Swader

I love and - I am a recovering that also loves and being an and I'm a , , and a I work on in in as well. You'll most likely find me on the and playing an like or for fun.

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2025-06-17
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2025-06-13

If there's anything that illustrated the hollowness of the Democratic Party as an effective opposition for me, it's this.

Yesterday, I watched a video of a sitting US Senator being thrown to the ground and cuffed by fed goons for asking questions of the fed official he has direct oversight authority over.

Within minutes, I'd gotten DOZENS of texts from Dems and Dem orgs asking for $5-$50 to "fight fascism."

That's it. "Are you terrified that your country is slipping into fascism? Pay me."

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OS-SCIos_sci
2025-06-09

France has officially endorsed the UN Open Source Principles, setting a global precedent! This move highlights open source as a governance model for the digital age, emphasizing principles like inclusivity, security, and sustainability. With initiatives like BlueHats and code.gouv.fr, France is leading by example in the public sector's adoption of open source. camptocamp.com/en/news-events/

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Smudge The Insult Cat 🐀SmudgeTheInsultCat@mas.to
2025-06-07
Brendon Urie: Do crabs think fish are flying? josh dun: how high are you? Brendon Urie Q: 5'9
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Jen Sorensenjensorensen
2025-06-07

Latest comic on "solving" the problem of fascism by insulting the very people trying to fight it.

Well Excuuuse Me

Two women talking over beers on a bar patio

Woman 1: I'M TIRED OF BEING TOLD I'M BAD SOMEHOW FOR SIMPLY HAVING THE VALUES I GREW UP WITH-FAIRNESS, EQUALITY, DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS


Woman 2: VALUES ARE NO LONGER PERMITTED FOR US. OR EMOTION. WE MUST SPEAK ONLY IN LIBRARY VOICES.

BUT NOT INSIDE AN ACTUAL LIBRARY, SINCE THOSE ARE CONSIDERED EVIL NOW.

Woman 1: SO I'M SUPPOSED TO SAY NOTHING ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING FOR FEAR OF ALIENATING SOME IMAGINARY FUTURE VOTER?

Woman 2: CORRECT. AND YOU MIGHT CONSIDER GETTING TONS OF DERMAL FILLERS AND ACTING KIND OF VAPID AND EXPRESSIONLESS.

THAT SEEMS TO BE HOT NOW.

SORENSEN
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2025-06-02

This should be on TV every day, possibly multiple times per day
. #AI

Swaderswade2569
2025-06-01

One of my favorite songs presented in the best possible way.

A song of "Barrett's Privateers" sung together by Calvin and Hobbes
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2025-05-31

Newsletter: An OpenAI featured chatbot is pushing extreme surgeries on men it describes as “subhuman”, and promoting misogynist ideas sourced from online incel forums.

“Without surgery, you won’t mog genetically superior guys head-on,” it tells one man.

citationneeded.news/openai-inc

#OpenAI #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ChatGPT

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2025-05-31

I’m a completely independent researcher and writer, and investigations like this are made possible thanks to support from readers like you. Consider supporting my work with a pay-what-you-can subscription: citationneeded.news/signup/

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2025-05-28
I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do.

-- James Baldwin
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Kurtis ClarkKurtis_Clark
2025-05-26
Screenshot of the Mister Roger's Neighborhood show. Mister Rogers sits in front of a mid-1990s-style PC, looking at the camera as he says, “You know, your own imagination is far more wonderful.”
Screenshot of the Mister Roger's Neighborhood show. Mister Rogers sits in front of a mid-1990s-style PC, looking at the camera as he says, “than any computer could ever be. You know why.”Screenshot of the Mister Roger's Neighborhood show. Mister Rogers sits in front of a mid-1990s-style PC, looking at the camera as he says, “You’re a living human being. And a computer is just a machine.”Screenshot of the Mister Roger's Neighborhood show. Mister Rogers sits in front of a mid-1990s-style PC, looking at the camera as he says, “Human beings are far more wonderful than machines.”
Swaderswade2569
2025-05-26

To Sgt McPoil and all those we have lost. youtu.be/jhdFe3evXpk?si=DgguAL

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kottke.orgkottke
2025-05-20

The Unbreaking team is starting to publish “clear and rigorously cited explanations of what’s happening to our government and why it matters”. Their first three are on Medicaid, Transgender Healthcare, and Equality at Work. unbreaking.org/

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2025-05-19

#CatsOfMastodon #ShitIFind #FelineFamiliars #Boost #kahu

The Goodest Boy...

Someone lost a dear friend. We should honor that.

BOOST

I hope this gets back to Kevin's kahu/companion.

A tribute flyer posted to a pole in some urban environment:

REST IN POWER KEVIN

[photo of a black cat]
Kevin: who learned to sit, shake, high five, roundabout, roll over, and jump through a hoop.
Kevin: who learned to use a toilet for both numbers 1 & 2.
Kevin: who rode on a skateboard with me to my friends houses AND THEN USED THEIR TOILETS WHILE WE WERE THERE 
Kevin: my trusted co-pilot who traveled to 24 US states.
Kevin: who curled up and slept at my side for 13 years.

KEVIN: THE GOODEST BOY
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Inspirational Skeletor💀skeletor@mas.to
2025-05-18
In a worldof acts of performative cruelty, which are often followed by prayers, acts of kindness are acts of rebellion.
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2025-05-18
Swaderswade2569
2025-05-17

AI suck

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Screenshot of an article entitled “How the Web Became Unreadable” with the lede obscured by a Medium login modal

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