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♿ australian living on unceded wadarni noongar land (southwest WA)・she/her・very sweary! #SevereME #POTS #auDHD #OCD #cPTSD #CSAsurvivor #AccessibilityMatters #Disability #genXgoth #TechGeek #Linguistics #Straya #AusPol #AusMusic #IndieMusic #AltMusic

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 14h
I am LIVID. Shame on @nbcsnl.bsky.social
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Rachel Pinnelas 💭 @racheaissance.com · 16h
“Women wearing short shorts to the gym does not make them whores. It makes the men calling them ‘whores’ misogynists.”
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Dan Levy Calls Out Shane Gillis’ ‘SNL’ Monologue and Says ‘More Men Need to Be Standing Up’: ‘Speechless That Something Like That Can Exist on Live National Television’
"Schitt's Creek" star Dan Levy is calling out Shane Gillis' "Saturday Night Live" monologue, saying that "more men need to be standing up."
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 13h
I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.
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Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 15h
Elon Musk was violating his visa when he started his first business here and very likely obtained his U.S. citizenship through fraud. Where is that investigation?
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 17h
Zelensky: "When our strikes reached Yandex’s data centers, it suddenly became a little easier to breathe on many social media platforms. A lot of people noticed it. There was less hate, less division, and fewer provocations... It’s pretty clear where those bots were coming from."
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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 11/10/2026
There’s also this piece from last year which points to similar cognitive effects. Asbestos of the mind is an excellent way to put it.
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Microsoft Study Finds AI Makes Human Cognition “Atrophied and Unprepared”
Researchers find that the more people use AI at their job, the less critical thinking they use.
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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
We are soon going to have to come to grips with the fact that this shit is asbestos for the mind
news.berkeley.edu
Using AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things - Berkeley News
A UC Berkeley researcher co-authored a study that raises profound questions about how we interact with artificial intelligence in education — and daily life.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Uh oh, did someone’s website and personal account experience a big drop in activity after Ukraine hit a Russian data center?
Elon Musk: “Zelensky has gone too far”

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2109033017184338141
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
It’s quite extraordinary Angus Taylor was critical of Mike Pezzullo being stripped of his Order of Australia. Perhaps Angus hasn’t read Lynelle Briggs’ report into his conduct that I obtained under #FOI … or he lacks judgement. #insiders #auspol
michaelwest.com.au
The mandarin who got caught. Mike Pezzullo inquiry details revealed - Michael West
The secret inquiry into Mike Pezzullo's conduct reveals just how serious his misconduct was, and his sacking was inevitable.
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diamond @diamondqc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
oh, and icymi, Oscar's sas started long ago... like when he was five years old 😆
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Nicole Piastri tells the funny story of Oscar's first day in school. He didn't want to have her with him. #piastri #nicole #f1
TikTok video by F1 Vids
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diamond @diamondqc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
imo he's been purposefully restraining himself for ages now, strategically adhering to the team's (papaya) rules and I can understand why: he's a very intelligent guy who almost always maintains his even demeanor, playing the long game but today he was like "dngaf anymore" and yep it was refreshing!
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diamond @diamondqc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
this is what Piastri did say! #TeamOP81
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diamond @diamondqc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
an atypical (but imho, entirely apposite) response from #OP81 - his #PiastriRadio comments are usually much more diplomatic i.e. #TeamPapaya oriented than this - however it's actually kinda refreshing to hear my fellow aussie unleash this quintessentially #Strayan level of sarcasm 😆 #F1 #SingaporeGP
Piastri on team radio "Yep. Move of a world champion, that one"
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This shows just how extreme the US is. Livestreaming an execution by firing squad is the behaviour of a bloodthirsty dictator. Yet the Albanese Government is tying us closer and closer to the Trump regime.
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Pentagon says firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter will be live streamed
By Annabel Bowles with wires
Topic:Homicide
Posted about 11h agoabout 11 hours ago, updated about 5h agoabout 5 hours ago
Nidal Hasan wears an orange T-shirt.
Nidal Hasan was an army psychiatrist who held the rank of major when he carried out the military base shooting in 2009. (AFP: Bell County Sherriff's Department)


