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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Excellent thread! There *are* rewards for being A Good Guy Who Speaks Up even if they are not immediately obvious or publicly bestowed. First, integrity is its own reward. Maybe you didn’t save the world or change hearts & minds. But if you held the line on not making it worse, that’s something.

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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

imagine an orphan crushing machine. i hate the machine and i hope we can dismantle it. but if the man who helped build the orphan crushing machine falls into it? buddy i’m gonna crack a smile.

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dirstel.bsky.social @dirstel.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I am responsible and should be trusted with the power of the death note, unlike literally everyone else who has had it before. I would never use it, as a random example, when my neighbours were having *another* loud party

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Micah @rincewind.run · 25/08/2026

Discworld QOTD, from The Shepherd's Crown "FOR I CAN SEE THE BALANCE AND YOU HAVE LEFT THE WORLD MUCH BETTER THAN YOU FOUND IT, AND IF YOU ASK ME, said Death, NOBODY COULD DO ANY BETTER THAN THAT…"

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This is one of the best observed jokes about the era we live in I’ve ever seen.

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TBSkyen @tbskyen.com · 05/03/2026

tumblr post by user sapphling from August of 2023 reading: "sitting anti-kink posters down in front of a wrestling match and explaining kayfabe to them with the patience of a preschool teacher"

"You see that one? He's called the "heel." He looks mean and says a lot of scary things, but it's not real and he's actually very nice. When he says "I'm going to break you in half" you don't have to be scared because it's pretend. These two talked about this beforehand, and now they're playing pretend together. Can you think of any other situations that might be like this?

Then they have screenshotted tags left on their post by another user reading: "crying screaming and throwing up when you tell me the undertaker didn't REALLY die and come back to life all those times"

sapphling follows that with "no that part was real"

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Christina Holland @mortalwombat.info · 23/08/2026

I think the thing the racist prof defenders imply but don't like to admit is there's no benefit to hiring/debating a guy who says mushrooms are created by fae because it's obviously silly but they do think it's worth your time to debate a race science guy because they think he's partially correct

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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 20/08/2026

anyway this is maaaaaybe the most perfect shot I’ve ever taken; it’s not fancy, but I’d just watered the yard and the African daisies were just… out there, looking this good for no damn reason on a Wednesday

An African daisy of orange and yellow gradient, with a dark purple/red center and droplets of water on its petals. Taken with an iPhone and a cheap clip-on macro lens. No filter, just tidied up for contrast.

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dirstel.bsky.social @dirstel.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

It's been a while since I've read her work, but Laurell K Hamilton and loving a soft cock. And I kinda wanna ask Anne Bishop what happened and if she's OK

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Bodyworn cameras protect cops from false accusations more often than they protect residents from police misbehavior. Cops know this, so when you hear, "they were wearing cameras, but they weren't on," it's because they were knowingly committing a crime.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 08/08/2026

I HAD assembled an incredible heist team to get my publishing contract, but then they decided to go after that one Wu-Tang Clan album instead. After that I had to actually write a good book. (Seriously though, thread.)

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I wrote a whole essay in some poor person’s replies again. This 🧵’s for teachers who deal with group projects and creative fields in the age of the capitalist plagiarism hagfish slime machines.

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 26/07/2026

measuring data centres by "chadstones" is the most terrifying unit of measurement possible in australia

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 28/05/2026

So I’ve started Pride and Prejudice, and already I feel bad for Mrs Bennet.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

god i feel SO ALIVE okay so here's why this has absolutely sent me to the moon the bishops were already "latae sententiae" excommunicated, which means they knowingly did a thing for which that's the automatic result. the Dicastery COULD have quietly left it at that

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Anna 🌿👁️ @annacwebs.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Shareholders.

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

If you want to use LLM's -- and I do think we need to be more precise about our AI terms -- then use them! And tell people! And take the heat, because you believe it's a defensible position. I respect that. I think you're making a morally wrong choice, but that's an actual conversation.

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Annie Bellet @anniebellet.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

The thing I think many peeps resistant to the idea of open borders fail to remember? The world already basically has open borders. If you have money. Seriously. Those with wealth can generally live wherever they want. Maybe everyone should have that opportunity.

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Elias Greig @eliasgreig.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Thoughts with all ABC staff who took the difficult, necessary decision to go on strike, only to see senior ABC personalities such as Sabra Lane and Leigh Sales not just cross the picket, but enthusiastically strike-break. Speaking from experience, it's miserable to see senior colleagues do this.

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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Oh hey, I am once again going to talk about lack of distress tolerance, specifically for shame, and how it ties together AI, the “male loneliness epidemic,” Trumpism, and yes, people’s indignation that anyone might think they’re a bad person for continuing to buy Harry Potter merch.

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Alanna Smith @alannawrites.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Yup. Sorry fam. Love Firefly but I'm not going anywhere near a production involving Adam Baldwin. The last thing he needs is a shiny new platform from which to harass marginalized people.

