<![CDATA[Goddammit, they learned how to read.]]>Goddammit, they learned how to read. 😩

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/8fb75626-5d1c-4b57-b5ff-d82b2475a953/goddammit-they-learned-how-to-read.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 05:27:22 GMTThu, 14 May 2026 15:22:49 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Goddammit, they learned how to read. on Fri, 15 May 2026 00:05:46 GMT]]>@SteveBellovin @MaryAustinBooks @briankrebs Reminding me of the cooling ponds at Fermilab in the days when it was operational ... home to a huge winter population of geese and ducks who would go scour the Illinois cornfields for a meal and then come back to party in the warm pool. Not aware that they ever tried to get them to leave. Of course they also had (maybe still have) Bison which was pretty cool.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/acsawdey/statuses/116575669240232582https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/acsawdey/statuses/116575669240232582Fri, 15 May 2026 00:05:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Goddammit, they learned how to read. on Thu, 14 May 2026 23:47:50 GMT]]>@SteveBellovin @MaryAustinBooks @briankrebs

It's threads like this that make Mastodon so much fun.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/mastodonmigration/statuses/116575598737619099https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/mastodonmigration/statuses/116575598737619099Thu, 14 May 2026 23:47:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Goddammit, they learned how to read. on Thu, 14 May 2026 23:45:47 GMT]]>@mastodonmigration @MaryAustinBooks @briankrebs That reminds me of the story about Penzias and Wilson and their discovery of the 3°K microwave background radiation of the universe. Trying to eliminate all noise sources, they discovered that the inside of the antenna had become home to some pigeons, who had decorated it with their droppings. They removed the pigeons and drove them far away—but of course, pigeons are *homing pigeons* and promptly returned to the antenna (https://www.lindau-nobel.org/pigeon-waste-cosmic-melodies-and-noise-in-scientific-communication/).

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/SteveBellovin/statuses/116575590675703982https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/SteveBellovin/statuses/116575590675703982Thu, 14 May 2026 23:45:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Goddammit, they learned how to read. on Thu, 14 May 2026 23:38:42 GMT]]>@PhoenixSerenity @MaryAustinBooks facts. we call them canada geese but they spend half the year out of here cause they could never lower themselves to such monkey business as borders

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/renardboy/statuses/116575562819876389https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/renardboy/statuses/116575562819876389Thu, 14 May 2026 23:38:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Goddammit, they learned how to read. on Thu, 14 May 2026 23:31:51 GMT]]>@MaryAustinBooks I love how they need the sign because, while the geese aren't fooled the humans are.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/allpoints/statuses/116575535874102061https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/allpoints/statuses/116575535874102061Thu, 14 May 2026 23:31:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Goddammit, they learned how to read. on Thu, 14 May 2026 23:28:02 GMT]]>@SteveBellovin @MaryAustinBooks @briankrebs

Once lived in an apartment complex with a big pond with a fountain spray thing. Ducks loved it, but some of the residents got the idea the ducks were a health hazard. After multiple community meetings and at least two complex wide votes it was decided to remove the ducks. A firm was hired, the ducks were trapped and taken fifty miles away across the coastal mountain range and released...

You guessed it. The ducks were back before nightfall. 🦆

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😂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://nrw.social/users/elala/statuses/116575476357197016https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://nrw.social/users/elala/statuses/116575476357197016Thu, 14 May 2026 23:16:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Goddammit, they learned how to read. on Thu, 14 May 2026 22:52:28 GMT]]>@MaryAustinBooks @briankrebs At Bell Labs Holmdel, they decided to use some artificial ponds as part of the heat exchange system for the air conditioners. The geese found those heated ponds lovely, but their droppings clogged the intake filters. Management responded by deploying fake swans. Guess how well that worked?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/SteveBellovin/statuses/116575380978983777https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/SteveBellovin/statuses/116575380978983777Thu, 14 May 2026 22:52:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Goddammit, they learned how to read. on Thu, 14 May 2026 22:40:57 GMT]]>@MaryAustinBooks We're gonna need a bigger coyote.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cloudisland.nz/users/runoutgroover/statuses/116575335713975584https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cloudisland.nz/users/runoutgroover/statuses/116575335713975584Thu, 14 May 2026 22:40:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Goddammit, they learned how to read. on Thu, 14 May 2026 21:44:25 GMT]]>Poc @jastrow

