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Bagelche @bagelche.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I am over 18, so am neither 16 nor 17 years old. However, it says that being 16 or 17 is required, so do I say yes I am over 18 and simultaneously 16 or 17 or do I conform the numbers and say I'm not 16 or 17, but then might get dismissed as age ineligible. Am I overthinking this? Totally, but...

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Bagelche @bagelche.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Slightly flummoxed as to how I should answer the second question.

A screenshot of a form to be an election worker with two required questions. The first is whether you're 18 years or older, the second says "If not, are you 16 or 17 years old" and that you must be 16 or 17 to be an election worker.

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Chase Mitchell @chasemit.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Musk just has a hard time wrapping his head around a story where a man’s wife and child care if he comes home

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Brie Callahan @briecallahan.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

"It's about ethics in rape allegations reporting"

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Lee Cronin’s Pablo Hidalgo @infinata.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Had to dig up a hard copy for this one.

The Onion headline: Ska Band Outnumbers
Audience

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Bagelche @bagelche.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Yeah, no. He responded to the racist “spark” from the Nationals pitcher Cavalli.

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Bagelche @bagelche.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

To clarify: not the Red Sox this time.

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Bagelche @bagelche.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

This was on Wikipedia for a bit…

$Wikipedia entry for Washington Nationals pitcher Cade Cavalli displaying an image of a klansman after he started a fracas by yelling “sit down, boy!” after striking out Wilson Contreras.$

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Bagelche @bagelche.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

And yet Cavalli is still in the game. shameful @mlb.com.

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Stevie Prinz she/her @stevieprinz.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

A white pitcher, Cavalli, strikes out a poc batter, Contreras, and then yells , “sit down, boy” and THAT is acceptable to @mlb.com ? I am NOT excusing the helmet throwing but WTAF …it’s 2026 and Jim Crow is back 🤬 #redsox #nats

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Bagelche @bagelche.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

He grew up in Oklahoma. He knows.

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 29/06/2026

When the selkie returned to the beach, a man was holding her sealskin. "Is this yours?" he asked. "May I borrow it?" "You want to be a seal?" "No, but when I take it off, I'll be a woman, right?" "My heart, you already are," the selkie said. "That skin is mine, but I can help you find yours."

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😈™ @cooltimesonline.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Went to an anti AI datacentre protest march today and a friend of mine got a picture that summed it all up

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Sure; you might need a job to buy food and medicine and clothes for your children, but have you ever considered how you losing your job, your house and the ability to feed your children, all owing to AI, is actually a good thing because it makes people like Aravind richer?? HAVE YOU??

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Sushant @reddevilssupptr.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

"I once opened the Strait of Hormuz".

English comedian Bob Mortimer reading from a card on the show Would I lie to you.

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Bagelche @bagelche.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Best thread of foreign policy/Taskmaster overlap I have seen.

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Dana Holtzbert @danaholtzbert.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Michael B Jordan proving he can win without Scottie B Pippen.

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Bagelche @bagelche.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

I hadn’t heard of them before – I like it!

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Three Scary Rogue Agents in a Trenchcoat @alexhanna.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Good thread on the masculinization of coding work, and how "AI agents" deepen the idea that coding as an IC is wholly individualistic.

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Three Scary Rogue Agents in a Trenchcoat @alexhanna.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

That's the rub, though, isn't it? AI agents are secretaries, mothers, girlfriends, or mammies. Fix my code, book my flight, take care of me, love me and talk to me, and be something I can exercise my domination over.

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Bagelche @bagelche.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

How can you have any pudding if you don’t eat your meat and ferments?

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 04/02/2026

worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead

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Bagelche @bagelche.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

We might've been watching at the same time! been wandering through KEXP performances this morning.

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Bagelche @bagelche.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Does your local public access tv station carry Let’s Paint?

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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

PSA for no reason: The toggle to disable autoplaying of videos is in the "content and media" section of your settings

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Who else besides me had “Laura Loomer defends Trump from Tucker Carlson’s accusation that his administration invaded Venezuela and deposed Maduro in order to advance the global gay agenda” on their 2026 bingo card?

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Danica Savonick @danicasavonick.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Students in my class on Radical Women Writers wrote some really great things, including high school lesson plans for teaching Grace Lee Boggs, Alice Childress, and Octavia Butler - check them out! (& feel free to use and share!) eng622.classroomcommons.org/class-collec...

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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

when a poor person uses food stamps for a steak or homeless person spends $5 on a beer, it’s seen as proof that all poor people are so bad with money that they shouldn’t be given any, ever, for any reason. $77 billion out the window, and zuck’s legacy as a safe government contract bet is secure.

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

This is what he says when doesn’t care about the people who died

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Scream, Cultura, Scream! @culturalgutter.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Just a reminder that Shaw Bros. is sharing a lot of movies in excellent transfers that have been hard to find in the US and Canada. They're all free and you can find them here: www.youtube.com/@ShawBrosCin... #cinejanes

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Shaw Brothers Cinema

Your free destination for the best of classic Chinese cinema — Welcome to Shaw Brothers Cinema! Enjoy full-length films from the legendary Shaw Brothers Film Library, owned by Celestial Pictures. With...

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Bagelche @bagelche.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

I heard a bit of cable news covering this story “seriously“ as opposed to factually. We could live in such a better world.

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Bagelche @bagelche.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Kathy Bates is a much, much better actor.

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Explorer Rowan @explorerrowan.northsky.social · 13/12/2025

Huh. It's almost like when institutions stand up to that spineless coward fascist, he loses and folds. I sure wish more institutions would take note of that.

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𝙱𝚊𝚋𝚎 𝚁𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 @unfitz.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

“Are you certain it will work? It looks like a hot tub.” - 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦, H.G. Wells, 1895

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.

This is the saddest day of my professional life.
Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage.
I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys.
I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show,
A show that I named and helped develop over all those years.
Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry.
These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter

In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices.
Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'.
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I chose the latter.
It broke my heart.
I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make.
I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer.
I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence.
One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career.

I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more.
I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost".
James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice.
Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences.
I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness.
Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire.
I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal.
I am so sorry to let you down.
I hope that you can understand my reasoning.
I have to accept that I am not what the current
BBC expects of their freelance presenters.

Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not
"just a job"
I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world.
From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too.
The strawberry is dead.
Long live the strawberry. B

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

So rarely hear the phrase “legitimate concerns” being used with climate change protestors, hunger striking peace activists, trans people who want to live without fear, and on and on

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Christian Fascism with Tim & Eric Awesome Show Great Job characteristics.

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Bex 🖤🏴 @thinlyveiledtruth.cryptoanarchy.network · 09/12/2025

This is our current reality in LA, DC, Chicago, and other cities across the US. Fascism is here. It just might not have affect you yet.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Same headline. Seven years apart. 🤡 @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

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Bagelche @bagelche.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Yeah... I didn't get the email until 11:13 to boot. a bummer! The offspring and I have been talking about this for ages.

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Meg Pillow @megpillow.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

So funny* that we live in a society that doesn’t consider women, trans ppl, disabled ppl, Palestinians, unhoused ppl, kids and many more to be ppl but we’re still having this conversation *not fucking funny at all

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Solarina Ho @solarina.ca · 19/11/2025

This is an absolute *must read* by @nickhunebrown.bsky.social on the impact of AI slop in an era where journalism trust is already depressingly low, and why fact-checkers are more important than ever. As a freelancer who agonizes over accuracy and getting quotes right, this was a mind boggling read.

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