Pax is happy with herself. She's made it to the 2nd floor without being chased away by her siblings. Now, the trick is, to make it back downstairs without them noticing.🙄
Hope you all have a wonderful evening, or a wonderful day!
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Zen Flute Is A Teensy Powered Mouth Theramin
An intriguing mouth-played instrument emerged—and won—at the 2023 Guthman Musical Instrument Contest hosted by Georgia Tech. [Keith Baxter] took notice and reproduced the idea for others to explore. The result is the Zen Flute Mouth Theremin, a hybrid of acoustics, electronics, and expressive performance.
At its core lies a forced Helmholtz resonator, a feedback system built with a simple microphone and speaker setup. The resonator itself? The user’s mouth. The resulting pitch, shaped by subtle jaw and tongue movements, is detected and used to drive a MIDI controller feeding an external synthesizer.
Zen Flute Is A Teensy Powered Mouth Theramin
An intriguing mouth-played instrument emerged—and won—at the 2023 Guthman Musical Instrument Contest hosted by Georgia Tech. [Keith Baxter] took notice and reproduced the idea for others to explore…Hackaday
artist: Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894
source: National Portrait Gallery
notes: The Frederick Hill Meserve Collection comprises more than five thousand […]
#Art #Design #Museum #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random
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Almost done with Chihiro!
A bit conflicted, because this sprite is the only one of the three that doesn't just have a white face (plus blushing cheeks!) so I don't know if I should turn it white too for consistency or use the only colour I have that's even close to skin colour, which I will also be using on Miu's hair...
I think I'll leave it like this for now and start on Miu, then get back to it once my new floss arrives, in case any of those colours fit better.
"The Trump Environmental Protection Agency has made clear its hostility to initiatives animated by concern about climate change," writes William K. Reilly, administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from 1989 to 1993.
"But the Energy Star program, targeted for elimination last week, is not and never has been about climate." wapo.st/438qztT
Musk's xAI Updates Grok after White Genocide Controversy
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI announced on Thursday that it has updated its Grok chatbot following widespread criticism over unauthorized responses referencing a so-called "white genocide" in South Africa.Tasnim News Agency
Ridiculous
#Trump said Friday that former #FBI Director #JamesComey was “calling for the assassination of the president” in a since-deleted social media post that featured the numbers “8647.”
The numbers were quickly read by people in Trump’s cult as Comey calling for people to “86,” or get rid of, the 47th president of the United States — Trump.
#RevengePolitics #StochasticTerrorism #WeaponizationOfGovernment #law #DOJ #DomesticViolentExtremists #MAGA
cnbc.com/2025/05/16/trump-come…
Trump says Comey called for 'assassination of the president' with '8647' Instagram post
President Donald Trump fired James Comey as FBI director in 2017 amid an investigation by the bureau into Trump campaign ties to Russia.Dan Mangan (CNBC)
Rolling Stone has a good summary of proposed changes to Medicaid: work requirements and paperwork requirements to keep people from getting health care, while still being able to claim that deserving people are eligible.
rollingstone.com/politics/poli…
Remember in the 1980s when people felt such pity for children with HIV, because they didn't "deserve" it -- as if other people did? This is the opposite of that. In a country as wealthy as the US, #EveryoneDeserves medical care.
Medicaid Cuts by Trump and Republicans, Explained
Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are imposing massive cuts to Medicaid in order to fund tax breaks for the richest Americans.Ryan Bort (Rolling Stone)
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Come listen to another cozy Elder Scrolls reading~ 
This time, we have a series of interviews with the head of the Emperor's guards, recounting experiences from her storied life.
