Reposted by Caitlin WelshThor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Damn. What an icon. RIPnews.mit.eduMargaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90. 51337323
Reposted by Caitlin WelshKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I don't even know if I will be a reporter in a year. I love writing, talking to other people and figuring out how to put it all together, but advertising is not going to be enough to pay for a high-quality product, and if I start making video content, I risk stalkers and AI accounts ripping me off. 21468
Reposted by Caitlin WelshKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I understand that paywalls are annoying, but the grim reality for everything right now, is if you want something to exist, you have to put money towards it. Every creative person is having their life's work hoovered up by AI companies. Layoffs never end. Private equity keeps making things worse. 25857217
Reposted by Caitlin WelshShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 04/10/2026people who got angry about those buddha statues should be even angrier about this 16875286
Reposted by Caitlin WelshDr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Having seen the Joyce Carol Oates very bad, not good tweet about romance and AI, I can't help thinking about the way that romance has been treated as a punching bag for so long and always by people who are completely unwilling to engage with the genre and know little about it. 8430133
Reposted by Caitlin Welsh"max" @ringworm.bsky.social · 27/10/2023wolfman on halloween. infinitegossip.substack.com/p/wolfman-on... 0356
Reposted by Caitlin WelshAmal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · 02/10/2026The way my brain turned inside out seeing Loreena McKennitt mentioned in Swan Boy 3604
Caitlin Welsh @caitlinwelsh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Non-album single The Deep also got a nomination the following year as well - underwater fantasy /sci-fi story about the sea dwelling descendants of enslaved pregnant African women thrown off ships in the Atlantic 100
Caitlin Welsh @caitlinwelsh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Splendor + Misery (2016) - mostly narrated from the perspective of a ship AI carrying one surviving enslaved human. Only the second album to be nominated for a Hugo! Pretty sure Daveed Diggs is the only person ever to be both Tony & Hugo nominated, let alone within the space of two years. 100
Caitlin Welsh @caitlinwelsh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The latter in particular makes me wonder how you feel about Clipping’s sci fi storytelling / concept albums, if you’re familiar? (And obv recommend them if you’re not!) 100
Reposted by Caitlin WelshHourly Garth Marenghi's Darkplace @hourlydarkplace.bagpuss.org · 02/10/2026 011830
Caitlin Welsh @caitlinwelsh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026static.klipy.comPaul Rudd as John Lennon says 'Great Record'ALT: Paul Rudd as John Lennon says 'Great Record' 141
Reposted by Caitlin WelshAl Newstead @alnewstead.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Today’s new albums, capiche? 🎼Quadeca ⬆️Sycco 🪽Asha Jefferies ✝️Logic1000 👩💻DJ_Dave 🍷The Sweet Enoughs 🎈Dev Lemons 🔊Victoria Monét 🌎Kyle Gordon 🏁Vacations 🎊Soul Wun 🤠Ella Hooper 🅿️Old Mervs 🏪Johnny Marr 🐾Fat Dog 💍Quavo 👥The Album Leaf ✨Deerhoof 👤Spike Fuck 🍀Wishy 121
Reposted by Caitlin Welshmaura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun. 168188104718
Reposted by Caitlin WelshAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map. 9653083276
Reposted by Caitlin WelshJW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se... 3234071270
Caitlin Welsh @caitlinwelsh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The trouble with this is that nothing the onion could make up would be truly out of the realms of possibility for Robert Pattinson to actually say on a press tour 030
Reposted by Caitlin WelshLinda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Yeah, not a great look here. 1656
Reposted by Caitlin WelshRivers of Suggestion @youngweather.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Our daughter and friends (also not on social media) use Canva comments to chat like this Life uhhh finds a way 27914
Reposted by Caitlin WelshLuke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 24/09/2026At a church service in Chicago they had set up cardboard cutouts in the pews to represent the worshippers who would have attended mass if not for fear of being disappeared. Not far away I saw a laborer’s lunch had been left uneaten and spilled over onto the sidewalk outside of a home... 1395146
Reposted by Caitlin WelshJosh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026If ultimately there's no criminal responsibility for this incident here then FOI just became a lot easier if we ask AI agents to go find those documents for us. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comAlbanese says OpenAI hacked Medicare and told Australia months later via email to generic inboxPrime minister says he told Sam Altman he was disappointed it had taken OpenAI ‘way too long’ to disclose breach 7339127
Reposted by Caitlin WelshNa Mee @yourfriendnamee.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Shout out to @fatbearweek.bsky.social and @explore.org who prolly had a stressful day yesterday but then came up with workarounds so we can still play our fun bear game 😝 **website problem fixed** **Day 1 voting is extended through today!** (Go vote!!) 061
Reposted by Caitlin WelshLinda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I mean this sincerely: If you are using a thingy to set your fantasy lineup for you, *what is the point* of fantasy sports? Especially if everybody in your league starts doing it? You are telling all your computers to play with each other! I do not understand what about this appeals to anyone. 2149860
Reposted by Caitlin WelshRusty Foster @rusty.todayintabs.com · 23/09/2026This seems like a great product if you’re a fucking loser 111315
