Ian

Father, husband, cook, gardener, socialist, robot builder, software engineer, radio tinkerer and computer toucher, 40, permanently exhausted.

Arm trans kids 🏳️‍⚧️

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:alex_partying: Now lowering the tone on mastodon.radio!

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eri :floofMischief:eri@mk.moth.zone
2025-07-30

hacker: i am spying on you through your webcam

linux user: omg you got it working?

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2025-07-30

Love the floral display on these steps leading up to a Victorian tenement building on Queen's Drive on the Southside of Glasgow. The central door leads to the communal stairwell leading to the flats on the upper storeys, while the ones on either side are individual entrances to the two ground floor flats.

#glasgow #queenspark #queensdrive #architecture #architecturephotography #flowers #summer

Stairs lines with flowers leading up the three doors on the ground floor of a Victorian tenement building in Glasgow
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Ben ChandlerThreeOhFour
2025-07-30
Doom's difficulty selection screen, with the standard options replaced by "Live, Laugh, Love"
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Jason Lefkowitzjalefkowit@vmst.io
2025-07-30

Maybe someday I will understand how so many American Christians can read the Bible and come away from it thinking “what that guy wanted was for me to own a G-Wagen”

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Jason Lefkowitzjalefkowit@vmst.io
2025-07-30

This absolutely amazing campaign was featured on the Your Kickstarter Sucks podcast, and if you watch the video you will pretty quickly understand why

kickstarter.com/projects/pearl

2025-07-30

@vk6flab @sebastian oh, sorry. English Castles Award

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2025-07-29

my computer: beep boop here’s your file

my starlings: beep boop here’s your file

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2025-07-29

is your computer too quiet?? try using starlings as storage, you’ll never have a moment of peace again!

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Michael T Babcockmikebabcock@floss.social
2025-07-29

They do this super fun activity in my town where they gather up as many #canoe and #kayak paddlers as possible into the world's tallest #liftlock. Its a very simple concept, but also a lot of fun to watch; hundreds of people packed like sardines into a #water elevator for boats having a little party together.

I hate posting things that identify exactly where I live but in the era of Rainbolt I suppose that ship has sailed.

#Peterborough #Canada #photography #lockandpaddle #ParksCanada

A whole lot of mostly kayaks in a bunch of different colours as seen from above, packed into the lift lock, a giant basin made of steel.
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@aud

The Napification of Technology™ could revolutionize our lives.

Naptop Computers – Laptops that detect when you’ve been staring at a spreadsheet too long and gently fold into a pillow.

SmartNaps™ – AI-powered sleep assistants that argue with your boss over email while you doze.

Nappuccino Machines – Espresso makers that dispense 10-minute siestas instead of caffeine.

The future is horizontal. 🛌✨

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a beautiful bitchhannah@posts.rat.pictures
2025-07-29

The Fair Folk are doing utility maintenance again

A strange chalk sigil on the sidewalk
2025-07-29

@g7kse @mischk Harsh but fair. Teams has its own share of problems but D-Star, DMR and hotspots were a proper brain melt for me when I first set them up!

2025-07-29

@vk6flab @sebastian 😛 World Wide Flora & Fauna (wwff.co), World Castles Award (wcagroup.org)

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2025-07-29

I don't think we spend enough time being grateful that hummingbirds didn't evolve to drink blood.

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2025-07-29

Storing binary data in birdsong is cool and all, but I can’t help but think it would be more efficient if it was encoded in tern-ary

2025-07-29

@F4LUB that's very cool, I've never heard of anything quite like that over here.

Great website too, it even has a game!

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2025-07-29

This is not radio, but still a communication device :-)

Used by the harbour pilot to help ships to enter safely avoiding sand and boulders.

matfenoux.bzh/# (english available)

Photo of the mat fenoux, a tound small building (like a wind mill) with a mast and signaling mecanism on top.Photo of just the mast and mecanism.
2025-07-29

@sebastian @vk6flab And if we can include things without "OTA" in the name but the same concept, WWFF & WCA.

2025-07-29

@sebastian @vk6flab Bunkers, Silos. There was CASHOTA (Castles and Stately Homes) which I think became defunct when ECA came along (itself now also discontinued).

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2025-07-29

This is getting ridiculous now

Screenshot of a terminal window running the ‘ls’ command to list the contents of a directory. The output says:

Verification Required

Files on your filesystem may contain mature content or reference mature topics. In compliance with the UK Online Safety Act, you must verify your age before you can list the contents of this directory.

Please select one of the following options to continue.
[1] Submit photo ID
[2] Estimate age from selfie
[3] Cancel

Enter your choice:

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