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OMG I'm a Musician, Systems Engineer/SRE, Audio Engineer, Ham Radio op, and a furry!? What are the odds?

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Line art of a spotted kobold with their arms stretched out and a little heart next to them

Line art of a spotted kobold with their arms stretched out and a little heart next to them

Chubby wee kobold is here to cheer you on

09.03.2026 21:34 πŸ‘ 347 πŸ” 108 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 0

Last Beyonce show I worked had over 70 semis on site, with more on the road already heading to the next city.

10.03.2026 12:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sometimes we need some bunnies. Here, have some. Bunny studies in watercolor, made in my Steamline Luggage Journal 🐰
www.esthervanhulsen.com

#SciArt #watercolour #bunnyart #animalpainting #animalart

05.03.2026 13:39 πŸ‘ 225 πŸ” 50 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

Practice self care by turning yourself into a dog, there is no better way to get yourself away from stress than being a dumb dog chasing their own tail

05.03.2026 13:16 πŸ‘ 220 πŸ” 59 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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U.S. sub sinks Iranian warship off Sri Lanka, killing 87 and expanding war zone A U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship off the southern coast of Sri Lanka, killing dozens of sailors and dramatically widening Washington's pursuit of the Iranian navy.

A US submarine sinking a lonely, dinky Iranian surface ship an ocean away from the theater of the main conflictβ€”and 9000
miles from North Americaβ€”makes it pretty clear the US is fighting a general war, without the declaration required by the Constitution. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

04.03.2026 17:40 πŸ‘ 13500 πŸ” 4964 πŸ’¬ 543 πŸ“Œ 294

"I put a lighter in a pedal so venues kick you out" just didn't have the same curb appeal.

03.03.2026 16:01 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Even the chumps who *helped Trump's corrupt goons write their AI policies giving handouts to the big corporations* have figured out that they killed constitutional democracy and the rule of law. Whoops! Wonder if they're going to do anything about it other than ... post on Substack.

02.03.2026 17:05 πŸ‘ 95 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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One of my favourite sides of politics/media.

02.03.2026 10:20 πŸ‘ 13569 πŸ” 4303 πŸ’¬ 132 πŸ“Œ 177

The kind of thing that happens when there are too many wealthy people with too much money.

02.03.2026 17:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Don't know if they'll listen to a Swede, but we've made the same mistake so we know more about this from experience than they do.

The truth people outside of Sweden aren't usually aware of is there's almost no forest older than 100 years here outside of national parks. It's all planted and managed.

02.03.2026 15:23 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A scanned image of the first page of a legal document on letterhead from Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, dated February 27, 2026. It is labeled "Opinion No. KP-0518" and addressed to Mr. Darrel D. Spinks, Executive Director of the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council. A portion of the first paragraph is highlighted in yellow, reading: "mental health care providers" licensed by the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council."

A scanned image of the first page of a legal document on letterhead from Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, dated February 27, 2026. It is labeled "Opinion No. KP-0518" and addressed to Mr. Darrel D. Spinks, Executive Director of the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council. A portion of the first paragraph is highlighted in yellow, reading: "mental health care providers" licensed by the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council."

A scanned image of the second page of the Attorney General Opinion document. A section in the first full paragraph is highlighted in yellow, which reads: "[f]or the purpose of transitioning a child’s biological sex as determined by the sex organs, chromosomes, and endogenous profiles of the child or affirming the child’s perception of the child’s sex if that perception is inconsistent with the child’s biological sex."

A scanned image of the second page of the Attorney General Opinion document. A section in the first full paragraph is highlighted in yellow, which reads: "[f]or the purpose of transitioning a child’s biological sex as determined by the sex organs, chromosomes, and endogenous profiles of the child or affirming the child’s perception of the child’s sex if that perception is inconsistent with the child’s biological sex."

A scanned image of the third page of the Attorney General Opinion document. The text discusses various statutory and dictionary definitions of the terms "health care provider" and "health care". There are no highlighted sections on this page.