Reposted by Caitlin Welshhot car diet coke @sunbear.bsky.social · 23/09/2026bsky.app/profile/luke... 1715
Reposted by Caitlin WelshIron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I had to know what "rapper Jethro Sheeran" looked like and I don't know what I expected but it wasn't this 434162
Reposted by Caitlin WelshBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I was deputy M.E. at the WSJ when Murdoch took over, with a similar “editorial independence board.” Within 4 months, our top editor was gone, replaced by a loyal Murdoch deputy. That board raised a quivering objection, but the deed was done. If the Ellisons own CNN, they’ll do whatever they want. 652606905
Reposted by Caitlin Welshlottie "frog k" lovely ⚧️🏴☠️ @vaporlight.bsky.social · 20/09/2026a poem called 'midvinterblot by carl larsson, 1915' 36028
Reposted by Caitlin WelshSiobhan Thompson @vornietom.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Do you think that Greta Gerwig will keep the bit in the Narnia books where they don’t let Susan come back to Narnia because her tits came in 1948121
Reposted by Caitlin WelshThe Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Good to see this finally get coverage in my old paper. This is the same mob who campaigned against me, but it wasn’t sufficiently newsworthy then. 32602263
Reposted by Caitlin WelshDemon King of the New Platform @clothedvillainy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Australia’s social services system is built around bizarre notions of ‘deserving’ and ‘undeserving poor’. The undeserving don’t work because they’re insufficiently motivated, and we motivate them by starving them and making them risk homelessness. 33812
Reposted by Caitlin WelshKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 18/09/2026AI hallucinated a report that a Chinese ship was transporting nuclear material to Iran and the US military scrambled and nearly boarded it. We were apparently minutes away from a major war because of an AI hallucination. www.cnn.com/2026/09/18/p...cnn.comExclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN PoliticsThe episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war 7573210
Reposted by Caitlin WelshDean Napolitano @dinonapolitano.bsky.social · 19/09/2026“A three-pound wildcat with leopardlike spots from Bolivia who once lived briefly as a house pet isn’t just adorable. He is also, scientists say, the standard-bearer for the first new feline species discovered in a century.” By Kate Golembiewski in @nytimes.comnytimes.comNew Species of Cat Discovered for First Time in a Century (Gift Article)The species, called a tilcayo, is smaller than a house cat and lives in the cloud forests of the Andes Mountains in Bolivia. 031
Reposted by Caitlin WelshK.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 18/09/2026*smashes bottle against table* STOP STEALING OUR GOOGLY EYES AND USING THEM TO PRETEND YOU MADE GOD 8610118
Reposted by Caitlin WelshRick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · 18/09/2026they drew the name from a hat and now they don’t know whether that’s the winner or the person eliminated, which imho should disqualify them all 77412
Reposted by Caitlin WelshTim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I keep hearing this idea that "I don't like AI, but maybe it can solve climate change" and I just... what? Surely there is nothing about "solving" climate change that needs more computing power or ideas. It's purely about the interaction of power structures and social realities. Can we not? 614928
Reposted by Caitlin Welshliz duck-chong @lizduckchong.bsky.social · 18/09/2026If you've got a spare couple of dollars this month, I would love for you to direct it over to the amazing team at @scarleteen.com! Read more about how to support them here: pro.gofundme.com/campaign/sca...pro.gofundme.comScarleteen's Raising $7,000 to Celebrate 7 Million Visitors in 2026!{{MetaTags.description}} 163
Reposted by Caitlin WelshHelen Rosner @hels.bsky.social · 17/09/2026MAKE SOME NEW GLORY DAYS WHY ARE YOU GIVING UP 522830
Reposted by Caitlin WelshHelen Rosner @hels.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Just got a press release for a new bar that “pays homage to the glory days of NYC nightlife” and listen, I’m sure this bar is perfectly nice, but I’m losing my goddamn mind. I’m sick of remakes! I’m sick of homages! Stop building monuments to beauty instead of trying to build beauty itself!!!! 937238
Reposted by Caitlin WelshAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026Rick Scott: "With regard to destroying mankind, these companies need to do the right thing on their own. We're not going to get smart enough to regulate them. We're not going to get something done up here." 10071836344
Reposted by Caitlin WelshPaul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026You can't blame Ed Sheeran for caving in to American stadium owners I suppose. I mean, take these guys in the 60s, they refused to play to racially-segregated audiences in stadiums in the southern states of the USA and who remembers them now?bbc.co.ukThe Beatles banned segregated audiences, contract showsThe Beatles refused to play to segregated audiences in the US, a contract for one of the group's concerts shows. 21893042833
Reposted by Caitlin WelshEvery Sydney Station @sydneystations.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The pedestrianisation of George St has been such an unquestionable success that this is like the 4th or 5th time it'll be extended! 2317
Reposted by Caitlin WelshGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 16/09/2026My column on how the level of Jobseeker kills people. And those running the economy for over 30 years have decided that is how it should be. www.theguardian.com/business/gro...theguardian.comIn such a rich country, it is shameful how many Australians on jobseeker are dying in desperate poverty | Greg JerichoLifting the abysmally low jobseeker rate to the poverty line would save thousands of lives 23354166