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dirstel.bsky.social @dirstel.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

@cormacmccafe.bsky.social hi! I live on the east coast of Australia and I've been playing pokemon since 1998

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Gef the Mollygoose @gefthemongoose.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

I'll always be obsessed with this edit made by @tommchenry.bsky.social

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Ep 301 of Leverage Redemption S3 had a villa in France full of evil billionaires colluding to pillage trillions in public goods who were keeping a small town activist in the basement until they could execute her led by a guy who admired Putin, and we did not, in fact, go hard enough. Apologies.

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April Glick Pulito @aprilglick.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Venus Williams just won her first match in two years and at the end when they were interviewing her about what a miracle it was, she said she had to come back and play a match; they told her she was on cobra and she’s always at the doctor so **she needs the health insurance**

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Erin Kyan @erinkyan.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

and by "searches", this includes browsing the specific tags FOR "erotic" and "adult", which previously is how I found almost all the porn games I've played. what the fuck.

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

“John, I want to pitch an episode. It’s about a pop star who’s also a predatory landlord and also went into space.” “Come on, we do the research so we have grounded sto — oh fuck you weren’t kidding.”

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Anthony B, @swearyanthony.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

ACAB does not include the AEC. If you see shit like this, snitch it to them. They have a fairly intense dislike of people fucking with the requirements for an authorised line. formupload.aec.gov.au/Form?FormId=...

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Australian Electoral Commission

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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 11/04/2025

What if a eulogy, but 80% funny (I hope)? If you want to skip the potentially sad parts, just click through and scroll to the bottom - and rather than condolences, please consider a donation to the tiny no-kill shelter in Tennessee where we met Greyson as a pup. www.cheriepriest.com/blog/the-wei...

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The Weird Hilarity of Grief: A Celebration — The Haunt*

A few weeks ago I was lying on the floor of my office, petting my old man dog and telling him how handsome he was before I called it a night. He was lounging half asleep on his bed, end-to-end with an...

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😈Miss Hell Batkeeper😈 @mishellbaker.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce. Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.

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Sally McLean @sassamalinka.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Dear fellow Australian voters May I suggest that before our election, you all look up how politicians voted before making any decisions Believe their actions, not their words theyvoteforyou.org.au

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How does your MP vote on the issues that matter to you?

Forget what politicians say. What truly matters is what they do. And what they do is vote, to write our laws which affect us all.

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Jesus Christ the first four months of 2025 have just been brutal, haven’t they.

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Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com · 17/01/2025

This is the number one question astronauts get asked.

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Gareth Hanrahan @mytholder.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Let’s take a quick look at LOTR from Sauron’s perspective, where it resembles nothing so much as a counter-espionage spy thriller.

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Cardiorespiratory fitness overrides BMI for association with reduced all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, results from a systematic review of 20 studies bjsm.bmj.com/content/earl... www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...

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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 08/01/2025

For all the new people, here’s the text of my speech at the Jack Williamson lectureship about how we think about ai and other stuff: marthawells.dreamwidth.org/649804.html

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Captcha Check

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Bat 🦇 Borus @matthewborus.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

If you’re having vigorous discourse around burritos and food prep, please note that this is the guy whose screenshotted tweet is at the heart of it. These are stressful times, but don’t treat a provocation from a literal fascist as if it’s a misguided but good-faith argument. He’s baiting you.

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Lydy @lydy.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

I just want to point out that fascisim is, among other things, weaponized nostalgia. Which means that if you have any hobby that has a nostalgic aspect, be aware that you probably have some fascists hanging about. Knitting, sewing, fountain pens, history buffs, gaming? Yep, all them.

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dirstel.bsky.social @dirstel.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

@erinkyan.bsky.social what if... Two cats (we are looking after Piglet for a while after he got back from Vanuatu with his person. Integrating the two cats has Taken Some Time but it's gone pretty well overall, I think)

Taken from the top, two cats cuddling together on a couch. Both cats are black - the one on the right also has some white bits that are mostly hidden. The cuddling isn't super comfy, it's almost accidental - but it still happened!

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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Only 13 states have outlawed child marriage while 26 states have banned healthcare for trans kids and we're supposed to be civil and dignified about all of it www.newsweek.com/child-marria...

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Map shows where child marriage is still allowed after state's ban starts

New Hampshire is the latest state to ban child marriage, but it is still legal in other parts of the country.

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Matt Salomone @matthematics.com · 01/01/2025

Once any space becomes less than 40% male, (straight) men tend to cede it entirely while shouting about how it “went woke”. Fascinating read:

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Why aren't we talking about the real reason male college enrollment is dropping?

We would rather talk about literally everything else.

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it took an hour, maevey a day @maeveynot.online · 26/12/2024

please keep doing these things

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

A fine is a price.

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Alyssa Long @measuredandslow.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Oh my god this has clarified my hatred for That One Husband and adoration of Many Other Husbands including the one married to my brother, who despite being gay genuinely adores women. This is exactly it.

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Tim Newport (they/them) @teanewport.com · 09/12/2024

In Australia, @toughguybookclub.com meets at over 100 pubs every month to talk about novels. Tell your friends! www.toughguybookclub.com/books

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Latest Books

Read about the books we read at Tough Guy Book Club

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