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@midtsveen@social.linux.pizza
2025-06-10 23:17:10

What, my family actually expects me to act "normal"? What kind of backwards sorcery is that? I’m an anarchist at heart and a syndicalist by choice, no apologies, no compromises.
nsf-iaa.org

The image depicts a street scene with a person performing a wheelie on a bicycle in the foreground. The cyclist is wearing a black jacket, light-colored pants, and a face mask. In the background, there are several vehicles engulfed in flames, with thick black smoke billowing into the air. The street is lined with buildings, and there are people in the background, some of whom are observing the scene. The road is marked with yellow lines, and the scene is set during the daytime. The overall atmo…
@jorgecandeias@mastodon.social
2025-06-10 13:44:08

The Krasnov effect in full swing.
newsie.social/@Tendar/11465922

@arXiv_csCV_bot@mastoxiv.page
2025-06-10 19:10:11

This arxiv.org/abs/2506.05008 has been replaced.
initial toot: mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCV_…

@blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.net
2025-06-08 21:13:37

Series A, Episode 13 - Orac
CALLY: I'm sure.
[Scene: Gan is in a cabin. We see him listen to the following conversation over the intercom.]
BLAKE: [O.S.] Our only hope is if they have a supply on Aristo.
VILA: [O.S.] But if they don't?
blake.torpidity.net/m/113/60

Claude Sonnet 4.0 describes the image as: "This image shows a scene set aboard a futuristic spacecraft, with the characteristic sleek, technological interior design featuring metallic surfaces and angular lighting elements typical of science fiction television from this era. The setting appears to be part of the ship's main areas, with the distinctive architectural elements and color scheme that creates an advanced, sterile atmosphere. The lighting and set design emphasize the high-tech environ…
@pre@boing.world
2025-06-02 20:28:08
Content warning: re: Doctor Who - Reality War
:tardis:

Confusing episode. Let me clear it all up.
The world is sinking into the doubt needed to rescue Omega, remember, and The Doctor is falling with a balcony that's separated from the building.
How does he get out of that?
Well, saved by a literal magic door that pops out of nowhere, leading back to the time hotel. 🤨
Anita, who he spent a year with once a couple of Christmases ago, has been popping around the Doctor's entire long life, peeping on him with the Daleks and stuff. Trying to find him on the Earth's last day. Today.
And now he's rescued, today turns into a groundhog day. Same day over and over again. 😆
There's another woman that's been stalking him through time lately, Mrs Flood. She was following him everywhere, but she had Xmas off she reckons, so didn't see the Time Hotel bit. Thus the element of surprise in the deus ex machina rescue. 😀
The Doctor is broken free of the wish spell now anyway, popped his conditioning, and can use the time hotel's door to recall Unit and break them all out of the wish too.
The Rani pops in to say hi and explain her plans. 😝
How did the Rani survive the end of the Timelords? She flipped her DNA to sidestep the genetic bomb apparently? Well that makes no sense, but nor does anything else so no time to ponder.
The end of the Time Lords made them all Barons... No, made them barren. There can be no more children of the time-lords.
She's popping Omega back out of the underworld for his DNA because the timelords are all barren and she wants to recreate Galifrey.
But wait a minute: Poppy is the Doctor's kid in wish world! So she should have Timelord DNA too! Maybe that could work?
No. The Rani is a nazi, don't like the kid's contaminated blood. She's got human all over her DNA. Eww.
Rani pops off back to her Bone Palace, and makes the bone beasts attack.
The Doctor explains that the Giant dinosaur skeletons are beasts that pop in to clean up the world when there's a reality flux, and the Rani has turned them on Unit HQ.
So the UNIT HQ turns into some kinda ship? Like the Crimson Permanent Insurance. Lol. It's blasting lasers at the bone beasts and turning around, and has a steering wheel like pirate ship now. 🤣
During the battle, the Doctor pops out to take a ride on the sky-bike, looking like something from Flash Gordon, and crashes into the Bone Palace.
Too late though! Omega is pretty much here now. He's a giant boney CGI zombie, become his own legend. Looks great but doesn't really seem like Omega, who ought to be held together by pure will.
Omega eats the Rani! One of the Ranis anyway. Mrs Flood avoids being eaten. She pops off with the time bracelet. "So much for the Two Rani's. It's a goodnight from me!" as she disappears off into time. Great gag. 😁
The Doctor just shoots Omega to get him back into his box. Pops a rifle off the wall. The Vindicator has apparently also got a built in laser as well as locator beacons. So that's handy. The Doctor doesn't use guns but some of his devices work like one. 🔫
So all is well! The day is saved and the wish is over and baby Poppy survives in a time box! 🍻
They're going to take the space baby off to do space adventures. Ruby is jealous of seeing The Doctor and Belinda vibing like that, as they plan a life in space with the space baby. Aww. Poor Ruby. 😭
But then Poppy pops off! Disappears entirely, and everyone other than Ruby forgets. Ruby remembers because she's disappeared from time herself in the past they say.
Okay: to save his child and on Ruby's word alone, the Doctor will sacrifice himself to turn reality one degree.
He goes off to commit suicide by Regeneration, but Thirteen is here! She's popped out of her timeline to stop him! Or maybe to help, with a motivational chat instead. Gives him a pep talk then pops back off again.
The Doctor zaps reality with his Tardis, dying but holding off on the actual regeneration for a few moments to go check on the kid.
The kid is safe! But isn't his own kid any more. Poppy has popped all her Timelord DNA and is just all human now. Poppy's pop isn't the doc, it's someone called Richie.
And Belinda has been so keen to get home all this time in order to get back to her Baby! Who isn't a timelord, and definitely didn't exist until she was wished into being.
This may not be the most ethical action The Doctor has ever taken: To bend the whole universe in order to recreate a baby that was accidentally wished into being out of nothing. Twisting time to give a child to a nurse who didn't previously have a child, or even remember the wish. Then it's not even the same child that disappeared, coz this one is all human. 🤷
But the doc is popping off to regenerate with Joy in the stars, and... Turns blonde: "oh. Hello?" 🤯
It's Rose! Billie Piper is back? Fantastic!
Is Rose doing a David Tennant Impression there?
Billie playing the Doctor, doing a Tennant impression as Bad Wolf? Amazing. Can't wait.
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#doctorWho

