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Ossoff: "I think Pete Hegseth is frankly a deeply unwell person who seems to relish this kind of brutality all the while he's running a department that is falling into chaos. The guy cannot run the military competently and is spending his time with this kind of obscene medieval spectacle."

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17h

i am genuinely shocked by the psychotic bloodthirst on display with hegseth

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akscully @akscully.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Frog and Toad ate one very last cookie.

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Robert Rose @robear.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A good fresh Star Trek take on those fake isekai title jokes

A tumblr screenshot showing a post and two reblog responses, reading:
1. "star trek would be the ideal fictional universe to get trapped in because you'd explain your situation and they'd be like yeah makes sense. no further questions. fortunately we can use the mysterious warp signature emitting from this system's icy moon to counterface with the solar radiation and slingshot you back home"
2. "I'm from a universe where your world is all a work of fiction." Benjamin Sisko, nodding. "That happened to me once."
3. "I Got Isekaid Into The Star Trek Universe And They Quickly Understood What Was Happening"

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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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your feelings are valid == you are allowed to feel what you feel
your feelings are valid =/= whatever actions you take based purely on your emotions is reasonable and right
your feelings are valid. that doesn't mean your understanding of a situation is correct; it doesn't mean you haven't misunderstood something; it doesn't mean you have the right to hurt someone else because you feel hurt, or unhappy, or sad, or angry, even if they obviously 'deserve it for how they made you feel
your feelings are valid; you are not wrong for feeling whatever way you feel. But just because you feel something doesn't make it true

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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

My therapist used to say “your feelings are evidence but they aren’t the verdict” and boy if that hasn’t kept me out of trouble

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Really fucked up actually that the "you are valid" culture which, usefulness and uh, validity thereof aside, was intended to provide some some perspective for people who may have been blamed for harmless things they could not control morphed into if strangers on the internet do not constantly tell me I'm good and perfect they are the oppressor" and "even constructively and gently telling me that I hold some power and responsibility to seek a better situation is an unspeakably cruel act."
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Once, in an argument with my therapist about a decision I made to antagonize my mother, I snapped, "My feelings are valid," and he shot back, "They're valid because they're real, but that doesn't make them rational.*
It was a more nuanced and tailored conversation after that, but that particular quote struck me especially and made me realize how often I was conflating "valid" with "reasonable" or "justified."

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This 33-year-old nurse told the FBI she knew she was “going to set him free” after border patrol agents brought in a man whose face was bloodied and seriously injured. She treated him and helped him escape, and she faces charges now. He got away, and they never relocated him.

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David Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 30/09/2026

PSA: if you've dug *anything* on webworm over the last 6 years, but on the fence about being a paid member - some options for you here: 50%-off, or if you're a student / on a benefit - free. i'm off substack now, & can always do with more support to keep us ad-free. please RT: www.webworm.co/about/

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Innsmouth Looksmaxxing @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Your mom trying to remember the name of that podcast

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is true. In 2016, I got into an argument with a gay man on a menswear forum. I've since made it my mission to make every man dress gay, thereby destroying his ability to tell who is actually gay and, ultimately, his chances of finding love. I built my social media following to achieve that goal

Someone on Twitter writes to me: "People should follow your advise if they want to look gay."

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JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

it's important to arrive at sturdy ethical principles that you can't be annoyed out of. people are annoying as shit

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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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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

“Frog,” said Toad, “let us eat one very last cookie, and then we will stop.”

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Lady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tv · 17/09/2026

Trying to go see the new Resident Evil movie but apparently before I can enter the auditorium I have to have the spade key to unlock the door? And I only have the hearts key, which unlocks the route to the concession stand. Anyone know where to go next? A bit stuck

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"what is a sankey diagram" they ask innocently "do u have any examples of its utility" they continue blissfully unawares

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

After his testimony, there is no doubt that the rule was changed for one specific person that Kash Patel knows personally and he wants to hire (or already hired) and their circumstance is definitely not "trafficking victim."

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David Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 15/09/2026

ed sheeran has shared the most pathetic, cowardly, privileged statement i could imagine given the situation. if a wizard suddenly removed all of ed's bones from his body & he melted into a puddle of organs, skin & goo, this is what it would it would have gargled at you: www.webworm.co/edsheeran/

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Is Ed Sheeran Finished?

David Farrier's Webworm: Is Ed Sheeran finished? Kicking Macklemore off the tour shows us exactly where Ed stands.

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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Correct.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 14/09/2026

I do not think anyone has to leave twitter for bluesky but I do think everyone has to leave twitter

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David Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 13/09/2026

1/4: it's time to address some rumors that have been going around about me:

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

"One more thing Miss Barlow... you were about 14 in 2001, and you grew up in the UK, so why did they dismiss your school at noon on 9/11, when the attacks would have happened around 2 pm your time? I just don't understand how the school knew the attacks would be happening later"

Columbo (Peter Falk) asking one more question

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Ian Rennie @theangelremiel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Nathan Fielder and Elizabeth Holmes doing the "we're just normal men" meme

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

On Germany: something I can’t stand is the idea that the Left and the Green parties haven’t offed arguments about the cost of living. They have! It’s just that they haven’t offered *hate*. The AfD have offered hate, that is their most passionate offering, that is primarily why they are thriving.

