People are shocked to discover they need to fact-check ChatGPT and I'm having the uncomfortable realization that they never fact-checked their uncle's Facebook posts, their friend's medical advice, or literally anything Google's top result told them, and suddenly the last decade makes sense...

going to the library book sale “just to look” went about how you would expect

#bookstodon

@olafurw Me neither. Now I've been a vegetarian for close to a decade 😅

Just going to leave this here:
#Pride #PrideMonth #LGBTQIA

We don't name names but someone's been digging

#Dogs #DogsOfMastodon #Corgi #CorgisOfMastodon #Mastodogs #DogsOfFediverse #FediDogs #PetsOfMastodon #Photography #DogsOfPixelfed

This Extra-Large, Two-Stage Fume Extractor Really Sucks

https://hackaday.com/2025/05/17/this-extra-large-two-stage-fume-extractor-really-sucks/

Dear #tooters,

Don't ever stop posting your nerdy passion projects.

Even when I can't understand 90% of what you're saying, I love them, and they bring way more healing to a very hurting world than you might surmise.

Millenium Flamingo.

#starwars

It's important to look both ways. But also to have a clear objective. This little buddy wanted to have some of our food.

#corvids #corvidsofmastodon #photography #birds #MILC

The most millennial post ever

The internet of things means a relentless pursuit of progress. 😝

#dishwasher #parody #iot

This month's free #newsletter is out now, featuring a new segment on rowdy women, which celestial body would give Michael Flatley a run for his money, and why it's wise to keep the lights on when fragrancing your human hot water bottle. Sign up for the next one here: https://www.ciaraioch.com/newsletter

#Art #MastoArt #MastoDaoine #Ireland

We're baaaack

She chose to get on that stump. She said "My fans are waiting, I must give them everything. Photograph me like you've never photographed me."

#Dogs #DogsOfMastodon #Corgi #CorgisOfMastodon #Mastodogs #DogsOfFediverse #FediDogs #PetsOfMastodon #Photography #DogsOfPixelfed

We’ve re-released our May 2023 “How to Fix the Internet” episode with FTC Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya. By moving to fire him last week, the Trump Administration has sidelined the FTC’s much-needed focus on protecting all users of digital technologies. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/podcast-episode-rerelease-dr-seuss-warned-us

So, I wrote this as the opening part of a short story, but I believe it may resonate with folks who have had to deal with depression.

"Everybody gets sad," they say, "but most people are never depressed."
True depression is not something you can understand if you haven't experienced it. It's not just an emotion; it's your whole body. There is a heaviness to the world around you. Ask a depression sufferer about the weight of being of being conscious, of breathing, walking, eating, going to the bathroom, of thinking about all of it. Ask them about the inertia. You've sat down, now try to get up. You've started walking, now try to turn back. You've started crying, now try to stop. Ask them about the isolation brought by the film that sits between them and the rest of the world, about the bubble they live in where color drains, sound dampens, touch never quite reaches. Ask them how their food tastes. Ask them what they dream about at night. Ask them the hardest question of all: "why are you depressed?"
"If I knew that, I wouldn't be depressed."

#Writer #Writing #WritersOfMastodon #Depression

@meanmicio Tan perrito guappo! Best wishes for his recovery!

Llegando a casita... Felices. La cirugía del Tolstói fue muy bien y ahora a disfrutar y descansar.
Partido a partido :anarchoheart2: 🤗
#DogsOfMastodon #LiberacionAnimal #RompiendoCadenas