@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2025-06-08 04:51:18

Crikey, just (finally) nailed the 'family photo gallery in a frame' functionality for my mum (with failing memory, in an assisted living situation) across the world. Can control it from here in Aotearoa (via screen share or ssh) with the extraordinarily handy 'RaspberryPi Connect' functionality. The key technologies are:
- Firefox (in kiosk mode),
- Immich (

@bici@mastodon.social
2025-06-09 02:07:20

what a day what a night ...ends at 8pm or 10 ;-)

The image features a logo for "Italian Day on the Drive." On the left side, there is a stylized butterfly with wings filled with the colors and pattern of the Italian flag: green, white, and red. The butterfly is outlined in red, and a smaller butterfly is depicted flying above it. On the right side, the text "ITALIAN DAY ON THE DRIVE" is written in bold, uppercase red letters. The background of the image is white, providing a clean and simple contrast to the red and green elements.
@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2025-05-16 00:30:08

Alley Stories 🔣
巷弄故事 🔣
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️Ilford FP4 Plus, expired 1994
buy me ☕️ ?/请我喝杯☕️?
#filmphotography

**English:**
A black-and-white photograph showcasing traditional Chinese architecture with intricately designed, upturned eaves. The foreground features a blurred branch with leaves, adding depth to the image. The buildings have a classic, historical appearance, indicative of ancient Chinese design.

**Chinese:**
一张展示传统中国建筑的黑白照片,建筑物具有精心设计的翘起屋檐。前景是一根带有叶子的模糊树枝,为图片增添了深度。这些建筑具有经典的历史外观,体现了古代中国的设计风格。
**English:**
A black-and-white photograph of a narrow alleyway with a bicycle parked against the wall. The alley is flanked by brick buildings, and there is a sense of depth created by the perspective. The scene evokes a sense of quiet and simplicity, typical of traditional residential areas.

