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matty @mattio.bsky.social · 7h
This is wild - somebody did a deep dive into the real stories behind this famous XKCD: sheets.works/data-viz/hol...
an XKCD comic showing a precariously assembled tower of blocks. much is labelled "all modern digital infrastructure." a thin leg down at the bottom is labelled "A project some random person in Nebraska has been thanklessly maintaining since 2003."
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huchano.bsky.social @huchano.bsky.social · 18h
From the linked earlier article: "Sentencing the boy, Judge Ian Lawrie told the court the stabbing was a "very troubling event" but he did not take the view that the offender was a "danger"."
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huchano.bsky.social @huchano.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Had no idea about his illness... a lovely article/interview.
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huchano.bsky.social @huchano.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Great pics & a classic quote from the Ice Queen: "“He’s coming on our soil,” Melania Trump said of the visit to Fox & Friends on Wednesday morning..." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Photo showing an unimpressed & stony-faced Xi putting up with the gurning Trump at his side.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 23/09/2026
Israeli bulldozers smash Palestinian olive trees ahead of annual harvest reut.rs/4hnTnnM
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Israeli bulldozers smash Palestinian olive trees ahead of annual harvest
Palestinian villagers wailed over the mangled remains of their olive trees on Wednesday after Israel's military uprooted them with bulldozers, days ahead ​of the annual olive harvest, normally a source of joy for Palestinians ‌in the occupied West Bank.
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huchano.bsky.social @huchano.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"American footwear brand Converse has pulled an advert that social media users said evoked Ku Klux Klan imagery..." 🤦‍♂️ These people are lunatics - both those complaining & those responding by removing the image. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
An innocuous photograph from a Converse shoes ad campaign.
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huchano.bsky.social @huchano.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A 31-year-old multlimillionaire crashes his Lamborghini while off his head on nitrous oxide & the Guardian wants to talk about the "child labour" it somehow finds responsible. Laughable.
Screenshot from the Guardian's homepage reading: "Football - Sterling's bleak tale raises troubling questions of sport's child labour market"
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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 14/09/2026
!!!!!!! www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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FT Alphaville @alphaville.ft.com · 11/09/2026
Today's essential read: www.ft.com/content/4858...
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How big is the open-model threat to AI hyperscalers?
Games without frontiers
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huchano.bsky.social @huchano.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
All 8 contributors studiously omitting the Satanic ritual abuse & 'recovered memory' insanity Steinem did so much to push upon the world... A far more honest - if caustic - appraisal from Tracey here: www.mtracey.net/p/gloria-ste... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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‘Courage and contradictions’: what Gloria Steinem meant to feminist writers from around the world
Our global panel of writers reflect on the great legacy of the American feminist and civil rights activist, who died last week aged 92
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huchano.bsky.social @huchano.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A lovely mental image: Elon Musk is "a Gatling gun of sperm".
Screenshot from the Daily Mail reading:

"He is also, according to the mother of one of his children, a ‘Gatling gun of sperm’ who is determined to create a legion of mini-Musks ahead of a ‘civil war’ by impregnating any suitably Right-wing young woman who asks."

Link:

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16115337/Elon-Musk-richest-man-world-dangerous-ALISON-BOSHOFF.html
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huchano.bsky.social @huchano.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"Let’s restore the best of BBC light entertainment values to our culture, while enjoying high-brow references to Max Weber and crafting sophisticated stories linking superficially unconnected events." ukspeechwritersguild.co.uk/events/the-a...
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The Adam Curtis Party Conference
An alternative political gathering in the style of one of Adam Curtis’s BBC documentaries (The UK Speechwriters’ Guild is sponsoring this event.) The British party political conference season begins in September 2026, and nobody has an alternative vision, only repackaged versions of the past. Step forward Adam Curtis, Britain’s most famous advocate for an alternative […]
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pharaoh house crash @phchq.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Peter Thal Larsen @petertl.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Good luck to the hedge funds trying to extract $100k a month of signal from this noise
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David Aaronovitch @davidsonofaaron.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
How ethnicity has replaced merit on the political Right. A free post. davidaaronovitch.substack.com/p/man-on-the...
