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  Why can I only see some posts from a certain active user, but not all? The post in question is viewable from one of my other Mastodon accounts. I can't see it from HERE even though other (public) posts show up. Possible they defederated from our little server thepit.social some time ago? We seem pretty wholesome but maybe a person here offended them. The last post I can see is from August. AFAIK we aren't limiting posts from mastodon.social. @fediTips ? #fediverse #Mastodon

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  Oh my god. So the U.S. has finally gone from (apparently) supporting Ukraine to literally threatening them on behalf of Russia? https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/11/politics/ukraine-us-weapons-intelligence I've heard it said that 🇺🇸 told Kyiv to stop bombing Russa's oil infrastructure for the sake of making sure diesel costs go down. Obviously not true. Because POTUS started a war on Iran by lying about them being a nuclear (war) threat. In *order* for prices to go up? Because 🇷🇺 s...

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  Question for my fellow tea drinkers. (Broadly-speaking. Purists who define tea specifically as coming from one species of plant will want to scroll past.) Do you know of a great throat coat mix? I love how Traditional Medicinals does this, but—on top of my concern related to plastics in tea bags—I just saw a store trying to sell it for like $7-8 for one box. Corporate greed is out of control. Licorice, marshmallow need to be included… ☕️ #tea

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  Who else has sensitive eyes? Like, sunscreen *always* gets into mine. Onions reach me from the complete other side of the house (over 30 feet away). My eyes will even just start burning and/or watering when neither neither of those are present in the equation. Cutting chives and sometimes garlic get me a little irritated. Certain HVAC scenarios (i.e. the air quality). Can you hazard a guess as to what might help? Some kind of drops? #health

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  Though cooler, looks like another gorgeous Boston day 🍁☀️🍂 Hope everybody (here) has a good one!

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  “The south of England [has] experienced their driest April to September in more than a century.” https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/15/severe-drought-declared-six-areas-england-public-water-supplies-threat We’ve gotta ramp up our organizing, stat. Ty to everyone setting up mutual aid networks. Ty to those making use of their IT skill set to sabotage disastrous operations (e.g. Nestle, private equity firms, Coca-cola, data centers, Big Oil…) 🙏 to those working on literacy. To t...

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  Disaster. Total shitshow. https://theintercept.com/2026/10/15/ice-omar-raid-midterms-political/ The administration scrambling as midterms on the horizon? “There’s clearly a disconnect between leadership on the ground level and what’s coming out of Washington.” DHS giving orders, immediately rescinding them… Raiding a member of Congress ‘s home… It does sound like a clusterfuck. #elections #uspol #usa

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  Music question 🎸 Does your app or player recognize the difference between albums? In particular, albums that are complete versus albums where you might simply own like 1-2 songs? Because I often want to stick with an artist or band (/only be shown albums that are complete-ish) for more than a song. And I don’t want the music to stop after after a few min. #music

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  Will Colombia let their president take them down with the ship? Colombia’s President Wants US Boots on the Ground https://jacobin.com/2026/10/espriella-plan-colombia-us-military-domestic-repression Because the American Empire is crumbling. Let us unite against oligarchy everywhere—if we want to survive. #Colombia #USA

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  And not just cyclists! (Unless it simply means people who can ride a bike.) Do you care about air quality? Like to dance? Want to build community? This FRIDAY 6/26. Group rides like “critical mass” are so chill and yet powerful in my experience. Definitely recommend going a couple times if you haven’t b4. Volunteer marshalls make sure motorists steer clear of the group. There’s often music and fun bikes. Dance party at the end of this one :) #BostonWeekend #Boston #CambridgeMA

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  Music fans, do you have a favorite album or band/musician from the 80s? 🎺 I heard someone claim that nothing good came out of this decade but it can't be true. Can it? #music

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  Young Hawaiian student discovers a fungus in coconut husks can decompose plastics, sunscreen: https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2026/05/11/coconut-fungi-decompose-plastic/ “[Vera’s] success is a testament to our public school system which is doing a wonderful job supporting and training our next generation of students. I can’t wait to see what discoveries she makes in college!” #education #science

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  << OCD content warning: common intrusive thought >> I made a one-button iPhone shortcut that makes sure volume is up and starts a 2-minute timer so I'm reminded to turn off the stove. (🔥 is drying a cast iron pan.) My issue: The timer has no name. Thankfully for now I'm *likely* to know why I set the timer, but I want my screen to say something like Turn off Stove as the alarm is going off. I will give this more thought. Pls chime in if you have an i...

