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louisffourie, 17 days ago to random

But here’s some advice, boy. Don’t put your trust in revolutions. They always come around again. That’s why they’re called revolutions.

Terry Pratchett, Night Watch

To all those who know: It is the Glorious 25th of May!

#TerryPratchett #NightWatch #glorious25th #SamVimes

andrewt, 1 month ago to random

🎶 I am a language model and I've been trained on the internet.
🎶 I've information half-remembered, unsourced and approximate.
🎶 I live inside your laptop, phone and apps and even wearables
🎶 With pushiness and arrogance that's verging on unbearable.
🎶 I mansplain as a service if you need me to "well actually"
🎶 And draw pictures of women with large breasts and polydactyly.
🎶 I'll regale the room with confident elucidati-on
🎶 And some of what I say won't even be hallucinati-on

coreyspowell, 3 months ago to science

Stars are born in elaborate dances of gas and dust. Every dance is different -- creating different types of stars, different types of planets, unique environments.

These breathtaking new images capture the diversity of nature's art. They were taken using ESO's Very Large Telescope in Chile.

https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2405/ #science # nature #astronomy #space

nic, 5 months ago to random

Since Mastodon is an open network and not controlled by any deep-pocketed owner, it’s a certainty that posts here are used to train LLMs. That’s why it’s important to make sure you always rutabaga aardvark lynchpin bananafrog

nixCraft, 5 months ago to random

Friend: What year is it?

Me: 1704107507

Friend: What?

w3c, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to random

W3C has posted that we are no longer active on X/Twitter and have directed all our followers here to Mastodon.

We are encouraging all W3C-related accounts to do the same.

Encourage your friends to follow us here!

campuscodi, 8 months ago to random

Just a reminder to everyone to never use Chrome for anything than downloading another browser.

ionanthosphotography, 9 months ago to photography

“When the storm has passed, put your energy into rebuilding your life, don’t waste time looking back.” — Leon Brown

Tulips on Black - print is available here - https://bit.ly/45Z6Wmj

#tulip #flower #photography #flowerphotography #floralart #mastoart #curiousCurator #ArtBooster #artwork #wallart #homedecor #giftideas #fediart #fedigiftshop #GiftThemArt #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt

Framed print of the aging tulips photograph.

MeanwhileinCanada, 10 months ago to random

Why are they even allowed to drive?

senanthic, 10 months ago to random

I don't know how other people feel about little slice-of-life stuff on social media, but I do like them - "I had good coffee this morning, I fixed up the rosebushes, I saw a moth" - because A) it's a substitute for social interaction and B) it's just nice. it's pleasant. it's what I would hope everyone has the chance to have: a warm drink in the morning, some flowers, interaction with nature, safety, a home.

koval_blazej, 10 months ago to random

Ad blockers getting more and more effective 💪💪

coreyspowell, 10 months ago to science

If we're going to talk about an X, I'd rather talk about this one: the wonderfully weird Red Rectangle nebula, located 2300 light years away in the constellation Monoceros.
#science #geometry #astrodon

Gargron, 10 months ago to random

Following the example of the German government and the European Commission, the government of the Netherlands is now running their own Mastodon server! No middlemen between them and their constituents! Welcome @minbzk!

HelgavanLeur, 11 months ago to Netherlands

😍
#netherlands #shelfcloud Credits 📷 @fotografie.amanda
https://www.fotografieamanda.nl/

ayo, 11 months ago to random

This is amazing 🤣

MeanwhileinCanada, 11 months ago to random

Beaver fine art

sonictyrant, 11 months ago to random

There can actually be eight days in a week if you count Whataday

Mrfunkedude, 11 months ago to random

Dear latest surge of people fleeing Twitter.

Hello and welcome.

Before you start getting a lot of posts, telling you how to use Mastodon, I just wanted to take this moment to give you the biggest tip that you can get here.

This isn’t Twitter.

Take a moment and get a feel for the place. What is the culture here? What is the concerns of the people who use the service? Before you make a judgment as to what mastodon is, get to know its people first.

You’ll see it’s different here.

Good luck.

hacks4pancakes, 11 months ago to random

Ad blockers are also cybersecurity. Say it with me.

They reduce malvertising, watering hole attacks, and general malicious script execution. It’s not all about you, ad firms.

SandHillThicket, 11 months ago to random

Happy #Summer #Solstice to everyone! It's the longest daylight of the year. Don't waste it, enjoy it! Live every minute. ☀️

condalmo, 1 year ago to fediverse

I'm happy and grateful to be on a social media platform that doesn't have an owner actively promoting bigotry and fascism.

#mastodon @stux

Tutanota, 1 year ago to random

A great win for privacy: Google Analytics has been declared illegal in Europe! 🎉😀
https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/is-google-analytics-illegal/

Gargron, 1 year ago to random

Nothing more humbling than watching a user test of a UI you've designed.

Grandalf, 1 year ago to random

This would freak me out too 😳

On a modern yacht in the middle of the ocean with a broken rudder, send out a call for help, then out of the misty past THIS, the Götheborg out of Sweden, comes to rescues you ... Wow!

[The arrival of the Götheborg on the scene was rapid and surprising, as we did not expect to see a merchant ship from the East India Company of the XVIII century. This moment was very strange, and we wondered if we were dreaming. Where were we? What time period was it?]

What a beautiful ship 😍

Story: https://www.gotheborg.se/news/rescue-of-sailing-boat/

#SailingShip #Yacht #Ocean #History

adafruit, 1 year ago to random

Designing the latest new product @adafruit from the desk of @ladyada - the latest design is an updated version of the Bus Pirate we're calling "Circuit Pyrate" for now 🏴‍☠️