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2025-10-30 22:28:44

Big news! @altbot has a new home 🎉

So I drove 8 hours to deliver the server, and then it traveled ANOTHER 9 hours all the way to Chicago to live with my friends at Nulled LLC (small colo/VPS company). They've been incredibly generous with pricing to support the project, and also insanely patient with all my first-time-colo "stupid questions" lol

Why did I need to move it? Well Altbot generates hundreds of alt-texts daily, but also... my home network was getting targeted with DDoS attacks (not fun). This gives way better uptime, protection, and room to scale.

The journey has been honestly... crazy. it all started as a scrappy project, moved to a locally hosted LLM on my home server, and now it's properly colocated at a REAL datacenter!

Ongoing cost is ~$100/month for colo, plus future hardware upgrades (will need to get a 2nd GPU soon!). If you value what altbot does for fediverse accessibility and want to help keep it running:

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Huge thanks to Nulled LLC for making this possible! ❤

... and for the one who can't see this, thank you for everything. and I wish you were still here.

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hi i made altbot admin of wetdry.world and owner of fuzzies.wtf also post silly things on mastodon

^GitHub

Working with an #acting #coaching client, had them go an entirely different way, totally different direction. The outcome: a totally different version of character, totally different person. On a third take, that new stuff changed the performance. What nice discoveries.

#ActingCoach #ActingCoaching #actors #actorslife

🏛️ Política e globalismo

“Enquanto muitos acreditam que a política é apenas sobre eleições, na verdade ela é o campo onde interesses globais decidem o futuro de nações inteiras. Quem realmente controla o poder?”
#Política #Brasil #Globalismo #Geopolítica youtube.com/watch?v=3vt4OcDCaa…

#3GoodThings (The #Queequeg edition)

1. Sacred
2. Gay
3. True Christian, or a little "Jesus-y" to quote one of my students.

#MobyDick
#humanities

Have to hand it to Trump, he was able to get Xi to commit to buy 2 million *fewer* metric tons of soybeans than China did last year and almost nothing else. The greatest deal maker in the history of deal makers. Art of the deal, baby. 🤡

Trump's latest China deal is anything but a win:
msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinio…

Trump's latest China deal is anything but a win

Not so much a full-fledged deal as a truce: China will pause the limits on exports of rare earth minerals while the U.S. will cut tariffs related to fentanyl.

^{Ryan Mulholland (MSNBC)}

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#nsfw #nudity #nude #female #girl #bigtits #breasts #titsnthat #titjob #tits #cumshot

Check the profile for more 18+ content

I don't drive, but shortly after living in NYC for a few years I was aware of how much a "parking ticket" cost, at home in Cleveland for the holidays I listened with mounting horror as my aunt complained about how my cousin kept getting parking tickets at CASE. "I don't know what's wrong with her. She has 40 parking tickets."

My face went white. That would be... tens of thousands of dollars!

"perhaps we could take a collection at church" I said thinking of my dear cousin *crushed* by debit.

🏛️ Política e globalismo

“Enquanto muitos acreditam que a política é apenas sobre eleições, na verdade ela é o campo onde interesses globais decidem o futuro de nações inteiras. Quem realmente controla o poder?”
#Política #Brasil #Globalismo #Geopolítica youtube.com/watch?v=oeMw54g6YT…

The 100 Greatest Children’s Books of All Time, According to 177 Books Experts from 56 Countries

openculture.com/2023/05/the-10…

The 100 Greatest Children's Books of All Time, According to 177 Books Experts from 56 Countries

Given the size and demographic profile of J. R. R. Tolkien's fan base today, it's easy to forget that he originally wrote The Hobbit for children.

^{Colin Marshall (Openculture.com)}

The "Apple's Values" section at the end is striking. (@jsnell)

sixcolors.com/post/2025/10/app…

If you think Cook will say whatever he needs to say to please the current administration, but doesn't really believe it himself…

Apple results: Holiday dunks and questions dodged

Tim Cook signals for victory! On the day that Apple announces its quarterly fiscal results, as it did on Thursday, there’s a little ritual that happens down in Cupertino: Financial journalist…

^{Six Colors}

ACARS Message From: N391FR / F93092

Message: HEY HOWS THE RADAR OVER LGA LOOKING APPARENTLY A PLANE GOING IN WAS STUCK BY LIGHTNING

Track Aircraft

Area: Jersey Shore, NJ, USA

#acars #vdlm2 #N391FR #F93092

Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map | Flightradar24

The world’s most popular flight tracker. Track planes in real-time on our flight tracker map and get up-to-date flight status & airport information.

