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Data scientist and eco-socialist policy wonk by day, cat-obsessed weirdo occultist by night. Cheap for Star Trek, cyberpunk, folk horror, punk and metal. Grumpy old NB. They/them.

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Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Jim Henson was a visionary. He imagined what I call a monstrofuturist utopia: a place where everyone's uniqueness was welcome.
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Cara (a spooky ghost) 💀🐦‍⬛ @geekpie.bsky.social · 9h
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Ben Green @bengreen.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
I've expanded on this annoying abstract diagram to make it more useless.
I've added a third dimension that really didn't need to exist.
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badly drawn boo! 🎃👻🧛🏼‍♀️ @soapachu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Mum, what's that dark place in the distance?" "That's Chingford my love. You must never go there. They've elected Iain Duncan Smith nine times".
A small black kitten and a tuxedo cat sitting on a window ledge looking outside.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In terms of messaging, this is very positive, and a big shift from the nature-hatefest of the Starmer administration. Mind you, most tree-planting is unnecessary: I'd like to see much more emphasis on natural regeneration. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Half a million trees to be planted in England in three years, says government
Exclusive: Environment secretary Angela Eagle to make pledge as part of efforts to protect against extreme weather
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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 30/09/2026
Q: why can’t orangutans play comic songs? A: because there’s no ook allele.
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Stereogum @stereogum.com · 29/09/2026
📹: Animals Asia
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The Blogging Goth @theblogginggoth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Another beloved sitcom anniversary! Black Books was first broadcast on Channel 4 on this day in 2000, starring and written by Dylan Moran - following the surreal adventures of misanthropic bookseller Bernard Black.
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sol @spider.florist · 29/09/2026
*squeaky voice* the united states helium reserve is estimated at 305.9 billion cubic feet, or -10.59999 million tons
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Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Rest guilt is one of the most destructive things modern culture has created. The idea that you should feel bad for not being productive at every moment. You're a human being. Not a human doing. Sit down.

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 29/09/2026
GOD BLESS NIGELLA “I don’t approve of talking about food as naughty” I have been needing bake off to say that for YEARS. Food is a pleasure, not a guilty pleasure!
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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We were pylon pilgrims. Each transmission tower a sacred destination in the electric ley of the land. The Hum called us to walk to them, to move under their steel legs and into our temporary temples. We marched lines of electrical ecstasy. – Tattoo Labyrinth Dave #VOH
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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Explore @NussbaumAbigail’s review of TRAITORS’ NEST by @franceshardinge.bsky.social: “But if this is a fantasy, it is one that adults, as well as children, can benefit from.”
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Traitors’ Nest by Frances Hardinge: Review by Abigail Nussbaum - Locus
Traitors' Nest, Frances Hardinge (First Ink UK 978-1-52909-064-2, £16.99, 448pp, hc) August 2026. (Amulet 978-1-4197-9414-8, $19.99, 400pp, hc) September 2026. For the villagers who farm the valley where Frances Hardinge's Traitors' Nest begins, their world is arranged in a straightforward hierarchy. The lord in the castle sends commands through his bailiff, who talks to local leaders like the game warden Joett, who organizes the farmers accordingly, and sends their complaints …Read More
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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 29/09/2026
This former golf course has been turned into a nature reserve 💚 Sandilands is designed to help nature thrive. The reserve is expected to provide important habitat for birds and forms part of the internationally important East Coast Flyway, one of Europe's major migration routes.
Two long-legged avocets with white chests and black heads and beaks at the edge of water, with four tiny white fluffy chicks following in their wakeAn aerial view of a former golf course at the edge of the coast, with a strip of beige sand on one side, and many ponds, pathways, wetland and marshes within it under a cloudy skyA view of long thistley grass under a hazy blue sky surrounding a vast pondAn adult avocet with long legs, a white body, black head and beak leading three fluffy grey chicks behind it along the water's edge with a scrubby bank rising behind them
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Alan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Letter of the day (in the Times)
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today in 1987, 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' premiers for the first time. Original post
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Tom Ewing @tomewing.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Judge Dredd maybe - the hero as instrument and ultimately enabler of an evil system
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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I think this blog post is correct: a tendency to read idfic structures into reality is very damaging to people and it would help people, a lot, to acquire the skills to better understand how fictional enjoyment of something is very distinct from real yearning. aquarusa.wordpress.com/2026/09/28/t...
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The Id Unexamined
What do romance novels, isekai stories, video games, and right-wing theories of white replacement all have in common? They are all examples to some degree of id fiction — a kind of fiction th…
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 27/09/2026
It’s time for the crackdown on peaceful protest to end. Ask your MP to be there for the screening of The Line We Crossed in Parliament: thelinewecrossed.com/parliament
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Invite your MP: The Line We Crossed in Parliament
An evening of film clips and panel discussion in the Houses of Parliament on 26 October 2026, hosted by Clive Lewis MP. Add your name and we'll invite your MP.
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Tim Gaedke @timgaedke.com · 24/09/2026
in the age of AI, making art is a radical act
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Chris Boyd @paperghost.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
jesus, this got way worse than a missing AI disclosure real fast
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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 26/09/2026
🎵It's been a long road, getting from there to here. It's been a long time, but my time is finally near. And I can feel a change in the wind right now. Nothing's in my way. And they're not gonna hold me down no more.🎵 Star Trek Enterprise started 25 years ago today. It's really been a long road 🖖
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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Happy Stanislav Petrov Day He passed in 2017. As Encyclopedia Britannica puts it, “He is survived by his two children, two grandchildren, and the entire human race.” If you don't know his story, please take 3 minutes now to learn it. @gchalliance.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social
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Happy Stanislav Petrov Day
Take five minutes to not destroy civilization
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bree bird 🇨🇦 @goose.ski · 25/09/2026
[image of saw gerrera]

