#bostonweekend If you're in town this weekend, consider coming to the #mitflea aka the #mit #swapfest on Sunday 4/19 - the #boston fediverse community is meeting up for an informal social - at noon, rain or shine. Come to #bostodon! #meetup #cambridgema #hamradio

So we’ve had a robin trying to build a nest on top of the light next to our kitchen door. It’s a terrible spot AND the materials just fall to the ground. So I set up a spot. Robin (this morning): I’m baaaaaaack The Saga Of The Robin With One Braincell, a tale in three photos (so far)

How many girls are riding their bikes to school is a better measure of a country's success than GDP. Tells you about so much more, about education, gender equality, road safety, the environment... #kiatikakiapono

RE: https://wandering.shop/@susankayequinn/116420902745022245 Exposing the lie of individualism, one cooperative gesture at a time.

Well, Market Basket is doing a K-Tel “hits of the 70s” party over the loudspeakers today

it seems someone decided to prove you really can just publish any nonsense protocol draft with the IETF https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-meow-mrrp-00.html

if you have no idea what this is about: a very official-looking "IPv8" draft appeared that was an absolute fever dream of and-a-pony wishlist features for a censorious regime, down to using json web tokens at the hardware level for some reason

BTW, if you haven’t checked out the “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” show (Disney), it’s doing a great job pulling a YA story as a series. Now finishing up its’ second season with a third already confirmed. If you know any kids who you would have considered that “shall not be named” series […]

Minnesota continues to lead the way. Hennepin County is prosecuting an ICE agent for felony assault. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/16/minnesota-ice-agent-assault

Zohran Mamdani said he's going to start taxing rich people who buy luxury housing in NYC but don't actually live in there, and the former CEO of Twitter/X called it "actually one of the scariest things I have ever seen."

It’s not just you — Bluesky is (sorta) down https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/16/its-not-just-you-bluesky-is-sorta-down/

From: https://bsky.app/profile/nazariel.bsky.social/post/3mjmo4behs22b

This is a TikTok from [email protected], expressing some of the irony that shows up in incel “looksmaxxing” (basically men shaping their looks, in theory to attract women, but that they’re using a “male gaze” template) And correctly noting that not only […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

[metastatic cancer, literal medical miracle] thinking about "225Ac-PSMA-617 for PSMA-Targeted α-Radiation Therapy of Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer" again PSMA is Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen, and as the name suggests, it is specific to […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

I did post it and I thought it was me as a doctor and had to do Red Cross.

“Percy Jackson toxic fandom decides to challenge ‘Rick and Morty’ toxic fandom for shitty behavior” is not something I expected to see. It’s a great show too, the young actors are doing a great job and deserve better than this kind of bullshit […]

Guided by her conviction that science is for everybody, Prescod-Weinstein renders accessible some of the most abstract concepts of theoretical physics and draws on poetry and popular culture —from Queen Latifah to Lewis Carroll to Big K.R.I.T. to Sun Ra and Star Trek — to tell fascinating […]

Don't forget: He was in the same party for years. Temper expectations and hopes and don't consider this an indication that anything will *fundamentally* change. I expect this to be similar to replacing Trump, with Vance. Some surface changes, probably, but mostly more of the same, though it […]

I thought the most poignant moment of the Artemis II flyby was when they silently waved at the Artemis I crew still stranded on the Moon.

Apple Headquarters, Siri Team: Manager: OK team Siri has to talk like a real person Manager: like someone you just meet on the street Team Lead: I have just the cadence! The cadence: https://youtu.be/tqNhEzrWQpY

And the backstory is inspiring too. "I kept trying to change my voice to suit [the SM Entertainment agency], which caused a lot of issues with my vocal cords and led to my voice cracking or my not being able to sing at all." […]

Now, the reason I'm sharing this now is the story that just came out, about Disney execs supposedly shelving a "girl power movie". https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/pixar-scrapped-be-fri-movie-pete-docter-1236548613/ Shameful, if true, but maybe this too will inspire someone […]

Wow, I was speccing out a Mac Mini for a client and if I wanted to get more than 24GB RAM, it’s 10-12 WEEKS estimated delivery. I played with it and there were configurations that wouldn’t ship until AUGUST. 🤯🤷🏻‍♀️

Artemis II will splash down in less than two hours, but if we hurry we can probably get the Statue of Liberty partly buried and round up some ape suits before they get back to shore.

