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@instantwizard.bsky.social
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Avid reader, mostly fiction: speculative, SF, literary. Cats, Crochet, PoFi, Switch games, makeup esp eyeshadow, thunderstorms, pub quiz. American living abroad since 2015. Remote since 2016.

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instant wizard @instantwizard.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
That doesn’t sound shady at all. /s Given the current job market, it’s almost predatory. Beyond that, their refunds and chargebacks must be insanely high. But not high enough to stop doing it. 🫠
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instant wizard @instantwizard.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Which plan was it? I went through all the full price options & none are $140/month. Career plan for job seekers is $40/month at full price. Which is still crazy obvs. Business plans are $160, also crazy. Curious which plan they showed you and if they’re doing AB tests for pricing.
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instant wizard @instantwizard.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I have only just learned of @pecoshank.bsky.social Please get that man in touch with Calm. He needs to do sleep stories overtop of thunderstorms, talking about weather and the night sky. His voice is so calming.
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Karen Carpenter’s Halloween @kellylink.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
This Is Just To Say I have turned off the AI features that were in the update and which you were probably hoping to monetize Fuck you they were stupid so unnecessary and so annoying
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Rui Pinto, count your days @thombomb816.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
A Black man with the surname Freeman scored for the USA on Juneteenth in a home World Cup match.
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Stacey Ogden 🦔 @labogden.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
There is still time to comment through this link 🧪 www.regulations.gov/document/OMB...
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Mad Scholar Frights @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
If you own a bar or other business that puts up flyers, consider posting something like this
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Molly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
It’s a pretty weird week when a guy who wants to be a trillionaire is simultaneously getting headlines for the economy-shattering IPO expected Friday and the racist pogroms he is accused of stoking — but these stories are viewed as separate and in no way connected or prescient of the future.
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Scott in Brasil @southofamerica.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I don’t think people realize that a billion is 1000 millions but a trillion is a million millions. The wealth scale is unreal and heretofore unimaginable.
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instant wizard @instantwizard.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
He could give every single human being on Earth, from ages one-minute-old to one-minute-from-death, $100 and still have money left over. And he’s worried about who likes his posts. What a small, shallow, narrow life he leads. He doesn’t even seem to enjoy it.
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Ryan Schwartz @ryanschwartz.tv · 08/06/2026
[chef's kiss]
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instant wizard @instantwizard.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Leadership roles need to focus on team-driven & collaborative use of AI tools over individual increase of output. When everyone is using AI in similar ways, it feels collaborative. When you’re expected to figure it all out on your own and just "be more productive," that leads to burnout. 2/2
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instant wizard @instantwizard.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
This needs to be shared widely. HBR study shows 2 distinct types of AI use: 1. causes AI brain fry & cognitive impairment, leading to decr job satisfaction & burnout 2. reduces rote & repetitive work, leading to incr job satisfaction hbr.org/2026/03/when... 1/2 #ai #criticalailiteracy
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When Using AI Leads to “Brain Fry”
As firms increasingly incentivize employees to build and oversee complex teams of agents—for example, by measuring and rewarding token consumption as a proxy for performance—people are finding themsel...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
This is amazing. www.getyourfuckingmoneyback.com
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instant wizard @instantwizard.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Ah ok! That‘s cool. Will def check out. I love books with this kind of found artifact stuff.
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instant wizard @instantwizard.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
so is the book just a dead tree version of the online story? Or is the book differen?
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instant wizard @instantwizard.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
I do not know this is but I love the first page already. Rabbit hole, indeed!
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instant wizard @instantwizard.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
What is an SCP? 😆
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instant wizard @instantwizard.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
I’ve seen this around and was considering it, but saw too many conflicting reviews. Glad to hear you liked it! I’ll have to give it a try.
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instant wizard @instantwizard.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Home wrecker. That’s not how that works.
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instant wizard @instantwizard.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
is it possible to submit a complaint without having to download the app first? AFAICT for Apple, I'd have to download the app before it will show up on reportaproblem.apple.com. I don't think I want to do that.
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Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated. According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
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Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Every clip in this 2:38-minute video montage shows Iranian missile strikes on Israel in 2024 and 2025, none of clips are linked to US strikes on Venezuela this morning.
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Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
This is an AI-manipulated version of a real video of the US military operation in Venezuela. While the real clip does appear to be genuine, this specific version has been manipulated using Grok to add dramatic explosions and strikes.
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Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
This widely shared post, which claims to show Venezuelans celebrating the fall of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela, is false. The video was actually filmed in Miami, Florida, and not in Venezuela.
https://x.com/nickshirleyy/status/2007485612241367156
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Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
More AI-generated images of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro being detained by US military and drug enforcement agents have been shared online. They are all fake and created by an Instagram user who makes and posts generative AI content.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DTDBoRYEUYg/https://www.instagram.com/p/DTDBoRYEUYg/https://www.instagram.com/p/DTDBoRYEUYg/https://www.instagram.com/p/DTDBoRYEUYg/
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 01/01/2026
#HappyNewYear
Two unicorns, Dennis and Butterscotch, looking into the future. There is a blinding white light. The text reads: What's that? It's the future! Will there be cupcakes? There'll be whatever we make!
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago. His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship." He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites. The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
A wrong Grok post making up a white guy who stopped the Australian mass shooting.BBC
'Hero' who wrestled gun from Bondi shooter named as Ahmed al Ahmed
Emily Atkinson
Sun, December 14, 2025 at 1:06 p.m. CST
2 min read

A "hero" bystander who was filmed wrestling a gun from one of the Bondi Beach attackers has been named as 43-year-old Ahmed al Ahmed.