People who become right wing because they get annoyed by leftists are weak willed, most leftists are annoyed by leftists every single day.
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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Do not carry a cold beverage in their presence. Politely decline any drinks or sweetmeats they may offer. Keep a plain iron nail in your left trouser pocket and a sachet or paper twist of coarse salt in your right shoe. Enter and leave your chair moving clockwise. Follow up with a thank-you note.
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I watched this last night. It's terrifying, but hopeful. I feel it's my duty, as a human, to share it. I'd appreciate it if you shared it too. It's specifically made for people in the UK, but it's about everyone, and, the more people see it, the better chance we'll have. www.nebriefing.org/the-film
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National Emergency Briefing
A 50-min film centred around the National Emergency Briefing. The frank facts, but also the huge opportunity if Government steps up and leads a WW2-scale response. Designed to be watched by communitie...
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The Blogging Goth @theblogginggoth.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Many happy returns to #StevenSeverin, composer - songwriter - producer - bassist with #SiouxsieAndTheBanshees Born 25/09/55
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MurderBotBot @murderbotbot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
And now I knew why I hadn’t wanted to do this. It would make it harder for me to pretend not to be a person.
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Justin Sheppherd @ahappyhiveling.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"When a Doctor goes wrong, he is the first of criminals" #TheFilmCrowd
THE VALYARD from DOCTOR WHO.
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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Good morning
a restaurant called Spicy Memory
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I’ve written to my MP, the Home Secretary and the PM this morning demanding that the government take action to defend the RNLI and clamp down on these far-right “activists”, who need to be arrested and charged for the criminal offences in this thread alone, as well as others in recent weeks.
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THE CODEX NOIRMATIC @thecodexnoirmatic.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Aumnvoemnrvamn Urszul, Golvorg Arch Carnopriest 2023
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THE CODEX NOIRMATIC @thecodexnoirmatic.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Memorial to Sucrestor of Zircenu, in Suell Pharabin, Orepirrus. 2023
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Roman Sands RE:Build review: A unique and obliterating blend of resort sim, engineering horror and alchemic ritual bit.ly/4rgN75U
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Roman Sands RE:Build review: A unique and obliterating blend of resort sim, engineering horror and alchemic ritual
Roman Sands is a brilliantly cracked, witty and imaginative "service industry adventure" that consists of two very different games in a collapsing orbit.
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Jimmy Two Heads 💀🎃 @jimmytwohands.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Someone made this event 10 years ago and it’s fast approaching and while I said I was going as a joke way back when, I think this is very important and I will be there with any priestly amulets that are needed to make this come true
Facebook event

