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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 3h
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0xG...
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asking ages 1-100 if college is worth it
YouTube video by Man Carrying Thing
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 8h
Tropical nipple
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 9h
www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/o...
theguardian.com
‘He punched a polar bear on the nose!’ Ninety glorious years of Brian Blessed – by Emma Thompson, Adrian Lester and more
Peeing in the sink he shared with Derek Jacobi, making a badger video with Brian May, climbing Everest with Alan Hinkes … as the great actor blasts into his 90s, stars celebrate his ‘loudness and madn...
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 9h
www.404media.co/it-is-done-h...
404media.co
'It Is Done. Hail Satan:' City Immediately Regrets New Religious Liberty Law That Allows Prayer at City Council Meeting
Iowa city council debates proper time in meeting agenda to "undo the curse that was just put on our city."
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 12h
www.economist.com/science-and-...
economist.com
This year’s Nobel science prizes are real-life sci-fi
Laureates pioneered neutrino astronomy, optogenetics and the study of mirror molecules
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Spacedock dives into astronomical nomenclature www.youtube.com/watch?v=RakQ...
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Why are Stars Named Like That?
YouTube video by Spacedock
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A 2015 cartoon that didn't age well...
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Yeah, I missed the rash of arrests credited to Flock... www.techdirt.com/2026/10/07/p...
techdirt.com
PD’s New Policy For Flock Cameras Just Shows How Little It Was Doing Before The Blowback Hit
Flock is being tossed aside by tons of cities and the trend doesn't seem to be slowing down. Sure, these cities may ultimately decide to go with another ALPR provider, but hopefully it will be one that's a bit more serious about preventing abuse. Recent changes by Flock, in response to months of sustained negative...
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This arrogant Captain Hindsight bullshit again. It was NOT ignored, and hasn't been for the last 25 years. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | ‘The Twilight Zone’ Was a Warning America Ignored
With “The Twilight Zone,” Rod Serling created a durable blueprint for understanding our surreal reality.
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
news.mit.edu
Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90
Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90.
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A sad sigh as the WB shield disappears from my e-signature
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.bostonreview.net/articles/men...
bostonreview.net
Mencken Agonistes
Misrepresented by the right and misunderstood by the left, the Sage of Baltimore delivered scathing—and still bracing—indictments of American injustice.
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
aeon.co/essays/the-l...
aeon.co
The life-saving scientific knowledge hiding in plain sight | Aeon Essays
Humanity produces a staggering amount of new knowledge every day. The question is how to make sense of it all
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa9O...
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the Digger marketing team right now
YouTube video by Man Carrying Thing
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.404media.co/lawmakers-in...
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Lawmakers Introduce Multiple Laws to Curb Flock After 404 Media Coverage
Senator Bernie Sanders, Representative Ocasio-Cortez, and Senator Jeff Merkley introduced the Ban Flock Act on Friday, which would stop federal agencies from using automatic license plate readers.
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I just became familiar with the Neil Strauss quote “unspoken expectations are premeditated resentments” and realize this explains the behavior of a few people I've known. www.goodreads.com/quotes/99229...
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A quote from The Truth
Unspoken expectations are premeditated resentments.
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Didn't know this haircut still existed
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com
Court Finds That Using Copyrighted Material as AI Training Data Is Not Fair Use
A US appeals court upheld a ruling that AI legal research company Ross Intelligence's training of its AI model didn't amount to "fair use."
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
hackaday.com/2026/10/06/u...
hackaday.com
Using LineageOS For Phones And DIY Smart TVs Is Pretty Nifty
Although Android is essentially just another Linux distribution, most people only experience it in the form of the rather restrictive and proprietary versions found on smartphones, tablets and smar…
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The wrong sex pest con-man has died www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/u...
nytimes.com
Jim Bakker, Television Preacher Felled by Sex and Financial Scandals, Dies at 86
With his wife, Tammy Faye, Mr. Bakker built a broadcasting juggernaut around the gospel of prosperity.
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
gizmodo.com/this-may-be-...
gizmodo.com
This May Be the Strangest Explanation Yet for the Mysterious Particle That Slammed Into Earth in 2023
Making it work would require pulling a lot of (cosmic) strings—but perhaps we need wild explanations to explain wild events.
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
www.reuters.com/science/fran...
reuters.com
Francis Halzen wins Nobel Physics Prize for Antarctic 'ghost particle' hunt
The Belgian-American Francis Halzen won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work creating an observatory to detect high-energy neutrinos - some of the ​universe's most elusive subatomic particles ...
