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bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026

ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...

old photos of a woman (Margaret Hamilton) standing next to a tall stack of books (printouts of Apollo space mission software source code)

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Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The IceCube neutrino detector has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in physics. The Trump administration has proposed slashing its budget in half in 2027.

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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 05/10/2026

[car dealership waiting room] Me: [chanting] knobs, knobs- Other car buyers: knobs, KNOBS Car salesman: [pounding desk] KNOBS, KNOBS, KNOBS!

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Knobs Returning To Some Automakers’ Vehicles, To The Relief Of Many

Auto companies are listening to the complaints of consumers, who want their knobs and buttons back.

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Astro Chris @astrochris.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Me: Ok, that's taken care of. My notebook: Hey, I'm going to zoom in over here, where you can see more of those things you're working on! Going to fix those too? Me: Damn it.

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Astro Chris @astrochris.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

So your social team is drunk tonight? Great job, Senator.

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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 03/10/2026

Again, Neither NAFTA nor China are the reason that union auto jobs are leaving the area. Kyle Bos, the supposed union rep, voted for Trump 3 times. Three!🤷🏿‍♂️ Yes I'm sad that 1,400 truck manufacturing jobs were eliminated. But in California, BYD, a supposed "Chinese company" created 750 union jobs.

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Truck American Workforce - Technological Innovations for a Better Life | BYD USA

BYD TRUCKS BYD MOTORS american workforce Over 750 unionized employees work together to build battery electric buses and buses at BYD's 556,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Lancaster, Californ...

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Marcus Rothenberg @marcusrvo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Happy Full Mean Metal Girls Alchemist Day!

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Lichtenstein wasn't even mid, technically OR conceptually, and I'll die on that hill without hesitation

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Tim Gaedke @timgaedke.com · 26/09/2026

talent is a lie

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Astro Chris @astrochris.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Mine doesn't even know "duckery." Also, when checking if M-W had that one (it doesn't) it helpfully pointed me to www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/f...

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Definition of FUCKERY

activity or behavior that is not honest or proper : deceptive or questionable practices or conduct… See the full definition

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Astro Chris @astrochris.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

You're as dumb as a box of rocks, aren't you? In any case, I'm sure /this time/ Lucy won't pull the ball away. You should see how far you can kick it. Go ahead. We'll watch your big kick.

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Astro Chris @astrochris.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Me: "I've had so much trouble with unicode and python, that surely I can use a unicode symbol, right?" Matplotlib: "UserWarning: Glyph 11198 (\N{CIRCLED X}) missing from current font." Me: "Great. Glad to see this is all cleared up now. Wonderful job, everybody."

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Shocked Captain Kirk Meme

Alt: Captain Kirk, from the Star Trek animated series, covering his shocked face with his hand, with meme-style text stating: Top: "Wow" Bottom: "This is totally unexpected." This gif comes up when you search for "sarcasm," and it looks poorly animated in this preview, but perhaps it looks correct when posted.

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Astro Chris @astrochris.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I got mine last week with covid and flu, and was out for a day with the aches from doing them all at once.

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It’s very simple and it’s been said over and over but I guess it needs saying continuously: if you deem one group too small to have equal rights you are enabling fascism, not fighting it. The people saying Dems are GREAT on trans rights are not paying attention and/or saying stuff like this.

Nichole Hiltz
The Democrats defend the Kennedy Center but not trans people.
A building.

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maybe because defending everything about a super small minority of the population is not worth losing to fascists

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bambi🌹 @radiovomit.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

An absolute darling of a pilot ⭐ #idwtbamg #comic #fanart

A fancomic of Pretty Pretty Please I Don't Want to be a Magical Girl that references the "Sand guardian" Vine. Aika looks unamused, saying "I am the Star Guardian... Guardian of the Stars." Zira appears next to her suddenly saying "ECLIPSE QUIVERS BEFORE HER!!!" The final panel shows Aika saying "Fuck off." to Eclipse, who looks like a sad bowl of mashed potatoes.

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Astro Chris @astrochris.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Alt text is helpful for when you post a picture of someone you think I should know but don't. Come on, man. Do better.

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Malky @themalky.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I drew the new weird cat

Cutesy drawing of a Leopardus tilcayo loafing with its tongue poking out. A short phrase in spanish wraps around its back: un michi tilcayo! (a tilcayo kitty!)

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Astro Chris @astrochris.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Thank you for this pinned thread of references.

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Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik @hatethathedgehog.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

time to change this little game of ours Sonic. *takes off my moustache* thats right hedgehog. Im actually Sam Reich. Ive been here the whole time..

