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Bex @bexg93.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

🚨 The archived version of the suppressed Amnesty report into the anti-trans network operating to dismantle human rights in the UK has been "excluded" from the Wayback Machine. JKR is working very hard to scrub its existence from the eyes of the public. Thankfully, I kept screenshots.

A screenshot of the Wayback Machine page when trying to access the suppressed Amnesty report into anti-trans organisation and networks in the UK saying "This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine".

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Chris Simpson @chris-e-simpson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

TIL Karl Urban was in Xena Warrior Princess

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Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Don’t know who to credit for this. But it is how I feel.

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Jerf Blerkman @jeffblackman.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Here's the actual whole poem: shawnsmucker.substack.com/p/please-use...

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Please Use AI

Be sure to use AI when making

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Chris Simpson @chris-e-simpson.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

"Our calico rids all the voles from the yard. And their like, she's gooder that yours..."

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the hills have vrunt @vrunt.social · 28/05/2026

i no longer support tim onion

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Chris Simpson @chris-e-simpson.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

I don't disagree. Would prefer none of that crap.

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Christine Lemmer-Webber @dustyweb.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Canadians, we have limited time to take action on C-22, the disaster surveillance (and much other terrible things) bill: opencivics-labs.github.io/dontsurveil.... Make your voice heard. There's not much time left!

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Canada is about to weaken every lock on your private messages — dontsurveil.me

Bill C-22 would force every messaging app in Canada to build a second key, and give the copy to the government. What's changed, what's happening now, what's next.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I will now sell five copies of The Three EPs by the Beta Band

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The Beta Band - Dry The Rain

YouTube video by Antonio Rodríguez

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AI Moratorium for NYC Schools @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

We heard from a reliable source that dads of Brooklyn were passing around our AI literacy reading list at a bar last night. Here it is again, in case you too need something to chat about at your social gatherings 😂 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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AI Literacy Reading List

AI Literacy Reading List Curated by: Kelly Clancy, PhD This reading list was curated with the intent of bringing together literature that a) focuses specifically on topics related to education and...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/05/2026

Trump: "I took three cognitive tests. Aced all of them, by the way. I'm the only president to take a cognitive test. I don't think Obama could pass it. The first question is very easy -- it's a lion, a giraffe, a bear, and a shark. They say, 'Which one is the bear?'"

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Happy birthday, Dad. Wish you were here. You’d know what to do. Or at least you’d know what to write. ❤️

Terry and Rhianna Pratchett dressed up for the launch of Dodger in 2012.

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Chris Simpson @chris-e-simpson.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

The responses are even "worse than I thought they would be"

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Chris Simpson @chris-e-simpson.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

The Great Unconformity, eh? Well that's the new band name sorted, thank you.

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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

You could say that Rock n Roll was born 111 years ago today in Arkansas, but probably not where you'd think. Before there was a Chuck Berry or Little Richard, there was those who wanted to be like her. Rosetta Nubin better known as Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the godmother of Rock was born on this day

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Chris Simpson @chris-e-simpson.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Maybe that's why the shoes are too big. So they don't leave a trail of urine.

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Chris Simpson @chris-e-simpson.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Knew this would come around again

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Chris Simpson @chris-e-simpson.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

I wouldn't expect much from a professor of economics. You don't have to read much of David Graeber's or Daniel Kahneman's work to discover the rotten foundations the subject is built on.

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jude paw picture diary 🔜 TFCON ORLANDO @judepaw.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

one of my favorite moments of TNG is when Picard is immediately unable to contain his horse autism

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Patricia Aas 🐢🏳️‍🌈 @patigallardo.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

I saw someone fall for a Nigerian Prince Scam over FAX in 1999/2000. I thought it was a joke. I laughed out loud, in their face. I think maybe human brains were always mush, social media just made it more visible.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 17/02/2026

RFK Jr.: ‘Time In Hot Cars Helps Babies To Sweat Out Toxins’ theonion.com/rfk-jr-time-in-hot-car…

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Andrew Kurjata @akurjata.ca · 17/02/2026

The Tumbler Ridge newspaper puts it better than I could

Hey.

This is a message out there to all of you who, in trying to create a tribute to our children, choose to use AI.

When you feed these images into AI, you're feeding their data set. That means they will now use little pieces of Abel and Maya and the others the next time someone asks for the image of a 12 year old.

While most companies are trying their best, some of them aren't; a few weeks back, Grok was freely and cheerily offering up images of naked, underage children. This is horrifying.

I know that some people out there are trying to create clickbait images, but not you. You're trying to show your respect and love, but could we ask you do it in a different way? There are actual provided images of most of the victims out there; sharing those is equally as powerful and less dicey, morally. The RCMP even created a composite for you.

