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PatMacNamara

@iamthepatmac.bsky.social
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Writer of all things genre, frustrated ham, and rugby union/laser-tag/air guitar champion... Really! There are trophies! Also, purveyor of fine poptiquities by way of the 'Bazaar of the Popzarre'.

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 7h
Oh hurry, please. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
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Goodbye joint replacements? Stanford scientists found a way to regrow cartilage and stop arthritis
Scientists have found a surprising way to regrow damaged knee cartilage by blocking a protein that becomes more abundant with age. In old mice, the treatment restored naturally lost cartilage and also...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 7h
At this point, there is no ambiguity about what just happened: Trump has stabbed the Ukrainian nation in the back in exchange for a shipment of diesel that would be a roughly 17 hour supply for the US market. It shows how easily Trump is manipulated by Putin, Xi and other dangerous dictators.
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WIRED @wired.com · 6h
Sold by its trailer as a gag reel, Tom Cruise’s strangest movie may be the most unsettling portrait of our tech and climate moment yet. buff.ly/ASe74eQ
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‘Digger’ is a Box Office Flop. It Might Be the Most Relevant Film of the Year
Sold by its trailer as a gag reel, Tom Cruise’s strangest movie may be the most unsettling portrait of our tech and climate moment yet.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 10h
Nicolas Cage says he’s “probably not” working with Amazon again after refusing to sign AI waiver for “Spider-Noir”: ‘I am not an AI-friendly actor’
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Nicolas Cage Says He’s ‘Probably Not’ Working With Amazon Again After Refusing to Sign AI Waiver for ‘Spider-Noir,’ Teases Joining ‘True Detective’
Nicolas Cage says he 'probably won't be working' with Amazon again after refusing to sign an AI waiver for 'Spider-Noir.'
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LucasArts Memory @lucasartsmemory.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II (LucasArts) was released 29 years ago! The second and final Star Wars game with FMV sequences left me with some very fond memories.
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 16h
“She definitely shouldn’t be here tonight.” The Nerve’s @carolecadwalla.bsky.social introduces silenced Facebook whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams at a screening of the Social Reckoning, where fellow whistleblower Frances Haugen - whose story inspired the film - spoke out on Sarah’s behalf 🧵
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Status reports that ABC News deleted that explosive story about the Trump kids getting billions in federal contracts for their companies. ABC hasn't explained why they nuked the story, even as Trump has crowed about its deletion, sparking a firestorm behind scenes. www.status.news/p/david-elli...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/10/2026
This is as treasonous as it gets
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Absolutely 👇
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10/10/2026
Of course Kash Patel wants to hand the UFC a NO-BID contract to train FBI agents. The UFC is a sports entertainment business. The FBI already trains agents in defensive tactics. And we’re supposed to believe Dana White, Trump’s buddy, runs the only organization in America qualified to do this.
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Eric Levai @ericlevai.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Now THIS is how you write a story. Devastating.
Screenshot from this article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/us/politics/fort-hood-execution-streamed-public.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HVE.Rw7O.Sj-0_s5YONzL&smid=nytcore-android-share
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 09/10/2026
To see why the $500 "refund" checks represent an inappropriate and possibly illegal use of federal funds, it helps to know the actual source of the money and its intended purpose. @citizencohn.bsky.social explains it in the latest edition of The Breakdown:
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Donald Trump Is Buying Votes at $500 a Pop
He’s calling it an Obamacare “refund,” but it’s nothing of the sort.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 09/10/2026
Read more in the latest edition of The Breakdown:
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Donald Trump Is Buying Votes at $500 a Pop
He’s calling it an Obamacare “refund,” but it’s nothing of the sort.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 09/10/2026
Megyn Kelly has been criticizing the Cornell Jane Doe for how she responded after she was allegedly sexually assaulted by multiple men in one night. But Kelly seems to have forgotten what it feels like to be blamed after coming forward with allegations:
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John Picacio @johnpicacio.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🧵 Attention, Fellow SFF Artists and Authors -- here is my response to Must Read Magazines, after they presented an Asimov's art contract expecting me to waive all Moral Rights and Copyright to my art. And, I would strongly advise the following to my fellow pros…. 1/
John Picacio’s response to Must Read Magazine’s request for his waiver of all Moral Rights and Copyright of his commissioned art for an ASIMOV’S assignment. Short version — Picacio says a resounding NOPE.
