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Mathieu M.J.E. Rebeaud @chercheurjuteux.com · 08/10/2026
Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90 La géniale Hamilton est décédée à 90 ans... news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
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Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90
Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90.
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Joohn Choe @joohnchoe.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Face-eating leopards gonna need some Ozempic at this rate
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Ashley @ashleysays.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Chefs kiss
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Alyssa Visscher (she/they) @alyssavisscher.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I, an autistic baddie with a migraine disorder, just found out that MIGRAINES are now being understood as a SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDER?! Give its association with social/emotional/sensory disorders, research has begun suggesting things like additional migraine screenings for folks with autism etc
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Fiona @fionasmall.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Real French in Quebec
Delusional cosplayers in France
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 12/08/2026
ok this is awesome science
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Great point about Haley Steven’s desperate and dangerous closing message:
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Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
99% of the time, when someone accuses you of selective outrage, it’s a way of politically demobilizing you and shutting you up “Why are you angry about data centers instead of fast fashion” isn’t about making you care about fast fashion. It’s about shutting you up about data centers And visa versa
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Skot Armstrong @skot.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Los Angeles Public Library unveils the world’s largest pop-up book www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/07/dani...
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/07/2026
Amnesty International put out a major report documenting the influence of UK based anti trans gender critical organizations and their funding. Within hours, GC groups threatened defamation lawsuits and Amnesty was forced to pull it down. Proving the point they're anti rights. Anyways, here it is.
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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Me: French is a beautiful language French:
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
in sicilian you can apparently call someone stupid by just quacking at them
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 04/07/2026
We're constantly told that women can never compete with men and yet Kelsey Pfendler is about to set the record for the fastest solo row from California to Hawaii, beating the men's record by a full week. What an incredible feat of athleticism, endurance, and grit.
A promotional graphic featuring a photograph of a woman, Kelsey Pfendler, rowing a specialized ocean rowboat alone on open water under an overcast sky. The white boat is designed for long distances, featuring enclosed cabins at the bow and stern, solar panels on the rear cabin, and various mounted navigational antennas. The hull is decorated with vibrant pink, purple, and blue swirling wave graphics.
​Several sponsor logos are visible along the side of the boat, including Pasha Hawaii, Hatch River Expeditions, Concept2, Güntner, and the cursive Lily logo near the stern.
​Text overlaid on the image reads:
​Top left: YouRowKelsey
​Bottom left (in a dark blue banner):
​CALIFORNIA TO HAWAII
​KELSEY PFENDLER TO SHATTER SPEED RECORD FOR SOLO ROW TO HAWAII
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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 01/07/2026
TIL the world's new favorite himbo once bought a 13th century copy of one of the Norse Sagas for $150,000, then donated it to the library because "I'm not much of a reader."
Norway striker Erling haaland in a plastic viking helmet
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DJ "Jo" NoneYa 🟧 @djnoneya.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
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Certified Alien @certified-alien.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
For the wealthy who folded: What’s the point of having “fuck you!”, money if you never tell the insane bully, “Fuck you!”?
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Lori🩷🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🖖 @queengidget.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
We live in a time dominated by deeply unserious people making deeply unserious arguments in support of tragically serious results that serious people would have both avoided and known to avoid.
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 16/04/2026
FACT: Social Security has a fraud rate of 0.00625%, which is FAR lower than private-sector retirement programs.
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Zoe Washburne Rebel Scum @zoewashburne.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
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RedruM @dorsalstream.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."
I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake

By A Horse

Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where they want to go. The main food the humans give me is hay and oats. But I am thinking it would be nice to have a different food.

I am thinking I would like to try cake.

Yes, yes. Cake. I know all about it. When humans eat cake, it is in glad times. It is the food for a celebration, such as when a woman becomes 47. I have seen cake on the Fourth of July. When humans have a cake, they stand around it and clap hands and smile and say happy birthday at each other. Sometimes there are beautiful markings on a cake, such as balloons or a pink shape.

Sometimes the top of a cake is on fire and a boy must blow on the fire with mouth wind. This is the scariest cake. I do not want this kind. But I will eat any other cake. Any cake that is not the fire cake that tries to kill the boy.

Please understand: I do not get money for doing work. I do not get to go inside the house. All I am either doing my horse job or standing in my pen or eating food off the floor. I always do these things. But I have never once gotten cake and I would like it very much.

