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Welcome to #TransTuesday!

There is NO ethical consumption of Harry Potter

Not the books, movies, or tv show. Not licensed games or merch. Not fanfic. Not even pirated.

EVERY bit keeps the franchise alive and enables JKR's transphobia

If you truly care about trans people, you need to let it die

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TERFs, PART 3: NO ETHICAL CONSUMPTION OF HARRY POTTER - Tilly's Trans Tuesdays

Welcome to Trans Tuesday! This is what it all comes down to, for trans people and the cis folks who actually care about us. Listen up, and show it to every cis person you know who does not get it.
Tilly Bridges (Tilly's Trans Tuesdays - transgender education for everyone!)
#transtuesday
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Curioso

@me @vramvoolenaar

Discworld is top notch comedy and top notch fantasy, all in one. The first three books are not so good, but Pratchett gets better fast.

Not really children books, they are more all-ages; they frequently make references to things only adults get.

AFAIK, the only issue could be Pratchet wrote Bad Omens (how ironic!) with Gaiman, who ended up being a very shitty person.

But it is unlikely Pratchet knew, so he is blameless.

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After the recent reorganization in VPG, I’m leaving my job at Apple. Which means that I’m looking for a new job!

I’m looking for a senior or staff-level software engineering role, particularly where my experience with Swift, Objective-C, UI frameworks, Apple platforms, and large, complex software systems can be useful.

I’m looking for something in the SF Bay Area, something remote or something back in Belgium.

inferis.org/blog/2026/09/open-…

Boosts (or job offers!) would be appreciated!

Open To What’s Next | inferis.org

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"Jeff Bezos says AI could result in a 3-day work week"

Guy has employees peeing in bottles

What you don't realize is his plan is to redefine the week so it only has 3 days

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more reticulum/nomadnet stuff

So I'm working on adding a feature to #NomadNet that allows you to press Alt+r (keybinding not yet fully settled upon) to find the most recently failed message in the current conversation and copy it into the message editor so that it can easily be resent.

I think I've done this, but in order to properly test it, I need to first intentionally cause a message to fail. This is proving more difficult than I anticipated.

#reticulum

#reticulum #nomadnet

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more reticulum/nomadnet stuff
The funny thing is that when I attempt to send a message to a destination that I know is offline, it appears to just route through a propagation node even though I've got it set to direct delivery. I don't understand what's going on there. #reticulum #NomadNet
#reticulum #nomadnet

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Looks like #gentoo has had a bunch of sponsors pull out. I wonder if this has anything to do with their stance against LLMs. Looks like they're looking for new ones. While I'm not in a position to help out on this, I will at least do what I can to boost the signal.
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#gentoo

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I've been working on this feature for over an hour without writing a single line of code. I'm just familiarising myself with this part of the (rather large) codebase. Working with other people's code is fun! #programming #reticulum #NomadNet
#programming #reticulum #nomadnet

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@Shannon Prickett Probably has to do with the effect of surrounding themselves with sycophants. They've lost the ability to process criticism because they typically don't ever have to.
@Shannon Prickett

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#ActuallyAutistic #Autism #Autistic #AuDHD #Neurodivergent
#autistic #actuallyautistic #neurodivergent #autism #AuDHD
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@cameron29 Cameron thank you for your concern. 1 of us personally knows the autistic person and has repeatedly talked to him. It is fine for a day or 2 and the behavior returns.

I shared my experience because the person who posted this is autistic and believes that he is not understood and is put upon. I contend, with experience, that his attitude it's a matter of perspective and I know several people who would agree.

I would guess that he is not being treated and is angry!

@Cameron

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I was using my #Kaweko Sport #FountainPen, and noticed that it was making an odd rattling sound. I opened it up to investigate and found that the converter had somehow come detached. Fortunately, the converter doesn't hold a ton of ink, so it wasn't as big a mess to clean up as I would've expected. Besides, are you really a fountain pen user if you don't have ink all over your fingers? I have to say, though, I'm impressed at the capacity of the feed. It had been rattling for some time without any noticeable loss of ink.
#fountainpen #Kaweko

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Antonio Giamberardino

I bought that stupid converter even though my best pen friend told me not to. I had the exact same thing happen to me during a client meeting at my law office and I looked like a total dork.

I have since moved on to using a blunt-tip syringe to refill old ink cartridges and my brass sport (as well as my hands) thanks me for it.

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I think people are done with "left" parties that fuck around at the margins instead of solving problems.

Right-wing corruption doesn't bother them because they think everyone in politics is corrupt anyway. And they're mostly right. But that vacuum creates endless opportunities for fascists. Fascists create problems they claim only a fascist can solve.

And people are dumb enough to fall for it over and over again because they're too busy being mad at the establishment.

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honestly at this point writing your password down in a notebook or hidden on your desk might be more secure than keeping it online in some fashion. i mean what're the odds of you getting burglarized vs. someone just hacking the system you use

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I finally clocked what's at the root of the background rage and disgust that I feel around just about everything current affairs:

It's society's dehumanizing of people, coupled with the anthropomorphizing of technology.

I'm not sure what I am going to do about this insight, but it feels better to be able to name it.

Everything is ass-backwards and desperately needs to flip.

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Dwight (DB) 🇨🇦

As much as I acknowledge having this same rage and disgust, I have become aware of also having an increasingly antithetical response to the materialism and lack of empathy in our society.

It seems that the worse the world gets, the more open and caring I feel and try to be.
Frustratingly, putting this into effective action is often energy dependant, but the sentiment isn't.
I don't know how much my near death plays in this, but I'm crushing on so many people these days.

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Pixelfed bans AI generated contributions.

We heard you! We are not accepting any AI or agentic code contributions, and will keep building Pixelfed by hand.

Thank you for your feedback!

github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed#a…

#pixelfed #aiBan

GitHub - pixelfed/pixelfed: Photo Sharing. For Everyone.

Photo Sharing. For Everyone. Contribute to pixelfed/pixelfed development by creating an account on GitHub.
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#pixelfed #aiban
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Jonathan Lamothe started reading Neuromancer

Neuromancer

The first of William Gibson's 'Sprawl' trilogy, Neuromancer is the classic cyberpunk novel. More information on the [novel's official page][1]. [1]: http://www.williamgibsonbooks.com/books/neuromancer.asp
William F. Gibson

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Life got in the way shortly after I started reading this book, but I picked it up again a couple days ago and it was a very enjoyable read. The only thing that bothered me was the fact that that they clearly stated that they couldn't send the refugees to Kota for Prime Directive reasons, and then just... never followed up on that.

(comment on Shadows Have Offended)

Shadows Have Offended

The USS Enterprise has been granted the simple but unavoidable honor of ferrying key guests to Betazed for a cultural ceremony.
Cassandra Rose Clarke

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I just wanted to make some #pixelart and this little #88x31 button came out :blobcatderpy:

Edit: You can now find it at my website's footer if you wanna snatch it up!

#pixelart #88x31
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Isn't ADHD wonderful for productivity.
All you need to get things done is have something else you don't want to do.
...
Anyway, that's why I spent the last three hours finally replacing the drain in my kitchen sink.

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