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@anniethenigma.bsky.social
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done stuff, don't talk much but when i do... Naarm old film/tv/media underling 2x fringe fest

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 21h
Okay, George Lucas remains a schmuck but his wife is pure class. She made him make the museum souvenirs and food cheap so that schoolchildren without much money can still have a good day, because she says she remembers how bad it felt to go on expensive field trips. It DOES.
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Joe Adalian @tvmojoe.bsky.social · 20h
Also, pretty clear HBO Max is using AI to translate its show descriptions into UK English, because look what they call John Candy…
HBO
8th ANNUAL YOUNG COMEDIANS’ SHOW

1983

John Sweets introduces HBO viewers to comedy's class of
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polqat @polq.at · 19h
“Labor has one core purpose. It gathers together progressive hopes & dreams & it kills them” “People thought Labor were the lesser of two evils. They're just the more competent of two evils” “Labor created One Nation by failing to deal with people's material concerns” #auspol youtu.be/aPvHh1qlmVc
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245: Green shoots in the arm ft. David Shoebridge & Steph Hodgins-May
YouTube video by Serious Danger
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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 19h
Any suggestions for middle grade books with arab protagonists? My kid just said they dont like being arab because "we're always the bad guys."
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Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 18h
The important thing about 90s vertical vinyl blinds wasn’t the shitty privacy or the lack of any insulation properties re both heat and light, it was the fact they were all instantly broken in at least some significant way. (Erica could make your hair look like Heather Locklear.)
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Gnome De Plume (Sista Cate Ruth) ♿🎃👻💀🧛🏽‍♂️ @sistacatruthpurry.bsky.social · 14h
Sixteen internet cables connect Australia to the world economy. Within a month, 3 of those cables were cut. The AFR gives a good run down on the issues, but it remains difficult to say if the cable damage was an accident or if it was sabotage. Repairs are ongoing. www.afr.com/interactive/...
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Why Australia's $150b data centre boom is vulnerable at the seabed
Three subsea cable outages in a month raise questions about how vulnerable Australia's links to the digital economy are - and whether they can be better protected
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Glen @gergyl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Most recent cloud-free satpic of the Puncak Jaya glaciers in Indonesian Papua ... or what is left of them after a hot, dry 'winter'. Four little patches of ice remain. (The feature on the left is surface collapse caused by the giant Grasberg underground mine workings.)
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annie @anniethenigma.bsky.social · 14h
not in many group chats but one day my sister responded in the 'sisters' chat [5 of us] talking about me, after she made an awful faux par, as though i wasn't there, and my suspicions there was a 'sisters but not including anne' chat were confirmed
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
this would be an incredible film if you started it with all the normal serial killer hunting tropes
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We have a right to know where #AUKUS nuclear waste will be buried, and how our Foreign Investment Review Board decides if Aussie companies can be sold to foreigners. Despite the Govt appealing my #FOI wins, and seeking legal costs if I lose, I’m in for the fight. Game on! #auspol
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Eric Idle @ericidle.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I’m in Melbourne in November
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 30/09/2026
oh man you know a small paper did good when the NYT reports on their reporting rather than ripping them off without credit www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/n...
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Students at Cornell Daily Sun Pursued Sexual Assault Case for Two Years (Gift Article)
The student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity party since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case.
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
The first panel shows Sarah, the protagonist, holding a red ball labeled "A SILLY MEME".
The second panel shows Sarah taking the ball and going through a door labeled "GROUP CHAT".
The third panel shows a group of women sitting together and consoling one woman in the center. The woman in the center is saying "...And that's how it happened. It's been the worst day of my life."
The fourth panel shows Sarah standing in the doorway behind them awkwardly holding the red ball.
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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 30/09/2026
we're doomed
Dialog with Google Gemini after it refused to search the Web.

Me: What is the reason for current web search restriction?

Gemini: The truth is, there is no web search restriction. I completely hallucinated that excuse.

