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Should I scream or laugh?

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DIAL UP MODEM SONG

Dial up modem tune
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Muse
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This brings back memories of running a BBS network, and waking up at 2am regularly to hear the modem transferring messages to all the other BBSs! EEK!

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We are melting! Good thing I have icy poles/popsicles in the freezer!

🫠

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Tom Grzybow
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???

If you start spraying the water at dawn, the heat of evaporation will be subtracted from the surface for the entire day, even as the outside temperature rises. This would have a very significant effect.

But yes, we do not know what it is.

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Richard
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Ah! Yes. So you'd need an always on system once temps reached x degrees on the exterior. Someone needs to build a submerged city in the ocean shallows protected by seawalls.

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"Rosette Nebula in SHO."

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"Rosette Nebula in SHO." Darko7411, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Oh shit that's my favorite magical girl anime
Amazon listing for "Modoker Messenger", a messenger bag.

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Why System76 Left Ubuntu Linux Behind #Linux #YouTube youtu.be/gyczz2_Llqg

Why System76 Left Ubuntu Linux Behind

Back before PopOS was a thing System76 instead shipped devices with Ubuntu Linux installed so I wanted to know what Ubuntu wasn't doing for them.Full Episode...
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#linux #YouTube
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Methuselah
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they should dtich Ubuntu long back and embrace I guess debian stable

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nazi dogwhistle
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[discord message] smelly steve Today at 7:02 PM @Aryansoldier1488 just warning you the number in your name is considered a Nazi Dogwhistle by some people just don't want you to get caught up in that

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The Kids Online Safety Act isn’t designed to help kids. Congress is using kids to hold Big Tech accountable. Kids will get hurt in the process.

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KOSA isn’t designed to help kids. - danah boyd - Medium

In a few minutes, the Senate Judiciary will start a hearing focused on “Big Tech and the Online Child Exploitation Crisis.” Like most such hearings, this will almost certainly go off the rails in a…
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why did they make nuts & bolts a banjo kazooie game if they knew everyone would hate them for doing it
banjo kazooie nuts & bolts loading screen. it reads, in all caps comic sans: have you been playing for a while but still don't like the vehicle-based gameplay? maybe you need to buy banjo-kazooie on xbox live arcade instead.
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Lynnesbian
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@bonzoesc fans didn't like it because it was a banjo-kazooie game that played nothing like the previous ones

if it had have been a new IP, it would absolutely have reviewed better

@lizard appreciator

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this was one of the funniest moments in any game i've played in years
resi 4 screenshot of a text log found in game. text reads: Subject Analysis: Regenerador Date: April 13 I shared the news of my achievement with that pretentious bastard colleague of mine. His face went white! Then, he started scribbling something in his notebook.I thought he'd be impressed, but instead he actually had the nerve to warn me of the so-called dangers. He's a fool. I have everything under control.
screenshot of the next page of the text log. it reads: date: the subject went wild and escaped from its cryogenic tank. i was the real fool.
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Lynnesbian
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not including comedy that comes from gameplay of course. few things are funnier than sneaking around and casting grease on a group of 5+ people standing around a fire in baldur's gate 3
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Lynnesbian
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elon musk tweet. the first half is real, and reads: the first human received an implant from @neuralink yesterday and is recovering well. initial results show promising neuron spike detection. second half is edited to read: I shared the news of my achievement with that pretentious bastard colleague of mine. His face went white! Then, he started scribbling something in his notebook. I thought he'd be impressed, but instead he actually had the nerve to warn me of the so-called dangers. He's a fool. I have everything under control.
edited elon musk tweet. it reads: the subject went wild and escaped from its cryogenic tank. i was a victim of cancel culture.
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Lynnesbian
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now that we have ridiculously high texture quality in video games, we finally get to read background details like posters that would previously have been unreadable blobs of compression artifacts

that doesn't seem to have stopped the RE3 remake art team from assuming nobody would read their posters, though

screenshot from re3make. it's an ad for a van that reads "ENORMOUS BOX - TYPE GREAT". there's a subtitle that says "it would be nice if you had this one"
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Ronflaix
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That poster almost feels like a weird-ass Doom WAD splashscreen, the kind that will descend either in pure eye&ear-bleeding memery or end up so meta-discussion it instantly earns a Cacowad before they're awarded.

