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Ryan Stauffer @ryanswx.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Almost time for a y-axis modification! climatereanalyzer.org/clim/sst_dai...

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026

This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead

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Double Garlic* @doublegarlic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Death (from Discworld) We would say hi to the neighbourhood cats and murder a curry on a regular basis, obviously.

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Double Garlic* @doublegarlic.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Federation ships boldly isekai’ng people where nobody has gone before

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Robert Rose @robear.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A good fresh Star Trek take on those fake isekai title jokes

A tumblr screenshot showing a post and two reblog responses, reading:
1. "star trek would be the ideal fictional universe to get trapped in because you'd explain your situation and they'd be like yeah makes sense. no further questions. fortunately we can use the mysterious warp signature emitting from this system's icy moon to counterface with the solar radiation and slingshot you back home"
2. "I'm from a universe where your world is all a work of fiction." Benjamin Sisko, nodding. "That happened to me once."
3. "I Got Isekaid Into The Star Trek Universe And They Quickly Understood What Was Happening"

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Ashley @briefslayer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

We were asked to leave cable for ad-free services. Now they’re all ads. We were asked to ditch hotels for a cheaper, cozier experience. Now that experience is more expensive and with additional hassles. We were asked to dump the taxis for cheaper rides. Now those rides are just as expensive if

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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I don’t think I’m ever going to get the appeal of pivoting to video for podcasts. I’ve been listening to podcasts for 20 years, and never once have I thought, my God, I need to SEE these people! I’m on a walk or doing the dishes, I don’t need video.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

please do not post photos of barbour jackets in early october if you're not also voting for policies to address global warming

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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 02/10/2026

Best bathroom sign ever

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.

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Double Garlic* @doublegarlic.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Voynich Manuscript feats Flat-Earther Menstruation TikTok was not in my From the Depths of Algorithm Hell bingo card but here we are

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"with Claude, we will no longer need lightly stoned weirdos who work at record stores because they are neurodivergent as hell and some band you've never heard of but is about to change your life is their special interest" these tech bros really hate anyone who was cooler than them in high school

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

it is so extremely fun to read headlines like this when in less than 24 hours I will hand in a 370 page book based on 400 hours of interviews & stacks of research & w/ 500 endnotes hahhahahahah it's fine i'm fine ! !

kermit looking desperate to get out of yellow car, he is clinging to its window

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 29/09/2026

loool

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It’s happening again. LLMs reporting someone’s in progress research as if it’s own discovery.

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Ariel Troster @arieltroster.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Last night I knocked on the door of a woman who was moving into an apartment after months of living in her car, homeless. She was setting up the place so her kid could be returned to her. We’re all one accident, layoff or crisis away from similar outcomes. What an honour to welcome her home.

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes.

Screenshot of BBC article: OpenAI bots (struck through) meddled with multiple US government agency sites

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Double Garlic* @doublegarlic.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“Deeply scarred on his face and soul” is quite the spin considering that he had an Olympian track record on making enemies

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Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Can’t eat a sandwich until you subscribe to sandwiches. Can’t eat today’s sandwich until it has applied daily sandwich updates. Sandwich now has adverts even though you paid for ad-free sandwich. Can pay again to have less sandwich adverts. Now you can eat the sandwich, but it’s smaller.

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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The youngest person his pager attack killed was 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah, who had just started 4th grade. The pager was on a table when it went off and she picked it up to take to her dad. It exploded in her face and reports said it covered the room in her blood. She wanted to learn English.

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026

DISABILITY, LIKE ENTROPY AND THE HEAT DEATH OF THE UNIVERSE, COMES FOR US ALL. Like, there's no way to avoid disability because our bodies are not immune to the rigors of time. We AGE. Our vision gets worse, our joints less able, our cognitive functions fail.

