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14d

Launching Route 53 Files https://lobste.rs/s/8cipei #satire
https://www.daemonology.net/blog/2026-08-27-Launching-Route-53-Files.html

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13d

Now Hiring: Senior Open Source Maintainer https://lobste.rs/s/p6kxjh #satire
https://nesbitt.io/2026/08/28/now-hiring-senior-open-source-maintainer.html

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48d

Interview with a Maintainer https://lobste.rs/s/xnwxcz #satire
https://nesbitt.io/2026/07/24/interview-with-a-maintainer.html

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50d

Sneak preview from chapter five of The Last Philosopher: Part Two 😁

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Ebook of Part One available here: https://books2read.com/b/m0pJYA

The p-e-r-v-e-r-t in Fenmark

“Anything significantly out of one’s cultural comfort zone is often
mindlessly judged as perversion.”

-Unknown Ystin philosopher

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120d

Having a fine time with Sam Byers's smartly written Perfidious Albion, whose concerns about identity, data privacy, and political extremism have only gotten more pressing since it was published in 2018. But the tone is frequently absurdist rather than solemn, so it goes down easy

#books #reading #satire #SamByers #literature

Paperback copy of Perfidious Albion by Sam Byers, published by Faber & Faber. It features the 2017 artwork Babel Britain by Emily Allchurch, a satirical piece based on one of Verhaecht's Towers of Babel. Overlaid on this are the title and author's name in bright green sans-serif all-caps, and between these are three cover quotes: "Darkly plausible, witty and intelligent" (Financial Times), "Furiously smart...madly funny" (Guardian), and "A mordant, needle-sharp satire" (Jonathan Coe).

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51d

Don't #Hang Up On #AI #Scammers. Do THIS Instead. #Kitboga #yt #satire #comedyGold #privacy #security

https://youtu.be/lk3jCuITwcE 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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45d

Just some #Gratitoot 😁

I realised that I've neglected to thank everyone who has boosted, commented, and favourited my shamelessly self-promotional book posts...

I just wanted to say that as someone who is retired with disablity I really appreciate the support.
It makes me feel maybe I can contribute something 😊

#Mastodon #Gratitude #Support #Celebration
#IndieAuthor #Indie #Author
#Fantasy #FantasyBooks #Highfantasy #Comedy #Satire
#Books #Novel #Bookstodon

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45d

We're ready to help get your bills down.
We're ready to break down your door
And gift you a pre-payment meter
To stop you from shivering more…

—Nuala Watt, “Important Information Enclosed”
published in The Department of Work & Pensions Assesses a Jade Fish (Blue Diode, 2024)

https://www.bluediode.co.uk/product-page/the-department-of-work-and-pensions-assesses-a-jade-fish-by-nuala-watt

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #benefits #Disability #DisabilityBenefits #satire

Nuala Watt
Important Information Enclosed

We're ready to help get your bills down.
We're ready to break down your door
And gift you a pre-payment meter
To stop you from shivering more.

Perhaps you did not learn to budget,
But we can assist you with that.
And can we suggest, in the meantime,
You stay in one room in your flat?

We see you've restarted your asthma.
There's not enough gas for a bath.
You cough when you go to the bathroom.
A more parsimonious path

Could help you to quash all these problems.
And follow our energy plan.
We do understand, and we promise
To help you as much as we can.

Perhaps you could turn down your boiler.
Is your jacket too thin? Buy a spare.
The weather created this crisis.
We want you to know that we care.

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20d

Zero-Knowledge Proof of Wasta with Applications in Lebanon https://lobste.rs/s/gwktul #pdf #cryptography #satire
https://eprint.gacr.info/2025/003.pdf

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28d

Additional Publications (2005) via @fanf https://lobste.rs/s/phafdg #math #satire
https://jeremymartinmath.github.io/morepubs.html

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33d

The Makeover ... why stop at just a wig?

My cartoon for today. #AIcartoons #Trumpolini #satire

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32d

Today's artificial satirical fun - playing with book covers. #auspol #satire #AIart #AIcartoons #cartoons

It's a short way to the top - life as a sausage roll (AI cartoon by me)

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It's a short way to the top - my life as a sausage roll (AI cartoon by me)

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31d

Trumpugula, the latest bouffant makeover. #AIcartoons #satire #AIart #USFascism

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29d

Another #WIPWednesday another sneak preview of The Last Philosopher: Part Two 😊

Ebook of Part One available here: https://books2read.com/b/m0pJYA

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Whose trap is it anyway?

“When the herd of people get together in anger to hand out justice, you can be certain it’s not justice for all.”

-Earl Westman, former drunk-fellow and current marshal of Stagna

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25d

Every Fucking Website https://lobste.rs/s/ii5tun #satire #web
https://op.tngl.io/every-fucking-website/

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82d

The first Science of Discworld book gets 4/5 stars... I think, wait let me check my math.The Science parts got 3 and the Wizard parts got 5 so if you add 'em up carry the 1, always carry the one, divide by two you get 4... I think.Unless we take into account that the Science chapters were longer than the Wizard chapters, wigheted data-points and all that, but a little lying to children is to be expected, it is #Discworld after all, the narrativum has to go somewhere.

