RE: https://bardicperspiration.club/@Overgoddess/117038816825442928 Huh, for the first time, a few hundred of my Fediverse posts will be vanished. How upset should I feel?

In which I post some nice water-reflection pictures but somehow the discourse gets out of control: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2026/08/03/Upside-Down #photography #oligarchy

Definitely not wanting to live in Yegge’s future. Or at least to not have anything to do with software.

Ouch: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-03/korean-markets-threatening-upset-tech-boom/106981956 Time to be taking winnings off the table. #bubble

“The mice are Maoists now”: https://existentialcomics.com/comic/666

Tidal pool. #Photography #pacificocean

RE: https://lgbtqia.space/@alice/117032716365639572 Boosting this to suggest you think about the picture then read the responses.

Rainforest #Photography #SilentSunday

He’s not very smart, but that fur. #caturday #photography

Fútbol match tomorrow in Vancouver is the Pride game: https://www.whitecapsfc.com/news/spectator-aug-1-2026-pride-presented-telus They’ve been doing this for years, but I’m not 100% sure this is their best-ever Pride promotion:

Tl;dr: In football/soccer news, the FIFA scum announced a plan to spin the World Cup and the rest of their tournaments into a private corporation with investment from the Kushner scum and specified some ridiculously short deadline. And now […] [Original post on cosocial.ca]

TFW you find and fix the rare-but-obvious race condition and the relevant unit test now runs 50x slower. #software #concurrency

Mostly just leaves. If they look a little weird, it’s because I’m shooting into a fishtank. #photography #FishiesOfMastodon #Fujifilm

Enjoying the crosscutting currents of Odyssey crit, including this, although Laurie Penny liking was not exactly on my radar […]

Seen on the Malahat. It’s about this: https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/red-dress-day #photography #mmiw

A symptom of a system that is deeply broken: https://popular.info/p/taxpayers-spend-about-2-billion-annually #USpol

Say hello to Mr Shrimp. #Photography #CrustaceansOfMastodon

In which I spend a week engaged and immersed in music, learn a new instrument and genre, am made full of joy. And suggest that some of you should do this too. https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2026/07/26/Music-Camp #music

What could possibly go wrong? https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/the-trillion-dollar-borrowing-binge-lifting-the-stock-market-to-risky-heights-8d0377f9 #scary

This is cool: https://dnsisbeautiful.com/traceroute/tbray.org (I mean, it’s still always DNS, but cool nonetheless.) h/t @Quinnypig

Being a Luddite Is Fun Again https://www.404media.co/luddite-events-nyc-off-tech-summer-of-ludd/?ref=daily-stories-newsletter

Being a Luddite Is Fun Again

As tech backlash hits the mainstream, the ‘Summer of Ludd’ proves we don’t need social media to hang out and have a good time.

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RE: https://cosocial.ca/@timbray/116988481487869187 Not that I’m obsessive or anything.

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The odds that it’s good aren’t good, but at a glance Molly looks promising.

My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

NEUROMANCER Official Teaser Trailer (2027) Sci-Fi, Apple TV https://share.google/mDs2OdXFO6VkBdIM2

NEUROMANCER Official Teaser Trailer (2027) Sci-Fi, Apple TV

Official Neuromancer Series Teaser Trailer 2027 | More ➤ https://KinoCheck.com/App | Callum Turner Series Trailer | Apple TV: 22 Jan 2027 | Details ➤ https:/...

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Codeberg is OK by me. I’m not totally 100% sure that their calls (against #GenAI inputs and #Crypto related projects) will turn out in the rear-view mirror to have been correct, but at this point in history they’re hard to dislike.

🔋 MIT just published the most comprehensive EV emissions study yet, analyzing every US zip code with real driving data. Battery EVs cut lifetime emissions 40-60% vs gas cars in most locations. Even on the dirtiest grid in the country, they still come out ahead. The study used DOE's GREET […]

Walked by an open door at the Music Camp and there was this young-teens electric band inside playing “California Dreaming”, skinny little girls with pure voices just killing it. Stopped. The other old guy and I listening by the open door smiled at each other, tears in our eyes.

For some reason, something opaque inside Google is sending a few dozen people a minute to this 2004 blog post: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2004/08/18/Borked (Ok, it's an amusing piece.)

47 Ways To Say “Broken”

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Not going to be online much for the next week, hanging with 250 or so of my best classical-music buds: https://www.wcams.ca/camp.html #music

The “settlers” are brutish animals without hearts or souls, supported and protected by the state of Israel. I think the only way forward is a program of absolute full-on boycott and disinvestment. A Hellish Month in the Occupied West Bank […]