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JDz - Of limited consequence @jdzed.bsky.social · 14m

Huh. Well, I guess I'm lucky to have entirely missed that bit of pop culture.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 2h

I'd suspect a vast majority of the heterosexual community would be stunned to hear that up until *1992* consensual homosexual activities could be prosecuted as service offences under Australian military discipline law. Or that only *now* can such convictions be removed.

MEDIA RELEASE
6 October 2026
REMOVING HISTORICAL HOMOSEXUAL DEFENCE SERVICE CONVICTIONS
Current or former Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel can now apply to have historical homosexual convictions extinguished from their service records.

Up until 1992, consensual homosexual activities could be prosecuted as service offences under Australian military discipline law.

While it has long been decriminalised, people still carry the burden of service convictions appearing on their service records for consensual same-sex activities that occurred before this change.

To address the ongoing harm caused by these historical convictions, the Defence Force Discipline Act 1982 (Cth) was recently amended to allow eligible individuals to apply to have convictions for consensual activity formally extinguished, meaning they are treated as if the conviction never happened.

This is a significant step towards recognising that these laws and policies were discriminatory and caused profound and lasting harm to many Defence people and their families.

Extinguishing these convictions will restore dignity and legal equality to affected individuals and their families.

The Defence discipline system is the final jurisdiction in Australia to allow for extinguishment of such convictions.

Any person who has a conviction of an historical homosexual service offence, their representative, or a person with a special interest in the conviction, can apply under the scheme. Family members of deceased veterans can also apply under this scheme on behalf of their loved ones.

Former Defence personnel who believe they were administratively separated due to a prevailing discriminatory Defence policy can seek a review of their administrative separation and have their record updated.

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JDz - Of limited consequence @jdzed.bsky.social · 56m

“breathe in blue, exhale pink” ...wut

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Greg T @gregt314.bsky.social · 2h

I definitely think new releases of old Final Fantasy games should have a "skip bullshit" button where it just gives you all the rewards of chocobo racing / lightning dodging / card battling / other poorly conceived minigame, if, like a sane person, you don't actually want to do those things.

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Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 7h

never the wrong time for this classic

Screenshot of a tweet by @RobbtKraft reading “scientist: "does everyone here know what Watson and Crick discovered?"
me from back of room: "Rosalind Franklin's notes"”

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melissa capriglione @ HOODIE KICKSTARTER @mcapriglioneart.bsky.social · 8h

no more rectangle

four panel comic of a person laying on a bed playing switch. in panel 1, the cat is peeking over the bed. in panel 2, the cat squeezes under the switch. in panel 3, she sticks her head out and says "no more rectangle." in panel 4, she says "only rosemary"

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 3h

Every day I have a new reason to hate AI, but today’s is that they faked the work of one of my longtime collaborators.

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MithaVT 🏳️‍⚧️ @mitha.northsky.social · 1h

Artist credit: @wintertorta.bsky.social

Trans lives matter more than Harry Potter. - Winter Torta

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JDz - Of limited consequence @jdzed.bsky.social · 1h

Colour me jealous! Lifelong dedicated pluviophile and ceraunophile here. Please enjoy them a bit for me as well. ;)

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'Nathan Burgoine (he/him) will be at Can*Con! @nathanburgoine.bsky.social · 2h

"Oh, well, AI is already here so—" "Asbestos." "Well, I mean—" "CFCs. Leaded fuel." "—but—" "Portable baby cages." "—okay, I—" "Radium. Agent Orange. DDT..."

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Darcie Little Badger @littlebadger.bsky.social · 4h

Pls read my books - they take place in my homeland, Texas, where they are challenged & it makes me sad for Lipan readers who want to see characters like them.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 3h

Reminder - Japan imports more gas from Australia than it needs, and so it onsells it to other countries for a profit. www.afr.com/world/asia/a...

afr.com

Australia moves to calm Japan’s jitters over gas reservation policy

Treasurer Jim Chalmers used a large business gathering near Tokyo to promise executives that Australia would remain a dependable energy supplier.

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Edgar Allan Hoe @dlcrumbdump.bsky.social · 11h

my body is a machine that turns [seeing an AI generated youtube thumbnail] into [clicking "do not recommend channel"]

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Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · 19h

Ah yes, the classic Lord Farquaad “Some of you may die, but it’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make.” FOR THE GREATER GOOD!

