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they/them. adult. I love cats!!! Oh, and software engineering. that is all you need to know about me art reposts are on @reposts.maelstrom.dev

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biology is the field of reverse engineering a 4 billion year old vibecoded codebase

12.02.2026 23:31 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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13.02.2026 22:33 πŸ‘ 382 πŸ” 121 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

indestructible

09.03.2026 11:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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still one of the funniest things ever said ever

25.02.2026 19:41 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

don't fall for it, he's absolutely loving the attention and PR it's getting him.

09.03.2026 09:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a woman with angel wings is flying through the air Alt: a woman with angel wings is flying through the air

"ough i wish we had our own minecraft. so we could add whatever we wanted to easily and not worry about hecking mojangles and microslops"

minetest:

09.03.2026 05:29 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Art of a faux-Wordle board with 13 rows. The guesses, in order: "painting," "practice," "personal," "pleasure," "pressure," "paycheck," "prestige," and "progress" five times. The board is full and the correct word has not been guessed. At the bottom, a yellow fox leans forward, chalk in hand having just finished a sixth "PROGRESS" in scratchy letters. Progress is stubborn. Keep trying even when the game tells you there's no more.

Zonie β€’ March 06, 2026 β€’ Digital.

Art of a faux-Wordle board with 13 rows. The guesses, in order: "painting," "practice," "personal," "pleasure," "pressure," "paycheck," "prestige," and "progress" five times. The board is full and the correct word has not been guessed. At the bottom, a yellow fox leans forward, chalk in hand having just finished a sixth "PROGRESS" in scratchy letters. Progress is stubborn. Keep trying even when the game tells you there's no more. Zonie β€’ March 06, 2026 β€’ Digital.

Persist, Persevere, Perfect 🦊🟨🟩
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#furry #furryart

05.03.2026 18:55 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Artemis the dilute tortie and Gadget the void snuggle together on the scratch preventing sack the litter robot came in.

Artemis the dilute tortie and Gadget the void snuggle together on the scratch preventing sack the litter robot came in.

Per cats, the packing material is the best thing about the new litterbox.

09.03.2026 03:09 πŸ‘ 137 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

officially never forgiving AI companies because I ran out of space and can't buy a bigger SSD so I had to actually delete large files.

Sam Altman you made me delete my pirated Columbo collection for that you must die

09.03.2026 07:20 πŸ‘ 52 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sir, a second mathematical document came out exposing Dream for cheating in his PvP duels.

04.03.2026 00:49 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

electron makes me sad

not in a "i expect every developer to implement a native app for windows mac & linux" way, but in a "why do i still have to follow the web security model & CORS when i literally own the process

09.03.2026 01:03 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Blinding the Cyclopsβ€”Wrecking the Panopticon Camera hunting in the metropolis: a narrative of personal warfare against the surveillance state.

"Now, when I see a camera, I immediately begin evaluating the best way to remove it."

In this narrative, an anonymous researcher wages a personal war against surveillance infrastructure.

Relevant as people around the country engage in grassroots resistance to Flock cameras.

cwc.im/blindingthec...

08.03.2026 22:43 πŸ‘ 266 πŸ” 129 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 6

The inability of America to admit that "family farming" is now an expensive hobby and not some kind of pillar of the national soul sometimes drives me to distraction

(Though not as much as people who romanticize *coal mining*)

08.03.2026 18:46 πŸ‘ 617 πŸ” 51 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 8

@gorque est-ce vrai ?

09.03.2026 07:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I dislike WebP, not because the software I use doesn't support it, but because I want to manifest a JXL sweep

09.03.2026 05:02 πŸ‘ 89 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 3

NO NO NO YOU DON’T

GUYS LET ME PLEASE SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF FREE TAX USA

federal is free, state is $16, handles even my chaotic freelancer taxes just fine, same step-by-step β€œdesigned for normies” kind of interface as TurboTax but NOT EVIL

tell everyone you know

www.freetaxusa.com

09.03.2026 01:26 πŸ‘ 10413 πŸ” 6307 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 2
scared emoji at desk looking at pc

scared emoji at desk looking at pc

09.03.2026 07:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Somebody is planning on releasing Minecraft LCE on Steam, using the leaked source code.

this might potentially be the dumbest violation of copyright law I've ever seen in the history of the world.