A scanned image of the third page of the Attorney General Opinion document. The text discusses various statutory and dictionary definitions of the terms "health care provider" and "health care". There are no highlighted sections on this page.

A scanned image of the seventh and final page of the Attorney General Opinion document, showing the "SUMMARY" section and the signature block for Ken Paxton. The entire summary paragraph is highlighted in yellow, reading: "The definition of a β€œhealth care provider” in subsection 161.701(2) of the Health and Safety Code unambiguously encompasses the professions regulated by the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council. Any licensee that facilitates the provision of unlawful procedures or treatments that aim to transition a child’s sex are thus forbidden from receiving public money in support of those efforts and, separately, risk revocation of their licenses to practice."

A scanned image of the seventh and final page of the Attorney General Opinion document, showing the "SUMMARY" section and the signature block for Ken Paxton. The entire summary paragraph is highlighted in yellow, reading: "The definition of a β€œhealth care provider” in subsection 161.701(2) of the Health and Safety Code unambiguously encompasses the professions regulated by the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council. Any licensee that facilitates the provision of unlawful procedures or treatments that aim to transition a child’s sex are thus forbidden from receiving public money in support of those efforts and, separately, risk revocation of their licenses to practice."

Texas AG Ken Paxton has declared that it is illegal for mental health providers and therapists to treat trans youth. It means that trans youth will be denied access to any mental healthcare that isn't conversion therapy. Paxton also threatens parents of trans youth with child abuse investigations.

02.03.2026 16:26 πŸ‘ 2210 πŸ” 1101 πŸ’¬ 95 πŸ“Œ 140

"Oh and by the way you're bankrupt." That's an afterthought?!

26.02.2026 12:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I just realized I spend a lot of energy trying to make myself smaller so I'm not in anybody else's way, and have done that my entire life. Sometimes even by literally shrinking the physical space I take up. What do you even do with that information?

26.02.2026 12:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He had to have 60 meetings to get financing? Poor baby. In every job I've had, I'll often do 60 meetings in a month. I know managers and directors who regularly do 60 meetings every week.

26.02.2026 06:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Jeff Bezos says working harder is the cure for anxiety: β€˜The stress goes away the second I take that first step’ | Fortune Bezos worked through decades of stress to build the No. 1 Fortune 500 company.

Over and over, the ultra wealthy and powerful show us that they are not any smarter than you and I are, and are often in fact wildly out of touch and completely clueless.

fortune.com/2026/02/25/j...

26.02.2026 06:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Marta (@grammamarta) Everybody knows it’s true. The republicunts just don’t care.

substack.com/@grammamarta...

21.02.2026 21:22 πŸ‘ 6925 πŸ” 2967 πŸ’¬ 269 πŸ“Œ 177
Amazon’s cloud unit has suffered at least two outages due to errors involving its own Al tools, leading some employees to raise doubts about the US tech giant’s push to roll out these coding assistants.

Amazon Web Services experienced a 13-hour interruption to one system used by its customers in mid-December after engineers allowed its Kiro AI coding tool to make certain changes, according to four people familiar with the matter.

The people said the agentic tool, which can take autonomous actions on behalf of users, determined that the best course of action was to β€œdelete and recreate the environment”.

Amazon’s cloud unit has suffered at least two outages due to errors involving its own Al tools, leading some employees to raise doubts about the US tech giant’s push to roll out these coding assistants. Amazon Web Services experienced a 13-hour interruption to one system used by its customers in mid-December after engineers allowed its Kiro AI coding tool to make certain changes, according to four people familiar with the matter. The people said the agentic tool, which can take autonomous actions on behalf of users, determined that the best course of action was to β€œdelete and recreate the environment”.

lol, AWS vibe coded itself an outage

www.ft.com/content/00c2...

20.02.2026 08:16 πŸ‘ 485 πŸ” 196 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 49
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The Trump administration is literally going to kill its supporters, and still they cheer the circus.