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Rosco The Grouch @roscothegrouch.bsky.social · 21h

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... That's right Barnaby. No conflict of interest. Voters just need to be aware of just who really owns one nation. Who Hanson really represents. #auspol

theguardian.com

One Nation to establish headquarters in multimillion-dollar Brisbane office bought by Gina Rinehart

Barnaby Joyce defends move, saying party will lease space from mining billionaire’s company at commercial rates

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 20h

"Brain Scans of 24 People With Long COVID Reveal Signs of Injury to Dopamine Neurons" A small Canadian study of 24 people with Long COVID found signs that dopamine-releasing neurons may be damaged. Those with bigger changes had worse memory, slower movement and less motivation.

sciencealert.com

Brain Scans of 24 People With Long COVID Reveal Signs of Injury to Dopamine Neurons

Scientists have discovered a distinct change in the brains of people with long COVID that might explain some of the illness's most debilitating symptoms.

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malakim2099 🔜 MagicCon Atlanta @malakim2099.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Me: Wait, what do you mean I have to go home?!?

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 23h

STRUCTURAL

A woodcut illustration of a bearded man in a top hat and three piece suit, cigar held firmly in his mouth. His eyes are shadowed by his hat brim, and his left hand is casually held in his pants pocket while his right hand holds a massive bowie knife.

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Elsa @erli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I can't stop thinking how wrong the tech bros have understood creativity and creators. Or even just having hobbies. - Version with ALT text! Thank you @virginiaopossum.bsky.social for the help!

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Adrian Chadd @erikarn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

ding ding ding ding! .. AND all it takes is one occupational accident or near miss to fuck you up permanently. In your 30s or early 40s. When you've likely got young kids and an elderly parent or two to support.

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Oglaf @oglaf.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

www.oglaf.com/damselfly/

Comic strip!

panel 1
a prince climbs through a window. A princess watches him enter.
Prince- Sure I could rescue you

Panel 2
Prince- but withing three months, ninety percent of rescued princesses are back inside a tower

Panel 3
Prince is really narrating this one now
Prince- at 'staircase down' we believe real change comes from accepting you're part of the problem

panel 4
Prince- and that's the most difficult part of the journey

panel 5
Princess- apart from the fire breath
Prince- The what?

Panel 6
Princess breathes fire, incinerating prince

Panel 7
Princess stands over smouldering prince skeleton

Panel 8
ghost of prince hovers over the smoking bones
Prince- I have to accept, on some level, that I needed that to happen

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Grant Watson @fictionmachine.bsky.social · 23h

Towards the end of The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness, a documentary about Studio Ghibli, there's this remarkable little monologue by Miyazaki accompanied by the most beautiful montage. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrAx...

youtube.com

Miyazaki on looking out a window

YouTube video by EnragedFetus

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theycantalk.bsky.social @theycantalk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

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Tallulah Cunningham @yesthattallulah.bsky.social · 23h

The Third of #FatBatWeek 2026: Rider's Free-Tailed bat and a caramel Macadamia nut tart. Shouting out to the Australasian Bat Society, @flybynight and all the Australian Bat researchers I've met while enthusing on this annual event– please tag yourselves in if you see this!

A free-tailed mastiff bat, with angular ears, perches on a glossy wedge of caramel slathered cream coloured nuts and a nut studded creamy filling.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

seeing conservative men debate how to dress online is very funny. can't dress up or wear interesting casualwear bc you've made any visible interest in dress to be a sign of homosexuality. but you feel the need to dress better bc you've linked dress to respectability. a prison of your own making.

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Seamus Blackley @seamus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Looking at this accidental thread, it reminds me of my belief that a lot of smart people who don’t make engineering things in their day jobs understandably have the idea that, as in human affairs, things like electricity and chemistry have some room for negotiation. Alas, it ain’t the case.

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Jo Miles @jomiles.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Real life: "Something weird happened to me." Everyone: "It's all in your head." Star Trek: "Something weird happ--" Everyone: "Red alert! We will run every scan until we find the source of your weird thing. Time loop? Alien possession? Subspace bubble universe? We've all been there."

