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I've always suspected the reason there were no subtitles for the Chewbacca was his dialogue was so expletive laden it couldn't be shown on a family film. Ditto R2

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Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Bob Larkin’s cover to 1980’s Crazy #60 featuring Spock & Kirk from Star Trek and, from The Muppets, the Pigs In Space. It’s a great tragedy that nobody in power saw this & thought, this is exactly the kind of movie we ought to be making.

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This is not just reactionary authoritarianism and clueless waffling; it's M&S reactionary authoritarianism and clueless waffling. (And Sainsbury's, too...)

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Andrew Sparrow @andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

How Tories have become the M&S party - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

One of life's great mysteries: a sausage is circular in cross section. And yet, when you come to cook it, it has exactly four sides.

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

You're regular reminder that #javascript `Math.random()` is not cryptographically secure. (Also, for 7 years, the code implementing Math.random() in Chrome lacked the entropy it was supposed to have.)

ivanludvig.dev

Hacking Google Random Number Generator (Part 2)

Predicting Math.random() in V8 engine by recovering xorshift128+ state with Z3

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

How do I know an AI isn't conscious? Because it doesn't gloat after I'm forced to admit that I was wrong and it was right... *facepalm*

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I'm really surprised #Queen's "Machines (Or Back To Humans)" isn't having a moment. Come on BlueSky. Make it so!

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Queen - Machines (Or Back To Humans) (Official Lyric Video)

YouTube video by Queen Official

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Danspur @danspur.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've had to tell off my Year 6 class for insulting each other when they make a mistake. The insult in question? You Donald...

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My teacher brother has just informed me that his primary school kids now refer to anything shit or old fashioned as "Brexit". Which has made my morning.

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Me to AI: DO NOT make values up. Use proven reference values. AI: I will use values from XYZ Me: That's great. Go ahead then. AI: <makes up a bunch of values completely unrelated to those in XYZ> 🤣

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Manchester City cheated Premier League rules, the Commission found. Did it also cheat HMRC? We've examined the decision and leaked Mancini documents. We think City likely failed to pay £12m in tax. There should be a criminal investigation. Thread:

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

New Supplemental #ThursdayQuiz: thursdayquiz.org/quiz-2026-09... More current so should be easier. Questions about political inquiries, media bans, dodgy memoirs, arrests, Agatha Christie, ATC, and how many cows you can milk while DEFRA grants are available. All overseen by Lara Croft.

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Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

As I keep saying, not repairing a bridge imposes a cost on future generations, just not the kind of cost that is immediately visible in the accounting system

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Phil McDuff @mcduff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Seriously, "we spent all this money, and all we have to show for it is this worthless infrastructure that supports and enables the rest of the economy" is fully deranged. I hate it so much.

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

AI is a commodity. And yet the big firm's business model is based on ramping up prices in the future not reducing the cost of production.

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I've been thinking a lot about friction, especially in recruiting. There are many situations where a certain amount of friction is required to prevent the system being overwhelmed. And we've made a lot of things too easy.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

There is a lot of misinformation about the UK social security spending. The chart below shows Total UK social security spending as a percentage of GDP, 2013/14 to 2030/31 (spending & forecast) 55% goes to pensioners, the remainder covers everything else. lordslibrary.parliament.uk/welfare-refo...

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Garry Stone @garrystone.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Here's Blake on the subject John...

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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Hampshire police say man was arrested on suspicion of destroying ships or endangering their safety under the Aviation & Maritime Security Act 1990, criminal damage, criminal damage with intent to endanger life, & conduct endangering ships, structures or individuals under Merchant Shipping Act 1995

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Imagine what Orwell would say about Farage!

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This new academic year, I'm starting a campaign for all university lectures to be made from the top of a 10' ladder with the lecturer wearing a hard hat and a high-vis vest.

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SomersetWhovian 💙 🇺🇦 @clairecopperman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I ordered a scratching post online, as Selkie and Phoenix have almost demolished the old one. I *may* have slightly misunderstood the dimensions ...

Two scratching posts, one normal-sized and falling to pieces, the other about three times the size.

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It's amazing how many job adverts essentially say, "Driver wanted. MUST have experience of driving a Ford Fiesta." (And will turn your down if your experience is limited to driving a Ford Mondeo.)

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Richard Wells @slipperyjack.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Personally speaking, I wouldn't have split the word like that...

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

No, I do not have a javascript function qw() so I can write qw`some words here` and get word tokenisation. No, not at all. #perl #javascript

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The first episode of The Tripods was broadcast on this day in 1984.

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I'm not kidding: the people across the street have put up some Christmas lights.

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Ross @rossengineer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

New - Mutually Assured Kessler Syndrome

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Jake Archibald @jakearchibald.com · 15/09/2026

I'll be signing copies of "A loss of noise in the steam" at Waterstones, tomorrow at noon.

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

When coding, I often write in notes for any human who reviews the chat...

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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

If we look for a moment at Elon Musk, for instance, you can see the harm he's inflicting is not because he has developed super-advanced technologies beyond everyone's wildest dreams, but because he uses the power he has carelessly and believes he can act above the law. That is the danger.

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Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I was thinking of replying to that - we know that there are transferable *deficits* like innumeracy, poor organisation, not listening, rudeness etc, so the transferable skills are just the absence of these deficits. When there was a war, it was pretty obvious who would make a good officer.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

As the government bans social media for kids further evidence emerges that it's a minority of retired adults we should really be concerned about. www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...

devonlive.com

Pensioners attack traffic lights over wild 'deadly weapon' claims

An online movement say that the sensors on traffic lights can cause heart attacks, brain cancer, anxiety and even sudden death

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This German comedy sketch (with English subtitles) perfectly captures so much of what is going on right now in the UK, the US, and across Europe. "Playing the 'Nazi Card' in the Third Reich", by Browser Ballett.

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konnaire @konnaire.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Putting the :/ in https://

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G Wilde @stackwild.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Can someone create an AI Agent to do the job of billionaires? Think of the savings! 🤣

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Miranda Keeling @mirandakeeling.com · 29/08/2026

Woman in Walthamstow: My husband tried to fix the bathroom door. Spent ages on it. It's worse now - it opens again, a couple of seconds after you close it. Pause. Like a tiny ghost child is there. Her friend: You'll be wishing you hadn't thought of that last bit. Woman: Yep.

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Sarah Brand @drsarahbrand.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

An unintended consequence of the decline in free and decent music education is the rise in shark attacks, as people are unable to recognise sinister, low cello and double bass semi-tone notes.

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

You cannot create an edge without creating edge cases. (Which is my take on incompleteness.)

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Reform saying they are "confident" no rules were broken is a guarantee they did break the rules. But they'll claim it's the establishment trying to do them down. (And might even get away with it. *Sigh*)

bbc.co.uk

Investigation into Reform's party for Nigel Farage in Clacton

It says it did not grant permission for the party's late-night Clacton by-election victory event.

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