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Tim Wesson

@hopemaker.bsky.social
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Also mastodon.partipirate.org/@Morosoph. Cambridge former mathematician, philosophy student, recovering from a breakdown. Wire: account.wire.com/user-profile/?id=0… Signal: Morosoph.37

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Cormac MacFhionnlaoich @cormacscoast.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
(1/2) A Snakelocks anemone (Anemonia viridis) and a Strawberry Anemone (Actinia fragacea) on the shore during lowtide. Strawberry Anemones like many other intertidal dwelling anemone species, have the ability to close up and hold water inside when the tide goes out.
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Cormac MacFhionnlaoich @cormacscoast.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
A selection of fossilized Crinoid stems, preserved in a piece of a dark shale, concretion. Crinoids are marine creatures, related to starfish and sea urchins. County Clare, Ireland. Cormacscoast.com walking tours
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Tim Wesson @hopemaker.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Cryptograpy is still not secure as the hidden subgroup problem is revealed to be soluble in polynomial time by quantum computers. thequantuminsider.com/2026/08/06/a...
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Amazon Researcher Claims Quantum Algorithm Could Challenge PQC Foundations
The Quantum Insider (TQI) is the leading online resource dedicated exclusively to Quantum Computing.
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Kellyyy 👻 @tealwaistcoat.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Comic by Dave Coverly. One mouse in red robes sits crosslegged and with closed eyes inside a maze. Another mouse, also in the maze, faces away talking to a third mouse: "He said the true maze is inside us. So, you know, not super helpful."
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Tim Wesson @hopemaker.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Interesting how Anya Taylor-Joy views acting as ‘controlled psychosis’! www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
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Anya Taylor-Joy Says ‘Women Don’t Method Act Because We Have Things to Take Care of and Can’t Lose Our Minds’ or Be ‘Assholes’ on Set
Anya Taylor-Joy is known for giving full-bodied performances in the likes of “The Witch,” “The Queen’s Gambit,” “Furiosa” and more, but she’s never gone full Method on a set before nor does she have p...
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Tim Wesson @hopemaker.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
This is controversial, but is the imbalance inherent? If all parties were less obedient, more relationships would work as this gap would close. Maybe, without religious influences controlling us from birth, we could all be more natural in our self-expression! www.instagram.com/reel/DbWuepK...
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aellasexperiment on Instagram: "40% of men are dominant. I’m keen on finding out what 60% of you is all about. You know what to do in my bio.#modernrelationships #…"
40% of men are dominant. I’m keen on finding out what 60% of you is all about. You know what to do in my bio.#modernrelationships #humanbehavior #attraction #hottakes #interestingView all comments
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a wizard @towerwizard.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
The wizard's pajama robes are set on a little table next to the bathtub. He carefully steps into the bath. It is just the right temperature and the bubbles smell of summer.
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Tim Wesson @hopemaker.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Even Japan is challenging ridiculous flag laws! www.hrw.org/news/2026/07...
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Japan: Flag Desecration Law Violates Free Speech
The Japanese Diet on July 17, 2026, adopted a flag desecration law that criminalizes damaging Japan’s national flag, a violation of the right to freedom of expression.
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Tim Wesson @hopemaker.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Humans still remain remarkably strong at Go against AI. www.kedglobal.com/artificial-i...
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Go master Shin cracks AI barrier with win over KataGo, sets up series decider - KED Global
Shin Jin-seo finally broke through against artificial intelligence on Sunday, defeating KataGo by four and a half points to become the first professional to be
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Tim Wesson @hopemaker.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
It seems the government is forgetting that going green needs an incentive structure. You can't maximise revenue *and then* figure out the best way of spending it, as maximising revenue, like maximising profit, is a large part of the problem in the first place. www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-news/mot...
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Government lays out new road tax scheme ... which works like the old paper tax disc system
After years of trying to separate VED from the car, the government's marrying the two back together for electric cars.
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Tim Wesson @hopemaker.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
