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Agnes @agnes

It seems that my snapping hip is very severe, because my friends felt it and they immediately said “NO, this is NOT a normal ‘woman thing’!” 😅

So I’m very behind (yet again) on my monthly runs, but I went on a group run this morning! The air quality wasn’t too bad, but apparently the group is only on Instagram, so I skipped the group photo (I avoid posting photos of myself on the internet as much as possible). instagram.com/outofofficerunni

#PDXSocial $5 for 5K #3 for July: patreon.com/pdxsocial

A photo of all the people gathered for the group photo from a safe distance away, so I won’t end up on Instagram.
A photo of all the people gathered for the group photo from a safe distance away, so I won’t end up on Instagram.
The sky over Portland, with some orange-ish haze from the smoke, though it doesn’t smell like smoke.
The sky over Portland, with some orange-ish haze from the smoke, though it doesn’t smell like smoke.
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Matthew Garrett @mjg59

Formerly known as YP until British Telecom asserted trademark rights

Two buses viewed from behind, both displaying
Two buses viewed from behind, both displaying "NIS" route markers indicating that they're Not In Service
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RLB! fedora archlinux debian 🔞 @altlazybear

Hey, battery nerds on mastodon. Don't mind a bear asking but do y'all cycle Ni-MH batteries? I know they're not Ni-Cd that has a "memory effect", but idk I feel like these batteries last better when cycled at least once.

Also what charger do you use for Ni-MH batteries? If you've got those fancy Li-ion/LiFePO4/Ni-MH battery chargers with adjustable charging currents, what mA do y'all set it on ?

Also an optional question, aside from eneloops and LADDA's (IKEA ni-mh batteries), what are some other reputable brands for Ni-MH batteries? Preferably reasonably priced. I don't got no income to spend on batteries yet so am looking for pretty affordable ones other than those two.

Idk, boosts are welcome but not really needed. I just wanna read at least one opinion or something but more would be definitely better. Thanks in advance.

Edit: just made CD in "Ni-Cd" to Cd up there. Nickel Compact Disc sounds funny

#batteries #electronics #mastodon #askfedi #nimh #battery

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Cat Lady Kydia Music 🇺🇦 @KydiaMusic

A week ago I got a deposit from CDBaby for $25 USD. That’s for 4 CUMULATIVE YEARS OF STREAMING.

Today, someone bought three tracks and contributed extra as a tip, donation, or gesture of gratitude/pity, and that meant more to me than the thousands of streams from the last 4 years.

Even though it was less $$ overall, it means more to me knowing someone likes my music enough to pay for it outright.

kydia.bandcamp.com/

#BandcampFriday #NewMusic #IndiePop #EDM

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DelegateVoid @delegatevoid

Hold on to our old hardware. Don't throw out old PC's/Laptops, give them a second life with #linux

Game developers: Target the #steamdeck as your performance target.

#gamers: stop throwing your money at AAA game publishers.

#ram production can't keep up, and it seems most of the supplies may be sold out until way into 2027

Your old, working, hardware is becoming more valuable day by day.

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Brian Swetland @swetland

Playing some Hyper Light Drifter...

Enjoying the scenic vistas, pictorial story-telling, mysterious artifacts, and buying thermal detonators from bird-person NPC vendors.

I did end up restarting in "Newcomer" mode, which is (thankfully) a little less punishing, but in subtle ways... mostly I have one more hit point and I thiiink healing kits are slightly more common. Some big-pile-of-enemies battles feel slightly easier but it's hard to put my finger on exactly why.

#Gaming #HyperLightDrifter

A cloaked traveler and floaty robot companion stand on a grassy scenic overlook, a vast city off in the distance.
A cloaked traveler and floaty robot companion stand on a grassy scenic overlook, a vast city off in the distance.
A cloaked traveler stands before a mysterious stone plinth, under a canopy of trees, adorned with now-visible glyphs.
A cloaked traveler stands before a mysterious stone plinth, under a canopy of trees, adorned with now-visible glyphs.
A cloaked traveler talks to a hiker in a forest clearing, who tells the tale of some ominous figure (a mage?) via picture-bubble.
A cloaked traveler talks to a hiker in a forest clearing, who tells the tale of some ominous figure (a mage?) via picture-bubble.
A bird-person vendor offers grenades for sale.
A bird-person vendor offers grenades for sale.
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Stefano Marinelli - littleFedi @stefano

Some friends are joining the Fediverse from other social networks and have fond memories of the old Twitter days. We thought of you, and we’re now merging the branch that brings theming support!

Soon, on littleOne, you’ll be able to choose from a selection of predefined themes.

