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The Cabinet of Doctor Alasdairi @alasdairstuart.com · 4h

The SoA: We're going to do the stupidest, worst thing in publishing today. Faber: Get an LLM to hold my cowardice beer.

Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 3h

Age Concern UK is selling soft fluffy grippy socks for men. I don't know who needs to hear this, but I did. Apparently having anything soft against the soles of their feet lowers their testosterone or something, because every other cosy sock for men feels like it's been knitted out of camel pubes.

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Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 6h

He's also, in his own way, the brightest of the lot. He's been around the longest and learned the most.

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Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 6h

I would think attacking a lifeboat station was more in line with my idea of terrorism than, say, holding up a cardboard sign, but there. I'm not the Home Secretary.

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Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 7h

It's a shame generative AI can't pay membership fees, because I have a feeling you're about to be losing a lot of them.

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Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 21h

There are a lot of explanations for his behaviour, but if you simply assume it's because he's a weird and cruel person it's most likely to be that.

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Randy Au @randyau.com · 13/10/2026

I'm dying laughing at how the cat has conformed to her flower shaped bed today

A white cat is sleeping curled up in a med that has five fluffy white lobes of a flower petal, the cat has half her face peeking upwards and otherwise has filled the pentagonal space in the center of the bed completely

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

The most important reply I’ve had to this post. We’re now in a society where any trans person could be decided by the press to be their target of the day, and so every trans person is potentially at risk of this level of extremely public harassment. It’s so fucking grim. bsky.app/profile/goth...

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Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Yeah. Everyone regrets the chairlift at Alum Bay.

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Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Oh, and the prom scene was fantastic. Acting, direction, horrible deaths - amazing. I mean, I always had faith in Flanagan to pull that off after the Red Death scene in House of Usher, but he nailed it. The shot of her on stage with the blood around her shining like a migraine aura was gorgeous.

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Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

First thoughts, I liked it. A lot. Be interesting to see how it holds up on a rewatch. Maybe it's because of something I'm working on at the moment, but "all you ever wanted was to exist" was a big YES moment for me. Feels both current and true.

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Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Getting there. Stabbing out the beginnings of the final face now.

A needlefelt Rubik's cube. Unfinished, awaiting colours.

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Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Highlight of my day is that I get to spend the afternoon sculpting an almost- to-scale Rubik's cube out of wool. Not 100% that this neurodivergence thing IS overdiagnosed, tbh.

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James Felton @jimmfelton.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Man in a gilet stood on platform 12 gives up on reading the display and asks ChatGPT out loud if he is on the right platform for his train. I don’t want to be dramatic about it but Eratosthenes figured out the circumference of the Earth using a stick and knowledge of a distant well.

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Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I have two episodes to go, so I'll get back to you.

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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

This is incredibly sad. I once interviewed RJ Mitte on the Southbank and he was very friendly and joyful on a sunny day by the river. He leaves a legacy of disability representation on the screen; something that is far from easy to achieve and still too rare. www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

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RJ Mitte, actor best known for Breaking Bad, dies aged 34

Actor who played Walter White Jr on the acclaimed show and advocated for disability representation remembered by Bryan Cranston as ‘my sweet son’

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Eleanor Morton @eleanormorton.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

When people say witches were burnt at the stake ESPECIALLY in North America where they were HANGED (not hung) throughout history most people burned at the stake were heretics, not witches THANK YOU

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Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Watching the OG Brian de Palma Carrie, and tbh I'm quite glad they didn't decide to replicate that opening title sequence. Fucking yikes.

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Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Almost? How almost are we talking here? In the usual sense, or in the 'plot was almost certainly 12 capybara in a trenchcoat' sense?

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Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

He probably thinks it's the thing you say when you get a new phone

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Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Yeah, I'm not sure why everyone is acting like Mike Flanagan killed their dog, because Carrie is really quite good so far.

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scott daGHOSTtino @scottdagostino.ca · 12/10/2026

Everyone’s mad at Danny Trejo for signing on to Ben Shapiro’s pro-ICE movie but now his son reveals how Shapiro’s team tricked an old man into doing this 😡

For anyone seeing this shit with my dad...

He was booked on a film, it's not pro-ice, it's not overtly pro anything. His agent described it as "a complicated story about a complicated time, where everyone looks bad except you, the hardworking Mexican shop owner who just wants peace.”

He jumped at the idea of playing a good guy.

About 2 weeks into shooting everyone, including us, found out Ben Shapiro was involved.

My 82 year old dad has never heard of Ben Shapiro, I had to explain to him who that is, and what kind of guy he is.

My dad contractually can't bad mouth him, the film, or walk away without being sued for breach of contract. He couldn't even release the statement he wanted to.

It's fucked up. He's handcuffed to this stupid project, and swaths of people have instantly turned their back on him without knowing any of the facts.

Ben Shapiro got Mexicans to abandon one of their heroes, got his own name to the top of google's searches, and made us look like angry fools lacking any nuance. He wins.

