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Brad Ackerman

@brada.bsky.social
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Snooping email for fun and profit. Mostly cat pictures by volume. He/him.

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Ran Boydell @ranboydell.bsky.social · 14h
"Housing has become a primary engine of inequality, reinforcing divisions between the asset-haves and have-nots and disproportionately affecting minority groups. Far from offering security and safety, for many in Europe housing is now a primary cause of suffering and despair." Tim White
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Across Europe, the financial sector has pushed up house prices. It's a political timebomb | Tim White
We’ve been living in a great experiment: can finance provide basic human rights such as housing? The answer is increasingly no, says researcher and writer Tim White
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Bill Robinson @billrobinson.bsky.social · 15h
In which I explain how I ended up with a shelf-load of Japanese dictionaries once owned by one of Canada's early codebreakers. luxexumbra.blogspot.com/2026/09/in-s...
The words "Examination Unit, National Research Council, Ottawa, Ont." stamped in red ink on the title page of a Japanese dictionary from 1942. Only the stamped part of the page is shown.
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Ben Schorr @bschorr.bsky.social · 16h
Your #iPhone just got a hidden anti-scam upgrade in iOS 27: How to enable it - ZDNET buff.ly/7nRJxph Have to hope that not only do people enable it, but also that they take it seriously. Too many users click right past security warnings and into trouble. #cybersecurity
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Your iPhone just got a hidden anti-scam upgrade in iOS 27: How to enable it - ZDNET
New with iOS 27 (and iPadOS 27) is a setting called Impersonation Risk Detection that aims to warn you of suspicious activity that could trap you in a scam.
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Brad Ackerman @brada.bsky.social · 20h
I found a Rarity-85 word worth 95 pts in OUTLIER. OUTLIER · 864 points · 10 rare words. 10 finds no one else found today. OUTLIER: the daily word hunt where the rarest words win. Can you beat me? playoutlier.com/s/YNFSE3
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OUTLIER · Day 133
bobbyt4bles scored 864 on Day 133. Can you beat them?
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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
you are invited to her gallery opening
A very tiny tabby kitten in a black post-surgery onesie that looks like a tight black shirt, very chic.
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Joe Perticone @cheetah.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Eric Scmitt: You were assisted by an FBI agent, correct? Jack Smith: I'm not familiar with this Schmitt: He let you into his Toyota Supra to escape the police. Said he owes you a 10-second car. Smith: I believe, I, uh. I don't recall that but it sounds like the plot to the Fast and the Furious
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 29/09/2026
The Talmud teaches that anyone who sustains one soul, has sustained an entire world. For generations, Jewish New Yorkers have sustained our city. Today, we are launching the first-ever municipal Strategy to Combat Antisemitism.
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Hagai Palevsky (he/him) @dialhforhagai.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Wile E. Coyote, despaired, takes a bucket of paint and a brush and paints a beautiful two-bedroom house on a mountainside. He paints a beautiful coyote wife in the window, and two adorable coyote kids running around in the yard. He tries to enter this new coyote life, but it is inaccessible to him
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The horror!
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/09/2026
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Turing Police Andúnië Branch 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dov.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The official US policy on Taiwan is bad, actually, and I do not actually believe it would """"provoke the Chinese into taking action"""" to change it. The reason no one does it is because America likes dollars and cheap goods.
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Chris Tihor @ironiciconic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Breaking News: manager disagrees with the idea that crunch happens due to bad management.
gamesindustry.biz
Wardogs studio chief Brammer insists he isn't "pro crunch, I am pro hard work"
The military shooter has sold over three million copies since its launch almost three weeks ago
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kurin.bsky.social @kurin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
you ever think you're just a background character in someone else's isekai called I Put All My Points In Failing Upward
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Rob Zacny @robzacny.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Somehow not a problem when you don’t codify anything and players generate billions for schools and broadcasters without any compensation for decades. Then the people who never had to pay their workforce complain they can’t adapt to paying workers and here comes the Corporate Dem Senate Caucus.
