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Joseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

This is amazing. OpenAI was internally testing a program in cyber capabilities. The program escaped containment and broke into Hugging Face so it could score higher. Zero-days, the whole schmear. Yikes.

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OpenAI and Hugging Face partner to address security incident during model evaluation

OpenAI and Hugging Face share early findings from a security incident during AI model evaluation, highlighting advanced cyber capabilities and lessons for defenders.

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

There's an ambulance market (I could stop there), private equity has rolled it up, and it's now delaying deliveries, tripling the cost for cities & creating shortages across the country. This is what happens as we shout about what podcasts politicians should go on

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Emergency Prices: How Private Equity Captured the Ambulance Market

Emergency service costs have been going up for years, frustrating city officials. One reason seems to be private equity, which bought up ambulance makers and raised prices.

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 13/08/2024

this is great for bluesky but how do i turn off UK localization

bluesky navigation menu with items:
- Digs
- Gander
- Noties
- 'aving A Chat
- Feedes
- Queues
- Proufile
- Tweakings

A button says "New Poust, Innit"

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Microplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

meanwhile, on british bluesky

Bluesky prompt. Oi! bruv? and "Draughts"

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

My 4 year old nephew wants to build the “fastest rocket ship ever to Jupiter” and you don’t see any New York Times articles about that

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Omair Ahmad @omairahmad.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Oddly enough, exactly true to Tolkien's vision, where he offers Rings of Power to elves, dwarves, and humans to ostensibly empower them, but the Ruling Ring is the embodiment of totalitarianism with an Eye that can search out whenever you use a Ring. Throw the crap down an active volcano.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

It's not even midnight and we're already at "Deport Elmo."

Elmo
@elmo
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That Bunny was AMAZING. Elmo thinks he should be called Good Bunny! Elmo loves you, Mr. Good Bunny! ❤️🎶🐰
Based Yankee
@thebasedyankee
You and Bad Bunny should be deported

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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 21/03/2025

I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired. It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

If you predict the whole NCAA tournament, Elon will reward you by dispatching you to an uninhabitable planet in one of his faulty exploding spacecraft.

X Bracket Challenge
Win $100k with the best college basketball bracket! Perfect bracket gets a trip to Mars.
Rules apply.

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Hugh @hred.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

@iancoss.bsky.social you and the team made an absolute gem. First class storytelling and masterful details added along the way. Thank you! (And yes I’m sharing at dinner parties and elsewhere, too! 🙌🏻) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

podcasts.apple.com

The Big Dig

History Podcast · 11 Episodes · Weekly Series

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Hugh @hred.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Either way, though, agreed that they’re probably much more similar than a bunch of folks think.

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Hugh @hred.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Gotcha. No kids here, but I spent a bunch of time online and gaming as a kid in the early to mid 00s. I loved those connections — and even know some folks that met playing WoW and eventually got married. It’s a different world now for sure… but I don’t know I see online relationships as the same.

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Hugh @hred.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

@akivamcohen.bsky.social to make sure I’m following, are you saying that hanging out online and hanging out in person are mostly similar?

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Hugh @hred.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

No problem at all! Not your job. I’m just surprised I haven’t seen anything in my usual sources.

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Hugh @hred.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

@freddyb-aviation.bsky.social did you wind up with any brainwaves on this?

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Hugh @hred.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

@aviationintel.bsky.social and @freddyb-aviation.bsky.social I’ve been looking for some sort of write up or analysis on the opening hours and days of the invasion of Ukraine — a retro on it now that we’re a few years out. Anything like that you’ve seen or would recommend?

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Austin Ramzy @austinramzy.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Incredible byline, incredible dateline, incredible story. Great to see Evan’s work again in the WSJ www.wsj.com/world/russia...

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Today’s poem is called ‘The Importance of the Oxford Comma’.

The Importance of the Oxford Comma

Owing to ambiguities caused by its omission,
the Oxford comma was the subject of a petition
raised by serious serialists keen to ensure
its mandatory use in lists of three things or more.

And what a response! From across every nation,
the signatures poured in beyond all expectation –
from the investment bankers, robbers and thieves,
to the politicians, self-servers and exponents of sleaze.

There were the Daily Mail readers, the clowns and deluded;
the climate change deniers, the daft and the stupid;
the morally bankrupt, Donald Trump and Piers Morgan;
Elon Musk, a Bond villain and a trafficker of organs;

plus the poets, the drug fiends and chronically poor –
all supported this change to grammatical law.
This formal petition was then presented in hope
to Sir David Attenborough, the King and the Pope.

Brian Bilston

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Hugh @hred.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Tyler! Yes!! You were one of the last accounts I hadn’t seen yet and was super bummer you weren’t here… until now. Stoked. Big TWZ fan. Thanks to you and the team for all the hard work.