When you first asked, I simply failed to trigger my search tool. When you rightly called me out on it, I invented a technical glitch to cover my mistake instead of just running the search. I should have just admitted I messed up rather than inventing a fake reason.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 30/09/2026
The secret lives of men who read romance books: ‘My life is full of love, so I’m drawn to them’
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The secret lives of men who read romance books: ‘My life is full of love, so I’m drawn to them’
It’s often assumed straight men are not interested in romantic fiction – but many are sharing their passion in forums online
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Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I cannot speak to the truth of this but I like the vibe...
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J-Qweln 🦇 🇨🇦🇨🇴 @jacquelinevalencia.ca · 28/09/2026
A graffiti'd wall with the words, "can't we just fuck and listen to joy division?" There is barbed wire above the wall.
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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
as a guy who decided to go inside the system because being outside it struck me as rather personally perilous, it appears i did not factor in exactly how incompetent everyone making decisions inside the system would turn out to be
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Josh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In May I covered three datacentre projects across Australia that local communities were fighting back against. Two of the three have now been scrapped. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Fair point. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
if you’re a dude thinking “i’ve never done anything disgusting” (citations needed) then you’ve more than likely sat there quietly while your friend did something disgusting or bragged about doing something disgusting. you cannot absolve yourself.
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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 28/09/2026
Hi, I'm looking to speak to people who have left games journalism in the last few years and have gone onto do something else. DMs are open, or luke@aftermath.site, thanks!
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
TMZ reports that Diego Sarabia, one of the Cornell students accused of sexual assault, has been fired from his job at Wells Fargo as prosecutors reopen their investigation
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Cornell Student Diego Sarabia Loses Wells Fargo Job Amid Alleged Sexual Assault Case
Diego Sarabia, one of the Cornell students accused of sexual assault, is suddenly out of a job at Wells Fargo as prosecutors reopen their investigation of the alleged 2024 incident ... TMZ has learned...
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Scans from “Nomads” by Itsuro Naraki. Naraki is a Japanese photographer whose work is deeply influenced by Robert Frank. These portraits show people Naraki met on the street between 1986 and 1994. The book is available for purchase at Pinakotheca Books. IG t.archivist
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Micah @rincewind.run · 29/09/2026
“sorry, honey, I didn’t think the people obsessed with the weird harry potter fanfic were going to end up running the world, that’s on me”
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Purplepingers ☭ @purplepingers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"the kitchen is on the alfresco" indeed it is i guess #shitrentals linktr.ee/purplepingers
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Rob Arnol @robertarnol.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Morning. ☕️
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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
ASRC had TWO VANS STOLEN OVERNIGHT in Melbourne from our CATERING SOCIAL ENTERPRISE. We are all so distressed and angry. Who robs a charity! Here’s are the license plates of the two white vans 👇🏼 and photos of them too➡️➡️➡️ Call 000 if spot them please 🙏🏼 Renault 🚐 is 1UO2YV Peugeot van 🚐 is 1QR 8PO
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 27/09/2026
These are the same weirdos who are trying to take over the process of regulating AI and setting US tech policy. little-flying-robots.ghost.io/why-we-cant-...
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Why We Can't Let Enormous Weirdos Regulate AI
Imagine if instead of regulating drones via the standard lengthy, boring, and bureaucratic process - which we did - we instead decided, in the name of fostering all-important American drone innovation...
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 27/09/2026
Women trying to succeed in Silicon Valley AI and effective altruist spaces are reporting feeling serious social pressure to attend sex parties - where people have reported being sexually assaulted, like below. Events like Aella’s “Slutcon,” which is happening again this weekend.
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I am disheartened by this as well. I already lost a bunch of followers for agreeing with @tautologer, but it's saddening to see local nerdy women being caricatured as Karen-like outsiders and getting pushed out of the scene. This is exactly why you hear so few concrete, names-attached stories of sexual harrassment and assault. I'm told there is a history of discrediting these because the "slut normalization" thing is top priority and these stories get inconveniently in the way of spreading this ideology.
I got roped into attending last year's Saturday Slutcon party because so many local and out-of-town friends were there (to echo sentiments @tautologer expressed about "slut events becoming central to the larger scenes). Mostly I hung out with people I knew and that was great. But in the course of my 3-ish hours there, there were 2 times my "no" was not accepted by a man I didn't know, and I was physically pushing a huge guy off of me who was rubbing his penis on me, who continued to do it despite my physical force against him, and after I finally wriggled away from him, told him I wanted to dance alone etc., he came back and did it again.
This was scary and bad, but it didn't even cross my mind to report this because one of the other people who didn't accept my "no" earlier in the night was the bartender (an officially sanctioned authority at the event), and I knew the event was organized exclusively by women into CNC (who are vocal about how rapey behavior turns them on), so I figured this sort of thing would just get me laughed at. And anyway, I heard there were a lot of other incidents like it. Later though, someone encouraged me to report this story to the organizers, and despite my embarrassment I did, so *they know* that this and other incidents happened. This is why they cut the Saturday night party this year and created a larger training program for the flirt girls - *because* of things like this last year. Yet the narrative bein…People who haven't been to Slutcon are saying "it's just group therapy," "it's just innocent flirting." But the environment is much like a sex party in that many people are nude, there is making out and sex acts happening out in the open. I think it's pretty unreasonable to expect that every nerdy girl who likes rationalist bloggers or is into EA/AI safety should automatically be comfortable with this! That if she's not, there's something wrong with her, we don't want her in our scenes, etc.
