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Jim Simpson

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i work on security challenges. i like art, history, and museums. he/him 🏳️‍🌈

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The yellow heart emoji ⟨💛⟩ is mistakenly displayed as a pink "hairy heart" ⟨a pink heart symbol with marks representing short hair.⟩ in Google's Android 4.4 mobile operating system (released 2013) because Google's emoji art team misinterpreted the dots in Unicode's black-and-white reference images ⟨Heart symbol with dots.⟩ as being hair stubble. In reality, the dotted pattern is simply used as a colorless way to represent the color yellow (in accordance with heraldic hatching).
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Present & Correct @presentcorrect.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols walking-men.com/product/hood... Via @kottke.org
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Anatoly Shashkin💾 @dosnostalgic.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
💾 ASMR
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Stella Parton @sweetstella.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is the only interview I've done. Gayle King gave me the space to talk about my sister my way, and I'm grateful for that. The extended conversation is up now for those who've been asking. 💛 youtu.be/IXXktL9tYLc?is
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Extended interview: Stella Parton on sister Dolly
YouTube video by CBS Mornings
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WIRED @wired.com · 11/09/2026
Timnit Gebru argues that AI companies are stoking fears of extinction to avoid discussing actual harms, like autonomous weapons. www.wired.com/story/one-of...
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One of AI’s Fiercest Critics Says All the Doom Talk Is ‘Meant to Distract Us’
Timnit Gebru argues that AI companies are stoking fears of extinction to avoid discussing actual harms, like autonomous weapons.
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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
It is possible to use a The Legend of Zelda cartridge to unlock the world selection option in Super Mario Bros., by swapping the cartridges without turning off the NES and performing specific actions in The Legend of Zelda before swapping back.
How to use The Legend of Zelda to unlock a world selection option in Super Mario Bros.
First, start up the Super Mario Bros. cartridge. This is necessary to set memory address 07FF to the value A5. TLOZ will not overwrite it, and SMB will need it to be A5 later.
Cartridge swap Super Mario Bros. to The Legend of Zelda. Do not turn off the power, instead just swap the cartridges and use Reset to make the console start the new game. TLOZ will be used to write a specific value to memory.
Start a new file and buy the blue candle.* You will need literally no other item, just the 60 rupees to buy it.
This is used to access the Level 8 dungeon. *Go right one screen, up two screens, and right six screens from the start to find the shop that sells it.
With the blue candle, open up Level 8**, and go to the room directly left of the entrance. This sets memory address 07FC to 20, which unlocks the level select in SMB.
**Go left one screen and down one screen from the blue candle shop and burn the conspicuous single tree.
Cartridge swap back to Super Mario Bros. Super Mario Bros. will look for A5 at 07FF, which it set itself earlier, and 20 at 07FC, which The Legend of Zelda just set, to unlock the level select.
Now, pressing B on the title screen will cycle through all worlds, allowing you to start the game on any of them, e.g. World 8-1. This would normally be accessed by beating the game, but this trick bypasses it.
For more details and an in-depth explanation, please see the video by YouTube user @MrCheeze at youtu.be/Ie_gyHG8hAU
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Peter Huestis @peterhuestis.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This is what AI has stolen from us. 🙁
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: In a win for voters, the U.S. Supreme Court has denied a right-wing group’s request to force Michigan to place a proposed constitutional amendment requiring proof of citizenship to vote on the November 2026 ballot. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Supreme Court denies right-wing group’s bid to force Michigan proof-of-citizenship measure on November ballot
The denial, issued by Justice Brett Brett Kavanaugh, likely means the measure is dead.
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Detroit Metro Times @metrotimes.com · 03/09/2026
Michigan households are paying the steepest price for Trump’s tariffs, while the state’s auto industry absorbs billions in new costs. The tariffs cost the average Michigan household more than $5,600. www.metrotimes.com/news/trumps-...
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Trump’s tariffs are hitting Michigan households harder than anywhere else, study finds - Detroit Metro Times
Michigan-bound imports have racked up an estimated $23 billion in tariffs since President Trump returned to office, a cost equivalent to $5,619 for every household in the state, according to a new ana...
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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
My newsletter for @theguardian.com about the relationship between Trump and Putin. It includes the cover of the new Danish edition of my book Betrayal, published on Fri. It's a terrifying image of a wolf with the earth in its teeth, against a blood red background! www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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What’s really behind Trump’s deference to Putin?
Whether or not US president fits the definition of a Russian asset, his actions align closely with the Kremlin’s interests
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Erik Hane @erikhane.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I hear you—and I apologize. That mushroom was one of the poisonous ones, you’re right. That’s not just useful feedback—it’s you setting a boundary.