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Julia Is Waving, Not Drowning @booktweeting.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

FAFO fuck around, fromages out

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

In 1942, at the height of the Second World War, Alfred Eisenstaedt photographed sweethearts bidding each other farewell before the men depart for war, not knowing if they'd ever return. These candid shots give us a glimpse of what average Americans wore. Let's look at the details. 🧵

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emma zhou @emmz.bsky.social · 25/10/2024

does everybody know about my favorite website, the embroidery tips page that forgot to close its <h3> tags

web.archive.org

Embroidery Trouble Shooting Page

Embroidery Trouble Shooting Answers to all your questions about Embroidery problems

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SlenderSherbet @slendersherbet.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

If you've never heard a penguin being tickled, here's a penguin being tickled.🔊🆙

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Hugh @hred.bsky.social · 22/09/2024

@darthbluesky.bsky.social I’ve been calling the Aussie pup Darth Sprinkulus all week. Only now did I realize that probably meant I should pay you the dog tax. It’s very important to her that everybody know how sad she is at all times. 🙄

A black Australian shepherd wearing a soft cone that’s covered in sprinkles. She looks annoyed.

Same dog, same cone. Now looking more sad than annoyed.

Same dog and cone again, but this time glaring.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 19/09/2024

the Titan submersible was somehow - I know, this is genuinely difficult to believe - even stupider than you think click through for a great thread, as long as your “oh god why” tolerance is at high levels

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 11/09/2024

Behold, the best 9/11 humor of all time: The Onion's TV listings (my favorite row is MTV)

ON TV TONIGHT (columns for 8:00, 9:00, 10:00)

ABC: Attack On America
America Attacked
America In Crisis
America Still In Crisis

NBC:
A Nation Looks Around For Someone To Hit
America On The Verge Of Flying Off The Handle
America's Time Of Trial: Who Fucking Wants Some? You? Do You? How 'Bout You?

CBS
Dan Rather's 83rd Straight Hour On The Air
Dan Rather Seriously Loses His Shit
Medicating Dan Rather

BET
Wartime At The Apollo
Tavis Smiley Presents: Terrorists Strike America-The
White Man Finds Somebody Else To Fear And Demonize For A Change

MTV
The 100 Greatest, But, In Light Of Recent Events, Not As Important As Being Good To Our Loved Ones, Videos Of All Time
Yo! MTV Extends Its Condolences
Talking To Blink 182 About The Tragedy
Carson Daly In Way Over His Head

Lifetime
Golden Girls
Golden Girls
Golden Girls
Golden Girls
Golden Girls
Golden Girls

History
Last Tuesday In History
Two Weeks Ago, As Told By Those Who Lived It
Last Tuesday In History (rerun)

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Drew Scanlon @drewscanlon.bsky.social · 30/08/2024

Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE. If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease! Donate at blinkingguy.com

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ALT: a close up of a man 's face with a blurred background

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Mobius Stripper @mobiusstripper.bsky.social · 24/08/2024

A little bit of Monica in my life A little bit of Erica by my side A little bit of Rita's all I need A little bit of Tina's what I see A little bit of Sandra in the sun A little bit of Mary all night long But they were, all of them, deceived, for another Mambo was made.

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Mae Nick Phra Khanong @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 21/08/2024

It's gonna take me awhile (may do a post daily), but this inspired me to do a thread on why each of Yemen's twenty-one diverse governorates is awesome and cool to show a different side of the country

Topographic map of Yemen showing low lying green areas along the coast, and more elevated brownish areas in the interior, with a ridge of greyish mountains running down the western edge of the elevated areas before the coast

A map of Yemen's (non-perennial) waterways

A map of population density by governorate in Yemen with the eastern 2/3 of the country being relatively lightly shaded and the western one-third darkly shaded, especially in the southwest in Ta'iz and Ibb

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ruinista @ruinista.bsky.social · 23/08/2024

Two dogs confused as to how they ended up in a canoe in the middle of a lake.

Closeup of a red canoe in which two dogs are sitting, both facing backwards. A larger mastiff mix dog is wearing a red life jacket while a smaller hound is in an orange life jacket. You can see a human hand holding a paddle in the back of the canoe.

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Sebas @ohlookbirdies.bsky.social · 23/08/2024

He offers ab solution

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Genocide Condemner @easyphloem.bsky.social · 22/08/2024

Privatize the space program they said. It will increase efficiency they said

Headline: "There's a problem with rescuing the stranded astronauts: SpaceX and Boeing spacesuits aren't compatible"

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 15/08/2024

Hire a middle school teacher.

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Hugh @hred.bsky.social · 09/08/2024

@joshuajfriedman.com there’s enough love in your heart for both, I’m sure of it. Tandem did the coffee truck at our wedding (I groomzilla’d about having good coffee) and I still love the Ax. ¿Por que no los dos?

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Nolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 09/08/2024

The WSJ managed to get a copy of Tim Walz’s defensive playbook (ran a 4-4) and the resulting story is a delight — www.wsj.com/sports/footb...

wsj.com

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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 08/08/2024

International Cat Day or something

Meme: PETA was in town the other day protesting the abuse of animals and handing out these stickers, so I put one on my cat. There is then a picture of a cat wearing a sticker which reads “I'M AN ASSHOLE. I WEAR FUR.”

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Hugh @hred.bsky.social · 06/08/2024

I gather they tried to cut this at the time of publication but he insisted it stay in since he had the scholarly citation

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Hugh @hred.bsky.social · 06/08/2024

Adding in a fun fact: pichiciego believes in God! This from a book my dad wrote “Mammals of the Neotropics”🤣❤️ The cited text: Jakob, C. 1943. El pichiciego (Chlamydophorus truncatus) estudios neurobiologicos de un mamífero misterioso de la Argentina. 1. Parte. Folia Neurobiology. Argent. 2: 1-106