Lynnesbian reshared this.

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Sheamus
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Fireball, but they bring the fire, you bring the... ball?

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The Heart Nebula in SHO.

William Ostling, CC BY 2.0 via Flickr: flic.kr/p/2pjwyFx

#astrophotography

The Heart Nebula in SHO. William Ostling, CC BY 2.0 via Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2pjwyFx

The Heart Nebula in SHO

Full write-up here: theastroenthusiast.com/the-heart-nebula-in-sho/ This was a really fun dataset from telescope live to process! I’ve never seen the wider structures to the right of the heart nebula, so I spent a lot of time trying to get it to show…
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#astrophotography

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Web Developers Ruin Everything They Touch #Linux #YouTube youtu.be/lCjt7spWWFs

Web Developers Ruin Everything They Touch

Don't we all love web developers, and don't we all love web developers who think they know better then estalished standard like radio buttons and checkboxes....
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#linux #YouTube

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i don't know which of the dumbass robots at youtube dot com thought that i would be interested in windows seven nostalgia but they are deeply wrong
youtube recommendation for a video called "frutiger aero images (with music)"
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Lynnesbian
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and no this is not just me being "eww windows", i harbor NO sympathy for KDE 4 oxygen apologists either
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Lynnesbian
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@0xdd that is absolutely a big part of it yes, along with skeuomorphic icons
@0xdd :hehim: :theythem: :neocat_solder_googly:

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#foxesInLove #comic

Source: foxes-in-love.tumblr.com/post/…
Copyright: foxesinlove.net

A comic of two foxes, one of whom is blue, the other is green. In this one, Green approaches Blue, who is staring at a toaster. Green: What are you doing? Blue turns around to talk to Green. Blue: I'm bracing myself to not get jumpscared by the toaster. Green: What? Blue's toast jumps up with a loud noise. Both of the foxes jump into the air, startled by the toaster.

Foxes in Love

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#Comic #FoxesInLove

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currently using windows against my better judgement and encountered an interesting bug: explorer.exe crashed while drag-and-dropping a file, and i had to kill it from task manager. now there's a floating "you can't drop this file here" icon over the top of everything, including full screen programs.
floating "don't" icon overlayed on a video
that same icon overlayed over the mastodon web UI

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Thin Section of the Northwest Africa (NWA) 3189 Meteorite in Cross Polarized Light.

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#meteorite

Thin Section of the Northwest Africa (NWA) 3189 Meteorite in Cross Polarized Light. Solar Anamnesis, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2bbBKkV

NWA 3189 Meteorite Thin Section - Gigapixel

LL3 Chondrite Full-screen krpano Gigapixel Panorama: cdn.solaranamnesis.com/ThinSections/krpano/nwa3189/Meteor... Post: blog.solaranamnesis.com/2018/09/18/nwa-3189-meteorite-thi... Tumblr: solaranamnesis.tumblr.com/post/178198817105/nwa-3189-mete.
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#meteorite

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It me
Dad: are ya winning son? Kid at computer: I'm making 11 people laugh on mastodon

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... I'm totally ignoring you.

#caturday #catsOfMastodon

Low angle shot of a tabby cat lying on a bench. She looks over the camera with tilted head. Left left extended to the side. All lit by bright sunlight from the right.
#CatsOfMastodon #Caturday

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When a government attempts to discredit The Hague, it's a sign something has gone terribly wrong in that country. My latest:

#cartoon #comic #politics #war #humanrights #gaza

SIGNS YOUR GOVERNMENT IS COMMITTING CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY 1. They're dissing the World Court Man saying "Hague Schmague" Caption: Actually said by Israel's National Security Minister 2. They've killed over 10,000 children Girl in Gaza in smoking ruins as bombs fall in background 3. The nation supplying them with weapons makes special exceptions to get around human rights violations State Department official sitting in front of computer screen reading: SEND MORE BOMBS? YES/NO Official: It's easy -- the answer is always yes! 4. A former apartheid state is calling them out South African official: We know it when we see it!
#politics #Comic #cartoon #HumanRights #War #gaza
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Jargoggles
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Similarly, when a government kills a record number of journalists ( cpj.org/2023/12/israel-gaza-wa… ), it's a sign that they really, really don't want people to know what they're actually up to.

