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Engineer Brains @hhackenbecker.bsky.social · 5h

Today's catty truthiness:

A veterinary clinic's letter-sign reads "IF THE EARTH WAS FLAT CATS WOULD PUSH EVERYTHING OFF IT".
I like this vet.

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Engineer Brains @hhackenbecker.bsky.social · 8h

Not. This one pre-dates generative image tools by at least a decade, and the clumsy kitten is now an elderly lady-cat.

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Alex Strook 🐭⚡️SQUEAKROSS @alexstrook.bsky.social · 2d

im so glad real websites still exist, the internet is not dead yet

screenshot of the website https://downloads.khinsider.com/

screenshot from the website https://www.palaiszelda.com/

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Engineer Brains @hhackenbecker.bsky.social · 9h

If Abe could see what's happened to his America ...

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Engineer Brains @hhackenbecker.bsky.social · 9h

At least there's plenty of room for the litter box.

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Engineer Brains @hhackenbecker.bsky.social · 9h

In a better alternate reality ...

I.C.E. rounds up the business executives who illegally exploited undocumented workers.

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Engineer Brains @hhackenbecker.bsky.social · 12h

You know America is screwed when The Onion's articles are factually more accurate than the nation's mainstream news services.

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 21h

theonion.com/ice-raids-my...

MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training.

FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

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Engineer Brains @hhackenbecker.bsky.social · 12h

"What are you smoking?"
"Essence of Man."

Engineer Brains @hhackenbecker.bsky.social · 12h

I recognise My Little Corona on the right, but who's the one with the beard?

Engineer Brains @hhackenbecker.bsky.social · 18h

Saint Mycelia of the Headlands.

Dark and Wondrous - it's in the trees! it's coming! @darkandwondrous.bsky.social · 11d

As October begins, we contemplate how the sea wind had its way with this now-fungal saint.

scary sea-weathered saint on the church near Hartlepool headland (body of saint is heavily eroded down to a veined or boxwork-like underlying structure of the stone, which looks like weird branching fungus).

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Engineer Brains @hhackenbecker.bsky.social · 20h

A tip for AppleTV 4K owners! Is yours stuck in some kind of reboot loop? The box isn't broken, its the remote causing it. Plug the remote into a charge source, then press-n-hold the TV & Volume Down buttons for two seconds to restart the remote. discussions.apple.com/thread/25532...

Apple TV 4K 3rd Gen — Boot Loop (SOLVED: … - Apple Community

discussions.apple.com

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Foone @foone.bsky.social · 20h

an important part of remembering the past is so we know exactly why we shouldn't do that shit ever again

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Nanoraptor @nanoraptor.danamania.com · 22h

The Macintosh PowerBook BLIT was definitely safe for looking at all possible images.

For a little while, anyway.

$A photo of a Macintosh PowerBook BLIT, with eight separate small and chaotically sized screens on its display where there would normally be one. Designed not to show all of an image at one time, it's showing some probably completely innocuous fractal-like design in part across the screens.$

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Engineer Brains @hhackenbecker.bsky.social · 20h

Hey Apple! Whatever happened to "We sweat the small stuff so you don't have to"? iOS 26 requires lots of unnecessary fiddling with things, the much-vaunted intuitive UX is broken. It should be called "Stained Glass" not "Liquid Glass".
www.nngroup.com/articles/liq...

Liquid Glass Is Cracked, and Usability Suffers in iOS 26

iOS 26’s visual language obscures content instead of letting it take the spotlight. New (but not always better) design patterns replace established conventions.

www.nngroup.com

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Engineer Brains @hhackenbecker.bsky.social · 1d

˙sʇᴉs I 'sʇᴉɟ I ɟI

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Engineer Brains @hhackenbecker.bsky.social · 1d

You just never know where Ted Cruz is going to be spotted next, do you.

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Engineer Brains @hhackenbecker.bsky.social · 2d

Grandpa after an afternoon's minding the grand-kits.

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Engineer Brains @hhackenbecker.bsky.social · 3d

Hey Apple, you've given Apple Remote Desktop a new icon (despite the product having required a ground-up rewrite for almost a decade) and you know what comes to mind first when I see it?
"These are the lungs of a smoker."

"It's meant to be a pair of black binoculars."
"In whose universe?"

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Engineer Brains @hhackenbecker.bsky.social · 3d

America after Trump.

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decryption @decryption.bsky.social · 3d

wikipedia has a good page with information on how they detect signs of AI writing

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...

Wikipedia:Signs of AI writing - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Engineer Brains @hhackenbecker.bsky.social · 3d

I can't let a mention of Carl Sagan's "Cosmos" go by without mentioning this excellent animated short, set to some of Carl's narration:
vimeo.com/108650530

Wanderers - a short film by Erik Wernquist

For more information and stills gallery, please turn to: www.erikwernquist.com/wanderers For youtube version, please turn here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH3c1QZzRK4 ----- UPDATE:…

vimeo.com

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Roddenberry Podcasts @roddenberrypod.bsky.social · 3d

Take a moment to check all of your #YouTube apps to see if “Restricted Mode” has been automatically toggled ON.

If it has been, this is likely the reason you haven’t seen recent videos from your favorite creators. Head to settings and toggle Restricted Mode OFF.

#restrictedmode

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CAMERON WILSON @cameronwilson.bsky.social · Aug 15

ever since i was a little kid
when i would walk through libraries
imagining that the air around me was imbued
with the wisdom of all the books and their authors
i always dreamed that
one day
i would grow up
and write something
that people bung into ChatGPT to get a 1 paragraph summary

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ABC News (Unofficial) @abc-news.bsky.social · 3d

University caught out using AI to wrongly accuse students of cheating with AI: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-09/artificial-intelligence-cheating-australian-catholic-university/105863524

University caught out using AI to wrongly accuse students of cheating with AI

An Australian university has accused thousands of its students of cheating with artificial intelligence. The problem? Many have done nothing wrong.

www.abc.net.au

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Retro Tech Dreams @retrotechdreams.bsky.social · 3d

All I want is a tiny laptop with a mechanical keyboard. Ambra (1994).

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