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@pretzel365.bsky.social

username is a reference to the show Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, and also I love pretzels she/her pfp by @bound-light.bsky.social

264 Followers  |  185 Following  |  206 Posts  |  Joined: 29.09.2023  |  2.1416

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A screenshot of an Android app. Text:

โ–ฒ Nearby Glasses

Smart Glasses are probably nearby
Device: Unknown
RSSI: -42 dBm
Reason: Meta Company ID (0x058E)
Company: Meta Platforms, Inc.

This app notifies you when smart glasses are nearby. It uses company identificators in the Bluetooth data sent out by these. Therefore, there likely are false positives (e.g. from VR headsets). Hence, please proceed with caution when approaching a person nearby wearing glasses. They might just be regular glasses, despite this app's warning.

Debug Log

[19:08:40] Unknown (-50 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

[19:08:40] Unknown (-50 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

[19:08:41] Unknown (-34 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

[19:08:42] Unknown (-34 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

[19:08:42] Unknown (-34 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

[19:08:42] Unknown (-57 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

[19:08:43] Unknown (-40 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

[19:08:43] Unknown (-42 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

[19:08:43] Unknown (-42 dBm) Meta Company ID

(0x058E) [19:08:44] Unknown (-42 dBm) Meta Company ID

(0x058E) [19:08:44] Unknown (-42 dBm)

Meta Company ID (0x058E)

[19:08:44] Unknown (-42 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

[19:08:45] Unknown (-40 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

[19:08:45] Unknown (-63 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

A screenshot of an Android app. Text: โ–ฒ Nearby Glasses Smart Glasses are probably nearby Device: Unknown RSSI: -42 dBm Reason: Meta Company ID (0x058E) Company: Meta Platforms, Inc. This app notifies you when smart glasses are nearby. It uses company identificators in the Bluetooth data sent out by these. Therefore, there likely are false positives (e.g. from VR headsets). Hence, please proceed with caution when approaching a person nearby wearing glasses. They might just be regular glasses, despite this app's warning. Debug Log [19:08:40] Unknown (-50 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:40] Unknown (-50 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:41] Unknown (-34 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:42] Unknown (-34 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:42] Unknown (-34 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:42] Unknown (-57 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:43] Unknown (-40 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:43] Unknown (-42 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:43] Unknown (-42 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:44] Unknown (-42 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:44] Unknown (-42 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:44] Unknown (-42 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:45] Unknown (-40 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:45] Unknown (-63 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

I made an app.
play.google.com/store/apps/d...
Nearby Glasses is here to warn you when smart glasses are nearby.

I hope it's useful for someone.

Nearby Glasses's open source, free and rather simple
github.com/yjeanrenaud/...

It's also downloadable outside the Play Store. iOS port is in the making

23.02.2026 18:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1572    ๐Ÿ” 801    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 60    ๐Ÿ“Œ 64

I don't know who needs to hear this, but you deserve kindness and support when you are having a rough time. You are not too much, and your needs are not too much. You're just human like the rest of us.

23.02.2026 23:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You, an individual, cannot "fix" the whole world. You can act at the scale of your life. You should act at the scale of your life.

22.02.2026 16:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4037    ๐Ÿ” 1300    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 37    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I hate our nazi pedophile gambling slop future

19.02.2026 22:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1724    ๐Ÿ” 245    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

we should have a third industry besides AI and gambling

19.02.2026 13:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 501    ๐Ÿ” 120    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 18

I would shoot the computer with a handgun five to eight times

17.02.2026 20:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2311    ๐Ÿ” 381    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 26    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Tonightโ€™s dumb napkin cartoonโ€ฆ

16.02.2026 23:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29475    ๐Ÿ” 5697    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 215    ๐Ÿ“Œ 163
White text that says "FIRST READER APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN!" on a blurred purple image of our website banner.

White text that says "FIRST READER APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN!" on a blurred purple image of our website banner.

OTHERSIDE is looking for 1-2 first readers! We got SO many amazing submissions that it's time to expand our team!

Interested? This is a great opportunity to learn about the editorial process ๐Ÿ‘€ We offer an honorarium and first readers can still submit to us!

๐Ÿ“Apply here: forms.gle/QcYLzXFn6AEn...

16.02.2026 16:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 45    ๐Ÿ” 47    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

in 2017 a popular twitter game was to type a partial phrase then see what your phone auto-completes it with.

this proved so popular that it is now the only business model in the US.

09.02.2026 21:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1662    ๐Ÿ” 467    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
12.02.2026 23:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6136    ๐Ÿ” 2093    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14

in my younger days I would ask my father for his opinion on something and he would say "I'll tell you what I think if you really want to hear it, but you are the one who has to live with your choices."

I appreciated the respect in his response. he could advise if I wanted, but my life is my own.

12.02.2026 16:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Screenshot of Amazon customer support chat getting refund for a Ring Floodlight Cam

https://www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurveillance/comments/1r0m509/comment/o4jc9xz/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Screenshot of Amazon customer support chat getting refund for a Ring Floodlight Cam https://www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurveillance/comments/1r0m509/comment/o4jc9xz/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Screenshot of chat with Amazon customer support getting refund for a Ring product bought in October 2020

https://www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurveillance/comments/1r0m509/comment/o4k6nqk/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Screenshot of chat with Amazon customer support getting refund for a Ring product bought in October 2020 https://www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurveillance/comments/1r0m509/comment/o4k6nqk/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Infographic telling Ring customers they can get refunds for their purchases through Amazon

Infographic telling Ring customers they can get refunds for their purchases through Amazon

People on Reddit are getting Amazon to refund their Ring products because of their partnership with Flock and that creepy Super Bowl ad
www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...