**Chinese:**
一张狭窄小巷的黑白照片,一辆自行车靠墙停放。小巷两侧是砖房,透视感营造出一种深度。场景传递出一种宁静和简单的感觉,典型的传统住宅区特色。
**English:**
A black-and-white photograph of a narrow alleyway between traditional brick buildings. The roof tiles are visible, and there is a sign with the number "28" on the wall. The alley appears to be part of an old residential area, with a rustic and somewhat worn appearance.

**Chinese:**
一张传统砖房之间狭窄小巷的黑白照片。可以看到屋顶的瓦片,墙上有一个写有“28”的标志。这条小巷看起来是老住宅区的一部分,带有乡村风味和略显破旧的外观。
@blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.net
2025-06-07 18:17:33

Series B, Episode 13 - Star One
DURKIM: Not computers. Computer. Singular. Very singular indeed. Our unbeatable control and coordination centre.
SERVALAN: No!
DURKIM: Servalan, by design or accident Star One is failing.
blake.torpidity.net/m/213/29 B7B5

Claude Sonnet 4.0 describes the image as: "I can see this appears to be from a science fiction television series, showing two people in what looks like a futuristic or institutional setting with white tiled walls and ceiling. One person has very short dark hair and is wearing what appears to be a white garment with a pearl necklace, while the other person is shown from behind wearing dark clothing. The lighting and production style suggests this is from a British television production, likely f…
@pre@boing.world
2025-05-27 19:06:58
Content warning: re: Doctor Who - Wish World
:tardis:

A wish granting god baby, granting Conrad's wishes in service of the Rani, turns London into a misogynist utopia and The Doctor into a good husband and insurance worker.
Hard to say why misogynists are so keen on the American 50s. Perhaps because it was before blacks had the vote and women could do banking.
And if anyone doubts this ridiculous tale, their table stops working and their family might call the doubt police, so they soon learn not to. All very oppressive and subversive.
Ruby manages to doubt anyway. And all the disabled people who simply never enter into Conrad's mind. Nice touch that. Great scene in the tent city filled with the dispossessed. They don't seem to have actually done anything so far but maybe they'll get more useful in part two.
Conrad is on TV telling a story about a man named Doctor Who.
Giant dinosaur skeletons walk the city, stepping over sky scrapers, and a bone palace towers above the city. Because I guess Conrad wishes for it to be so in order to give the Rani somewhere to live.
The palace is beautiful and Gothic.
But doubt is seeping in. Rogue is back, on the TV in hell, telling the Doctor that tables don't work like that. So he investigates. Gets himself reported to the doubt police who take him and Belinda to the bone palace.
The Rani's split from Miss Flood gives the pair of them a good chemistry. Queen and her maid of honour. Seems like Mrs Flood is likely to be the Rani's downfall. She doesn't like being told to make a sandwich.
A lot of exposition going on, but they at least put a hat on it: "Isn't just exposition, I need you to doubt"
So that's the reason for the strange wishes: To make the doctor have doubts so severe that the reality collapses, and Rani can rescue Omega. Omega is the dude in a Mask from the first 3 doctors episode, who gave the timelords time travel and got trapped in the underworld in the process. Timelords forgot him and never mounted a rescue, but presumably Rani is now hoping he'll bring back Galifrey.
And with London collapsing into the underworld and the doctor falling from the sky, we get the episode break and have to wait until next week.
That's not a cliff hanger, that an already-falling-from-the-cliff hanger.
Poppy really is his daughter he's shouting as he falls. And you know what that means?
🤨🤔
Back in Space Babies, the worst episode of the Nchuti seasons, that space baby asked if he was her parents and he said he wished that he was their parents.
That wish has been granted somehow?
Is this space baby Susan's mother? They have very different skin tones, but that doesn't matter much in a regenerating species.
Never have found out much about The Doctor's child. When he traveled with his granddaughter everyone assumed he'd met his own kid, the grandchild's parent.
But that doesn't have to be true for a time traveler. Maybe he met the granddaughter before he met his own kid, and maybe his own kid was just wished into his family line 60 years later (or billions of years in his timeline I guess).
Pretty fun episode but not sure it makes much sense. Why doesn't the Rani just wish for Omega to be back instead of all this doubt and underworld bollocks?
Last one next week. Super long episode. Hope it's all cleared up. Good chance we'll meet Susan again I think. And maybe see Omega's mask once more.
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