@MaryAustinBooks

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.aquilenet.fr/users/tanavit/statuses/116575113423628694https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.aquilenet.fr/users/tanavit/statuses/116575113423628694Thu, 14 May 2026 21:44:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Goddammit, they learned how to read. on Thu, 14 May 2026 19:09:57 GMT]]>@MaryAustinBooks The geese would have been frightened away if the sign had said REAL COYOTE. Duh.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/integerpoet/statuses/116574506054716300https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/integerpoet/statuses/116574506054716300Thu, 14 May 2026 19:09:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Goddammit, they learned how to read. on Thu, 14 May 2026 18:50:03 GMT]]>@MaryAustinBooks I like how the fake coyote sign is outside the fake coyote's field of vision, so as not to exacerbate the fake coyote's crippling impostor syndrome.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mindly.social/users/eedly/statuses/116574427754962442https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mindly.social/users/eedly/statuses/116574427754962442Thu, 14 May 2026 18:50:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Goddammit, they learned how to read. on Thu, 14 May 2026 18:41:20 GMT]]>@MaryAustinBooks Scarecrows and other similar things have to be moved every two or three days, farmers and gamekeepers used to know this.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/DJHVII/statuses/116574393476394797https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/DJHVII/statuses/116574393476394797Thu, 14 May 2026 18:41:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Goddammit, they learned how to read. on Thu, 14 May 2026 18:08:22 GMT]]>@MaryAustinBooks Shhh... If you walk around its back is safe, see?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/ap/users/116092650648397225/statuses/116574263894157684https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/ap/users/116092650648397225/statuses/116574263894157684Thu, 14 May 2026 18:08:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Goddammit, they learned how to read. on Thu, 14 May 2026 17:48:45 GMT]]>@MaryAustinBooks geese are very smart, didn't you know? And they teach each other

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://troet.cafe/users/energisch_/statuses/116574186759882587https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://troet.cafe/users/energisch_/statuses/116574186759882587Thu, 14 May 2026 17:48:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Goddammit, they learned how to read. on Thu, 14 May 2026 16:59:59 GMT]]>@pauldrye
Shhhhhhh....
https://birdsarentreal.com/pages/evidence

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/MaryAustinBooks/statuses/116573994945699483https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/MaryAustinBooks/statuses/116573994945699483Thu, 14 May 2026 16:59:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Goddammit, they learned how to read. on Thu, 14 May 2026 16:59:45 GMT]]>@MaryAustinBooks Besides, everyone knows you use fake coyotes for ROADRUNNER deterrent, sheesh.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://spacey.space/users/pauldrye/statuses/116573994065667419https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://spacey.space/users/pauldrye/statuses/116573994065667419Thu, 14 May 2026 16:59:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Goddammit, they learned how to read. on Thu, 14 May 2026 16:59:07 GMT]]>@MaryAustinBooks Plot twist: the geese are fake too

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://spacey.space/users/pauldrye/statuses/116573991564469147https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://spacey.space/users/pauldrye/statuses/116573991564469147Thu, 14 May 2026 16:59:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Goddammit, they learned how to read. on Thu, 14 May 2026 16:49:22 GMT]]>@MaryAustinBooks

"Curse you, ACME!"

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/angiebaby/statuses/116573953247920655https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/angiebaby/statuses/116573953247920655Thu, 14 May 2026 16:49:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Goddammit, they learned how to read. on Thu, 14 May 2026 16:46:38 GMT]]>@MaryAustinBooks

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â—‹ Canada Geese aren't smart enough to read, but they are smart enough to realize that coyote hasn't moved in over two weeks.

â—‹ Some Canada Geese aren't afraid of moving SUVs. A mere coyote? Ha!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Karen5Lund/statuses/116573921026261952https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Karen5Lund/statuses/116573921026261952Thu, 14 May 2026 16:41:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Goddammit, they learned how to read. on Thu, 14 May 2026 16:27:37 GMT]]>@MaryAustinBooks need to hire a coyotegirl to do the job instead smh

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/InfosecFemthing/statuses/116573867676634385https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/InfosecFemthing/statuses/116573867676634385Thu, 14 May 2026 16:27:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Goddammit, they learned how to read. on Thu, 14 May 2026 15:56:53 GMT]]>@MaryAustinBooks
Well, they are from Canada, which is the most highly educated country in the world.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Susibryant/statuses/116573746823432859https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Susibryant/statuses/116573746823432859Thu, 14 May 2026 15:56:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Goddammit, they learned how to read. on Thu, 14 May 2026 15:50:19 GMT]]>@MaryAustinBooks canadians joined them and attacked the coyote

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