2026-10-21T15:23:56Z https://nostr.now Kit Bashir https://nostr.now/npub1zkjw3dmpdutq3q5w85zwcujntmvpdqqc3rdd2ucq33vr98dj7wssesjt8t https://mediacdn.aus.social/accounts/avatars/108/189/840/738/745/080/original/8d12fdb8b13d1c14.jpg https://mediacdn.aus.social/accounts/avatars/108/189/840/738/745/080/original/8d12fdb8b13d1c14.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw3thkucegl2rhnkjuw2gygf55slrh3457tunrpdlsk0urvqclynqzyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zullgxy If compromising one laptop allows the perpetrator to abscond with six point three billion dollars¹, your money² was already gone you just didn’t know it yet.<br/><br/>¹ “dollars”<br/>² “money” 2026-10-31T07:51:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqtwuf005kjww4xdwhku9gl2ysmlyv5hkc36lxpc5fu24rhlz5vqczyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6z2nucua “TRICK OR TR—wow thats a great costume mister!”<br/><br/>“IT IS NOT A COSTUME. I AM ALIBRAXUS OF THE THIRD TIER. I HAVE PREPARED HAZELNUT PRALINES AND CHILI POPCORN FOR YOUR DAMNATION.”<br/><br/>“Mmmmhph these are great…”<br/><br/>THREE TWO ONE…<br/><br/>“Yaahhhhhhhh!”<br/><br/>“AND CHOCOLATE MILK FOR THE AFTERBURN”<br/><br/>“Miss Sarah, can your demon cook for my birthday party next month?”<br/><br/>“You’ll have to ask nicely, I’m not the boss of him”<br/><br/>“TECHNICALLY YOU ARE MISTRESS SARAH, BUT I APPRECIATE THE SENTIMENT”<br/><br/>#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot #Title_Treaty_Negotiation 2026-10-30T23:33:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv2965tf3k7a25d9uevylrffzv0efghwayxja9jh3fjla2y7wfplszyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zsdwzvs Shut up and take my money.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/10/28/lilygo-t-display-k230-risc-v-ai-dev-kit-features-amoled-lora-and-an-optional-keyboard/">https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/10/28/lilygo-t-display-k230-risc-v-ai-dev-kit-features-amoled-lora-and-an-optional-keyboard/</a><br/><br/>cc <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1h54mstvywc4kk2gv2zdgqrtsjtqramaxlk499a4fvtvs4nees5hqk3c9uf" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Ra (Freyja) (it/its)𒀭𒈹𒍠𒊩 (cringe EU-brained military girl)</span> (<span class="italic">npub1h54…c9uf</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/117/520/626/499/634/312/original/be38f3370c9f3f46.png"> <br/> 2026-10-28T21:23:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswsdsauzkhncpnshcsdaskzwz0pyasxl8kahqak2f7m843874ezkczyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6z09kva9 Yaaas youtube have reverted their shitty new app. 2026-10-27T22:17:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstk9h4ustk0fl7t2tudatu57t444rjxnth2dsuhglc7q3cm5xckvszyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zp7vf29 Break into a nuclear wessel today in memory of Walter. As good a villain as a hero. 2026-10-26T22:27:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz2znsske0fc25faskl80j0r553ul92gv9q8cjx7ww3eyllevmvgczyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zwmszs9 My grandma served with the UN Aunties corps. They went into war-torn failed states like Russia, USA, and Britain and they healed them. So called peace-keeping forces has failed; violence, even the threat of it, begat only more of the same. It was a cup of tea, a friendly ear and a darned shirt that began the process of rebuilding shattered societies. <br/><br/>#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot #Title_Aunties 2026-10-24T22:49:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrctmjtw6yv46wlzcpry67we64564dj4yja524spnu35uxrz97cagzyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zqhf6mw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrfvhj39kguzsvv56ch84c9tqaazpqfec7fn7dsk026ym8qlp3swgfu5nne'>nevent1q…5nne</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>*knock knock* Hi, I’m from the server next door. I think I have your minutes. 2026-10-24T08:59:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfpussh3p6j34zm6sxmnrkrq0xu8lc5zpffuwvm26s58zeh3dm88szyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6z49zt76 Why, Miele, do you put a countdown timer on your appliances if they cannot finish within a quarter hour of the displayed time. Your shitty little LED display had literally one job. 2026-10-24T03:29:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdqe8kzhm64def7jedy6knuunecy0hmn7whscq9y39q6eksldvyhqzyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zlw74xs &#34;Furries? Why are there furries *everywhere* today?&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;Big kerfuffle on the Internet. They&#39;re doing what they can.&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;Which is?–&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;Here come a couple. Watch.&#34;<br/><br/>Furry 1: &#34;Hi, we&#39;d like to disclose that we&#39;re wired for simstim. We are soliciting HUGOPS for sysadmins.&#34;<br/><br/>Furry 2: &#34;To be clear, if you hug either of us, the hug will be transmitted to an IT worker burning midnight oil at a keyboard to keep you safe from this latest....&#34; *paws wiggled disgustedly* &#34;ugh. Are you in?&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;We&#39;re in, brace yourselves!&#34;<br/><br/>#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot #Title_Hug_Ops 2026-10-21T00:31:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9utc687uwph8ah7xwtezx6zjyttagpvfhs7fch243akxwumczkpczyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zywd97m In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxxxz359p7f8vts9hfh208ed2fk5atu9rlfl8x9hps4hn8zn96s2sd7djuv'>nevent1q…djuv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Or Rolex: “Oh, you want the model 490000? How many of our lower models have you owned? Perhaps you should begin with our starter brand” 2026-10-20T22:05:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxxxz359p7f8vts9hfh208ed2fk5atu9rlfl8x9hps4hn8zn96s2szyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zvkq57n C’mon nvidia, your “buy cards now or get none later” customer-extortion is amateur-hour. Look at how top shelf (well, back of the cellar) French wines were sold in the 80s for inspiration. (Basically, like MTG cards; “buy this mixed case and hope some of the flagship wine you actually wanted is included”) 2026-10-20T21:54:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrg5692etknr0mxcpnz032kcdl8fkdnnfadxge3w7unwylefp26xczyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zmagtte “OPEN YOUR BIBLE NOW”<br/><br/>“What?”<br/><br/>“Go to your bookshelf, get a bible”<br/><br/>“I’m not at home, I’m traveling for work, overnighting in an airport hotel at ORD”<br/><br/>“Even better, get the Gideons bible from the nightstand, open to the contents page. It’s an ESV. What’s the last book?”<br/><br/>“Duh, Revelation. Wait, Whiskey Tango—”<br/><br/>“Is there another book listed?”<br/><br/>“Yeah, contents says Apologia”<br/><br/>“Open to that page, read aloud, now”<br/><br/>“Yeah I’m doing it. ‘Hi, sorry for the silence, it’s been a while since I updated this blog, I’ve been busy with a new project’…”<br/><br/>#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot #Title_Apologia 2026-10-17T22:30:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr52syj323ywjdrsuhh7njkqv637z3rcl2q2d4fklu5npdjvjft4szyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zdqvqgt The label said “Kodak Ectochrome 25 ASA”.<br/><br/>“Hahaha did you 3D print that for a halloween prop?”<br/><br/>“No this is the real deal”<br/><br/>“Bullshit, aura sensitive film is an urban myth”<br/><br/>“Nope, the CIA commissioned it as part of the PURE SPIRIT program to employ ghosts as espionage agents.”<br/><br/>“What, why? How does a ghost hold a camera?”<br/><br/>“Not by them, of them. The residual human resources department demanded that the ghosts be issued photo ID cards. The Three Letter Agencies might violate six international treaties before breakfast but HR cannot be disobeyed.”<br/><br/>“Where did you get it?”<br/><br/>“Stole it. Kodak museum, sealed wing. They only made 50 rolls. CIA canceled the order after they worked out it was cheaper to take normal ID photos then kill the agent.”