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Christoph Harig @charig.bsky.social · 22h

Rio's military police have started the Butlerian Jihad

A Rio de Janeiro Military Police man points his rifle at computers. #DrugBust

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Bob O’Hara @bobohara.bsky.social · 23h

Not a normal route to the solution Wordle 1,932 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Bob O’Hara @bobohara.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Finally. After a very late start Wordle 1,931 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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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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Bob O’Hara @bobohara.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Tough Wordle 1,930 4/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Bob O’Hara @bobohara.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Phew indeed Wordle 1,929 6/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026

Trump’s new AI website is kinda fun, it turns out.

Can the president use taxpayer funds to air his old campaign ads on TV?

No. Federal appropriations law has long barred using taxpayer funds for political advertising.

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Bob O’Hara @bobohara.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

That took more work than it looks Wordle 1,928 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Bob O’Hara @bobohara.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

No fuss Wordle 1,927 4/6 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Bob O’Hara @bobohara.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Just in case you were worried I had killed all of the plants @grrlscientist.bsky.social

A flower box on the side of a house, with lots of red & pink Fuchsias flowering in the weak sun

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Bob O’Hara @bobohara.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I went an unconventional route today Wordle 1,926 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Bob O’Hara @bobohara.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Got it right just because it’s such a nice word Wordle 1,925 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Bob O’Hara @bobohara.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I think @carlbergstrom.com needs to tell his crows to up their game

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Bob O’Hara @bobohara.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Nice accumulation of clues today Wordle 1,924 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon. many more here: www.newscientist.com/author/tom-gauld/

Image: A graph with lots of red dots clustered together in a curve. The are all looking upwards at a single red dot wearing sunglasses.

Caption: Mike was an outlier and would probably be excluded from the study, but all the other data points secretly thought he was really cool.

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Bob O’Hara @bobohara.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Had a brain wave. Eventually Wordle 1,923 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Brian O'Meara @omearabrian.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Want to know how to share data by sticking it up a ram’s nose? This guide has it all!

“sharing data can be daunting, but the practical barriers are lower than many researchers assume, and the later sections of this guide are designed to help you navigate them”

Below this is a photo of a bighorn sheep with a researcher sticking a large swab up the sheep’s nose

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Bob O’Hara @bobohara.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Good old fashioned one Wordle 1,922 5/6 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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🍺Donald Clarke 🎥 @donaldclarke.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

But… this is excellent

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Bob O’Hara @bobohara.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Done in an average way Wordle 1,921 4/6 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 21/09/2026

The Office for National Statistics actually tested when the British public think "young" ends, "middle aged" starts and, finally, when you hit "old". The verdict is: "Young" ends at 30 "Middle age" begins at 45 "Old" starts at 70 Aged 31 to 44? Enjoy being a boring "adult".

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Bob O’Hara @bobohara.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Tough start Wordle 1,920 4/6 ⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.

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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Very much enjoyed @mjrobbins.com conversation-paced rant about the supposed threat of so-called superintelligent AI. martinrobbins.substack.com/p/the-ai-apo...

Screenshot from linked article reads:

Civilisation is the gearbox for the engines of our minds; human intelligence is its attribute. The scale of that intelligence is not governed by the person or entity with the highest IQ. You can't make a car that goes at 3000mph by just putting a rocket in it. I'm not sure it's possible to be superintelligent. To me it's like saying you're going to make the ocean superwet by pouring more water into it.
Rationalists desperately wish this wasn't the case, because it means the promise of the Al priesthood, the promise of a world where being smart and thinking better magically solves all your problems - could lead you to the gates of heaven itself! - is a lie: that the world isn't changed by thinkers, but doers. That's why every contrived thought experiment that involves an AI triggering the end of humanity involves, ultimately, human beings doing something incredible stupid with real stuff, like shipping a super-virus to an angry teenager or firing a nuclear arsenal. The boring risks of human agency that we already face today.

