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Jeff 🐟

@foldedfish.bsky.social
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A mystery wrapped in an enigma, then wrapped in a flour tortilla, served in a tote bag filled with spicy vegetarian chili. UX engineer. Accessibility advocate. Game designer. Musician. Kook.

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Semafor @semafor.com · 30/09/2026
Visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year. “We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.” www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
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mike taddow @miketaddow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
i’m sorry, but i have to post this political ad
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Jeff 🐟 @foldedfish.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The “I’m sorry” aside at 8:35 is comedy gold.
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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There have been three firearm discharges in Greater Manchester (pop. 3 million) since 1 April 2026. Not three injuries, not three killings, but three shots fired in six months. I wonder how that compares to any US city.
Firearms discharges fall
In 2008, there were 146 shootings in Greater Manchester. This number had more than halved by 2020.
Since then, firearms discharges across the region have continued to fall -albeit not consistently - and GMP data shows there has been a significant drop-off in gun violence rates betweens 2020 and 2026.
Number of firearms discharges:
2020 to 2021: 71
2021 to 2022: 46
2022 to 2023: 26
2023 to 2024: 28
2024 to 2025: 29
2025 to 2026: 16
Since 1 April 2026: 3
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Art Of Coop @artofcoop.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I know we’re not supposed to goof on people’s looks, but if this is what being a billionaire does to you, I’m happy to be a poor slob
Peter Thiel looking like a particularly vicious Dan Clowes drawing
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Disney Prime Video + ᵖᵃʳᵒᵈʸ @disneyprimevideo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#1 streaming in Atlanta
Senator Schmitt holds up a poster for Hawkeye starring Jack Smith and Fani Willis
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Even America.gov agrees: Donald Trump drove up your gas prices.
In one Word, did Donald Trump's war in Iran drive up gas and diesel prices for Americans?

