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Elizabeth Stokoe @lizstokoe.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

There are many stories about AI and 'conversational' products, but this one in particular (about the recording and analysis of probate calls in Co-op Legal Services) had many disappointing, frustrating, and worrying components - from the perspective of conversation analytic research #EMCA. 🧵 1/8

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Whistleblower says recording and analysis of all probate calls in Co-op Legal Services is oppressive
photo: One employee says the system can mean their work is monitored by AI for seven hours a day as they handle inquiries, often from bereaved customers. Photograph: Maskot/Getty Images

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

American kinetic artist and sculptor Reuben Margolin's 2005 kinetic creation Round Wave uses a motorized cam & steel cables to lower concentric wooden rings that create shifting wave-like patterns on the floor, inspired by raindrop ripples. IG: @reubenmargolin www.instagram.com/reubenmargol...

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Co-operative Party @coopparty.party.coop · 08/10/2026

🚨 NEW: 360,399 votes and a landslide victory for the humble bumblebee. 🐝 The people have spoken, and we couldn't be happier with their choice to feature the bumblebee on future Bank of England banknotes! 💷

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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 08/10/2026

📝 New article on Our World in Data: A 73% average decline in wildlife populations: an overview of the 2026 Living Planet Index report. The 2026 Living Planet Index report is published today. As with previous additions, it can make for a depressing read.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 08/10/2026

This picture will always be iconic. RIP Margaret Hamilton who wrote the software that successfully guided NASA’s Apollo missions through the moon.

Margaret Hamilton with printed computer code in 1969. Credit: NASA/Alamy

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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Pretty Awesome 👍

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Molly White @molly.wiki · 05/10/2026

saw a great tip about using a dog training clicker to mark where you mess up a take in an audio recording, because it generates a nice clean pattern in the waveform that makes it easy to spot works great, but my dog is going nuts

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Simon Gardner @isimongardner.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Parklife was the one they put out in 95 right?

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fravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"Meet me where the sky touches the sea. Wait for me where the world begins. " Jennifer Donnelly Leiko Tar artwork

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Nesta @nestauk.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The UK public sector spends £6bn a year renting the basic digital infrastructure its services rely on. To unlock billion-pound growth, we must shift from passive renters to sovereign owners of our digital rails. Our practical blueprint for rebuilding our digital foundations: bit.ly/4huChWW

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Nesta @nestauk.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

As we enter another sweltering week, new data reveals that more than 2,700 people may have died from heat-related causes in England & Wales. New data also shows millions of homes are overheating. We dug into the data to see how England's homes are coping with extreme weather.https://bit.ly/3R4S1oQ

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Bluesky @bsky.app · 25/06/2026

Bluesky launched in February 2023 as an invite-only platform. As of June 2026, we have 45 million users. For reference, that's almost the population of Argentina. Thank you for being here with us 💙 Here’s to the next 45 million accounts.

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Elizabeth Stokoe @lizstokoe.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

#ShowYourStripes Leicester(shire) showyourstripes.info

Stripes representing climate change from mostly blue to mostly red with timeline running 1800 to 2020 for Leicester

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Simon Gardner @isimongardner.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

The PM should offer and Burnham should accept the role of deputy giving him the domestic agenda.

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Simon Gardner @isimongardner.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I'm very surprised that this isn't an even bigger cultureal story. Say what you like about the PM but he's been the subject of a terrorest attack sanctioned by a foreign entity. Do we not care about that anymore?

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Prospect Union @prospectunion.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Prospect is calling on the Government to leave X following ongoing political interference and the promotion of far-right content on the platform. Civil servants and communications workers should not have to read racist content while trying to do their jobs and communicate with the public.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 10/06/2026

It's hard to be excited about the Artemis III mission announcements when the CEO of the company making one of the mission's rockets has spent his week inciting racial violence via his personal social media platform.

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Gonzo in Houston @gonzoinhouston.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Solar power is now cheaper than coal, oil, or natural gas. The biggest barrier to widespread solar adoption is Public Utility Commissions that protect the utilities at the expense of the public

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Tom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Listen to your children read. Read to your children. Read alongside your children. Take them to libraries. Talk about what reading means to you & what it can unlock in them. Tell them it doesn’t matter if it’s comics, magazines or books as long as they’re engaged with the written word.