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David Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 06/09/2026

alan was dumped out of a van yesterday in LA, and needs to be adopted. he's the sweetest fucking thing. i have him atm, but my place is too small. more info here (no paywall, please click!). please RT. save alan, an angel: www.webworm.co/alan/

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lott @lott24m.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

What happens a lot on social media is when someone (Warren Ellis, Neil Gaiman now Ed Brubaker) has allegations thrown at them people tend to leap out the woodwork saying "their work was never good." That helps no one as it's irrelevant. What matters is their actions and what they did.

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

lol

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The actual number of moves that are not utterly stupid in chess is tiny and chess will be fully solved one day
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Chess is hard for humans, but not for computers.
One day, it will be fully solved like checkers.
Between now and then, or even after, have fun.
People enjoy many games/sports where machines are vastly better

There are more possible chess games, by about 40 orders of magnitude, than atoms in the observable universe. To solve chess, you'd have to map them all. Good luck.
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Chess is hard for humans, but not for computers. One day, it will be fully solved like checkers.

Between now and then, or even after, have fun. People enjoy many games/sports where machines are vastly better.
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Wrong, all legal chess positions are ~40 oom less than the estimated atoms in the Universe. And ASI will figure out ways to solve and compress that are far beyond what we could possibly comprehend.

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Wrong, all legal chess positions are ~40 oom less than the estimated atoms in the Universe. And ASI will figure out ways to solve and compress that are far beyond what we could possibly comprehend.
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David Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 04/09/2026

fairly intense webworm out today. thanks to all of you who support my weird journalism & attempts to understand people's brains. please RT: www.webworm.co/azariahsouth...

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I Interview The Man Indicted For Allegedly Threatening To Kill Donald Trump

Back in May, Webworm interviewed Azariah Southworth, the man indicted for allegedly threatening to kill Donald Trump.

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crypticpinecone.bsky.social @crypticpinecone.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

And David will prove it next episode, when he bullies every listener individually by name.

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 01/09/2026

It’s not suicide it is social murder. It is the result of policy that is explicitly designed to Inflict maximum pain & make a class of people feel as life isn’t worth living.

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David Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 31/08/2026

today on webworm, a guest essay from aaron hendry about the unhoused crisis in aotearoa, new zealand - and how we can help. please RT: www.webworm.co/unhoused/

In the period between the end of July and early August this year, three people died after sleeping rough outside during the harshest period of our winter. A few days ago a fourth person, believed to be rough sleeping, was found dead. This time, in a cruel and dark twist of irony, the person died sleeping rough outside the office of the Minister of Justice, Paul Goldsmith.

The same minister who has been the champion of legislation designed to criminalize homelessness and force unhoused people away from our city centres and into the unseen suburbs. Suburbs like Auckland’s Epsom, where Goldsmith has his office, and where this person died. Out of sight and out of mind.

Instead of being outraged – instead of this story leading headlines across the country and prompting a nation-wide cry for change – the response from our media has been largely muted. Outlets gave a nod to this tragedy, but largely decided to focus on other things. To me, it’s an indication of how desensitized we’ve become to the suffering of our fellow Kiwis.

It’s infuriating. Because this doesn’t need to be happening in New Zealand.

People don’t have to sleep outside.

People don’t have to die.

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David Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 27/08/2026

back in 2018 - before chatgpt & claude - i wrote about a miraculous AI invented in NZ called "zach", being trialled by doctors & academics. it turned out they were just emailing some dude who was replying to them. in today's story, i revisit the main players. please RT: www.webworm.co/zach

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Zach: Folie à Deux

David Farrier's Webworm revisits Zach, the AI scam involving David Whale and Albi Whale, and an investigation by Internal Affairs

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joyce’s monster 🎃 @joycelaurie.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

if you are a gay icon STAY INSIDE!!! it’s DANGEROUS OUT HERE!!!!!

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 25/08/2026

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 25/08/2026

I think the universal grieving comes in no small part from the fact she represented the best of what America could be, and that she never stopped chasing that ideal, artistically and socially

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Jason Concepcion @netw3rk.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Easily one of hardest images of the 21st century. Instantly iconic.

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Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

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Birds Are Dinosaurs @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Star Trek TNG, S5E22: Riker: Oh hey you're back early. Didn't you have a session with Ensign Sutter kid? Troi: Kid's haunted Riker: What? Troi: *grabbing a phaser and getting back into the turbolift* Kid's haunted 5/10, not terrible, but if you skipped it on the rewatch, you'd miss nothing

A little girl, (Clara, maybe 8 years old?) is in the arboretum, which looks like a normal room with an unusually high number of house plants. She looks confused. You can't tell from this image, but this takes place on the USS Enterprise D. In blue text, we can see the episode title: "Imaginary Friend"

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Plenty to reflect about re: the Arday affair, but I'm going to repeat this one thing. The playbook the right used here is effective even though it's not especially sophisticated, as it relies on the audience to do the dirty work. I've been calling it "Trojan horse propaganda", let's go with that. 1/

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Jared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Jimothy at the farmers market

A chalk sketch on pavement of Jimothy the raccoon walking along with a shopping bag of produce. Text next to him reads “happy foraging”

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crypticpinecone.bsky.social @crypticpinecone.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The original animated series adaptation of the M'kraan crystal arc/Phoenix Saga is better than the original comic story.

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crypticpinecone.bsky.social @crypticpinecone.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Chris Claremont and mind control Chris Claremont and bondage Chris Claremont and body swapping Chris Claremont and women with a mass of tentacles for arms Modern X-Men is built on 'thinly disguised fetish'

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 12/08/2026

very fun to think about how many founding fathers this would make insane with rage

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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Bauhaus Milhaus

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