This is certainly one way to promote the rights and interests of a river! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The woman who married the River Avon and now wants it protected
Meg Avon held a wedding event to raise awareness about untreated sewage being pumped into waterways.
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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
❌ Myth: Guaranteed income creates a disincentive to work ✅ Reality: Guaranteed income actually helps people find suitable and sustainable work that leads to more stable employment:
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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Every Single Attempt To See What UBI Does Proves UBI Works But instead of using this information to do something, we keep repeating the test hoping for a different outcome.
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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 12/06/2026
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Tim Wesson @hopemaker.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
There needs to be more common sense. Our addiction to petty rule enforcement is crippling. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Leigh-on-Sea Pilates instructor banned from free beach sessions
The council tells Alexandra Beard to complete extensive paperwork and pay £85 per week to continue.
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Tim Wesson @hopemaker.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Some good news limiting those surveillance freaks trying to run the UK. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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London mayor Sadiq Khan blocks £50m Met police deal with Palantir
Exclusive: Scotland Yard had been in talks to use Palantir’s AI technology to automate intelligence analysis
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Cleaning up Orban’s corruption in Hungary is a huge task after he looted their country for years, and it is certainly something we can watch unfold and learn from.
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Tim Wesson @hopemaker.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
China takes a leaf from the history of our Western colonial past 📖 www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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‘They have built a machine that pulls out their mother tongue’: why Tibet’s children ‘think they are Chinese’
Parents say the insistence on Mandarin in schools is eroding the Tibetan language and culture right from early childhood
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Tim Wesson @hopemaker.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Local progress in the US on recognising nontraditional family arrangements. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Polyamorous Americans are celebrating new laws establishing their ‘inherent worth and dignity’
Portland is the latest US city to codify polyamorous rights in housing, jobs and public spaces, and more could follow
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Tim Wesson @hopemaker.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
This is oddly a surprisingly human-like vulnerability. Certainly, we know enough context to be able to exploit this, but Socrates wasn't the only one to notice how humans tend to fail badly outside their areas of expertise. www.vice.com/en/article/a...
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A Human Amateur Beat a Top Go-Playing AI Using a Simple Trick
Researchers developed a simple way to exploit a computer's understanding of the game so that even an amateur can win.
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Tim Wesson @hopemaker.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
If this could also be done with oil, it could be transformative! interestingengineering.com/energy/china...
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China's tech turns coal into electricity with no direct carbon emission
Chinese researchers have developed a coal-based fuel cell that generates electricity through an electrochemical process rather than combustion.
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Tim Wesson @hopemaker.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Civil liberties are no longer taken seriously in the UK. news.sky.com/story/facial...
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Facial recognition to be 'rolled out' across UK after human rights challenge fails
Minister says 'law abiding citizens have nothing to fear' after judges rule in favour of police use of live facial recognition technology in London.
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xkcd title text @xkcd-titletext.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Title text: "I think I accidentally installed an Overton window in my bedroom. A few months ago, the sun wasn't in my face in the morning, but now it is." Alt text: explainxkcd.com/3230#Transcript
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Tim Wesson @hopemaker.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
🎶 Uh-huh 🎵
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
My "We don't allow bets on assassinations and murder" ad campaign has people asking a lot of questions already answered by the ad campaign
A Kalshi ad that says "We don't do death markets"
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Tim Wesson @hopemaker.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Huge day for social media. www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...
Screenshot from The Guardian newspaper.

