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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 10/09/2026
Job applicants are using AI to write resumes and prep interview answers. Companies are using AI to screen those applications and conduct initial interviews. We’ve officially automated both sides of a process meant to measure human connection. The irony is genuinely unreal.
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Three panel comic. Panel 1: a horseshoe crab watches as a variety of prehistoric creatures swim towards an ethereal light. An ammonite calls back to the crab, “come on, horseshoe crab! We’re all evolving!” Panel 2: the horseshoe crab stays in position and replies, “nahh that’s crazy” Panel 3: the horseshoe crab is superimposed in front of a future premonition: a rather miserable-looking human slouched in the glow of a desktop computer. The horshoe crab swims away and says, “good luck tho”
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Pixelated wood sculptures by Hsu Tung Han
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nyte-tyde.bsky.social @nyte-tyde.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Cah
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Steven L. Johnson @stevenljohnson.org · 31/08/2026
Ah, memories defrag98.com
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Windows 98 Disk Defrag Simulator
A free, browser-based simulator of the classic Microsoft Windows 98 Disk Defragmenter. Pick a drive, cue the HDD sounds, and relive the nostalgia of 1998.
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War and Peas 🧿 @warandpeas.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Yonkoma Comic by War and Peas. 1. Panel: A royal person surveys their lands and says, "I'm feeling blue today." 2. Panel: An aide makes the suggestion "Perhaps torturing some peasants might cheer up Your Excellency?" 3. Panel: The royal person replies,"Maybe something less violent. Like frolicking in a field of daisies." 4. Panel: They're standing in a field of daisies looking depressed: "Hm. Get the peasants."
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Bits @bitshammer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I assume it was ignored because most people don't write recipes in Excel spreadsheets.
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Marko Bajlovic @marko.tech · 26/08/2026
State of SaaS
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Misha Tri-Flow Glow @spoketension.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Tragic that the world is falling apart right after we finally got everyone on board with the USB-C standard. We coulda had it all.
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
It’s hard to explain but tv was better when you couldn’t watch the show you wanted whenever you wanted to watch it and most of the shows were worse and the TVs were worse and the entire experience was worse, that’s when it was better
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2CentNuisance @2centsnuisance.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
If we all switched to renewable energy, we could end a lot of the world’s dictators whose wealth comes from oil and gas.
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🅿️rofessor Kiosk 💊 @professorkiosk.wtf · 22/07/2026
who do we want? the funk soul brother when do we want him? right about now
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Harris Foster @harris.zone · 14/07/2026
Video game fact! Though there are hundreds of video games of many genres and styles, there are only three possible “sizes” a video game can come in. Those sizes are: “Small” (16.00 MB) “Medium” (374.26 MB) “Large” (154.44 GB)
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The Onion @theonion.com · 09/07/2026
CEO Reveals How He Used AI To Build One-Person Company That's $1.3 Billion In Debt
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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
It's subtle but I noticed while watching old Star Trek TNG episodes that whenever Christopher Columbus is mentioned, Picard never says "discovered" and instead says "travelled to." And I love that.
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AlternativeTo @alternativeto.net · 29/06/2026
Git (by xkcd)
Two characters discuss using Git for collaborative projects, emphasizing memorization of certain shell commands for syncing work because no one really knows how it works.
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Earthling @ziyatong.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
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@nluewmist / I’m finally reading Dune. This quote which in the first few pages hit hard; “once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only let other men with machines to enslave them.”
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
My latest @newscientist.com cartoon
Image: A scientist proudly shows an extremely complicated machine to a colleague "My experiment is generating infinite power!". A screen displays the infinity symbol "∞" and a label reading "watts"

Caption: Simon assumed that Veronica was speechless with envy and awe, but she was actually wondering how to break it to him that the monitor was on its side.
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jess @jessicaetc.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
I feel the main point of video games right now is that if I catch myself scrolling too much on social media I can say to myself, "if I'm gonna waste my time I'd might as well be playing a video game, which would actually be fun." It's hard to argue with that logic
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
In Engish, turkeys are named after the country Turkiye. In Turkiye, they're called "Hindi" named after India. In Hindi, they're sometimes called "Peru" named after...Peru. In Peru they're called "pavo" named after peacocks. Peacocks don't have a word for turkeys.
