Reposted by Flic FrenchSexy Plato's Cave @andrewblair.co.uk · 01/10/2026Carol Ann Duffy is a creation of the Jim Henson Workshop 162
Reposted by Flic FrenchSexy Plato's Cave @andrewblair.co.uk · 01/10/2026This National Poetry day please remember than poetry isn't real. It's a conspiracy by typesetters. 1123
Reposted by Flic FrenchErin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Defense of the humanities has to include all of the branches and areas of study that other people defended for years until they didn't have jobs and voices anymore. 315027
Reposted by Flic Frenchmolly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 14/09/2026‘ed sheeran nuked from orbit by ms rachel,’ i mutter to myself, descending deeper into impenetrable madness 425060888
Reposted by Flic Frenchkelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026This. Libraries are places where HUMANS with EDUCATION and EXPERTISE help you navigate information and connect you with resources. Data centers are warehouses. Libraries are not warehouses. They can be repositories, but they don't just store. They're alive. Support the fuck out of the PEOPLE. 014359
Reposted by Flic FrenchKate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 21/08/2026No one had to think super hard about how to make a washing machine useful. A telephone. A vacuum cleaner. So why do our bosses have to constantly challenge us to find something, anything, for which AI might be helpful If your customers don’t find your product useful, that’s a you-problem 382939730
Reposted by Flic FrenchBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Maybe if the AI people yell at me for the 5 millionth time about how I’m not using their dogshit technology that has made everyone’s lives worse I’ll finally start liking it for no conceivable reason. 13581101290
Reposted by Flic French👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 17/08/2026Academia and its millennia long history would not exist without autism and adhd send skeet 26770127
Reposted by Flic FrenchAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 04/08/2026"History involves sorting and organizing hundreds of thousands of facts" I remain astounded by how loud and wrong people are about what history actually is. 1231592330
Reposted by Flic FrenchSeanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social · 03/08/2026"I don't understand why you, a fantasy writer, don't appreciate the value of making bargains with the fae." 303014776
Reposted by Flic French👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 01/07/2026time for Wrath Month bitches, this one is for the trans homies 015021
Reposted by Flic FrenchLee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 30/06/2026My god, they aren't targeting trans people just to get at other people. They are targeting trans people to target trans people. And they are targeting other people. We don't just exist as a warning for the rest of you, fuck me. 152515574
Reposted by Flic FrenchFake Muppet Show Guests @fakemuppetguests.bsky.social · 30/06/2026It's The Muppet Show with our very special guest star The Rosetta Stone! 1233177
Reposted by Flic FrenchSenthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 23/06/2026“Israel continues to commit genocide by deliberately targeting Palestinian children in Gaza, an independent UN inquiry has found.” For literal years, Israel has perpetrated genocide against Palestinians. This is documented in report after report. So much of the world is complicit with this horror.theguardian.comIsrael continues to commit genocide by targeting children in Gaza, UN inquiry findsIndependent report says by aiming at children Israel is undermining capacity of Palestinian people to exist 02417
Flic French @justflic.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Ah, to have the confidence of a 1960s man looking at the technically complicated work he’s “completed” himself rather than outsourcing to a qualified professional, thinking “she’ll be right” and immediately destroying many many boxes of material with intrinsic value. 100
Reposted by Flic FrenchMEAA @withmeaa.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Today is World Press Freedom Day, and we stand with journalists and media workers everywhere, supporting their right to report without fear or favour. A free, independent media is essential to our democracy. #WorldPressFreedomDay Image: UNESCO/Till Noon 041
Reposted by Flic FrenchJosh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · 30/04/2026New "The Oxford dictionary defines..." just dropped jade.io/article/1225... 071
Reposted by Flic FrenchJon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 30/04/2026UK stole 25m years of life and labour through slavery in Barbados, says reporttheguardian.comUK stole 25m years of life and labour through slavery in Barbados, says reportExperts put estimate for economic harm done by 200 years of chattel slavery at $2tn, but stress this is ‘not an invoice’ 32710
Reposted by Flic Frenchwint @dril.bsky.social · 27/04/2026why breed dogs with jaws large enough to tear through Flesh, when you could breed dogs with minds large enougj to tear through Fallacy..... 100133653057
Reposted by Flic Frenchdr mo and mr normal @redactedquirk.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Enough discourse. I think the Muppets are the modern comedia dell'Arte 052
Reposted by Flic FrenchAlex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 23/04/2026I got time today, so let's dig into why this article is a crock of shit. There is no ethical use of genAI and any librarian arguing otherwise is lying to you, so ignorant they should be ignored, or drifting. 1/ www.choice360.org/libtech-insi...choice360.orgAI and the Librarian: Reconciling Personal Ethics with AI as a Professional Necessity - Choice 360Despite their concerns with it, librarians can't refuse to engage with AI, so what does AI ethics look like for today's academic librarian? 9406144
Reposted by Flic FrenchJohn Delmenico @thebigjohnnyd.bsky.social · 24/04/2026thank you australian government for protecting my eyes from seeing whatever filth this pervert posted🙏 512436