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Man on the road
Why we have work to do
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
BREAKING 84yo Reverend Sue Parfitt’s home was raided by police today. She had taken part in a peaceful protest on Wednesday with @just-stopoil.bsky.social outside Westminster, calling on Andy Burnham to refuse to reopen new oil & gas licenses in the North Sea. (Footage from a 2025 arrest)
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EL PAÍS @elpais.com · 31/08/2026
Hay varias técnicas de planchado. Se utilizan espátulas de madera para golpear los senos o vendas calientes para envolver el torso. El objetivo es retrasar el desarrollo del cuerpo de las niñas para protegerlas de la violencia sexual y el matrimonio precoz
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Planchado de senos con brasas, la dolorosa agresión para “proteger” a las niñas en Costa de Marfil
En algunas regiones, madres y abuelas todavía aplanan los pechos de las niñas con morteros y plátanos calentados al fuego para, según la tradición, mantener su apariencia infantil y evitar que sean víctimas de abuso sexual y de tener embarazos adolescentes
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huchano.bsky.social @huchano.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The unaccountably-popular-with-journos Jess Phillips MP thinks SafeToNet should be forcibly installed on every phone in existence. Terrifying to think such people have any kind of power over others. "Basically anybody could change anybody else’s password." 🤦
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huchano.bsky.social @huchano.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Timeline comedy.
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Many parents will be horrified to learn that hormone disrupting chemicals linked to cancers, diabetes & impaired brain development are legal in children's toys, teethers & sippy cups in the UK. Well done to those MPs pushing for change: chemtrust.org/news/uk-mps-...
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UK MPs show support for safer children’s toys
33 MPs have sent a letter calling for the UK Government to introduce better protections from harmful chemicals in children’s toys.
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huchano.bsky.social @huchano.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
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Ben Myring @benmyring.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
This is wonderful - if you need cheering up then this is a real tonic. ordinaryabundance.com
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Ordinary Abundance
A walk through a modern apartment, through the eyes of the people for whom everything in it was new.
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huchano.bsky.social @huchano.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
@davidsonofaaron.bsky.social "The EMDR therapy was conducted by someone who became our expert witness in court. His evidence was so clear. It was incredible evidence as he really explained the EMDR therapy so clearly. Melissa was able to retrieve a very specific memory." bsky.app/profile/bbcn...
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Just sitting on the pavement and clapping is now terrorism. Not saying anything, not holding or displaying any signs, just sitting on the pavement & clapping. Andy Burnham can stop this. But he isn't. Reporting by Steven Methven for @novaramedia.com
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huchano.bsky.social @huchano.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
@rorycj.bsky.social Bizarre tale of Hollywood rehabilitating (?) Craig Wright may be of interest. Very odd indeed. davidzmorris.substack.com/p/did-fake-s...
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Did Fake Satoshi Con Ben Affleck?
Craig Wright gets a fictionalized/deceptive biopic, backed yet again by Calvin Ayre.
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 07/07/2026
Why would we show an optical illusion to a monkey or a sparrow? To learn how they experience time, of course | Ishan Singhal
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Why would we show an optical illusion to a monkey or a sparrow? To learn how they experience time, of course | Ishan Singhal
Animals may inhabit the same world as us, but new research shows how their perceptions of what is around them differs, says research fellow Ishan Singhal
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Few people understand the scope of the powers UK governments have granted themselves, to criminalise us as terrorists for expressing an opinion. Fewer still understand how illiberal the Court of Appeal judgement is. But @davidallengreen.bsky.social does.🧵 www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
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What the Palestine Action appeal decision tells us about terrorism law
An already broad law is now matched with broad ministerial powers
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Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Allan Marshall: New CCTV footage contradicts prison death evidence
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Allan Marshall: New CCTV footage contradicts prison death evidence
Footage of Allan Marshall, who died after being restrained by prison officers, has been obtained by the BBC.
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Rupert Stubbs @rupertstubbs.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Evergreen:
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Mark Savage @mrdiscopop.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
40 musicians. 70,000 fans. I spent Friday hanging out with Gorillaz as they ran put the finishing touches to their first (and so far only) stadium show. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Damon Albarn and Johnny Marr chat on stage as they rehearse for the Gorillaz concert at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London
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🟩🟩 BANGARANG 🟩🟩 @bangarang.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 13/06/2026
🇳🇬 🐘 Rescued orphaned elephant highlights Nigeria's conservation fight An orphan baby forest elephant rescued after wandering out of Nigeria's Okomu National Park is being raised by wildlife carers from the conversationist NGO ANI in the hope of returning him to the wild.
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
letter to the Times today
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
👀 Gwyneth Paltrow is normalizing Anduril cofounder Trae Stephens—an alum of Peter Thiel’s Palantir & partner at Thiel’s Founders Fund. Trae’s wife started ACTS 17 (“Acknowledging Christ in Technology & Society”). Trae also attended “Reboot 2024” w/ Brendan Carr & Heritage President Kevin Roberts. 1/
Gwyneth Paltrow and Trae Stephens Discuss: The Future of American Defense
in which hollywood's most charming wellness mom chats with anduri's cofounder about love, war, God, and her 'very progressive' husband
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0001Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.... • 9mo
Trae Stephens "was an early employee at [Peter] Thiel's software company Palantir & is currently a partner at his venture capital fund." His wife, Michelle Stephens, is the "cofounder & executive director of ACTS 17," which stands for "Acknowledging Christ in Technology & Society."
