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Patrick Skinner @pmskinner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Made our favorite stew. It’s Korean doenjang chigae with tofu. A flat out amazing dish from @thekoreanvegan . Potatoes/daikon radish/onion/garlic/gochugaru pepper flakes/doenjang (fermented soybeans!!)/veggie broth. Theresa’s number 1 dish. It’s hearty, spicy, delicious.

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Descartes a Cant @danelectro.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“I don’t think you know that we have this stuff.”

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 27/09/2026

Women trying to succeed in Silicon Valley AI and effective altruist spaces are reporting feeling serious social pressure to attend sex parties - where people have reported being sexually assaulted, like below. Events like Aella’s “Slutcon,” which is happening again this weekend.

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I am disheartened by this as well. I already lost a bunch of followers for agreeing with @tautologer, but it's saddening to see local nerdy women being caricatured as Karen-like outsiders and getting pushed out of the scene. This is exactly why you hear so few concrete, names-attached stories of sexual harrassment and assault. I'm told there is a history of discrediting these because the "slut normalization" thing is top priority and these stories get inconveniently in the way of spreading this ideology.
I got roped into attending last year's Saturday Slutcon party because so many local and out-of-town friends were there (to echo sentiments @tautologer expressed about "slut events becoming central to the larger scenes). Mostly I hung out with people I knew and that was great. But in the course of my 3-ish hours there, there were 2 times my "no" was not accepted by a man I didn't know, and I was physically pushing a huge guy off of me who was rubbing his penis on me, who continued to do it despite my physical force against him, and after I finally wriggled away from him, told him I wanted to dance alone etc., he came back and did it again.
This was scary and bad, but it didn't even cross my mind to report this because one of the other people who didn't accept my "no" earlier in the night was the bartender (an officially sanctioned authority at the event), and I knew the event was organized exclusively by women into CNC (who are vocal about how rapey behavior turns them on), so I figured this sort of thing would just get me laughed at. And anyway, I heard there were a lot of other incidents like it. Later though, someone encouraged me to report this story to the organizers, and despite my embarrassment I did, so *they know* that this and other incidents happened. This is why they cut the Saturday night party this year and created a larger training program for the flirt girls - *because* of things like this last year. Yet the narrative bein…

People who haven't been to Slutcon are saying "it's just group therapy," "it's just innocent flirting." But the environment is much like a sex party in that many people are nude, there is making out and sex acts happening out in the open. I think it's pretty unreasonable to expect that every nerdy girl who likes rationalist bloggers or is into EA/AI safety should automatically be comfortable with this! That if she's not, there's something wrong with her, we don't want her in our scenes, etc.
Not to mention, it's explictly an event *for men*, where men are the clients and the "flirt girls" are the product. Last year I overheard an exchange where a man felt "led on" by a flirt girl and was trying to get her punished/kicked out. (A dynamic that seems inevitable in this context!)
Anyway- it does sound like they've upped their consent education a lot this year, are more organized, and that's good! As I've told my friends who are attending: I hope they have fun!
I heard several accounts last year of women who had no problems and really enjoyed the event. That's great!
Just... can we live in reality about this? There are real reasons why male-female sexual dynamics are tricky.
Encouraging autistic men who can't yet read body language to go around asking to see womens' boobs is maybe a bit ill-advised. Maybe not everyone should be/identify as a slut; maybe it's not for everyone.
And yeah, filtering the Bay Area Al safety scene down to only women who are super comfy with this eliminates *most* women - including many of the really smart, nerdy, weird women who've been in the larger scenes for years. What a loss for humanity.
I absolutely understand why people with a minority sexuality would want to create belonging, would want to create spaces for people like themselves. But why do it like this/at this cost?

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It's GameDay! SEA!!! 🏈💙💚🩶🏈 #Seahawks #GoHawks

Mona enjoying an iced coffee, out on the town in her white Doug Baldwin Seahawks jersey

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Descartes a Cant @danelectro.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Curious how much money they were able to sell the 3 or 4 pounds of copper and a gram or so of gold that these Flock cameras contain

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SaraKateW @sarakatew.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

NYT buy my bird blog, look at this engagement

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LAISSEZ LES BOO QUESO ROULER @thequeso.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

IT'S CURTAINS FOR ZOOSHA

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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

this is gonna upset so many of y’all

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I have no Olivia Rodrigo music takes (old) but she introduced a generation of girls to the Breeders and for that she has my sword

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 22/08/2026

It’s worse than this. Having been in the room with many of them (long ago, before I knew they were psychopaths), the tycoons who are left running the industry have an active contempt for ordinary people, including their own workers. They actively want to oppress, control and punish them.

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Descartes a Cant @danelectro.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

If we just give them a little bit longer they will deliver on their big promise to take away everyones* source of income * tech leaders, billionaires etc excepted

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Descartes a Cant @danelectro.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

person cutting my hair casually stating she follows gemini guidelines for her new infant's motor skill milestones

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Pitta of the Day: Javan banded-Pitta 📷 Jieles van Baalen

Photo of bird perched on rock, description from ebird: ‘Beautiful ground-dweller with black mask, clean white throat, and finely barred underparts. Male has an egg-yolk-yellow eyebrow, royal-blue “bib”, and black crown. Female has a dull tan-yellow eyebrow and brown crown. Both sexes have a bright blue tail and a white “racing stripe” down the edge of the wing. Inhabits a range of wooded habitats, from primary wet forest to overgrown plantations and dry scrub, in the lowlands and foothills of Java and Bali. Forages on the ground, either singly or in pairs. Gives a loud, bright “whOW!” and a low rolling trill.’

