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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It’s particularly cruel to do this to Garbo, who protected her privacy and peace but it’s not surprising she was chosen. After all, she told the world “no” and AI pushers love to run roughshod over consenf www.theguardian.com/film/2026/se...
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SKF advert review – let’s hope this dull AI Greta Garbo is not the future
Swedish-American actor exhumed for bizarre, humourless 99 seconds that give us another reason to resent AI
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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay. Polly Dunbar adds impact to the last section of Michael Rosen‘s poem London Airport with this touching image. From Peas On Your Knees: a life in the poems of Michael Rosen, an anthology of favourites with five illustrators. Walker Books 10 Sept. @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Isn't it nice when there's something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheUnredactedEPSTEIN-Files
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Anonymous @opdeatheaters.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A US rape and misogyny network is targeting women through coordinated intimidation, doxxing, and distribution of intimate images and rape media. At least 10 victims of the network’s attacks have been identified, including one whose rape video was made viral. #OpDeathEaters
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Woman gang raped on camera, a US wide rape and misogyny network attacked her and other victims
A national rape and misogyny network is targeting women through coordinated intimidation, doxxing, sexual rumours and the distribution of intimate and rape footage. At least 10 women have been identif...
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Anonymous @opdeatheaters.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Meta glasses are being used for covert harassment and group stalking. Women and girls are being secretly filmed in streets, schools, restaurants and on dates, then uploaded for millions of strangers. Police inquiries now span worldwide. #OpDeathEaters
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Meta glasses used to film women and girls without consent from Seoul to Barcelona as police cases mount worldwide
Police and prosecutors across France, Spain, South Korea, Japan and the U.S. have opened cases against men accused of secretly filming women and girls with Meta glasses. The only warning victims have ...
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Steve Rose @steverose7.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is one of the longest, hardest, most worthwhile pieces I’ve ever written. The story of a pollution incident in rural Sussex that’s Britain in microcosm - polluted rivers, dumping on farmland, govt agencies doing nothing. But also plans for a better way… www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘The eels were climbing out of the water to die’: why did every fish in this idyllic lake perish overnight?
Furnace Brook in East Sussex was home to carp, tench, bream, roach and trout – and 15 trailer-loads had to be buried. The mystery led to a neighbouring farm, and a story of waste, pollution and dirty ...
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👻 🎃 🦇 Boola Lughosti's Dad 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Meanwhile Ed Sheeran, a fucking lunatic billionaire who owns an entire Potemkin village like Marie fucking Antoinette, has managed to 5D chess his way into getting his own personal Kumbh Mela to himself cancelled to the tune of like 18 bazillion quid.
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Phoenix Calida @phoenixcalida.latinsky.app · 16/09/2026
Is this a safe space? *whispers* I once heard he bought properties next to Taylor swifts properties bc they were besties Is that real?
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Lloyd Alter @lloydalter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Toronto in a nutshell. The Minister of Transportation takes a "a leap of faith that I’ll be able to get to the office on time." People on bikes wonder if they will get there alive.
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bettybarcode (she/her) @bettybarcode.com · 16/09/2026
The assumption is that every motor vehicle trip results in an economic transaction: either to earn money or spend money. The parallel assumption is that there is no economic value to bicycle trips. Which, of course, is nonsense.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Bari Weiss and David Ellison thought their changes to CBS would be popular. Elon Musk thought his changes to Twitter would be popular. For years, they claimed they spoke for The People, forced into wokeness by the leftist elites who control everything. They said that because they believe it.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
I think this should be kind of a big deal: Elon Musk tweeting at 1:03am, “Only the AfD can save Germany.” The AfD is Germany’s neo-Nazi party.
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frank n furter @mxfrankduffy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
yes! I think that this is a point made frequently by trans people but not perceived by many cis people - boob jobs and tanning and microdermabrasion and fillers and what-not are all gender-affirming care, and I wonder what would be the result of more people seeing it that way
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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
RFK Jr.’s HHS Is Under Fire After a Judge Discovered the Agency Based Its New Policy on Scientific Studies That Do Not Actually Exist www.themarysue.com/rfk-jr-s-hhs...