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Also the LNP have been climate crisis deniers for this entire century. Your “sensible centre” isn’t worth shit.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

“Sensible centre” code for status quo

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 05/10/2026

Oh yeah, and most of the Star Wars: Zero Company devs got furloughed just after finishing work but before release. The reward for creating a great, critically acclaimed, commercially successful game is obliteration.

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 05/10/2026

This has been a horrible trend recently. Doom: Dark Ages team? Released an amazing full-game-length expansion. Most of them laid off. The Moss team? Release a non-VR version. Immediately shut down. Crisol's developers? Dead after release. And word is the Gears Of War team is holding their breath now

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 05/10/2026

I have nothing but praise for the game, though. Amazing art direction, unusual combat, big Gender Feels explored through proxy bodies. The team behind it are immensely talented and were done dirty.

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 05/10/2026

Just a reminder that the publisher laid off the entire dev team the moment this was released. There is a solid moral argument for not buying it, and that sucks.

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Jodie Troutman @longtalljodie.com · 03/10/2026

Okay. So here's what I know - I lost my day job. - I hated my day job. - I liked having a lot of money and health insurance. - But a lot of money never made me happier, I just owned more stuff. - I do still need health insurance. - I'm really fucking good at lettering comic books.

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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

@clarkesworldmagazine.com is only 38 subscribers in their subscription drive away from giving their team a raise! One of those subscribers could be you!

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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It's the 20th Anniversary of the wonderful @clarkesworldmagazine.com. I'm privileged to join a slate of amazing writers with a story in this issue! clarkesworldmagazine.com

clarkesworldmagazine.com

Issue 241

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

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Antigone @antigoneinthebes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

People don’t realize how serious the situation is.

A graph showing number of Germanies over time. Losing one on October 3rd 1990 means by projection we are only decades before reaching -1 Germany in 2072

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Rob Arnol @robertarnol.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Take three minutes out of your day to watch this. It’s worth every second, not just for the artistry of the spoken word, but for the words themselves.

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The Sydney Morning Herald (unofficial) @smhaustralia.nzcow.com · 01/10/2026

📢 Warning Victoria is forecast to receive a month's worth of rain within days.

smh.com.au

Victorians on flood watch today

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💥 @dynamoe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

(I'm couch-hopping in San Francisco, no home to my name). Buy a #cat themed shirt I designed or illustrated on www.teepublic.com/user/nobodys... Bookmark my store for new patches coming SOON: nobodyssweetheart.bigcartel.com

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Simon Morden @comrademorden.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

To sum up: My publishers failed to register US copyright on many of my titles I am doing all the work in making the claim on those titles they did bother with They take half of any compensation anyway

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 01/10/2026

A demon appeared in the summoning circle. It was wearing pyjamas. "I summoned thee to give me knowled-" "Really?" the demon said. "You have the internet these days, the world's knowledge a click away. Nobody's summoned me in years." "You have all knowledge. Why did I summon thee?" "... oh shit."

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𝙵𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚊 @felinaria.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Based on true events… 😻🐾🚪🤷🏻‍♀️ by bsky.app/profile/mari...

Gata querendo entrar em casa mas quando abrem a porta ele fica no
meio… nem dentro nem fora

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Grail 🖼️ Commissions Open! @grailytoast.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Thank you for hosting again! 😻 I'm Grail, I like drawing cats, as well as other types of characters!

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The Cat Fortress @thecatfortress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Thank you for hosting! I am Nathan, a disabled traditional artist from Brazil Owner of 13 rescue cats, I love drawing them and posting their little pictures!! I do pet portraits and character commissions, info on pinned or here thecatfortress.carrd.co

A portrait of my cat Tico, as a saint of friendship, he is wearing monk robes and is surrounded by daisies and stained glass, there is a banner under him with his name on it

A black cat lady with curly hair, a big jacket and sneakers and a dress that has the iconic patterning of the sidewalks of são paulo Brazil

A black cat made out of living ink, his body is dripping and shifting, there are bright yellow eyes swirling around inside him

A commission of a client's tortoiseshell cat, with her favorite cheetah-print blanket draped over her, she has a cyan collar for an automatic feeder and is surrounded by flowers

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Crafty Cow Cat Sofas @craftycow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I make miniature sofas for cat beds .. like this one, modelled by my own cat model .. Banksy. craftysharp.etsy.com

A black cat is lounging comfortably on a colourful patchwork mini chesterfield sofa.

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