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
www.anildash.com/2026/10/06/k...
anildash.com
We are going to kill “unalive” - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/o...
theguardian.com
‘If you can’t hold it, you don’t own it’: why media fans want to escape algorithms with CDs, DVDs and vinyl
People describe their return to physical media – whether to protect data, support artists, or retain control of one’s choices
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Internet of Shitty Things arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026...
arstechnica.com
Owners mourn spoiled food after firmware update bricks Samsung smart fridges
So absurd and embarrassing ..."
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.openculture.com/2026/10/gull...
openculture.com
300 Years Before ChatGPT, Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels Imagined Machines Writing Books and Producing Knowledge (1726)
The printing press was invented in the middle of the fifteenth century, and it's been downhill for the written word ever since. Even before then, arguments that the volume of writing being done far ou...
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
reason.com/2026/10/05/t...
reason.com
The end of social media
Algorithms and short-form video drove engagement. They also made it easier to quit.
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Lifted from Facebook
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
bannedbooksweek.org
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Banned Books Week® | October 4–10, 2026
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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"wait........this isn't Ai?"
YouTube video by Man Carrying Thing
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
news.harvard.edu
Digital life doesn’t have to be this way — Harvard Gazette
The writer and activist Cory Doctorow wants you to be mad about tech monopoly — but not blindly terrified of AI.
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
reason.com/2026/10/04/w...
reason.com
The millennial internet is dead, and politicians killed it.
Social media use is declining, and what's left has shifted from conversation to passive scrolling.
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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arstechnica.com
The dawn of the age of the exoskeleton
The devices continue to show noticeable benefits for users in various real-world tasks.
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/10/come...
thisiscolossal.com
Wild Hijinx and Hilarious Happenstance Reign in the 2026 Comedy Wildlife Awards
The competition welcomed its largest ever number of entries—more than 10,000—from photographers in 112 countries.
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.thenerve.news/p/laurie-and...
thenerve.news
Laurie Anderson: ‘I learned a lot through blunders. I’m not trying to live a perfect life’
The pioneering artist answers the Nerve Q&A about Trump’s threat to culture, how she finds inspiration – and her forthcoming first-ever show in Wales. Interview by Jude Rogers
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.wired.com/story/how-to...
wired.com
How to Collect CDs
Fed up with paying to stream music you’ll never actually own? Give the little silver disc a spin. Here’s how to start a CD collection or get more out of one you already have.
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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newrepublic.com
The Great American Adventure of Reading Doonesbury
G.B. Trudeau often skewered politicians at their stupidest. But his primary subject has always been the range and variety of everyday life.
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.economist.com/culture/2026...
economist.com
Why supplements need supplemental disclosures
A new book takes aim at the marketing and pseudoscience behind the wellness industry
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Quincy and Marcus Welby taught me I could... www.economist.com/culture/2026...
economist.com
Can you really perform a tracheotomy with a pen?
Yes. But as a new book shows, it has better uses
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.economist.com/science-and-...
economist.com
Alternatives to GPS are around the corner
Earth’s quantum field and signals from other satellites may prove more reliable
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Chirality, baby www.economist.com/science-and-...
economist.com
It may soon be possible to create “mirror life”
Such research poses risks for humanity and the planet
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com
That Company That Buys Struggling News Sites and Turns Them Into AI-Powered Content Mills Has Halted Publishing After a Futurism Investigation
Brown Brothers Media has halted publication at its wide-ranging AI-powered content farm empire -- for now, at least.
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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mubi.com
Pirating the Pirates
Notes from the underground of film preservation.
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
reason.com/2026/09/29/k...
reason.com
Kids are using NPR podcast comments as secret group chats
Teenagers barred from social media are turning obscure corners of the internet into makeshift chat rooms.
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
lithub.com/have-they-ru...
lithub.com
Have They Ruined Our Beloved Scholastic Book Fair?
Oh, Scholastic Book Fair. If you made your way through a public school in North America anytime during the past half-century, you should recall that shiny catalog. That sudden, circus-like presence…
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
gizmodo.com/a-mathematic...
gizmodo.com
A Mathematician Discovered a New Eight-Faced Shape. It Looks Like a Glitch in Reality
For a seemingly pointless exercise, these odd shapes can actually serve a practical purpose.
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'll believe it when I see it www.ajc.com/business/202...
ajc.com
Recognize this eyesore near Spaghetti Junction? It’s being redeveloped.
DeKalb County on Monday announced it issued a key permit allowing multifamily firm Aramar Investments to convert the tower into 282 market-rate apartments.
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Jeff Patterson @jeffpatterson11.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
lifehacker.com/tech/ad-bloc...
lifehacker.com
Five Ad Blocker Hacks Every Android User Should Know
Tired of ads on Android? These five free hacks block them in apps, browsers, and YouTube, no root or subscription required.
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