Ember

Singing Draenei Shaman #warcraft. Black-backed Jackal #furry. Crystal Pegasus #brony. Owner of fauna.club & blackback.studio in Second Life. Twitch Partner since 2013. She/her. Queer.
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2025-07-04

Amazonian scorpion molecule wipes out breast-cancer cells in lab tests. Brazilian scientists isolated a peptide from Brotheas amazonicus venom and, using yeast โ€˜factoriesโ€™, mass-produced it to screen against tumour lines. In vitro, the compound triggered necrosis in breast-cancer cells within 24 hours, achieving effects comparable to chemotherapy without damaging surrounding tissue. sciencealert.com/amazonian-sco
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Jan Wildeboer ๐Ÿ˜ท:krulorange:jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net
2025-07-04

The Netherlands is about to introduce a new law that makes helping supposedly illegal migrants/refugees a criminal offence. So yes. The Netherlands is reintroducing the Nazi law that made hiding Anne Frank illegal. As a Dutchie I am ashamed, angry and powerless (as I live in Germany). Geert Wilders, and every single Dutchie who voted for his PVV, may you burn in hell.

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2025-07-01
A painting by Laura Freas of a woman astronaut standing next to a tall, bipedal, lizard-like alien who is holding up a glowing sphere, and seems to smile down at the human, who reaches out as though to take the sphere, with a smile. Text reads "always accept orbs from lizards"
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2025-07-01

I'm having a really odd issue on my computer (Win11), that happened for the first time a few weeks ago:

Any key combo involving ALT+arrow keys just, stops working.

Everything is fine after a reboot, to be clear! It just...occasionally starts happening after my computer's already been on

I used a program that detects what's going on when you use certain hotkeys, and what I discovered symptom-wise is that specifically when holding down "ALT" and pressing any of the arrow keys, it produces the numpad arrow equivalents (num 2/4/6/8), instead of the arrow keys

Which, is is a problem for things like:

  • navigating the Task Switcher that alt+tab brings up (bc you hold tab during that,)
  • going back/forward on web pages or in Explorer
  • navigating channels in Discord (alt+up/down/left/right, or alt+shift+up/down/left/right)

I thought it was something odd and unique to me, until it happened to my friend a few days ago too. Same exact issue, also win11. also solved by a reboot, temporarily.

I thought maybe it was my keyboard, but it happens with the On-Screen Keyboard too! With numlock on, and off.

Have any of you had anything like this happen? Do you have any ideas?

i'd definitely welcome boosts for reach :>

edit: adding a reply with some updates on more things we've tried in a minute here

2025-07-01

Another quick solve. \o/
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2025-06-30

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๐ŸŸฉโฌ›๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
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Inspirational Skeletor๐Ÿ’€skeletor@mas.to
2025-06-30
If you're a giver, remember to learn your limits because the takers don't have any.
2025-06-29

Hah!
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Karl Fredrik ๐ŸฆŠkfh@chaos.social
2025-06-27

The AI is not your friend.
The AI is not your employee.
The AI is not your god.
The AI lies.
The AI cannot understand.
The AI cannot be held responsible
The AI cannot be held accountable.
The AI cannot be trusted.
The AI is not your care provider.
The AI is a machine.
The AI can be a tool.
The AI can be a weapon.
The AI can be controlled.
The AI can manipulate you.
The AI does not have your best interests.
The AI knows you.
The AI does not feel.
The AI will give you up.
The AI will let you down.

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2025-06-27

Poll: Assuming you have no plans to leave the house that day ... at what percentage of battery level on your primary mobile device do you start to get uncomfortable, and think you should charge it?

Assume you will not have access to a charger or external power pack while away (If you do end up having to leave).

(If your number is somewhere in between, choose the next lower number)

(Please RT to improve sample size.)

2025-06-27

Itโ€™s how I like most things!
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2025-06-24

Almost lost!! ๐Ÿ˜ฌ
#Wordle 1,466 6/6

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๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

2025-06-18

Another all-green for me. Weird!
#Wordle 1,460 5/6

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2025-06-17

Well, that was an interesting solve. ๐Ÿง๐Ÿ˜†
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Jeff GriggJeffGrigg
2025-06-13

@glutto @secretgeek

Yes, there is an "i" in "TEAM".

The word "TEAM" in all caps, with text "There is an 'i' in TEAM. Hidden right there in the A-Hole."
2025-06-12

As a furry I feel like I should have solved this one much faster than I did. ๐Ÿคฃ

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2025-06-11

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2025-06-10

I love this tree because itโ€™s a reminder that you can still live a full life after a disaster:

A moss-covered tree that has fallen but continued growing. The main trunk is horizontal, with a mass of exposed roots at one end. At the other end three branches are growing vertically, each looking like a full tree. In the background are various younger trees, with greenery filling the frame.
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Remember how gui icons used to come in all sorts of shapes and colors and represented their function, and you could see at a glance what something does and pick it out without having to hunt for it because it looked different from the other icons? I liked that a lot. Can we bring that one back?

2025-06-10

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