Reposted by Flic FrenchThe Chaser @chaser.com.au · 24/04/2026“Sometimes people need to make the tough choices,” said the man too scared to properly tax gas companies chaser.com.au/national/alb... 14649283
Reposted by Flic FrenchAlan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Your annual reminder that William Shakespeare was born in what is now Turkey, never visited England and almost certainly could not read or write in English. 1621838356
Reposted by Flic FrenchRose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 20/04/2026If you wanna ascribe ai a personhood its that of a demon spirit, it can pretend to be human but it is not and you can never understand it and it will say and do things harmful to you that are perfectly normal to it cause it is an alien entity pretending at humanity to lure you in 536437
Reposted by Flic FrenchDan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Disgusting reporting by BBC using a tiny number of cases to suggest widespread abuse of a system which routinely denies LGBTQIA+ individuals asylum and forces them back into environments of persecution. This article massively distorts the reality of the situation. 1/ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukLegal advisers help migrants pose as gay to get asylum, undercover BBC investigation findsThe BBC exposes a shadow industry charging migrants thousands of pounds to help them cheat the asylum system. 1002009645
Reposted by Flic FrenchDr Kim Foale @kim.town · 13/04/2026gonna tell my grandkids this was microsoft copilot 022
Reposted by Flic Frenchletithappenalreadymama @pnutsmama.bsky.social · 11/04/2026if tori amos can do it, so can you 129673
Reposted by Flic FrenchBarrie Shannon @barrieshannon.com · 08/04/2026I will bet it never crossed any of these people's minds that this indicates a perception of bias *away* from dignity and respect for trans and disabled people. It only goes one way. Conservatives are once again granted the position of "neutrality" and "reason" that is always denied to progressives. 043
Reposted by Flic FrenchJon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Why does it look like a giant Tupperware container? 1610718
Flic French @justflic.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Come and work with us at UQ and play a crucial role in our developing digital preservation program! I have 16mm films coming out of my ears this week and I want to make them accessible 🎥💾💿 000
Reposted by Flic FrenchMariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 24/03/2026People keep comparing this to a lot of 1. dead creators who can't harm anyone anymore 2. leaving out the fact that she is a billionaire who is currently harming trans people, directly, by funding orgs & initiatives. Separating art from artist is not more important than actual lives. 125474
Reposted by Flic FrenchTrung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 23/03/2026I hate the framing of “Ms Rachel has found a new cause—“ because no she hasn’t. Advocating for children kidnapped and locked up by ICE is not incompatible with her advocacy of children in Palestine. You just want to make her advocacy sound frivolous and fleeting. She’s being consistent. 1852131142
Reposted by Flic Frenchweird medieval guys @weirdmedieval.bsky.social · 16/03/2026thinking about the medieval cat door in Exeter cathedral again 5361401194
Reposted by Flic FrenchErin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 09/03/2026The danger to my job from AI isn't that AI can do my job, it's that my job is made even more precarious by the way AI is shaping ideas of the value of work. It can't do my job, but it can be part of convincing people (incorrectly) that my job isn't necessary. 8852269
Reposted by Flic FrenchTalia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 02/03/2026Sorry but I'll always laugh at these Unlike history, the Fukuyama jokes will never end 244092
Reposted by Flic FrenchPaul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 27/02/2026In the story of Humpty Dumpty it is never said that he is an egg. However, it is never said that he is NOT an egg. This means that any character in ANY story could be an egg unless explicitly stated otherwise. Keep that in mind when you read a Jack Reacher novel 03622622
Reposted by Flic FrenchAndy Burnham Earnestness Enjoyer @jorisbinned.bsky.social · 27/02/2026And Matt Goodwin who DID NOT win 41257258
Flic French @justflic.bsky.social · 27/02/2026The attacks by the IDF on Palestinian cultural heritage, including archives, amount to ethnic cleansing. This has been evident since 2023. www.ica.org/ica-adopts-s...ica.orgICA Adopts Statement in Support of Palestinian Archivists and Archival InstitutionsICA Adopts Statement in Support of Palestinian Archivists and Archival Institutions 000
Reposted by Flic Frenchkylie b @roguesquirrel.bsky.social · 10/02/2026sorry i missed the virtual meeting on discord, liz. i got hit with the id verification that happens when the app detects youre young 4077411794
Flic French @justflic.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Really didn’t have “Chris Minns draws from the Jon Bjelke-Petersen playbook” on my 2026 scorecard but I guess that dead asshole is popping up all over the place these days. 100
Reposted by Flic FrenchAvery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony @lackingceremony.bsky.social · 07/02/2026Democratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum. Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines. 2243751885
Reposted by Flic FrenchStellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 06/02/2026Sabrina Carpenter being on The Muppet Show makes perfect sense. I think she’s basically a muppet to begin with. Like in the field of contemporary celebs she’s gotta be in like, the top ten of obvious muppets masquerading as people. 451993165
Reposted by Flic FrenchOutspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Stop saying underage women. They are children. 19183872600
Flic French @justflic.bsky.social · 03/02/2026A botanical pharmacopeia called Maslov’s Hierarchy of Weeds 030
Reposted by Flic FrenchMatthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 03/02/2026that's quite literally a career-ending ethical violation, friendo 27917