Ozzie D, NP-hard  

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Another drop in the ocean. Parent, healthcare provider, IT/infosec hobbyist, bike commuter, cohousing resident, Susboid, and compulsive volunteer and over-committer. Loves language, music, singing alone and with others. Please contribute to your local instance admin. Trans rights == human rights.
MLKjr quote"Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows"
Stephen Jay Gould quote"I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops."
Ranum's maxim"You can’t solve social problems with software"

@gcvsa asks:

Q3. What is your favorite style of handlebar, and why? Why do most handlebars sweep backward, when that direction is counter to the natural position of the human wrist, when your arms are held in front of you? Have you ever tried handlebars mounted so that they sweep forward?

#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite

RE: https://mastodon.online/@alexwild/116660793600689746

Its a law on the table, comments are open for 45 days. Write you elected officials, scream, make noise, etc. you know the drill.

RIP Marcia Lucas.

Three things I will say about Star Wars:

- R2-D2 is the hero.
- Droids are slaves.
- Marcia Lucas is the reason the film worked.

Is there an actively-maintained, relatively lightweight #Fedi / #ActivityPub server I can run under plain Debian without using Docker?

Asking for a friend (who is actually me, but a hypothetical "me" who has time to fart around spinning up and maintaining new services).

Massachusetts sues insurer it says overbilled MassHealth for care of seniors for a decade
https://www.universalhub.com/2026/massachusetts-sues-insurer-it-says-overbilled-masshealth-care-seniors
Massachusetts sues insurer it says overbilled MassHealth for care of seniors for a decade

The state today sued UnitedHealthcare for what it says was a decade of deliberately overbilling MassHealth for services that seniors in a managed "senior care organization" plan weren't actually getting. Read more.

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Some hatch battening required. The Greater French Toast Region probably won't see any snow this weekend (that's more of a Shelbyville idea), but we've got a wind advisory of our very own! So secure those porch umbrellas and your smaller dogs and children.
https://bostonfrenchtoast.com
French Toast Alert System

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North End feast society commits to staying away from AI

The Saint Agrippina Society announced today it won't be using any generative AI slop in its social media or posters in the run up to its annual mid-summer feast. Read more.

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👆 look at this cool packaging for the "cassette"

So like what's the argument that local models are somehow ethically better than the duopoly models?

Citations appreciated.

#BostonWeekend thru Sun BIKES Bikes Not Bombs is loading up cargo containers and shipping bikes abroad, and could use your volunteer hands: Sign up for a shift: https://bikesnotbombs.org https://volunteer.bloomerang.co/volunteer/#/join-party?k=s35hjqaeax8jcl #BikesNotBombs #JamaicaPlain #bostonBikes
Bikes Not Bombs – Using the bicycle as a vehicle for social change