Ross Grady
@rossgrady.dood.net.ap.brid.gy
I live in #DurhamNC & I spend a lot of time thinking about #synthdiy / #eurorack -- my dayjob is in tech because I'm a walking stereotype.
I'm leftist, anti-fascist […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://dood.net/users/rossgrady, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
I'm leftist, anti-fascist […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://dood.net/users/rossgrady, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
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Comparing historical hair samples from people from when they were babies to today, a new study finds a nearly 100-fold decrease in lead from samples after the EPA's crackdown on leaded gas. Regulation works and it saves lives! […]
[Original post on scicomm.xyz]
[Original post on scicomm.xyz]
February 3, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Comparing historical hair samples from people from when they were babies to today, a new study finds a nearly 100-fold decrease in lead from samples after the EPA's crackdown on leaded gas. Regulation works and it saves lives! […]
[Original post on scicomm.xyz]
[Original post on scicomm.xyz]
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RE: https://social.lol/@thetonearm/116001338210059812
Great interview with SML. Gets to a lot of the things that move me about them.
Great interview with SML. Gets to a lot of the things that move me about them.
social.lol
February 2, 2026 at 10:44 PM
RE: https://social.lol/@thetonearm/116001338210059812
Great interview with SML. Gets to a lot of the things that move me about them.
Great interview with SML. Gets to a lot of the things that move me about them.
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Interestingly, @GossiTheDog was pretty on top of this in December weeks before Notepad++ formally disclosed. I agree with the assessment that, while Notepad++’s update situation was a little shaky, fundamentally it wasn’t gross negligence on their part but attracting powerful attention. (The […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
February 2, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Interestingly, @GossiTheDog was pretty on top of this in December weeks before Notepad++ formally disclosed. I agree with the assessment that, while Notepad++’s update situation was a little shaky, fundamentally it wasn’t gross negligence on their part but attracting powerful attention. (The […]
New PBS Sun Ra doc coming up in a couple of weeks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpZOcDPjV20
February 2, 2026 at 1:12 AM
New PBS Sun Ra doc coming up in a couple of weeks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpZOcDPjV20
I don't pay as much attention to the full breadth of new music as I used to, so when my sweetheart asked me about current bands making shit-kicking country rock (specifically: Like the Bottle Rockets' "Indianapolis"), I was somewhat at a loss.
Anyone have any good #suggestions? […]
Anyone have any good #suggestions? […]
Original post on dood.net
dood.net
February 2, 2026 at 12:02 AM
I don't pay as much attention to the full breadth of new music as I used to, so when my sweetheart asked me about current bands making shit-kicking country rock (specifically: Like the Bottle Rockets' "Indianapolis"), I was somewhat at a loss.
Anyone have any good #suggestions? […]
Anyone have any good #suggestions? […]
Heads up, #durhamnc: The city is auctioning off a bunch of miscellaneous stuff from Wheels Fun Park: https://www.govdeals.com/en/search/filters?seller=Durham,%20NC
February 1, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Heads up, #durhamnc: The city is auctioning off a bunch of miscellaneous stuff from Wheels Fun Park: https://www.govdeals.com/en/search/filters?seller=Durham,%20NC
How many hours of dicking around with various `dfu-util` commands and trying different USB cable/adapter combinations before this sentence was written?
More than three, easily.
More than three, easily.
February 1, 2026 at 4:02 PM
How many hours of dicking around with various `dfu-util` commands and trying different USB cable/adapter combinations before this sentence was written?
More than three, easily.
More than three, easily.
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Humans domesticated dog before they invented written language... and now they never will.
(via tumblr)
(via tumblr)
February 1, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Humans domesticated dog before they invented written language... and now they never will.
(via tumblr)
(via tumblr)
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Don’t normally do this, but felt like this BS post hit the nail on the head, so reposting here.
#nowarbutclasswar #EatTheRich #taxtherich #billionaires
#nowarbutclasswar #EatTheRich #taxtherich #billionaires
February 1, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Don’t normally do this, but felt like this BS post hit the nail on the head, so reposting here.
