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Christine Fears @ccfears.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Bluesky-user/podcast-listener overlap must surely be high, so dropping this link here. The developer was discussing it over on Reddit. It lists books mentioned in podcasts. I asked about @bunkerpod.bsky.social as I'm always scribbling down books. They added it and I am impressed! podshelf.io

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Books worth reading right now

Every book worth reading, surfaced from real podcast conversations. Free, no login.

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

In the Renaissance people theorized, since the Aeneid is great, if you wrote poems made only of words & phrases from the Aeneid rearranged they should be great too, since a great source regurgitated should yield greatness. They produced NOTHING we still read. Thinking about that a lot lately.

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That guy @stuartbayens.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

A federal judge has approved a US$1.5 billion copyright settlement in which artificial intelligence company Anthropic will pay thousands of authors about US$3,000 per book after using pirated copies of their works to train its Claude chatbot.

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Judge approves a US$1.5B Anthropic settlement over pirated books used to train the Claude chatbot

A federal judge approved a US$1.5 billion copyright settlement in which artificial intelligence company Anthropic will pay authors about US$3,000 per book.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 20/07/2026

Holy shit, we're actually getting there. "UCLA researchers develop low-cost blood test to detect multiple cancers and other diseases from a single sample [—] In tests, MethylScan detected about 63% of cancers across all stages and roughly 55% of early-stage cancers." (from April) #ShareGoodNewsToo

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UCLA researchers develop low-cost blood test to detect multiple cancers and other diseases from a single sample

The test could offer a more affordable approach to early disease detection.

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Christine Fears @ccfears.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Yes, this final and yesterday's England/France match were a lot of fun to watch but this remains so important. Almost everyone has caved to Infantino's continued presidency, but he is a corrupt little man who does not treat all nations equally.

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Christine Fears @ccfears.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Watched the match today in Mexico City Zócalo. Cheers for Norway, cheers for England, cheers for Switzerland - united in booing for Argentina 🇲🇽🤝🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 08/07/2026

A Brit in the semis of Wimbledon, England still in the World Cup and Nigel Farage spending the summer arguing with a bin. Oh this happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea

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Christine Fears @ccfears.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I have been watching too much world cup. Stopped scrolling because I thought this was an updated QF bracket after the Argentina/Egypt match. It's a stool sample chart.

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gabbylm.bsky.social @gabbylm.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

FIFA have confirmed Balogun’s suspension has been lifted and he *will* be allowed to stand in the Clacton by election

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Christine Fears @ccfears.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Hang on, I did not realise the US think Belgium are the underdog in this scenario. Really guys? Norway are a strong team, but their roadmap cannot be 'wait for England to do some really dumb things'.

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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.com · 06/07/2026

opposition fans, singing in unison: 🎶 you’re shit, and you know you are 🎶 americans, crying: that’s not true. you can’t say that

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Emily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I’m in absolute bits I’m so sorry if you went to bed and didn’t see this live

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Christine Fears @ccfears.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

England flags lining the street in Mexico... kinda surreal to see CDMX, in the drizzle, decked out like a suburb in Kent 🇲🇽🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #MexEng

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Christine Fears @ccfears.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Absolutely awful from Springer Nature. People should be aware that they definitely should not under any circumstances look up the many many pirate sites which exist to enable them to bypass paying big academic publishers to download academic work. Do not Google this/go to reddit to find out more.

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Christine Fears @ccfears.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

This is fun! But let's hope I'm not the one put in charge of surviving on Mars, I apparently have only bad ideas when it comes to terraforming.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Happy pride to the super bisexuals

Fox News segment with Supergirl movie clip labeled super bisexual. Subtitle says: supergirl movie desperate to keep Hollywood woke.

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Christine Fears @ccfears.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I work for a charity and we also would like hundreds of billions but we simply have to settle for creating an effective business strategy and implementation plan to generate income. Sometimes life's not fair, CEO of Anthropic.

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British Infection Association @biainfection.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

🎧 Here’s a snippet from our latest MIC podcast, “Looking to the future of the profession: inside the Infection Specialist Workforce report” – one not to miss! Listen to the full episode over on the BIA website 👉 www.britishinfection.org/education-ev...

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Christine Fears @ccfears.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Anyone else in the ven diagram of people who were delighted by the #MexicoGoal and #AndyBurnham win in the same 15 mins? From CDMX to Makerfield

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Christine Fears @ccfears.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

This is obviously very bad, but I am amused that it is a French academic who has used AI to give himself a spot of existential anxiety and a dose of intellectual impotence

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Christine Fears @ccfears.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

An important reminder that progress is not linear, it needs constant attention and fight.

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

How to stymie biomedical research in the United States gift link nytimes.com/2026/04/22/s...

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Katri Bertram @katribertram.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

“In a conflict like Sudan where women’s bodies are the battleground (GBV, lack of SRHR, acute malnutrition), how are we supposed to work when ‘gender’ has been erased from our vocabulary.” Powerful remarks by MSF at @humconberlin.bsky.social SRHR session.