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  With Anthr-pic sucking up rare physical books and destroying them, I have an idea. We get organized and save what we can. New libraries/museums. Maybe a regular event for the community to spend time learning about certain texts, where they can be viewed in other parts of the world, etc. 📚💡 New England what do we think about this? Greater Boston? #amReading #books #community #education #history #library #literature #Boston #greaterBoston #NewEngland #TurtleIsland

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  Not a single billionaire is acceptable. Thankfully the rest of us literally outnumber them like 1,000,000:1 so they stand no chance when we fight together - even imperfectly 🌅

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  3D printed cloak tricks infrared cameras through carefully redirected heat https://www.designboom.com/technology/3d-printed-cloak-infrared-cameras-redirected-heat/ #design #tech #technology

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  Finally! New record-setting bridge opens between Canada and US (Windsor and Detroit) https://archinect.com/news/article/150556923/record-setting-gordie-howe-international-bridge-opens-to-cross-border-traffic-between-canada-and-the-u-s #bridge #bridges #news #transportation #Detroit

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  A huge number of people are disabled. Even if we’re not (we don’t need glasses, we don’t have schizophrenia,…) it’s worth keeping the topic in mind. At the very least because you can join the club at any moment. The best people I know have a disability. At least one. I feel conflicted about using the term “disability pride” myself, but certainly disability isn’t a thing to be ashamed of. https://www.crutchesandspice.com https://www.kendradepinto.com/links 2 people who are doing 🔑 work here...

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  GoodTherapy saying that New Hampshire and Providence, Rhode Island are both within 10 miles of Boston is actually *not* great for my mental health. #healthcare #Boston #Massachusetts

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  Working on my Spanish. Are these two sentences both right? ¿Necesita que vaya alguien a su casa? ¿Necesita que alguien vaya a su casa? I’m only given the first one as a translation, but coming from English, I guessed the second. If it matters, can you think of a way to remember this? Does Spanish generally keep the verbs close to each other? #español #Spanish

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  Like a lot of people, I have an iPhone for the time being (until my next phone). I’m so curious to learn about the different automations /shortcuts people have made. Mainly bc there is so much unused potential that I haven’t been taking advantage of. Please share if you’d like! #apple #code #coding #ios #iphone

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  I'm trying to streamline and simplify my approach to media for most days, include various perspectives. If you hail from a place outside the U.S. then would you be willing to share a news source or two that you look at fairly often? I've got Canada covered pretty well. Mx, too. Same goes for Australia, Japan, Spain, the UK - but feel free to comment. Popular sources? Reliable reporting? Indigenous perspective? I appreciate your contribution here. And ty for the boosts! #cur...

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  This might be a different thing, but do we have a term for images generated with “AI”? It’s not LLM, is it? (I think of LLM as speech/text, not visual output) #AI

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  “It might be the most popular action taken by a politician in the history of America.” ArguablySomaya on Zohran’s opportunity to soar even higher. Because he has a mandate. Arrest Netanyahu (legality aside) and extradite him to the ICC - because it’s right and because the people will ✨ LOVE ✨ it. #currentEvents #history #humanRights #USHistory #NYC #NewYork #USA

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  Topic: Food — If you’ve been tracking your diet, trying to estimate how much __ you consume, can you recommend an app for this? I would try proton but it looks like we can’t make use of spreadsheets on mobile. Boo(sts appreciated) #diet #food

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  If you’re not gay and/or don’t want to hear about grindr, keep scrolling. Bit of a (perhaps “no duh”) PSA: They look to be SUPER manipulative. For one, I’ve had a friend tell me there are very few tops in the Boston area. I’m like hello 🙋 but also seeing very few bottoms. We’re each shown profiles of people who are mostly incompatible with us 🤦 I imagine just enough to keep users interested and feeling like conxion is right around the corner - if we pay Grindr or stay 🧑‍💻 a little longer. Boo

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  RE: https://social.mondoweiss.net/@mondoweiss/116963589666924017 A bunch of people are obviously (and SPECIFICALLY) responsible for this. Nuremberg 21.0 can’t come soon enough. Where are we at with it? I’m proposing 21.0 as a nod to the 21st Century, and because what we’re seeing from Germany today suggests that the trials after WW2 were far from enough. We need a different approach. Perhaps one more thorough and severe, too. Where are we at with it?

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  This nightmare of wildfires and drought has only one solution: We have to stop burning fossil fuels. Period. And it’s very do-able. But the Epstein Class won’t roll over voluntarily. Billionaires have something wrong with them at their core. Just remember that we outnumber them literally a million to one. They don’t stand a chance when we organize. And local actions can be huge for the planet. Boycotts. Tenacity. Sabotage… Let’s know our history and take heart. #climate

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  Anybody in greater Boston know where I can get a physical copy of Scientific American? #science #Boston #greaterBoston #MA

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  PSA - Naloxone (Narcan) is NOT a fix for overdoses. It buys you a little time to get someone to an emergency room. Writing this b/c I’ve heard people suggest otherwise at least twice recently. (Including Rolling Stone) Always call 911 after you’ve given someone Narcan. The victim of an overdose needs professional medical care immediately - even when they start to look better in response to this medication. #healthcare #PSA