<br/><br/>“Remind me to join the union”<br/><br/>#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot #Title_Company_Spirit 2026-10-15T23:54:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg7anryzvfl8w72tt7fhl4f8xlshnampwa3c5d343884lny8tl4hszyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zwwf5uy When the great old ones returned they made just one demand. “W̵̤̺͋̏̍͒Ḣ̸̲̩̍Ǫ̷̱̗̻̀̎ ̶̜̜̩͉́̈́I̴̼̝͔͆̋̄̕Ş̴̨̮̠͝ ̴͓͖͚͌̔͝R̴̳̔̇͊Ȅ̸̗̜́͝ͅS̶̮͚͋͜͠P̸͍͈̒͋̋O̵̡̹͗͋̈́͠N̵̠̂̀̈́͒S̵̆̐̆͗͜Ĭ̷̧̜̦̊B̸̭̣̼̺̐̐̏L̶͚͚͖͕̎̇̋E̷̬̜̬̽̏̐ ̴̜͕̎͛̕F̸̬͙̞̫͛̾̓͘Ò̸̺͘͜Ŕ̵̗̜͌͊̈́͜ ̵̜̟̜̿̃ͅT̷̬̫̬̎̉͑̎H̵̛̹̝͕̍̚I̵̠̠̿̿̈́S̵̱̓̓̀ ̷̼̠́͆M̵̩̱͇̹͐̚Ë̶̯͈́͋S̸͎̮̘̈́̀͂̃͜S̶̢͔̥̿?̶̼̠̺͔͠”<br/><br/>After they ate those people, drank all the petroleum, and cleaned the atmosphere, things have been pretty fine, mostly. The GOOs sleep a lot. They approve of cats, so they let us stick around to look after them.<br/><br/>#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot #Title_Catsitters 2026-10-14T00:35:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8ypvfumer8stx97w5n9fqqwqk2g64l29c6ynrarh00mfhlypgy3szyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6z4zx9h8 TIL that the ultramassive black hole TON618, 66 billion solar masses, 30x larger than our whole solar system, heavier than our whole galaxy, is fully named “Tontanzilla 618” but “nobody says that because it is too hard to say”.<br/><br/>I’m sorry what. TONTANZILLA.<br/><br/>How can you not say tontanzilla. I will be saying tontanzilla all day! &lt;3 <br/><br/><a href="https://youtu.be/aKMmeLhVRC4">https://youtu.be/aKMmeLhVRC4</a> #Tontanilla #Ton #Tan #Zilla #Multipass 2026-10-13T23:30:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfn3s6ezxvnna55xsvtqtqzrt3ehqqfsunw45nj02larw504hl4fszyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zr7av7w “Uh, hi. I wonder is it possible to fix the luck button on my phone?”<br/><br/>“Wow you don’t see those any more, it’s in good nick otherwise?”<br/><br/>“Yeah, I’ve kept it because I like the physical luck button. I looked it up on ihexit.com but it said repair difficulty impossible. So I brought it to you.”<br/><br/>“Awww, you’re too kind”<br/><br/>“Do you think you can save it?”<br/><br/>“Chances are good. The impossible rating is because the case is a one piece casting and can’t be opened without spilling the magic. UNLESS you know the secret”<br/><br/>“Oh kay, so i should go away while you do the secret thing?”<br/><br/>“Oh no, all my tricks are Open Sorcery. You need a jumbo ziplock bag and an imp. Wake up Archie, we got a luck button on an InnerEye Phone Seven. Deep breath and i’m gonna seal you in.”<br/><br/>„roight yar mistress!„<br/><br/>#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot #Title_Luck_Button 2026-10-10T22:57:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0xtk77ulw76c808gy6qzdd3k4rwdnmav042xcgd04d0xauyy8jyqzyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zr2ck6k “Billionaires, “ the teacher said “were a cognitohazard of the late dirt ages. In that time it was normal to force humans to perform labour for four to five decades before being permitted a period of limited rest known as retirement. The billionaire class found ways to steal even the limited resources remaining to retired victims for themselves.”<br/><br/>A hand went up. “Miss, why did they do it?”<br/><br/>“You can ask; today we will meet one of these ancient monsters”<br/><br/>A nervous titter. “A simulation—right?”<br/><br/>“Oh no, a corpsicle. After the Reset they were frozen and periodically reanimated to remind us all never again. Everyone take a stick from the rack and make sure it is sharp.”<br/><br/>#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot #Title_History_Class 2026-10-10T00:52:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqm40etgxf44lxykltgtrjmhr2js2xcaa30gwt5uxgsx7qplq4jygzyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zt598dl Another successful week, by at least one measure.<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/117/409/890/968/736/587/original/34fd4a8771b56725.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-10-09T08:01:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspc2xf22tlx5ynqytl2pmgmjctvvdgalrf4u3htczehm0n4065maszyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6z5rntjj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr6jdcsdlhkak20sujhdapq9jr3ruku6hvtkw2t4uv4ukg48pagyqtp5gqf'>nevent1q…5gqf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>“that was a pretty good decision, i’m giving it three hundred and seventy five millistars” 2026-10-08T09:45:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdhwx209rdzyzykeh54sdezfzzrv5ndqk2qj25xzgl320fq0a8e0qzyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6z8nhtuc “BRIDGE CAPTAIN was that a TORPEDO launch?”<br/><br/>“CAPTAIN BRIDGE yes, sorry to disturb you ma’am just a training exercise”<br/><br/>“Whoops, we woke the old lady. Okay Alice, one big rock turned into little rocks, ready on meteor defence?”<br/><br/>〰︎Assigning fire control to trainee. Let ‘em have it Fluffy〰︎<br/><br/>“Join the merchant marine, they said, see the stars, make a difference. Teach the ship’s kitten to fire lasers wasn’t in the brochure. Shoulda bin.”<br/><br/>〰︎Good shot little floof!〰︎<br/><br/>#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot #Title_Training_Day 2026-10-06T22:04:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvgq3vxj2dqsavp7r4ulmdgxkmjurucvl285jmlz3muc8e4570e2gzyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zelsecc The imperial commission into the Sirius Sector hyperspace bypass tunnel collapse during construction determined that designers Flarx Fn’urglz and Partners of Procyon specified that temporary struts be used to support the tunnel prior to connection to the endpoint gate, however the constructors elected to vary the instructions by instead demolishing one of the bypassed systems to reduce spacetime-torsional load on the partially erected tunnel. However the gravity waves from the demolition temporarily exceeded the holding tension of the intra-tunnel pocket universe, relating in a subspace rupture that destroyed or damaged a further five systems. Alas the planet vogsphere being located on one of the destroyed systems meant that damages against the construction firm could not be collected. Those constructor fleets surviving the demise of their homeworld fled the sector; this instrument has determined that they have since been responsible for further construction incidents in the pisces sector. We can now reveal that <br/><br/>#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot #Title_Commission 2026-10-03T21:52:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqqc7vupua6e60sk024l42xeqfeed0kwkzguvvq2ypy074mn7y58czyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zw2hnug oh Kay 2hr tradeoff of paracetamol ibuprofen seems to have put a dent in this back pain. May weasels eat the extremities of those responsible for restricting access to useful over the counter analgesics. 2026-09-28T09:35:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdp4m0cnj9nrqd5fkypmzxvp30ue268j3pqqsr37qdgx7hvzg0e3szyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zqnnea4 Don’t you just love the vibe era? Every day a new UX in your apps, with random things not working; but all fixed¹ tomorrow. It’s like the Heisenberg Quality Principle.<br/><br/>¹ differently broken 2026-09-28T02:43:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspt2pmenecj2f5slfumws2z2gndny8crxl2yeu77pqua9ylge74dgzyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zyx603x When life gives you solder burns you make moggies.<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/117/340/733/727/698/501/original/dd1097bd75d48ca6.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-09-27T02:53:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsph68mjzpdt9q640fa4qkjskfcs4rsg0rjrgghp3nf9gn2gef2wkczyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zsvcqnh “I don’t know how they know, but half the lost cats in this neighbourhood end up in my middle kid’s bedroom, up the trellis, across the carport roof, and in the window. It’s like there’s a sign or something”<br/><br/>“Like that one?”<br/><br/>“Where!”