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Erica @erohealthcomms.com · 28/08/2026
In a study of more than 1M boys & men, HPV vaccination between 9 & 26 was associated w nearly 50% lower risk of HPV cancers, including head/neck, anus & penis. HPV vaccine is not a “women’s only vaccine.” It is a cancer-prevention vaccine & boys need it too. www.cidrap.umn.edu/human-papill...
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Studies provide more evidence that HPV vaccines benefit men
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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Thanks to @thenerve.news for running an extract from my new book Betrayal, published next week by Guardian Faber. Below is the story of Nathan Gill, the UKIP and Reform politician who took $$$$$ from Russia
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Micah @rincewind.run · 08/08/2026
folks donating to state legislative candidates is some of the biggest bang for your buck you can get in politics if you want to feel like you’re making a difference and not just throwing your money in the ocean, this is where to focus your efforts
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Jonathon M. Floyd @jfloyd314.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Genuinely, the vast majority of American voters believe that only laziness or criminal intent could be stopping the average immigrant from obtaining US citizenship. The truth is that becoming a US citizen takes years upon years of work and requires navigating a baroque bureaucratic nightmare.
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Jake Berman @lostsubways.com · 03/08/2026
this is not true. there was no conspiracy. it didn't matter whether the streetcars were publicly owned (seattle, detroit) or private (los angeles, atlanta). a thread (because i wrote a whole-ass book on this): 1/?
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A2AC (Ann Arbor Art Center) @a2artcenter.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
August is HERE, and the A2AC is here to keep you creative & engaged as the temps rise. Starting with today's Pride Carnival, keep the Art Center in mind as you navigate vacations, back-to-school prep, & lake trips, if you're lucky. See all events here: www.annarborartcenter.org/events
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
What I’ve learned from the trolley problem is that people getting hit by trolleys must have been a pretty big problem back in the day.
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Brian Kahn @blkahn.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
There were 11 people working at the CDC lab that responds to outbreaks of the parasite cyclospora. Now there are 3 thanks to DOGE
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The CDC Has a Cyclospora Lab. DOGE Downsized It Last Year
“Based on simple math, these outbreak responses—which require rapid, timely responses—are going to be greatly diminished,” the former CDC lab director tells WIRED.
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Paul @pfournier33.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Popping out to check the air quality
Space Quest III - old pixelated ms-dos game set on a volcanic planet.
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
ive talked about this a little but it's been kind of crazy-making to watch testosterone and hormone therapy blow up and become a big body-hacking craze at the exact same time that it's being rolled back for trans people
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
I think about gay men during the AIDS crisis, in the face of what often seemed like utter hopelessness, using everything in the arsenal--rage, resolve, defiance, humor, sexual energy, imagination, and art--to prevent despair from ruling the day. Even Larry Kramer didn't simply say, "We're doomed."
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Jenn Cornell @jenncornell.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Drink custom cocktails for a good cause, #annarbor concentratemedia.com/drink-custom...
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Drink custom cocktails, support local art: Ann Arbor Art Center's Artini event returns – Concentrate
The Ann Arbor Art Center’s annual Artini fundraiser returns to downtown Ann Arbor on June 20, bringing arts lovers together for an evening of cocktails, creativity, and support for cultural programmin...
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Alice Averlong 🏳️‍⚧️ @alice.averlong.com · 07/06/2026
the birthplace of the dorito: Casa de Fritos at Disneyland
A faux-Pueblo restaurant at Disney Land, called Casa de Fritos
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Inspirational Skeletor @skeletorinspires.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Start over as many times as you need to. Says Skeletor thinking he’s made a whole life out of starting over.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 23/05/2026
Hawaii just passed a groundbreaking law directly challenging Citizens United and corporate money in politics 👀
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Hawaii's Power Play: SB 2471 Takes on Citizens United
Hawaii is giving Citizens United a run for its money
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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Colbert guest hosted a public access TV show in Monroe, Michigan a day after the Late Show ended. Guest star: Jeff Daniels Special appearance by: Eminem Musical director: Jack White Genius. youtu.be/jJTXB5uT_C4?...
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Only In Monroe --- May 22, 2026
YouTube video by Stephen Colbert
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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
In Super Mario Galaxy, there is a flag atop a tower in Sea Slide Galaxy depicting a seagull in a unique style not shared by anything else in the game. This is actually a reference to the classic 1984 Hayao Miyazaki film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.
Tower in Sea Slide Galaxy [picture of tower with flag on top in the distance]
Close-up of the seagull flag [flag depicts seagull with mushroom in beak]
Intro to Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) [tapestry with extremely similar seagulls with skulls in their beaks]
Source: Captain Byte! (cometmedal.bsky.social), Reddit user "chorolou"
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
If the Supreme Court is concerned about its declining public legitimacy and thinks too many Americans are calling the Supreme Court illegitimate, the majority could try not issuing bad faith rulings that illegitimately distort law in pursuit of undemocratic partisan power. That’s always an option.