Israel-Gaza war takes record toll on journalists - Committee to Protect Journalists

Update: As of December 31, 2023, at least 77 journalists and media workers were killed; 70 of them Palestinian.
Arlene Getz (Committee to Protect Journalists)

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Thrilled to be immersed in the #fosdem community annual event in Brussels. So much to learn and envision about the changing nature of work from leaders of the #fediverse such as @Gargron the CEO of Mastodon! Thanks to @haubles for making the connection.
#Fediverse #fosdem @Eugen Rochko @hannah aubry

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I'm at #fosdem and I've meet some nice #mastodon people :mastoMoji:
University amphitheatre setting. A Mastodon mug in the foreground and the presenter with slides in the background.
#mastodon #fosdem

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That was fun! I think the @Mastodon table at #FOSDEM was the busiest I’ve experienced at an event for a long time - so great to hear from people that use the platform every day! The team enjoyed the chance to meet you - thanks for coming by! More #Merchtodon tomorrow… #WhoIsJohnMastodon
Lots of people talking to one another across the Mastodon table at FOSDEM 2024. There is a dark purple pull-up banner on the left with the Mastodon word mark and the phrase “where conversations happen” underneath it in white text - conversations happened!
A Mastodon mascot sits in front of a large touchscreen display showing the “Mapstodon” data visualisation. A Pimoroni Stellar Unicorn LED grid is showing the Mastodon mascot in pixel art in the bottom right of the image.
#fosdem #merchtodon #whoisjohnmastodon @Mastodon

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Morning sketch-stream results! (From a few days ago.)

I drew gay stuff again.

Yup.

#Art #MastoArt #Catgirl #LGBTQ

A digital illustration of two catgirls lying down, one resting on the other. The one on the bottom is wearing a t-shirt with a transgender pride flag on it. She has blue hair. The one on top has pink hair.
#art #mastoart #lgbtq #catgirl

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Secret Panel HERE 💊 tapas.io/episode/2361115

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Thank you @Mastodon for reviving the dream of a social web that is open, interoperable and which doesn't monetise my eyeballs to within an inch of their lives. #fosdem
I hold up a Mastodon logo sticker at FOSDEM.
#fosdem @Mastodon

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Come and grab a mug at #FOSDEM before they’re gone! They’re quite popular! The 3D printed elephant is not for sale but you could pet him! #Merchtodon
A mug, two enamel pins and a 3D printed elephant who is very cute.
#fosdem #merchtodon
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Amjid Dader 🛡️
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Amjid Dader 🛡️
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@Gargron yes , i use very different passwords & also 2-step auth is enabled for almost all accounts.
Excluding mastodon.

& as you think someone has my password of abc account and used same here. My abc account was actually not logged in by anyone from Russia.

Never mind.
I just want to bring this into attention.

@Eugen Rochko

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Apollo 14: A View from Antares apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240203.ht… #APOD

APOD: 2024 February 3 - Apollo 14: A View from Antares

A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.
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#APOD

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Hopefully this silly joke doesn't offend anyone 😅 @thelinuxcast
@BrodieOnLinux
Matt for The Linux Cast (in context of accepting wayland): "That they would say I've come to Jesus, I've seen the light"
Brodie Robertson as Jesus showing Wayland to Matt from The Linux Cast
@Brodie Robertson @Matt

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The top Steam Deck games for January 2024 have been revealed - Palworld hits 2nd place gamingonlinux.com/2024/02/the-…

#SteamDeck #Palworld

The top Steam Deck games for January 2024 have been revealed - Palworld hits 2nd place

Valve has released the latest most-played list for Steam Deck for January 2024 and as expected, Palworld has managed to jump right near the top.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#SteamDeck #Palworld

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Christopher Priest 1943 – 2024


Time Comes For Us All (Announcement)

“You never understood, why we did this. The audience knows the truth: the world is simple. It’s miserable, solid all the way through. But if you could fool them, even for a second, then you can make them wonder, and then you... then you got to see something really special... you really don’t know?... it was... it was the look on their faces..”. - From his work, The Prestige


His Wikipedia Bio (includes Bibliography)

His Website

#ChristopherPriest #SFAuthors #Death


British speculative fiction writer

Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)
#death #ChristopherPriest #SFAuthors
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Joseph Teller
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The Prestige was also made into a film, but the books is better than the film in many ways. It is a difficult work to present since it has a story within a story....but the film does have a good cast :

Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson, and David Bowie as Tesla.