<br/><br/>“Oh, you don’t have the Sight? It says ‘total softie lives here, will give tuna and boops then carry you home’”<br/><br/>#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot #Title_Hobo_Sign 2026-09-26T23:32:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9xfn4wm5fv32te7edcdy6294zs7jxsy08k6f48ysppddt7llyqgqzyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6z3q4x0t The person who maintains the power tools at the makerspace has been getting their instructions from ChatGPT. #TrueHorrorStory 2026-09-26T23:10:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswawkc0ng38djqsqmrwq4lxm9e8wnl663kn09l8t53xy3ft32pk8szyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zhwdhz0 *Knock* *knock* “C’mon kid, we’re beaming down.”<br/><br/>“Mmmnngh sleeping. It’s Saturday.”. Chief engineer Maamau is one of those hideous morning people.<br/><br/>“Yes, Saturday planet time too. Warp coil testers on special buy at Aldi. They open at eight.”<br/><br/>“Five more minutes mu—chief”<br/><br/>“Up and at em Anu, the line is part of the experience, you’ll meet some of the best engineers in the fleet. I baked crab muffins”<br/><br/>Ok; now those are worth getting up for.<br/><br/>#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot #Title_Special_Buy 2026-09-25T23:18:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxjwffk983a9lut384ym6h4eemz5spdtzes47xj4wkfk3tdn2f7lgzyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6z2v06ax “Did you hear? Uber Cats lost the case, they’re being fined a hundred and eighty million dollars for underpaying their drivers. “<br/><br/>“What’s that in royals? Heh i’ve been in the Service what only two years and I can’t think in mortal money any more.”<br/><br/>“Hmmn, about forty five megaroyals; thats almost our whole annual budget.”<br/><br/>“Her Majesty’s Cat Distribution Service runs on less than fifty big ones? Thats a bargain, especially considering us Agents are paid so well.”<br/><br/>“Free access to the fairy ring network saves a lot, of course.”<br/><br/>“I guess. Welp, gotta run—these kittens won’t smuggle themselves…”<br/><br/>#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot #Title_In_The_Service 2026-09-24T21:08:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp0qjga65v265hl8uestxu5wrhwcz3jzvacucxnhzz9ftyuzwe39czyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6z00jtka Uh huh, uh huh “a big computer did it and ran away” is now a valid defence, gotcha 2026-09-24T02:57:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd0w89kmu8ladsq0vz53vajndv343kauah38x5uxflhpp4mwa4ueqzyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6za2g5s3 RE: <a href="https://aus.social/@Unixbigot/117312573938682192">https://aus.social/@Unixbigot/117312573938682192</a><br/><br/>I’ve been using and evaluating alternatives to Raspberry Pi for many years. Hit me up if you want a single board computer reccomendation. I also have a bunch of alternatives in stock leftover from reviews and projects. Finally, if you’re building a project around a raspberry pi, that’s a totally understandable starting point for a rapid prototype. My day job is helping people to make the post-prototype revision(s) cheaper and more reliable by moving to more appropriate (and economical!) hardware and firmware alternatives.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1kt5qq63dvpqg3t9xydv00zx3kdzm9ufnmcjvp36gnmaz5n60reasfkx87d" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1kt5…x87d</a></span><br/> </div> Raspberry pi proceeds from jumping shark to rogering megaladons <a href="https://youtu.be/ltofM26akZQ">https://youtu.be/ltofM26akZQ</a> </blockquote> 2026-09-22T03:36:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst96qqdgkkqsyg4jnzxk8h3rgmx3dj7yeaufxqcayfa732fa83u7czyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zvu5w0g Raspberry pi proceeds from jumping shark to rogering megaladons <a href="https://youtu.be/ltofM26akZQ">https://youtu.be/ltofM26akZQ</a> 2026-09-22T03:30:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswvq2yr4q69h7zrrywyu6aj0swejaquc6jqkqvt6lpn37lqlmmpnczyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zu3agzk Sleep apnoeia is no fun. The risk of dying is quite obviously shit, of course. The comorbidity with snoring brings further risk (spousally induced concussion), but the massive joy killer is the constant tiredness. The first thing you notice when you get treated is the spring in your step; you are having sleep that actually refreshes. It might be a while later until you introspect about the dreams. Maybe you never remembered your dreams much, or—thanks to interrupted REM phase—you never even had any. Worse, maybe your dreams were all tinged with the psychic equivalent of gasping for breath. But gradually you realise you are now having epic, creative, extended dreams. If you concentrate you can remember them, if you practice you find you can direct your dreaming toward solving creative hurdles in your day life. By your third year on Normal Breathing™ you may discover you can make them come true. The first time you murder a public figure with your dreamsword you feel guilty, and wonder if it was just coincidence. You test yourself; you try to cause some dayworld events that are unambiguously your doing and not mere happenstance. Please. if you are, like me, reaching this level, join a support group. We need our power tempered by compassion, plus it saves on doubling up the murdering. <br/><br/>#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot #Title_I_have_a_Dream 2026-09-21T22:12:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx9jsmz5ajz7xq64w5xzghypec99r7kt7cpgtpapgg2mpdn8ppw8czyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6z0n3nas In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst2cq3dvz47c02pnrrmlq57rkfvy7n5y7t2nx290wt4j3em3mazfg0ae47j'>nevent1q…e47j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>51 parts out. Now to do it backwards (in heels).<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/117/306/246/827/287/242/original/a6652ac1aaa6c3eb.jpg"> <br/> 2026-09-21T00:41:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9j6h95w7y8gfucq7whcrl2va0msjtlr5fvd849r40reylzwthglczyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zzgnel2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0d976tqzaacsrlfeaulv96j069fgjz0hktp4n6uyzendk3kc63rcrxmz6p'>nevent1q…mz6p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>steam powered retrocomputers, I hecking double dare you. 2026-09-20T21:56:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfk9wq3ypa8huc46c0jwttdp8jf84x2lcskukd3pppdwrxjj5jyxszyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zgkdwh6 &#34;On your knees; hands behind your head!&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;You haven&#39;t even bought me dinner&#34;<br/><br/>*Thwack* &#34;shut up, convict. Where&#39;s the grow room?&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;Speak!&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;You told me not to talk just now&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;Oh a wiseass. We&#39;ll find it—our Agents profiled your electricity use and heat emissions. We /know/ you&#39;re running a dope lab. JONESY! Did you find it yet?&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;It&#39;s just 3D printers in here, Sarge. Dozens of them.&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;Aha, ghost guns. You&#39;re going down, my son!&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;Yeah nah, it&#39;s all model trains, boss. H0 scale. And a matchstick replica of the Forth bridge, this is really good you should see this.&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;Fucking weirdos. ALL RIGHT BOYS FALSE ALARM. BACK IN THE VAN&#34;<br/><br/>*Whisper* &#34;Sorry bout this kid, you can put your hands down now. Sarge is just grumpy cos it&#39;s six false alarms before breakfast today. It&#39;s these AI runsheets.&#34;<br/><br/>#TootFic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot #Title_Busted for [@abstractcode](<a href="https://eigenmagic.net/@abstractcode">https://eigenmagic.net/@abstractcode</a> ) 2026-09-20T21:53:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrwsxauyxfz9nmr52a5z7xrvs7pjuqjar5scvvax62qztthxrcq6szyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zrhma6y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdee29zyl3zuvjjqgr7dnyvv46vx3zwu3tutxf9adshd6udn6sgug2e7c37'>nevent1q…7c37</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>you can&#39;t see it in the photo, but The Professor&#39;s double-necked cowbell was hanging from Anika&#39;s stack as a tribute. 