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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

So excited to have finally seen the Guggenheim!

Photo of a car park with a spiral ramp in Worcester UK

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Bob O’Hara @bobohara.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Almost in 2… Wordle 1,919 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I think I'm in love with Kevin 😻 #Caturday

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Bob O’Hara @bobohara.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

That worked Wordle 1,918 4/6 ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Materialist Gnostic @walmsley.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I'm partial to this one

Professor X asks a girl, "what is your mutant power?"

Girl replies: "I can guess how many pulls to turn a ceiling fan off on the first try!"

She points up and says: "3 pulls"

Professor X stands up and pulls 3 times. After the third pull the fan turns off.

Professor X: "Yeah thats cool and all, but not really a super power..."

Girl: "Yeah I was jut kidding, I can heal paraplegics"

Professor X, still standing: "Oh my god"

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Bob O’Hara @bobohara.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Damn, I have to find our copy of @deathbybadger.bsky.social’s first book. I think that means negotiating with the spiders in our library

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Bob O’Hara @bobohara.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Wild guess Wordle 1,917 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Bob O’Hara @bobohara.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Oh. Wordle 1,916 2/6 🟩🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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The Onion @theonion.com · 16/09/2026

Gas Station Price Sign Using Scientific Notation

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James "likely unlawful" Dominguez @jamesjdominguez.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I can't believe people aren't vaccinating their dogs because they think they'll get autism. That's so silly. Everyone knows that dogs have ADHD. It's the cats who are autistic.

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Sanjay Srivastava @sanjaysrivastava.com · 16/09/2026

Fully expecting this to be based on a tiny self-selected sample predisposed to aggression, with participants coached on how to act, exaggerated performances for observers, all run by a host with a flair for showmanship but questionable ethical instincts. You know, a direct replication

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Bob O’Hara @bobohara.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

That was sudden Wordle 1,915 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Bob O’Hara @bobohara.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Lucky first word, then easy Wordle 1,914 3/6 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Bob O’Hara @bobohara.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

For a time, the institute I worked in in Germany ran its internet cable out of the server room window to the computer science building next door, thanks to a similar incident

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Bob O’Hara @bobohara.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Not too many options at the end Wordle 1,913 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The bird was watching and the reaction was fun 🤣

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Bob O’Hara @bobohara.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Not worried at all. Nope, no way Wordle 1,912 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Ooh, they’re all good. I think the first one just edges it. (From the New Yorker).

Cartoon caption competition. The cartoon shows two women scientists discussing 4 chimps behind a glass screen dressed as a barbershop quartet (hats, jackets, walking sticks). The three entries are:

“I don't care how well they can sing. They're getting on that rocket." John Kozak, Atlanta, Ga.

"Do you ever think we maybe have too much funding?"
Jason Ryan, Seattle, Wash.

"The Shakespeare's complete they've moved on to Sondheim now.”
Daren Williams, Witney, England

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Bob O’Hara @bobohara.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

OK, that’s my 2 minutes of fun for the day Wordle 1,911 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Bob O’Hara @bobohara.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I had an utter brain fade on my second guess. I suppose this was the time to do thst Wordle 1,910 3/6 🟨🟨🟨🟩🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org · 10/09/2026

The curse of mad scientist’s block

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Bob O’Hara @bobohara.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Ugh. Sneaky Wordle 1,909 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I'm an ecologist and during a recent bat emergence survey, farted so magnificently that my bat identification equipment thought a Brown Long-Eared was foraging nearby. Submitted the recording regardless.

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Bob O’Hara @bobohara.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

On a scale of 9.5 to 10, how dangerous is it to get this @grrlscientist.bsky.social?

Two cans of German vegan spray topping.
Reduced calories, apparently

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This is seismic news for fisheries scientists. Northern cod is *the* iconic symbol of total fisheries collapse due to overfishing (and other factors) *and* the iconic symbol of a complete failure to recover for decades afterwards. This is like announcing the complete recovery of bison on land.

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