10.02.2026 09:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7470    ๐Ÿ” 3343    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 50    ๐Ÿ“Œ 157

I know she loves me and always has. but it hurts to know that part of who I am has always been such a disappointment to her, and that she made me feel like I can't even talk about it with her because she centered herself as a victim when I tried.

11.02.2026 02:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I know I could be frustrating, but her disdain for something innate to me has translated into a lifetime of self-loathing that I am now only beginning to come to terms with.

I want to love myself, as I am. as I always have been.

because I have always been worthy of being loved that way.

11.02.2026 02:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

you weren't a bad mom, just like I wasn't a bad kid. I just wanted you to understand me. I just wanted to understand myself. but when I tried to share that with you, you saw it as an attack.

being like me isn't a bad thing. it's not always EASY, but it's not BAD. *I'm* not bad.

11.02.2026 02:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

combined with the fact that when as an adult, I said to her something like "I wish we'd known more about autism when I was young because we might have had less conflict if we'd had that understanding" she got all huffy and deflecting/defensive like "well I'm sorry I was such a bad mom!"

11.02.2026 02:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

been big in my feels this week, having had the realization that every time I recall pissing my mom off as a child, it was because I was showing an autistic trait.

11.02.2026 02:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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gradient.horse Draw a horse, watch it run!

omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for

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09.02.2026 23:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7005    ๐Ÿ” 3611    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 35    ๐Ÿ“Œ 154

somehow I always forget about cause and effect because I rush to the bathroom and there's a moment where I'm worried something is wrong and then I'm like, girl. you made a vat of chili the other day. you are packed to the gills with fiber.

09.02.2026 00:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And the thing that will have the most value for me is that people will see my name and know that a human being worked on this book and did her best to make it the best, and most meaningful, book she could.

08.02.2026 13:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1977    ๐Ÿ” 112    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

I saw Elmo's tweet that was like "oh no Ms. Swift" and my immediate thought was "who let this child listen to 'Wood'?"

08.02.2026 00:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Here's the amazing thing folks.

Mamdani, while an EXTRAORDINARY human, is not a unique human.

This could be our mayor. This could be our representative. This could be our senator or our governor.

This could be our President.

This is the government we deserve.

07.02.2026 05:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 361    ๐Ÿ” 63    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I do not care for these pedophiles and you may quote me on that

05.02.2026 14:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 101    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐ŸŽถShe wears short skirts

๐ŸŽถI raise lemurs

๐ŸŽถShe's cheer captain and

๐ŸŽถI'VE GOT ALL THESE LEMURS

03.02.2026 13:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 348    ๐Ÿ” 63    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Whole lot of you following Neil Gaiman, and I assume it's because you forgot you did so and he stopped posting when it was revealed he is a rapist.

Since he's trying to make a return, do yourself a favour and check if you're following @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com and if so unfollow and block.

02.02.2026 21:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2175    ๐Ÿ” 1449    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 134    ๐Ÿ“Œ 141
A Japanese woman wrestler jumping off the top rope and about to pound her opponent through the mat and into Nebraska

A Japanese woman wrestler jumping off the top rope and about to pound her opponent through the mat and into Nebraska

02.02.2026 01:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 55    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
โ€œScreenshot of a promoted Reddit post by u/AYAGDOS. The post reads: โ€˜Navigating gender dysphoria? Join our confidential, cross-country study of 18โ€“25 year olds to tell your story, challenge preconceptions, and have YOUR experience reflected in the science.โ€™ Below is a banner graphic with the Northwestern University logo and the text โ€˜TRANS OR GENDERQUEER? SHARE YOUR STORY.โ€™ The image shows a close-up of a hand with light pink nail polish, partially painted blue, held up against a blurred background. A link to ayagdos.org and a โ€˜Learn Moreโ€™ button appear at the bottom, along with Reddit vote and share icons.โ€

โ€œScreenshot of a promoted Reddit post by u/AYAGDOS. The post reads: โ€˜Navigating gender dysphoria? Join our confidential, cross-country study of 18โ€“25 year olds to tell your story, challenge preconceptions, and have YOUR experience reflected in the science.โ€™ Below is a banner graphic with the Northwestern University logo and the text โ€˜TRANS OR GENDERQUEER? SHARE YOUR STORY.โ€™ The image shows a close-up of a hand with light pink nail polish, partially painted blue, held up against a blurred background. A link to ayagdos.org and a โ€˜Learn Moreโ€™ button appear at the bottom, along with Reddit vote and share icons.โ€

If you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access to care. Spread the word.

30.01.2026 17:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9034    ๐Ÿ” 7427    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 62    ๐Ÿ“Œ 112
r/cats
u/MissHissss โ€ข 9h โ€ข i.redd.it
Smudge got stuck in the trash bin. Again.
Cat Picture - OC

r/cats u/MissHissss โ€ข 9h โ€ข i.redd.it Smudge got stuck in the trash bin. Again. Cat Picture - OC

I brought you something good from reddit for once, as a treat

28.01.2026 01:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2135    ๐Ÿ” 333    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 32    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
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If you get a message like this, SOMEONE IS TRYING TO HACK YOUR SIGNAL.

DO NOT GIVE THEM THAT CODE.

26.01.2026 02:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1998    ๐Ÿ” 1307    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12

and somewhat similarly, Dimension 20's Unsleeping City character Kingston Brown (the incredible Lou Wilson)

26.01.2026 01:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@pretzel365 is following 19 prominent accounts