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Astro Chris @astrochris.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

His body did. Any chance he answered policy questions, or make any kind of statement about his plans for the rest of the year, or why his sorry ass gets to skip work for a third of a year yet he doesn't support that for regular people?

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Crip Dyke @cripdyke.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

My absolute, rock-bottom standard for trans allies right now is that when they see a post from a trans person saying that they can't vote for some anti-trans Dem & they're sick about all this, you offer a shoulder to cry on instead of a lecture on electing Nazis. That's it. That's all you gotta do.

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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

"I am for the dignity and safety and equal rights of trans people everywhere. Fuck you. The end." "I do not believe you care about this issue. You are lying. In fact you're a straight up weirdo for fixating on kids' genitals so much. That is odd behavior. Let kids run around with their friends."

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I do not believe you care about this

You are lying

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Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

A24 is potentially doing something really fucked up here, but also they have the opportunity to do something extremely fucking cool and make the movie Creative Commons people would still pay to see it in theaters. but you want to benefit from a community project? then contribute to it

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Astro Chris @astrochris.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Pope Leo has the option to do the funniest thing.

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Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 12/09/2026

Voters shouldn't have to play four-dimensional chess when it comes to what electoral candidates say or do. People running for office should say what they think and be clear about what they'll do, and have done, and explain inconsistencies. I realize I'm asking for a perfect world, here.

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

sorry, but torturing the omelas kid is just a smart move, polling-wise. i personally wish there wasn't a kid in the omelas hole--of course i do!--but let's not get distracted by purity tests, here.

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Astro Chris @astrochris.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I was told that socialists would take control of the treasury and then vote themselves all the money.

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caroline cash @cashbrowns.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Nancy 9/7/26 … Happy Labor Day 🛠️

8 Hours for Work, 8 Hours for Rest, 8 Hours for What We Will. Based on a screenprint by Ricardo Levins Morales after the organizing work done by Robert Owen.

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Astro Chris @astrochris.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I have a Edit->Selection Mode that allows me to switch to "Block Area" that seems to work like you describe down thread: shift-click, hold shift, click end. Shift-Alt-F8 is the shortcut (but this laptop has a bad Fn, so I just keep turning off wifi).

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Tara Sim @tarasimauthor.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Is this Hollow Knight

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

A reminder for all the people who are still using genAI images to express their opposition to right-wing crap. Please, find another way.

The Batman meme taken from The Dark Knight Returns. He's breaking a shotgun in two, saying 'This is the weapon of the enemy. We do not need it. We will not use it.'

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Astro Chris @astrochris.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Explains why he keeps shouting "who do you think you are? I AM!"

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Astro Chris @astrochris.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Looking forward to Lake Apple and Google Are Fucking Cowards in the next administration.

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Astro Chris @astrochris.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Finally tried the "turn off reposts," and it has made my timeline much better. I enjoy you, people I follow who repost themselves every two hours, just not as much as you enjoy you.

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Astro Chris @astrochris.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Apparently my new water heater has a serial port. Luckily someone had already written most of the code I'll need.

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Matt @whatsupspence.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

“Prince Magneto was right.” I’d buy this in a millisecond l.

Picture of a custom Prince and Magneto mash-up action figure. “Me and my friends against you and the Avengers.”

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Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · 30/08/2026

Happy Birthday, Mary Shelley! Born on this day in 1797 🫀

Digital illustration by Abigail Larson depicting a stylized portrait of Mary Shelley

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jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 30/08/2026

a lot of folks on here need to read the first paragraph of this

Bouie: Sure. Before I do, I want to say two things, just to establish them right now and kind of to say where I stand on some of this stuff. The first thing is: "Woke" is a term that comes from African American vernacular. It has its origins in the 1930s, and it has traditionally meant something along the lines of: Be aware of the ways that this society is not built for you. Be aware of the ways that you may face disadvantage and oppression in this society.
Again, this is a term that emerged in Black vernacular in the 1930s. And that is, as far as I'm concerned, what the term means.
And the usage --
Cottle: You are exactly one of about 20 people who think that's what the term means.

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jesse, head of endorsement deals at BOOingo Wireless @killgoldfish.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

the idea that playing the game Grand Theft Auto makes you trans is absurd. playing Magic the Gathering makes you trans.

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Astro Chris @astrochris.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Oh, so even the idiot billionaire can see that ai is shit at art? Huh. Imagine if people had thought of this before they spent so much money trying to force it into everything. If only there had been warnings?

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Barack Obama: No, No, That's Too Much

Alt: Barack Obama saying, "No, No, That's Too Much" while doing a dismissive wave of his hand. This is me commenting on my own joke.

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potion of @candlestick.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

thousands of years of research and scientists are no closer to definitively answering the question of what's for dinner

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