I know the people who need to be told this aren’t following me, or for that matter, they’re not even on Mastodon or Bluesky: If the President of the United States were to give me a blanket pardon, nothing about that would keep someone from rocking the fuck out of me in an alleyway.

What the actual fuck. I was already looking at an alternative to Adobe Acrobat Pro to replace for my clients who need it, this is just fuel for the dumpster fire that is Adobe. https://mastodon.social/@marcedwards/116371577815792197

On the topic of filters, re-sharing a recent article, which I think some might find useful. https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/on-fediverse-content-warnings-and-filters/ #mastodon #filters #fediverse #contentwarnings #cwmeta

I got 8 solar panels today, gonna go back for the others tomorrow. The panels were in the woods. Just, like, big piles of them in the woods. Full of rain and leaves and twigs and creatures. I mean I guess it makes sense and I don't know what I expected, these machines are weatherproof […]

A study from Finland has been used to cast doubt on gender affirming care for youth. But Finland never offered gender affirming care. Perhaps invasive, adversarial, fruitless years of assessment harm trans youth? New opinion by @evanurquhart.bsky.social: www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

Through the garden gate, Josie goes, "Blep". 👅 #dogsofmastodon #bernesemountaindog #blep

I could definitely pilot a container ship through the Strait of Hormuz while simultaneously fighting a chimpanzee to the death as I return every single one of Venus Williams’ serves during my Isaac Chotiner interview, I’m just built different

RE: https://apobangpo.space/@bich/116369689879371676 1 Dr asked if he could use AI recording for our appointment and I said no, he spoke into a vocoder instead and would glance at me to make sure what he was recording was accurate. I don't know and can't control whether or not he then fed the […]

One of my favorite features in my primary Mastodon client (Mona) - that it has a counter showing me how many posts are left until I get caught up (also, ofc that it remembers where I was)

Wow, EFF is finally ditching Twitter (aka “X”) https://mastodon.social/@eff/116375694963358260

From: https://bsky.app/profile/sirfox.bsky.social/post/3mizs47icos2p 「"All you had to do was pay us enough to live" Forces of capitalism, these are the Canaries in your coal mine. Pay attention to them. Might be important. Just might be. "All you had to […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

"It was about 30 miles above the ground when it started to fragment, sending shockwaves through the air [...]" Oh wow, anyone here in #nj caught this? https://patch.com/new-jersey/edison-metuchen/s/k7455/meteor-going-30-000-mph-explodes-over-nj-shaking-area-with-loud-booms #news #newjersey […]

"On the acceptance of GenAI" https://smallsheds.garden/blog/2026/on-the-acceptance-of-genai/

:tapestry_app: Are you a Tapestry fan who wants more space pictures in your timeline? Get a sneak peek at a new Tapestry connector we're tinkering with for viewing the latest images from NASA! 1. Install the new "NASA Images" connector by tapping this link […] [Original post on iconfactory.world]

Happy Confederate Surrender Day a reminder that the bastards can be beaten (which we did) But also that you have to make sure to crush their bullshit completely, which we didn’t and are still paying for that.

I don't own a car. I take public transit everywhere, and I do think personal vehicle use has real environmental costs. But I don't think driving is inherently unethical. I live in Seoul, and the city makes transit easy for me. That's not a virtue. It's a condition I happen to benefit from. Some […]

My next novella is available for pre-order, set in a #solarpunk world somewhere in Africa, and revolves around an old woman who must organize the defense of her nation, though it has no weapons or army and no central government, when a colonizer invades to steal the technology that makes them an […]

Pretty interesting read. The TLDR here would be that the Blacksky community is gearing up to vote on whether they want to rely on AI coding tools, seek investments, implement ads, or not grow. https://blackskyweb.xyz/blacksky-algorithms-policy-towards-agentic-coding/ #atproto #atmosphere #bluesky

Ok, I’m not gonna lie, this is the funniest result from this series of polls, IMO. 😂 https://eldritch.cafe/@cassolotl/116156965620780638

“Goodnight Moon”

Luke Skywalker, in the Death Star trench: “R2, that Nutella’s broken loose again, see if you can’t lock it down?”

*me suddenly remembering i have an AppleTV in my office I can throw the Artemis live stream on and feel like I’m in Mission Control*