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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 4h

If you want "personalized music" made just for you pick up a fucking guitar. Or else break the heart of someone who already has.

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Mitch Benn @mitchbenn.bsky.social · 5h

HIVE MIND - trying to source some sort of coffin/similar sized box for my Dracula operetta. Anyone got anything suitable they don’t mind lending/selling/hiring out?

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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 8h

603) Tubabot. Ideal for both orchestral accompaniment and for punctuating another hilarious disappointment. #SmallRobotsRemastered

A robot in the form of a tuba with banded arms and legs It's body (i.e. the tuba) is shaded to look like reflective metal, its face on the conical bore (big funnel bit) blowing into its mouthpiece, which is on an extended tube from the opposite side of the instrument (because, interestingly and unintentionally, I used an image of a smaller tuba designed to be held at shoulder height for reference, rather than the more conventional style with the mouthpiece closer to the bell), and it has its eyes closed. The robot's arm is connected to one of the many looping pipes, emerging from within the workings to manipulate the valves mounted in the middle. Wide waves emerging from the bell indicate the bassy sound produced by the robot.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 17h

Time for this classic again.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 13h

the naval side of the Norman invasion is often overlooked. Dr Tyson's work on this subject is always great. Give this thread a read!

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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

[CN. Food] 602) Spicybot. Checks your meal to ascertain how spicy it is before you dig in and ruin a perfectly good tongue. Its antenna flashes green, amber, or red as appropriate, and is calibrated to your own endurance. #SmallRobotsRemastered

An ovoid robot with banded arms and legs. It stands beside a plate of food, which is drawn in a soft, pastel style (because it's hard to draw realistic-looking food in the standard style). The meal looks like a curry, with rice and a triangular samosa (or possibly a folded chapati) on one side. The robot is putting a fork or spoon into its mouth, its eyes are widened, and its eyebrows are raised very high. A banded antenna on its top is lit up, its cheeks are flushed, and two beads of sweat have formed on its brow.

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Karl Sherratt @kincaid.org.uk · 29/09/2026

£2,400 for a 16kwhr battery and inverter. Add £500 for a sparky WITHOUT solar you can arbitrage economy7. Payback is 3.5 years Add an export tariff for a few units a day in the summer, less than THREE YEARS If you can do balcony solar, two years

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Karl Sherratt @kincaid.org.uk · 29/09/2026

Deservedly so. Go read this book folks

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Roya Shahidi | Looking for work @rsdream12.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I’m in this image and I don’t like it

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

To people who don’t believe that Kermit the Frog is real: What is the basis for your morality? Where does your moral standard come from?

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Karl Sherratt @kincaid.org.uk · 28/09/2026

White vans, masks, sounds like the Blackshorts, no wonder they didn't bother...

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The Prospect paywall is down! These are all my articles, you lucky people www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/author/2821/...

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DAT Green - Prospect Magazine

The latest news, opinion and analysis for Prospect by DAT Green

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scottmanley.bsky.social @scottmanley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

In July I got to visit El Capitan, built in 2024 as the world's fastest computer. And that needs a whole stack built for performance from the infrastructure, though the CPU's, Networking, storage, operating system and Software. youtu.be/HlsyZAWnOu8

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What Do They Run on America's Fastest SuperComputer?

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Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is a poor take that suggests Owen Jones doesn't know much about Russia in the 1990s, including Russia-US or wider Russia-West relations in the 1990s. By giving only one part of the story, he is repeating the Russian political elite's self-serving line that it was all the West's fault. Long 🧵

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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

601) Makeupremoverbot. Removes your makeup if you forget to sort it out before you fall asleep/collapse. Its propeller is designed to rotate silently to avoid abrupt returns to confused consciousness. #SmallRobotsRemastered

A person lying in bed with a tousled head of hair and bags under their eyes. Most of the picture is shaded normally, in blocks of colour, but half of the person's face is in soft, contoured shading, slightly paler than their underlying skin, representing makeup. They have contoured cheeks, smoky eyeshadow, heavy mascara and shiny lipstick with lip liner in a darker shade. There is an abrupt line where the makeup has been removed by the robot, which is spherical and held aloft by a propeller on its top. It hovers beside the person, face showing intense concentration with its tongue sticking out. It has jointed arms that end in soft, rounded pads, one of which is wiping at the person's lips, while the other is raised up, with its underside heavily smudged. The whole scene is in shades of grey, as it takes place in the dark of night.

