Reposted by Chris Duckgeorge 💿 @deejaygeejaygee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026i don't want music personalised to me - i want to be subjected to the unmitigated vision of one or more mentally ill people 210832
Reposted by Chris DuckTheo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 29/09/2026Every AI CEO sounds like this. 81063304
Reposted by Chris DuckNeil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026“Tap, tap, tap at the window. Bloody AI Greta Garbo, trying to sell me ball bearings.” 15397105
Reposted by Chris DuckIan Martin @ianmartin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Oh man, I've unposted and reposted this just because it cheers me up so much. 0727
Reposted by Chris DuckHeather Burns @heatherburnstech.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Regular reminder that JG Ballard’s final novel, “Kingdom Come” (2006), is about a far-right English town which creates their own militarised breakaway state in a shopping mall, where they worship the gods of St George and consumerism. Old JG wrote it as tongue-in-cheek satire. At the time. 14774240
Reposted by Chris DuckJennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Mother Nature has a solution...... 21237611346
Reposted by Chris DuckDigital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The finding, published in the journal Science , paves the way for a treatment for one of the most painful and debilitating side effects of cancer treatment.sinapti.caPsilocybin protects against nerve damage from chemotherapy in MD Anderson mice - SinapticaA team from the MD Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas discovered that psilocybin, the active compound in hallucinogenic mushrooms known as magic 20414132
Reposted by Chris DuckMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 02/09/20262014: Harmful air pollution above legal limits. 2024: Harmful air pollution driven down to legal limits. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 601484419
Reposted by Chris DuckPhilippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 27/08/2026To anyone who does not live in Paris but visits the city at regular intervals (as I do), the transformation has been staggering: Paris has been reclaimed from cars. It can be done, and could be done in London too. It is all about political will and taking the risk of being unpopular - for a while. 451881481
Reposted by Chris DuckRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 25/08/2026we lost an actual saint 252306325
Chris Duck @chrisduck.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Exceptional analysis, in Aussie pub language. A thing of beauty. KING CARNEY ACTIVATES KONG MODE WITH ZERO FUCKS ifloz.substack.com/p/king-carne...ifloz.substack.comKING CARNEY ACTIVATES KONG MODE WITH ZERO FUCKSCarney Reads the Clock Like a Pro Wrestler 020
Reposted by Chris DuckBenjamin Tausig @burrata.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Apropos of nothing, this is the gear crate Prince had rigged up so that he could hide inside and get wheeled around Paisley Park discreetly when necessary. 1343007293
Reposted by Chris DuckNaomi Saphra @nsaphra.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Vast and Trunkless Leg of Stone, Standing in the Desert from classic poem Ozymandias. 9955331133
Reposted by Chris Ducktheraygun.bsky.social @theraygun.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Just been told by @grantberry.bsky.social that Unmask Me, the legendary Convenanza closer from Sete after Song To The Siren – before you started going, yeah? – has been reissued with proceeds going to fund Ashley Beedle's ongoing care. Get on it vinylunderground.co.uk/products/mam...vinylunderground.co.ukMama | Unmask Me - Ashley Beedle MixesTracklist: Unmask Me (Ashley Beedle Vocal Mix) Unmask Me (Short Version) Unmask Me (Ashley Beedle Dub Mix) A special record, a real sleeper when it first dropped in 2017, slowly heads were turned and ... 2195
Reposted by Chris DuckKath @kathyburke.bsky.social · 15/07/2026At least we don’t have to listen to wonderwall. 411497235
Reposted by Chris DuckJeff Rudd 🇮🇪 🇨🇦 🇵🇸 @jeffrudd.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Cuba is First in the World to Invent a Lung Cancer Vaccine Despite Decades of Sanctions and Blockade. hrnews1.substack.com/p/cuba-is-fi... -hrnews1.substack.comCuba is First in the World to Invent a Lung Cancer Vaccine Despite Decades of Sanctions and BlockadeThe U.S. is Actively Starving a Country Who is Trying to Cure Cancer 255100553306
Reposted by Chris Duckmseviechops.bsky.social @mseviechops.bsky.social · 10/07/2026I see Ann Widdecombe has died. When she was Home Secretary I showed her round Drake Hall womens’s prison. There was a pregnant woman on a bed in the early stages of Labour and she asked the prison officers why she wasn’t handcuffed to the bed. That’s the kind of woman she was. 19348701509
Reposted by Chris DuckAriaa® @ariaa.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Japanese scientists have confirmed a monumental discovery: asteroid Ryugu contains all 5 nucleobases essential for DNA and RNA. By analyzing 5.4 grams of material returned by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft, researchers identified adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine, and uracil in similar proportions. 5972661929