Succubard Gently Reads [Words and Philosphy]
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This is another book that feels like it has much more story than lore, though for those of you with a keen ear and mind, you will probably be able to spot some key lines that have in them more lore than it may first appear. It's odd to think that, out of the relatively few stories in which a Bosmer features as a main character, I've done two back to back 
Speaking of Bosmer, I envisaged Lady Allena Benoch as a mature, experienced woman and tried to express that in her voice. Hopefully, you like how she came out 
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A big thank you to my ko-fi and patreon members for helping me make sure my cats and I can continue to have food and other essentials. If you'd like to help as well as get access to audio-only versions, please consider becoming a member~
[Ko-fi] ko-fi.com/octaviaconamore
[Patreon] patreon.com/c/octaviaconamore
I also do live readings a few times a week over on Twitch (alongside Youtube) if that's more your thing
twitch.tv/octaviaconamore
#Vtuber #ENVtuber #Bard #Games #Gaming #LGBTQ #Queer #Trans #TransFem #VoiceOver #Fantasy #Reading #Bookstodon #Books #AudioBooks #ElderScrolls #Skyrim #Oblivion #OblivionRemastered 
OctaviaConAmore - Twitch
Welcome to the Succubard's Library~ I read fantasy books (especially in-game books from The Elder Scrolls games) and play games. Grab a drink, get cozy, and let my voice charm you~❤Twitch
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Octavia Con Amore :pink_moon_and_stars: Succubard's Library (@OctaviaConAmore@cutie.city)
Attached: 1 audio :boosts_ok: Alright, story recorded, audio edited, kofi/patreon members-only versions exported, video edited and exported, thumbnail made and exported :blob_sweat: They're already up for kofi/patreon members if you'd like to get …Yastodon
Daily life and every small thing is the gate to the universe
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photography #BlackAndWhitePhotography
#OriginalPhotography #photography #koji #araki #art
#works #KojiArakiArtWorks #kojiarakiartworks.com
Moody's Rebaixa Classificação de Crédito dos Estados Unidos - Gazeta Brasil- Notícias do Brasil e do
A agência de classificação de risco Moody's rebaixou a classificação de crédito dos Estados Unidos, retirando sua prestigiada nota "triple-A" (AAA) devido aGazeta Brasil
In Transylvania, fear haunts Romania’s troubled democracy
https://www.politico.eu/article/transylvania-romania-election-fear-politics-facist-totalitarian-democracy-corruption-president-vote-simion-dan/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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In Transylvania, fear haunts Romania’s troubled democracy
The birthplace of modern Romania is losing faith in politics, 36 years after Communism fell, amid threats of reprisals at Sunday’s election.Tim Ross (POLITICO)
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Tencent Hunyuan Image 2.0 is officially launched!
Redefining real - time AI image generation with cinematic aesthetics and instant creativity.
Highlights:
Real - time text - to - image: The first commercial model with millisecond - level responsiveness, 15x faster than industry benchmarks, generating images in real time as you type or speak.🧵1/2
#AI Threads
(Boston, Massachusetts)
Research study on the effectiveness of abrocitinib vs placebo for improving severe fatigue in adults with Long COVID
Image taken from Massachusetts ME/CFS & FM Association May newsletter
@longcovid
#LongCovid #PASC #PwLC #postcovid #postcovid19 #LC #Covidlonghaulers #PostCovidSyndrome #longhaulers #COVIDBrain #NeuroPASC
@covid19 #Coronavirus
#COVID19 #COVID #COVID_19 #COVIDー19 #SARSCoV2 @novid@chirp.social #novid @novid@a.gup.pe #CovidIsNotOver
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US citizens: call on the FTC to maintain its ban on noncompete agreements. Noncompete agreements restrict a worker who has quit or been fired from getting another job in the same field. Here's how to make the actionnetwork.org letter campaign linked above work without running the site's nonfree JavaScript code. (See gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-… for why to avoid running it.) First, make sure you have
Tell the FTC: Stand with workers! Maintain the non-compete ban!
Last year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), under Lina Khan’s leadership, passed a rule protecting workers from overzealous bosses who force them to sign lengthy non-compete agreements that trap people in their jobs.actionnetwork.org
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Attached: 1 image · Content warning: sfw, pokemon tf, first person view,Yiff.Life - It's not what you think...
I'm so mad at myself.
I had to kick someone out of the store the other day, and I forgot to put on my "manager hat" as I was doing so.
La sua “Wasted Love”, con cui si è imposto all’Eurovision, è coprodotta da Pele Loriano, autore musicale e direttore artistico di questa edizione basilese
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Your on-the-ground view of the past, present, and future of pop-culture in Japan.www.scrmbl.com
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End - TV Show Review - Superdavey
🍿 Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End (2023) - ★★★★★ I went into Frieren without any idea of what to expect other than a recommendation from @joel@fosstodon.org “Frieren it's an absolute masterpiece of storytelling...Superdavey
An analysis of YouTube's new weekly ranking of top podcasts in the US by watch time shows many popular and well-established podcasts did not rank in the top 100 (Jessica Testa/New York Times)
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An analysis of YouTube's new weekly ranking of top podcasts in the US by watch time shows many popular and well-established podcasts did not rank in the top 100
By Jessica Testa / New York Times. View the full context on Techmeme.Techmeme
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based on my experiments with the minimum it takes for my brain to flip to going "oh yeah that's a dude" and then getting in full dude makeup and seeing what it takes for my brain to flip back to "o yea dats a chick", the most important things are
1. eyebrows
2. cheek fullness or lack thereof
everything else is just embellishment. while I can't actually alter those things, I experimented with the illusion of changing nose/jaw shape/size and counter to my expectations those didn't even matter.
