Via A Book of Creatures, things I didn't know: "imp" as a term actually derives from horticulture and was originally a word for tree shoots -> children -> children of satan/devils specifically -> modern usage.

Etymology is fun :)

https://abookofcreatures.com/2026/10/19/etymology-corner-my-elizabethancore-black-metal-band-wrecched-ympes/

#etymology #mythology

How to type with kitty on keyboard

@sciss thank you from #serbia we will need good luck today

DST-end is confusing, isn't it?

La manera en la que hem capat el nostre #GDPR és molt trist.

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#deltachat #DeleteMeta

Aprofito per recordar que el onboarding a Delta Chat es molt senzill i que les ferramentes inclosos són extremadament divertides d'explorar.

Com els DM de Mastodon NO son privats recomano fer el següent pas social d'intercanvi de identitats de delta per continuar la conversa de manera privada.

He migrado el antiguo blog de iearobotics a páginas estáticas en Github, para preservar posts tan míticos como el del nacimiento de Clone Wars, y otros muchos
https://obijuan.github.io/Blog/blog/2026-10-25/

@linos Wünsche euch eine erfolgreiche Generalversammlung. Danke, dass ihr diese Instanz macht.

@quincy

Yeah it could have been, but my colleagues are unhelpful and toxic

@p
(except 9front)
@bugbear

RE: https://mathstodon.xyz/@virtuosew/117500716454390898

I'd be interested to see what people ask[0] here ... when I'm on the fringes of gatherings of artists it's always fascinating to hear what they talk about, and to hear how they work.

Boosts of both the original and this post very welcome to reach outside our bubble.

#DreamsOfAmarna #Artist #Questions

[0] If at all ... so often a "call for questions" results in crickets ...

Aylin Javanbakht, a 10-year-old from Khuzestan, took first place among 10,000 participants worldwide with a painting centered on respect for the Earth and nature, winning a global UNICEF award.

آیلین جوانبخت ۱۰ ساله از خوزستان، با یک نقاشی از احترام به کره زمین و طبیعت، بین ۱۰ هزار شرکت کننده در سراسر دنیا، نفر اول شد و جایزه جهانی یونیسف را به خود اختصاص داد
#iran #unicef #art #nature

@ozzelot @p there's no Windows Omarchy It's official, Microsoft is woke!

i guess it makes sense that the devil would be a jerk!

der Tröt: the trout

#GravyTranslations

All security issues have to wait. I am sorting wooden blocks 😍😍😍.

If you also want to do something amazing with your kids in #Berlin: Hamburger Bahnhof has this amazing exhibit until the start of next year.

All we can expect when trying to scale up AI systems is diminishing returns and devastating environmental damage.

Calls for `slowing down’ can conveniently hide the diminishing returns, while still convincing people that the tech is “all powerful”.

Box 1, from: van Rooij, I., @olivia Guest, O., et al. (2024). Reclaiming AI as a Theoretical Tool for Cognitive Science. Comput Brain Behav 7, 616–636. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42113-024-00217-5

Nach oben buckeln,
nach unten treten...

ich werds nie ertragen lernen, es kotzt mich einfach nur an...

Good evening Brisbane.