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shaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
join the military, you get to starve on a rusting ship that repeatedly sails into and out of the range of enemy missiles in order to manipulate gambling websites where people bet on your death
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Scott Richards @discuit.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“We need more leopards to stop them from eating our faces,” says the guy who sells baby leopards.
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Scott Richards @discuit.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Efficiency of Moisture Evaporators in Desert Climate
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Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This piece was fascinating, getting at a point I'd never considered: bin-Laden's entire concept about what 9/11 would do to America was just... wrong. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Bin Laden was equally clear about how he thought terrorism would yield his desired result. In a March 1997 CNN interview with Peter Bergen, he spoke of transferring “the battle into the United States.” In a May 2000 speech, he told supporters that the war would henceforth be waged “against the United States, in the United States.” Americans, he observed to ABC’s John Miller in 1998, cannot tolerate pain, and will react to attacks not by fighting back and blaming al‑Qaeda, but instead by asking “what their government has done that forced us to defend ourselves.” In a November 2001 interview, he hinted at a theory of political change in America: Its citizens should “take the same stand that they did previously,” when they protested the Vietnam War and the presidents who waged it.
Nelly Lahoud, a professor at the Army War College and the author of the definitive book on the Abbottabad documents, told me this political pipe dream was bin Laden’s whole plan: “to replicate the anti–Vietnam War movement of the United States, to get the American public to put pressure on the U.S. government to withdraw its forces from the Middle East.” The documents reveal a man and an organization blindsided by the American reaction to the September 11 attacks. Bin Laden and his associates “didn’t think that the United States would respond by waging war,” Lahoud said. He did not contemplate or plan for the long-term occupation of Afghanistan, nor did he expect the methodical killing of his operatives in a campaign that lasted years.
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Scott Richards @discuit.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Should we all start taking shifts to keep an eye on Carol Burnett and Julie Andrews? Who’s in? I’ll take the first watch.
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Scott Richards @discuit.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The 5 Simpsons lines I’ve uttered most off the top of my head 1. Put it in H! 2. Earned my treat 3. Grease me up, woman! 4. Don’t cry for me, I’m already dead 5. And here come the pretzels!
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Scott Richards @discuit.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
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Steve the Muppet Wrangler @beardog63.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Any dog can be a guide dog if you don't care where you're going.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Here’s the thing about Christ’s return. Christ said specifically that he would return as the naked, the hungry, the thirsty, the prisoner, the immigrant. Jesus has never stopped coming back. American Christians have never stopped killing him.
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Jeannie Warner @jeanniewarner.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
There are more cops facing current investigations and punishment for using flock cameras and the tracking network than there are trans kids in sports. Just a data point.
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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
SNAP has an outstanding ROI: every dollar we invest in SNAP generates $1.54 in economic activity. With SNAP cuts, people can’t continue to support these local grocers, so local businesses suffer. Everyone loses.
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
drunk girl trying to tell her friends that she thinks they are “weekend at Bernie’s” with McConnell, but she has got completely the wrong movie and keeps calling it “doing a Fish Called Wanda” with him and I’m dying
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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
LMFAO
AI User: I'm an artist.
Me: *turns off wifi* Prove it.
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Scott Richards @discuit.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
The only right answer is @ronfunches.bsky.social
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Scott Richards @discuit.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Yes, things are still awful. But it is so much fun watching my hometown lose their collective minds over LeBron coming to Philly.
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alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
jesus christ
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 18/07/2026
you europeans saying i need to chill a bit but you have to understand that life is good here in the states too it's only midnight on friday and im kicking back drinking a beer while writing a grant proposal to a federal funding agency that probably no longer exists
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
so gender-affirming care then
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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 13/07/2026
JKR and her new org apparently helped get the new Amnesty International report on how TERF organizations destroy lives taken down from their site. Well, guess what? The Streisand Effect is real. Here's the entire report in a thread. Read it. Share it.
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escapedexplorer.bsky.social @escapedexplorer.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
DAWG WE'RE DOING STATE-RUN GAS PRICES AT PRICE CONTROLLED RATES DESPITE INCREASING SHORTAGES TO PACIFY THE PEOPLE AND THEY'RE SCREAMING ABOUT HOW THEIR OPPONENTS WANT COMMUNISM I AM GOING TO LOSE MY ENTIRE GODDAMN MIND
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Alex Elizabeth Byrne McMillan @undeniablyalex.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK
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Scott Richards @discuit.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The original Toy Story movies made kids (and adults) want to go home and play with their toys. Toy Story 5 makes parents want to go home and play with their kids.
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Scott Richards @discuit.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
At the Reflecting Pool, and guys, this doesn’t look right.
A still from Ghostbusters 2 in which three of the four busters stand next to a river of viscous, pink slime in a sewer tunnel.
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Buttons (Ashley) 🏴‍☠️#OFMDForLife🏴‍☠️ 🏳️‍🌈🤡 @sevensugars.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Since I did do my PhD in cyanobacteria growth and treatment optimization modeling AND work in the water treatment industry, I’m gonna share my theory as to what’s happening here and how to fix it. People are focusing on the painted bottom of the pool increasing residual heat, and while that 1/19
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Scott Richards @discuit.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Absolutely perfect. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/ai-...
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AI Economics for Dummies
“Xavier owns an apartment that he rents out at a loss of $1 billion/month. Seeing this success, he decides to make financial commitments to construct $850 bi...
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Scott Richards @discuit.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Generative AI can create lazy marketing copy but only a human brain could come up with a perfect word like “incellionaires.” I will be stealing this term. Brilliant.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 30/05/2026
I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.”
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 29/05/2026
It’s truly astonishing to see how comprehensively the US government is tearing down every part of the system that has made it up until now a world-leading power in science, research, and technological development. The entire world will suffer from this wanton destruction.
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Scott Richards @discuit.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
In a world filled with AI slop and corporate-approved “content,” be like Tom Cox instead.
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Scott Richards @discuit.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
This is art. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/at-...
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At Long Last, I Have Maxximized My Looks
“At long last, I am a stone-cold seven, the kind of guy who could win a Jacob Elordi lookalike contest in a farm town with a population of 200.”
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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Fascinating long thread about the disability use-case for Meta glasses and its broader implications.
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Wayne Rée (he/they) @waynereewrites.com · 04/05/2026
People keep asking Alan Moore questions about comics he's disowned when they could spend more time asking him questions about things he actually gives a shit about—and get answers as glorious as this.
A quote from Alan Moore that reads:

"When I became a magician at the age of 40, I took it very seriously, and it has transformed my life. There’s no difference between magic and creativity. One part of magic is changing the consciousness of other people. Writing has always been the best way of doing that. If a wizard puts a curse on you, maybe your hands weigh too much, big deal. If you offended a bard they might put a satire on you, destroy you in the eyes of everybody who knows you, your own eyes, and if it’s good enough people might still be laughing at you in 200 years’ time. I think a lot of us have forgotten what art is for. It’s an engine of human progress. Art and culture stay with us. It’s the wars we’re ashamed of."
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Scott Richards @discuit.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
It is astounding how everyone thought Elon Musk was the real-life Tony Stark, and then it started to look like he was really Justin Hammer. Now it turns out he was actually Milhouse all along.
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The Athletic @theathletic.com · 03/05/2026
RING THE BELL. After falling behind 3-1 in the series, the Philadelphia 76ers defeat the Boston Celtics in Game 7.
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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
15 years ago today, Kate and William killed Osama Bin Laden at their wedding.
cover page of The Telegraph's May 4-10 edition creatures a large photo of Kate and William kissing at their wedding atop a large headline that says: Osama bin Laden is dead.

Smaller text above the photo of the couple says: “A day filled with romance, pageantry, and playfulness”
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Scott Richards @discuit.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Someone tell @parkermolloy.com new unhinged social media graphic just dropped
A screenshot of a Facebook post with a photo of an NFL player, behind his head is an enormous graphic that says, “OFFENDED.”

The text of the post reads:

The Association on American Indian Affairs is offended by the Commanders' new black alternate helmet that has a spear intertwined with the team's "W" and says it's "inappropriate."
"The Washington Commanders' decision to update their logo is disappointing and inappropriate to say the least. It is time to stop repeating this cycle and listen to Native Peoples who have been clear, consistent, and unwavering on this issue: We are not your mascot," The Association on American Indian Affairs said in a statement.
(via USA Today)
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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
The Depeche Mode prophecy has been fulfilled.
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sam @samthielman.com · 10/04/2026
how much money does the marine corps lose
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Scott Richards @discuit.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Dr. Teeth is the most unsettling Muppet if you assume, as I do, that he does not have unusually expressive sunglasses but instead has translucent eyelids. Like a punishment from the elder gods. Serious body horror.
A photo of Dr. Teeth from the Muppets. He is dressed in the finest glam-hippie-pimp look, and has translucent purple—SOMETHING—covering the top half of his eyes.
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🇨🇦 🇺🇸 Zoë Keating @zoekeating.com · 04/04/2026
The 2025 budget of the National Endowment for the Arts was $210m
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Scott Richards @discuit.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
American Pie for the AI dystopian age
A screenshot of a post from r/LegalAdviceUK in which a poster laments being locked out of their family Google account, including access to their business website and financial records, because their teen son stroked his salami on-camera with Google’s Gemini AI.
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
I Am Here to Watch the Birthright-Citizenship Arguments but Not in a Threatening Way www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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I Am Here to Watch the Birthright-Citizenship Arguments but Not in a Threatening Way
Can’t a president go watch his justices?
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Scott Richards @discuit.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Slept in my Billy Ocean shirt and woke up to find a girl in my car.
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Scott Richards @discuit.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Yes! This! “…management is a specifically human practice that seeks to get the best from a group of people by aligning their individual talents, motivations, and creativity with clearly communicated goals and opportunities. Good management centres the humanity of each employee…”
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Caroline Baxter @convergingriskslab.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
I served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Education and Training for three years before the office was disestablished last year. I owned the policy on professional military education for all five services. I have listened to Secretary Hegseth's announcement. I have thoughts. 🧵
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Coffee, straight out of my nose.
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Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
100 girls are dead because of generative AI
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