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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Well, happy 29th anniversary to the greatest ‘reverse ferret’ ever issued by a media outlet

“We apologise for the Princess Diana page one headline DI GOES SEX MAD, which is still on the stands at some locations. It is currently being replaced with a special 72-page tribute issue: A FAREWELL TO THE PRINCESS WE ALL LOVED.”
Statement published by the National Enquirer, August 31, 1997

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ @sloanelysbeth.northsky.social · 20/08/2026

jon ronson has written a book about men who go crazy online and he's dedicated an entire chapter to graham linehan. graham is not going to like the observer review.

Ronson’s account of Graham Linehan is another harrowing tale of a man’s life ruined by the internet. Linehan was a beloved comedy writer, co-creator of Father Ted, and a prolific presence on Twitter, where he was well liked and respected. Then, in 2013, something began to shift, when an episode of his sitcom The IT Crowd, first broadcast in 2008, was repeated. In it, a man discovers his girlfriend is transgender and a brawl breaks out between the two. Viewers did not like the display of violence nor the supposed implication that the trans woman was “really” a man, underlying maleness bursting forth uncontrollably once she is angry.

Linehan responded to criticism with polite bafflement, then defensiveness, and finally overt anger. He began to research transgender issues and developed a singular obsession with the topic, which has since gone on to comprehensively destroy his career and personal life. Linehan, who believes trans activism and indeed ordinary trans existence pose an existential threat to women, talks of little else (except, these days, a fervent pro-Israel stance). He tweets near-constantly, cloaking his obsession with supposed concern for the wellbeing of cisgender women, but he does not balk at aggressively insulting those women who disagree with him.

Linehan’s self-ignited ruin stopped being satisfying for even his opponents to watch a while back, and now is only profoundly depressing. Ronson was once a good friend, but in refusing to endorse Linehan’s beliefs about transgender issues, he was added to his long list of his enemies. In The Castle, Ronson speaks to him directly, having been attacked countless times on Linehan’s social media feed. One thing that becomes clear, beyond the truly abject state of Linehan’s wellbeing, is that he is able to persevere with his campaign because he has convinced himself he is battling the greatest danger currently at play in the world. At one point he suggests that there are so many fewer serial killers nowadays because all the sociopaths have migrated to the internet in order to argue with him about trans issues instead. It reminded me of religious protesters screaming at me in Dublin once, as I walked into a reproductive-rights clinic that provided information about abortion. I was furious, but then forced myself to think about how I would feel or act if I truly, earnestly believed that every abortion is equivalent to the murder of a child. That might, indeed, drive me mad.

The Linehan chapter is brilliant: insightful, candid and moving. I’m still not convinced that any broader crisis of masculinity or male purpose had much to do with Linehan’s downfall, though. He wasn’t at a loss or empty of purpose when he began his campaign. He didn’t turn to vitriol because he didn’t have anything else to do. His case is, if anything, notable for involving a man with an enviable life and abundant success throwing it away for reasons that to many in the outside world may seem obscure or deranged.

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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 12/08/2026

ANNOUNCEMENT: All our sundials will be out of order this evening between about 6pm and 8pm, we apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. Normal service will resume tomorrow. In unrelated news, enjoy the eclipse later... Photos: Mike Selby, Annapurna Mellor, Chris Davies, John Millar

A wall-mounted sundial inside a walled garden. Text on the sundial reads: "fear god, obey ye king"

A traditional sundial on a plinth, formal gardens surround it

The sun beams down on a traditional sundial, with heather visible in the background

A shot of a sundial from above. It's mounted on a stone plinth. Text on the side reads "KEW BRIDGE"

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Proud to announce the next game Vampirium: 1997 Dracula is king of the United British Empire. Kill his enemies and find your own path through a minimalist immersive sim sandbox. Wishlists and retweets massively appreciated (and, you know, massively helpful) store.steampowered.com/app/4035190/...

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Vampirium: 1997 on Steam

1997. Dracula is King of England. At his command, master your dark gifts to assassinate his enemies and secure his vampiric empire. Infiltrate locked-down locations, adapt and survive in living enviro...

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Gabe @cwgabriel.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

I would not listen to Tim. I once saw him deposit a clutch of glistening eggs from his ovipositor.

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

The confusion and conflation of ‘generative ai that is built on stolen artwork’ and ‘machine learning, character behaviour modelling and proc gen’ is intentional on the part of the grifters peddling the former. They benefit from murkiness of classification, because the latter predates their bollocks

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𝔅𝔬𝔟𝔞 @boba.yogscast.com · 22/12/2025

it's crazy to use AI in CONCEPT ART bcuz it will never be able to CREATE its own CONCEPTS. so not only are you saying you're too lazy to pay someone or to do the work yourself, you're also saying your okay with building all of your shit on unoriginal ideas and almagamation of existing work.

