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DESIGN THINKING! Comic @designthinking.lol · 11h
Ysabel Yates'... I mean Cookie Monster's superb takedown of why GenAI in the workplace sucks.
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Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Fouracres playing Prince Andrew as Palpatine is incredible. #SNLUK
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Daniel Watkins @danielthew.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Animals of Farthing Wood. Owl gets encased in cement, and stays that way. For FOUR EPISODES. Sheer horror. The stuff of nightmares even now. Bleak. Terrifying. 90s kids TV.
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Daniel Watkins @danielthew.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Really fun, silly #SNLUK tonight with two excellent sketches - ‘Fashion Sense and Sensibility’ and ‘One Show Worm’ - both mainly because of Fouracres brilliance (plus accents). He is the best. Some great Weekend Update moments too. I’ll miss it next week!
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the karyn in the woods 🎃 @karynmoy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
fouracres in regency gear putting wild amounts of sauce on every vowel is just 🤌🏻 #snluk
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Daniel Watkins @danielthew.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“AI is the technofascist replacement for life, stripped of the qualities that make it worth living: love, imagination, curiosity, the natural world.” One of many excellent parts of this article.
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Daniel Watkins @danielthew.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Fouracres is just my exact comedy vibe. Loved this. Welcome back #SNLUK
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Daniel Watkins @danielthew.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
RT if you’ve never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.
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Daniel Watkins @danielthew.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
#EdinburghFringe recommendation! @pierrenovellie.bsky.social’s new show ‘Okay, One More Then Bedtime’ is excellent. I would also recommend his book ‘Why Can’t I Enjoy Things? A Comedian’s Guide to Autism’, which you can get here: amzn.eu/d/09KVavVC (Or bookshops if you don’t do Amazon)
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
degenerative AI, you can refuse it www.wired.com/story/the-ai...
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The AI Slop Backlash Is Actually Having an Impact
Platforms are finally recognizing that people don’t want to consume AI slop. A growing number of sites and apps now have tools and policies to flag, label, and ban AI-generated content.
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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.
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AI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare books
If you have retreated to physical books because the internet is too full of AI slop, bad news — now they’re shredding the books to feed their AI slop machines.
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Ian Mayor @ianmayor.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
These AI fucks aren’t even trying to hide the utter, moral vacuum of their business.
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Ruth Husko @dankackroyd.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
When you check out of a hotel they should give you some money back for being good
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Daniel Watkins @danielthew.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The last two episodes of #TheBear are exceptional. Episode 7 might be one of my all-time favourite eps of TV; the finale broke and mended my heart repeatedly. There’s one line that Ibra says in the finale that made me gasp out loud and immediately start crying. It’s all so, so good.
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Nose Tap The Bear
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Daniel Watkins @danielthew.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Sad news to wake up to about Sam Neill. Jurassic Park was the big one for me, but he was fantastic in Hunt For The Wilderpeople, and a film called Dean Spanley which I loved. Posting about it on Twitter resulted in Sam following me on there. That was a claim to fame for a while! He’ll be a big miss
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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Sounds like Cory Doctorow’s new book on the deranged economics of the AI bubble is another must-read… www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
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The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI by Cory Doctorow review – the real price of artificial intelligence
A vivid and entertaining polemnic on the economics of the tech revolution, filled with righteous ire
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Empire Magazine @empiremagazine.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Director Brian Duffield dives deep into the pulse-pounding first trailer for his new underwater thriller, Whalefall. In this exclusive breakdown, he reveals how he brought the film's wild premise to life with star Austin Abrams. Read the breakdown: www.empireonline.com/movies/featu...
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Abigail Nussbaum @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Oh man, this one really hurts. Thank you for Giles, and then for decades of playing oily bastards who were nothing like Giles and clearly having a ball with that. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Anthony Head: Buffy and Ted Lasso actor dies at 72
The 72-year-old British actor also had roles in shows including Merlin and Little Britain.
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 20/05/2026
Brooklyn. May 14, 2026. 📸: Pam Springsteen
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Daniel Watkins @danielthew.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I felt Weekend Update deserved its own #SNLUK top 5: 1 Attenborough SmackDown (ep 7) 2 Scrimpch (ep 7) 3 Paddy loves BTS (various) 4 The Woman Who Can’t Be Ignored (various) 5 Skin on Skin (ep…3?)
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Daniel Watkins @danielthew.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Ugh. So you know how people moved over to here when Twitter became a wasteland? What’s the search engine equivalent of Bluesky please?
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Daniel Watkins @danielthew.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
My top 10 #SNLUK s1 sketches: 1 Bastard Seagull (ep 3) 2 45 Seconds with Fouracres I (ep 1) 3 Great Big Crab Man (ep 3) 4 Marioed with Children (ep 6) 5 QVC (ep 5) 6 45 Seconds II (ep 5) 7 Clocks go forward (ep 2) 8 British Pork (ep 6) 9 Posh Gits (ep 6) 10 Grumthorpe Incident (ep 8) Love this show.
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Daniel Watkins @danielthew.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Not my favourite #SNLUK ep (that’s still the Riz Ahmed one) but still two great sketches (Theroux and The Mining Incident). I’ve really enjoyed SNL UK. It’s been consistently funny, every episode has had at least one genuinely great moment, and the cast are true stars. Can’t wait for series 2.
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DougExeter @dougexeter.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
hey john. its your cousin marvin. marvin cage! you know that new sound youve been looking for? well listen to this *hangs up phone*
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Daniel Watkins @danielthew.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Great episode of #SNLUK this week. Attenborough chokeslamming a leopard through a table… Phantom of the Foot Locker… surprise Serafinowicz! Really good musical guest too. Sad there’s only one more of the series!