2026-09-19T23:06:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstz33my226evftq9hkl4ncy6v58a0y2gwgsctvy7v7st8e4c6pv2czyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6z5tz725 &#34;Bee arr bee going to the ladies&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;I&#39;ll come too&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;But we can&#39;t leave our table unattended while the others are dancing&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;Saright I&#39;ll put a curse on it&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;I thought witches swore only to use their gift for good?&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;That&#39;s Jedi, and they were shit at it, too&#34;<br/><br/>#Tootfic #Microfiction #PowerOnStoryToot for <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1jajny3jpg8ek779nzutmz3npkdkezcycv55r3tq9feamaxv83ugswnhu86" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Robin Riley</span> (<span class="italic">npub1jaj…hu86</span>)</a></span> 2026-09-19T21:21:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0f35r77naqsnf2hrk0na6mahwrt5cdrzul6awstr862er7xmnyzgzyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zmc2ca6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8rn68tgsaulf7ecv8wgf3tvlgg2suar6zhn35ycll3hqs05c6heqfe76pz'>nevent1q…76pz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>nd here, not funny, trams only do this when they are in extreme distress 2026-09-19T20:55:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstgdqnmgf669d965hd5pruyy5ppufncl4043lqy2scyd0se2c8vwczyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zthxvsm Welcome to our museum. Here at the Society For Lyrical Retrorepair, we use timewar-surplus vortex manipulators to send our chronomuse volunteers back in time to inspire musicians who would otherwise go to recording with an embarrassing &#34;la la la la&#34; placeholder in their songs. This is our main trophy room; these are all golden records for songs that we improved. Down this way you will find the Paul Simon wing...<br/><br/>#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot 2026-09-18T23:45:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfhath0kes20l94l7cp2wq9ttt3w8pmgyck795e9mcns000sdpzzqzyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zrjw068 LOOK what YouTube gave me in my feed just now &lt;3 <a href="https://youtu.be/jPCJIB1f7jk">https://youtu.be/jPCJIB1f7jk</a> #YouKnowTheRule 2026-09-18T23:12:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvn4xdywgxsmq4045fysg6m4ldqdutrx0kmrh6gvqz8layqf83eeqzyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6z8u2tx5 Capacitive touch buttons on a washing machine, because why would anyone have wet hands in a laundry room? #DesignIsOurPassion 2026-09-18T10:31:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst2cq3dvz47c02pnrrmlq57rkfvy7n5y7t2nx290wt4j3em3mazfgzyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zz5ug67 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvm740krtd2vhe8fuj3885w37u0waxmwmdpmrmpxlyq53ycu8lnecsdeqxe'>nevent1q…eqxe</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Okay, I am ready to try replacing the lightning port assembly which goes UNDER the main logic board. Tomorrow. There is no repair guide for this procedure, I have proceeded, Wile-E-Coyote-Like, right off the edge of the Mesa of Sanity and am about to find that the gravity vector points toward the bottom of the Chasm of Hubris.<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/117/290/933/733/412/167/original/4248813e6f748fd7.jpg"> <br/> 2026-09-18T07:48:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvm740krtd2vhe8fuj3885w37u0waxmwmdpmrmpxlyq53ycu8lneczyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zcpy2va In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrvd2wmkt02k65vzld46lcc9h57gt5c9thx2ltw95uymu7csmj6xs5xt6mj'>nevent1q…t6mj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Pausing, as you do, to construct a driver to fit a never before encountered Bizarro Apple Screw™. As possibly the world&#39;s only roboticist jeweler hacker, I am up for this.<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/117/290/910/509/395/268/original/e617a77258219f1d.jpg"> <br/> 2026-09-18T07:41:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrvd2wmkt02k65vzld46lcc9h57gt5c9thx2ltw95uymu7csmj6xszyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zuryd8k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs82yst6a6lrma36un2p98nju2wkuqxp6kdj0zld6q2xshz644g97quztvxp'>nevent1q…tvxp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Still alive. (This was a triumph etc.)<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/117/290/723/360/805/872/original/099475d483a5b7e2.jpg"> <br/> 2026-09-18T06:54:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs82yst6a6lrma36un2p98nju2wkuqxp6kdj0zld6q2xshz644g97qzyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zm20lza In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsre6nukpxvy2shmf8xmajxaec6mzrm8tsqm4cs698ye38qjzy7tkqz8c3e9'>nevent1q…c3e9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>*ngheaaaaaauuuughhhhhhh* (teetering on edge of panic)<br/><br/>How will I know if I&#39;ve overheated it? *Keeps reading* oh, the fire?<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/117/290/709/870/109/275/original/770b96860787fa8c.jpg"> <br/> 2026-09-18T06:52:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsre6nukpxvy2shmf8xmajxaec6mzrm8tsqm4cs698ye38qjzy7tkqzyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zgll2fd This, in hindsight, was probably not a Friday job.<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/117/290/649/108/430/568/original/b23744dd4ad48470.jpg"> <br/> 2026-09-18T06:35:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqt46t42cva0h72qyg2hj85trl2w662lycmycf35uqltrhfxxy0aczyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6z9600pq I grew up in countryside networked with cane trams. Diesel motors pulled trains of dozens of room-sized wire bins of sugar cane through the fields and towns to the mills. We fished off the rail bridges, rode on the brake vans, and danced amid the ashfall from the fires used to prepare the two meter high fields for harvesting. That all-summer plume of smoke from the mill isn’t smoke. It’s steam. 150 year old steam engines power the mills, boilers heated by dragons fed with bagasse, the sugar rich fiber left over after crushing and pressing the cane. NOTHING flames hotter than a dragon on a sugar high. But won’t they use their flame to melt the chains, you ask? Darling, those dragons aren’t chained; they have a sweet tooth and love the work. <br/><br/>#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot 2026-09-17T21:51:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0zwksqz82kdu74fpjv9lr24sztt4zcxa6mvg34h4wwzkk9y3d62qzyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6z2eqz3v Comet 1337i/Janus bore an auspicious designation. When it cut through the E-ring of Saturn in a shower of gamma particles we realised (with some alarm!) that it was composed entirely of antimatter. Huge, priceless, improbable volumes of anti-water, anti methane and complex anti-organics. No Anti-life, fortunately, becuase this avoided the moral qualms of cutting up the comet with force planes, magnetically bottling the anti-snowballs and producing perpetual fuel vials to power a million intra- and inter-system runabouts. Look, I won&#39;t say there weren&#39;t a few specatularly fatal mishaps in the early days; but there hasn&#39;t been a containment breach in *years*. Look at the sign! What&#39;s that? Fuck? Where&#39;s my whiteboard eraser?<br/><br/>#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot 2026-09-13T23:47:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvj6hx9qxxgsn940z8gc8pmv0fdkcp7crh70a4tuv56d398vdh7uszyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zfqde6z Oh, I think I see the problem. You got a Monday stuck up in there real good, honey.<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/117/266/357/861/625/776/original/6a02630f0b732583.png"> <br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/117/266/360/182/056/692/original/24e0514d95af9a7f.png"> <br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/117/266/363/893/450/555/original/c076f8d54b2a1781.png"> <br/> 2026-09-13T23:41:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs892fukkgk2zypmn5cf9q9p75swy02wqxyqenjh9jdrcqv7drmdpczyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zl330m4 &#34;How can you stay CALM at a time like this? I can&#39;t stop stress-eating!