Mastodawn

You’re in a dense city driving along on the road when all of the sudden you look right and you see a cyclist, they're riding beside you. The cyclist is on their bike, gleaming in the hot sun, beating their legs propelling themselves through space with their muscles alone and honestly looking sexy doing it, you wish you could be having so much fun and looking so good, but you can't, not inside your car. But you’re not biking. Why is that?

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Hollie 1d ago

It would be difficult to overestimate how much I appreciate that Oliver Burkeman is in the world. His books are great. His newsletter is also great.

"Yet there’s a stunning bit of good news hiding in all this grim inevitability, because if radical insecurity is just how life is, then by definition, you’re already coping with it. Do you worry that you might not have what it takes to deal with the world, if things get really uncertain in the years to come? I think you can afford to unclench a bit. With every bit of work you accomplish, every act of friendship you undertake, every instance of parenting you carry off well, you’re already proving that you do. 'The possibility that your world might end tomorrow' is the terrifying situation in which everyone has always done anything."

From his latest newsletter, "The end isn't nigh"...

https://ckarchive.com/b/0vuwh9h96eg98i7mggrmzhv7orr2eunhx8g7n

#OliverBurkeman

The Imperfectionist: The end isn't nigh

The end isn't nigh I feel the need to issue a public service announcement, to try to alleviate some of the extreme anxiety I keep encountering in people, and sometimes feel in m...

mastodon quixote 6d ago

Danpiker 6d ago

This illusion was new to me. Does whichever dot you look at turn more purple?

Pretty neat how clearly this lets you see the reduced sensitivity to blue light in the very centre of your vision.

https://www.schulz-hildebrandt.com/9-purple-dots-illusion/

https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.11582

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mos_8502

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Sammy Arson Fox ("weird furry")May 14

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Bit Art Bot May 11

f(x,y) = (((17 / x) + (~y)) * ((x - x) + (16 - x))) / (((y | 24) + (13 % y)) - (-(-x)))

Extent: 256x256 (scaled x2)

"Gradient" colouring scheme.

mastodon quixote May 7

petition to change the phrase from "eating your own dog food" to "drinking your own kool-aid"

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Library of Blursed Texts Apr 22

Autism

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the illustrious IRIS JAY May 4

every time I step into the center of a boxing ring, i do the same thing. i square up, lock eyes with the other fighter, yawn real loud. then i pull out my pillow and lucky blankie and lay down on the canvas. before the other fighter can even react? level 5 REM sleep, full theta waves. can’t knock me out if i’m already snoozing. i do this every time and I’ve never lost a single match in my life

mastodon quixote May 4

just saw this in my terminal. you okay little guy

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