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Generative AI: worsen your reputation and mildly lower your productivity in one easy step.

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

I just find this really sad. Imagine being so certain that you need slop machines to do your work, that you convince yourself that EVERYBODY must need them.

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

So many people are self sabotaging by deskilling via this nonsense right now. Want an edge in 2027? Don’t build reliance on bad tools into your process in 2025.

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Bohdan Pavuk @bpavuk.neocities.org · 26/12/2024

if you see this post, your actions are: - if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this - if you don't have a spare buck, just repost your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive

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Bailey McCann @baileymcc.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

This person took this when they called the race

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Speaking as someone who has been around large concentrations of Trek fans there are not only tons of women who love Trek and can recite it chapter & verse across multiple series, but the vast majority of Trek fans that critique do so on creative grounds, not “because woke”

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Glen @vaguebiscuit.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Well don't I feel stupid

A headline about the James Webb Telescope potentially finding a new stellar object dubbed a black hole star

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Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 12/09/2025

From ‘The Onion’ Editorial Board: It Is Journalism’s Sacred Duty To Endanger The Lives Of As Many Trans People As Possible theonion.com/it-is-journalism-s-sac…

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Two trials will be repeated endlessly despite always producing the same results: 1) Does UBI work? (yes) 2) Does AI improve productivity? (no)

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M365 Copilot fails to up productivity in UK government trial

: AI tech shows promise writing emails or summarizing meetings. Don't bother with anything more complex

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

It was always true, but now fully undeniable that their principle role is to take up space and prevent a viable and actual party to the left gaining a foothold. You know, radical leftists ideas like opposing genocide and leaving trans people alone for a bit.

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Everyone in uk politics gestures to the left of their actual position (tories dress as centrists, labour dress as the left, Lib Dems run around in circles hoping someone will love them) but labour has absolutely dropped the last shred of pretence, impossible to turn a blind eye to it. Suicidal.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

starmer is doing all the anti-immigrant and anti-trans "popularism" stuff the centrists are demanding US dems do and this is the predictable result:

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Kyle Marquis @moochava.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Rowling could've lived in her castle and tweeted "Hagrid wants you to brush your teeth and have a happy St. Swithin's Day!" a few times a year and HP would've had the same legacy as Pooh or Middle-earth, but she consciously chose Evil For Evil's Sake like a badly written children's fantasy villain

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

When Michael Jordan felt boxed in by his success in basketball he tried baseball. When Gary Brooks became synonymous with country he created Chris Gaines. And when JK Rowling created the most successful kids books of all time she reinvented herself as a petty, weirdo transphobia influencer.

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Erika Ishii @erikaishii.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

My sister THE MAYOR OF BERKELEY hosted our family reunion so I made a shirt to explain my role in our familial unit. See: -The mayor gave a chartered bus tour of her city, then helped cook breakfast for 50 people while on a zoom. -I found a decomposing wild turkey carcass & poked it with a stick.

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Bouphe @bouphe.co.uk · 31/07/2025

The problem is we aren't getting our news from reputable sources, like the newsboy shouting "extra! extra!"

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AskHistorians @askhistorians.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

"But the marketplace of ideas..." If someone turns up to your marketplace selling poisoned apples, you don't sit back and trust in market forces, you send that Disney villain packing asap.

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His Skeletoncy, the Ghoul of Hell @timhodgson.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

It is 2002. I am 18 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis. It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis. It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis. It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—

image of watchmen's doctor manhattan, a superhero who is entirely blue and nude, sitting on a rock, small in frame, on what is depicted to be a very pink version of the surface of the planet mars. he looks pensive.

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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 26/03/2025

Men - You can help combat the male loneliness epidemic by calling another man "big dawg."

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Lucas @phoenixfire.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Perhaps the Gamers are alright

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

these guys spent 60 kajillion dollars to make a computer forget how to do math

Yuntian Deng
@yuntiandeng•7h
For those curious about how 03-mini performs on multi-digit multiplication, here's the result. It does much better than 01 but still struggles past 13x13.
(Same evaluation setup as before, but with 40 test examples per cell.)

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Kyle Sparks of Bodyslam.net @kyleksparks.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Also, don't quote them. Don't screengrab them. Don't dunk on them. Protect this site, protect your peace, and moreover, protect the peace of other people who don't want to see it, regardless of how awesome your sick burn is.

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Matt Colville? @mattcolville.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

The reason companies want to put AI in everything even though we actively hate it, is the same reason they were all in on Bitcoin, and crypto, and NFTs, and quantum computing. It's because these companies can no longer make the line go up selling us products. They've maxed out on that.

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John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

It's weird that Looking for Alaska is the second-most banned book in the U.S., and mostly challenged by evangelical Christians, because the novel is about Radical Hope and how forgiveness is available to all people at all times, which are Christian concepts I wrote about because I'm a Christian.

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