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Jason @bloodraynes.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Morning #BlueSky ☕️ Please enjoy this vibrant painting l captured yesterday in a cafe in my Irish village of our two feline pals. Have a bold day my friends ☺️ #ECK #Photography #WackyWednesdayArt #ColorADay #RedWed #ArtYear #Cats #Painting #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Art #PhotographyOfBlueSky #Abstract

Our photograph shows a colourful abstract painting of two cats, displayed on a brick wall inside a coffee shop in my local Irish village.

The artwork is painted in bold, expressive strokes, with vivid blues, turquoise, greens, reds, yellows and whites.

Two stylised cats dominate the centre of the composition, both seen from behind as they appear to look out through a large window over a townscape.

The cat on the left is predominantly olive green, while the larger cat on the right is deep blue with hints of purple and red.

Beyond them, loosely painted buildings, rooftops and a bright sky suggest a lively village or town scene.

The window is divided into irregular panes by thick dark lines, adding a sense of structure to the otherwise energetic painting.

Decorative swirling shapes in turquoise, green and yellow frame the scene along both sides. The rough, textured brushwork and vibrant colours give the painting a playful, almost dreamlike character.

The painting is mounted directly against a warm brown brick wall, creating a striking contrast between the rustic surroundings and the bright, contemporary artwork.

Finally, our picture today is finished with a simple white border frame.

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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 18/08/2026

sunset over this blep

Fluffy gray tabby In a catio window backlit by the sunset , which shines through his tongue - as he’s forgotten to put it away.

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Descartes a Cant @danelectro.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

New Cat Town trailer just dropped

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Hans Bucht @hansbucht.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

A Spotted Flycatcher for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #AtOneWithNature Celebrating birds in their natural environment. No manmade objects.

A grey bird sitting inside a bush in the shadow among some green leafes

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

"And fuck this box in particular."

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Descartes a Cant @danelectro.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

5 days you have to call out of work

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Willow @rockshrimp.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Not to be that guy but I’ve seen her stats why would she want us to focus on those?

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

what—and i cannot stress this enough—the actual eff www.ft.com/content/1ed4...

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edeath @edithcharles.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

ME: b-but Reverend Mother, we mustn’t, what if Shai Hulud hears the rhythm of our prayer and comes here and devours me?? MY DOMINATRIX: …I’m sorry can you explain all this again please

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Descartes a Cant @danelectro.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

can't wait to have this level of frustration in my life again

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Descartes a Cant @danelectro.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

OP attempting to get a refund from hotel booked through one of the resellers

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Just an illuminated cat catching an illuminated mouse in an illuminated manuscript from around 1300. #bookhistory

A cat catching a mouse. This is an illuminated detail of a page in a Missale (SBB PK Ms. theol. lat. fol. 271).

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Descartes a Cant @danelectro.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

secret police doing secret police things

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The PS1 startup sound as a lesbian @janus.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Hatred of AI now reaching the level of cultural consensus that becomes attractive to advertisers

A yellow Backmarket poster in the subway showing a pink Game Boy with the caption “AB > AI”

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Descartes a Cant @danelectro.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

The data is being stored so there is access to it full stop

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Descartes a Cant @danelectro.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Lindsey Graham caught flipping a grunt

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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 10/07/2026

$4700 to dress like nick cave is a bargain

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

blessed or cursed?

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Descartes a Cant @danelectro.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Wait, was this guy backed by Bernie beforehand? Because that would explain a lot about the people who can't let this go

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

i will not forget the men who downplayed the earlier allegations of abuse against platner and said accepting them was just the price we had to pay to gain control of the senate. i hope they feel like fucking assholes.

politico.com

Exclusive: Woman who dated Graham Platner says he sexually assaulted her

The Maine Democrat denied the allegations and said, “Any accusation of non-consensual behavior is categorically untrue.”

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

What's troubling you, little half Edvard Munch-styled half Super Mario inspired sea monster, screaming in a sixteenth-century map of the Indian Ocean? Tell us, how are you doing, little fella?

A face screaming, like an apple with wings as ears, and a tail, and this nice little fella is part of a map.

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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 28/06/2026

me: “do you want to come inside?” cat: *pbbbt*

Fluffy gray tabby sticking his tongue out, as seen through the window outside into his catio.

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Descartes a Cant @danelectro.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Post an album you've listened to 100+ times

album cover art for sleater-kinney 'dig me out'

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

“fleeing to argentina” u say?

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Descartes a Cant @danelectro.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

A reminder. Blocking is good, actually

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Descartes a Cant @danelectro.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

The United States of Because I Said So

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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

The destruction of the East Wing hits as hard as it does because it is a purely visual and immediately readable image of what Trump is doing to the country as a whole. The pictures document the literal destruction the bricks & mortar that form the central symbol of US democracy.

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