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RFK Jr.'s HHS is under fire after a judge discovered the agency based its new policy on scientific studies that do not actually exist
RFK Jr.'s HHS is under fire after a judge discovered the agency based its new policy on scientific studies that do not actually exist
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Phoenix Calida @phoenixcalida.latinsky.app · 27/08/2026
Absolutely fucking 😂😂😭 At a skit about the death of tim curry It was the devil on the phone chastising the grim reaper for taking Dolly and to make up for it, he needed to find that 80yo clown from home alone 2 with a cult following Cut to GRIM PLEASE TELL ME YOU DIDN'T KILL TIM CURRY
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Dr Alan Nixon @alangnixon.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
#Tactics of #Neoliberalism and #Fascism, #History.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A civilian geography professor was fired from West Point for pushing back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change.
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West Point professor fired after pushing back on limitations to teaching climate change, lawsuit says
Adam Kalkstein pushed back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change, the lawsuit says.
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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Every hour there's a story of like a Norwegian death metal guy saying hey I never met Dolly Parton but she sent me a handwritten note saying she loved our song Corpse in the Copse and to keep speaking our truth
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David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Parton ("9 to 5," 1980) provides a more trenchant critique of capital than does Marx ("Das Kapital," 1867) because as a researcher, Parton correctly frames the problem of capital as exacerbating but not supplanting other pre-existing human dynamics such as gender roles. In this essay, I will
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#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
*Here's some Chinese journalist, he's like, "Hey the melting glacier wiped out our border post" *Is this "freedom of speech" of some kind, not really. However, he is reporting the fact that climate-change wiped out the border post, because that's a big contemporary Chinese domestic inconvenience
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 24/08/2026
Badgie says you should buy my book because it's only $1.99 today. Or else . . . no LLAP.
Me and a Badgie cosplayer at the 2026 60th anniversary STLV Trek to Vegas
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justiceseer.bsky.social @justiceseer.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
'A third of #hospitals using #Palantir's🤮 scheduling tool are reportedly DOING FEWER OPERATIONS than before they started! Major #NHS-organisations including #Leeds and #GreaterManchester have suggested that adopting #Palantir’s tools could be a DOWNGRADE! www.globaljustice.org.uk/event/no-pal...
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No Palantir in our NHS: Day of action - Global Justice Now
We have a crucial few months to kick Palantir out of the NHS – and you can help us do it.  New research has further undermined the case for keeping Palantir […]
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 15/08/2026
we know LLM companies are fueled by plagiarism on the supply side, but this raises the worrying question of how much plagiarism defines the demand side as well
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General Strike @generalstrikefov.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Promptholes don't like it if you can see when they're cheating.
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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
My small British company was bought by Americans. I have just been formally reprimanded for sarcasm and sardonic commentary. I told the disciplinary panel I was grateful for the opportunity to reflect on my attitude going forward and would be certain to bear it in mind in future.
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 13/08/2026
Who funds Farage? 🤔👇
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 12/08/2026
The Republican platform is simple: they want to sexually abuse children, and they want you to pay for it.
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damniel spookradski @self.agency · 12/08/2026
i was distinctly told that the invisible hand of the free market would contain the worst excesses of capital
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damniel spookradski @self.agency · 11/08/2026
“it was fine that roblox was letting kids get raped and tortured until it fucked with our money”
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 29/07/2026
“Neither the Starmer government, nor Andy Burnham’s, can say it didn’t know”: former Green party leader @carolinelucas.bsky.social on the shocking climate reports the UK government didn't want you to see www.thenerve.news/p/caroline-l...
Caroline Lucas: The shocking climate reports the UK government didn't want you to see. Illustration of a report with much of the text reacted: "Britain's [redacted] water supply, together with its [redacted], are [redacted] etc", over a red image of woodland burning
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Thames Water’s £1m payout to finance chief is ‘unacceptable’, says govt dept. Weasel words won't do. Cancel TW licence. Dumps tons of sewage in rivers. 571m litres of water a day lost to leaks. Numerous criminal convictions Customers fleeced. End criminality. Bankrupt TW. Nationalise water.
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Thames Water’s £1m payout to finance chief is ‘unacceptable’, says government department
Utility firm’s payment criticised by Defra and campaign groups, with some urging Andy Burnham to nationalise it
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Dr Alan Nixon @alangnixon.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
#RealHeroes Vs #Genocide and #WarCrimes by #Israel.