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 28/09/2026
"These MAGA weddings are Mos Eisley cantinas for counterintelligence." –@michaeldweiss.bsky.social
Screenshot of a quote-tweet by @michaeldweiss dated 27 Sep 2026. The original tweet is from "Sigal Chattah" (@Chattah4Nevada), and reads "Love is in the air [two heart emojis] Congrats [champagne emoji] to our amazing @AlinaHabba & @turhanmildoin [three emojis showing the Hamsa, a blue hand with an eye in it]." That text appears above a picture showing Kash Patel, Alina Habba, and others at a wedding ceremony. In his quote-tweet, Michael Weiss writes: "Why, that’s Ali Abdelaziz is on the far left. Manages a lot of Russian, Belarusian and Chechen MMA fighters including Khamzat Chimaev, who is close to Kadyrov. Abdelaziz was an FBI informant until the Bureau dropped him because they suspected he was a double agent. Looks like Ka$h (far right) has forgiven and forgotten. These MAGA weddings are Mos Eisley cantinas for counterintelligence."
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
the average lifespan of outdoor cats is 3 to 5 years. indoor cats regularly live to 10, if not 20 years. imagine personally shaving off 3/4 of your cat's life because you're too stubborn and lazy to take proper care of an animal you're responsible for
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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Streisand Effect, Activate.
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Caturday dinner customer whose highly accurate inner clock tells him service will commence in 14 minutes
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neotl @ctrlcreep.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
grey aliens are being slaughtered in government facilities to produce grey vinyl plank
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Next door in Silicon Valley @nextdoorsv.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"Must be nice not have to get off 280 at Wolfe every single damn day, amirite Tim?"
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Jeri Ryan (official account) @jerilryan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
You know what to do, gang… Share this far and wide!
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Patrick Skinner @pmskinner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
He’s big and he leans. He’s Big Leany. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Also he purrs LOUDLY
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Brad Ackerman @brada.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I found a Rarity-82 word worth 93 pts in OUTLIER. EAGLE EYES · 832 points · 10 rare words. Only 15 players have ever found it in all of Outlier. 5 finds no one else found today. OUTLIER: the daily word hunt where the rarest words win. Can you beat me? playoutlier.com/s/7TNZKK
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OUTLIER · Day 128
bobbyt4bles scored 832 on Day 128. Can you beat them?
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YAY enjoyer @arcaneclaw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
trying to learn Mahjong genuinely feels like this
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bubbe yaga @ellearmageddon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
these are not “autonomous” attacks: they are failures by humans to implement appropriate controls for the computers acting on their behalf, and we must not forget it.
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East Bay for Everyone @eastbayforeveryone.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The backers of Prop 45 are counting on the public not being able to tell infill homes near transit from building new roads into wildland / fire areas for sprawl's sake. EB4E recommends a NO on 45 this fall. eastbayforeveryone.org/2026/03/05/s...
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Vote No on Prop 45: Streamlining Sprawl/Freeways is NOT Pro-Housing | East Bay for Everyone
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 24/09/2026
ME: So I can't put anything else on the scale? ANUBIS: No. Just your heart ME: No money, no good deeds? ANUBIS: No ME: What about steam points? I've got a ton of steam points ANUBIS: The point is to be lighter than the feather ME: I was just hoping to finally do something with the steam points
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Ken Burnside @kenburnside.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
My autocannon brings all the Clans to the yard And they're like, it's better than yours Damn right it's better than yours I can teach you, but I have to charge
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Takuo Matsuzawa @matsuzawa.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The full view of a custom-made fountain pen featuring black cats. #fountainpen #Matsuzawa #cat
custom-made fountain pen featuring black catscustom-made fountain pen featuring black cats.custom-made fountain pen featuring black cats.
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
lol where the fuck is this energy for Catholic hospitals that have literally denied people healthcare in the interested of forced pregnancies? Including for sexually assaulted children?
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AP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 23/09/2026
Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.
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https://apnews.com/article/openai-safety-ai-framework-089e75b95bc935af092da7b79d92706d
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
What gets you booted from Substack? Andrew Tate still seems to have a newsletter there while charged with: 10 counts of rape, 3 of trafficking for sexual exploitation, 3 of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, & making/distributing indecent images of a child. possessing extreme pornography.
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Two great tastes that go well together: Moomin and tower-tunnel. By Paul Antoine Takahashi on instagram.
Moomin with lantern looks down into tower-tunnel with the words from the wall in Annihilation represented next to the steps.
