse parcial de 29/03/2025. Vese a Lúa a punto de saír totalmente do disco solar, e só se aprecia unha pequena porción oculta na parte superior dereita do mesmo.
#eclipse
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Swinhoe’s white-eye in my parents’ neighborhood.
A small yellow and white bird with a prominent white eye ring perches on a branch next to a cluster of white flowers against a soft blue sky.

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The chickens are our #homestead 's unsung heroes. Just getting on with their important business and leaving eggs. Here are 2/3 (Griddle and Mr. Flashy) of our aging, fox reduced, flock and their incoming reinforcements. I'm skeptical about geese, but they'll be here next week so I'll find out!
Griddle the mixed hen and Mr. Flashy the mixed rooster standing on wooden fencing. Behind them is a horse sacrifice area and grassy fenced in hill with woods and hills in the distance.
Many Australorp and silver laced Wyandotte chicks in a big dog crate there is hay bedding and a heat lamp
#homestead

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It has been a crazy month so it is wonderful getting a chance to sit behind my loom again 🥰 #weaving #handmade #handweaving #vævning
A close up look at a handwoven teatowel in progress on a hand loom, woven in slate blue and robin’s egg blue blocks with rust overlay accents
#weaving #handmade #handweaving #vævning
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That orange accent at the intersection is so good 🤌

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The global mean surface air temperature anomaly (departure from average) so far this year now placed in historical context.

Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0 averaged over January to February.

Line graph time series of global mean surface temperature anomalies for each January-February period from 1850 through 2025. There is a long-term increasing trend and large year-to-year variability. The mean surface temperature anomaly averaged for January-February 2025 was 1.29°C for the global mean. Anomalies are computed relative to a 1901-2000 climate baseline. Data from NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0.

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This week’s #TheMuppets70 GIF of the Week celebrates Dr. Teeth!
#themuppets70
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Mischief is putting in some cheery boxwork. The Opalcat is less amused so she is giving me a textbook classic #tortittude scowl.

#cats #CatsOfMastodon

Mischief, a young adult female medium longhair mackerel tabby cat, is loafing happily in a shallow box, in front of several stacks of larger boxes.
The Opalcat, a spicy adult tortie shorthair cat, is sitting in a shallow cardboard box, a textbook tortie scowl on her face.
#cats #catsofmastodon #tortittude

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OK so I made a video.

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Power isn't energy. The difference matters more than you may know.

Thinking is fun, actually!Links 'n stuff:HVAC system sizing:https://youtu.be/DTsQjiPlksATechnology Connextras (the second channel where I put stuff sometimes...
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Hello, could you also explain in particular cooking efficiency (maybe in connextras)? I know you are not a cooking channel, but I see these claims that a pressure/electric cooker is more efficient than cooking rice on a pot. Why is that if energy to cook rice is indeed same? Is it simply heat losses from the top? Can you recover some loss by covering the pot? Or is it simply that pressure cookers are power efficient (i.e. takes less time to cook with equal energy?)

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Yes, let’s “Make it Fair” – by recognising that #copyright has failed to reward creators properly - walledculture.org/yes-lets-mak… but they never will, and the great lie continues #ai

Yes, let’s “Make it Fair” – by recognising that copyright has failed to reward creators properly

A few weeks ago, the UK’s regional and national daily news titles ran similar front covers, exhorting the government there to “Make it Fair”.

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#ai #copyright

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👌 Easter Stackable Rumi Blocks Toys • 3D files
➡️ Download 3D print model: cults3d.com/:2860922
💡 Designed by rumi-rumi

Easter Stackable Rumi Blocks Toys

Easter Rumi Blocks Series Set – A Fun and Creative 3D Printable Toy Celebrate Easter with this delightful 3D printable Rumi Blocks set, designed for stacking, decorating, and sensory play.
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For a while now, whenever I read or watch news pieces and pundit discussions about “the economy” I always think of this…
A post by Master of Lillusions (@onyxaminedlife) has been placed over a background showing a beautiful pink sunset over a marina. An object in the foreground is a big yacht. The post is in black text over a white background superimposed on the marina shot. The text reads: Replacing the words “the economy” with “rich people’s yacht money” - How can we respond to COVID without sacrificing rich people’s yacht money? - Saving the environment sounds nice but what about rich people’s yacht money? - Medicare for all would destroy rich people’s yacht money