#TerryPratchett #Pratchett #Humor #Satire #Fantasy #Comedy #Reading #Readers #ReadingCommunity #Novel #Books #Fiction #Recommendation #Bookrecommendation #Review #Bookreview #Bookwyrm #Bookstodon #FantasyBooks

(comment on Science of Discworld)

Terry Pratchett, Terry Pratchett: Science of Discworld (Paperback, 2002, EBURY PRESS (RAND))

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41d

Ebook: https://books2read.com/EmergentConsequences

The painter of the universe, known as Life, just wanted to fulfill her reason for being, by creating a universe full of beautiful wonders and living things, but her twin brother, Death, exists solely to destroy her work, leading to an intractable argument about whose work should prevail.

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#author #indieauthor #writing #fantasy #fiction #shortstory #life #death #creation #destruction #humor #satire #darkhumor

(Left) The Cover of Emergent Consequences, by Owen Tyme, illustrated by Ryan Johnson.

Life and Death lay asleep in a the grass, the way they lay slightly resembling the yin-yang symbol. The tools of their trades are scattered around them.

Life is a woman with black hair, in a white robe. Behind her are the paint brush and palette she paints the universe with. She's rather short and has rosy cheeks.

Death is a skeleton in a black robe, which appears to be continually disintegrating at the hem line. Behind him lay his scythe and scroll of names.

Between Life and Death is the hourglass that serves as the source of time for the entire universe, an item that's most commonly carried by Death, but which is part of the work of both of them.

The artwork is cartoonish, with some bushes and a tree that has one red piece of fruit dangling from it. The scene is looked upon by the sun, which frowns at everything.

(Right) The background is an image of some green bacteria with the following quote over the top:

"I think I'll call it Ted."

"Ted? You want to name micro-organism Ted? Are you serious?"

"Yes, Ted."

"Alright, I just thought Bob would fit better."

(Bottom) https://books2read.com/EmergentConsequences

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23d

Creating CSS with SQL https://lobste.rs/s/m5bp95 #css #databases #satire #web
https://dthung1602.github.io/sqss/

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22d

Via Andrea Borgia

grandios - und Ton aus für Deutsche Zuschauer

https://xcancel.com/kiwicopple/status/2089917700822999275?s=46&t=dpTFaAUHYJGptoIMoZL4qA

#vibecoding #satire #hitlerrant

2089917700822999275?s=46&t=dpTFaAUHYJGptoIMoZL4qA

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40d

The Rolled Gold range - in the defence of #satire and tickling upwards. #AIart #satire

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22d

How to code without AI https://lobste.rs/s/guye0s #video #practices #satire
https://youtu.be/aFMVGx1Gsoc

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22d

Good morning 😁
Time for another chapter starting quote of The Last Philosopher: Part Two...

P.S If you ask me these Knomes sound like they're on to something about technology 😂

Buy Part One: https://books2read.com/b/m0pJYA

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Opening from the eight chapter of The Last Philosopher: Part Two

The stench of a Knome

“Technology should be assumed guilty until proven innocent.”
-Knome administrator saying

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17d

Rated The Cabin in the Woods 5/10

For a horror movie I have to say it's pretty astounding. I can certainly see how it ended up becoming a cult classic given its commitment to self-awareness throughout its runtime. I almost want to call it the perfect marriage between pure horror and absolute camp (a la Scary Movie and even the Scooby Doo remakes). I enjoyed it that much.There's a good deal of tension in the first half and there were quite a few times where on first viewing I literally freaked my shit out. On the sound front the music is scored, cued, and mixed particularly well and the latter half is a ridiculously entertaining romp through the crass and utterly ridiculous (one word: unicorn).With all of these jostling ideas and tones it's impressive that you actually feel for some of these characters especially given to the shortness of the film--it comes over at just over 90 minutes--so credit obviously lays with the writers. The actors themselves are equally talented, though it's really the writing that compels them to be something new, something more, to what have become conventional horror archetypes.All in all my first viewing was great and its an enjoyable ride on repeat.

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15d

Another wednesday another chapter quoute from my work in progress 😁

Find Ebook of Part One at your favourite online bookstore here: https://books2read.com/b/m0pJYA and yes that means Amazon is not included 😂

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Philosophy happens

“Philosophers can be both imaginative in their ignorance and ignorant of their ability to imagine.”

-The Ladyship

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18d

The Grabbit is backing Pulini's desperate last-ditch appeal in the Federal High Court to have two previous judgments against her despicable #racism against Senator Faruqi overturned, confirming the endemic, opportunistic racism of the Liberal party over which he presides.

Archived SMH link is here: https://archive.md/Xb0vS #auspol #OneNotion #WhiteSupremacy #satire #AIart #AIcartoons

Racist hate speech by tomato people is just hunky dory (AI cartoon by me)

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