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Christine Fears @ccfears.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Honestly why is the US cutting back on its scientists, where would it be without its biologists to solve complex fraud cases like this

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Christine Fears @ccfears.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Started reading this after people started posting it on 7 April... addictive mystery, mad premise, perfect worldbuilding, not sure if it would actually help if I knew anything about American football.

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 13/04/2026

it feels quite bad that it's basically impossible to argue that much of the modern right in the west has become both entirely intellectually shallow and deeply, fundamentally morally corrupt without sounding like a tedious teenage tankie, because it is.....the factual truth

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Christine Fears @ccfears.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Yep, we're taking our academic journals off it this month at work. Get almost no engagement nowadays. Although bluesky is not much better, LinkedIn is the best for us now which I kinda hate because it means I have to spend time on LinkedIn

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 08/04/2026

I try really hard to always be courteous to my fellow internet denizens but apparently a quick way to get on my bad side is to be misleading and/or inaccessible with space/science things. Science should be for everyone and misinformation about it undermines the whole point of scicomm.

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Laura Martínez 🥑 @miblogestublog.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Can the FIFA Peace Prize be transferred to, say, Pakistan? * *asking for a friend

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Christine Fears @ccfears.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Yes, love my parents but there was a lot of 'you'll never know the fear of the bomb' when I was being a brat in the 90s. Well now I do know the fear of the bomb so maybe we can revisit your position on purchasing the Spice Girls sticker book

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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Because of woke

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Christine Fears @ccfears.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

The impact on all of us of a mindless Emperor's carelessness.

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

"Happy Eapter!" yelled Robert Jenrick. "Monday Thursday is here!" he screeched. "GREAT FRIDAY!" the man vomited while rolling in his own feces.

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Christine Fears @ccfears.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Absolutely awful news from a UK school, obviously dreadful. But also never thought I'd see Cheryl Cole would pop up alongside Orwell and Atwood on a banned books list

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shardcore @shardcore.org · 12/03/2026

i, for one, am delighted that we finally have a definition of “woke”

nigel farage tweet:

The Bank of England is replacing Winston Churchill with a picture of a beaver on our bank notes.
This is the definition of woke.

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Jason Cohen @asmartbear.com · 23/02/2026

Writing helps you organize and clarify your own thoughts. When others read, it helps them do the same, whether they agree with you or not. Both of us probably need the reminder a year from now. This is why it’s valuable to write, even if your ideas aren’t unique.

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Bart van Zwieten @bvzw.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

About half of the high-powered .50-caliber cartridges that the Mexican authorities have seized from cartels since 2012 were traced to an ammunition factory outside Kansas City, that is owned by the United States government. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/w...

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Cartel’s Seized Ammunition Is Traced to U.S. Army Plant, Mexico Says

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Christine Fears @ccfears.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Absolutely - in so many ways a great country and a great place to live, filled with charitable and kind people. Easy to forget that among the howls of the tabloids and the powerful people who want to tear it all down.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

One of the most striking data visualizations I've ever seen, and it's just text: This Is Donald Trump’s Name 38,000 Times The Epstein files released so far contain more than 38,000 references to Trump, Melania, Mar-a-Lago, and other related words, according to the New York Times.

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The Epstein Files Contain More Than 38,000 Trump References. Here’s a Helpful Visualization.

Donald Trump, Donald Trump, Donald Trump, Donald ...

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 13/02/2026

In terms of what cures are being lost: - Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis - herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis - shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease

"Moderna's CEO announced the company will no longer invest in new Phase 3 vaccine trials for infectious diseases: 'You cannot make a return on investment if you don't have access to the U.S. market. Vaccines for Epstein-Barr virus, herpes, and shingles have been shelved.”
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Christine Fears @ccfears.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

I mean this is obviously appalling, but as a European come on guys there's some top scientists to poach here surely

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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

- I was lying in bed the other night - was you - yes Dud, and I heard this tap, tap, tap on the window - who was it? - bloody Jim Pickard of the FT - no - yes Dud, "Peter, Peter" he said, "tell me about Jeffrey Epstein" - and what did you say? - I told him to 'fuck off' - that told him - it did Dud

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Omg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

So many men named in the Epstein files say "I was only emailing him for financial advice, something I now hugely regret of course" and then the email is "hi j-dawg, loved partying with you and the naughty little girls this weekend, same again soon, bestie?" and Epstein replying "me am sayy yse . !1"

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

I know you've heard that a federal judge ordered the release of 5 year old Liam Conejo Arias and his father, and that they're now home. But did you look at the judge's order? It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept." Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Christine Fears @ccfears.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Yes, great article. I keep thinking there's recognisable elements of Franco (and Salazar) in Trump's approach.

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Mujtaba Rahman @mijrahman.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Liz Truss's real legacy

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Christine Fears @ccfears.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

And the UK govt had decided that this is the time to be punitive towards overseas students

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