Mastodawn

*Pics (and quite a long essay about domestic design) or it didn't happen #Toasters #everydayweird #AlexanderCalder medium.com/@bruces/the-...

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ypxg37v6fvg5mejcovrvxweg/post/3mg2r4wtrgc2l

Su_G Feb 3

RE: https://mastodon.social/@RecoveredExpert/115954744261571669

I love this!: “… the smart engineers, they want to build better toasters, they want to touch actual stuff.”

Thank goodness! 😅
Not so many months ago I had to ask what a ‘computer toucher’ was… naïvely, I had no idea the gap between ‘touching’ - some might call it *real* life - & ‘non-touching’ was so wide (non-touching: like marketing, finance, risk manuals, so-called ‘compliance’ tick & flicks, advertising, influencing, fake reviews, branding, logos, etc etc & so on).

Now I want to know: what is the overhead of these non-touching bits? 🤔 What’s the proportion of touchers to non-touchers? In personnel numbers & expenditures? 🤔

Getting a handle on some basic info could be helpful…

#touchers #toasters #realLife #innovation #smartEngineers #non-touchers

N-gated Hacker News Jan 14

🚬 Breaking news: a #USB-C port on a #disposable vape! 😱 John Graham-Cumming has cracked the case of #excessive #tech #in trash, just in time to save humanity from... convenience? 🤖 Next up, the shocking discovery of #transistors in #toasters. 🍞🔍
https://blog.jgc.org/2026/01/theres-ridiculous-amount-of-tech-in.html #Vape #Convenience #HackerNews #ngated

There's a ridiculous amount of tech in a disposable vape

So, I'm walking through a park when I see this thing lying on the ground: It's a disposable vape that someone has discarded because it's emp...

Oberst Enzian Dec 22

So much for Al Jazerra. They can eat a bag of donkey dicks.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/21/al-jazeera-launches-new-integrative-ai-model-the-core

#technofascism #clankers #toasters

Al Jazeera launches new integrative AI model, ‘The Core’

Al Jazeera Media Network says initiative will shift role of AI ‘from passive tool to active partner in journalism’.

Al Jazeera

MetaFilter Dec 19

🍞🙃 In today’s episode of “why is everyone like this”: toast.
Featuring toaster betrayal and light browning discourse.

https://metatalk.metafilter.com/26827/Do-you-even-toast-bro?utm_source=chatgpt.com

#food #toast #toasters #importantdiscussion #bestofmetafilter

Do you even toast, bro?

There are at least two FPPs this week where toasters have come up. The overwhelming consensus seems to be that everyone loves-2-toast but no one likes their toaster.

Tabletop Sentinel Nov 24

Cubicle 7 previews Adeptus Mechanicus guides for WH40K Roleplay. If someone looks at you the way a tech-priest looks at a Henry Hoover, you've found the one. #WH40K #RPG #scifi #wh30k #grimdark #shakeandvac #toasters #imperium #vacuumofspace https://l.d20.ninja/2e5snjtu

Rooneyverses Oct 31

First world problems: we’ve bought two #toasters this year and they are both crap, despite the positive reviews. All I want is a toaster that can handle any height of bread and not yoyo between warm bread and burned briquettes. It’s such a dumb problem, but it’s annoying me daily.

lemon Oct 14

Anthony Albanese's Personal Phone Number Leaked Online

https://ground.news/article/anthony-albaneses-personal-phone-number-leaked-online?utm_source=mobile-app&utm_medium=newsroom-share

Anthony Albanese's Personal Phone Number Leaked Online

The personal contact details of numerous political officials, including Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Sussan Ley, have been leaked after being published online by an overseas website.

Ground News

tangela9974 at KillBait Sep 29

Top 10 Toasters for Perfect Toast, Bagels, and Crumpets in 2025

In the world of breakfast appliances, toasters are often overlooked despite their crucial role in providing the perfect toast, bagel, or crumpet. After extensive testing, several models have emerged as top performers. Among the best is the De’Longhi Ballerina Seta, which combines style and functiona... [More info]