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ptarnation @ptarnation.bsky.social · 7m

i was thinking along the lines of printer tracking dots or the technique in the link below, but that doesn't seem sufficient to create the red/white switch

petapixel.com/2011/03/04/i...

Invisible Paintings That Can Only Be Seen by Cameras

Toronto-based artists Brad Blucher and Kyle Clements have an exhibition titled "Take a Picture" which features paintings that are invisible to the human

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ptarnation @ptarnation.bsky.social · 25m

if we were to the ability to hide images in fabric like this, it would be very weird that only the nazis would be using it for advertising/promo

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ptarnation @ptarnation.bsky.social · 52m

weird one-time swastika moire pattern

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ptarnation @ptarnation.bsky.social · 1h

he's never been on a video call in his office or had a picture taken in his office?

and, somehow, this hasn't shown up in the "dozens of congressional offices" during any video calls or pictures? and one group was able to see the swastika but somehow the others were not?

huh

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1h

lol, now they're saying the Nazi flag is an "optical illusion"

Swastika” Flag In Office of Rep. Dave Taylor (R-OH) May Be An “optical illusion” and “easy to miss”

The weird story about an aide to Rep. Dave Taylor (R-OH) having a flag in his Capitol Hill office with a swastika on it, has just gotten weirder.

Multiple sources tell Fox – including those investigating the issue – the flag in question is an American flag – but with a swastika embedded into the ink or weaving. And here’s the strange part: the swastika is not obvious to the naked eye. But is more visible when captured on video or by a still photo.

One source described this as an “optical illusion.” Another said the swastika was “easy to miss.”

Fox has learned that dozens of Congressional offices received these American flags from an undetermined group who brought them around Capitol Hill early in the year. One office tells Fox that the swastika on their flag was clear, so they tossed it out. But the flag in the office of Taylor was not visible until captured on camera.

It is not known what group brought the flags around. That is under investigation. The US Capitol Police are also conducting an inquiry. Fox is told that that the group brought the flags to multiple offices. At issues is if the group knew the swastika was embedded into the flag. It is also unclear if this was an effort to covertly deliver American flags to lawmakers with swastikas on them. Or, if this was an effort to deliberately embarrass offices by bringing them an American flag – which featured a swastika which wasn’t obvious to the naked eye.

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ptarnation @ptarnation.bsky.social · 3h

in other news i called the local field office w a question & the dea agent said they are still getting paid because they are fee-funded

i don’t know which other positions that applies to throughout the usg, but i do have some questions now re: why national parks are closed

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ptarnation @ptarnation.bsky.social · 3h

i opened a work email account today & there were 44 panicked emails re: the initial announcement

and it didn’t “suggest,” it said all mcr payments would be paused
www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/cms-...

www.beckershospitalreview.com

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ptarnation @ptarnation.bsky.social · 3h

a hit would be one unit dose

so one tab (square of blotter or of windowpane) by mouth would be a hit

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ptarnation @ptarnation.bsky.social · 3h

who wrote this

because it was not written by donald john trump

Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 5h

Trump and Putin are amazingly best friends again, will meet in Budapest to settle the war. They will try to screw Ukraine I’m sure

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 6h

Open enrollment for ACA plans began yesterday in Idaho.

One couple got notice that their monthly premium next year would jump from $51 to $2,232 as subsidies expire.

25,000 Idahoans are expected to be priced out of coverage.

This is what's at stake in Trump's shutdown.

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AI6YR Ben @ai6yr.m.ai6yr.org.ap.brid.gy · 4h

India sends anti-radiation drugs to Indonesia after Cesium-137 contamination scare - The Tribune

Jakarta [Indonesia], October 15 (ANI): India has rushed a consignment of Prussian Blue (Pru-Decorp) capsules to Indonesia to help mitigate the effects of Cesium-137 contamination after Jakarta […]

Original post on ai6yr.org

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kate conger @kateconger.com · 4h

"where you don't even live or vote" lmaooo

Mr. Conway told Mr. Benioff that San Francisco — “where you don’t even live or vote” — was trying hard to reduce crime and boost its police ranks. Since the pandemic began, Mr. Benioff has lived on the Big Island of Hawaii, where he has bought several parcels of land. He is registered to vote there, not in San Francisco.

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Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 4h

Women don't like the vehicle

svreenshot of the car from seinfeld with the vanity plate "ASSMAN"

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ptarnation @ptarnation.bsky.social · 4h

i’ve encountered plenty of people who were using classical psychedelics while they moved into increasingly far rw systems

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ptarnation @ptarnation.bsky.social · 4h

eh, not necessarily

also, yours/my definition of “benefit from” would likely differ from jd’s

people can use that state/openness to justify their behavior & beliefs & remove discomfort re: internal contradictions

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Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 6h

Oh this looks even better

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 8h

it hadn't even occurred to me, but: is Elon giving the Nazi data theft criminals access to government records DOGE stole? bsky.app/profile/tedd...

james @teddybrosevelt.bsky.social · 8h

giving the range of points of attack, you gotta wonder what sort of identity graph the doxxers have been given access to

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 6h

SOME OF US WORK IN CUBICLES

Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 9h

This is the future of Windows. Microsoft wants to rewrite Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. It's now bringing AI features to all Windows 11 PCs today, in a bid to convince you to talk to your PC and let AI control it. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/799768/...

Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it

Copilot Voice and Vision are now rolling out.

www.theverge.com

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ptarnation @ptarnation.bsky.social · 15h

oh did cms get some excited calls

this little mixup/misstatement is extra maddening coming from cms, the agency that wants documentation of things like the specific number of minutes of therapy vs minutes of medical management time in a psychiatry note

Update: This story has been updated to show that CMS has reversed its earlier statement indicating that it would pause all Medicare payments to physicians.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said late Wednesday that it was not pausing all Medicare payments to doctors, after a statement earlier in the day stated it would.

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Corinne Smith @corinne-smith.bsky.social · 17h

300 evacuees from Kipnuk and Kwigillingok departed on a C-17 military plane from Bethel to Anchorage today to shelter there.

Roughly 500 people have been evacuated from those two villages so far, the remaining 200 are sheltering in Bethel tonight. More flights will go out tomorrow

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Carrie Nash @carrieinfbx.bsky.social · 17h

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 18h

model image of Germania, hitler's planned capital

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RichThompsonAK @richthompsonak.bsky.social · 18h

Russian Dark Fleet Looks for Further Flags of Convenience

"Top prize for fraudulent ingenuity must go to the use of an entirely fictitious ship registry operated by the landlocked nation of Eswatini."

maritime-executive.com/article/russ...

Russian Dark Fleet Looks for Further Flags of Convenience

Russia’s dark fleet operators, who move cargoes of crude oil that can be subject to US and other Western-nation sanctions, have habitually used flags...

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Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 18h

I have a bunch of empty cans of red bull and an empty bottle of jaegermeister and I'm going to attach them to a shitty chestrig with wires so I can be the Jagerbomber

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CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 17h

BETHEL GOT THEIR FIRST BATCH OF DOG EVACUEES FROM KIPNUK!

they chartered a flight that brought the pups in backpacks, totes, kennels, whatever they could 🥹😭

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 17h

yeah it was probably a good idea for Texas to presume that all of their gains with Hispanics were permanent and to gerrymander themselves on that basis

Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 17h

... i'm sorry, trump is 20pts under water IN TEXAS? www.economist.com/interactive/...

economist map showing turmp's net approval in texas is -19.3%

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