09.03.2026 04:58 πŸ‘ 96 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
A Programmer's Guide to Leaving GitHub

I'm just seeing this from a former coworker, but this reinforces the reason more developers need to give the absolute fuck up on GitHub

09.03.2026 05:06 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

seeing free software and bds together in the same post is exactly what needs to be happening

09.03.2026 05:14 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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WebP Image Extension - Microsoft Apps The WebP Image Extension will enable you to view WebP images in the Windows File Explorer, Photos and other Windows apps. WebP is a modern image format that provides lossless and lossy compression for...

It's mostly because of Microsoft.

If you install this through the Microsoft Store, 90% of all applications will just. Immediately support webp. If there's one group of people that should be blamed for the "lack of support", it's Microsoft.

apps.microsoft.com/detail/9pg2d...

08.03.2026 23:44 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the mind of a Microsoft developer should not be over, nor under estimated. At any moment they will somehow find the most obtuse overtly-complicated way, while also in the same breath making it the dumbest fucking thing you've ever seen.

08.03.2026 23:57 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

You can always count on Microsoft to be lazy fucks

08.03.2026 23:57 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

IT'S AN OPEN FORMAT. IT'S NOT CASTRATED BY MPEG-LA. HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN????

08.03.2026 23:51 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

I swear to God a lot of y'all will just find any reason to hate on WebP.

It's a fucking file format. It didn't kill your grandmother. Webp is still a good file format even if surrounding aspects of the internet fucking sucks ass.

08.03.2026 23:37 πŸ‘ 48 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
Stylised painting of a black and white cat with green eyes loafing on a blue blackground

Stylised painting of a black and white cat with green eyes loafing on a blue blackground

Cat, gift art πŸ€—

16.10.2025 18:38 πŸ‘ 1882 πŸ” 220 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 3
MLA, ACLS, and AHA lawsuit reveals use of ChatGPT in illegal termination of grants by DOGE. Motion for summary judgment asserts violations of the First Amendment; violations of the Equal Protection Clause; and violation of the separation of powers. mla.org/NEH-Lawsuit

MLA, ACLS, and AHA lawsuit reveals use of ChatGPT in illegal termination of grants by DOGE. Motion for summary judgment asserts violations of the First Amendment; violations of the Equal Protection Clause; and violation of the separation of powers. mla.org/NEH-Lawsuit

The MLA, @acls1919.bsky.social, and @historians.org have filed a motion for summary judgment in our lawsuit to restore the NEH. Discovery documents reveal that DOGE rather than the acting chair led grant terminations and targeted grants using ChatGPT. More at mla.org/NEH-Lawsuit

07.03.2026 20:22 πŸ‘ 144 πŸ” 75 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 9

USA folk, you need to annoy these assholes as much as you can. this bill is not to protect children. they want to erase transgender people from public life and classify them as degenerate content in the internet. we will not be seen or heard. they want our *existence* to be a sex offense.

07.03.2026 19:04 πŸ‘ 1539 πŸ” 1558 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 15

"but guys what does any of this censorship shit have to do with being queer? why do you keep bringing up queer stuff when talking about the rampant, purposefully vague, overreaching censorship laws?" here's your answer:

08.03.2026 14:40 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey, so

Can we stop getting mad when a dev 'abandons' a completely finished, complete package of a game?

Not every game should be a 'forever' game.

Sometimes a complete package with a defined beginning, middle, and end is the better outcome

I just want to enjoy good games from passionate devs

07.03.2026 15:15 πŸ‘ 1670 πŸ” 141 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 17