Stay tuned!

#littleOne #littleFedi #Fediverse

Screenshot of the littleFedi web interface in Italian, showing a three-column social timeline layout with a left navigation sidebar, central post composer and feed, and a right sidebar for search and timeline shortcuts. The clean white-and-blue design, rounded buttons, tabbed timelines, and overall structure strongly recall the classic pre-X Twitter web interface.
Screenshot of the littleFedi web interface in Italian, showing a three-column social timeline layout with a left navigation sidebar, central post composer and feed, and a right sidebar for search and timeline shortcuts. The clean white-and-blue design, rounded buttons, tabbed timelines, and overall structure strongly recall the classic pre-X Twitter web interface.
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Pali @pali

🌿 Est. 2026 | Retired & Radical

This is my first Mastodon account. #Introduction

I make art with THC resin and scrap paper

📚 Curate & republish alternative news

🌱 Grow food in micro‑gardens, tiny gardening

🏡 I enjoy learning about tiny homes, earthships, and sustainable living media

✍️ Retired grant writer; open to rights‑focused projects that dismantle the prison‑industrial complex and turn community ideas into reality

#SusanKlopferTruth #mastoart #scribesandmakers #art #fediart #artist

Black and white sketching of young girl with cello sitting and practicing her bow technique. Made with THC resin using scrap paper.
Black and white sketching of young girl with cello sitting and practicing her bow technique. Made with THC resin using scrap paper.
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Ritalin Invitees @intransitivelie

I regret to inform everyone that my copy of QBittorrent escaped its sandbox last night and downloaded a whole bunch of content owned by major corporations, and then my copy of Jellyfin broke containment and added those unfortunately-downloaded media files to its various libraries. I'm conducting an internal investigation to figure out how this happened, which will involve consuming these media files until the answers become apparent. Thank you for your cooperation during this trying time.

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Ellie Kanning-Dawn @thatwriterellie

Hi writers and artists! I wanna finally introduce myself, I joined bc BlueSky's leads are too pro AI.

I write spec fiction, fantasy and scifi stuff (on its surface soft scifi but in actuality it varies) and I like queer, woke, disability rep, etc.

My current WIP series, now in 2026, is about a mage who ends up in a wheelchair and happens to intimidate everyone at her college!🧙‍♀️👩‍🦽✨ What's not to love?

Curious to hear what y'all are up to!

#Writing #WritingCommunity #Art #LGBTQIA #Introduction

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Dgar @dgar

Me: When I record vocals and hear my own voice back, I don’t like the way it sounds.

Them: That’s actually very common.

Me: Really?

Them: Yes. Most people don’t like the way your voice sounds.

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David Revoy @davidrevoy

New blog-post: "When online commenters 'detect' my art as AI"

→ davidrevoy.com/article1164/whe

Screenshots of comments from various platforms: - but is WAY to similar to Al - Is this Al or just made to look that way? - was the ai style in purpose too? 3 - Your art looks like low quality Al - Trying to figure out if this is ai - Dang, it's crazy seeing the source art style to so00o many of those Al slop comics, kinda surreal. - I have a feeling the faces feel off - this isn't the transcript, this is just the exact same script you gave to the Al - this art looks hella ai generated - Nice comic. What prompt? - Shitty Al art - AI? LMAO . - You must be John Art because it seems that it stole from you the most - Is it me or the proportions looks like Ai art?
Screenshots of comments from various platforms: - but is WAY to similar to Al - Is this Al or just made to look that way? - was the ai style in purpose too? 3 - Your art looks like low quality Al - Trying to figure out if this is ai - Dang, it's crazy seeing the source art style to so00o many of those Al slop comics, kinda surreal. - I have a feeling the faces feel off - this isn't the transcript, this is just the exact same script you gave to the Al - this art looks hella ai generated - Nice comic. What prompt? - Shitty Al art - AI? LMAO . - You must be John Art because it seems that it stole from you the most - Is it me or the proportions looks like Ai art?
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InOtterNews @In_Otter_News

Steve has stolen another cat.

A small otter named Steve hugs an orange tabby cat as they sit together in a round metal pan on a wooden table by a sunlit window. No visible text.
A small otter named Steve hugs an orange tabby cat as they sit together in a round metal pan on a wooden table by a sunlit window. No visible text.
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Squeak/Smalltalk @squeak

Hello world! We're excited to be here. On this account, we'll share news, tips, and everything else related to Squeak.

If you haven't heard of Squeak, we're sure you're missing out! Squeak is the direct descendant of Smalltalk-80: an object-oriented, interactive programming system implemented entirely in itself.

Lern more on squeak.org and follow along!