#nowarbutclasswar #EatTheRich #taxtherich #billionaires
#nowarbutclasswar #EatTheRich #taxtherich #billionaires
Looking out the window at the falling snow, seeing our letter carrier’s van parked just up the street, I’m reminded that the motto everyone associates with the United States Postal Service – “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of […]
Original post on dood.net
dood.net
January 31, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Looking out the window at the falling snow, seeing our letter carrier’s van parked just up the street, I’m reminded that the motto everyone associates with the United States Postal Service – “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of […]
I have always found it profoundly comforting that pretty much any/every college radio station looks & feels almost exactly the same -- not in a bad way, but in an immediately comfortable "these are my people" good way.
RE: https://c.im/@mlupica/115990991633584427
RE: https://c.im/@mlupica/115990991633584427
c.im
January 31, 2026 at 6:28 PM
I have always found it profoundly comforting that pretty much any/every college radio station looks & feels almost exactly the same -- not in a bad way, but in an immediately comfortable "these are my people" good way.
RE: https://c.im/@mlupica/115990991633584427
RE: https://c.im/@mlupica/115990991633584427
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I’ll add right up front that nobody sane now thinks the answer to abuses at Dachau was to give the guards more training. https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/into-the-abyss
Into the abyss
The correct response to Dachau was not better training for the guards.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:58 PM
I’ll add right up front that nobody sane now thinks the answer to abuses at Dachau was to give the guards more training. https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/into-the-abyss
I just spent a non-zero amount of time poking around on Olympics.com trying to figure out what frucking time zone these times are presented in. I still don't know.
I'm forced to *assume* that they're doing some witchery to localize them to the TZ my machine is in […]
[Original post on dood.net]
I'm forced to *assume* that they're doing some witchery to localize them to the TZ my machine is in […]
[Original post on dood.net]
January 31, 2026 at 6:25 PM
I just spent a non-zero amount of time poking around on Olympics.com trying to figure out what frucking time zone these times are presented in. I still don't know.
I'm forced to *assume* that they're doing some witchery to localize them to the TZ my machine is in […]
[Original post on dood.net]
I'm forced to *assume* that they're doing some witchery to localize them to the TZ my machine is in […]
[Original post on dood.net]
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"Launching a constellation of a million satellites that operate as orbital data centers is a first step toward becoming a Kardashev II-level situation"
THIS IS IN AN FCC FILING NOT A SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK I'M DEAD
THIS IS IN AN FCC FILING NOT A SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK I'M DEAD
January 31, 2026 at 5:15 PM
"Launching a constellation of a million satellites that operate as orbital data centers is a first step toward becoming a Kardashev II-level situation"
THIS IS IN AN FCC FILING NOT A SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK I'M DEAD
THIS IS IN AN FCC FILING NOT A SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK I'M DEAD
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Read this story, watch the embedded video. Observer and others handle situation perfectly. Local police assist the victim of the federal abduction.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/30/st-peter-police-chief-intervenes-prevents-federal-agents-from-arresting-resident
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/30/st-peter-police-chief-intervenes-prevents-federal-agents-from-arresting-resident
January 31, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Read this story, watch the embedded video. Observer and others handle situation perfectly. Local police assist the victim of the federal abduction.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/30/st-peter-police-chief-intervenes-prevents-federal-agents-from-arresting-resident
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/30/st-peter-police-chief-intervenes-prevents-federal-agents-from-arresting-resident
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What the actual fuck. It's not April Fools Day, right? This is real?! Fuck you, SpaceX. Maybe this will help regulators realize how fucking shortsighted companies' plans in orbit are?
Surely the FCC won't rubber-stamp-approve this one??... ONE MILLION STARLINKS FUUUUCCCKKKKKK […]
Surely the FCC won't rubber-stamp-approve this one??... ONE MILLION STARLINKS FUUUUCCCKKKKKK […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
January 31, 2026 at 5:12 PM
What the actual fuck. It's not April Fools Day, right? This is real?! Fuck you, SpaceX. Maybe this will help regulators realize how fucking shortsighted companies' plans in orbit are?