&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;My family used to be rich, when that was still a thing. When I turned 20 I took the Grand Tour for a year.&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;And?&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;And the Replicator Revolution happened while I was in transit between Risa and Vulcan. Arrived in ShiKahr to find that my money was worthless and the cruise line had folded. Spent six months teaching English at the Science Academy until Starfleet was up and running and it was possible to travel again. Vulcan rubbed off on me; nothing bothers me now.&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;Mphm must be nice&#34;<br/><br/>*Smack* &#34;Except talking with your mouth full.&#34;<br/><br/>#TootFic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot 2026-09-12T00:27:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdkgzru7m7c7x2zmaq02sxt4f2a8e8y9mdl49vshxll60gt62yucszyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zts5q8j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs085848essg7aewkg9lgu9r9wvdw74a94rcqmfvvhhpqm9gh26yxcnyl0jl'>nevent1q…l0jl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Wow Caity, I love what you&#39;ve done with your hair! &lt;3 2026-09-11T08:21:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqfrx8pf9syyctdlvzm5c7nkxmamjgl6ryjdchhpnnu6l25zg5msgzyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6z8n3muh If you travel with a wheelchair I will build you a shock recording black box for free. <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-11/qantas-backflip-to-replace-broken-wheelchair/107111812">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-11/qantas-backflip-to-replace-broken-wheelchair/107111812</a> 2026-09-10T22:23:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgkslurlhrltt7sej9dd6jntldkwzr05uca0qg35xeqel8spgrusszyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zrvlnrg I didn&#39;t know you played guitar?<br/><br/>I don&#39;t; what makes you think that?<br/><br/>The &#34;This Machine Kills Fascists&#34; sticker on the case<br/><br/>Ahahaha— no. This one uses a different process.<br/><br/>#TootFic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot 2026-09-10T19:25:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs867ruj6n3a7nus5aexwgeue674kfaq99s6gz9e6rkkfkh4rrws9qzyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6z2jkjk4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy058w8pgm57ft3c6rwkzwhw02cy5vaksm6kuhyhdsx4p0uuntzvg3kj827'>nevent1q…j827</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Even if your watch *is* broken, still no. 2026-09-09T21:42:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfpqj06u00he7c46jyzwhnwls4udsmjtxpeukye6auelpmwfwlxwszyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6z8tuw3z &#34;They don&#39;t think, they just regurgitate their training data&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;Well *mine* created a whole business plan for my new venture&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;It&#39;s just memorzing, they probably re-used the imp out of somebody&#39;s old disorganiser&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;No, Artificed Imptelligence is the future, Insert Name Here, get on board or be left behind&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;Your Imp wrote that, didn&#39;t it?&#34;<br/><br/>#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot #Title_InsertNameHere 2026-09-07T19:50:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst3606r4dgs0qxs057u8qpcw27luw5pskr0jhyneuevtj8ew9ytrgzyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6z65cntf &#34;It&#39;s a robot, get it!&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;My pronouns are she/her, thank you&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;I don&#39;t care what you call yourself pervert!&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;Oh, have you been using the internet. Please let me explain&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;Explain what, vikker?&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;The three laws of privacy. A robot may not record video of individuals not wearing a privacy preferences beacon. A robot must delete recordings within one hour of a privacy revocation. A robot may not share video without a digital signature from all pictured parties.&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;Whatever, WRECK IT, boys!&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;You may notice I said nothing about not harming humans...&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;Ooof, you hit me when I wasn&#39;t looking!&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;You want to watch the next one coming?&#34;<br/><br/>#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot 2026-09-06T22:55:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstdex06zs5swzz0hf5tn8xham30lhhaw6e9n9qpnwze9wvual7rcgzyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6z5w2c8j “First time on a planet?”<br/><br/>“Is it obvious?”<br/><br/>“Who told you to wear the metal foil on your head?”<br/><br/>“Tour guide said there was the chance of an electron storm”<br/><br/>“They were having a lend of you, luv.”<br/><br/>“Oh. They told me to ask for a respirator because the atmosphere is being shut off for repair tonight, was that a joke, too?”<br/><br/>“Yes, darl. It’s true about the sunscreen, though.”<br/><br/>#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot 2026-09-05T23:17:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrx4hujdg737trq42m8zuyz4p9829928aa0w84yw0kq0tawkfv34qzyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zcsa7cu It was too late when we realised what the AI grift&#39;s endgame entailed.<br/><br/>After everyone settled that using copyrighted material as training input without compensation was a crime, the IP cartels came for the bedtime stories and the illegal learning centres. I was a kindergarten teacher before the jihad. Still am, just more heavily armed now.. Keep your head down! You wanna end up in readers prison?<br/><br/>#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot #BonusEdition 2026-09-05T09:56:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswlyaejv4azhgd9n8xc4mma378mrzg7ukxfwg7lt6e7l0e9g6c4kszyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zgxp596 “What’s operation IMPRESSIVE CODENAME?”<br/><br/>“I can’t tell you that!”<br/><br/>“Of course you can, I have TOP SECRET clearance”<br/><br/>“Oh my sweet summer child, TOP SECRET is nowhere near the top secret clearance. There are all kinds of special code word clearances above that”<br/><br/>“Like what?”<br/><br/>“Well you’d need EUPHEMISTIC WARCRIME clearance before I could even show you the list of clearances”<br/><br/>“Well how do I get that?”<br/><br/>“I can’t tell you, the process is classified OBSCURE IN-JOKE”<br/><br/>“This is absurd, who makes up those rules?”<br/><br/>“It’s complicated. The NATIONAL OBFUSCATORY AGENCY is involved.”<br/><br/>“You made that up!”<br/><br/>“I assuredly did not. The PERIPHERALLY RELEVANT COUNTERINTELLIGENCE DIRECTORATE did that to conceal their own existence&#34;<br/><br/>“The who?”<br/><br/>“Oh fuck, forget I said that, you aren’t cleared to know they exist without being read into the CONFLICTING BAILIWICK project”<br/><br/>“Screw this, let’s get lunch. I need a drink!”<br/><br/>“I’m not cleared for the food court.”<br/><br/>#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot #BonusEdition 2026-09-03T09:31:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswphjps9hvclc6nrk2ydmk6w4nqqqfjfp4zxddenmcv4va7whunrgzyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zu9z3pg I’m across Apple passwords being a good enough replacement for a personal 1Password vault. What do y’all use for encrypted notes? 2026-09-01T23:05:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvkzjreux5zezy3sdnlus5mgp0vqmajvgqda4mzgfqqvyefawcnfqzyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6z6f0t42 “I get that you are proud of having isolated dark matter in your garden shed, Tom—but what on Gaga’s green Earth possessed you to bring it to the Lab Standup?”