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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 15h
Omigod, this is the most heartwarming story possible! Backpack (bear 89) is the son of the 2019 winner of Fat Bear Week, Holly (bear 435). In 2007, he injured his foot & a practice of riding on momma's Holly's back had a new meaning: he was mobility-restricted while it healed. So Holly moved him.
From DISCVR blog's Facebook page, a momma bear & a yearling cub on her back in the shallow water.  I think the background has been swapped out, and I can't rule out some AI use there?  God, Facebook has become the social media for AI slop : (

The title of the article, which I link below, is "How Bear 89 earned the name Backpack"
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Thomas I-G @thomasig.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Nick Reynolds (he/him) @ncmreynolds.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Hi there folks, while I'm reluctant to spam BSky I'm getting a bit desperate. @uklta.bsky.social is running its next #LARP Cyberpunk: A Life on the Edge next weekend and we've been hit by some crew dropouts that are close to making it non-viable.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 15/08/2026
It’s official: the Nerd Reich podcast is getting banned from YouTube….the week of my book launch! Incredible timing, since I’ll be all over the media next week talking about tech fascism. They can delete my account. They can’t stop my work. Buy the book: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
Screenshot of email: Your YouTube Account will be disabled in 7 days
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
For thousands of years, a solar eclipse has been a prophetic harbinger of a spectacular, epoch-making event. Just saying. #VoteBinface #Clacton
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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
We need to prosecute white collar crime in the US with utter ruthlessness and zeal. One of the reasons we’re here (pick the “here” hellscape you prefer) is because we not only socially but legally accepted elite impunity.
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Weird Alex @jackalpants.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
THE CHAFF PROJECT Hi! Are you cis in the UK and you'd like to support trans rights? Great! How: buy a trans flag pin and wear it in public. Why: chaff is an overwhelming amount of false positives so that when a missile gets close to the plane, it hits the chaff and not the plane.
A very simple diagram showing radar, a chaff cloud, a confused missile and an airplane. The confused missile is aiking for the chaff cloud and not the airplane.
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Ned Hartley @nedhartley.com · 03/08/2026
Sad to hear of the death of Emperor Palpatine. He was larger-than-life, always outspoken and secretly very kind in private.
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Gingerspiced @gingerspiced.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians*
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Ruth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
If you're a trans person in England (or the parent or guardian of a young trans person in England) I strongly recommend doing this immediately. The new data principles for the shared NHS record in England - based on the transphobic and psuedoscientific Sullivan Review - are designed to out us.
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Flintlock. Why do all these nerds follow me? I'm not a nerd. @flintlock.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
It's notable that both the Gallaghers and the Happy Mondays (especially Bez) have been rehabiliated as nostalgic cheeky chappies and the actual things they said back then largely forgotten. And the press always treated every "feud" with equal seriousness.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 26/07/2026
150,000 marched yesterday in London for trans rights. Opened the Sky News app. Scrolled and scrolled. Nothing. BBC News app. Nothing. Guardian app. Nothing. This is what actual silencing looks like.
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Libro.fm @libro.fm · 08/07/2026
We're just an employee-owned audiobook company, standing in front of readers, asking them to make the switch so they can support their indie bookstore with every audiobook purchase 💓 (We're also a Certified B Corp, offer DRM-free audiobooks, & have 600,000+ to choose from.)
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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I'm so disillusioned, I almost don't even care who gets the FIFA Peace Prize next year
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 06/07/2026
A Bellingcat investigation uncovered the work of a wildlife trafficker in Myanmar, advertising everything from tiger bones, rhino horns, to leopard gallbladders, openly on social media platforms. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/06...
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Rhino Horn, Leopard Skin and Tiger Claws Sold Openly on Facebook - bellingcat
Bellingcat uncovers a Myanmar wildlife trafficker linked to endangered species sales, prompting account removals by Meta, WeChat, TikTok and YouTube.
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Anemone Moss @ecoevoexo.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
it's rare to find journalism that isn't coopted by assimilationist goals. TNN has shown themselves consistently willing to do the kind of serious journalism trans people desperately need right now. please support them!
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 30/06/2026
The transphobic hate on TalkTV is dangerous, misinformed, and completely breaches the broadcasting code. But Ofcom has done nothing. So we’re taking Ofcom to court to force them to do their job. Back the legal challenge here: goodlaw.social/0r9k
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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 30/06/2026
I feel like she, specifically, should know better
Artificial intelligence
66 Is AI an exoskeleton for the mind?
Technology that helps people do things they couldn't otherwise achieve can also lead to atrophy
Sarah O'Connor
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Krisi 🏳️‍⚧️ @primaryradical.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
This is now an Erling Haaland fangirl account. Sorry, I don't make the rules, I just work here. Ali: "Are you a boy or a girl?" Haaland: "my dad is a boy and my mom is a girl so i'm mixed xx 💋
Ali Are you a boy or a girl

