Reposted by Alex SwabeyBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Republican candidate: I think for myself. I don't have to do what the president says, I can disagree with him-- Trump (tweeting): Everyone has to call Congress "Toilet" now! Republican candidate: --and that's why I'm running to be your next Toiletman 112679357
Reposted by Alex SwabeyKybosh @kybosh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I like seeing the dev of the SNES core on the Pocket actually telling one of these dudes off. Holy shit. 4790692192
Reposted by Alex SwabeyHugh Brechin @hughrbrechin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026we've got to stop Liz Truss from finding out about this at all costs 1413922
Reposted by Alex SwabeySmooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 24/09/2026guy who fell into a coma after the last episode of fawlty towers wakes up and looks at the internet 17189641760
Reposted by Alex SwabeyJoanna Hardy-Susskind @joannahs.bsky.social · 13/09/2026when you have a lawyer at the banana sticker company 515016
Reposted by Alex SwabeyDan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 11/09/2026so much for the so-called tolerant left 35716118
Reposted by Alex SwabeyJess Pendley @jesspendley.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Future me watching temporary -productivity-burst me commit to meetings and calls. 2255381127
Reposted by Alex SwabeyKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 11/09/2026Just trying a new marketing trick 211234262
Alex Swabey @alexswabey.bsky.social · 09/09/2026OpenAI’s position is clear: they will use your ideas as training data and might try to claim the credit. 020
Reposted by Alex Swabeymilk bottle champion @stepheniscowboy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026nimbys remained unmatched 36860172
Reposted by Alex Swabeyandy™ @andylevy.net · 08/09/2026werner herzog on AI filmmaking (from here www.indiewire.com/features/int...) 8379842140
Reposted by Alex SwabeyFischer 🛠️🚇 @fischer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026breaking: XAI announces that they have used an unreleased grok model to solve a major open problem in the field of race science 352683346
Reposted by Alex SwabeyPhil Szostak @philszostak.bsky.social · 06/09/2026“Tony [Gilroy] finally turned to me, and he said, ‘Hey, you just got to stop pitching plot. Plot is bullshit. Plot is what happens when you get the behavior right. Pitch me a line of dialogue, pitch me atmosphere, pitch me something visual. Stop pitching stuff that happens.’” 1/2 182795455
Reposted by Alex Swabeyderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/09/2026this is the kind of design costume designers make to tell you who are the bad guys in a space movie 1272207223993
Reposted by Alex SwabeyRichard Smyth @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social · 05/09/2026In June 1934 the British Union of Fascists - the Blackshirts - staged a rally at the Olympia in London. One protestor after another was singled out and beaten up by the crowd. Here's how Ronald Blythe described it. 17348203
Reposted by Alex SwabeyJames Chalmers @jameschalmers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I think this is part of a running slogan formulation (“the first party that…”) but just reads to me like a politician is inexplicably seeking election in Berlin on the “no one who speaks German could be an evil man!” platform. 34610
Reposted by Alex SwabeyAlex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social · 30/08/2026This is getting out of hand 171103232
Reposted by Alex SwabeyBenjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 15/08/2026For some reason I'm reminded of Rosenberg defense attorney Manny Bloch asking David Greenglass, as Greenglass paved the way for his sister's execution, "Are you aware that you are smiling?" 21667143
Reposted by Alex SwabeyRichard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 27/07/2026WHOA, WE’RE HALFWAY THERE WHOA, OH 912620
Reposted by Alex SwabeyColin Alexander @colincalexander.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Eat your heart out, Hemingway 191325267
Alex Swabey @alexswabey.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Seeing reactions to the BBC ad really points to the value of algorithms. 020
Reposted by Alex SwabeyC. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Someone called the cyclospora outbreak MAHA Blast and I'm cackling like I'm 13 again. 22290871887