Surely the FCC won't rubber-stamp-approve this one??... ONE MILLION STARLINKS FUUUUCCCKKKKKK […]
Surely the FCC won't rubber-stamp-approve this one??... ONE MILLION STARLINKS FUUUUCCCKKKKKK […]
I'm watching this video and reading the comments & having spent much of my life around academics, I'm here to tell you: Many of them have always been this stupid about technology. Or really about any topic outside of their area of specialization.
That's kind of the point of academia -- it's the […]
That's kind of the point of academia -- it's the […]
January 31, 2026 at 3:59 PM
I'm watching this video and reading the comments & having spent much of my life around academics, I'm here to tell you: Many of them have always been this stupid about technology. Or really about any topic outside of their area of specialization.
That's kind of the point of academia -- it's the […]
That's kind of the point of academia -- it's the […]
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"I don't want to roast him, but he could not be roasted more than he's roasted himself"
Academic publicly admits to be LLM-dependent and gives "helpful" warning assuming "everyone is doing it"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pqF90rstZQ
Academic publicly admits to be LLM-dependent and gives "helpful" warning assuming "everyone is doing it"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pqF90rstZQ
January 31, 2026 at 2:54 PM
"I don't want to roast him, but he could not be roasted more than he's roasted himself"
Academic publicly admits to be LLM-dependent and gives "helpful" warning assuming "everyone is doing it"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pqF90rstZQ
Academic publicly admits to be LLM-dependent and gives "helpful" warning assuming "everyone is doing it"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pqF90rstZQ
The 4pm briefing from the National Weather Service for central NC has been posted, for those who like to get their forecasts via PPTs made by weather dorks.
https://www.weather.gov/media/rah/briefing/NWSRaleighLatestBriefing.pdf
https://www.weather.gov/media/rah/briefing/NWSRaleighLatestBriefing.pdf
January 30, 2026 at 9:28 PM
The 4pm briefing from the National Weather Service for central NC has been posted, for those who like to get their forecasts via PPTs made by weather dorks.
https://www.weather.gov/media/rah/briefing/NWSRaleighLatestBriefing.pdf
https://www.weather.gov/media/rah/briefing/NWSRaleighLatestBriefing.pdf
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List of planned locations for ICE mega-concentration-camps. 2/2
January 30, 2026 at 5:53 PM
List of planned locations for ICE mega-concentration-camps. 2/2
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How American Katie Uhlaender was denied Olympic bid by Canadian coach's point scheme https://www.npr.org/2026/01/30/nx-s1-5693176/american-katie-uhlaender-denied-olympic?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
January 30, 2026 at 9:16 PM
How American Katie Uhlaender was denied Olympic bid by Canadian coach's point scheme https://www.npr.org/2026/01/30/nx-s1-5693176/american-katie-uhlaender-denied-olympic?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
#nhl players "mic'd up":
"Yooooooo!"
"I'm open!"
"Dude, that was sick!"
#pwhl players "mic'd up":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0ld2IMeLBs
"Yooooooo!"
"I'm open!"
"Dude, that was sick!"
#pwhl players "mic'd up":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0ld2IMeLBs
January 30, 2026 at 7:49 PM
#nhl players "mic'd up":
"Yooooooo!"
"I'm open!"
"Dude, that was sick!"
#pwhl players "mic'd up":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0ld2IMeLBs
"Yooooooo!"
"I'm open!"
"Dude, that was sick!"
#pwhl players "mic'd up":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0ld2IMeLBs
Once again I am asking #bandcamp to let me sort my collection by release date, not my personal date of paying for them, so that things released today are at the top, not buried a few screens down on the basis of whenever I happened to preorder them.
January 30, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Once again I am asking #bandcamp to let me sort my collection by release date, not my personal date of paying for them, so that things released today are at the top, not buried a few screens down on the basis of whenever I happened to preorder them.
Just in case someone was considering buying a Belltone guitar: I wouldn’t. Owner appears to be a litigious dipshit.
https://youtu.be/Nipsa8bVS0I
https://youtu.be/Nipsa8bVS0I
January 30, 2026 at 4:47 AM
Just in case someone was considering buying a Belltone guitar: I wouldn’t. Owner appears to be a litigious dipshit.
https://youtu.be/Nipsa8bVS0I
https://youtu.be/Nipsa8bVS0I