13.02.2026 07:31 πŸ‘ 710 πŸ” 227 πŸ’¬ 49 πŸ“Œ 24
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Laughing ICE Goons Seize Dad Who Fled Ukraine War at Walmart Dmytro Kulyk is facing deportation as refugees become the Trump administration’s latest target.

EXCLUSIVE: A Ukrainian dad escaped Vladimir Putin’s drone and missile attacks back home only to be grabbed by a band of laughing ICE stooges in a Walmart parking lot in Minneapolis.

12.02.2026 12:13 πŸ‘ 1317 πŸ” 501 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 49

Wait a second, when did you move up here!?

13.02.2026 08:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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7-Year-Old Migrant Girl Dies Of Dehydration And Shock In U.S. Border Patrol Custody The girl's death underscores the crisis precipitated by large groups of families seeking asylum where there are inadequate facilities to detain them.

CBP didn’t give her or anyone any water; she asked 3 times accg to other reports. CBP killed a 7yr old.

β€œ8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ

13.02.2026 01:33 πŸ‘ 5457 πŸ” 3209 πŸ’¬ 195 πŸ“Œ 405

Or do!

13.02.2026 08:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Prasad overruled FDA staff to reject Moderna's flu vaccine application The rejection is the latest instance of Vinay Prasad overruling career FDA scientists to place vaccines under harsher scrutiny.

The flu and pneumonia kill over 45,000 people a year. Moderna developed a new mRNA flu vaccine for people 50 and older--who are most at risk. Prasad, unilaterally, against the recommendation of experts within the agency, denied Moderna's appplication. www.statnews.com/2026/02/11/m...

11.02.2026 16:08 πŸ‘ 622 πŸ” 331 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 35
A rabbit in overalls and a goat in pants are sitting on the ground drawing pictures. The rabbit is saying β€œART POSES A THREAT TO CORPORATOLRATIC SYSTEMS BECAUSE A PURPOSE OF ART IS TO REMIND THE INDIVIDUAL OF THEIR INHERENT AUTONOMY.”, the goat adds β€œTHEIR HUMANITY.”

A rabbit in overalls and a goat in pants are sitting on the ground drawing pictures. The rabbit is saying β€œART POSES A THREAT TO CORPORATOLRATIC SYSTEMS BECAUSE A PURPOSE OF ART IS TO REMIND THE INDIVIDUAL OF THEIR INHERENT AUTONOMY.”, the goat adds β€œTHEIR HUMANITY.”

Make Art (1/4)

10.02.2026 12:48 πŸ‘ 12905 πŸ” 4743 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 40

"Millions of lost dogs every year"
"We bring home a few hundred"

09.02.2026 04:42 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
09.02.2026 02:34 πŸ‘ 11357 πŸ” 2993 πŸ’¬ 68 πŸ“Œ 42
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#BadBunny's performers continued to dance and party outside the stadium after the #SuperBowl #HalftimeShow

09.02.2026 01:58 πŸ‘ 17959 πŸ” 3585 πŸ’¬ 151 πŸ“Œ 299

Amazon spent tens of millions of dollars developing a nationwide real-time AI-driven surveillance camera system to find 365 lost dogs.

No wonder they have to fire so many employees.

09.02.2026 04:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Black History Month Art Challenge
Day 1: Prince 🎡🎀
#bhm #art #prince #minnesota

02.02.2026 05:29 πŸ‘ 3927 πŸ” 1452 πŸ’¬ 41 πŸ“Œ 5
1st panel: hi can i get a (T voice crack) chicken mcgriddle
"Ya drive up"

2nd panel: two gays sitting in silence

3rd panel:
Nephil: cHicKeN mCGridDLe
Koepek: SHUT

1st panel: hi can i get a (T voice crack) chicken mcgriddle "Ya drive up" 2nd panel: two gays sitting in silence 3rd panel: Nephil: cHicKeN mCGridDLe Koepek: SHUT

drive thru

07.02.2026 18:32 πŸ‘ 3001 πŸ” 786 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 2