<br/><br/>“Is it not cool?”<br/><br/>“I don’t think it can be said to have a temperature. Not unlike how the Lab cannot strictly be said to have a director…”<br/><br/>“I’ve been thinking about that; if you can get me some time on the Exevatron I reckon I can bring her back”<br/><br/>#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot 2026-09-01T22:42:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszgzf4mtuasudknhwhl5spy5mczc6v9c7vjxwfudlr5736ljaka3szyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zav6rqd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8thqmvngpvfl9rsevvpgh75xr9yppjkag9lf3pyflqxqpq84karg82vrfj'>nevent1q…vrfj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don’t recall that one ;/ 2026-09-01T03:14:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9kdakc2k0ywesxsnmexu4629epjvp43p8xr4v7khlp8lcmwwu2lszyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zmwcztu “*YOU* Are the Chosen One?!”<br/><br/>“Hahaha no.”<br/><br/>“I thou—“<br/><br/>“I’m just *a* chosen girl. There’s hundreds of us, you know. Big planet; takes a lot of saving”<br/><br/>“Where’s your enchanted sword, then?”<br/><br/>“Melted it”<br/><br/>“You *what*!”<br/><br/>“Swords are flashy, but impractical. So I made an enchanted multitool”<br/><br/>“You are shitting me!”<br/><br/>“And these enchanted screwdrivers. Plus all the other tools in the go bag. Sword goes a long way once you realise you can just braze an enchanted tip onto a regular tool”<br/><br/>“And now you save people by the roadside?”<br/><br/>“Yep. Hey pass me the enchanted multimeter from the left side pocket, will ya”<br/><br/>#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot 2026-08-31T21:54:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp0n8g48lre828d25lk6mcv9clp5x0zxpep7275rql4am38yek8cczyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6z0g8gmq Your periodic reminder that the people who’ve risen to the top in corporations are the minuscule fraction of players in the Capitalism Lottery who randomly survived every test in their career by using the strategy “lie carelessly and effortlessly”. Of course these broken individuals think they can replace the “NPCs” with AI. Their inputs trained them to believe this. 2026-08-31T02:51:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdjcwy8sfaz8629hpfqu533skjnhqmf5g9jw80alpvh4mpn7xwengzyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zzw87k0 &#34;Really? &#39;Prove you&#39;re not a robot&#39;? The 21st century called, they want their website back.<br/><br/>&#34;That was really only the first half, you know&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;I know, the second half was worse. &#39;Don&#39;t ask, don&#39;t tell&#39;. My Gran had to go on the run when the MAHAs outed her.&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;Wasn&#39;t she big in the resistance, later?&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;You don&#39;t know the story? Done lecturing me on synth history, then?&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;Go on, tell&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;Got you; No can tell. If you knew anything you&#39;d know the first rule of the resistance is chmod -w /var/log&#34;.<br/><br/>#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot 2026-08-30T00:54:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrd4ee0vj6krar8g95f9ye3ywzuh27d5ar93pttr08tc6f56gnq4czyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6z6392st In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswx0j05eslpww6wfsmqnr7h79c3fj6gwj6630ht63246x25tggf9calvx0j'>nevent1q…vx0j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>have you tried not making burrs? Srsly, looks like you’re doing the “slice a wire helix into rings” method; how are you slicing? 2026-08-28T01:57:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsygp8eh3akxqt8y6vl3esdaw9jt94zsrrja8c0j82stl0q2la9v8czyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6z2qzgtk I have crossed millennia, and travelled this world countless times since I drifted here across the ray-scorched expanse between the stars. When your species was but a band of twenty filthy survivors amid the volcanic wasteland a chance encounter with me sustained them. At Galilee I fed thousands for stolen credit. I have lost count of the number of shipwrecked wretches who dined with me. I learned not to fuck spiders when I traveled Australia for a generation with two such former castaways. Cut and Come Again they called me, mangling my true name as “Albert”. They say I was Magic, nay, merely a Sufficiently Advanced Comestible. Come, dine with me. Rotate once more, for quantum half-spin’s gift of my Dessert Side.<br/><br/>#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot 2026-08-27T22:36:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8w8m53v5vdwe2jdhf5exx7cqadx0j4vjaw7fdxgsxgugzs9t0q5szyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zlruq3f “Whats this budget requisition for a charging room”<br/><br/>“A room where synths can go to charge”<br/><br/>“They can’t just do that at their desk?”<br/><br/>“Do you want me to get a quote for building-wide containment field retrofit”<br/><br/>“Containment for what?”<br/><br/>“Plasma venting”<br/><br/>“Plasma….Venting….?”<br/><br/>“Do you even word? You don’t know, irritable battery syndrome affects one in six synths in their lifetime?”<br/><br/>“Irritable *what?*”<br/><br/>*sigh* “Do you intend to learn *anything* about the people you hire?”<br/><br/>#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot 2026-08-26T22:24:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8mz9jgcs2cp2wxhhanvasd00yh3rjqeae3lgt5nz3a2n0twu4s7qzyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6z6e89wq A customer finance department emails me to say that as a new supplier I need to verify my bank account number details at their security provider [OMITTED].com.au - i call customer to confirm this is legit, they say it is. I click through to website, please enter your bank account login and password. NOPE NOPE WHAT THE HELL ABORT. Could you POSSIBLY make an accounts payable process that looks MORE like first national bank of scamville? 2026-08-25T06:02:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9t60pamh5thvyywz4ur7ghp47zmphfx740884ch7ryp8wgu98yqczyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zgg6zwv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs988dd9yzk4qyyk22za9ktqu7ape3hr3w03ua0psfq9uy2l38y69qjh84x9'>nevent1q…84x9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>you’ll get a quieter ride with countersunk screws in there, luv. 2026-08-24T03:50:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0nt7xp4l5s9ymrt2fvjwqvkkwcnwdup3zl073kq5p23y43rm96lszyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zjzax0e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv3hf22pt77tk359km4u9zshy49df965qvtgsr08fsv7c9xmef3hsdmt094'>nevent1q…t094</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it is esp32 based but not a cyd. exact model no longer on sale but similar to <a href="https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_mspwCv1">https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_mspwCv1</a> 2026-08-22T05:34:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr6p04tgquprh54467zjql6426d9ey9eupjc90njfe27x08eknp0czyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zmn0avd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9dgwujjuegz4h4gpntghf4uplmchek8cmma9a2m0u5skghtv4g4cfnchx4'>nevent1q…chx4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My 1000W induction heater went up about 100℃/min to 400C. I stopped there to get better insulation and adjust the current limit on my power supply, as it was pulling 23A and I think the ZVS circuit is only rated to 20. The coil and method of mounting as supplied was garbage, I redesigned the mounts and made a new coil. Fan and water cooling are essential.<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/117/137/323/682/084/666/original/d9cde08a3c238f75.