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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

600) Lookoutbot. Looks out to sea for approaching Bigbots. #SmallRobotsRemastered

An ovoid robot with banded arms and legs, holding an old-fashioned telescope with brass banding to one eye and pointing with its other hand, mouth open in a wide smile. The lens of the telescope reflects an image of Bigbot coming ashore.

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Lucy Jane Santos @lucyjanesantos.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

If you want chapters and chapters of WTFs then definitely buy my debut book on the history of radium. Used in medicine, cosmetic, pharmaceuticals, fashion, & theatre- it certainly was a big part of everyday life at one point and the ramifications of that are still with us today. #booksky

Front cover of Half Lives: The Unlikely History of Radium

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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

599) Postbot. If you can't get to the postbox in time, or you're feeling too sad or shy to go outside right now, post your letter into Postbot and it will head out to do it for you. Also provides its own stamps. #SmallRobotsRemastered

A robot in the form of a cuboid postbox with a curved back. The rectangular slot is its mouth, complete with rows of teeth, and it has a hinged hatch with a handle on its front. It has four stumpy banded legs on the bottom and two banded arms. In one hand it holds a strip of adhesive stamps with tiny images of what appears to be Bigbot on them, while in its other it holds up a sealed envelope.

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Cobalt Corvid @cobaltcorvid-sf.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Cover reveal for The Grave of Perfection by @aptshadow.bsky.social, the final instalment of the Tyrant Philosophers series! Available in February 2027, full details and pre-order: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/grave-of-... #booksky #fantasy

Cover of The Grave of Perfection by Adrian Tchaikovsky

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 22/09/2026

All the spaceships from For All Mankind and Star City in one article! That's a lot of spaceships from an alternative universe, and concept art, and cool stuff. 🖖 This is just a (very long) overview, but expect to dive deep into the creation of these designs in the coming weeks and months.

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All the spaceships from For All Mankind & Star City | The Spaceshipper

As a reminder, For All Mankind has been renewed for a sixth and final season, set to air in 2027. Filming wrapped up in August 2026. And we'

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 21/09/2026

When a wizard dies, their spells unravel. But the pattern lingers a while. When Fitzglob died, other wizards swarmed his tower, trying to find his time-stopper room, which you exited as soon as you entered, no matter how long you spent inside. "Here! This room!" "Why?" "It has a reading chair!"

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Dragons of Wales @dragonsofwales.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Unboxing stock of my two hardback palaeoart books, Ab Antiquo and Ex Terra. Both are available here: dragonsofwales.etsy.com with worldwide shipping (free within the UK). Please share (this artist could use a sale or two!) Thank you! #SciArt

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Mags L Halliday @magslhalliday.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Every year on 19 December, the famous Christmas lights at Mousehole in Cornwall are dimmed between 8 and 9pm, leaving just the Cross and Angels shining down across the village and out to sea.

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Ask and you shall receive... I've officially rebooted my old YouTube series: UNDER THE KNIFE! In today's episode, I discuss the barber's bleeding bowl in my collection from c.1780. As ever, please help a gal out by liking, sharing, and subscribing: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Com...

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Under the Knife Returns!

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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Way too revealing

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Bela Lugosi's Dad 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Personally I would not pick this fight with the youtube guy who demonstrates all the ways he can nail you with an arrow at 200 yards using his feet while wearing 12-inch Pleasers, whose wife can also kill you with her bare hands, and has 9 billionteen followers who are all trans women with swords.

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Sage Deviant 🏳️‍⚧️ @trans.bsky.social · 17/03/2024

reskeet this if you hate England & believe its government should be abolished, with all political power given to the trans people who live there right now.