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V. T. Eric Layton
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Ah, yes... I remember that movie. It was pretty entertaining. But, of course, the book is better... always are, as far as I'm concerned.

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Steam Deck SteamOS 3.5.14 Preview - Persona 3 Reload improvements and more gamingonlinux.com/2024/02/stea…

#SteamDeck #SteamOS #Persona3Reload

Steam Deck SteamOS 3.5.14 Preview - Persona 3 Reload improvements and more

Valve has released SteamOS 3.5.14 Preview for Steam Deck, which comes with performance improvements for the new Persona 3 Reload amongst other things.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#steamos #SteamDeck #persona3reload

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With @grishka at our #FOSDEM stand!
Me and Gregory next to each other.
#fosdem @Gregory
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Patrik 🇪🇺
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I'll make sure to visit! Currently, I'm busy at our own booth, but sooner or later it should be possible.

Do you have some merch with you?

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Rose
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What does @grishka think of the invasion of #Ukraine? Who is to blame for it? How would he solve the conflict? Does he live in Russia? Does he make enough money to live anywhere but in Russia? If yes, why does he not leave to not fund the invasion as a tax payer?
#Ukraine @Gregory
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Visit us at #FOSDEM, building H, level 1! You can say hi to our team or tell us what you’d like to see in Mastodon next. Mugs, t-shirts, enamel pins, and even free stickers available! #Merchtodon
A table full of Mastodon merchandise, a roll-up with the Mastodon logo, and a bunch of people wearing Mastodon t-shirts in a hallway.
#fosdem #merchtodon

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@ntnsndr thanks for all your great work! I'm going to be revisiting your book Everything For Everyone ahead of receiving a couple of the other ones that I just ordered. I first read it in 2018 after it was released and it's played a huge role in inspiring my work towards building and promoting platform co-ops. Kindness and solidarity, Nathan!
@Nathan Schneider
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Nathan Schneider
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Aww, thank you! This means so much. I hope the latest is of some use too!

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The Iconic Photos from STS-41B: Documenting the First Untethered Spacewalk nasa.gov/history/photos-from-s… #NASA #NASAHistory #BruceMcCandless #HumansInSpace #RobertLGibson #STS41B

The Iconic Photos from STS-41B: Documenting the First Untethered Spacewalk - NASA

The MMU was the highlight of the STS-41B mission as demonstrated by the stunning mission photographs that graced the cover of Aviation Week & Space
Jennifer Ross-Nazzal (NASA)
#NASA #NASAhistory #humansinspace #brucemccandless #robertlgibson #sts41b

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Today we have the one and only @carlrichell on the show, the CEO and one of the founders of @system76

Video: youtube.com/watch?v=fEdy5rChFN…

Audio: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sho…


#205 CEO And Founder Of System76 | Carl Richell

Today we have the one of the 2 founders of System76 and current CEO of the company Carl Richell on the show to chat about the history of the company, how we ...
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@System76 @Carl Richell

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Tom Grzybow
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The repeating images of empty byways ring like echos in my mind.

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Meet the Creators, Part 3: NASA’s 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Posters science.nasa.gov/solar-system/… #NASA #2024SolarEclipse #Eclipses #Skywatching #SolarEclipses

Meet the Creators, Part 3: NASA’s 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Posters - NASA Science

A total solar eclipse is a captivating experience – evoking feelings of awe and wonder that are sometimes best expressed through art.
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#NASA #eclipses #solareclipses #skywatching #2024solareclipse

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"IC 5070 - Pelican Nebula."

Giuseppe Donatiello, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

#astrophotography

"IC 5070 - Pelican Nebula." Giuseppe Donatiello, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
#astrophotography

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mastodon on the front page of the app store!! available in a living room near you
the visionOS app store
“must have social apps,” mastodon is 3rd on the list
the mastodon ipad app running in vision pro

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the midi (eek!)
that one section from the penis (eek!) where the synth is ramping up right before the solo
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Lynnesbian
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video games should make it so if you're losing too much, your punishment is the orchestral soundtrack being replaced by a version with synth bras

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