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MOHAMED AHMED @thesmallfarm.xyz · 12/10/2026

Hello friends! Sending you greetings from Gaza. Follow along as I grow the first crops in my small garden this winter—potatoes, onions, radishes, arugula, and peas. I’ll be starting next week. Please share this post and donate if you can. chuffed.org/project/help...

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Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Like I say, late night in marketing. Bring tissues and £20 notes.

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Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Made far too many of these with King Edwards last night, with the nefarious purpose of seeing what they'll be like run through the food processor and repurposed as the potato components of a haddock fish cake. Possibly with a bit of melted cheddar in the middle, or is that just gilding the lily?

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Salt and Vinegar Potatoes

While steaming then roasting potatoes may seem rather a fandango, one bite of these will convince you that it's utterly worth it; besides, it's not as if you have to do anything while they either stea...

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Dr. Sandra Duffy Golden @sandraduffy.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Oh hi, there I am now. Come hear me talk. Online, 11.11.26. www.lexnetwork.org/lex-public-s...

A flyer for my LEX Public lecture featuring my photo and the abstract/info for the talk (it's also in the link so I won't type it out here). I am a white femme person with short brown curly hair and black glasses. I'm smiling at the camera wearing a multicoloured keffiyeh over a stripy top and one of my floral tattoos is just visible.

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Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Totally. Think Google, but Gutenberg, or just Berg. As in 'I was totally Berging this [thing] the other day and it was like I was ACTUALLY in Mordor. It was wild!' The [thing] is the delivery system, but that's gonna be a late night in marketing coming up with what we call that.

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Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Awesome, but what are we thinking in terms of branding for the eye/brain interface? Call me insane, but I heard of this old historical contraption that could give it a kind of Bluetooth vibe on the marketing roll out. Have you heard of the Gutenberg Press?

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Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Oh. Vaughn Williams was a Libra? Well, that might explain...some stuff.

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Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Mad. We have never seen technology like this before.

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Sad news for cinephiles: Tilly Norwood has been killed in a Ukrainian drone strike.

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Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Yup. Or babbles about imaginary defence projects that would cost the earth, make no sense, and have been thought through about as thoroughly and sanely as Elon's ketamine dreams of Mars. If someone I loved started talking like this I'd ask if they were okay.

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Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills with the way they're all dribbling over Kemi Badenoch. Maybe it's because I haven't been paying attention to her, but she seems more unhinged than ever.

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Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Ah, the hollow legs years. My nephew used to be this tiny, picky kid who barely ate enough to keep a wasp alive, then suddenly he was a six foot human dustbin. Seems to happen almost overnight, doesn't it?

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 11/10/2026

Hi, I’m a sighted alt text user! Here are some reasons I use it: - Slow Internet on an airplane - I’m over 40, I have no idea who that celebrity is - Bluesky broke images again - My vision sucks and that text is too small to read otherwise - Conveys further context and authorial intent

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Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Every community manager/mod in the world read this story, raised an eyebrow, and realized there was another solution to their bot problem.

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Sorrowscopes @sorrowscopes.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Libra: The next bug you see should be cared for and worshiped like a god. Build an altar to the bug. Start a cult for the bug. Believe in the bug and follow its bug ways.

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Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Since persisting at hard things is usually how you get good at them, this is something of a problem.

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Spooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

David Byrne and Daniel Pemberton have made a song using weird Elon Musk quotes. The song is for the Musk documentary by Alex Gibney. #MusicSky pitchfork.com/story/david-...

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David Byrne and Daniel Pemberton Made a Song Using Weird Elon Musk Quotes

“Let Me Sell You a Dream” appears in Musk, a new documentary about the tech mogul directed by Alex Gibney

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Lisounours @lise-l.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Ils étaient mi-cerf mi-escargot, et re mi-cerf derrière

Image de deux cerfs allongés devant des rouleaux de foin

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Nefarious Bat Press @nefariousbatpress.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

We didn't want to mention the title until we'd checked with @drewhuff.bsky.social... but Kobo have blocked the sale of THE EXODONTISTS on their platforms, 4 days before it releases Tuesday Help us give it the launch it deserves?

Image showing the book cover of Drew Huff's THE EXODONTISTS, with text reading:

THE EXODONTISTS HAS BEEN BLOCKED BY KOBO - JUST 4 DAYS BEFORE RELEASE

PRE-ORDER
THIS INCREDIBLE BOOK (AT YOUR REGULAR EBOOK VENUE, OR YOUR LOCAL INDIE BOOKSELLER) - AND HELP US GIVE IT THE LAUNCH IT DESERVES

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Jess Whitecroft (she/her) @jesswhitecroft.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Finishing a soft-furnishing project to The Beauty, which might be the worst thing Ryan Murphy has ever made were it not for Ratched, Lizzie Borden, yassified Ed Gein, the Mendendez Brothers, multiple series of AHS, Scream Queens...

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leearizuno.bsky.social @leearizuno.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Jesus, Pearson/Braverman: the Frost/Nixon of who gives a fuck.

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