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Natasha 🇪🇺🇪🇺 :mastodon:
@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt
Natasha 🇪🇺🇪🇺 :mastodon:
@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt

TIL: The earliest use of the word "terrorism" identified by the Oxford English Dictionary is a 1795 reference to tyrannical state behavior, the "reign of terrorism" in France."

The term was coined to describe the actions of the state during the French Revolution's Reign of Terror, where agents of the Committee of Public Safety, referred to as "Terrorists," enforced the government's policies with violence against perceived enemies.

TERRORISM was originally defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as "government by intimidation."
Natasha 🇪🇺🇪🇺 :mastodon:
@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt

After being let go from Microsoft, Clippy fell on hard times

A photo of a toilet roll holder very much in the shape of Clippy, Microsoft's assistant and precursor to AI
Natasha 🇪🇺🇪🇺 :mastodon:
@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt

Goodnight, with a Tom Gauld classic 🌃🌃

A Tom Gauld cartoon. A father comes into a sons room. The son is reading books under the blanket - Fathee: OK, BUDDY. TIME TO STOP READING. Son: WHY? Father: WE ALL LIKE SPENDING TIME IN A FANTASY WORLD, BUT WE NEED TO SLEEP SO THAT TOMORROW WE CAN GO OUT AND CONFRONT ALL THE CHALLENGES THAT THE REAL WORLD WILL THROW AT US. Son: TOMORROW SOUNDS A LOT LESS FUN THAN STAYING UP LATE AND READING A BOOK. In the final frame the father joins his son reading under the blanket, obviously feeling his son has a point ...
Natasha 🇪🇺🇪🇺 :mastodon:
@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt

Be weird. Be colorful. Help random people. 💕💕

gean-grey-blog, a social media post "One time I was leaving a friend's place and an older lady with basically no English came up to me and communicated that she was very cold and needed a ride. She pointed to tell me where to go. I got there and her daughter or granddaughter came out and was like omg her phone died we were worried And then the older lady said something and the younger lady translated. "She knew she could trust you because you have pink hair" I thought it was funny at the time. But when I think back on it I think she was basically saying "you had a visible sign of not vibing with the system I was afraid of" Be weird. Be colorful. Help random people."
Natasha 🇪🇺🇪🇺 :mastodon:
@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt

The "Downloads" folder on my laptop

A cartoon of a book titled "And Other Files I Want To Keep But Apparently Never Want To Find Again" The book cover features a generic JPG image file icon. The filename shown is "KGo_pufAdf1031u0316.jpg".
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@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt

Likewise. This. 💯💯

The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."
Natasha 🇪🇺🇪🇺 :mastodon:
@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt

Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise. Meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is,

in fact,

a tortology

Natasha 🇪🇺🇪🇺 :mastodon:
@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt

"The Boss"

A laptop "Print Screen" key, with a small paper "BRUCE" taped over the top Bruce Print Screen
Natasha 🇪🇺🇪🇺 :mastodon:
@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt

Not using ChatGPT has made a huge difference to my workflow and efficiency. I'm a power unuser.

Rebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social "one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible." Nov 25, 2025, 4:15 PM Everybody can reply
Natasha 🇪🇺🇪🇺 :mastodon:
@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt

Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.

A large (maybe 3 feet wide by 5 feet tall) sign on the end of a row of bookshelves that tells the “address” of books that have sensitive content. "Nervous about asking? ABORTION 363.46 ABUSE 362.76 ALCOHOL 362.29, 613.81 ANXIETY 152.46, 155.5, 616.85 BODY CHANGES 612.6, 613.04 BULLYING 303.69 CANCER 616.99 CHILD CUSTODY 343.73 CUTTING/SELF HARM 616.85 DEPRESSION 616.85 DIVORCE 306.89 DRUGS 362.29, 613.8 EATING DISORDERS 616.85 HIV/AIDS 616.97 LGBTQIA+ 306,76 LOSS OF A PARENT 306.87, 155.9 MENTAL ILLNESS 616.89 POST Traumatic STRESS 616.85 PREGNANCY 306.87, 618.2 RAPE 362.88 SELF-ESTEEM 158.1, 305.23 SEX 613.9 STIS 616.95 SUICIDE 362.28, 616.85 As a library, we're not here to judge, we're here to help"