America.gov: yes
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The funniest thing about the Schmitt rake stomp is that if it'd been a Dem we'd have a week of think pieces about how Dems lack of hoops literacy was alienating them from real America.
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 29/09/2026
This period will go down as one of the greatest moments for Democrat attack ads in history. We're seeing LBJ "Daisy"-level spots daily.
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Jeff 🐟 @foldedfish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
…next to nothing?
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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
60 days for fucking an 8 year-old? That’s practically a life sentence. Justice served!
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Jeff 🐟 @foldedfish.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
As they say, Ken, the point is not the grammar. It’s the feeling.
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Jeff 🐟 @foldedfish.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I mean, it’s really the best anchor for a Csus2 and a Dsus4. That’s just science.
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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 28/09/2026
Any time we hear "AI did this and this", it's not proof programs are becoming sentient, but that the humans deploying said AI did this (which is generally failing to deploy proper sandboxing measures to prevent an AI from going against security) It's not the AI that's rogue, it's the company
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Robin D. Laws @robindlaws.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Whenever I don’t understand something on here I realize it’s about sports so I hope all the fans are enjoying the series between the Texas Choosers and the Iced Coffees
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A provocative article in Rolling Stone titled "What some folks really mean when they claim to have never done the Humpty Hump."
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Zach Rabiroff @zachrabiroff.com · 27/09/2026
Fewest women I've ever seen in a single event space, and I cover comic conventions for a living.
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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 26/09/2026
Instead of: A hill I'm willing to die on I'm gonna start saying: A hill I'm having a picnic on Just... spreading out a blanket with a food basket and staying a long time ✅️ too many ppl dying already ✅️ picnics are cozy n nice ✅️ nobody wants to eject someone having a nice picnic on a hillside
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Smörhuvud (he/surprise me) @guncelawits.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It boggles my mind that there are still people who don’t understand that cigarettes were always ADHD meds with shittier side-effects.
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Mike Ginn @shutupmikeginn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
porn is so deeply misogynistic. i just watched a video with dozens of performers going at it, and they literally hadn’t bothered to hire a single woman.
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Jeff 🐟 @foldedfish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🤞C’mon, Jeff the Land Shark🤞
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Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is one of the handful of bizarre, bonkers billionaires we're supposed to trust to be "responsible" with the development of A.I.
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes.
Screenshot of BBC article: OpenAI bots (struck through) meddled with multiple US government agency sites
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 26/09/2026
Does my Speak-n-Spell feel pain when I type O-U-C-H? The jury is out. Philosophers and neuroscientists say that's fucking stupid, but I called a guy from the Center for Pretending that Household Electronics Are Sentient and he said there's no way to know for sure.
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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They need immigrants.
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026
I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility
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Andy Diggle @andydiggle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My Glock system went rogue and issued 9mm agents which accessed the internal organs of several victims. Please give me billions of dollars to help me regulate the behavior of the gun whose trigger I keep pulling.
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.
A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with 
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future
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Chiara Di Lello @chiaradilello.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Fuck you I won't do what you tell me" - Rage Against the Machine (probably)
Orange juice carton with an open spout. Under the spout PLEASE USE STRAW HOLE is printed in green on the white carton
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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
we have control mechanisms for this. it's called The Law. these guys should be held personally liable for these harms. the suicides, the thefts, the intrusions into computer systems. they should be sued and prosecuted as appropriate. problem immediately solved
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Girl dinner
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Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
god forbid a woman have hobbies
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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 23/09/2026
I had not seen this clip where Tammy Duckworth advises Democrats to "not impeach anybody," "get back to work" and "allow" Donald Trump to "save face" and I would just like to remind the senator from IL that the federal government took 4,000 Chicagoans and murdered a 38-year-old father last fall.
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Jeff 🐟 @foldedfish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is one of the many reasons why I won’t read your Substack. Please move your newsletter to anywhere else.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 23/09/2026
surprise! there really IS a sinister and deeply evil ultra-rich entity manipulating US politics with space lasers, and it’s not the Jews, it’s Elon Musk.
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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Abolish ICE. Fire them all. Prosecute their crimes.
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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We wrote this 18 damn years ago.
A script from episode 102 of Leverage with the dialogue for defense contractor Dufort:”You know the great thing about Congressmen? Fifty, a hundred  grand well spent will get one elected.Once they’re in, they have an incumbency rate of over ninety-five percent. You get, on the average, eighteen to twenty years of use out of one. (beat) In these uncertain times, buying a United States Congressman is one of the best investments a corporation can make.”
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
There is something so unbelievably bleak about an article that calmly walks readers through how to navigate being laid off after 50, losing your health insurance, and somehow surviving the years until Medicare. What a broken country.
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Laid Off After 50, and No Health Insurance? Here’s What to Consider. (Gift Article)
At best, older workers will struggle to find health insurance that bridges the years before they qualify for Medicare at age 65.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.
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F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins
The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
ProPublica got the literal check Collins was bribed with.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
because the ny times wants to kneecap AOC the way they did hillary clinton. they don't do this for any other politician but her. and we must pound them into the dust for this.
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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 22/09/2026
Well I see Louis CK is back on tour www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Passenger says United ‘trapped’ her next to a man who masturbated on flight. Then the airline let him leave.
The woman said she was told she had to return to her seat during landing in spite of the sexual harassment she reported because there were no other available seats.
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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
this is fantastic and I learned something new
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I know that some people don't think these types of things are important but I really do. Cultural change precedes political change. When you don't have the culture, it's more difficult to win politically or to sustain political wins. newrepublic.com/post/215697/...
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MAGA Festival With Kid Rock Canceled After No One Wanted to Go
The “Freedom Fest” is no longer happening after dismal ticket sales.
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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If you’re moved by this guy crying boy oh boy are there some other images and videos you should check out
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2026
it's JD's first day at standing school (Kent Nishimura/Pool via Getty)
pic of JD standing while talking to reporters on an airport tarmac looking off balance and a bit like 3 kids in a suit
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 21/09/2026
Well well well, someone said the quiet part out loud
60 Minutes (@60Minutes) on X:

“This is the first time in my adult life where there's been an issue that's come up that I feel like is going to directly impact me,” says Dave Lowe, a lifelong conservative Republican who lives near a proposed data center in Texas.

A middle-aged white man with a white beard, a cowboy hat, and a shirt stares at the camera
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Will Kerslake @wkerslake.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I recently heard someone describe NIN as inverse Rick Astley. I will give you up I will let you down I will run around and desert you I will make you cry I will say goodbye I will tell a lie and hurt you
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