@grumpybozo@toad.social2026-07-17 22:12:05
So, https://mastodon.social/@JenniferSmith345 is an odd bot. I don’t think it’s even a LLM behind it, the replies are just too weird.
Profile looks like it was taken from someone real…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-07-10 12:40:53
New Ofcom proposals would fine social media platforms and search engines up to £18M or 10% of global revenue for failing to take action to stamp out scam ads (Anna Wise/The Independent)
https://www.the-independent.com/tech/ofcom-meta-european-…
@raiders@darktundra.xyz2026-08-09 00:09:30
Hill: Raiders coach Klint Kubiak passes first big test with flying colors https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/sports-columns/adam-hill/hill-raiders-coach-klint-kubiak-passes-first-big-test-with-flying-…
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot2026-09-06 17:47:09
Folk who've been following me for a long time will remember that last autumn I was posting pictures of doing the joinery for a new workshop. And then I went mad, and got ill, and for most of this year there's been no progress.
But my friend Lucy has been here for a week, and between the two of us the frame is now erected. Now I need to sort the timber stack (which hasn't been improving while I've been ill), erect a roof, and build some walls. But the bit I couldn't …
@presseportal_pol_NDS@frawas.de2026-08-05 11:40:12
POL-HK: Bad Fallingbostel: Unter Drogen auf der A 7 unterwegs; Schwarmstedt: Einbruch in Selbstbedienungs-Waschanlage; Bad Fallingbostel: Fußgänger bei Verkehrsunfall leicht verletzt Heidekreis (ots) - 05.08.2026 / Unter Drogen auf der A 7 unterwegs Bad Fallingbostel: In der Nacht zu Mittwoch kontrollierten Einsatzkräfte der Polizei auf dem Parkplatz Steinbach an der A 7 in Fahrtrichtung Hannover einen Pkw mit drei Insassen. ...
@arXiv_condmatsoft_bot@mastoxiv.page2026-08-14 07:55:14
Substrate-Directed Wetting Layers in Bicontinuous Particle-Stabilised Emulsions
Jesse M. Steenhoff, Martin F. Haase
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.13230 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2608.13230 https://arxiv.org/html/2608.13230
arXiv:2608.13230v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Bicontinuous interfacially jammed emulsion gels (bijels) facilitate efficient mass transport across multiple length scales due to their interwoven structure of particle-stabilised liquid channels. This unique morphology imparts considerable potential for applications in separation and catalysis, particularly when fabricated \textit{via} solvent-transfer-induced phase separation (STrIPS). STrIPS enables the continuous, large-scale production of nanostructured bijel films on solid substrates, yet the influence of the substrate properties on the formation dynamics and final morphology remains insufficiently understood. In this study, this relationship is elucidated by preparing STrIPS bijel films on silane-functionalised glass substrates with selectively controlled wettability and analysing the resulting structure with confocal microscopy. The results showed the presence of notable wetting layers at the bijel-substrate interface, whose thicknesses could be tuned through the nanoparticle weight fraction. In line with numerical simulations, increasing the substrate hydrophobicity drove a transition from a laminar, water-rich surface layer to a patch-like, progressively oil-rich structure. These findings provide crucial insight into the structure-directing role of substrates in supported bijel films, which aids their application as functional materials.
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@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-08-27 10:11:00
X launches NFL Gametime, an integrated NFL feed and hub featuring live data, scores, statistics, creator content, and more through to the 2027 Super Bowl (Brian Steinberg/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/x-launches-nfl-gametime-football-feed-123684…
@hex@kolektiva.social2026-07-01 04:06:51
I had a weird dream where I was talking to someone at some kind of ceremony, I think a funeral, where I had timidly painted my face with clay as part of some ritual. This person was talking about how far society has come while our brains have not caught up.
Imagine if your ancient cave dwelling ancestors were dropped into this world of cars, office hours, budgets, climate change, and AI. They would be absolutely freaking out and struggling to understand things all the time... Just like you are now.
Society teaches us to suppress these emotions. You're supposed to be OK with giant metal boxes flying around you in rumbling stampedes, but you feel it in unexplained anxiety. You're supposed to just fit your life into tight little bounds that ignore weather and season, but you feel it in more unexplained anxiety and depression. We are all part of something so big and complicated we can't make sense of it, we cannot possibly comprehend it all, it is simply too much to fully grasp the implications of our individual actions within global capitalism. Should we be surprised by our urge to simply destroy it, by the anger and desire to simply "smash" something far more complex than can be met with simple violence?
Some part of my brain was trying to remind me to be compassionate to myself. Perhaps that reminder can be useful to you as well.
@edintone@mastodon.green2026-08-12 10:53:00
A tree fights back after some crude felling! Why do trees increasingly get left like this? #tree #nature #photography #arborist
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-08-27 10:10:46
X launches NFL Gametime, an integrated NFL feed and hub featuring live data, scores, statistics, creator content, and more through to the 2027 Super Bowl (Brian Steinberg/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/x-launches-nfl-gametime-football-feed-123684…