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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damniel spookradski @self.agency · 05/08/2026
i read this and laughed so hard i lost consciousness and my coworkers had to rush over to see if i was okay
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Dr Jeremy Walker @jeremywalker.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
LOL times one million.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 26/07/2026
FWIW, Meta was fully aware of how these glasses would primarily be used. The glasses were designed to erase consent, and that is why they exist. Anything that they do that suggests they want to ameliorate this use is an attempt to win the PR battle and manipulate public opinion.
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Meta Desperately Trying to Ban Creeps Misusing Its AI "Pervert Glasses"
Meta is vowing to crack down on creeps misusing its Ray Ban smart glasses. Whether it will be enough to regain trust remains to be seen.
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Hilary Beaumont @hilarybeaumont.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
NEW: They wanted to hold Exxon accountable. Then they got hacked A decade after climate activists’ emails were breached, a court case is shedding new light on who allegedly orchestrated the hacking How the mystery unfolded through the eyes of the climate activists: grist.org/article/exxo...
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They wanted to hold Exxon accountable. Then they got hacked.
A decade after climate activists' emails were breached, a court case is shedding new light on who allegedly orchestrated the hacking.
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damniel spookradski @self.agency · 26/07/2026
software-as-a-service is a rent-seeking model of software development and eric thor is a rentier riding the backs of countless artisans and small businesses
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Anna Phylaxis @quatoria.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Y’all talking about the 50k now vs a 50% chance at one million need to do some reading on this experiment. Children from deprived backgrounds will choose immediate gratification over the promise of larger future rewards because we have learned that future promises are unreliable.
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Stanford marshmallow experiment - Wikipedia
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Dr Prit Buttar @dienekes.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I live a couple of hours from Bordeaux; Arcachon, where the fires are burning, is another hour south from Bordeaux. The air smells smoky this morning, and this photo doesn’t show mist: it’s smoke. The world is literally burning. And some people argue that dealing with emissions is too expensive.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
“Ed Miliband Has Questioned Western Foreign Policy – And That's Why the Worst People Hate Him” For Zeteo UK, Owen Jones examines why the worst pro-war and pro-Israel people are foaming at the mouth about the new foreign secretary.
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Ed Miliband Has Questioned Western Foreign Policy – And That's Why the Worst People Hate Him
He's 'the most destructive politician', an ally of 'Israelophobes' – and not even a proper Jew, say high-profile commentators. Why are they foaming at the mouth about the new foreign secretary?
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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Can't help but notice that all the people who told us Keir Starmer would be stability and competence for Britain are now telling us that Andy Burnham will be stability and competence for Britain.
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Madame Chalet @womblingeast.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
This is a must read. Not just the usual suspects but how these usual suspects were able to gag and blackmail British institutions. Shocking and terrifying. And the article needs spreading far and wide.
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Clare Bonetree @blooyonder.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
You really should read this. I'm not usually a huge fan of stories about stories, but this is more than that - a story of a real conspiracy, of those whose stated mission is to hold power to account silenced or cowed by that power until it's too big to ignore. Epic @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
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Michael Rosen @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Do your children or you fancy writing some poems? There are 11 poetry workshops on our channel here, where I give you ideas for writing poems. All 11 are called 'Michael Rosen Poetry Workshop'. (Wearing a fawn jumper in these vids!) www.youtube.com/c/MichaelRos...
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Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
Official Michael Rosen Channel Every video and playlist here is approved by Michael himself. If it’s on this channel, it’s the real deal and safe for children. You may see “YTP” or “poop” remixes on...
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Guided By Gumbo @guidedbygumbo.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
The movie holds up. As does this great anecdote courtesy of Sam Neill and Jeff Goldblum.
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Dr Alan Nixon @alangnixon.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
#RealHeroes against #Genocide, #UK.
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
We have to ask ourselves how we made British (and American!) politics the go-to career for spivs, chancers, hedge fund speculators, money launderers, crypto criminals, anti-vaxx scammers, Nazis, sex trafficking manosphere influencers and of course the whole Johnson coterie of gropers and stalkers
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Removing images from this app is progress but it won't really take off until they also remove posts
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Steamed Buns @aremay.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
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