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'Wouldn't It Be Funny if We Tricked a Bunch of People into Going to Church?' - Christian...
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EL PAÍS @elpais.com · 05/06/2026
📹 ‘Manoliño’ y otros delfines que se arriesgan acercándose a las personas para escapar de su soledad, una relación que conlleva riesgos social.elpais.com/slj…
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Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Norwegian teen was in UK to 'undertake a hit', court hears
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Norwegian teen was in UK to 'undertake a hit', court hears
Johannes Natland was due to carry out a shooting on behalf of a Swedish criminal group, trial hears.
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Tom Hannen @tomhannen.ft.com · 03/06/2026
A genuinely new and ingenious 3D zipper design: youtu.be/AWig98GVIno
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Y-Zipper: 3D Printing Flexible-Rigid Transitions in One Click
YouTube video by Jiaji Li
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Michiel van Hulten @michielvanhulten.eu · 02/06/2026
Three cheers for in-browser translations. politiken.dk/internationa...
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huchano.bsky.social @huchano.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
www.yamatomichi.com/en/journals/...
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#8 More Kindness Than I Could Carry | Yamatomichi U.L. HIKE & BACKPACKING
Three weeks into his walk across Taiwan, Takaya Sasa is deep in the mountains of Alishan. His pack is lighter than ever, but the journey keeps giving him things to carry: tea, vegetables, snacks, conv...
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The Londoner @the-londoner.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
On the morning of 7 November 2023, Joan Turnell dressed her daughter Tracey in her bright red raincoat, sat her in her wheelchair and wheeled her to Walthamstow market. It might've been like any other autumn day. Except Tracey had been dead for a year. www.the-londoner.co.uk/tracey-turne...
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The body in the wheelchair: How did a troubled family get lost by the state?
A decayed corpse was found being wheeled through the centre of Walthamstow. Who was she? And who is to blame for her death?
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 31/05/2026
Some 500 activists and influencers gathered south of Porto yesterday to discuss the concept of remigration, once a fringe term only whispered in far-right circles.
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AfD, Vox mingle with ex-US Border Patrol chief, white nationalist leader at ‘remigration summit’ 
Gregory Bovino and Jared Taylor flew in to support activists once deemed too toxic even by European far-right parties.
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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
"Someone, somewhere, has taken the decision to defund astrophysics research in the UK, but no-one seems quite sure who that was, or why." The latest on the impact of the catastrophic funding cuts to UK astrophysics, by me, in @natastron.nature.com 👩‍🔬🧪🔭 ✒️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
World View:  A change in UK policy jeopadizes the future of UK astrophysics - By Catherine Heymans

The latest budget proposal announced by the largest UK science funding agency threatens to severely affect UK astrophysics research. My colleagues and I are fighting back.
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huchano.bsky.social @huchano.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
This is fantastic! www.youtube.com/live/4nrWhB2...
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FULL SHOW: Stephen Colbert Hosts Public Access Show "ONLY IN MONROE"
YouTube video by The Mayday Network
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huchano.bsky.social @huchano.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Full story online and in the latest issue: www.private-eye.co.uk/in-the-back For the rest, including cartoons, Pseuds, Dumb Britain and all the other regulars, you’ll have to buy the magazine. 🧵5/5
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Private Eye | Saudi watch : Judicial overkilling
IN Saudi Arabia's Khamis Mushait prison, 200 Ethiopian men are awaiting execution. Most were sentenced in mass trials without legal representation, according to Ethiopia's Tigray Youth Affairs Bureau.
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Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Happy 75th birthday to Jonathan Richman. Here's That Summer Feeling
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Our investigation - a Democracy for Sale co-production with @newstatesman1913.bsky.social by me and @jennacorderoy.bsky.social - is already prompting cross-party calls for libel reform. www.newstatesman.com/investigatio...
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The Slapp trap
As media lawyers battle to keep Britain’s libel industry lucrative, hopes for reform are fading
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Chris Higgins🔜 @higgins.games · 15/05/2026
These guys went and got pissed in the Stirchley United club, harassed anyone out on the street while putting up their flags, ran over a guy with their cherry picker breaking his leg, and then scarpered before the police could show up. But sure yeah it’s just about “avvin a bitta nashnul pride”
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huchano.bsky.social @huchano.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Rebecca Hendin on Labour’s leadership crisis – cartoon
After losing 38 councils, many to Reform UK, Keir Starmer’s position is under grave threat from party rivals
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