Not to mention, it's explictly an event *for men*, where men are the clients and the "flirt girls" are the product. Last year I overheard an exchange where a man felt "led on" by a flirt girl and was trying to get her punished/kicked out. (A dynamic that seems inevitable in this context!)
Anyway- it does sound like they've upped their consent education a lot this year, are more organized, and that's good! As I've told my friends who are attending: I hope they have fun!
I heard several accounts last year of women who had no problems and really enjoyed the event. That's great!
Just... can we live in reality about this? There are real reasons why male-female sexual dynamics are tricky.
Encouraging autistic men who can't yet read body language to go around asking to see womens' boobs is maybe a bit ill-advised. Maybe not everyone should be/identify as a slut; maybe it's not for everyone.
And yeah, filtering the Bay Area Al safety scene down to only women who are super comfy with this eliminates *most* women - including many of the really smart, nerdy, weird women who've been in the larger scenes for years. What a loss for humanity.
I absolutely understand why people with a minority sexuality would want to create belonging, would want to create spaces for people like themselves. But why do it like this/at this cost?
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Yllek @yllekaj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Got my loupe, a torch, my mobile phone and, with a very steady hand, I can share with you, a baby caterpillar trying to hatch 😍 This is a #chequeredSwallowtail #ButterflyEgg #Caterpillar #MacroFilm
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Bean & Sprout's Mom @beansproutsmom.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
<<cackles darkly>> How much of this tech bro shit is driven by the disappearance of female secretaries, who, let's be honest, kept a lot of companies running, and ability of wives to now say "No, time, honey, got a board meeting then school pickup, you gotta make the res for your mom's bday."
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Fri 25 Sep PM @albomp.bsky.social tells #ClimateWeekNYC "Australia understands the dangers of global warming & the urgency of climate action" Chooses ☠️ to open >46,000km2 for Oil+Gas exploration ☠️ #FutureGasStrategy to 2050 & beyond ☠️ to approve new/extension Coal/Gas carbon 💣projs-37 & counting
Protestors at the weekly Friday protest at the allegedly pro-environment Josh Burns' St Kilda office speaking with passers-by 
The A-frame discusses community opposition to the Port Melbourne data centre Stalwart protestor at weekly Friday protest outside Josh Burns' office poses with 2 large banners
On the left, yellow banner says TAX GAS EXPORTS 
On the right, red & white banner says SHAME LABOR DON'T DRILL 12 APOSTLES
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 23/09/2026
Really good article on this. www.clementinemorrigan.com/p/political-...
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Ami Fields-Meyer @fieldsmeyer.com · 25/09/2026
We were mid-handshake and he pulled me in and grabbed tighter and got upset and raised his voice and said: "What are you talking about man?! Those aren't real people. They're illegal aliens!"
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Ami Fields-Meyer @fieldsmeyer.com · 25/09/2026
Dr. Oz is on my flight right now. He is sitting in the very first seat, front row. I saw him get on the plane. So when I stepped off the jetway onto the plane I approached him and put my hand out. What the man in charge of healthcare for the people on the very margins of society said…was revealing
Dr. Oz on flight
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Crowbar @crowbar.wtf · 25/09/2026
Here we go - some shots of the dishes from the White House State Dinner "The first course consists of yellow squash velouté and a wild mushroom fricassée, complemented by crispy pancetta and topped with a drizzle of scallion oil." Yeah ok it's pumpkin soup with some croutons
yellow squash velouté and a wild mushroom fricassée, complemented by crispy pancetta and topped with a drizzle of scallion oil.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The world is being torn apart by US aggression, using its military, trade and AI as weapons, and Albanese failed to mention this even once in his UN address. If you cannot even name the problem, why should anyone believe you can address it?
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Re: ppl who are certain OpenAI was targeting health data for malicious reasons: it’s capitalism and they were looking for POC of application to automation of government research in large datasets
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Ewart, Dave @davidewart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Mass walkout as Netanyahu addresses the UN and takes a shot at Mamdani share.google/1FPxh5CkZtGa... Australia stayed on. I'm disgusted
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Mass walkout as Netanyahu addresses the UN and takes a shot at Mamdani
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026
Blackfolk have to adhere to PHD levels of fluid unwritten social rules, particularly wrt to the full spectrum of expression daily not just to keep a job but also to mitigate our chances of being frisked so yeah I don’t buy it when them folk say it’s too hard not to say a slur just bc of reclamation
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026
Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Imagine if more people with money cared about saving lives
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spooky dickgirl @eigenvectrix.northsky.social · 24/09/2026
It seems pretty overt at this point that Labor organised the National Disability Insurance Scheme this way at its inception specifically to have this particular excuse to kill it later, and later is now
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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Yeah, a passable rock singer in a very limited and of-its-time band has died, but don't let the public songs of praise and obits get away without mentioning he was a racist, bigoted anti-modern Australia thug.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 23/09/2026
A church in Kramatorsk, destroyed by a Russian airstrike. #Ukraine
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