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Lady Jek @ladyjek.bsky.social · 8h

He is sooooooooo careful with his death-blades 💜💜💜

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 23h

Mind-boggling - just mind-boggling Now expected to peak at an extraordinary 4.2C in December

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 02/10/2026

Leaving the Trump thing aside entirely...what a portrait

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Lady Jek @ladyjek.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Feeding the MAGAs to the Coyotes 😇

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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads:

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."

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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever

A tweet by SarahStarberry that says "oh god read the vertical axis" on top of a chart measuring AI models' release dates and model numbers rather than any real capabilities

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Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Every time I see a serial killer tv show advertised I think of this

My dad used to work with Ted Bundy at the University of Utah and every Friday my dad would say, "See ya Monday-Bundy" and I can't imagine how much Ted actually thought about murdering him for
it.

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Tom Freeman @tomfreeman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I need something to stop those bond yield charts making me anxious *monkey's paw curls*

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 02/10/2026

seems to be a really big week for "things I don't understand clearly going quite badly"

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Ryan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 01/10/2026

BREAKING NEWS: Tensions between Thor and the Care Bears have escalated rapidly overnight.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 01/10/2026

That literally is how we treat unfalsifiable statements: to ignore and/or laugh at the ones that we think are weird. If someone believes the rapture will come at some point (any point in the future), we don't have to "disprove" it or make "counterarguments."

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

THREAD. Packing up in spring for our house move, I found this: it was my mum's first attempt at capturing my cat The Bear (RIP) via a quick chalk sketch. 2013, perhaps? So simple, but so great, and it proved to be the catalyst for what has been a huge amount of creativity in her retirement...

Two chalk versions of my late cat The Bear, by my mum, Jo.

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Marcel Dirsus @marceldirsus.com · 01/10/2026

Excuse me?

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Lady Jek @ladyjek.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I'd trade ninety-nine million dollars for a second kitten :)

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Veronica @veronicaf.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Ginny is An Grump because how dare I abandon her to go to work every day and also how dare I give her dental meds? She requires MORE attention and less medicated goops pls

A ginger cat sitting underneath the table and refusing to look at me. She is very pretty but the aura of indignation is strong.

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 01/10/2026

A bad day for this person

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Google and Apple immediately update their maps.

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...

But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

She also adjusted her pace to ensure the injured cub could keep up. By 2008, he was observed hunting on his own & at the age of 20 is King of the Fat Bears, holding his own at the crowded Brook Falls. A story of a mother's love, sacrifice & a little cub who became a champion fat bear. 🥹

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How Bear 89 earned the name Backpack

Discover how Bear 89 became Backpack, why his nickname predates his leg injury, and how his mother Holly adjusted to her cub’s needs.

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ironeconomist.bsky.social @ironeconomist.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Someone wishes for the good old days and the monkeys paw has decided we should do: (1) a 1970s oil crisis (2) a 1990s tech cycle (3) a 2010s eurozone debt crisis All at once.

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Metal Gear Summer '27 ☀️🥀☠️ @mgearsolidarity.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

i solved infinite personal music by taking loads of ecstasy in my 20s and now i can dance to the sound of a reversing lorry

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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"Altman said it was “bad for the world if OpenAI waits too long to go public”"- www.ft.com/content/211d... Beyond parody pomposity. "Asked if he would like a bacon sandwich, the Tech CEO replied that this was in the best interest of the world, indeed all of humanity. And brown sauce".

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Sam Altman says OpenAI will delay its IPO until it overcomes safety concerns

ChatGPT maker launches new AI personal assistant as it faces challenge from Meta’s Muse

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Tomas Hirst @tomashirstecon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The problem we face is that “just about good enough” can become a default standard in lots more aspects of our lives because AI feels like a plausible substitute for labour. But that’s always the core tension of capitalism - whether it’s capable of delivering the best or lowest common denominator.

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Manisha Krishnan @manishakrishnan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

kind of obsessed with the fact that there's an AA-style support group called Dogs Anonymous for owners who don't want to publicly admit they can't stand their dogs. by @jasooooon.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/inside...

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Lady Jek @ladyjek.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Filling up the car really hurts 😖

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Joseph Cotterill @jsphctrl.ft.com · 28/09/2026

South Africa's central bank governor on how the Great Global Bond Sell-Off™ hasn't affected South Africa or other EMs much yet. (Yet.) In part because many were already under the gun in fiscal and monetary terms for years, and had reformed a bit accordingly. www.resbank.co.za/en/home/publ...

Excerpt from a speech given by South African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago today:
South Africa’s better macro prospects have been important in shielding us from the 2026 global bond repricing. Because our country risk premium has fallen, our longer-term borrowing costs are not rising in line with rich country benchmarks. In fact, yields have been quite contained this year, at around 9% at the longer end of the curve. This is roughly where we were at the end of 2025, and well below earlier levels. By comparison, the US 30-year yield is at its highest since 2007 and Japan’s is at its highest since 1996. We are also seeing that the rand is holding up well, with unusually low volatility.

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"But it’s abundantly clear that there is no public official in Washington who lies like Trump – not as constantly, not as obviously, not about as many topics ... we are witnessing a rare, very possibly once-in-a-lifetime political liar."

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I started fact-checking Trump 10 years ago. Here are 15 things I’ve learned | CNN Politics

Ten years ago this month, in my old job as Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star, I started what I believed would be a quick little side project: fact-checking underdog presidential candidate ...

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Lady Jek @ladyjek.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Pres Orange barely knows the PM's name.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Preznit Fuckwit should definitely put his name on this disaster 37 days before the midterms.

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Mohamed A. El-Erian @elerianm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Good morning. In markets, US bond yields are back in focus, with the 10-year hitting 5.22%, its highest level since 2002 -- as Brent oil approaches $110. (CNBC chart below.) #economy #markets #oil #energy #bonds #yields

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

As unprofessional as it may be, I suspect I will be shouting "we have been saying this for years" a lot today. Harsher immigration policies don't just ruin individual lives, they damage the economy, reduce jobs, and generally harm the whole country.

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Good thing that this couldn’t have been predicted almost a year ago <runs bitter victory lap> and the government didn’t just blithely carry on doing the same thing. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/718...

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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We've made the Tamagotchi evil.

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I think Andor really is one of the most important TV shows of our time. Technically brilliant, so galvanising, each time I find something new in it (just watched it a fourth (!) time). Absolute masterpiece.

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Jon Morris @jmorris14.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A verified account of Sachin Tendulkar posting a guide to cricket in Japanese…

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I could quote pretty much this entire article by @mjrobbins.com on the bizarre psychology of the AI apocalypse freaks, but you should just read it instead. Such a relief to see someone express my feelings so eloquently. martinrobbins.substack.com/p/the-ai-apo...

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 27/09/2026

Just for once I'd like one of these "why I quit Britain" pieces to say "I hate poor people and I want to keep all my money, it's all miiiiiine, screw you guys"

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Mr Rogers' Unexpected Response

ALT: Mr Rogers' Unexpected Response

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Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The problem isn't rogue #AI models, it's *negligent companies*. If a biomedical firm put their product in public water supply because they wanted to test it 'in the real world', they'd be treated as criminal at corporate & individual level. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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OpenAI halts training of latest models as reports mount of AI agents going rogue

Decision follows disclosures that OpenAI agents searching government websites had acted in unexpected ways

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026

Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 26/09/2026

"I didn't say that, it was my AI Agent, Lil'hommie."

A screen grab from a Key and Peele sketch called "Lil Hommie" featuring the puppet of the same name.

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