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IGN @ign.com · 07/10/2026
The Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering teams at Wizards of the Coast have just announced they're unionizing. In a letter of demands, the union has urged Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast leaders to stop pushing generative AI. bit.ly/4hMhPzG
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 07/10/2026
ICE has ordered 6,650 pairs—and says it'll ignore any bans.
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Study: Shock gloves traumatized Army volunteers
After tests, military personnel said "just seeing the glove" that ICE plans to adopt scared them into obedience.
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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Think we really need to keep this moment on file for the inevitable shit-storm Lord Satsuma is badly telegraphing here.
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iWillVote.com Pollock ➡️ turn 🔔 on @willpollock.com · 06/10/2026
"I reached out to @johnsipher.bsky.social for comment on what is happening in Finland: 'surveillants in Moscow would often send signals by breaking into our homes.' refrigerators unplugged, pets poisoned and shits left in the toilet" @olgalautman.bsky.social olgalautman.substack.com/p/someone-is...
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Someone Is Entering the Homes of Finnish MPs and Leaving Signs Behind
Today, for a change, I am not writing about explosions, arson attacks, drone incursions, information operations, or critical infrastructure going up in flames somewhere in Europe.
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 04/10/2026
Good morning. Just how much have successive UK governments spent - or is the current one due to spend - with Peter Thiel’s Palantir? 🧵⤵️
Graphic showing Palantir founder Peter Thiel and totals of money spent since 2014 – or due to be spent – by UK government departments and agencies. Design: Lynsey Irvine
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PatMacNamara @iamthepatmac.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
DC doesn't even get a mention...
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heute jedoch nicht @heutejedochnicht.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Meta-Adbusting in der Londoner U-Bahn
Jeffrey Epstein mit Ray Ban Meta-Smartglasses und Denkblase „Finally, a pair that suits me...“
Caption: „GLASSES FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T DO CONSENT“
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NPR @npr.org · 02/10/2026
Florida is updating its science standards with evolution and climate change almost entirely absent from a new proposal.  The state will now seek public input on the revision. (via @cfpublicmedia.bsky.social) n.pr/4iW2Kh4
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Florida’s proposed science standards sideline evolution and climate change
The Florida Department of Education released its first comprehensive rewrite of science learning standards in nearly two decades, with the last one adopted in 2008.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Directing DOJ to slow-walk politically damaging decisions until after people vote would be a major scandal under any normal administration. Here, it’s just Friday.
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✨Cramer©️ @cramer-1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 01/10/2026
Several weeks ago, Phil Tippett's legendary animation studio in Berkeley, CA closed. An anonymous hero noticed a folder of CDs. This turned out to be hundreds of unseen hi-res images and videos from Star Wars, Robocop, Jurassic Park, etc. ~90 isos for you to browse: archive.org/details/tipp...
A casual Star Wars alien fella at the cantina, in a sun faded, reddish photo. Someone will be mad at me for not knowing who this is. Phil, a balding Caucasian man, poses a model of the garthok, an antagonist from the Coneheads movie.Phil, a balding caucasian man, points at some CG on a CRT computer monitor, as a younger man looks on. The screen shows a model of a dinosaur attacking a jeep, while there's an actual physical model of that event in the foreground for reference.an isolated shot of a star wars vehicle. Sorry, I don't know star wars lol
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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
So much winning! Who would want to visit this shithole country? Worldcon attendance was massively down because so many foreign folk stayed home.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 01/10/2026
As the U.S. military depletes critical munitions and evacuates bases amid Trump’s Iran war, Pete Hegseth is now moving to eliminate 20% of the military’s top brass positions.
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Hegseth Moves To Gut 20% of Top Brass, Calls Press ‘Treasonous’
At Quantico, Pete Hegseth paired a sweeping cut to senior military positions with culture-war rhetoric and an attack on journalists reporting on the Trump regime’s war.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This morning, the Justice Department went after nearly an entire state's federal bench, all at once. The judges had said the government wasn't following court orders. The response was to try to remove the judges. Here's why every American should be paying attention. www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: ‘It’s an implicit threat’. Lord Tom Watson of Palantir writes to one of its biggest critics -Labour MP @labourlewis.bsky.social - to tell him the surveillance firm is watching him. www.thenerve.news/p/clive-lewi...
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They’re saying: we’re watching you’: MP Clive Lewis reveals Tom Watson has warned him over criticising Palantir
In a letter to his former Labour colleague, the peer, who joined Peter Thiel’s AI company this month, writes: ‘You have made the case against the company more or less continuously’. By Carole Cadwalla...
