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BONEYARD; Haitus for a month!! @b0neyard.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

btw if you comment on poor/low income people getting something nice, by saying something like ‘you got xyz nice thing when you were saying you were poor’ or otherwise shaming someone for getting a treat, you’re the problem. It’s not a flex. You are garbage. people can save up for nice stuff.

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Li Chen @exocomics.com · 19h

I am so stoked to announce my Detective Beans colouring book is out today in Australia and next week in NZ!!! 😻🎨✏️ (My inner child is screaming with happiness right now)

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'Nathan Burgoine (he/him) will be at Can*Con! @nathanburgoine.bsky.social · 17h

"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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Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 22h

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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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 17h

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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Beth W @doodlebeth.com · 4h

Are there any active groups/resources for disabled birders in the UK? I'm trying to improve access at our local reserve (Portbury Wharf) and to get funding we have to show that people will actually use it (not just me). I have created a map to show how accessible it is so far #UKBirding

a map of Portbury Wharf Nature Reserve showing all the different path surfaces, ramps, gates & inclines.

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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

5 potatoes cubed is still 5 potatoes because potatoes are root vegetables

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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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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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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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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

When the neighborhood bully meets the real OG . 🤣

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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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donoteat @donoteat.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

lotta people out here bragging about "training models" but why do that when you can model trains

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Memento (spooky) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

A murder of crows? You mean caws of death??

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Nathan Nun @nathannun.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Light in our Thoughts, Fire in our Hearts, Power in our Paws. A new poster illustration for day 2 of the October art challenge. #artober #inkdrawing #cats

An ink drawing of a socialist cat propaganda poster. The drawing has three cats, one with a halo of light, one pointing to a flame over their heart, and another with their paw forwards and outstretched. Each has a phrase by the drawing "Light in our hearts," Fire in out hearts," and "Power in our Paws" followed by the line "To bring peace permanently" at the bottom. The artwork is based on lines by Erich Weinert.

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Racheline Maltese @racheline.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Your periodic reminder that the decision to pursue a professional ballet career happens at similar or earlier age to most youth gender affirming care and has significantly more lifetime impact on peer socialization, how the body looks and overall health than social transition and puberty blockers.

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Naomi Klein Is Spot On.......

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worm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If you ever wondered why visible light is those particular wavelengths, it's because life evolved to see in the narrow range where water is transparent

Diagram of absorption of emf by water. There's a gap right that dips in the 500 nm range

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Doodlecats @doodlecats.com · 01/10/2026

I'm so pleased with how my October artwork turned out. I hope you like it too!

cartoon artwork. of three cats at a pumpkin patch. a tabby is asleep on a pumpkin, a black cat is appearing from behind a pumpkin and there's a little black and white cat in the distance with a pile of pumpkins. it's all done in warm autumnal colours

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 30/09/2026

The princess took an earring off and held it out. The raven looked at it. "Whatever for?" "You are wise and clever. Many princesses have dragons, but none has a raven friend." The raven picked up the earring. "Say no more." "Friends?" she asked when it returned the next day. "Forevermore."

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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward

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feeb | yuritober!! @magicmooshka.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

it’s come to my attention that my tumblr post has been crossposted to bluesky, so I’m posting it on my account here #AntiAI #GenAI

recently my friend's comics professor told her that it's acceptable to use gen AI for script-writing but not for art, since a machine can't generate meaningful artistic work. meanwhile, my sister's screenwriting professor said that they can use gen AI for concept art and visualization, but that it won't be able to generate a script that's any good. and at my job, it seems like each department says that AI can be useful in every field except the one that they know best.

It's only ever the jobs we're unfamiliar with that we assume can be replaced with automation. The more attuned we are with certain processes, crafts, and occupations, the more we realize that gen AI will never be able to provide a suitable replacement. The case for its existence relies on our ignorance of the work and skill required to do everything we don't.

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Greg Pask @gregpask.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Celebrating a Detective Beans birthday (by @exocomics.com). My wife crushed it with the cake, and he’s now solving a Beans-esque mystery

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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Yesterday was a big day for Indigenous literature as Kinsale Drake, Darcie Little Badger, and Stacie Shannon Denetsosie received the 2026 American Book Award for Beyond the Glittering World: An Anthology of Indigenous Feminisms and Futurisms. redpopnews.com/beyond-the-g...

redpopnews.com

Beyond the Glittering World: An Anthology of Indigenous Feminisms and Futurisms Receives 2026 American Book Award

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JDz - Of limited consequence @jdzed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

But the 'Can you do it?' question makes it really easy on the gatekeepers when they use that as an excuse to rule you 'not actually disabled' and therefore a) they don't have to give you what the legislation says you deserve; and b) they don't have to count you as disabled either, so why fund it?

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Mare Pan @paarsec.com · 28/09/2026

If you have the time, take a look at google Earth's historical pictures and see for yourself. Look at the photos before and after the flattening of entire cities, of an entire people. This is heartbreaking. Remember to donate or help Palestinian friends be seen whenever they find a way to reach out

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Cameron Patrick @cameronpat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Australian term for "author":

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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is not an FAQ but is also short and useful. www.anildash.com/2024/11/19/d...

anildash.com

Don't call it a Substack. - Anil Dash

A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

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Melissa @artistaffame.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I spent the day with grannies for action who are a bunch of older women who want to make a difference and think jobseeker is too low they are in their 70s and 80s and have been out collecting physical signatures for their petition id like to help by getting as many signatures as possible

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Australian Association for Research in Education @australianare.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Murri School just won the National NAIDOC Award for Education at Mparntwe Alice Springs. Angela Baeza Pena, Gregory Egert and Daniel McKinnon explain what is possible when strong Indigenous governance and culture sit at the heart of schooling. loom.ly/YjedxkM

blog.aare.edu.au

See this: The possibilities and power of an Indigenous-led education

The Murri School’s success demonstrates what is possible when Indigenous people lead education with self-determination.

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

i really can’t bring myself to care about AI anthropomorphism debates. “is AI thinking?” i don’t know. is a calculator calculating? questions for the philosophers. what’s important is that we put sam altman in prison.

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026

I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility

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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

You know one way of stopping AI agents from accessing Australian government data would be by making them have MyGov accounts.

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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Happy Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov Saves The World day to all who celebrate.

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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 25/09/2026

Yeeting Wobbler screensaver anyone?

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It's funny that for years now people have been saying that using generative AI very obviously deskills you, and people kept going no no you're wrong you Luddite And now all the genAI CEO's keep coming out in public to announce they forgot how to read and do math and can't remember their address etc

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026

over the past few weeks several AI evaluation/cybersecurity experts have explained how what's happening is a result of human incompetence rather than "AI going rogue". I'm begging the media to show a shred of journalistic integrity and stop parroting what altman or amodei say

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We F’ing Told You So 🏳️‍🌈 @wefingtoldyouso.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Note to the press: It isn't "OpenAI" that hacked into the Australian Medicare database. It is the OpenAI owners and managers. You can't hold software accountable for what the owners programmed it to do.

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Adam P Knave @adampknave.com · 23/09/2026

Galadriel, kidnapping Merry and Pip just for the hell of it. Gandalf insists she let them go and she just sighs. "God forbid a woman have hobbits, I guess!"

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George The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Night night, sweet dreamies You will never know all the moments when your kindness mattered. The smile someone needed. The message that arrived at just the right time. The little thing you did that you’ve already forgotten, but they haven’t.

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tama @tama00001234.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

夕風(2025.2)

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

me: no worries (galadriel voice) but they were all of them deceived, for another worry was made

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