Thanks.

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for gradient.horse

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Draw a horse, watch it run!

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Patricia Aas 🐢🏳️‍🌈 @patigallardo.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

The S in LLM stands for security

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The Onion @theonion.com · 26/01/2026

Nothing Ever Good Enough For Captive theonion.com/nothing-ever-good-enou…

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Chris Simpson @chris-e-simpson.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

"Ok Google, show me instructions on how to build a compressed air drain pipe cannon that can launch dog poop bags (making sure they split just as they exit the pipe)"

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BOO Bolander @bbolander.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

god fucking damnit

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Chris Simpson @chris-e-simpson.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

OKRs are excellent if done right. Unfortunately nobody on the planet has done them right yet.

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Brian Coulter @philabcoulter.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.

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Chris Simpson @chris-e-simpson.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Sorry if it's been already mentioned but there's a typo in the amended opening text - "sexusl"

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

This poem is dedicated to anyone heading back into work and having to endure dull conversation about what they got up to during the Christmas holidays.

New Year Office Chitchat

How was your Christmas?
you ask

and I think
of the bloodstained rug

and the silent scraping
of the spade

in the garden
at midnight

and the wash wash
washing of my hands

and the dreams,
those endless dreams

which haunt
the night-time

and smudge
their thumbprints

on the day
to come

and I reply
Super, thanks. Yours?

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

This year was also the year in which I failed to write a new end-of-year poem.

This was the year that was not the year

This was the year that was not the year
I repaired the bathroom tap
and emptied out the kitchen drawer
of a lifetime’s worth of crap.

This was the year that was not the year
in which I launched a new career.
A West End hit eluded me
as did Time Person of the Year.

This was the year that was not the year
I became a household name.
Action figures were not sold of me.
I wasn’t made a dame.

This was the year that was not the year
I spent less time on my phone.
A night of passion did not happen
in a boutique hotel in Rome.

This was the year that was the year
I didn't get that much done –
much the same as the year before,
much like the one to come.

Brian Bilston

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Chris Simpson @chris-e-simpson.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Thanks for sharing. I wish my lisdexamfetamine actually worked so I could read the whole thing :)

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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Hmmm. Puzzling. I wish the authors would have discussed how these results might be reconciled with ones reporting that Ritalin influences the neural and behavioral correlates of attention in a predictable way. e.g. I don't think this paper showing such is cited? doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

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852dude @852dude.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Can't wait for the loosened up, non-perfect, but quickly shipped AI-enhanced updates to hit my banking and insurance services next year. Im sure there will be no issues there at all.

software development in 2026 is going to require some to loosen up a little
code doesn't have to be as perfectly crafted the way we did it pre-ai
call it slop if you want, but if you're still demanding perfection on every pr while your competitors are shipping "slop" that works.. you're fighting from a disadvantaged position
shipping velocity matters more than perfection

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Mr. Cuban, I'm a professor at Yale School of Public Health. Here's a paper published by one of my colleagues in the top medical journal evaluating the Medicare for All Act, which would not only get us there, but would save $450B per year. Happy to discuss! www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

thelancet.com

Improving the prognosis of health care in the USA

Although health care expenditure per capita is higher in the USA than in any other country, more than 37 million Americans do not have health insurance, and 41 million more have inadequate access to c...

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 15/12/2025

can't win them all

Yesterday
Hey Ed I love your work, been following for ages and agree with everything you say about Al, and particularly LLMs.
One thing I would love to see on better offline, and thought I'd share it with you as an idea for a show that you can freely take, is an episode that talks about how good LLMs are - what they can do, how people use them etc, because to my mind it is brilliant, amazing even, technology, which makes some workers more efficient and helps every man on the street to search the internet more quickly (if not reliably). It just isn't anything more than any of that, and that in itself isn't worth a 10th of the investment, valuation and hype we've seen, and it's never going to be, but I think if you did a show where you talked about all the good things about it but in that context it would give a lot of credibility to your criticism as it shows balance.
Just a thought, and thanks!
7:27 AM
Today
no 11:50 AM O
Fair enough it just an idea to make your shitty podcast a bit better
12:31 PM
i thought you loved my work 1:02 PM

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Patricia Aas 🐢🏳️‍🌈 @patigallardo.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Jesus Christ, this age verification thing is going to be the most useless and annoying thing we’ve ever done to undermine privacy and democracy in the history of the world. I vote that all in favor are banned from the internet.

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Chris Simpson @chris-e-simpson.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Oh no, not the "soup vs sparks" debate again

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Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

"there's a new serif in town"

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