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jaypea but spooky @jaypea.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Brad Pitt appears to an elderly Jar Jar Binks in the hospital and tells him “Ebberyting ganna besa okeyday” in perfect Gunganese
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Kristi Yamaguccimane @wapplehouse.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Found out my Dad has a burner flip phone just to call his cell phone when he loses it
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Bruce @drbanner.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Fork Princeton t
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captain bleach @blainecapatch.bsky.social · 19/09/2023
okay okay OKAY i’ll list Rolling Stone’s 500 Worst Albums 500. Moondance -- Van Morrison  499. Young Sheldon -- Radiohead 498. Turd Smokin’ -- The Turd Smoker Band 497. Well Whaddya Know 99 More Luftballoons How About That -- Nena 496. Songs to Fuck To -- Leonard Cohen
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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
My collaboration with the great satirist, Andy Borowitz @borowitzreport.bsky.social anntelnaes.substack.com/p/unfit-to-s...
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Unfit to Serve
Last week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made headlines by offering this vision of the military: “No fatties, no trannies, no beardos, no weirdos, no wimps, no radicals.” Inspired by this wisdom, we’...
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caden cockburn @cadencockburn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
screenshot of google search "Is tweety a boy or girl"
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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The prize went to scientists working on the mechanisms the brain uses to switch the activity of individual nerve cells on or off.
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Nobel medicine prize awarded to scientists for brain activity research
The prize went to scientists working on the mechanisms the brain uses to switch the activity of individual nerve cells on or off.
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”
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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
More than $10 million worth of cocaine stored at a Fiji court as evidence in a long-running drug trafficking trial has been replaced with flour.
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Cocaine replaced with flour in Fiji drug trial
More than $10 million worth of cocaine stored at a Fiji court as evidence in a long-running drug trafficking trial has been replaced with flour.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 26/09/2026
Alberta’s self-image as world’s only rat-free region shattered by discovery of rat
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Alberta’s self-image as world’s only rat-free region shattered by discovery of rat
Province’s rat patrol called in to investigate as town of Bowden announces discovery of dead vermin
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026
over the past few weeks several AI evaluation/cybersecurity experts have explained how what's happening is a result of human incompetence rather than "AI going rogue". I'm begging the media to show a shred of journalistic integrity and stop parroting what altman or amodei say
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Bruce @drbanner.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Keanu says no thanks
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ukjarry.bsky.social @ukjarry.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Have you seen the original artist Russ Heath's comic strip reply to Lichtenstein:
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Cliff @cliff.leaninto.it · 19/09/2026
Never lose your keys again
A buttplug that can hold keys
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Good to see this finally get coverage in my old paper. This is the same mob who campaigned against me, but it wasn’t sufficiently newsworthy then.
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Bruce @drbanner.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Angus Taylor meme
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Ebony Bennett @ebonybennett.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This was a satisfying read. First the RBA said our research on profitss was flawed, others even called for our research to be retracted. But we were right all along, and now the RBA's own research shows it. Better late than never I guess thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
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RBA's own research shows that profits drove post-pandemic inflation, not wages
Last week, research by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) confirmed that they were wrong in 2023 to criticise research by The Australia Institute, which showed rising profits were the significant cau...
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: After 40 years of research, Brazilian scientist Dr. Mariangela Hungria wins the World Food Prize for pioneering a $2 nitrogen-fixing bacteria treatment that replaces costly fertilizers, saves farmers $25 billion annually, and cuts 230 million tons of CO₂ emissions.
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ceej @ceej.online · 05/09/2025
going to bed is so embarrassing. sorry, my brain needs to watch a movie. please don’t kill me
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Ryan @ryansimmons.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Sometimes in the Criterion Closet you can tell they’ve sent a list ahead of time because the movies they pull are set out on the shelf just a little bit and that is CHEATING. If you step into the Closet you must be prepared for Serendipity to take hold. Anything less is cowardice
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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 20/08/2026
Hat Test for ‘A Clockwork Orange’ , 1971.
photos of men wearing different styles of hat
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Alderac Entertainment Group @alderaceg.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
AEG is looking for a paper airplane enthusiast or expert to consult with us on a few things for a project we are working on. If you are the person who knows way too much about paper airplanes, folding tech, or the wonderfully weird world around them, lets connect. Yes, this is a real request. 😄
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Jørgen Heszlein @heszlein.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
New estimate of Elon Musk’s death toll just dropped www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Alice Grundy @alicektg.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
How come we're still taxing the winners of arts prizes and not the winners of The Block?
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Miles Franklin winners are taxed but winners on The Block aren't. How's that fair?
