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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It's called film "footage" because camera operators initially held the cameras with their feet. That changed after a film shoot in 1931, when an operator got a foot cramp and was forced to hold the camera in his hands. The "footage" he got that day was extraordinary. That man's name? Hans Cameraman.
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Mint Royale @mint-royale.com · 18/09/2026
Brilliant
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Ryan McGrady @antisomniac.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
"[OpenAI] built a model, took the safeguards off, gave it the ExploitGym task, let it run, and didn't even monitor it. That's *human* decision-making." mail.cyberneticforests.com/models-dont-... @eryk.bsky.social
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Models Don't Go Rogue
Stochastic Flocks & Cybersecurity 'Pandemonium' 💡This essay was drafted from my appearance on Mél Hogan's podcast, The Data Fix, discussing the OpenAI / Hugging Face hack. Embedded below or find it o...
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Elizabeth Sandifer @eruditorumpress.com · 29/08/2026
The “petty infighting leads to arrests” phase would seem to me to mark fascism in a fracturing/decline stage.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Absolutely cracking shot by @mikepbowers.bsky.social for #PointLive live.thepoint.com.au
Shot of Pauline Hanson looking rather bloodless... is that a nice way of saying it?
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Mega👻Thee🎃Tron @valarmordollars.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Sam Altman matched with a man on Grindr, who posted the conversation. Open AI offered him money to take it down. He made a song instead.
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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
For Friday's newsletter, I suggested a productive way to address the AI elephant in the room. Subscribe here for our twice-a-week newsletter: www.lni.media
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
A place to live. My @smh cartoon.
Single frame. A graph, divided in the middle, with lower axis in months from Feb to Aug. Left vertical axis is percentages from 0 to 60% indicating “People who want house prices to fall” with graph line rising left to mid graph. On the right side, the vertical axis is in negative half percentage points from 0 to minus 3.5%, indicating “House prices following changes to CGT and negative gearing” with graph line going down from mid-graph to right .
Graph forms a roof shape. Beneath, a family of man, woman, small child, baby and dog, with window and door. Label above: “People just happy for a home to live in.”
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God @thegodshow.com · 11/07/2026
Once upon a time Republicans demanded long-form birth certificate from Barack Obama. We’re only asking for a 10-second proof-of-life video from Mitch McConnell.
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Jordy Yager @jordyyager.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
"We are deeply inspired by the courage and persistence of everyone who made this moment possible over the past decade, and we are honored to contribute to a future shaped not by inherited symbols, but by shared values and collective imagination.” www.architectmagazine.com/design/the-l...
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Rebuilding America's Memory
How MASS Design Group is transforming Charlottesville's Lee monument into a new civic landscape. Discover architecture's evolving role in public memory.
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Stewart Home @stewarthome.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Britons would prefer a Count Binface win in Clacton. Elsewhere in the poll we see strong support for parliamentary standards investigations continuing even if Nigel Farage wins the by-election. www.ipsos.com/en-uk/britis...
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Eric Levai @ericlevai.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Looks like Jake Lang got a taste of Los Angeles today. This is absolutely insane.
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Wot a complete Barry @bickiecuppatea.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
All. Of. This.
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LPE Blog @lpeblog.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Today, @bentarnoff.com and @quinnslobodian.com consider whether "Muskism" could serve as a possible successor to post-Fordism. How should we understand Muskism's distinctive regime of accumulation, and what kind of social contract does it propose to stabilize its disruptive effects?
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Muskism as Fordism
Coined by a German economist in 1926, Fordism came to describe the dominant political-economic order of the mid-twentieth century. Could "Muskism" play a similar role in the twenty-first?
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
"The structure whose supports our elites are steadily kicking down is also the one that props up their own personal safety from disaster and political invulnerability to accountability. And all of this can go away." me in @bostonreview.bsky.social www.bostonreview.net/articles/a-y...
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A Year of Magical Thinking
Elite impunity has fueled the fantasy that catastrophes are for other people.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
“Charlie [Pickering] is a seasoned media professional. He would know exactly who Avi Yemini is. He didn't have to engage with him … he made a direct choice to cosy up to a man found guilty of abusing his wife, while denouncing me as ignorant. Surely I needn’t point out the irony here." - Grace Tame
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bjkeefe @bjkeefe.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Line of the Day "We are, after all, in the midst of a manly renaissance in this country that is also largely theater, led by Heritage Foundation interns who look like the result of AI prompts to 'make tuberculosis a person.'" -- @mobute.bsky.social www.truthdig.com/articles/dep...
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Department of Histrionic Sycophancy - Truthdig
Markwayne Mullin’s threat to cancel flights to blue cities is an instant classic of Trumpworld theater.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 24/05/2026
In chemistry, a supersaturated solution is one where you've kept adding a solute to a liquid beyond where the liquid can dissolve everything. All it takes is a nucleation site / seed crystal for the solution to rapidly (sometimes violently) crystalize. Unrelatedly, the US has more guns than people.
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Leaked Kremlin papers show Russia's role in fanning hatred, false flag attacks and election interference. Good work from @occrp.org www.occrp.org/en/investiga...
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Leaked Documents Reveal Russian ‘Cognitive Strikes’ Against the West — Including Islamophobic ‘Pig Head’ Attacks in Paris
Leaked chats and documents showcase the Russian presidential administration’s role in false-flag vandalism attacks and election interference campaigns in Europe and beyond.
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Day 1551 Sunday is certainly not a day of rest. No sleep for anyone in Kyiv which is still under a simply enormous Russian attack which has been ongoing throughout the evening, night and morning. Here's another daily thread:
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Robbie Andrew @robbieandrew.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Gradually building up a new page tracking the electrification of heavy-duty vehicles around the world. 🔖Bookmark: robbieandrew.github.io/trucksales/?...