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AJRedЯum @ajred.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
CHOKESLAM THROUGH THE TABLE FROM ATTENBOROUGH! GOOD GAWD ALMIGHTY! #SNLUK
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Lady Talia @djtalia.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Chrome is reaching into users' machines and writing a 4 GB on-device AI model file to disk without asking. It is the weights for Gemini Nano, Google's on-device LLM. Chrome did not ask. Chrome does not surface it. If the user deletes it, Chrome re-downloads it. www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-...
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Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane. — That Privacy Guy!
Google Chrome is downloading a 4 GB Gemini Nano model onto users' machines without consent, with no opt-in, no opt-out short of enterprise tooling, and an automatic re-download every time the user del...
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Star Wars Explained @starwarsexplained.com · 04/05/2026
This is the entire history of the Star Wars canon as of May 4, 2026. The Star Wars films, TV shows, books, comics, video games, and more all summarized into the most important moments in galactic history! youtu.be/RPQPK5VTBAM?...
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Star Wars: The Complete Canon Timeline (2026)
YouTube video by Star Wars Explained
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Daniel Watkins @danielthew.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Not my favourite #SNLUK overall this week, but Aimee Lou was great and it had some of my favourite sketches so far - Marioed with Children (©️ @frizfrizzle.bsky.social), Posh Gits, and Fouracres corpsing over British Pork (wonder if they’ve been watching @franticplanet.bsky.social’s ‘80s Ads’ video).
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Daniel Watkins @danielthew.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
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a group of people are sitting at a table with plates of food and a man is saying please nick eat some basghetti
ALT: a group of people are sitting at a table with plates of food and a man is saying please nick eat some basghetti
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Daniel Watkins @danielthew.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
#SNLUK very much back to its best this week, Nicola Coughlan great, some excellent Emma Sidi characters, fun Weekend Update and the triumphant return of 45 Seconds With Fouracres #sufficientFouracres
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Daniel Watkins @danielthew.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
My weekly #SNLUK post … I was a bit concerned Whitehall wouldn’t be a good fit … I wasn’t wrong. Nothing with him in it worked especially well (and his monologue … oof. Call off the wedding). There were a few good (pre-recorded) sketches and Weekend Update was fun, though. Hopefully a one off blip
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 10/04/2026
Bruce the band perform "Purple Rain" in honor of "The Maestro" Prince for the opening night of the Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour in Minneapolis, Minnesota on March 31, 2026. Filmed by Chris Hilson Edited by Thom Zimny & Sam Shapiro Recorded by John Cooper Mixed by Jon Altschiller
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Purple Rain (Live From Minneapolis)
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Daniel Watkins @danielthew.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Two great sketches (Traitors, Operation) and one *absolutely superb* sketch (Gothic Horror) this week. I’m very happy we have this show #SNLUK
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Daniel Watkins @danielthew.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Would have liked more Fouracres, but some great sketches this week - the Clocks and the Factory both highlights. Still really enjoying #SNLUK
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Daniel Watkins @danielthew.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
I had a really great time with #SNLUK. Every sketch had at least one really good laugh. ‘45 Seconds with Fouracres’ needs to be a regular thing. I’m already looking forward to next week. Really hope it’s well received and goes from strength to strength!
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Daniel Watkins @danielthew.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
@helenlohara.bsky.social If (as I’ve just heard on the podcast) you and James are hosting next week’s Empire Podcast, please can we have the next edition of James & Helen’s Sci-Fi / Fantasy Book Club? Love your book chats and need some new recommendations!
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Empire Magazine @empiremagazine.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
With our #TheMandalorianAndGrogu issue on sale now, join Empire as we talk you through every Star Wars movie, spin-off, animated series and more — from The Dawn Of The Jedi to The New Jedi Order — in timeline order. Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies...
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SimpsonsQOTD @simpsonsqotd.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
"Oh, lousy Smarch weather."
Season 7 / Episode 6
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Scott Ferguson @videotroph.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Wow! H/t Kristin Thompson
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Lost 19th century film by Méliès discovered at the Library | Timeless
Library conservators recently made a startling discovery in a batch of decaying film reels -- a long-lost 1897 film by early cinema icon George Méliès. The French magician-turned-filmmaker's
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Daniel Watkins @danielthew.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
@gregjenner.bsky.social We started (re)watching Versailles tonight (thank you, DVD boxset) but it’s not the same without an Inside Versailles afterwards. Do you know if those episodes are available to still see anywhere?
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Ben Willbond @benwillbond.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
But seriously. We are back! Next week we start shooting #bbcghosts the movie! Huge excitement in the camp, lots of splendid people joining us.
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Ian Mayor @ianmayor.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Please. Can I just turn the AI shit off? A little switch like putting my phone into aeroplane mode? I’ve never wanted it and I’d rather not waste the electricity (and, y’know, tacitly endorse industrial scale plagiarism).
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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
This 26 minute chat is wonderful, but I implore you to scroll to 22 minutes to see something truly *astonishing* Shakespeare’s poetry is ageless, and perhaps it is the power of the arts which might save us all from our current nightmare youtu.be/2l2RqzVG4ag?...
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"There's Nothing I Enjoy More Than Acting In The Theater" - Ian McKellen EXTENDED INTERVIEW
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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Omg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue
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yaoi gagarin @mel.bzky.team · 30/01/2026
january 30th: a partially formed mr. blobby stands by the perimeter fence and screams for thirty seconds before disappearing
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 23/01/2026
Stream "Nebraska Live" and "Deliver Me From Nowhere" on Hulu and Disney+ today. (5/5)
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Ian Mayor @ianmayor.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
To all search engine makers. Give me a simple toggle to turn off AI. Please.
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