^{Flightradar24}

Festoon of Fruits, Johannes Borman, c. 1653 - c. 1658

oil on canvas, h 60cm × w 74cm
rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/S…
#rijksmuseum #musea #collection #art #mastodonart #mastoart #random

Trump administration sets rules to bar groups it opposes from loan relief
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/30/trump-administration-sets-rules-to-bar-groups-it-opposes-from-loan-relief?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Economy @economy-AlJazeera

Trump administration sets rules to bar groups it opposes from loan relief

Advocates say new rules let Education Department to politically punish groups working on immigration, transgender care.

^{Al Jazeera}

A quotation from Kit Marlowe

FERNEZE: Excesse of wealth is cause of covetousnesse:
   And covetousnesse, oh ’tis a monstrous sinne.

Christopher "Kit" Marlowe (1564-1593) English dramatist and poet
The Jew of Malta, Act 1, sc. 2, l. 124ff (c. 1590)

More info about this quote: wist.info/marlowe-christopher/…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #kitmarlowe #christophermarlowe #avarice #coveting #covetousness #greed #riches #wealth

The Jew of Malta, Act 1, sc. 2, l. 124ff (c. 1590) - Marlowe, Christopher | WIST Quotations

FERNEZE: Excesse of wealth is cause of covetousnesse: And covetousnesse, oh 'tis a monstrous sinne. The Governor of Malta, having just appropriated Barabas' entire estate to help pay off the Turks.

^{WIST Quotations}

Palestinians bid a final farewell to the fourteen year old Yamen Samid Hammad, who was killed by Israeli occupation forces near the entrance of Silwad, east of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.

Local sources reported that the occupation forces prevented ambulances from reaching him immediately after he was shot, blocking any urgent medical assistance.

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #WestBank

🏛️ Política e globalismo

“Enquanto muitos acreditam que a política é apenas sobre eleições, na verdade ela é o campo onde interesses globais decidem o futuro de nações inteiras. Quem realmente controla o poder?”
#Política #Brasil #Globalismo #Geopolítica youtube.com/watch?v=FBDGF6017D…

Today in roller coaster rides:

Down: I will likely never be able to emulate or build that freakish fantasy console I've been obsessing over because the hardware and code is ancient.

Up: Somebody built almost the same system _last year_.

Down: it's $1000.

Up: It's a whole-ass computer.

Down: it's a whole-ass Amiga with no GPU acceleration and limited FPU support.

Up: people are actively fixing all these issues!

This is a little exhausting, but fun!
#fantasyconsoles #a1222 #a1222plus

I love people like this 🤩

Sherman Tank vs Tesla

Watch | Texas Man Targeted Over Criticism of Israel

A Texas resident, Adam, was swatted after posting online criticisms of Israel, prompting a visit from the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Bell County Sheriff’s Office.

An officer reportedly told him: “We’re here because of the comments you made online about Israel.”

Adam questioned the intrusion, asking: “Is it really free speech when Israel can effectively send your local police to your door for posts they don’t like?”

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza

Spürbare Kälte
kommt mit der Nacht übers Land
sich suchen was wärmt

#haiku #haikuliebe #poesie

Kommt gut durch die Nacht 🫶🏻✨

#photography

NLE Choppa Has Some Words for NBA YoungBoy on His New Single 'KO'
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/nle-choppas-new-single-ko-1235456919/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into All News @all-news-RollingStone

On 'KO,' NLE Choppa Channels the Grim Reaper of Rap

Over a Tupac interpolation, he addresses influence and accountability and name-checks NBA YoungBoy

^{Jeff Ihaza (Rolling Stone)}

Denmark reportedly withdraws Chat Control proposal following controversy

Link: therecord.media/demark-reporte…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…

Denmark reportedly withdraws Chat Control proposal following controversy

Earlier in its European Council presidency, Denmark had brought back a draft law which would have required scanning of electronic messages, sparking an intense backlash.

^{Suzanne Smalley (The Record)}

US Secures Funding for Rural Air Service During Shutdown
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-30/us-secures-funding-for-rural-air-service-during-shutdown?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Business @business-bloomberg

Detox Doodles!

They are sketches I've been doing to try and replace mindless scrolling!

This page is all about Hammerhead Sharks!

#art #Hammerhead #shark #sketch #DetoxDoodles #sciart #InkArt

Netflix Weighs Bid for Warner Studio and Streaming, Reuters Says
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-30/netflix-weighs-bid-for-warner-studio-streaming-units-reuters?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Profiles @profiles-bloomberg

“For some people in the most expensive markets, the increases could be staggering. A 60-year-old living in southern Illinois will face premiums increasing from $460 a month with the subsidies to $2,800 a month without.”

nytimes.com/interactive/2025/1…

Here’s How Much Obamacare Prices Are Rising Across the Country

The new prices make it official: Americans will need to pay more for insurance next year if extra subsidies are allowed to expire.

^{Margot Sanger-Katz (The New York Times)}