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Chris Polley @the-mirage-fades.bsky.social · 20h

Trying to imagine someone writing an anti-plagiarism think piece 10 years ago that is promptly found out to be plagiarized (and the author claiming a lack of awareness of the publication’s anti-plagiarism policy)

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 29/09/2026

Colleagues at Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow Caledonian are all on strike today over job cuts. Please show your solidarity as they take to the picket lines to defend jobs and education.

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EGT 📚 @egtfirefall.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

There's a lot of...intensity...at the moment. That's likely to continue building over the next month. Don't forget to let yourself be a silly goose. Don't forget to pause and make eye contact and smile at pharmacy workers, cashiers, nurses, old ladies, coaches, and drive-thru workers.

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Diana B. Henriques @dianabhenriques.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'll admit this knock-on effect of the diesel disaster - people who help those who can't afford food now can't afford to deliver the food - had not occurred to me until I saw this excellent @macfarlanenews.bsky.social piece. Holy shirtfork. We're in some deep circle of Dante's Inferno here, folks.

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EGT 📚 @egtfirefall.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

No. You could be under surveillance all the time, or, you know. Unionize. Believe it or not, workers have rights, whether or not those are respected and acknowledged. And no, Reid, your "AI twin" is not you and people better not be paying you to see RoboReid.

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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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EGT 📚 @egtfirefall.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Well I just was freed from Bluesky Jail after my acct was abruptly taken down. Only after I emailed a second time, concerned I'd been hacked, was it restored. I'm here in the history booth of Bluesky, not following 300,000, no generic anon bio. Now wondering if it was due to an automated tool 🤷‍♀️

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Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The Muppets have to put on a show to save the Kennedy Center. There you go, Disney, that's your premise.

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Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.

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Ceryl @politicdormouse.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Dorothy Vaughan US mathematician & human computer worked for NACA & NASA @ Langley Research Center. 1949 acting supervisor of West Area Computers, 1st African-American woman to be promoted & supervise staff there. Taught self & staff Fortran. b. #OTD 20 Sep 1910 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy...

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EGT 📚 @egtfirefall.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

You don't have to believe in the soul to grapple w/complexity of consciousness. "This assumption that consciousness is a form of computation...that...is a very dangerous assumption. The more you look at a brain, the more you realize how different it is from a computer." - Neurosci Dr. Anil Seth...

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EGT 📚 @egtfirefall.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

As a reminder, Pavel neatly summarized the matter. Valuation boosting strategy. If The Public startles you by hating your data centers and slop, and adoption isn't what you projected, talk about how urgently threatening and powerful your product is, because you sank...a lot...of cash into this.

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EGT 📚 @egtfirefall.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Mmm...may have to try rural American grocery store version of this. Thankfully there's a fantastic Local Meat Place that has great bacon that isn't like 30% saltwater. And yes, immersion blenders are underrated. Also great for homemade applesauce during Fresh Apple Season.

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Rememberist @rememberist.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Here's Bébé, a small French cat who has been around books his entire life.

A baby black cat, on his first day in his new home, sits upon a copy of War and Peace, which sits upon a copy of The Complete Cartoons of the New Yorker.

Same cat, six years later, having a nap while draped over short stacks of books.

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EGT 📚 @egtfirefall.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Fine, they can hold a daily press conference with Epstein survivors. And invest in really good forensic financial investigators, which is what probably 50% of the files really need anyway.

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This is my favorite vaccine poster. Make your flu shot appointment before Halloween. It's sPoOkY to not get your flu shot!

A ghost shining a light on with a flashlight and it says boo to the flu. Get your flu vaccine by October 31.

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EGT 📚 @egtfirefall.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I am spending too much time trying to figure out if I love imagining this or if it enrages me. I'M TELLING YOU, FLAT LAYERS WOULD TASTE DIFFERENTLY THAN A SPIRAL. The existential itchiness is coming out as rage.

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EGT 📚 @egtfirefall.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Having flashbacks to Iowan retirees chewing out Grassley about a year and a half ago over Abrego-Garcia.

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The NewsGuild-CWA @newsguild.org · 18/09/2026

Last week, McClatchy laid off 30% of its unionized workers. Here's how you can help some of the 90 journalists and media workers who lost their jobs.

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EGT 📚 @egtfirefall.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Hang on, didn't the Pentagon integrate... xAI?

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EGT 📚 @egtfirefall.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

And they want to use "AI" products for air traffic control in DC, the nation's capital? In the capital, Washington DC? The District of Columbia or as I hearby am renaming it, the District of Jimmy Carter? (DjC) AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL?