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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Famous authors asking you out
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brianloveswords @brianloveswords.com · 04/06/2026
video games led me to believe i'd be spending a lot more of my life crouching, i barely ever crouch
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Adam Riches @supernorn.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
A while back we had the wonderful opportunity to pitch a Red Dwarf adventure game directly to Doug Naylor himself. While the project didn't end up going ahead, we're now free to share some of the work we produced for the pitch!
A Red Dwarf Adventure game - pixel art showcasing the crew in the cockpit of the iconic Starbug
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Jessica Berlin @berlinbridge.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Don’t just invoke Article 4. Inflict consequences.
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Thomas Fuchs 🫯 @thomasfuchs.at · 28/05/2026
Then: “Sorry that our OS takes up 100KB, but we added hard disk support in this release!” Now: “This update is 14.5GB and adds 8 emoji.”
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Kaitlyn Page @theinnerobserver.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
"A New York Minute" Sometimes life feels like it's spiraling out of control; Stress, day to day "go, go go," feelings, and just the general pacing of everything is a bit much. This is my reminder to you (and to myself) to take it a bit slower. #Gouache on #paper
A gouache painting depicting a tortoise with a treehouse world on his shell
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zach @extrafabulous.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
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dan mentos @danmentos.com · 20/05/2026
financial planner: what percentage of your net worth is liquid me: (remembering I got gas this morning) I’d say most of it
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Jill Walker Rettberg @jilltxt.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Genre glitching: a new sign of AI-assisted writing? Thanks to @doremus-schafer.bsky.social and @srettberg.bsky.social who shared the two examples of this that I discuss in today's blog post. Please please please send me any other examples you see of this! jilltxt.net/genre-glitch...
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Genre glitches and unexpected promotional phrases as a sign of AI writing
A genre glitch is a characteristic of LLM-assisted writing where the text suddenly switches genre, typically inserting a short promotional phrase full of sensory details into an informational text.…
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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
I guess Bluesky is the non-evil Twitter but what is the non-evil Facebook. I just want to see my friends posting one-panel newspaper cartoons and then reply “oh my goodness!”
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Nyek London @stupidhoroscope.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
If you don't spend 5 hours of coding to save 2 minutes of work, are you even a tools programmer
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General Strike @ivanasstaircam.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
I hope the Strait of Hormuz stays closed forever and everyone is forced to use wind turbines and solar. Humanity adapts and innovates when billionaires aren’t calling the shots. Let old systems crumble. Let capitalism croak. Let data centers collect dust. It’s time to quit fossil fuels cold turkey.
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Mother Astra @astraenby.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
i honestly think selling “pre boiled raw milk” would work to shut them up
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Kitty Kowalski @kittykowalski.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Shouldn't Anonymous release the Epstein files? Whatever happened to them?
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
what a glorious time capsule of this broken moment we are in
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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
i think if you tweet "a whole civilization will die tonight" you shouldn't go to the hague, the hague should get to come to you
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Chu-Let-The-Dogs-Out✊🏾💚🇪🇺🇬🇧🇳🇬🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @chumantastic.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Went for a meal with a couple I know and they started arguing.. Normally, I'm not one to take sides, but they were so distracted by yelling at each other that I stole her fries and his cole slaw...
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404 Media @404media.co · 26/03/2026
NEW: Wikipedia has banned AI-generated content.
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Wikipedia Bans AI-Generated Content
“In recent months, more and more administrative reports centered on LLM-related issues, and editors were being overwhelmed.”
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zach @extrafabulous.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Instead of WW3, why don't we call it the Global Special Military Operations?
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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
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zach @extrafabulous.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
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amos @fasterthanlime.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 02/02/2026
...horrifying message without context, thank you
Error: entity released
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Alex Blechman @alexblechman.bsky.social · 16/05/2023
Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 26/12/2025
Funny Numbers xkcd.com/3184/
Comic. [Banner: Mathematical Society: 2025 Meeting.] PERSON 1 with bun: Any other new developments from the year to cover before we wrap? PERSON 2: Oh, the teens picked a new funny number. PERSON 3 with short hair: Aww, I’m glad to hear they’re still doing that. PERSON 4 with ponytail: I’ll add it to the list. [List: 23 (skidoo!; 42; 69; 420; 1,337; 58,008; [circled]: 67]
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Deogie @deogie.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
another new deogie here! tinyview.com/deogie/2025/...
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