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026

When my students ask me why I'm so hard on analytic philosophy, it all comes down to the sheer arrogance of analytics to assume that the tools they've developed can and should be applied to everything without limit. The most important lesson for any academic to learn is the limit of their tools.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It shouldn’t be considered “radical” to believe people should have their basic needs met. That we’re entitled to food, water, shelter and healthcare. That they shouldn’t be things you have to “earn”. It’s far more radical to vote against taking care of people just to enrich the billionaire class.

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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Monday

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Xero now with 100% more 🎃 @artificer-ind.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"So where are all these new cases of autism coming from?" My brother in Tyr, we literally just discovered an entirely new species of cat within the past month. Don't even get me started on astrophysics. Our means of detection and diagnosis are improving. That's it. Case solved. Calm down.

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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 20/09/2026

When video game marketing was good.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

You can’t have a dignified or ethical Assisted Dying policy without guaranteeing disabled & marginalized people are assisted to live. Eugenics and capitalism go hand in hand. As long as we’re seen as “expendable”… these programs will never be “dignified”.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

"Would you care for a cup of tea?" "I am not sure. It would depend what exactly the cup of tea would expect from me, in my role as carer. I have devoted myself selflessly to hot drinks and their needs several times in the past and ended up getting burned on numerous occasions."

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

What I want is a TV documentary channel entirely devoted to documentaries with no quick-cut montages of everything about to happen, which don't give a fuck about keeping my attention, presented by extremely knowledgeable people in a terrible mood who have no interest in trying to make me like them

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Rich. I'll do it Dreckly. ME/CFS @shadowcaster6656.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Ok, hear me out. A Lord of the Rings remake, but with these two taking the One Ring to Mordor:

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Muppet Show: Statler & Waldorf in Balcony

ALT: Muppet Show: Statler & Waldorf in Balcony

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Feral Maui Hermit @mauigreg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Before COVID, the grab-and-go deli sandwiches at my local market cost $4.99 each. From 2020 to 2025, they stayed around $7.99-$8.99. Now they are $12.99-$14.99. It's all airport pricing now. It's "They're trapped here. They'll pay whatever we want," except for the entire country.

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Double Garlic* @doublegarlic.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

That special feeling when you don’t know what the hell happened but you are about to dive down that rabbit hole despite you know you will regret it immensely

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Last year I had the thought, "Maybe it would be nice to write a collection of stories all set in the kind of places I'd expect to find if I stepped through these portals I photograph on my walks?" It was. And it's now published, and available here: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...

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Curious Events Lately Occurring In This Neighbourhood

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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Our health care system in America is disgusting. A clear indication that our government doesn't give a fuck if we live or die.

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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I'll die on this hill, but it's cruel to accuse people who wear masks of having anxiety disorders. We don't do this to people who wear hard hats, condoms, medical gloves, sunglasses, life jackets, parachutes - the list is long!

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 15/09/2026

Not to brag but people have said this about me too

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Leftbobgolfer🇨🇦 @leftbobgolfer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I got locked out of my account and had to change my password again. I'm getting a little tired of this, it's the 4th time we've had to change the name of our dog!

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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.

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Double Garlic* @doublegarlic.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Mmm en la Renovación Carismática eran bastante tibios (comparativamente, claro) hace un par de décadas y allende los tiempos, ahora no sé de qué van pero puede que fueran candidatos válidos 🤔

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Packy Smith @packysmith.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Sometimes, I need to give myself a solid 8 to 12 hours of alone time in the morning to mentally prepare for the day. Coffee helps.

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Courtney E. Smith @thecourtneyesmith.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Good morning and I hope you’re having a great day. I am about to ruin it with this long form story I did on how private equity is ruining cookies but also people are building shit cookie companies to get money from private equity on @weareravenous.com. www.weareravenous.com/the-curious-...

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The Curious Case of the Soulless Private Equity Cookie

If you’re going to pay more than $5 for a single cookie, it should at least have some soul.

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 10/09/2026

The fact we have an executive class that doesn't know what to do with the Looney Tunes or The Muppets really sums up what a joyless, barren world they inhabit.

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Blue Skies In Utah @papabear333.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The bread is poisoned and the circus is too expensive.

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