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挣扎的神衹 ⛪️
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Hey folx! You probably see a lot of stuff from other social networks mirrored to Mastodon, how about we do it the other way around?
Recently, I've starred to mirror my posts to Instagram, Reddit, and other platforms, and I've had quite the success. My biggest post on Instagram, which is just one screenshot of a Mastodon post, has 44.5k likes and 256k views. My

Erik Uden on Instagram: "Babe, wake up. New man-made horrors beyond comprehension dropped!! In the end of the day, these companies probably realized that, just like with AI, they can somehow use scare tactics to attract venture capital. It's still a horrifying thing to think of, but possibly overblown to get money. The headline of the Science article reads: Not alive, but not dead: disembodied human brains used for drug testing By restoring some functions to intact brains from deceased donors, the startup Bexorg hopes to create a better drug development test bed for neurodegenerative diseases, written by Sara Reardon, published on the 20th of May 2026. Though, reading this Science article made me think: aren't we the brain? Am I missing something here? Now, of course the devil lies in the detail and the article makes it clear that this startup only restores “some functions”, which is certainly more complex in action than it is in theory written here, but certain language of the article makes me question the author's understanding of what is a human. The article writes: “Just a day ago, the brain was in a living person. Now, hours after its owner died, it sits on a cart draped in tubes [...]” What do you mean “it's owner” — isn't the brain it's owner? Isn't that where it's owner is? I mean, certainly the brain had no more activity, the person must've been declared brain dead by all standards before being sent to this startup, still it's odd hearing someone donated their brain instead of saying they've donated... themselves? Also “using a set of proprietary brain-sustaining machines” is a terrible sentence I always thought the people who don't donate their full body to hospitals are religious lunatics, but this is the first time I wrote something on my organ donor card. They can take my brain, but not as one piece."
45K likes, 971 comments - erik.uden on May 21, 2026: "Babe, wake up. New man-made horrors beyond comprehension dropped!! In the end of the day, these companies probably realized that, just like with AI, they can somehow use scare tactics to attract venture capital. It's still a horrifying thing to think of, but possibly overblown to get money. The headline of the Science article reads: Not alive, but not dead: disembodied human brains used for drug testing By restoring some functions to inta…

from my link log —
Qalculate time hacks.
https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~cjwatson/blog/qalculate-time-hacks.html
saved 2026-07-17

The fate of Earth during the Sun's giant phases - new constraints from ab initio tidal modelling and AGB mass loss: #Sun may spare Earth and Mars, as study reverses course on death of our planet: https://www.wionews.com/trending/sun-may-spare-earth-and-mars-as-study-reverses-course-on-death-of-our-planet-1781952003897

I take these shadow selfies with the 9mm that combine my shadow and body in a way that looks like well-proportioned bell bottoms; this one made me feel like Kyubey from 𝑃𝑢𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎 𝑀𝑎𝑔𝑖 𝑀𝑎𝑑𝑜𝑘𝑎 𝑀𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑐𝑎
#sliceoflife #9mm #foxwork

I'm going to deviate a bit from my normal audience and focus in on #tech (especially #Security folks). I came across the practice from public health and emergency management and brought it into work. They seemed to have never heard of it. I'm curious how common my experience is. (Please boost for visibility)
Have you ever used table top exercises in your work (such as, to verify a runbook would work as expected)?
Yes, and I work in tech
No, and I work in tech
Yes, and I don't work in tech
No, and I don't work in tech

For a long time, I diligently put my course materials into #git, but I found that it has little, if any, benefits for my use case, most notably, working alone.
But I’m now in the lucky position that others will teach my courses for the next academic year (#sabbatical, yay!)—now it does make sense to use version control!
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For a long time, I diligently put my course materials into #git, but I found that it has little, if any, benefits for my use case, most notably, working alone.
But I’m now in the lucky position that others will teach my courses for the next academic year (#sabbatical, yay!)—now it does make sense to use version control!
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A profile of ESPN analyst Matt Miller, who is accused of stiffing winners of his charity fantasy football leagues and was nearly killed in a car crash in June (The Athletic)
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7447251/2026/07/17/matt-miller-espn-ca…

A car crash nearly killed ESPN’s Matt Miller. Then came the fraud allegations.
As the state attorney general investigates, the NFL analyst says, "anyone with a legitimate claim to winnings should please contact me."

In a significant victory for the party’s left wing, Chris Rabb took roughly 45% of the vote in Tuesday’s contest, comfortably ahead of early frontrunner state senator, Sharif Street, who fell to under 30%, and surgeon Ala Stanford.
Rabb addressed supporters, in an emotional victory speech, who had powered a grassroots campaign backed by the Philadelphia Democratic Socialists of America and the Working Families party.
“I have been critiqued along this campaign for being too radica…