Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.socialThe Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 30/09/2026I really do think tech crossed a line at some point between "helping you do the things you want to do" on the one hand, and "helping you do the things tech wants you to do" on the other. At this point, we're all contorting ourselves to live how the tech industry thinks we should be living. 411327347
Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.socialSarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026 64185064557
Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.socialCharles Pulliam-Moore @charlespulliam.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The Emma Frost x Miss Piggy comic has hit the internet and it's so, so, so much more magnificent than I ever could have hoped for 358861791
Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.socialSteven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise. 161191503869
Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.socialFelicia Davin @feliciadavin.com · 12/09/2026excuse me @alixeharrow.bsky.social made me read this short story and now I am having FEELINGS (she also wrote about it! buttondown.com/alixeharrow/...)kijjohnson.com26 Monkeys, Also The Abyss - Kij JohnsonWinner of the 2009 World Fantasy AwardWinner of the 2008 Asimov’s magazine Readers Award for best short storyFinalist, 2008 Nebula AwardFinalist, 2008 Hugo AwardScience Fiction World has accepted Guo ... 1255
Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.socialKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 12/09/2026“these solutions are announced in a rush, leaving no time for a proper writeup, the isolation of new methods & ideas, & citing relevant previous work of others. … We are witnessing a general threat to intellectual work, with misalignment between the outcome of the use of AI and its initial purpose.” 9758177
Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.socialGlenn Fleishman @glennf.com · 11/09/2026The technology should not be released with a guaranteed non-consensual recording system however Apple says they are processing the audio. 031
Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.socialMax Gladstone @maxgladstone.bsky.social · 10/09/2026- ideally there's a sense of momentum and expansiveness *in the writing itself*, a speed and flare with which images & concepts are developed — I like a sense that the book is *going* places, perhaps vs. a sense that it's going to stay *here* deeply 2211
Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.socialJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 10/09/2026🚨 BEWARE of VoteSafe.org 🚨 While it bills itself as a “safe” way to register to vote, it is actually a digital surveillance machine created by Elon Musk’s super PAC. 7345123687
Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Yeah I think the sheriff 100% straight shooter, full legit www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/u... 521312248
Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.socialMichael Baumann @baumann.bsky.social · 26/08/2026RIP Tim Curry, who had the range to star in the two greatest movies about a mutiny in the middle of a transatlantic sea voyage, and also the crew occasionally breaks into song 152044551
Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.socialCharlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 26/08/2026RIP Tim Curry: www.tmz.com/2026/08/26/t...tmz.comActor Tim Curry Dead at 80Tim Curry -- the legendary film and TV actor best known for playing Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the cult classic "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" -- has died ... TMZ has learned. 313514
Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.socialJustin Williams @jww.wtf · 26/08/2026Dolly covered Stairway to Heaven and it rocks. 02312
Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.socialChris Farnell @thebrainofchris.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I think this is how Gods are born 527367
Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.socialW1tch D0kt0r @w1tchd0kt0r.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I checked this out, it's legitimate. 128452
Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.socialKingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 25/08/2026Ah, god, not Dolly Parton. We’re going to need another pillar to hold up the universe. 15130175
Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.socialJeff Weiss @passionweiss.bsky.social · 25/08/2026We'll never see another Dolly Parton: unanimously beloved by teens & geriatrics, country obsessives & twang atheists, rural evangelists & bohemian cynics. Blessed w/ the emotional depth, charm & songwriting gift to induce tears, laughs & joy. The last American we could agree on. 013126
Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.socialErnie Smith @ernie.tedium.co · 25/08/2026RIP Dolly Parton. Lotta folks gonna be crushed 0172
Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.socialWilliam Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026[Exit Queen.] 2063894011011
Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.socialMax Gladstone @maxgladstone.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Apple’s play in the last 3 years to just keep making decent tech and not lose their minds has been a solid strategy for them, for all the flak they’ve taken for being “behind” on LLMs. 3231
Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.socialSwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com · 17/08/2026It's really weird to deny this all occurred and degraded the information space in a lil-baby munchkin act. Like, we were there and saw it happen, lol? Jump back to the ~2012 Wikipedia article of a contentious topic and you often find a much better and complete one. 3448
Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.socialWhite Rose Resistance @whiteroseresistance.org · 14/08/2026"If you aren't building your own bank robbing robot, you're going to be left behind in the new economy." 960831487
Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.socialColin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 10/08/2026I wrote about a reason not to use generative AI in your writing that I haven't seen anyone talking about. Once I realized this, banning GenAI in our lab's writing became a no-brainer. Feel free to share, I think this is probably useful especially for trainees: www.carlsonlab.bio/thoughts/the...carlsonlab.bioThe only reason you’ll ever need not to write with AI — The Carlson LabOver the last year, our lab has been developing a policy on AI use. To do this, we did three main things: We read a lot of academic publications and tech news. We set up an #ai channel on our la... 351562633
Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.socialRoss Sayers @rosssayers.bsky.social · 27/07/2026[James Stewart as Odysseus] now listen here, Agamemnon, I'm going home, y'see. You keep your fancy armour, I'm getting off this crummy ol' beach. [Spotting the Cyclops] now here's a curious fella, he's only got one peeper 7164731572
Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.socialBryant Francis @bryantfrancis.me · 06/08/2026Holy shit this blog is amazing.productionalchemist.comI Have Never Seen a Game Fail Because the Artists Were Too SlowAI is optimising the cheapest part of production 327585
Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.socialSeanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social · 03/08/2026"I don't understand why you, a fantasy writer, don't appreciate the value of making bargains with the fae." 303014776
Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.socialAnn Leckie @annleckie.com · 31/07/2026Any editor worth working with, this is a NEGOTIATION. "I really think it's important that the bears are purple, here's why." Or even "I don't want brown bears that's too normal." Whatever. "No actually I like my first sentence the way I have it. I can see your argument and thought about it but no." 1503
Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.sociallaperry2.bsky.social @laperry2.bsky.social · 21/07/2026www.worseonpurpose.com/p/your-cookw...worseonpurpose.comYour Cookware Got Worse On PurposeOne buyout firm quietly collected Pyrex, Corelle, Instant Pot, and Oneida. Farberware is a name on a 200-year lease. And the pans still worth buying. 511294459
Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.socialArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Mephisto, by Joaquín Espalter y Rull, 1872, 📸 by Dan Mullan 2682502421
Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.socialGingerspiced @gingerspiced.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians* 316254946964
Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.socialJayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 17/07/2026Ok. As promised, a thread about supply chain food safety vulnerabilities in the food industry. Buckle up. It's a long one. 131043429
Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.socialIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 13/07/2026This is a really useful post about what you need to know about Cyclospora. I learned things. You will tooyourlocalepidemiologist.substack.comExplosive foodborne outbreakIt's a real shit show out there: What we know, don't know, and what it means for you. 141078460
Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.socialLupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 11/07/2026Gurren Lagann is correct about its central conceit that the entirety of the power of the human spirit is ignited at the intersection of hope, belief, faith & trust. And that despair not only limits imagination but is also a spiritual death that leaves us helpless when facing humanity’s adversaries. 382933876
Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.socialDr. NerdLove @doctornerdlove.com · 08/07/2026This is honestly only surprising in the sense that he's not a booster for AI as the Holy Grail App That Does Everything. At some point there's going to be a fascinating psychological monograph about how so many PUA coaches turn into Business Seminar Bros. www.wired.com/story/pickup...wired.comPickup Artist Mystery Has an AI GirlfriendA new book claims that Mystery, who teaches awkward men how to hit on women, had sex and smoked weed with an AI chatbot named Miss Shira Always. 2202
Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.socialKingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 06/07/2026If I tried to do that now, I’d die. 1291
Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.socialAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 28/06/2026I know the list is endless but I genuinely think trashing the legitimate congressionally chartered org for celebrating the 250th to instead hijack our national assets and taxpayer funds for his personality cult grifter crap should, in and of itself, be fully sufficient to merit removal from office. 16091632654
Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.sociallynn @chordbug.bsky.social · 24/06/2026fixed your headline 392041558
Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.socialHelen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 19/06/2026A+ Reddit post 2561124
Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.socialGeoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 18/06/2026EXLCUSIVE: An analysis by two MIT researchers shows how Russia's nuclear-powered cruise missile actually works. And guys, it's not pretty. 🚀☢️🤢🧵 www.npr.org/2026/06/18/n...npr.orgReport: Russia's nuclear-powered 'Skyfall' missile is dirty and dangerousMIT researchers think they've worked out exactly how Russia's Burevestnik nuclear-powered missile flies. "It's almost certainly a terrible idea," one analyst said. "But it's not an impossible idea." 12402198
Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.socialJacob Haller @jwgh.bsky.social · 19/06/2026I wrote a blog post about ‘welcome datacomp’ in 2004! jwgh.dreamwidth.org/tag/welcome+... 096
Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.socialLanika @lanika.bsky.social · 05/06/2026 @danhon.com cited @xkcd.com on this amazing post on Mastodon but Bluesky's search can't find it here so I'm posting the print I received from... Threads. Via @rafarigues.bsky.social 082
Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.socialKetrinaDrawsALot @ketrinadrawsalot.bsky.social · 16/06/2026"Whose Larva Is This?" A quick guide to figure out what you're looking at when you find something that resembles a worm or a Zerg unit crawling around. #insect #bug #education #SciArt 17666255
Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.socialSCBWI @scbwi.bsky.social · 12/06/2026The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), and the children’s book world, is saddened by the news that author, mentor and friend, Jane Yolen, has died. She was 87 and her loss cannot be measured. Please find the full obituary here: www.scbwi.org/remembering-... 15555149
Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.socialSenthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 07/06/2026“As the annual Pride parade weaved its way through Durham… the rainbow flags were almost matched in number by trade union banners, as miners, postal workers, and train drivers swelled the parade’s ranks in solidarity, making it the biggest in Durham Pride’s history.” Solidarity is our strength. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️theguardian.com‘Bigger and better than ever’: how Durham Pride beat Reform’s funding axe with help from the minersSolidarity between LGBTQ+ people and unions has saved an event denied ‘a single penny’ of council money 4949701165
Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.socialCorey Atad @coreyatad.com · 05/06/2026god damn, i was just reminiscing with friends about Once More with Feeling a couple hours ago. sad news. a great actor and wonderful TV presence.bbc.co.ukAnthony Head: Buffy and Ted Lasso actor dies at 72The 72-year-old British actor also had roles in shows including Merlin and Little Britain. 89820
Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.socialLe Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 04/06/2026Marjane Satrapi, author of 'Persepolis,' dies at 56lemonde.frMarjane Satrapi, author of 'Persepolis,' dies at 56The French-Iranian 'died of sadness a little over a year after the death of Mattias Ripa, her husband and the love of her life,' people close to her said. 4524511128
Reposted by @dimquestor.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/05/2026NEW — My first true foray into AI haterdom is about how those of us not convinced by AI’s inevitability are a real constituency worthy of a voice. Give it a read:thehandbasket.coHating AI is good, actuallyLinkedIn may be awash with boosters, but shunning AI is the human choice. 12769311719