Reposted by Alex SwabeyDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 14/07/2026An amazing quote from Lindsey Graham in this Atlantic story. It really captures an essential truth about politics that too few people ever really come to terms with. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... 14353961168
Reposted by Alex SwabeyPJ Holden @pauljholden.com · 06/07/2026In gremlins 2 when a panicked Pheobe Cates pulls the fire alarm, the fire alarm pontificates “Fire! The untamed element, oldest of man’s mysteries, giver of warmth [etc]” anyway that’s what it’s like when you google something now. 22103503
Reposted by Alex SwabeyJohn Cotter @drjohncotter.bsky.social · 05/07/2026“President Infantino, we’ve got the King of Belgium on line 1, the Prime Minister of Belgium on line 2, the Minister-Presidents of Flanders, Wallonia, and the Brussels Capital Region on lines 3, 4, and 5 respectively, and the Minister-President of the German-Speaking Community of Belgium on line 6.” 27924225
Reposted by Alex Swabeyone dozen bats at a keyboard @panasonicdx4500.bsky.social · 04/07/2026it's crazy when you see a photo for the first time and recognize it's gonna be used as a shorthand for the era you're living in right now by historians in 100 years 9088272218
Reposted by Alex SwabeyMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/06/2026reflecting pool girl summer [trying to change myself and making it worse] 353196614
Reposted by Alex SwabeyNeil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 20/06/2026“WE DIDN’T PERM HIM” 916437
Reposted by Alex SwabeyTobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Breaking News: the algae has agreed to accept $300 billion to consider vacating the reflecting pool 11076281457
Reposted by Alex SwabeyAmbassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Quintessential Trump: In 2025, Trump axed the program to combat New World Screwworm, stating that they had "saved" $1.5 million a year. In 2026, the Trump announces a $1 billion emergency program to combat the Screwworm outbreak. $1 billion would have funded the old program for 667 years. 14864802579
Reposted by Alex SwabeyDana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Last time the Knicks were NBA champions was the year the DOJ charged Fred & Donald Trump with housing discrimination based on race. 3945611213
Reposted by Alex SwabeyLegacy Update @legacyupdate.net · 14/06/2026Is the Microsoft Office Ribbon causing people to have fewer children? A provocative new working paper explores the persistent drop in birth rates since Office 2007 was introduced nearly two decades ago. 11946101030
Reposted by Alex SwabeyKelly “Free Link” McGonigal @kellysmcgonigal.bsky.social · 13/06/2026“Why’s it taking so long to take down the name when they put it up so fast?” yeah, undoing every single thing he’s done is gonna be exactly like that, get used to it 1789771860
Reposted by Alex SwabeyTim Fernholz @timfernholz.com · 13/06/2026people who work and invest in AI frequently ask me why their work polls so badly 9954991159
Reposted by Alex Swabeysick public transit, gloria @seung.bsky.social · 07/06/2026new William Gibson book opening line dropped 485371942
Reposted by Alex SwabeyNigel Auchterlounie @n-auchterlounie.bsky.social · 06/10/2025"IT ABSOLUTELY WILL STOP!!!" 18958452
Reposted by Alex SwabeyJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 30/05/2026When the waiter tells you "Are you sure, it is very spicy": 642029244
Alex Swabey @alexswabey.bsky.social · 11/04/2026We all constantly underestimate how easy it is for people to decide to forgive themselves for heinous shit. 120
Alex Swabey @alexswabey.bsky.social · 08/04/2026These people are showing that they were always capable of taking other perspectives, they just chose not to. 010
Reposted by Alex SwabeyJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 06/04/2026I asked the 5-year-old if she’d miss me when I’m out of town this week and she said no, and when I asked why she said “it’s complicated” 2097940
Reposted by Alex SwabeyJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 25/03/2026supreme accidental comic timing in Commons just now during PMQs: Keir Starmer: “there is only one party leader who has shown he will say anything, no matter how divisive, if he is paid to do so” Speaker (calling the next question): “Nigel Farage” 351560393