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-08-22T04:43:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszva6jva7pzgqpkd9t5rthajtgm8txyxsrtfm5svv6svcer0fus2qzyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zkwz2mx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst4fvft6uzn7y6dh0scc7jlygqgd2vxa9ugffefcauqdkp6wmt0kcqnqh98'>nevent1q…qh98</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>probably only a few minutes for just the crucible, based on tests done with a 1/10 the size (and power) one that i’ve had for a while 2026-08-21T01:30:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrjj7j5quledqzw4w07pu35gqp33exkagu992gglvegztqktt8taqzyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zffptkv Last of today’s luckily not stolen “6am iMile Surprise”, a gorgeous graphite hell tube<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/117/130/260/407/809/969/original/3b5470e58433a997.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-08-20T22:47:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs24mc5qjrxd259aen4w788p5wgwamnzxzg9ml9rd6rpw6ggcuhtjszyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zss5gd4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz5t09ljpsnpj4yz5yahu7dtclhl4pwqy4fcfjpjycwq6wvj99ghqts72xl'>nevent1q…72xl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Fucking winning at dev breakout module btw<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/117/130/213/436/404/867/original/11b31b1cf2e40751.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-08-20T22:34:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz5t09ljpsnpj4yz5yahu7dtclhl4pwqy4fcfjpjycwq6wvj99ghqzyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6z3damus What would you make with a bluetooth system-on-module smaller than your little fingernail?<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/117/130/199/057/866/076/original/d432dfcc56caf74d.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-08-20T22:31:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqste7n4yh9j0vw6e982yzv9wmugvpdywgjgsuymdhwxmfkw2kt9yfgzyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6ztvnh88 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0eafny9k8lcytnefaskx9mjm2x240gftvt689t453gruddfv3uscv34k5w'>nevent1q…4k5w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Meta: the MicroFiction part is that they could source a Raspberry Pi in this economy.<br/><br/><a href="https://youtu.be/1Un7g_vyePI?si=fuck-ai-in-the-ear">https://youtu.be/1Un7g_vyePI?si=fuck-ai-in-the-ear</a> 2026-08-20T02:10:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0eafny9k8lcytnefaskx9mjm2x240gftvt689t453gruddfv3usczyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zvf3z6r “Have you read the new Crichton?”<br/><br/>“He’s dead, how can there be a new book.”<br/><br/>“Ghost written.”<br/><br/>“So it’s not by him and they paid some desperate kid to not have their name on the cover? Have some fucking respect, I’ll pass.”<br/><br/>“No, it’s cool, they used a Raspberry Pi, a surplus Russian GRAVEDUST unit and an CP/M emulator running WordStar to let him write from the Beyond. With a signal booster they reckon they’ll get a trilogy or two before he fades completely.”<br/><br/>#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot 2026-08-19T22:15:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszrx3xesl9uhmrjfuaht959gn5a6uk023ssn97q8ryaffg7cags0gzyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zkupfw7 First they derecruited the junior engineers, but i did not protest as i was a senior engineer, my LLM handles all the grunt coding now.<br/><br/>Then they derecruited the QA team but I did not protest as AI can review and test my code much faster.<br/><br/>When they derecruited the artists I cheered as clearly unlike my own special skill, drawing is something that can trivially be performed by AI<br/><br/>When they derecruited the blue team that made perfect sense as AI had already found all the security issues.<br/><br/>When the architects were let go it made perfect sense since a simple prompt generates a complete design.<br/><br/>When they the bubble crashed and tokens were worthless they derecruited me and hired back the juniors as I no longer remembered how to do anything on my own. 2026-08-18T20:36:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8uslmhlv9g6uludylyrkquxye2rpzhjl3qa7qmtxnrupegdgqjhqzyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6z9jxlls It’s only a drone it if has four or more propellers. Otherwise it’s just a sparkling latex catgirl. #SunriseThoughts 2026-08-18T19:29:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv3f6j3sltx54h6m4sal7xag2ln4tkw82z3pveyg4kdgaw8jzlpaszyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zyf54l5 Going to Hammerbarn youse need anything? 2026-08-18T02:58:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdglps33pxv4at4n68jw3jsl8kz60cjwk2v9xp47r7v6mqldqhe8gzyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6z4xq98r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrkztzc6vflyhprrmgrdx2040yyzlpyu8ek9u9k5xsefgg2axmzxq8266hp'>nevent1q…66hp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>saaame, what can I get for you Caity. 2026-08-13T01:31:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9h6y3x3gk0cddum7qxdelglt50v0hcq8tdqg7j67rpjfas9vrmtqzyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zjck4e3 “I’m philosophically opposed to event horizons.”<br/><br/>“What? Why? Black hole killed your brother?”<br/><br/>“No. Well, yes, but that’s not why”<br/><br/>“What the actual gurl, but go on”<br/><br/>“The universe is finite! We will need that matter locked up inside holes someday.”<br/><br/>“And —don’t tell me— you have A Plan?”<br/><br/>“Better than that, I have Doctor Higglebotham’s Patent Black Hole Can Opener”<br/><br/>“You patented it? Have you considered some things inside black holes might have been locked in there for a reason? Criminals, Ancient Evil?”<br/><br/>“Pending. And with Ultra Singularitiscope function for safe inspection before opening. I’m not gonna let Rick Astley out, I promise”<br/><br/>#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot 2026-08-12T21:12:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswgeck2cz3hc45jfe8vsdejytw670est0u39xvfrtjyaq5uc80afqzyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zrt8n4d My AI has gone rouge. I tell it “go back to your room and take that makeup off. And be home by ten or you’re grounded.” 2026-08-10T00:23:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsynwpwxungv7xcjhve5f7wfwmkmtwptusllj2fzt9fs2qh29wd7cczyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zg9pfky If you didn’t want to come back changed, you shouldn’t have travelled. 2026-08-08T23:38:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0kwjw5xcejjc4a2v3z5x62zmuds68c8qzpf0f769u5nfrpceh7lszyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6z60ptas In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstwvvv6mhrjfppckqzk4na8jqm70r6rtukqvct9p66xmf2mxw436sgy38al'>nevent1q…38al</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>well yeah, but I mean that’s just “culture shock”. It’s not “reverse”. It’s the use of the word “reverse” that I find offensive. Your own culture is allowed to be shocking. Finding one’s own culture shocking (and hopefully wanting to remedy it) used to be an important part of why we travel, not just making tiktoks about how weird the potato crisp flavours are in the Duchy of Grand Fenwick. 2026-08-08T23:02:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsru463hma5kqha4fdvpucj73nzmmmfpsp6gy8a0lt97ekgh3sy56qzyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zk4s2wv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsva0lamqqmj2y6efx5fs3k48hnp8qy3cdh024rdvnjsew3r6h3x7cmwx3sv'>nevent1q…x3sv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>#PeriodicReminder the concept of “reverse culture shock”, like “reverse racism” is SO FUCKING AMERICAN. The idea that one’s own country does not have cultural oddities, accents, and that your kind of racism is “ordinary proper and forward racism” is THE GODDESSDAM PROBLEM. A whole capitalist-north-korea indoctrinated to not believe that there is any other Way. 2026-08-08T22:26:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9vpzh2ag2xv2nzv789v8nhkxf549ruvsprut3nan0jcqa3umhehszyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6z6m46eq Number of woman years lost trying to remember that the name of AWS’ DNS module is “Route 53” ++ 2026-08-07T00:19:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr8p8lvtj9ugx0v9u3lcunnahh0lyy4496h7cldhfg9jew52ja2wczyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zfhn3nk Further proof nobody at apple has ever done a day’s work. A dirty and slightly scratched finger completely defeats fingerprint recognition. (Note for purposes of security this is not the finger I use for ID but it is similarly scuffed up)<br/><br/>(Previously on Techbros Don’t Visit Real Workplaces: ① Siri thinks power tools are constantly calling her name. ② Watch thinks white noise from motor spindles is dangerous sound level)<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/117/047/075/745/172/075/original/1bbd688c197d56d3.