my dad is a boy and my mom is a girl so i'm mixed xx
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
And there it is… www.desmog.com/2026/04/30/r...
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Revealed: Reform’s £24 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests
Reform UK has received £24 million from oil and gas interests, accounting for more than two thirds of its total income, DeSmog can reveal. Led by Nigel Farage, the party is calling for new North Sea o...
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The Onion @theonion.com · 24/06/2026
Employee Slowly Realizes Boss Attempting To Have Normal Conversation With Her theonion.com/employee-slowly-realiz…
Employee Slowly Realizes Boss Attempting To Have Normal Conversation With Her
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Abbey @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
iran has closed the reflecting pool.
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EmmaM @emw3.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
If you see this, post a vampire that isn’t Dracula
Image of Saiorse Ronan at the sea from  the film Byzantium.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Good, but you’re ‘hailing’ it ‘on X’ ffs.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Hi! I'm Bret Rhett Chet, here to tell you why you should buy and hodl SpaceX stonk. For a mere $135/share, you get pro forma tangible book value of $7.85/share, an immediate 94% dilution. New investors are putting up 48% of all capital ever invested in SpaceX in exchange for 4.2% of the shares. /1
SpaceX prospectus dilution table with all those figures
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
What are the Government, police and security services doing about the people who are quite clearly in the pay of a hostile foreign state, and using their platforms to whip up actual pogroms on our streets? This is a major national security issue and absolutely nothing seems to be happening about it
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ACLU @aclu.org · 07/06/2026
There are currently more bills attacking trans youth’s right to play sports across the U.S. than there are trans youth in school sports.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
"What we can say with a great deal of certainty is that NHS England is currently relying on terrible evidence to make decisions about trans healthcare."
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Hormone Therapy For Trans Teens
The remarkable deficiencies in new NHS policy looking at whether transgender teenagers should be able to access hormone therapy.
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
The premise of scaling to X's size being a net good I find extremely dubious. Build a website that's communal, hospitable, and safe. Our experience here will not be enriched by adding 500 million more users. X is a cesspool.
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The Oldhammer Fiction Podcast @oldhammerpodcast.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I always loved those Les Edwards Call of Cthulhu 4th edition colour plates.
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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 04/06/2026
"If a company builds a machine that...emits sentences either of the form 'Compromise your values' or 'Don’t compromise your values,' it is not building a tool that assists people in their decision making; it is encouraging people to stop making decisions." www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2...
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No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious
Taken to its logical conclusion, this line of thinking is absurd—and damning.
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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
The Weyland-Yutani corporation, “Building better worlds” logo in the gay and trans pride flag colours
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Exeter Comedy Festival kicks off today with the Gala. Still tickets available. Loads of great acts on throughout ECF. The big names have sold out but there are some real gems with seats available. We're so lucky to have this going on, don't miss it! www.exetercornexchange.co.uk/book-tickets...
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Exeter Corn Exchange Locally Sourced Presents Exeter Comedy Festival 2026
Exeter Comedy Festival back for it's third year, bringing 70+ of the country’s best comedy performers to intimate venues in the West Quarter.
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UNISON @unison.org.uk · 28/05/2026
🚨 Opposing the EHRC guidance – we need your voice MPs will decide on the guidance in the next 30 days — and we need to show them the reality We need you to tell us why it is unworkable and the real life impact it will have on you in your workplace 📩 Email us: out@unison.co.uk
UNISON says: Change the law
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The Onion @theonion.com · 27/05/2026
Stapler Not The Same Since Tasting Human Flesh
Stapler Not The Same Since Tasting Human Flesh
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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
With the updated EHRC code of practice, the Government is still leaving trans people with a real fear of being excluded from essential services and public spaces. My statement in full: greenparty.org.uk/2026/05/22/s...
Image is a quote graphic that reads: “The draft guidance will mean trans people are barred from services they have previously had no issue accessing, and service providers who want to be inclusive will be putting themselves at legal risk.