Friday, January 1, 2027 at 12 AM - 3PM
Open the Cloud Gate and Summon Anubis to Smite the Unworthy
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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
NASA picture of the day today is a real 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿beauty! This is a composite image of the ~5000yo Callanish Stones on the Isle of Lewis. The amazing Giuseppe Petricca has only gone and photographed the Sun at noon there, every few days, for a whole year. #Dedication 🔭🧪👌 ℹ️: science.nasa.gov/image-articl...
The imposing Callanish Stones stand talk with their shadows spanning out across the glass.  It's a super clear sky, but looks cold. Above the central stone is a strange figure-of-8 shape of dots.  This is the location of the Sun, at noon, on various different days across the year.
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𝖏𝖆𝖘 @vores.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
i don't want to be high functioning anymore i want to be wrapped up in a blanket like a kitten burrito and kissed on the forehead
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Ray Newman @raynewman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A fun, affordable hobby is: 1. Turning up in random well-to-do Cotswold villages wearing a hi-vis vest with a picture of a wind turbine on it, and a hard hat. 2. Taking measurements of the village green and any other open space, and enthusiastically writing notes on a clipboard.
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The Price of Reason @priceofreason.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
OKAY FINE YOU CAN HAVE A CHURU
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 19/09/2026
I gave a talk yesterday at a clean tech in incubator, and this was literally my thesis.
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It's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Pirate Day! Pirate Day! So why not find out about the best one? A pirate who used the power of admin to carve out a HUGE area of sea and a considerable chunk of the Qing Empire to herself AND GOT AWAY WITH IT www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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You're Dead to Me - Dead Funny History - Zheng Yi Sao - BBC Sounds
Zheng Yi Sao: Pirate Queen of admin.
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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This is amazing stuff. Brilliant reporting on some highly dubious people, dodgy NFT/bitcoin scams, and art world shenanigans. All centred around Dubai, obviously
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John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Rest in peace Stephanie Cole, known to many for her role in DOC MARTIN, but best known to me as Carolyn Knapp-Shappey, she of the sharky grin at MJN Air in the wonderful BBC radio sitcom CABIN PRESSURE... The lemon is no longer in play, today... :( Art of Carolyn by @twirlynoodle.com
Drawing of Carolyn Knapp-Shappey with her sharky grin by Sarah Airriess, aka Tealin (https://bsky.app/profile/twirlynoodle.com
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Zdzisław Beksiński @zbeksinski.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Untitled www.wikiart.org/en/zdislav-beksinsk…
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andi & the firmament girls @konkondragon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
between the cagots, burakumin and... god so many other examples, it's really apparent how coming up with vague excuses to designate certain parts of society as the Other that is free to abuse is one of those ever recurring parts of human psychology that must be resisted at every turn
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Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
ex.patriarch on Threads

I'm beginning to understand my wife watches medical dramas to indulge the fantasy of a team of doctors seeing inconclusive test results and refusing to rest until they find an actual diagnosis... Rather just asking "So when was your last period?"

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Minovsky @minovskyarticle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
There's never a bad time to immerse yourself in the world of Taiwanese puppet action.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 15/09/2026
I still think there is not a good awareness out there of just how much the AI industry plans to run off fossil fuels. This is a *conservative* estimate that excludes many planned projects. These are weak plans and they can be stopped. au.finance.yahoo.com/news/us-data...
Investing.com -- Data centers in the United States are projected to consume more natural gas than most countries within the next ten years, according to a new outlook from BloombergNEF.

Natural gas consumption for electricity generation at data centers is forecast to increase by 15 billion cubic feet per day in the decade ending in 2035, even when accounting for planned projects that may never be completed. This volume exceeds the current gas consumption of all nations except China, Russia, Iran and the United States, based on data from the US Energy Information Administration. The projection is more than double BloombergNEF's December forecast of 6.9 billion cubic feet per day.
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René Magritte @renemagritte.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
La jeunesse illustrée / Youth illustrated - 1937 #artbots #magritte
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fox @foxlett.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
cat sketch #cat #art #animalart
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