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Peter Huestis @peterhuestis.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
"I don't mean to mog but my Jell-O™ dessert matches my spectacular pantsuit"
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Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Before the design was finalized on the NES that we know today, NOA's Lance Barr came up with this awesome sleek design. Learn more about the journey from the Famicom to the NES here: youtu.be/uJvpRGibFhg
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
I would submit that a gerrymander by politicians saying fuck the voters and one by voters saying fuck the politicians are two wholly different animals
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A2AC (Ann Arbor Art Center) @a2artcenter.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Tix are now available for 2026 Artini Cocktail Crawl & Fundraiser! Join us on June 20 for custom cocktails + mocktails from your favorite local spots in #AnnArbor. Taste, explore, and vote for your favorite w/ every ticket supporting local art: www.annarborartcenter.org/artini
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Peter Huestis @peterhuestis.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Oh! Well, this concise video sums up recent research, and it's all very convincing and satisfying: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUc3...
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Scientists Finally Solved The Roanoke Colony Mystery - After 400 Years
YouTube video by First Humans
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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I've never agreed with a headline more (and would add that you don't need to be elderly to get shingles -- and yes the scars on the left side of my neck are from shingles I got in my 30s, thank you for asking!)
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You Should Be More Freaked Out by Shingles
The viral infection leaves millions with chronic pain, increased stroke risk, and lifelong nerve damage—yet vaccination rates remain dangerously low.
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Florida Chris @chrislongview.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
imagine being so unlikable you bring down a dictatorship in another country
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The Onion @theonion.com · 09/04/2026
“Ms. Rowling currently poses an extreme danger both to herself and the public, and we will not rest until she is apprehended,” said Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Matt Jukes
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J.K. Rowling Escapes  Insane Asylum
LONDON—Urging the public to remain calm as authorities worked to recapture the mentally disturbed individual, city officials confirmed Monday that novelist J.K. Rowling had escaped from a London insan...
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Poe Ghooooostal @poeghostal.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I do believe there is such a thing as good art and bad art. But I also believe there should be a museum of toy packaging and marketing art so I can stand in front of this Masters of the Universe poster by Earl Norem and talk about its composition like it's The School of Athens
A painting (used as a magazine poster) by Earl Norem of various Masters of the Universe characters fighting
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Ragnarok Lobster @eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Demanding Clinton, Bush, Obama and Biden form Former President Voltron® after you gave the nuclear codes to Tang the Conqueror is some wild shit.
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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 07/04/2026
The Congressional Republicans who let this go on day after day, month after month are morally culpable for its outcomes.
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LottesEnkelin @lottesenkelin.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
89% of Americans HAVEN'T been raising hell with their legislators about it. Make the calls. 202 224 3121 call Congress 202 456 1414 call WH Text SIGN PDRWIM to 50409 resist.bot/petitions/PD...
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STOP HIM NOW. Prevent genocide and nuclear apocalypse
Text SIGN PDRWIM to 50409 to send this to your officials.
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Jim Simpson @gngrwsbi.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
such a wild thought that there were people between me and the moon as i was driving through the dark this morning
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Leah Feiger @leahfeiger.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
NEW: A year after major DOGE cuts, GSA plans to rehire hundreds of employees. Because nothing says full, determined dismantling of the federal government like admitting you were so very wrong.
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A Year After DOGE Cuts, GSA Now Plans to Hire Hundreds of Employees
The General Services Administration is hiring “approximately 400 positions,” according to an internal email viewed by WIRED. Last year the agency lost thousands of workers as part of DOGE’s rampage.
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Héctor Barros 🏳️‍🌈 (he/him) @snibbits.eurosky.social · 02/04/2026
It's this little gem and it's not up for debate
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Shout-out to every other Gen Xer that was holding their breath the entire time for the first five mintues of the launch For r e a s o n s
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Michael DeForge @michaeldeforge.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
I guess boycotting Harry Potter feels pretty trivial to me, because I'm an adult. if someone told me I shouldn't eat Gerber's baby food, I'd be like, that is no problem. I'm way ahead of you
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Arrival
Three panel comic. (SPOILERS for the movie Arrival, but it’s like a decade old at this point so personally I think it’s chill.) Panel 1: the aliens from arrival are communicating in their circle writing language to Amy Adams’ character. Panel 2: Amy Adams is back with the other humans, standing in front of a whiteboard, and frantically trying to explain the meaning of their language, connecting their symbols to words like “WAR”, “HUMAN”, “PURPOSE”, etc. Panel 3: the aliens are hanging out drinking brews and one of them is like, “and then I drew a circle with a bunch of squiggles!” His buddies are cracking up.
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Well There's Your Problem Podcast @wtyppod.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
new EPISODE about what if a WEIRD GUY owned a BRIDGE in DETROIT. with @bosh.worstpossible.world
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