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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 04/06/2026

Only a third of workers in cleaning, hospitality and warehousing would speak up if they were unhappy with their pay. A similar fraction would do nothing or are unsure what they would do, suggesting there is significant disengagement with pay-setting processes among workers.

Chart showing proportion of respondents employed in the cleaning, hospitality and warehousing sectors reporting the main action they would take if they felt their pay was unfair, by selected characteristics: UK, March 2026

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Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) @fsfe.org · 20/05/2026

#NHS England made its public code repos private by default, against warnings from the #FreeSoftware community and the @fsfe.org The UK Digital Service has now confirmed: hiding publicly funded code reduces scrutiny, reuse & trust www.gov.uk/guidance/ai-... Reverse course. Implement #PublicCode

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AI, open code and vulnerability risk in the public sector

Guidance for safely publishing source code in the open, and reducing the risk of AI-accelerated vulnerability discovery.

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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 05/05/2026

Public ownership of rail means no more private profiteers in the system. 🔥🔥48 MPs - including @adrianramsay.bsky.social - have backed amendments so that our railway works ONLY for us. Can you take 2 minutes right now to send a message to your MP: vist.ly/533py

MP Adrian Ramsay carrying a placard that calls for lower rail fares, an end to private rolling stock, giving passengers a seat on GBR's board and reversing rail cuts.

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Space @redditspaceviewes.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

NASA has unveiled one of the closest images ever captured of Jupiter—and the detail is truly stunning. CREDIT:NASA

NASA has unveiled one of the closest images ever captured of Jupiter—and the detail is truly stunning.

Swirling cloud patterns, enormous storms, and chaotic bands sweep across the planet, each one far larger than Earth itself. These massive systems have been active for centuries, and many are likely to persist for generations.

A powerful reminder of how intense and ever-changing our Solar System truly is.

#Jupiter #NASA #SpaceExploration #SolarSystem #Astronomy #PlanetaryScience #SpaceFacts

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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

“To better protect households from the Iran war, there is still a strong case for a strategic gas reserve to contain the shock and keep a lid on spark spread.” Our Chief Economist @chrismwhayes.bsky.social quoted in The New Statesman 👇 www.newstatesman.com/politics/mil...

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Ed Miliband declares the end of the fossil fuel era

The Energy Secretary and the Chancellor are about to delink the price of gas and electricity

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Simon Gardner @isimongardner.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

One of these days I'll get around to all these ideas I've recorded on Google Keep.

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European Space Agency @esa.int · 03/04/2026

😮 Awesome views from Day 2 of #Artemis II this morning. @exploration.esa.int @esaearth.esa.int

Spectacular high-resolution image of our home planet viewed through the Orion Crew Module window by the Artemis II astronauts as they continue their journey to the Moon on Flight Day 2, 3 April 2026 (pic: NASA)

A full disc image of Earth, as seen from the Orion Crew Module. The planet is a pale blue, swirling with white clouds and glowing slightly lighter blue in place from reflected light. At lower left, a large brown landmass is Africa, with Spain and Portugal with twinkling lights where the planet curves. At top right, auroras glow in a thin green glow, just barely separated from the planet's surface. Earth is set against the black of space (pic: NASA/R.Wiseman)

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 02/04/2026

Palantir’s UK boss has urged the government not to give in to “ideologically motivated campaigners”... who could that be? 👀 Join the movement 👇 goodlaw.social/48yr

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Kasey Kagawa @punkey.org · 02/04/2026

*scrambles to my feet and salutes* Fuck yeah. This clip of the Stetson University vs. University of Florida softball game stopping to let the players gawk at the Artemis II launch? This is America.

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Open Data Institute @odihq.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

🚨 Solid26 preview: Building personal apps and AI agents 📅 28 - 29 April 📍Birkbeck, University of London, WC1E 7HX We're hosting a 2-day tournament to build a new generation of personal AI agents, apps, and websites that give people real control over their own data. Find out more. buff.ly/HAGtekY