Reposted by Chris DuckAbby Innes @abbyinnes.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Here’s a difficult but important task for Burnham’s next Chancellor: how to tax/regulate the parasitic private equity industry out of the UK economy, both public and private sectors. Think of all the money that could be going into care and real investment instead… www.theguardian.com/society/2026...theguardian.com‘Financial pandemic’: £1 in every £11 spent on UK public contractors goes to private equityAlmost £24.4bn of government money went to private equity-run firms in year to April 2025, Guardian analysis shows 093
Reposted by Chris DuckThe Phantom Judge You Harshly 🎃💀🦇🧛♂️ @judgeyouharshly.bsky.social · 27/06/2026In honor of his 100th birthday let’s recognize the genius that is Mel Brooks 🤟😎 853620688
Reposted by Chris DuckMicah Lee @micahflee.com · 23/06/2026I know this has been pointed out many times by many people but I just want to reiterate: Anthropic is basically using Kurt Vonnegut's drawing of an asshole as the Claude logo 894081921
Reposted by Chris DuckGarth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 18/06/2026it's the same picture dot jpg 82092479
Reposted by Chris DuckPrivate Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Those five reasons most people are not saving enough for a pension in full From the latest Private Eye, out now. 15680224
Reposted by Chris DuckDigital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 16/06/2026A Japanese-American woman in her 80s, with advanced Alzheimer's and a decade of progressive decline, briefly regained her voice, recognized her family members, and walked with greater independence.sinapti.caMagic mushrooms and Alzheimer’s: an extraordinary case that rethinks what we believed about psilocybin - SinapticaA Japanese-American woman in her 80s, with advanced Alzheimer's and a decade of progressive decline, briefly regained her voice, recognized her family members, 24881208
Reposted by Chris DuckJim Rockford @thegoldenbuddah.bsky.social · 14/06/2026God is a Knicks fan 1172919289
Reposted by Chris DuckBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 07/06/2026“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.” Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life. Common sense. Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.washingtonpost.comParis said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes. 492421688
Reposted by Chris DuckDigital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 06/06/2026NASA Perseverance rover captures what a Martian night really looks like from the ground 37965751552
Reposted by Chris DuckThe Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 23/05/2026"In the decades since 'This is Your Brain on Music' suggested enticingly that music is a product of the human brain, new research has upended what seemed like basic assumptions about what music is and how it works." How 'This is Your Brain on Music' Transformed Neuroscience:lithub.comHow This is Your Brain on Music Transformed NeuroscienceTwenty years ago, when This Is Your Brain on Music was published, the idea that music could be studied with the tools of biology and neuroscience was a niche one. When it came out, I was junior fac… 03011
Reposted by Chris DuckIan Martin @ianmartin.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Counterthought: the Right's loathing of us, the actual British people, has already ruined Britain, time to rebuild. I wouldn't have a pint with any of these fucking key-speaker wankers. 511723
Reposted by Chris DuckPetter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · 23/04/2026Social media is no longer social. Most of it is passive viewing of videos and pictures from people we've never met. But we're still studying social media like it's 2010. We've entered the post-social media era — and research needs to catch up. osf.io/preprints/so... preprint w/ Richard Rogers 392982945
Reposted by Chris DuckMatt Potter @mattpotteruk.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Aside from anything else, it is astonishing that NASA can still control instruments on an object 25 billion kilometers/15.7 billion miles away from Earth. The fact that they are preparing to change power sources to extend its functional life defies belief. www.livescience.com/space/space-...livescience.comNASA shuts off another Voyager 1 instrument as humanity's most distant spacecraft prepares for risky 'Big Bang' maneuver to save powerAfter nearly 50 years in space, the two Voyager spacecraft are very low on nuclear power. Voyager 1 just shut off another instrument to save the mission. 12517
Reposted by Chris DuckMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 15/04/2026BREAKING: A jury has found Live Nation and Ticketmaster to be an illegal monopoly that overcharges fans. After the federal government settled the case, 34 states kept pursuing the giant ticket and concert company. Now, the states have won. 143108382561