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EGT 📚 @egtfirefall.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Are the Emmys always on, like, a Monday? This feels oddly shoe-horned into the week. Poor shoe-horn industry. Does anyone use shoe-horns anymore? (What if shoe-horns were tiny bike horns you wear on your shoes?) I'm pretty tired, guys.

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EGT 📚 @egtfirefall.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

It's the 90s. I'm in my Grandma's tiny living room. She's bellowing at her TV. IU vs Purdue men's basketball. "Gene Keady has a mean face" she says. I point out cameras have to pan away from Bobby Knight's mouth. "That's different, he just cares about the game! But Keady is mean" she retorts.

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EGT 📚 @egtfirefall.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

In the early 2000s, computer programming that corrupted data or rendered tools useless was called a virus. How are they not getting transnational corps, govt's, & educational institutions to pay for a chat-based virus? Bc back in my day, something that corrupts your data was called a virus.

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Small finds from the wood, September 🍒🪶🌿:

A collection of small nature finds from my local woodland, including green acorn, rosehips, Viburnum opulus berries, pigeon feather, spindle berries & leaves , alder cones & grove snail shells

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EGT 📚 @egtfirefall.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Anyway, the new lil quick bonus games are fun, even timed one-word Wordle is low-key suspenseful.

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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

welcome to 2020s tech. we got - pervert glasses - wiretap - wiretap - wiretap - wiretap - the button that does nothing - we outta ram - we outta hard drives - we outta graphics cards - ten trillion vibe coded apps that nobody uses - wiretap

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EGT 📚 @egtfirefall.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Yeah every time someone starts generally critiquing "Europe" ask why the US isn't supporting longstanding ally European countries busy trying to actually investigate transnational organized crime, aka this. So baffling why our govt would possibly drag its heels. So...baffling.

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EGT 📚 @egtfirefall.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Come on, Mackenzie Scott...buy it and set up a non-profit.

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EGT 📚 @egtfirefall.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Wait zoom in on the text ZOOM IN ON THE TEXT am I missing context, or does this use a prompt that says Starship Troopers?

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

BET Digital has permanently removed all its digital news articles from its website to 'prioritize video content,' I'm told. Years of news articles are now gone forever. Some writers were able to save their stories; some weren't

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amy brown @amybrown.xyz · 04/09/2026

HELLO? DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM? I'M THE FIFTY NINTH MOST INFLUENTIAL POSTER ON BLUESKY AND I DID NOT GET MY DIPPING SAUCE

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

NEW: Flock has said for years that its cameras "cannot track individuals." We found the code for its new AI tool. It's preloaded w/ prompts like "Find me witness" & "find relatives." One tracks visitors of multiple hotels, another if you visit banks after midnight. www.wired.com/story/flock-...

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EGT 📚 @egtfirefall.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Just added some yesterday, but I have so many more to add. (Tap featured images to see entirety.)

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleian.ox.ac.uk · 02/09/2026

The Sheldon Tapestry Map of Oxfordshire on the wall of the Weston Library is coming down from public display this weekend. Our Map Room team will hold a 'Tapestry Day' tomorrow, Thurs 3 Sep. Find them beside the tapestry all day, displaying related items from the Bodleian's map collections!

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EGT 📚 @egtfirefall.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Of all the paperwork one has to sign to give consent for various things in US medical settings - especially HIPAA privacy stuff - this is something I want to have to sign to give consent for! Or not! No, you can.not.have.my.metadata! No, I don't want burned-out docs relying on crap products.

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Dr. Ruth Marshall is still kicking against the pricks @wtfis2bdone.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The only way you can catch the mistakes is if you already know enough about the subject and methods, and even then it’s time-consuming af.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Rest in peace, Wendell Berry.

The Peace of Wild Things
Wendell Berry

When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

from Openings: Poems (1968)

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Rachel Rees @rachel-rees.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

As honoured as I am to see that The Times has picked up my Chagos article practically *word for word*, including my hard-gotten quotes, I’d prefer some credit — or for everyone to read my original FT piece! free link to read the evidently enviable article below (cheaper than a Times sub!) 🌴

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EGT 📚 @egtfirefall.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Had not suffered direct personal harm? Then they've never met a historian.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

WARNING: I can find no evidence that Elon Musk actually posted this tweet. So if you see it floating around, which you almost certainly will, please disregard it. There are enough reasons to believe Musk diabolical without inventing new ones.

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