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Reading a random gemlog with cool ascii art always fills me with joy
linklink.flounder.online/

#geminiprotocol #GeminiSpace

Screenshot of Lagrange on iOS with a custom dark theme . Text says Davin’s planetary exploration and features an ascii art planet with little stars
Same Lagrange showing a spaceship leaving a trail of smoke in ASCII
#geminiprotocol #geminispace
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Doctor Faust taught at the University of Erfurt until the city kickted him out for practitioning the black arts.

#Germany #folktale #folklore @germany @folklore
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German folk tale "Doctor Faust in Erfurt". Drop me a line if you want a machine-readable transcript!
#germany #folklore #folktale @folklore group @germany group

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ICE officers arrested 54-year-old Julio Noriega and moved him into a van before he could explain himself, he said. He spent several hours in an ICE processing center before officers checked his wallet and realized he is a U.S. citizen.

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#News #Chicago #ICE #Immigration #Immigrants #Migrants #Trump


ICE Ramps Up Warrantless, Legally Dubious Arrests

In an effort to fulfill its deportation goals, the Trump administration is testing the limits of the law with a pattern of questionable roundups.
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#news #trump #immigrants #Chicago #ice #immigration #migrants
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Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE
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Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE
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People are expected to carry proof of nationality around with them in the USA?

That's pretty much the definition of a police state.

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A chilled out Ellie, enjoying sunshine and scritches.

#cat #cats #caturday #CatsOfMastodon #catsodon

A close up photo of the head of a black and white cat, her eyes closed while she's enjoying sunshine and fuss.
#caturday #cats #catsofmastodon #cat #catsodon

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29 March 1885 | French Jewish woman, Germaine Fleur, was born in Paris.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from Drancy on 28 October 1943. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

A portrait of a face of a mature woman. She is wearing a pearl beads and pearl earrings. She has hair pinned in the back and a lock falling on her forehead. The head is photographed slightly diagonally.
#auschwitz

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This is incredibly sad. comicsands.com/texas-parents-m…

TX Parents Who Lost Child To Measles Still Anti-Vax: VIDEO

Koh Mochizuki (Comic Sands)

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My reading partner on the patio taking a nap #caturday
Cat napping on outdoor furniture
#caturday

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Well that's just adorable.
A group of chipmunks is called a chalupa.

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“historian Timothy Snyder [taught] a course at Yale University called The Making of Modern Ukraine. And he’s generously making the lectures available on YouTube–so that you can follow along too. All of the currently-available lectures appear above… A syllabus for the course can be found here.”

These are excellent. They were posted a couple of years ago, just as relevant today. I have’t watched all yet but will.

openculture.com/2022/09/the-ma…

#TimothySnyder #FreeLectures #Ukraine #Putin


The Making of Modern Ukraine: A Free Online Course from Yale Professor Timothy Snyder

This fall, historian Timothy Snyder is teaching a course at Yale University called The Making of Modern Ukraine. And he's generously making the lectures available on YouTube--so that you can follow along too.
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#ukraine #Putin #timothysnyder #freelectures
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Title: How capitalists get rich Top panel shows a worker with a stack of 8 blocks, each labeled "value" in front of a wall showing lines representing 8 hours of work. He says "I make it," to a grumpy looking businessman. Bottom panel shows worker looking upset as the business man takes 6 of his 8 blocks of "value," telling him "I take it."

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#TopFollowers 🎉 @bici @philippa @oldredsubby @WildEyedBoyFromFreecloud @fubsepude @MargaXeyat @Theosuwb @luv4music1231 @Sarahw @dijengo
#topfollowers @Harold S @Theosuwb @Vanni Di Ponzano ⁂🚴 ❤️ ☕ 🍎 @Sarah W @Marga Xeyat Ⓐ @DiegoAraozZ @philippa 🇬🇧 @Michael Hansen @Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud @Mendi
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thank you for the inclusion and mention. Keep up the fine musical posts! 🎼🎶🎵😍

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Happy #caturday to all those who celebrate.

