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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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jordan @jordantyranny.bsky.social · 5h
CORVIDS WILL INHERIT THE EARTH “We dig up dinosaurs to try and figure out what happened to them. Perhaps someday dinosaurs, in the form of corvids, will dig us up to figure out what happened to us.” ― Jennifer Ackerman, The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think
Vintage black and white photo featuring actress Tippi Hedren side-profile, wearing her classic light-colored suit and updo hairstyle from "The Birds." A large black crow is perched next to her, holding a lit match in its beak to light her cigarette.

https://jtierney.net/#corvids-will-inherit-the-earth
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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 5h
According to MIT News, Margaret Hamilton died at the age of 90. "A profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program". This famous photo 🔽 inspired the For All Mankind character Margo Madison.
Margaret Hamilton, but the famous 1969 photo that inspired the For All Mankind character Margo Madison is in the quoted post.
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Shannon Hale @shannonhale.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
god bless fan fiction. So many young adults who think they aren't readers because they're not picking up novels are reading 200k word fan fiction stories. It's glorious. Lovely are the people who create it for the pure joy of writing stories about their fav characters. Lovely are the readers.
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Katharine Ada @temporary.ca · 12/04/2024
did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Reznor The Downwardly Spiraling? I thought not. It’s not a story the Jedi would tell you
Trent Reznor dressed as a Sith lord in the pages of GQ magazine, for some reason
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Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 12h
Steve B
@75ThunderRoad

Anybody can change from being fit and healthy to sick and bedbound.

Anybody can develop chronic health conditions or become disabled or terminally ill.

Anybody can change from being employed to unemployed and unable to work.

These things can happen to anybody.

Anybody.
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Turner Classic Movies @tcmtv.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We are saddened to say goodbye to our dear friend, Oscar-winning actress Eva Marie Saint. One of the last surviving stars of Hollywood’s Golden Age, we’ll forever be grateful for unforgettable contributions to cinema, her generosity and her humor. Our thoughts are with her loved ones.
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United Wizards of the Coast - CWA @uwotc-official.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This morning, the D&D team and Magic's Studio X informed our leadership of our intent to unionize. We love the games we make and the work we do, and unionizing is how we protect that work. unitedwizardsofthecoast.com/news/dnd-stu...
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Dungeons & Dragons and Studio X Join United Wizards of the Coast - CWA
Today, October 6, 2026, the designers, artists, writers, producers, and workers behind Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, Duel Masters, D&D Beyond, and countless other games are uniting in soli...
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A thread of excellent birds I have met, and their backstories, in 20 photographs.
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alyson “october” greaves @badambulist.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It’s so funny to imagine what the UK could be like if it took seriously any of its cultural icons—that aren’t wizards, Shakespeare, or in possession of good fortune but in want of a wife. We could have Tyranid statues at Heathrow. Perhaps a grisly frieze depicting Servitor conversion at Gatwick.
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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The problem is, you can't really say "we condemn this thing" and then only explain in the small print that you are using one particular definition of "this thing" and very specifically not any other definitions, even though a lot of other people use those definitions and will react accordingly.
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David Gregory-Kumar @drdavidgk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Anyway. Please enjoy this DAZZLE CAMOUFLAGE NARROW BOAT!!!! (You probably can’t see* it, it’s centre frame) (*or at least accurately torpedo it)
A narrow boat in the distinctive abstract black and white WWI “dazzle” camouflage.
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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hey yeah, friendly reminder that men denying or minimizing the work of women and taking credit for it themselves happens so much we have a NAME for it. (It’s the Matilda Effect.) 2nd fun fact: I’ve written many bios of women in STEM at this point and this is *always a factor in their history*
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Blaise Boo-lysse Bernard Collins @wittywebhandle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Japan's stewardship of Western Heavy Metal is truly unmatched. Whatever our fickle asses throw out, they find the best of it and trap it in amber yet still manage to somehow give it blood. Remarkable. Anyways. Here's Sex Machineguns.
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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 03/10/2026
An AuDHD man is reportedly “chewing the ear off” a new acquaintance who’s too nice to simply wander off like everybody else does.
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Uh oh! AuDHD man finds someone polite enough to be captive audience
An AuDHD man is reportedly “chewing the ear off” a new acquaintance who’s too nice to simply wander off like everybody else does. Mac Wheatley, 38, was delighted to find himself seated next to Anand…
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Eric Holthaus @ericholthaus.com · 01/10/2026
68% of voters want the US to take ambitious action on climate change!
Respondents were asked to choose between two statements related to the U.S.’s role in global climate leadership, with a bipartisan majority (68%) selecting the following statement: “The United States should take ambitious action to address climate change, even if other countries do not. We should lead the world on this issue and set the example for other countries to follow suit.” 

In contrast, just 25% of voters prefer the following statement: “If other countries do not take action to address climate change, the United States should not either. It is not fair for us to act while other countries contributing to the problem are sitting still.”


Despite political polarization reaching a historic high in recent years, Americans aren’t divided on ensuring clean air and water for every community. As the U.S. celebrates Earth Day, many Americans say the holiday holds personal importance and want the U.S. to prioritize clean air and water for all and take ambitious action on climate change.
https://www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2026/4/22/this-earth-day-two-thirds-of-voters-say-ensuring-clean-air-and-water-for-all-should-be-a-top-priority
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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The pilot episode of the Argentinian series "Electro Andes" is now online. An ethno cyberpunk project directed by Nacho Malter & Damian Fernandez Gomez at Bellolandia studio. Available with Spanish & English dubs. >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNNU...
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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
we fucking loved it, even when there was basically nothing on it, and let me tell you something else: we loved it because of human connection, human diversity, human creativity. WE DON'T NEED A SINGLE THING ANY OF THESE COMEMIERDAS HAVE MADE AND TRIED TO SELL US IN ORDER TO HAVE A GREAT INTERNET.
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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You can't run in a camp ground, you can only have run through it - because any movement in a campground is past tents.
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Robyn Cullis @ro8yn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A great way to start this month! 🥳 #StarTrekProdigy is now on @itvx.com in the UK! 🖖🚀
Star Trek Prodigy 
ITVX
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Billy, Garry, Orville @billythecat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A Comfortable Man!!
Billy the brown tabby cat is asleep on his back on the top shelf in the wardrobe. Only his tail and his back legs can be seen, with his pink and black beans high in the air.
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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 (haunting you) 💀🐦‍⬛ @geekpie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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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
@scottdclary.bsky.social
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.

@scottdclary
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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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