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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 04/10/2026
Oh wow. This is proper fucked. That list of folks eligible for a free vaccine is *narrow*. So anyway, we gave BHP $600m in diesel rebates this past year. You know they really needed them because in the same year the company booked a $14b profit.
australianpharmacist.com.au
Fewer Australians will qualify for free COVID-19 vaccines from October - Australian Pharmacist
COVID-19 vaccines move onto the NIP this week. Who is now eligible for a funded vaccine and what should pharmacists tell patients who aren’t?
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Lady Luddite (KJ Colt) @moistenedtart.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The framing is called lies. Democrats telling the same lies about trans rights as Republicans.
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Rhea Liang @liangrhea.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Can we please stop with stigmatising 'panic attack' language and call it transient autonomic overdrive- which is what it is? The physiological response of autonomic overdrive can easily cause secondary MI or stroke, and a judgy 'it's in your head' connotation deters seeking help when needed. #MedEd
eonline.com
Alison Hammond Shares She Suffered a "Massive" Panic Attack During On-Air Medical Emergency
Alison Hammond detailed the on-air health scare that caused her to abruptly walk off camera, sharing that she suffered a panic attack: “It felt very real to me.”
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diamond @diamondqc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
love you too babe ❤️
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Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
@JFriedhoff

me at 13: wow i can't wait til we have immersive computers everywhere like star trek
me at 30: wow i can't wait until we destroy all computers like in dune
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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Vaccines don’t cause autism. But vaccines can help prevent it. This study found an increase in autism rates among babies born with rubella, who were infected by their moms during pregnancy. Vaccinating against rubella with the MMR vaccine (measles, mumps, rubella) prevents infection.
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diamond @diamondqc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
genetic/epigenetic factors that make us autistic despite the challenges especially from very late diagnosis I too wouldn't want to *not* be my autistic self but if a vaccine can help avoid intellectual disability and or minimise symptom severity? great imho you'd still be your unique autistic self 🫶🏻
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diamond @diamondqc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I only realised I'm #ActuallyAutistic 4 years ago at 51yo i.e. born before rubella vaccines, and was very premature/very low birthweight (also autism risk factors) regardless, not all very preterm babies, nor all those born with rubella, are later diagnosed with autism; rather it's overwhelmingly /1
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The Angry Woman 🇨🇦 @theangrywoman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If you haven't watched this yet, wait until you can listen to cursing safely, and then watch it. This man is amazing!
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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Measles outbreaks could leave thousands vulnerable to infectious diseases for years www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/meas...
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Measles outbreaks could leave thousands vulnerable to infectious diseases for years
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diamond @diamondqc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
he really is 🤭🤭
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Just a reminder that people don’t always realize they were raped in the immediate aftermath. It can take hours, days, months, and even years to realize you were raped, and it doesn’t make it any less true. There are many kinds of responses, including fawning and trying to appease your rapist
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I'm very poorly today, very stupid & hate everybody & everything @voxexsinister.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
""It didn't really look at family violence, which is the bigger elephant in the room because across every western jurisdiction, the minimum is 40 per cent of police officers have engaged in family violence," Ms Asquith said."
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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 01/10/2026
I keep seeing this Semafor graph that seems to show the Trump administration’s effect on international visits is comparable to the pandemic. My first thought was “that can’t be true” and indeed it is not. This is monthly data. We only have to Jun/Aug 2026. The lines are over-fitted to the months.
Semafor graph with catastrophic drops.
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Dr Hannah M. Rowland @hannahmrowland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago
I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody &everything.