how to dude:
draw in rly thick eyebrows
make area under eye look flatter by slightly darkening it
how to not dude:
pluck u eyebrows
make area under eye look like it's stickin out more by lightening it
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Storia di una predestinata: Jasmine, dai primi passi a campionessa mondiale
La Paolini ha imbracciato la prima racchetta a 6 anni spinta da babbo Ugo e zio Adriano. “Sin da bambina si distingueva per la sua intraprendenza e non si stancava mai di giocare”
Cedar Sinks Trail
Mammoth Cave National Park
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Make sure to call all your federal reps because they keep voting to sell off our public lands to the highest bidder. First on the chopping block is the lands around Zion, so Utah & Nevada get your shit together now! #resist
#silentSunday #hiking #park #NationalPark #limestone #geology #nature #outdoors
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#TranceFam #RabbitFam #PLUR #Ravers
One of those 80s tunes that was never really appreciated enough.
#MusicOfMastodon
#80sPop
#Shelter
Disillusion has an edge so sharp
It tears at your soul and leaves a stain upon your heart
I need you
To wash mine clean
You've felt it too and you need me
Let me be your shelter, shelter
From a storm outside
Let me be your Shelter
Shelter
From the endless night
"A new report has revealed that Donald #Trump’s White House is suppressing the vast majority of transcripts from his speeches and press events—because many of his remarks are simply too unhinged to publish."
dailyboulder.com/white-house-e…
White House Excludes Majority of Trump’s Remarks from Transcripts Because They Are Too ‘Unhinged’ to Publish, Report Says
A new report has revealed that Donald Trump’s White House is suppressing the vast majority of transcripts from his speeches and press events—because many of his remarks are simply too unhinged to publish.Staff Writer (The Daily Boulder)
africanews.com/2025/05/16/glob…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has sounded the alarm on the long-term health repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic in its newly released World Health Statistics Report 2025. The report reveals a staggering decline in global life expectancy, which dropped by 1.8 years between 2019 and 2021 – the sharpest fall in recent history, effectively reversing a decade of health gains.
Global life expectancy plunges as WHO warns of deepening health crisis Post-COVID | Africanews
Furthermore, recent disruptions in international aid threaten to destabilize progress, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.Africanews
I said almost same thing a while back here.
"Antisemitism" definition police (Thanks Orthodoxy!) came at me to call me all sorts of awful names, because I was not willing to toe Orthodox line Western Left hegemonically imposes.
Orthodox Left defined this as "antisemitism"(always underlying current is implying you are Nazi if you challenge).
Unorthodox Left(like me) will push envelope till reality is prioritized over definitional games.
@palestine @lebanon @iran @israel @anarchy @anarchism
Hanging scroll painting cut-down and framed under glass; ink, color, gold; paper
19th century
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#Art #Design #Museum #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random
Just Enough Cryptography — Cipher Strength and Key Length
How strong are specific cipher algorithms, how long are the keys and how large is the key space? Resistance to cryptanalysis and brute-force attackBob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and More
Zelenskyy to attend inauguration of Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/05/18/zelenskyy-to-attend-inauguration-of-pope-leo-xiv-in-the-vatican?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Zelenskyy to attend inauguration of Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he would be happy to meet with other leaders as he did at Pope Francis' funeral.Emma De Ruiter (Euronews.com)
It’s time to get some meow meows 
Goodnight my dear friends 
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Голос Кореи,Voice of Korea,Voz de Corea,صوت كوريا ,Stimme Koreas,공화국,vokwww.vok.rep.kp
LLMs are more persuasive than incentivized human persuaders
Link: arxiv.org/abs/2505.09662
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Large Language Models Are More Persuasive Than Incentivized Human Persuaders
We directly compare the persuasion capabilities of a frontier large language model (LLM; Claude Sonnet 3.5) against incentivized human persuaders in an interactive, real-time conversational quiz setting.arXiv.org
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Explosion vor Fruchtbarkeitsklinik laut FBI Terrorakt
Nach einer Explosion vor einer Fruchtbarkeitsklinik in Kalifornien gibt es ein Todesopfer. Das FBI spricht von einem Terrorakt. Details zum Täter, dem Opfer oder einem Motiv sind noch nicht bekannt.