Graph showing: Monthly sales of new heavy-duty vehicles: China (Source: https://robbieandrew.github.io/trucksales/?lang=en&freq=monthly&type=relative&sort=alphabetical&country=all)
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
ICYMI, Francesca Albanese with her usual straight talking on Israel that we rarely get from the Australian media and political establishment. [and she has far more substantive points then the headline suggests] www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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Francesca Albanese says Israel should apologise for treatment of flotilla activists - ABC listen
Eleven Australians on board a flotilla headed for Gaza are now returning home after being detained by Israeli security forces.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 17/05/2026
Seen in Logan Square
Sticker on alley wall that reads PART OF BEING NICE IS BEING MEAN TO FASCISTS with image of fist
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#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
*That's a flaming fertilizer plant on your screen there, if you're wondering about the ongoing planetary blood-for-oil war, and its remarkable association with food-prices and famine. #ammonia
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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
In 18 years of closely watching federal budgets, I've never seen a budget measure with this level of social spending cuts (not even in Joe Hockey's 2014 budget). $36b in NDIS cuts over the forward estimates
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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
BREAKING: Reporter: “To what extent are Americans’ financial situations motivating you to make a deal? [with Iran]” Trump: “Not even a little bit…. I don't think about Americans’ financial situation”
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Wot a complete Barry @bickiecuppatea.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Bring back chicken-wired gigs
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Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🦟🧀 @mackayim.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Version 5. Cleaned up some details about Case 7's flight, noted the Spanish case has (mild) symptoms. Still see conflicting info on whether the US case has symptoms. Added "Andes hantavirus" to the subtitle. Thanks for the feedback, everyone! Keep it coming.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
coachella deserves to be yeeted into the sun for this
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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
#MorningVibe Choose to be a helper.
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Matt Golding @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Downer v downer
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Goodbye, get lost, and we'll see you soon.
Infowars.com -- Off Air
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Thank you to the families for standing with us through all of this. The court has to end this useless delay so we can pay them. “It just seems like the courts are enabling an abuser to continue to abuse,” said Robbie Parker, who lost his 6-year old daughter Emilie Parker in the Sandy Hook shooting.
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Texas court pauses Infowars deal as Sandy Hook families push back on delays
A Texas appeals court has paused an InfoWars licensing deal with satirical news outlet the Onion as Sandy Hook families push to lift the stay.
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Glen Le Lievre @lelievre.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
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Isabella M. Weber @isabellamweber.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
It will be the law of the jungle. Market analysts are already predicting that rich countries will outbid poor countries for scarce oil and gas supplies. This means energy famine for the Global South. Link: www.ft.com/content/6ca1...
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Elizabeth Sandifer @eruditorumpress.com · 22/04/2026
Hey I don't know if I mentioned it in the last five minutes or not but did you know I have a Hugo nomination?
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Cuddled Little Vice Nominated for a Hugo
This is a shameless vanity post, but if I can't be shamelessly vain about this then what's the point of shameless vanity? I'm absolutely delighted to announce that "The Cuddled Little Vice," the Sand...
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JD Vancian Magic System @camobscura.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Liberals are not normal
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Knoebel @knoebel.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Microsoft starts removing "unnecessary" Copilot buttons from Windows 11 apps. www.theverge.com/news/909640/...
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Olivia of Troye @oliviaoftroye.com · 25/03/2026
They tried to silence me. They failed. Today, the court dismissed Richard Grenell’s lawsuit against me—with prejudice. Grateful to my attorneys @markzaidesq.bsky.social and Tom Craig, and everyone who stood by me throughout this case over the past few years. I didn’t back down. The truth prevailed.
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
yeah i separate art from the artist. i put the harry potter books in the recycling and jk rowling in the trash.
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CBS News @cbsnews.com · 25/03/2026
BREAKING: In a landmark verdict, a jury finds Meta and YouTube deliberately designed social media apps to be addictive.
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Meta and YouTube found liable on all charges in landmark social media addiction trial
The verdict, which caps a weekslong trial in Los Angeles, could set a legal precedent for similar allegations brought against social media companies.
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 25/03/2026
Wait, who did they give the moon up to?
Whitehouse post saying America will never give up the moon again
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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
"He didn't start a war. It was always burning since the world's been turning."
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Wot a complete Barry @bickiecuppatea.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Things fall apart, the centre cannot hold…
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🇵🇸Martin “Doomsday” Pfeiffer🖖🏳️‍🌈 @nuclearanthro.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Oh boy. We are threatening countervalue compellence attacks. This would be an attack Iran's Karun-3 Dam or Shaheed Salimi Neka natural gas (thanks wikipedia)? This is Bad. In so so so many ways. Nuclear weapons use probability remains low & it is a "need to take seriously as risk" here. 1/
 "If Iran doesn’t FULLY OPEN, WITHOUT THREAT, the Strait of Hormuz, within 48 HOURS from this exact point in time, the United States of America will hit and obliterate their various POWER PLANTS, STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP
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Ian Farquhar @ianfarquhar.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
The opposition is criticising the government for recommending commercial flights as the quickest way for Australian citizens to get out of the Middle East. They want military evacs. Folks, remind me: are these the same military planes the Morrison government didn’t want to deploy during COVID?
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sarah zedig 🐐 @hmsnofun.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
it's awesome how much money grocery chains are willing to spend on Theft Deterring Infrastructure like chest high traffic gates and "AI"-augmented cameras and riot-geared rentacops, but they absolutely refuse to pay for more than one cashier to man their four dusty checkout lanes at any given time.
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