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Published: May 4, 2025 21:59

Today is 5/4 so please reply to this post with a song you like which is in 5/4 time Here is an embed of "Take Five" so you don't have to say it If you don't know any songs which are in 5/4 time then enjoy this embed of "Take Five" by the Dave Brubeck…

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Published: May 4, 2025 18:41

Trans people: If you prefer to keep c-athy b-rennan blocked, she or someone using her name has created a second account here and is namesearching with it: fintechesq . bsky . social To avoid getting namesearched, I recommend blocking. And please, I'm…

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Published: May 4, 2025 15:20

@redsolver.dev Hi I've been using your app @skyfeed.app , it's very useful. I have some feedback: If I add a new "input" block it defaults to "entire network". That means every time I want to add a "single post" block it briefly fetches EVERY BLUESKY POST…

https://bsky.app/profile/dryad.technology/post/3lochf32obs2l

Published: May 3, 2025 23:07

The "male loneliness crisis" thing sounds hard, really, I do mean that. But also it confuses me a bit because for almost any given male there are still Martin Scorsese movies they haven't seen, and by induction, other males they could watch the Martin…

https://bsky.app/profile/dryad.technology/post/3loch5wptwc2l

Published: May 3, 2025 23:03

As the father of a four year old son, I cried when President Biden outlawed Manliness. "You will become a sex trafficker in Romania because of this," I said to my son (as my manly tears drenched his face). "You will have no other choice"…

https://bsky.app/profile/dryad.technology/post/3lo7n7jnrck23

Published: May 2, 2025 20:14

I'm never going to use a piece of commercial software again, it's all open source from now on. Not because I ideologically demand open source, or because open source is better. But because it's the only way not to have the fake-AI slop pipe shoved down my…

https://bsky.app/profile/dryad.technology/post/3lo7cospkdk2x

Published: May 2, 2025 17:05

Mark Carney in flopsweat looking at two buttons that say "poach the next generation of America's best engineers, scientists and doctors" and a second button that says "beat up on immigrants for no reason", and picking the second button [contains quote…

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Published: May 2, 2025 15:56

Things my "Smart TV" can do: - Spy on me - Interrupt me with "terms and conditions have changed" popups - When I intentionally mute the soundbar, pop up a scary warning saying the soundbar is not responding Things it can't do: - Mix in audio from Tidal…

https://bsky.app/profile/dryad.technology/post/3lo5cdzuqsc2f

Published: May 1, 2025 21:54

Here are two posts I think are good posts worth boosting but also I think they might vaguely traumatize some of the people following me (discussion of transphobia, ableism, the Trump Administration) so uhhh I think I'll just link them …

https://bsky.app/profile/dryad.technology/post/3lo4ylypzrs2m

Published: May 1, 2025 18:59

We don't need games media anymore because we have AI. If people want to know what's good for the Switch 2, AI will simply make up the names of some games that might exist and then tell you if they are good or not. [contains quote post or other embedded…

https://bsky.app/profile/dryad.technology/post/3lo4mykn3f227

Published: May 1, 2025 15:32

If anyone saw the news yesterday that there will be a (temporary?) disruption in 8BitDo availability in the United States due to tariffs, and you asked the question "wait, is Canada impacted by this?" the answer is NO According to this email response I…

https://bsky.app/profile/dryad.technology/post/3lo2pntlfj22i

Published: April 30, 2025 21:14

"A Quebec Superior Court judge ruled on Friday that limiting the legal affiliation of children to one or two parents is unconstitutional." https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/multiparent-families-like-throuples-to-be-granted-legal-rights-in-quebec/ …

https://bsky.app/profile/dryad.technology/post/3lo2ezlabk22j

Published: April 30, 2025 18:04

I am curious about this 8bitdo device https://www.amazon.ca/Mechanical-Supports-Calculator-Hot-swappable-Bluetooth/dp/B0D66LV395 But I am wondering (1) Does it support Linux? At all? (2) When used with a PC and/or Android, is there a way for software…

https://bsky.app/profile/dryad.technology/post/3lo274pxc7c2n

Published: April 30, 2025 16:18

Ron Wyden is like if a U.S. Senator had the They Live glasses. (It's not I agree with him on everything, but he fascinates me because whenever the Democrats herdlike focus in one direction he's off doing something that's totally orthogonal to the moment's…

https://bsky.app/profile/dryad.technology/post/3lnylhrrbrc2g

Published: April 30, 2025 00:54

Hey so I am playing what is (apparently) the PS4 version of Spelunky on my PS5, and there's a box now that offers me a "free upgrade" to the PS5 version. What happens if I agree to this? Literally anything? Literally nothing?