“The Government has failed so it is now up to Parliament to reject this document and instead create a legal framework with clear and equal rights for all, which protects trans people’s rightful place in society.”
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Helen @helenm40.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Amnesty International's analysis of how the 'gender critical' hate movement spent millions promoting their prejudices - and furthering the goals of the Christian Right. media.amnesty.org.uk/documents/Li...
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
This, from Amnesty International, tells you all you need to know about transphobic bias in UK mainstream media.

The Corpus Linguistics Analysis shows sustained disproportionate levels of press

coverage of 'trans issues' between 2020 and 2025, averaging 264 articles per month

across the four outlets considered. The bigrams analysis shows that trans people are

virtually invisible in the content that concerns their lives. Top politicians instead recur

regularly, which suggests 'trans issues' have been elevated to key political priorities.
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Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Euston, we have a problem.
HS2 will cost more than Nasa's Artemis Moon mission

UK's stripped back high-speed link set to become the most expensive rail line in the world., with further delays and higher costs expected when new timetable is announced today

»New cost estimates for beleaguered 140-mile rail line likely to reach around £100bn - more than Nasa's £79bn projected cost for its Artemis mission to land astronauts on the Moon

» Transport Secretary expected to announce cost-saving measures such as slower speeds, and the completion date will likely be pushed back, with trains running to Birmingham by 2035
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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Joe: I am a 73 year-old retired mechanic in Forsberg, Nebraska. My 3 biggest problems are Iran's uranium enrichment capability, the casting of Helen in Christopher Nolan's "Odyssey," and the ability of Tennesseeans to check out "Roots" from a library 1000 media outlets: can we please talk at length
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 15/05/2026
Grid-scale batteries are going in an absolutely wild pace. Every whingey objection to renewables you've ever heard is basically solved by batteries. This is happening whether any of the hopeless dipshits running the US want it or not.
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The world is installing grid batteries at a blistering pace
A total of 112 gigawatts of batteries were deployed around the world in 2025 — 10 times the amount added just four years prior.
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Ludovic Chabant @ludovic.chabant.com · 12/05/2026
Chaosium may have a problem: Glorantha became the very thing that its critics warned us about. How did that happen? And what does that mean for my RuneQuest games? A lengthy essay about playing in Glorantha ludovic.chabant.com/blog/2026/05...
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RuleQuest: Getting Glorantha Back Into Play
Chaosium may have a problem: Glorantha became the very thing that its critics warned us about. How did that happen? And what does that mean for my RuneQuest games?
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
NASA just dropped 12,000 photos from the Artemis II mission. Too many to add to ArtemisTimeline.com, so I just put up a tool at ArtemisTimeline.com/vote so that people can vote on small batches allowing for all of the images to be sorted! (yes, I posted this before, but I had to fix something!)
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Artemis II Photo Voter
Help surface the best photos from NASA's Artemis II mission. Vote on a random batch, or rank specific moments.
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Christopher Miller @christopherjm.ft.com · 03/05/2026
‘I’m fighting two wars. One against the Russians. And one inside myself.’ Ukraine is reshaping warfare through its use of drones. Yet human operators remain at the controls. For @ftweekend.com, I profiled one Ukrainian FPV drone pilot to examine the personal costs. www.ft.com/content/95f5...
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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Absolutely bonkers footage of Ukrainian soldiers shooting down Russian drones in prop planes with shotguns. Not ai, came from an official Ukrainian account and verified by the WSJ.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Ukrainian FPV training in GTA 😎🇺🇦
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Clownf1st @clownf1st.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Got in trouble with my Experimental Xenobiology teacher because my homework ate my dog 😞
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Dr Jo Edge 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @hagenilda.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Going after Parkrun – a non-competitive event which has no changing rooms – perfectly illustrates that it's never been about fairness in sport, women's safety or anything else. It's about bullying and demonising trans people, hounding them out of public life in every space possible. It's disgusting.
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