I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children. I am more helpful to the farm. Children do not move the heavy things like me or let anyone ride on them. And yet they get cake. Maybe the humans will realize this. Maybe they will say, "You  know who deserves cake? That horse. That horse whose back we are always on."

Every day I dream about what it will be like if I get to eat cake. Here is what will happen. First, I will walk to the cake and putt my nose at it like hrrfff to make and stomping my hooves to make sure it is not a snake. Then I will trot in a circle to show that I am a horse and I am large. After that, I will nuzzle the cake to …
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KalicoKobold @kalicokobold.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Oh my god, the alt text is a gift. 😹
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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 09/03/2026
People did argue Eliza was self-aware. And it was just about 200 lines of code. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA#R...
en.wikipedia.org
ELIZA - Wikipedia
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Ryan North @ryannorth.ca · 22/02/2026
in Canada we have a store called "Canadian Tire" and you're probably thinking "a store named after a tire definitely has a circle for a logo" but no, you're wrong. they chose a colossal red triangle
Canadian Tire store in Ottawa. giant red triangles everywhere
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 04/02/2026
This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10
a brown wire-haired pup stands on a wooden deck in a grassy yard. he looks at us with golden eyes and his right ear flipped inside out. he has a pipe-shaped stick in his mouth, giving him the appearance of a sophisticated and dapper gentleman. just give him a deerstalker cap and a cloak, and he'd give Sherlock Holmes a run for his money.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 23/01/2026
I give up
@ the ONION

DHS Warns Any Action By
Americans Will Be Treated As
Domestic TerrorismRawStory

Shock as leaked doc shows Trump's DHS
considers Americans nation's 'main threat’
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
This is a good idea.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Congratulations to all the bankers, hedge-fund managers, private-equity honchos, tech titans, corporate executives and op-ed writers for backing the man who will do more to undermine the system that made them insanely wealthy than any other presidential candidate in their lifetimes.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
This is exactly right
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
I keep seeing people say, oh, trans people must take a hit for the greater good and, first of all, no, you don't get to discard someone else's rights and second, we know from past experience that marginalized communities like theirs are merely the first to be targeted. They'll come for you next.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
The Democrats have abandoned us
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Insta Science @instascience.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
The Queen of the Night (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) blooms once a year at night.
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Mariana Z @mariana057.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
I hate it when people say age is just a number. “Age” is obviously a word.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
No hell hot enough.
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ICE raids are leaving some L.A. cats and dogs homeless
Chuco, a pit bull, was dropped at a shelter after his owner was deported last month. Many other dogs and cats in L.A. are facing similar circumstances as their caretakers vanish or flee.
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rickjmartin.bsky.social @rickjmartin.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
It is a man-made crises. Everything can be resolved. Do it now!
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Oh, look! They're celebrating the Fourth of July in France as well.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Remember: Most Americans just have no idea that 99% of this is going on. It’s simply off their screens.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
every institution in american life has utterly failed us the courts the congress the universities law enforcement the military the free press every single one
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Suburban Death March @suburbandeathmarch.bandcamp.com · 28/06/2025
#FreeLuigi
Luigi Mangione sitting outside at a tables with papers on it and a sign that reads “Every time a poor person dies from lack of healthcare, your government is breaking the social contract.
CHANGE MY MIND”
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Iconic anti-war poster, originally by US printmaker Lorraine Schneider, 1966 #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
Yellow poster featuring a stylised sun flower to the left and black text tobthe right
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Castanet.net @castanet.net · 21/06/2025
Vancouver-based artist creates Google Doodle for National Indigenous Peoples Day #Vancouver #MetroVancouver #YVR
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Vancouver-based artist creates Google Doodle for National Indigenous Peoples Day - Metro Vancouver News
A Vancouver-based artist will have his art seen by a massive audience to mark National Indigenous Peoples Day.
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Unmask I.C.E.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
#GOPPriorities (H/T @LeftoverNews)
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 18/05/2025
Fine. More semicolons for the rest of us.
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Jennifer Taylor @jtaylor27.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
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Blue Society @bluesociety.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Trying to talk to MAGA
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james 🐎🔫 @buffalocia.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
The first Democratic governor who sends their state troopers into an ICE field office to free someone ICE has kidnapped is going to be president in four years.
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