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 16/09/2026

The entity drifted dreamlessly through space, as it had for aeons. It woke when it neared a star. Scanned for planets, life, signs of technology. Having found all, it analyzed and decoded radio emissions, then composed a message to send. "My hovercraft is full of feels." It resumed dormancy.

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

GEFILTE PHISHING

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Amy Shira Teitel @amyshirateitel.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

New long form video is up on The Vintage Space! A deep but still not exhaustive dive into the atomic bomb: the politics, Manhattan Project, and the German Uranium Club. youtu.be/FGvS4T-r_fk

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The Secret WWII Nuclear Race

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Jane @jane.meangirls.online · 13/09/2026

A full 70% of bluesky is imagining Reacher and Gillian Anderson eying them up from across the bar at any given moment.

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Karl Sherratt @kincaid.org.uk · 12/09/2026

So. Much. AI. On this walking jolly on pub menus Which is really sad when the food is great, but the pictures look like dogshit

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 10/09/2026

I am serious that today’s journalism ecosystem would be fooled if they played war of the worlds on the radio. It would be on CNN within hours

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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

597) Bobbot. Floating round pal. For looking after boats, maybe rescuing people? But mostly for going bob bob bob up and down. #SmallRobotsRemastered

A spherical robot with a little antenna, happily floating in some water.

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Alistair Coleman @alistaircoleman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The RNLI saves lives every day. They are volunteers. They aren’t just lifeboats - they’re lifeguards and all the support crew that goes with it, plus uk and international water safety and anti-drowning projects. They are almost entirely charitably funded. rnli.org/support-us/g...

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Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 08/09/2026

"Come out and fight!" the knight called. "Very well," the dragon replied. "As the challenged party, I get to choose weapons. I choose pistols." "What? I have a lance and horse!" "I don't. Here is a matched set, pick one." "Those are cannons!" "Tomayto tomahto. Pick, or forfeit the challenge."

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Mistress Matisse @mistressmatisse.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I feel very fondly towards BBC News; the way you might feel about a family dog that has rabies.

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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

593) Magnetbot. Wants your ferrous metals. Give it your ferrous metals! Delicious ferrous metals! #SmallRobotsRemastered

A robot in the form of a horseshoe magnet with its poles at the top and two banded legs on the bottom. It's face is on the curved section and it looks quite angry for some reason. It's lunging forward, somewhat aggressively.

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Gabby HC @scriblit.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Are you a man who does the thing a woman said she doesn't like, as an impulse or as a little joke to show that her boundaries don't apply to you? Ever think about why you do that? Is it her who you imagine laughing indulgently, or other men who see you doing it? Don't write in; just have a think x

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Nick Johnston @nifjnick.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I always knew Dawkins was up to something dodgy - he must have better things to do than booting horses in the noggin

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Karl Sherratt @kincaid.org.uk · 04/09/2026

Really, we we need to keep scientists away from horses, they keep getting kicked in the head...

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The Aviation Show @theaviation.show · 04/09/2026

Lots of fun chatting with @garius.bsky.social about my Mastermind subject! Thanks for having me on.

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 04/09/2026

Labour: There's a global heating emergency, which we're actively trying to make worse, so you'll need to buy a load more food you can't afford, because we're too busy harassing trans people to do anything about it.

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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

592) Buzzkillbot. When the venue has closed or the party has wound down but the gang is still amped up and won't piss off home, deploy this grumpy robot that has 100% had enough of their bullshit. #SmallRobotsRemastered

A spherical robot with jointed arms and legs and a drooping antenna. It's slumped down, tired, arms dangling, and has one eye closed as if half-woken up. It doesn't look happy.

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Karl Sherratt @kincaid.org.uk · 03/09/2026

Just watching @garius.bsky.social podcast on how to take out a Germanradar station, and tgought he might appreciate some Typhoon porn youtu.be/ImmsppWDu2c

1:24 airfix kit of a Hawker Typhoon, feom front starboard quarter. It is painted green and brown, and is a Fuck Off beast of a plane

Same plane, but form the port side. The engine cowling ia open, as are rhe cannon covers. The 2000 horsepower engine is visible. Only weighs two tonnes...

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