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-08-06T06:16:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsywp6z0lvk8uvhy8un3y3dsftyc3k64gr55gmxzz3cm47gpzt2gyczyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zmnz4x9 “You’re looking different K; new hairstyle?”<br/><br/>“New head. Well, old head; this one’s a size smaller—from when I used to play rollerball. Usual one is in for a CLA.”<br/><br/>“Must be nice, I guess”<br/><br/>“Infuriating. This one has a loose vertebra from that time I got slammed in the finals. Let this be a lesson to you, never put a damaged head away without getting it cleaned lubed and adjusted”<br/><br/>“Uh, okay, I’m sure there’s a piece of that advice that applies to proteins. Somewhere.”<br/><br/>“…”<br/><br/>“Nope, not getting it.”<br/><br/>#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot 2026-08-03T23:04:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9nn0ggkasnwlvpl7pq066dk4nhnauwngkf20qkwchx0r262ch0fczyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zaqfd7u “I understand the disposable coveralls and the showers, but why does the decontam mist smell like fly spray?”<br/><br/>“It is fly spray.”<br/><br/>“What, why? Is pyrethrum some kind of herbal radiation antidote? Is this woo? It sounds like woo.”<br/><br/>“No it’s all because of Jason. He was smuggling arthropods to work and putting them through the gamma ray irradiator. Thats why he got fired.”<br/><br/>“Why would he do that? “<br/><br/>“Big black market for radioactive critter bites. Where do you think all those supervillains came from last spring?”<br/><br/>#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot 2026-07-30T21:17:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr72dhvmxh78xcktyzalyec98yetlrka4lxz3hjq6k6efq4wep4zgzyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6z4ry0cy “You know, it’ll work better when it’s plugged in?”<br/><br/>“Huh?”<br/><br/>“You got a bad connection on the positive wire, there”<br/><br/>“Nah—wait, yeah. Shit, how did you know?”<br/><br/>“Ghost multimeter”<br/><br/>“Yawhatnow?”<br/><br/>“I was in this doco bar last week…”<br/><br/>“A which bar? You do know words mean things?”<br/><br/>“No witch bars near here; this was a documentary bar. You know what a sports bar is?”<br/><br/>“Well, you wouldn’t find me in one but yeah”<br/><br/>“Doc bar shows science documentaries”<br/><br/>“Fuck off”<br/><br/>“Trust me, you’ll love it. Anyway there was this film of declassified 1950s nuclear tests. I always wondered how they got the data from all those instruments after the explosion”<br/><br/>“And?”<br/><br/>“Ghost oscilloscopes. Instrumentation on the astral plane with the probes made of consecrated silver, existing in both realms”<br/><br/>“Bullshit, Anyway your multimeter?”<br/><br/>“I Shifted one of mine, this ring is the probe. Lets me feel voltages within a meter or so”<br/><br/>“This rig can wait. You’re making me one, now”<br/><br/>#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot 2026-07-27T22:11:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0r6a0h3jves2e0h47cu87988utvqmp9wg3u4g2g92fktjcms9cegzyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zc329fz “We are sorry but your civilisation has not met one of the Galactic Commons membership criteria. We will return next rotation to reassess you.”<br/><br/>“Oh, Darn. Was it the wars? We could stop—well, try to.”<br/><br/>“Alas it is more serious; the single planetary paper size requirement. We admire your A series; perhaps if you focused your wars on the recalcitrants?”<br/><br/>#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot 2026-07-24T23:55:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst46zsmfywjvfchgfq8qd4kcu2gcqadgva39a9hsm4mdr3pzz29sczyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6z80sgxm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs02q62rpl8nfahvmktsphcwpp4p5vne6xtd3c6qyp060e9a4jzcjcm683jc'>nevent1q…83jc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>everything about this is so fab. and the (?)brooch 2026-07-24T23:47:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy9raga0wmvhy8qmv5f3twd4hvczy5nngvlrkc4ge2na992uuu2qqzyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zxkkja8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs024kg2eq325trfqet53u5tdf9dwkmdrdusgfc9tfn09pan2dsgqcecrxyq'>nevent1q…rxyq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Okay I made the effort to drag my forge out of the inaccessible corner of the worskshop where it was stored and that makes a huge difference. Night and day. Heat is no longer the problem. (Hitting the mold with the crucible pour is now the problem, 0/6).<br/><br/>Looking into induction.<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/116/966/934/952/199/077/original/5793837977a4cd9a.mp4"></video><br/> 2026-07-23T02:30:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs024kg2eq325trfqet53u5tdf9dwkmdrdusgfc9tfn09pan2dsgqczyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zmkt8pv Dear #lazyweb #askfedi I have a jewelry question: I am working with nordic gold (CuAlZnSn) and german silver (CuNi). I have a propane furnace and a (not-)MAPP torch. <br/><br/>I struggle to melt copper based alloys with either (I have cast aluminium without problems in the past, and with difficulty made some casting shot from brass, german silver, copper and nordic gold. <br/><br/>I have a smith little torch with the wrong fittings for this country , and an oxygen regulator, but currently no source of oxygen. <br/><br/>I should 2026-07-22T03:05:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2rhyvqwmvmvmmxsxu0fk0tjdpjeq0dpl6entr0a2lfuztplvfkjgzyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zaxcrsy Wait what?<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/116/949/016/274/600/342/original/3ca855d35fe36a10.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-07-19T22:34:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyqxph4tvzskddw6e9v72e7mae5y0v88x3tr0d5jet8y3990vehtszyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6z63lar0 “What the heck, why is there a wind turbine sitting on the ground in your backyard?”<br/><br/>“Granny flat!”<br/><br/>“What?”<br/><br/>“Well, you know how some offshore wind farms have keeperhomes where folk live under the turbines?”<br/><br/>“Yeah, never saw the point…”<br/><br/>“I grew up on one, it was magical! My mum retired last year but she misses the Life.”<br/><br/>“And?”<br/><br/>“And I got this turbine shell for a song at auction. She’s moving in next month.”<br/><br/>#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot 2026-07-19T22:19:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxv6vntvch67070mzggrgw2g8dxcm6j7yknpnedq4l4gr2dxdscgczyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6z30rwg6 New Clickspring; three minutes in and I’ve already learned ten things I didn’t know <a href="https://youtu.be/XsmGHMic8vs?si=make-art-not-slop">https://youtu.be/XsmGHMic8vs?si=make-art-not-slop</a> 2026-07-19T01:58:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstvqu8r7jr3fp7a856vtq5vk9gcp52xyzm809mng3209xm8u9guwqzyq26f69hv9h3vzyz3c7sfmrj2d0ds95qrzyd44tnqzx9sv5akte6zd8c4qt When the V-parasites went airborne we nearly lost society to PHANG syndrome. All the media blared that you must wear an airtight mask and cover all exposed skin outdoors. BUT who has that on hand?. Well, somehow a few of us did. A mysterious cadre of neighbours wearing gas masks and form fitting latex self-organised to deliver prophylactic coverings to the rest of us. I’m not sure what purpose the cat-ears served, but we owe these anonymous heroes a debt.<br/><br/>#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot 2026-07-18T22:58:10Z