sorry #tuesday tooters :blobeyes: :blobsad:

Five young descendants of Frederick Douglass read his famous “What To The Slave Is The Fourth Of July?” speech. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBe5qbnkqoM

you think it's cold? it's because the sun is really out there ❄️😯 #aphelion #elliptical #orbit

https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/perihelion-aphelion-solstice.html

6 years of research: "The only trait that consistently predicted objections to remote work was narcissism—the tendency to be self-centered & entitled. The higher the opinions of themselves leaders expressed, the more they coveted power and status—& the more they favored return-to-office mandates."

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0749597826000300

Lots of people who shrugged when politicians spoke about the need for a rules-based international order at every Trump outrage suddenly getting it because of Balogun's red card..

I had a hug based decision crisis yesterday with this, and finally decided the above was the destination, but as I've always been one to share my travels have the big loud hug on its own to kick start the week. This is where it started.

#sillyScribbles #hug

May I have some advice, please? A friend of mine has a restaurant, and wants to know if there's a UK-based food business focussed Mastodon or Fediverse instance they can set up an account on.
Boosts welcome.

#AskFedi #FediFood #SmallBusiness #UK #England #HomeCounties

#fourcorners reporting on war technology is truly chilling

#everyone

Turkey feather?? I'm no good at feathers.

Spain:

We are speaking on defending human rights against techno fascism

About whether our society should move forward or back

You can count on Spain in moving forward in regulating AI

#UN #Geneva #AI

@Heliograph @stilgherrian @stufromoz I only caught the end of this thread and thought it was about Albo.

but now it's just cold rainy blergh #sydneyweatherTooting

what massively bad move on their behalf tho

ok now read the news and must say i had no better expectations of the ⚽ligarchs

at some point there was this #rainbow

a bright new palette for you to enjoy:

Yuè Guāng Lán Moonlight (#6255aa),
Royalty (#581fad),
Violethargic (#582673),
Pink Spyro (#9f1fad), and
Magenta Memoir (#aa559d)

#color #ColorPalette

I would pick the smaller one on the left because you must always choose the lesser of two weevils.

The study found that women who submit resumes created with AI assistance are evaluated as less competent and less trustworthy than men who submit identical AI-assisted resumes. To the evaluators, women’s AI use signaled inability, while men’s AI use signaled initiative. https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelletravis/2026/06/25/women-who-use-ai-seen-as-incompetent-men-who-use-ai-seen-as-pragmatic/

I'm going to start calling bees and wasps "sky ants" and no one can stop me.