Charles Darwin
Letter to Charles Lyell
1st October 1861
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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
House prices falling by a percentage not seen in 40 years does not mean house prices have fallen to affordable levels - it is just that we have seen them increase so much year on year, that falls seem significant BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE HOUSING AFFORDABLE IT JUST MEANS THE HOUSING MARKET HAS BEEN BROKEN
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court REJECTS lawsuit to compel Georgia to provide the DOJ with access to its complete statewide voter registration database. DOJ is now 0-26. Elias Law Group remains undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/georgi...
democracydocket.com
🚨 United States of America v. Raffensperger
Learn more.
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LadyBusiness @ladybusiness.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
On my way to a job interview, smartly leaving the iced coffee at home
Tom Ford spring 2027 runway look
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diamond @diamondqc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"I would feel infinitely more comfortable in your presence if you would agree to treat gravity as a law, rather than one of a number of suggested options."
Barnabas the dog to Delirium of the Endless "I would feel infinitely more comfortable in your presence if you would agree to treat gravity as a law, rather than one of a number of suggested options."
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
do men understand the extent to which women are ready to burn it all down right now
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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026
THIS IS HORRENDOUS. They are torturing her.
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David W (aka Flex NP) @rnflex.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Finally it reduces hepatic insulin resistance so far that I'm not sure it can go much lower. A 55-60% reduction in fasting insulin. Also it raised Cystatin-C based GFR by 6-10ml/min. Legit a medical miracle/fix it all/Mary Sue ass drug as @proptermalone.bsky.social would say.
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David W (aka Flex NP) @rnflex.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If you were a woman, you generally lost upwards of 30% of your body weight. Men lost less around 23% overall weight loss was incredible.
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David W (aka Flex NP) @rnflex.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If you were pre-diabetic prior to starting the trial, you most likely were not pre-diabetic at the end of the trial. If your blood pressure was high, it worked as good or better than available blood pressure medicines
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David W (aka Flex NP) @rnflex.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Full Retatrutide phase 3 obesity data published today. It's gonna take a minute to fill dissect this. The appendix alone has 70 pages of data. Long story short we created a drug that's almost too good. Huge chunks of people stopped or reduced doses from excess weight reductions.
nejm.org
Retatrutide, a Triple Hormone Receptor Agonist, for Treatment of Obesity | NEJM
Retatrutide is a triple-receptor agonist of glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide, glucagon-like peptide-1, and glucagon receptors. In this phase 3, randomized, double-blind trial, we assign...
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Under Labor we have seen wages flat line, the rise of the far right and record war profits from fossil fuels going untaxed. We think these are ‘somewhat concerning’.
Albanese says new Greens leader's remarks 'somewhat concerning'
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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Today I heard someone use the Human Centipede as a way to explain why large model AI is inevitably heading towards its own self destruction by tainting its future inputs, and honestly? It was a beautiful teaching metaphor.
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It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is very much what our current cadre of rebellious middle-schoolers in government positions wanted: to obviate the role of public health specifically and scientific expertise in general Everything that isn't gender is COVID.
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 30/09/2026
The Pentagon is notifying millions of current and former U.S. military servicemembers and staff that hackers stole their *unencrypted* personal information during a months-long data breach. The agency that had the breach also handles ID and login/credential access to U.S. military systems and bases.
techcrunch.com
Hackers stole millions of US military personnel records during months-long data breach | TechCrunch
The Department of Defense notified millions of current and former U.S. military personnel that their personal information had been stolen in a months-long breach.
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Paste Magazine @pastemagazine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Macklemore's "Free Palestine" tour sells out immediately
pastemagazine.com
Macklemore's "Free Palestine" tour sells out immediately
The rapper's three-day tour includes stops in Dublin, Paris, and London, all scheduled for the last week of October.
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diamond @diamondqc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula
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Eric Northman: Vampire or Politician?
Alt: Alexander Skarsgård as Eric Northman from TV show True Blood "who would you rather trust? a vampire or a politician?"
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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
You can talk like a goddamn adult on Bluesky, which is one of the reasons I like it here. The cutesy euphemisms, although I know why they’re in use on more restrictive platforms like TikTok, make me so irrationally angry
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diamond @diamondqc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
awh! <shucks> thanks babe, love you too ❤️
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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
3 women 👩🏻👩🏼👩🏽 have been killed in the last 24 hours in NSW by male violence as reported by The Age. I have had enough. All men should have had enough. If 3 men had died in 24 hours from one punch or acts of terrorism the nation would be in arms. Our politicians would be everywhere condemning this.
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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026
We are ALL gonna have inconsistent politics. All of us. Either from simple ignorance or just the hypocrisy of being human. But you cannot be better than in seeking to become better. And that is where integrity lies. It’s fidelity to the journey of being better everyday.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
AI data centres are projected to use 13 per cent of Australia’s electricity and 20 per cent of Sydney’s water within a decade. These things are mushrooming across the country and Labor has issued a “consultation paper”. Like New York, we need a moratorium not a survey.
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