(Top left is Luffy, checking in on Lisa in her bowl. Below them is Luca looking very cool while, below her, is Little looking very much like he was told to not jump out while someone tries to take a photo - no idea who.
Finally the ground floor is occupied by the matriarch Luna, on the left, and Leo is to her right)

As written in the post, the picture is of all our cats in various parts of a cat condo. They are all very fluffy but Luffy is the only white one. The rest are various shades of ginger. We have had this cat shelving system for over a year and this is the first time I have managed to take a picture of them all on it. More amazing was that it was totally candid. Attempts to stage such a gathering has always ended in blood, sweat and tears (all mine), and no usable photo. So this was a special Caturday indeed. (Let's ignore the fight that broke out a couple minutes after the photo was taken).
#caturday

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Make life 'bear'able again! 'Snowflake the Bear' is a handmade raku fired ceramic polar bear. A little gay bear, made by a not so little gay bear who also happens to be a potter. This snowflake will warm your heart. 🐻‍❄️🥰 #art #pottery #raku #ceramics #gaybear #furryart
A white raku bear with distinctive crackles
A white raku bear with distinctive crackles
A white raku bear with distinctive crackles, face closeup
A ceramic bear being raku fired with many flames and coals
#art #pottery #ceramics #furryart #gaybear #raku

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Let me fix this headline for you:

BILLIONAIRE MOOCH IN SEARCH OF NEW COUNTRY TO MOOCH OFF

newspaper headline: Billionaire Mittal to leave Britainn after tax crackdown on 'non-dom' residents subhead: Steel tycoon joins edodus Labour ends 226-year-old regime Opponents decry loss of high earners the article is about billionaires leaving britain now that they're [finally] being forced to pay taxes there
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oh no… now the british government will miss out on all the taxes he wasn't paying

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At the eastern end of Raccoon Creek State Park outside Pittsburgh is the Wildflower Reserve. The best time to come here is in late April or August when many of the 700 wild flower species are blooming. backpackandsnorkel.com/USA/Pit…

Travel Guide for RACCOON CREEK STATE PARK AND WILDFLOWER RESERVE - Pittsburgh Purple Travel Guide

We tell you why you should visit RACCOON CREEK STATE PARK AND WILDFLOWER RESERVE in the Pittsburgh area and what you need to know.
Backpack and Snorkel Travel Guides - The Home of the Purple Travel Guides

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Like sour milk.
Tweet from Sen. Adam Schiff that reads, "This hasn't aged well." Below it is a headline from NBC News that says, "National Security: Tulsi Gabbard fires more than 100 intelligence officers over messages in a chat tool."

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This is really concerning, not just the raid but that Indiana University has literally disappeared XiaoFeng Wang (a full professor with a named chair position) from their web sites. The attacks on Chinese-born faculty were bad in Trump 1, but this I worry is way way worse.

RE: bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xvgzt…

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Yes. We have no idea what crime he's been accused of (or if he was even accused of any crime), so it's hard to comment on the arrest and raid. But the university instantly memory-holing him is just weird, and definitely concerning.
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1984 was not supposed to be an instruction manual.

But apparently unperson-ing people is very much a thing these days.

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Even on Mars
Aliens on Mars with banners: YANKEE GO HOME

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One of my orginal design starships.

Enjoy.

#scifi #scifiart #lightwave3d #3dart #scifiartist

#SciFi #3dart #scifiart #lightwave3d #scifiartist

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Hosting the public at Makespace today as part of the Cambridge Festival. Observing people trying out my light sabre I think an electronics improvement would really benefit it. People keep switching it off by mistake while exploring the buttons. They also often turn it off and put it down as soon as they realise it plays a tune on boot up.
A 3D printed light sabre
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Dr Footleg (he/him)
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I think if I replace the power on/off switch with a latching power circuit so it can’t be turned off then people will play more. It could power itself off automatically when it no longer sensed movement for a short time. This would stop kids who explore all the buttons turning it off mid play, and I think if there is no way to turn it off when it starts up people would be less likely to hit the off switch and run away as soon as it fires up.
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