Also thanks to @stewardshiplab for inviting us to #Fosstodon!

#Introduction #SqueakSmalltalk #ST80 @squeaksmalltalk @st80

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Martin Seeger @masek

For anyone who was under the mistaken impression that the RAM situation would get better in 2027, I’m afraid I have some bad news:

digitimes.com.tw/tech/dt/n/shw

The article says the memory market is currently undergoing a structural shift. If you’ve been following my posts, this shouldn’t come as much of a surprise.

The headline roughly translates to:

Memory production for all of 2027 is already sold out. Buyers are keeping quiet because they’re afraid they might not get enough themselves.

According to DigiTimes, the 2027 production capacity of the three major DRAM manufacturers, Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron, has essentially already been allocated.

And China isn’t going to save us either. Even Apple just hit a wall there:

techpowerup.com/351401/tsmc-si

This affects both regular DRAM and HBM. The situation with NAND is a little less extreme, but even there, large chunks of 2027 production are already being reserved.

So we’re moving from

“RAM is getting scarce.”

to

“The big customers aren’t buying memory chips anymore. They’re reserving factory capacity years in advance.”

DigiTimes paints a pretty vivid picture: some buyers are deliberately keeping quiet about just how aggressively they’re reserving capacity, because they’re worried that too much attention will bring even more companies into the bidding and leave them with a smaller share.

Memory manufacturers are increasingly signing three- to five-year LTAs, Long-Term Agreements, with their major customers. Large cloud and AI companies use these deals to secure fixed volumes or production capacity. On top of that, manufacturers are sometimes demanding advance payments or deposits to reserve that capacity.

Interesting times ....

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hansaplast @hansaplast42

ich habe noch bestenfalls Tage bis Wochen, dann holt mich der scheiss Lungenkrebs :ak47_rifle: meine wunderbarste Partnerin hat einen Topf eingerichtet für die kommenden Kosten 🖤💓#Antifa pls. boost- uns bekommen sie nie! #fuckCancer
UnD:Nieder mit Deutschlandwar immer unser Motto✊
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Enviro Comms @envirocomms5.wordpress.com

Energy from Heaven

Bill McKibben Ted TalkOur Last, Best Chance to Cool the EarthWe're living through oil wars, wildfire smoke and extreme weather driven by a warming planet. But environmentalist Bill McKibben says one thing is finally going right: the price of clean energy has plunged, making it cheaper than ever to power the world without burning fossil fuels. He breaks down how energy from the sun became the best option on Earth — and why this narrow window of time may be our last real shot at a different […]

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We need to get our energy form heaven not from hell
We need to get our energy form heaven not from hell
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ThePurpleOctopus 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇪🇺🇹🇼 @thepurpleoctopus

There is a reason I take the endless stream of anti-queer slurs, lies and accusations seriously.

Stochastic terrorism is when people in positions of influence repeatedly spread hateful or dehumanising rhetoric about a group, creating an environment in which violence against members of that group becomes more likely - even if they never explicitly tell anyone to attack.

And yes, this can and does include state actors.

Calling queer people “groomers”, “predators”, “degenerates”, “child abusers”, or some other invented monstrosity is not merely “words”. When those accusations are repeated often enough, they manufacture a target. They tell the public who supposedly deserves suspicion, hatred and punishment.

Words become permission. Permission becomes action.

That is why “it was just a slur” is such a grotesquely inadequate defence. A lie repeated often enough can become a weapon. And when powerful people keep handing that weapon to an angry crowd, pretending not to know what might happen next is simply dishonest.

We should take the words seriously, because history has shown us what can follow when we don't.

#QueerRights #LGBTQIA #TransRights #StochasticTerrorism #HateSpeech #WordsMatter

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Theo Herzog @TheoHR

#Deutsch #German

Das längste bekannte deutsche Wort mit 79 Buchstaben ist Rinderkennzeichnungsfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz. Im Duden (dem amtlichen Wörterbuch) ist das längste alltägliche Wort mit 44 Buchstaben die Aufmerksamkeitsdefizit-Hyperaktivitätsstörung. Da die deutsche Sprache Wörter beliebig aneinanderhängen kann, sind theoretisch noch längere Begriffe möglich.
Das längste bekannte deutsche Wort mit 79 Buchstaben ist Rinderkennzeichnungsfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz. Im Duden (dem amtlichen Wörterbuch) ist das längste alltägliche Wort mit 44 Buchstaben die Aufmerksamkeitsdefizit-Hyperaktivitätsstörung. Da die deutsche Sprache Wörter beliebig aneinanderhängen kann, sind theoretisch noch längere Begriffe möglich.