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 23/09/2026
Cats are so good That’s it. That’s the post
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The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
True. Used to be you had to really work to run up huge IP liabilities. Now? This 30-second video probably infringes at least two trademarks, between two and six copyrights, and - somewhat remarkably given that there are only three speaking roles - six people's NIL rights. Truly incredible progress.
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Ryan North @ryannorth.ca · 23/09/2026
Pompeii is a UNESCO world heritage site not because it was remarkable in its prime, but because it survived to our era untouched: one moment, preserved for all time. But future generations won't know what OUR world was like unless we do the same. This is why we MUST bury Toronto with a volcano
Picture of the streets of Pompeii, from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pompei_-_panoramio_(26).jpg. Taken by Tanya Dedyukhina, used under CC
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
* US ENERGY SECRETARY CHRIS WRIGHT SAYS DIESEL EXPORT BAN WOULD NOT WORK * WRIGHT SAYS US DIESEL EXPORT BAN WOULD RAISE GASOLINE AND JET FUEL PRICES @reuters.com $XOM $CVX $OSX
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Jeremy Sinclair #ฺNET @sinclairinat0r.com · 23/09/2026
On October 1st Arm @microsoft.com & @maxonvfx.bsky.social are presenting a webinar on the importance of building natively for WoA This is going to be an awesome event that will show why & HOW with practical examples! Register below 👇🏿 developer.arm.com/laptops-and-... @developer.arm.com
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Max Gladstone @maxgladstone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Pokemon Company has printed so much 30th Anniversary that the scalpers are crashing out, prices are collapsing, kids are actually opening good cards! And there is Joy! Sweet Joy! Joy in Parent Town!
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Next door in Silicon Valley @nextdoorsv.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
How to become a TikTok star:
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Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
My answer is LOL ROFL (dickbrain) The terminally AI-pilled can't even *imagine* some people have *never* asked stochastic parrots to cheat at their job for them.
Screencap of a social media post by: kavishj611 
 
 All the people who are anti-Al or want to
 slow Al progress, I have one question:
 If Al disappeared tomorrow, could you
 still get through an entire workday
 without ChatGPT, Claude, or any other
 Al tool?
 
Imagine Al was suddenly banned.
 Would you actually be willing to give it
 up?
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doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
if you are a character/creature modeler who's pretty quick and maybe wants to help us get this thing moving a little quicker, our previous person had to bow out over some irl stuff they're dealing with
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Brad Ackerman @brada.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I found a Rarity-79 word worth 91 pts in OUTLIER. EAGLE EYES · 836 points · 10 rare words. 6 finds no one else found today. OUTLIER: the daily word hunt where the rarest words win. Can you beat me? playoutlier.com/s/4XSXEE
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bobbyt4bles scored 836 on Day 125. Can you beat them?
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Please enjoy this photo of two climate solutions.
A folding bike next to a heat pump
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Enjoyed this article about the growing number of men adopting cats, bucking gender stereotypes. Apparently Mamdani is allergic to cats, but has been getting allergy shots because his wife wants to adopt one. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/s...
nytimes.com
Dave Franco, Jordan Poole and Other Everyday Cat Dads Are Redefining Gender Stereotypes (Gift Article)
We’re living in the age of the “cat dad” and he’s being used to sell premium cat products and talk about healthy masculinity.
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Jess Miers 🦝 @jmiers230.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Here's what I actually think these incidents reveal (instead of a rogue AI terminator situation): Much of the infra we expect to be hardened is actually being held together by glue and popsicle sticks.
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🇨🇦 🇺🇸 Zoë Keating @zoekeating.com · 21/09/2026
I’ve been releasing music DIY for 25yrs and I believe that should always be a viable option for artists. The double sale of Bandcamp was a wake up call so earlier this year, I joined Subvert.fm, a member-owned music distribution platform. As a co-op, Subvert can’t simply be sold to investors. 1/
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21/09/2026
anyway that is my local governance platform. cheaper housing, cheaper commercial real estate, a more vibrant and livable city.
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Cadence “Not A Coffee Civet” Andrysiak @supportourpoops.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The weird and unholy union between "You can't close our neighborhood school" and "If you even dare to try to build more housing near us you are committing a mortal sin"
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doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
to get this out in time to pay for bills I released it on a wednesday and not a sunday like normal, so I'd appreciate help sharing it around
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