Chris Duck @chrisduck.bsky.social · 25/03/2026'Party which has done absolutely nothing to improve the socio-economic fortunes of its base, aside from offering much more-of-the-same, is quite understandably, drubbed out of office' Listen to this from @abbyinnes.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...podcasts.apple.comWhy the neoclassical philosophy of economics is fundamentally flawed | Abby InnesPodcast Episode · Philosophy For Our Times · 24 March · 26min 221
Reposted by Chris DuckGuy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 18/03/2026VICTORY! Government to open up the Land Registry - bringing to an end a thousand years of secrecy shrouding who owns England. I’ve been campaigning for this for ten years: the new Land Use Framework, published later today, makes it government policy. 1/ www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comGovernment to lift paywall from large parts of the Land RegistryExclusive: finding out who owns land will become simpler under plans to make the best use of green spaces and hit net zero targets 11738801169
Reposted by Chris DuckMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 17/03/2026They said it would take 193 years to clean London’s air. We did it in nine. 💨 London has now met legal limits for nitrogen dioxide air pollution.theguardian.comLondon, San Francisco and Beijing achieve ‘remarkable reductions’ in air pollutionCycle lanes, electric cars and other interventions have helped 19 global cities slash levels of pollutants by more than 20% 14478311924
Reposted by Chris DuckPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 16/03/2026One reason we need to foreground art is so that people who would prefer not to engage in any self-reflection might understand that introspection has been central to the human experience for millennia. bsky.app/profile/dave... 931405235
Reposted by Chris DuckAbby Innes @abbyinnes.bsky.social · 13/03/2026This is surely telling us something wonderful about the green transition: that done well - in built environments and housing and beyond - we could reconnect to the sources that let us relax back into our true natures… www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.com‘It has changed my life’: How a dose of nature is treating mental illnessA project in London is helping hundreds of people, providing a genuine alternative to traditional treatments 083
Reposted by Chris DuckGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 04/03/2026never, ever, ever, ever accept "how will you pay for it?" as an argument against social programs. 1971432584
Reposted by Chris DuckUrsula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 03/03/2026There's a point, around the age of twenty, when you have to choose whether to be like everybody else the rest of your life, or to make a virtue of your peculiarities. 112140
Reposted by Chris DuckParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 02/03/2026I feel confident that the sort of people who moved to Dubai to avoid paying tax would say that those fleeing war in other countries are not our concern and they should seek refuge in a neighbouring country. In this case I’d suggest Iran, which they can reach by small boat. 7671140
Reposted by Chris Duckbakoon @bakoon.bsky.social · 28/02/2026operation blowing up residential buildings because a dozen rich old guys got caught molesting teenagers in the 90s 466071797
Reposted by Chris DuckDavid Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 27/02/2026David Graeber made a warning about Keir Starmer in 2020. They did not listen 317453
Reposted by Chris DuckRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 25/02/2026excited to hear tech companies will now be allowed to build their own power plants for their data centers. i am sure the makers of "the app that tells kids to kill themselves" will responsibly operate coal plants 945351832
Reposted by Chris DuckDorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 22/02/2026“The guy did a great job for a competitive rate. I’m really pleased with it” 532124376
Reposted by Chris DuckDee Chan @deechan17.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Oh, my goodness, this is a huge breakthrough in cancer research. This is another example of why it is crucially important to fund basic scientific research. Scientists Discover How To “Switch Off” Cancer Genes for Good share.google/WFhMJP5m3AK4...share.googleScientists Discover How To “Switch Off” Cancer Genes for GoodA new study shows that targeting key epigenetic proteins may permanently switch off cancer genes. Scientists at Monash University, working with Harvard University, report they have found a way to perm... 295123883936
Reposted by Chris DuckDJ PAULETTE @djpaulette.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Oh more news - your girl features in the all new THE MUSIC IS BLACK exhibition upcoming at the new V&A East Museum. Opening April 18, 2026 - It's the first ever exhibition at the brand new V&A East Museum in queenelizabetholympicpark, and it celebrates the impact of Black British music and culture. 4305