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Meta Muse appears to read your Apple messages and upload them to the cloud even if you explicitly tell it not to: appleinsider.com/articles/26/...
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Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Today I saw the new 4 hour documentary Musk, directed by Alex Gibney. There were too many times to count that a sold out theater burst out laughing at Elon Musk, something he said or did, even sometimes just how he looked. I believe that is his worst nightmare come to life.
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Quentin Dempster @quentindempster.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Please Senator Jane Hume don’t sell out Australia’s original content creators to US AI with your “getting the balance right” response. Our American friends will walk through our Copyright Act with Trump’s support. Time for our ALP/LNP duopoly to demand fair compensation for local AI training.
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Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
New Yorker style comic of two sophisticated people at a cocktail party.
One guys says "mainstream news refusing to tell people the planet is being cooked is serial killer multiplied by molester level evil."
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
PLEASE SHARE
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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
YouTube video by Musk
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 24/09/2026
Just when I think I can’t hate OpenAI and Sam Altman any more, new details come out about how ChatGPT helped a shooter plan one of the worst mass shootings in Canadian history in Tumbler Ridge, BC. OpenAI made an explicit decision not to report the user to authorities.
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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 25/09/2026
HUGE. Everyone who was a part of prosecuting her needs to resign from public life and pray for forgiveness.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 25/09/2026
“I remember seeing him on TV and thinking, ‘No, that can’t be Kash,’ but sure enough, there he was, addressing the nation about a missing person case.” — Daisy, local golden retriever
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Dog Can’t Believe Guy She Hooked Up With 10 Years Ago Now Head Of FBI
WASHINGTON—Reflecting on the past fling and remarking how time had flown by, local golden retriever Daisy told reporters Thursday that she could not believe the guy she hooked up with 10 years ago was...
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PatMacNamara @iamthepatmac.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Yes, it can always get worse! FFS!!!
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Brownshirts. It's 1934 in these United States. And we have too many quiet Germans.
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404 Media @404media.co · 23/09/2026
Citizens showed up to the city council meeting with plans to let city leaders know how they felt about the city’s use of Flock. But Springfield mayor Jeff Schrag moved to prevent public comment on Flock. Then, arrests happened, @mjgault.bsky.social reports. Story: www.404media.co/woman-arrest...
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 23/09/2026
EIon Musk’s Wealth 2009: $.6B 2026: $984B Jeff Bezos’s Wealth 2009: $6B 2026: $370B Mark Zuckerberg’s Wealth 2009: $.6B 2026: $256B Federal Minimum Wage 2009: $7.25 2023: $7.25 Billionaire tax rate: 8.2% Worker tax rate: 13% Pay workers. Tax & Abolish Billionaires. Save our economy & country.
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Aly Fell @alyfell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Well, IT'S READYish. Kickstarter pre-launch is active! Please sign up there if you fancy it. I can then gauge interest which gives me ideas for funding targets, add-ons etc. It should go live in October for an appropriately spooky seasonal Kickstarter! Thank you! www.kickstarter.com/projects/aly...
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Coming soon: Candelstone: A Faery Tale
An original graphic novel of magical realism set against the insular world of an isolated 1920's Devon boarding school.
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James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Guardian at least leading with the actual story here
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Far-right activist Daniel Thomas slashes dinghy in Channel with blade while rescue worker onboard
Thomas called followers to protest against arrival of asylum seekers in Gosport, but Border Force instead transported them to Dover
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
And don’t sleep on the part where we bust Cleta Mitchell (yes, that one) for helping to hatch a campaign finance cover-up:
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PatMacNamara @iamthepatmac.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Hey @albomp.bsky.social @senatorwong.bsky.social #auspol
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Ten Acre Books @tenacrebooks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Broadcaster and actor Peter Purves got in touch to say how much he’d enjoyed our book The Quatermass Experiment, @tobyhadoke.bsky.social’s definitive guide to TV’s first sci-fi classic, available now from tenacrebooks.co.uk 🚀
‘A remarkable achievement. Your research cannot be faulted, and you have knitted it into the definitive book on early TV production skills and techniques, without ever being boring. Having watched the original Quatermass, I was reminded of so much that I had forgotten. Your choices of photographs are incredibly valuable to the story, and show the limitations of the setting, which you describe quite brilliantly. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it, and cannot praise you highly enough.’ Peter PurvesThe Quatermass Experiment: The Making of TV's First Sci-Fi Classic
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Jon Herman ⭕️💅🏼😎 @hermjon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 22/09/2026
He works for billionaires. They’re his bosses. Never forget it.
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