Mark Zuckerberg is walking in a crowd, presumably with his lawyer.  The press is gathered around him taking photos. 

Below the photo, it says ‘Ruling that Meta and YouTube deliberately designed addictive products marks possible watershed moment for social media’.

Below that, it says ‘Sat 28 Mar 2026 06.00 GMT’ and then ‘Listen to this article | 10:58’.

Then ‘The young woman at the heart of what has been called the tech industry's “big tobacco” moment was on YouTube at six and’.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/ng-interactive/2026/mar/28/week-that-brought-big-tech-to-heel-meta-youtube-google-instagram-facebook
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Tim Wesson @hopemaker.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
The planet needs its lungs, but how do we quantify this? Fundamentally, this is not quantifiable, but by putting numbers to this, we say explicitly what trades we're willing to make for the sake of life on this planet, including our own. But making this explicit were forced to confront ourselves.
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Tim Wesson @hopemaker.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Stories like this help explain why sailors still make offerings to Poseidon: www.bgr.com/2124924/rogu...
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The Old Sailor Myth Satellites Actually Confirmed Is True - BGR
Thanks to the latest satellite data, we've observed storms with massive wave heights, potentially towering over 100 feet above the ocean's surface.
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Tim Wesson @hopemaker.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Internet suffering heavily invasive, one-sided censorship. youtube.com/watch?v=hMiV...
youtube.com
The Internet is Being Deleted (And You Haven’t Noticed)
YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz
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Tim Wesson @hopemaker.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
It would seem that we avoid counting oversamples as data. At least this holds #in_mice. www.psypost.org/neuroscienti...
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Neuroscientists just upended our understanding of Pavlovian learning
Published in Nature Neuroscience, new research reveals that timing, not repetition, drives associative learning. By showing the brain prioritizes the delay between rewards, the study upends century-ol...
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Tim Wesson @hopemaker.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Players and Devs alike notice that AI use makes for a glossy, worse, derivative product. Some don't care, as the glossier product is easier to advertise and sell. www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...
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Major industry survey finds that, surprise surprise, 9/10 game devs think generative AI use should be more fully disclosed on Steam
But "in the near future, players will no longer care and then we won't disclose it anymore."
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OneBlueIris, Tapatío Temptress @oneblueiris.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Whoever named that red apple delicious was WRONG and you cannot change my mind about this 🍎
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Emily B. Scialom @emilybsci1.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
medium.com/authority-ma...
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Emily B. Scialom On The 5 Things You Need To Be A Successful Author or Writer
Many people will try to dissuade you from an artistic pathway in life. Some are well-meaning but whatever their motive, you must source…
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Tim Wesson @hopemaker.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
I can't believe I'm listening to this. Totally flat. All on how to eliminate humans from the most famous platform for allowing sex workers to escape exploration by pimps. They now become ‘content’. youtube.com/watch?v=B5tB...
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A Complete Primer on AI OnlyFans
YouTube video by faceless francis ofm
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Legalize comedy!!!!!
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Tim Wesson @hopemaker.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
It's a long one, but if you have the patience for it, it's well worth your time. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Hacked data shines light on homeland security’s AI surveillance ambitions
Records show DHS tech incubator spending large sums on partnerships that would expand surveillance capabilities
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Natalie Wynn @contrapoints.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
America is respected perhaps like never before
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
At least Carlin isn’t alive to see this.
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Global Abortion Rights News @globalabortionnews.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
The number of ‌legal abortions in Poland doubled in 2024, while complaints to Polish authorities over conscience clause refusals in the country have apparently ceased. The government had told hospitals they are obliged to provide abortion on the legal grounds of a woman's ​mental health.
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European rights body says abortion refusal complaints in Poland have ceased
The number of ‌legal abortions in Poland doubled in 2024, while complaints to Polish authorities over conscience clause refusals in the country have ceased, the Council of Europe said on Thursday.
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Tim Wesson @hopemaker.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
A significant event in the origins of our world. Indeed, the origin of our own moon. phys.org/news/2026-03...
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Astronomers collect rare evidence of two planets colliding
Anastasios (Andy) Tzanidakis was combing through old telescope data from 2020 when he found an otherwise boring star acting very strangely. The star, named Gaia20ehk, was about 11,000 light-years from...
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Tim Wesson @hopemaker.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
If you see this, post a robot. [To clarify, the robot is on the left]
[https://www.lovense.com/interactive-ai-robot-sex-doll]

The ‘Emily’ sexbot with a T-shirt saying ‘Lovense’ is standing next to a man who is looking slightly clueless with a wrinkled forehead and almost black purple shirt gesturing towards Emily. 

Behind them is a pink background featuring white lines and black text partly obscured by the man.

The text reads:

Experience the future
of companionship with
the Lovense AI Doll -
... to redefine
... connection
... tic skin 
... controls
.. AI
... AI
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Tim Wesson @hopemaker.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Ig Nobel prize ceremony to move from Harvard to Zürich. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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Ig Nobels to move awards to Europe due to concern over US travel visas
Scientific awards – which honor research that makes people laugh and then think – to move away from ‘unsafe’ US
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Tim Wesson @hopemaker.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Bejam's in big trouble! www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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UK supermarket chain Iceland drops trademark dispute with Iceland
Company promises ‘rapprochement discount’ for shoppers from country after decade-long action in EU court
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Tim Wesson @hopemaker.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Prosecutors acting as if they're on crack cocaine. novaramedia.com/2026/02/27/g...
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Greece’s Varoufakis Indicted Over Ecstasy Use 36 Years Ago
Greece’s former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has been indicted after admitting on a podcast that he took an ecstasy pill at a rave in Australia in his twenties.
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David Circe H. @davidcirce.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Imagine this woman wanting to have sex with you and you panic and divorce her.
Nicole Kidman
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Tim Wesson @hopemaker.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Make it shitty! 🥳 youtube.com/watch?v=T4Up...
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A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator
YouTube video by Forbrukerrådet - Norwegian Consumer Council
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Tim Wesson @hopemaker.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
On the shame that keeps people tied to a cult, how it lingers, and the difficulty in leaving them. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
theguardian.com
How did I believe that? A cult survivor looks back at his lost years
In a new podcast former sect members reflect on end times, warnings of ‘astral larvae’ lurking in nightclubs and being in thrall to charismatic leaders – and the embarrassment and shame they feel now
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 24/02/2026
Plums xkcd.com/3209/
Comic. [Person is sitting at a desk with a laptop, turned toward voice coming from off-panel.] VOICE FROM OFF-PANEL: I got you the ingredients for dinner tonight. Oh, and the plums in the fridge drawer are for my yogurt tomorrow; you should just leave them. Be back later! PERSON’S THOUGHT BUBBLE: Oh no. [caption] Help. It actually happened. I shouldn’t. But how can I not!?
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wpcon.bsky.social @wpcon.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56159/...
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This Is Just To Say
I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold
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