Last night, Queanbeyan local Omar Musa won the 2026 Miles Franklin award for the 'novel with the highest literary merit which presents Australian life.' He received a $60,000 prize, only he won’t get ...
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 06/08/2026
I understand that funding bodies want to go all in on AI as the shiny new innovation thing. But if all the grants start going to AI at the expense of everything else then the research sector is going to end up looking like a farm with dozens of threshers hacking away in a field with no wheat.
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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 05/08/2026
an exam where the question is to circle the smallest number. The person has circled 1.2.3 as that is how the questions are labelled.
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Ben Schwarz @benschwarz.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Australia’s eSafety commissioner buried a report (released Friday afternoon) that shows the under 16 social media ban didn’t tangibly reduce teen social media use, and also resulted in parents tuning out of kids usage. We traded our privacy for no reason. theconversation.com/more-than-80...
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More than 80% of kids still using social media despite ban, new eSafety report finds
The report provides more evidence Australia’s world-leading social media ban isn’t going to plan.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
There is zero reason for the Govt not to ban pervert glasses except for cases where they have been prescribed for medical reasons (ie assistance for those with vision impairment).
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
🚨 After 40 years of research, Brazilian scientist Dr. Mariangela Hungria wins the World Food Prize for pioneering a $2 nitrogen-fixing bacteria treatment that replaces costly fertilizers, saves farmers $25 billion annually, and cuts 230 million tons of CO₂ emissions.
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alexis simpson is confused by display name changes @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
saw some well-meaning posts on reddit about GLP-1s and how they're "not the easy way out." and, sure. but also who gives a shit of they are the easy way out
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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 19/07/2023
Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
✅ Touring Clacton ✅ Visiting local businesses ✅ Listening to constituents’ concerns ✅ Hi-vis vest Make your Vote Count! #VoteBinface #Clacton
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
If you give Elon Musk access to your finances you deserve everything else that follows
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bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
reacher’s back. the big vigilante man who makes friends and sleeps with the hottest one while killing a bunch of people with his muscles. woke bastard
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InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Share this post to announce that you are free from both hell AND marriage!
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g79G...
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Neuromancer — Official Teaser | Apple TV
YouTube video by Apple TV
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Hi 94 seat, super-majority @albomp.bsky.social gov, Land & marine heatwaves, fires, droughts & floods Climate change is harmful, fossil fuels cause it, non-fossil alternatives are viable STOP APPROVING COAL+GAS PROJECTS NASA Scientific Visualization Studio:Global Temperature Anomalies 1880-2025
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BitterOldPunk @bitteroldpunk.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
these Young Male Christians should form some sort of Association, then they could offer services beyond gymnasiums and shower facilities, such as short-term lodging at which it might be fun to stay
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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
foolproof 👍
Men-only gyms seek to protect Christian men from lust
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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
"The newly appointed Minister for AI is expected to meet with the Minister for NFTs, Lord Blockchain and the Secretary of State for Pogs this afternoon."
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Sen. Pumpkin Gogurt @ugarles.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
the future is here and it is picking images for news alerts
HEADLINE: Taylor Farms pulls iceberg lettuce linked to cyclosporiasis outbreak (CBS News)

IMAGE: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
If you don’t let us steal everything we’re not going to build our massive theft-recycling machines in your backyard
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Anthropic tells Chalmers: $21b investment hinges on copyright
Chief executive Dario Amodei met with Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese when AI giant Anthropic launched in Australia in April.
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Josephine Riesman @josie.zone · 07/07/2026
In better news, John Oliver's three-day stint/stunt as a corporate villain on legendary soap opera "General Hospital" appears to be going... fucking brilliantly?? I have watched this clip on a loop for like 20 mins I really, truly need to see the full episodes NOW
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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Absolutely tragic scenes as investors stop buying Melbourne houses. This devastating news is truly heartbreaking. How will they recover www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
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Investors 'all but gone' from Melbourne property market after budget
With clearance rates in Melbourne sitting just above 50 per cent, experts say sluggish sales show investors have lost trust in bricks and mortar.
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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 04/07/2026
“What [George] Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What [Aldous] Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one. Orwell feared those who would deprive us of information. Huxley feared those who would give us so much that we would be reduced to passivity and egoism … In short, Orwell feared that what we hate will ruin us. Huxley feared that what we love will ruin us.”

Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death
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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 30/06/2026
I feel like she, specifically, should know better
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66 Is AI an exoskeleton for the mind?
Technology that helps people do things they couldn't otherwise achieve can also lead to atrophy
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