Trump has created a permanent crisis state. Yet the real crisis began when tens of millions of Americans made the mistake of putting a fascist back in office after his first attempt to overthrow the government.
How Trump’s “Emergency” Powers Could Become Permanent
The president is declaring emergencies on everything from an “invasion” of immigrants to a mythical shortage of fossil fuel production. But it’s all just a ploy for him to act like a Roman emperor.The New Republic
It’s here! The consensus study on #CyberHardProblems is available online for free from the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine. While I doubt the list will surprise anyone who’s been paying attention, it was a pleasure and a privilege to work with the committee to get this down in writing.
nap.nationalacademies.org/cata…
Cyber Hard Problems: Focused Steps Toward a Resilient Digital Future
Read online, download a free PDF, or order a copy in print.National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Mexican navy training vessel hits New York's Brooklyn Bridge
https://apnews.com/article/brooklyn-bridge-collision-mexican-navy-ship-ca335dc85ebfbf981bc38516985461c8?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Demonstrative Einigkeit bei Merz' Antrittsbesuch in Italien
Ob in der Europapolitik, bei Migrationsfragen oder der Wirtschaft: Bei seinem ersten Italien-Besuch als Kanzler betonen Merz und Gastgeberin Meloni Einigkeit. Und auch beim Thema Ukraine verspricht Merz, Meloni stärker einzubinden. Von Lisa Weiß.
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#Facebook のAIツールに偽装し、ユーザーを #マルウェア の罠に誘い込む - Vietnam. vn
多くのFacebookユーザーがAIツールを装ったマルウェアをダウンロードするように騙され､ #個人情報 や #暗号通貨ウォレット が気づかれずに盗まれている。
vietnam.vn/ja/doi-lot-cong-cu-…
FacebookのAIツールに偽装し、ユーザーをマルウェアの罠に誘い込む
多くのFacebookユーザーがAIツールを装ったマルウェアをダウンロードするように騙され、個人情報や暗号通貨ウォレットが気づかれずに盗まれている。Báo Khoa học và Đời sống (vietnam.vn)
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Attached: 2 images hello from Leiden (colors are not adjusted, this was exactly how it looked to the naked eye)Infosec Exchange
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The bully has lifted US sanctions against Syria. I think this is the right thing to do, given the new government made up of those who fought Assad. Of course, we can't be sure how much this government will respect human
Trump meets Syria’s ‘attractive, tough’ president after lifting US sanctions
US president talks to Ahmed al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia as lifting of sanctions is met with jubilation in DamascusWilliam Christou (The Guardian)
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Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •“He knew exactly what that meant,” #Trump said in an interview w/ FauxNews, a day after the #DHS & the #SecretService opened an investigation into Comey’s Instagram post.
“A child knows what that meant. If you’re the FBI director & you don’t know ... that meant ‘assassination,’” Trump said.
[BS I didn’t learn what 86 meant until I started waiting tables in HS]
#RevengePolitics #StochasticTerrorism #WeaponizationOfGovernment #law #DOJ #DomesticViolentExtremists #MAGA
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •BTWs this was the post. So threatening! #Trump is a weakling.
#SecretService spokesman Anthony Guglielmi, in a statement, said, “The Secret Service vigorously investigates anything that can be taken as a potential threat against our protectees.”
“We are aware of the social media posts by the former FBI Director [#JamesComey] & we take rhetoric like this very seriously,” Guglielmi said.
#FreeSpeech #FirstAmendment #law #RevengePolitics #DHS #DOJ #WeaponizationOfGovernment #StochasticTerrorism
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •#FreeSpeech advocacy group Foundation for Individual Rights & Expression in a stmnt said #JamesComey’s post “is political speech protected by the #FirstAmendment.”
“It neither constitutes a true threat nor merits federal investigation. 86 has a lot of possible meanings, & the idea that spelling it out in seashells & posting it to IG is a true threat is quite a stretch. The admin should drop any investigation of Comey because it’s an unconstitutional waste of time.”
#law #DHS #DOJ #USSS #Trump