https://bsky.app/profile/dryad.technology/post/3lnyfk7lytk2o

Published: April 29, 2025 23:08

The really funny thing about voting reform is there's a bloc which agrees first-past-the-post is the worst option, but the reformists are in violently-disagreeing IRV, approval, and Condorcet-math-ranked-voting camps, so their support is split. This is the…

https://bsky.app/profile/dryad.technology/post/3lny7kbwil22d

Published: April 29, 2025 21:20

If you're not from Ontario and you're hearing talk Doug Ford could be the new Conservative leader, what you have to understand is Doug Ford & Pierre Poilievre are two halves of one Donald Trump. Poilievre is the "Facebook fever swamp ideas" half. Ford is…

https://bsky.app/profile/dryad.technology/post/3lnwjecfnz22a

Published: April 29, 2025 05:11

I'm definitely not feeling great about what this election result means for the NDP. I am— probably selfishly— pretty focused on the core issue of what a Conservative win could have meant for my civil rights. But I'm feeling complicated feelings about the…

https://bsky.app/profile/dryad.technology/post/3lnvhutsrb22h

Published: April 28, 2025 19:12

Okay I assume this is a long shot but is there anyone reading this who speaks basic/conversational Swahili, Hausa or Igbo and would be willing to proofread a very small bit of text for a very trivial purpose

https://bsky.app/profile/dryad.technology/post/3lnv6bw32ek2f

Published: April 28, 2025 16:20

In the UK, the equivalent state propaganda effort was called the "Cass Review". In the UK this was enormously successful among elite decisionmakers and you can now find real doctors/scientists being smeared in the press for continuing to speak about the…

https://bsky.app/profile/dryad.technology/post/3lnv353qnjs2f

Published: April 28, 2025 15:24

Dear Canadians: Please, please, from the bottom of my heart, please vote in today's election. Take it from a USian. Polls can be off, high turnout does *not* mean your side is winning. Your vote is more needed than you know. I am not allowed to vote. I…

https://bsky.app/profile/dryad.technology/post/3lntxiugzgs2k

Published: April 28, 2025 04:46

See, this is why I don't want a headstone erected for me after I die. Some bullshit like this is gonna happen. Someone's gonna write "Mᶜ" with the weird high C and then a fucking space before "Clure". Some nonsense like this [contains quote post or other…

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Published: April 27, 2025 20:15

ME: Yeah I dunno, the Switch 2 is pricey and I don't yet see anything that justifies buying one when I have a Switch 1 that still works perfectly MY NINTENDO SWITCH 1: *Breaks literally the same week Switch 2 preorders open up in Canada*

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Published: April 27, 2025 19:05

What I'm listening to today: "Schluss", Matmos Final track from Matmos's self-titled 💿; it has an incredible sense of finality, to me. This was the last thing I ever posted on Cohost. As of this post I've posted a music rec on Bluesky (almost) every day…

https://bsky.app/profile/dryad.technology/post/3lnstls3qmk2y

Published: April 27, 2025 18:03

Something in the US food stamp system seems to be broken right now (ie, this weekend) in a way that's causing charges to EBT cards to be declined all over the nation, inconsistently but pervasively across many states. This is currently impacting two people…

https://bsky.app/profile/dryad.technology/post/3lnsjhrtxks2f

Published: April 27, 2025 15:02

I've been what I'd describe as "involved" in politics for most of my adult life— trying to follow it as nuts and bolts, not just "opinions". As time passes I feel uncertain about so many things I thought I once knew. But with every year I feel more…