Video verified by the BBC showed Mr Ahmed run at the gunman and seize his weapon, before turning the gun round on him, forcing his retreat.

Mr Ahmed, a fruit shop owner and father of two, remains in hospital, where he has undergone surgery for bullet wounds to his arm and hand, his family told 7News Australia.
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instant wizard @instantwizard.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Searching for books on Waterstones. Why is there not a filter for availability!? Almost every book I think looks interesting is unavailable. Ugh.
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instant wizard @instantwizard.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Whhyyyyyyy. This is like random men telling me to smile. Except I feel bad for these employees and not for the random men. Way to go, Target. Turning all your staff into creepers is sure to improve staff morale and your stock price.
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instant wizard @instantwizard.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
But it says “image“ singular! How is anyone to figure that out? Ugh.
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instant wizard @instantwizard.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
That is creepy af what the goddamn hell
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instant wizard @instantwizard.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
I imagine that will always be just in his imagination.
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instant wizard @instantwizard.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Cereal bowl for champions only.
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Etrigan (unrelated, but also spooky) ✌️🏈 @etrigan.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Every child should be fed three meals a day and have a secure place to sleep, and every level of government should be oriented to making sure this happens, and every other government department should have to prove on an annual basis that it's supporting every child having food, bed, etc.
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instant wizard @instantwizard.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
whether it’s a wall at the border, a wall of text, or throwing hamburgers at a wall, trump loves walls. the other guy likes sofas a lot, so maybe this whole east wing demo is truly a passion project for construction and furnishings.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
if knowingly starving millions of americans while he builds a gilded ballroom isn't cause for revolution then i'm not sure what is
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George The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Night night sweet dreamies Some days are just too much. Let them be. They won’t always be. You don’t have to fix everything tonight. It’s okay to rest. You won’t always feel this tired. I promise
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bevymart.bsky.social @bevymart.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Hey tourists in #Jamaica After #Melissa, please remember that many of the staff at resorts and airports are ALSO dealing with hurricane related issues themselves. Many will have lost loved ones DO NOT get angry at them or lose your temper. They're doing their best in extreme circumstances
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Python Software Foundation @python.org · 27/10/2025
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-... 🧵
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
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Internet Dad @whatahellofawaytodad.com · 21/10/2025
Reminder that Violent J of Insane Clown Posse has the correct response to a lot of the shitty things he said in the early days.
STEREOGUM: People my age, we talk about how we were lucky that we didn’t have social media growing up, and there’s no record of all the dumb shit we said and did. You didn’t have social media, but everything you said and did in those years is on record, and you’ve got to live with it now. That’s tough.

VIOLENT J: And the amount of gay Juggalos out there is really surprising. I think about them doing their research and getting the old records, getting excited about it, and getting their hearts broke or something, you know? I tell my daughter, “For the rest of your life, when your friends ask why your dad said that, say it’s because your dad was a fool. Don’t defend me. Say I was a fool then, but I’m not now.” There’s no excuse. I was going with the flow, and that’s the very thing we preach against — being a sheep. And that’s what I was doing.

https://www.stereogum.com/2083804/icp-interview-juggalos/interviews/weve-got-a-file-on-you/
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
We all knew it wasn’t limited to just one rogue GOP group. The white supremacists are everywhere within their ranks. Like a fish, the rot starts at the head.
A tweet from Bill Madden reads: “How long are we going to keep pretending that the fascist Trump regime is not a cabal of Nazis? Texts from Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, reveal vile pro-Nazi and racist messages targeting Black people, Chinese people, and Indian people.” Below, a retweeted post from Kaivan Shroff says: “BREAKING: new racist Republican group chat has been leaked to Politico featuring texts from Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel. Ingrassia’s texts include vile pro-Nazi & racist messages targeting Black people, Chinese people, and Indian people.”
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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Mamdani is already getting the criminals out of NYC!
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Nanoraptor @nanoraptor.danamania.com · 11/10/2025
BBC Model Linear B
A picture of a very old BBC Microcomputer sporting a keyboard with markings in Linear B.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
I hope some newspapers use a crop where you can easily read the sign.
A protester outside an ICE detention facility marches through clouds of irritant gas carrying American flags. A sign lying on the pavement by his feet reads “EVERY ICE AGENT WILL BE HELD TO ACCOUNT.”
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autumn coded @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
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Amy Kristin Sanders @amykristinsanders.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
I had this exact same experience this morning. Same reporter as Heidi. This is *not* normal. I have spoken to the press on these issues for two decades. No government official has ever demanded to know my identity in order to give a comment on a story.
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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 19/09/2025
it's also really important to spread the "this is illegal" message as far as you can because the majority of people are not exposed to it! most people do not even know the government is doing the illegal thing it's doing, let alone that it's illegal. when they learn about it they get mad!
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
I know it's frustrating when lawyers point out when something the administration is doing is not legal. But responding with "the law doesn't matter anymore" is really unhelpful and defeatist. Clarifying the law is important because it reminds us not to comply in advance and to resist and take action
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