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Lieke @justlie.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Finally read The City & The City by #ChinaMieville and I can't be the only one who would absolutely love a map of the place(s). Somebody please make this impossible map!

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 12/09/2026

Remember: every time you repeat a story about how awfully, terribly dangerous their products are, you help them raise more investment capital, which is a key input for their business (hooking up statistical engines to money-furnaces): peoples-things.ghost.io/youre-doing-...

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Lieke @justlie.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Genuinely disappointed that the nation that gave us Boaty McBoatface failed to elect Count Binface.

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Lieke @justlie.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The Odyssey is not and has never been historically accurate. In the same way nobody calls Frankenstein or Twilight historically accuracte. It's fiction, y'all.

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Spartan Kick

Alt: Cassandra (I think) from the Assassin's Creed Odyssey game yeeting someone off a boat using a well-timed Spartan Kick.

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Final Friztination @frizfrizzle.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Meta are sending Fucko the Knife Robot to stab you in the knee. To disable go to Accounts> Settings> Robots> Knife Robots> Fucko> Opt Out

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Lieke @justlie.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

If MySpace were still a thing, you'd better believe the @marthawells.com #Murderbot quote “Just remember you’re not alone here.” I never know what to say to that. I am actually alone in my head, and that’s where 90 plus percent of my problems are." would make it onto my page.

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Lieke @justlie.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

My (really shouldn't be a hot) take is that billionaires shouldn't exist, let alone trillionaires. Anything above 1B should instantly be redistributed equally among the person's countries of residence. Nobody can spend that much money, it would disincentivise endless exploitation, etc.

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Mircalla @inplacesdeep.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

I'm not the first to note this but AI psychosis just seems to be "experience what it's like to have yes men" and shows what has happened to any billionaire who has any kind of public profile

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

A billionaire can get what they want with one donation to a political party. The rest of us must fight for years to get even the most basic rights recognised. Money destroys democracy, more than any other cause. The first step towards a better world is to stop the rich buying political outcomes.

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Lieke @justlie.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

I'm sad I don't have any parent gamer friends, because my baby is the master of unsocking and only my partner appreciates how funny this is.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

How much more evidence do we need? The ultra-rich and the governments supporting them will destroy everything for the sake of profit, power and pride. Nothing is precious to them - not human life, not the living world - except their own wealth and status. Our survival depends on resisting them.

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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.

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OpenAI faces 7 lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide, delusions

OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harmful delusions even when they had no prior mental health issues.

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Lieke @justlie.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

As a non-American I do not understand how y'all have just accepted a concept as nakedly evil as sick leave. Not having to work when you are sick should be the constant default, not an employee benefit you can run out of.

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Lieke @justlie.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

I feel like modern witches could be a lot more organised. Like, let's all agree on an 'Earth Hour' but for hexing Putin, and if it works we can move onto the next horrible dictator. Think big, people!

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a cat wearing a witch hat is riding on a broom

ALT: a cat wearing a witch hat is riding on a broom

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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

The main achievement of the tech industry has been increasing the flow of money from people who make or do things to people who already have more money than they could spend in a hundred lifetimes

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Lieke @justlie.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

"... if the AI spending boom falls apart, it could take down the entire [US] economy with it." Why are rich (tech) people so dumb, and why do the rest of us constantly have to pay the price?

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 25/09/2025

At some point between blogs and the rise of social media, we forgot that we do have the freedom to curate and use spaces however we like, or to leave spaces that don't serve us. We aren't captive. But it can feel that way. Taking back control of our attention, our time, is critical for mental health

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Lieke @justlie.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

👋former autism researcher here. Can't believe we're doing this again 🤨 Vaccines do not cause autism. Tylenol does not cause autism. Autism has been around much, much longer than either of these things. Any bullshit bad faith thing you can throw out there that 'might cause autism'? No. Stop.

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Lieke @justlie.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Reading @nkjemisin.bsky.social's The City We Became and thinking about which city I'd want to be. Reykjavik or Lisboa would both be amazing options for very different reasons.

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Lieke @justlie.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Listen. If AI is so amazing and world-changing, why on earth is it being added to everything like iTunes did with that one U2 album? If it was everything it claims to be, surely Microsoft, Meta etc. would be charging us massively for it.

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Lieke @justlie.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Finished the main story of #TacticalBreachWizards today and wow! The writing overall is so good, and that final boss fight was so deliciously/scarily hard (brag: did it with all optional objectives first time). And I don't usually even like these kinds of games! Well done creators!

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Lieke @justlie.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

As someone who's followed the situation in #Gaza very closely for work, I am simultaneously extremely relieved and happy there's a #ceasefire, and really suspicious of the timing and what it means...

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Lieke @justlie.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

While I enjoyed #LifeIsStrange #DoubleExposure, the first half was definitely better thought out than the second. Given how important the final choice is in #LiS games, they really dropped the ball on this one. I have some suggestions about how it could be better. Spoilers, obviously!

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Lieke @justlie.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

The older I get, the more I realise the superpower I really want is the ability to find things I've lost. There are three small sentimental items I haven't been able to find for years now that I would love to just have appear in my hand again. #superpowers #butboring #adulting

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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Today, the UK government announced a proposal to change copyright law - for the benefit of AI companies - that would cause huge, irreversible harm to creators. More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live): 1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇 1/10

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Lieke @justlie.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Anybody else recently disappointed that Haunted Chocolatier is not even close to coming out and started playing Stardew Valley again, only to realise so much has been updated that the new Stardew Valley game you've been craving for so long is actually just... Stardew Valley? Just me?

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Lieke @justlie.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Still getting used to not having to sleuth through someone's profile history before liking a stranger's post to double-check they're not a bot or harboring racist/sexist/fascist beliefs. You get a like, and you get a like, and you get a like!

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a woman in a red dress is holding a microphone in her hand and raising her fist in the air .

ALT: a woman in a red dress is holding a microphone in her hand and raising her fist in the air .

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Lieke @justlie.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

On the one hand, it's amazingly funny that @theonion.com has bought Infowars, on the other hand it proves we are truly living in the dumbest timeline.

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Lieke @justlie.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

It's been so long since I've had to settle into a new social media platform I have no idea how this works anymore. Hello, I guess? Would love to find a new #WritingCommunity here!

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Lieke @justlie.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

Today was a long time coming. Even before the switch to Harris gave us a sliver of hope. Many have predicted and analysed this better than me. Putin, Netanyahu and all the rich assholes are doing happy dances on our graves today. Let's grab 'em by the ankles and take our world back.

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

New! Ten articles explaining the 2024 election, in one place, for free. sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/ten-articl...

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Ten Articles Explaining the 2024 Election

Some background reading

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The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 26/09/2024

Adding this to the ever-growing pile of evidence supporting the position that AI scraping isn't fair use. Because if you're willing to pay sometimes, you shouldn't get to just take the stuff you don't think is worth paying for.

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Lieke @justlie.bsky.social · 24/09/2024

Had a fun weekend watching my partner play a game outside their comfort zone while our friend - who'd designed the game's level - provided live commentary. Don't know if they had fun but me and the friend's partner certainly did 😆#humblebrag

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Anna Megill @annamegill.com · 07/03/2024

Brilliant read. "The money produced by art has not disappeared. ... The reality is that the people with the most money have devised, at every turn, new and more bulletproof ways for them to make and keep more money, and for the people who make things to make less."

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