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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 5h

🧵. "A culture of impunity is an *incredibly* powerful social force, and we’ve seen again and again that where such cultures occur, they are basically always responsible for widespread abuse." #patriarchy #misogyny #rape

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

(I just thought of that and had to make it the internet's problem)

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Ten years, and they’re all like ‘it’s very hard to cover such an unpredictable politician’. Nope. It isn’t hard, you just don’t want to do it.

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Iain Shepherd @lainshep.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I feel like the “see minimalism, think futurism” thing died with Steve Jobs Mostly I think minimalist = cheapass, definitely for Teslas. Ooh you removed all the buttons and the ultrasonics and whatever. Very future, not to save money I’m sure

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Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Absolutely fuck the EHRC and Stephenson in particular. And solidarity to the trans folks fighting back on what absolutely, obviously, is an erosion of rights they've had for decades.

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Sela: Calamitous @sela.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

THE MATRIX is a movie about how if you stay up too late and listen to metal you can meet an incredible woman, which I find misleading, because I stayed up late and met my wife listening to EMO thank you very much

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KΛMΛ 🌸🕹️🏳️‍⚧️ @tamarakama.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It's interesting how Logan's Run is considered "unsung" because I've sung or celebrated it on many occasions.. A new 4K remaster is arriving but the only upgrade over what I have is the picture.. no Atmos upgrade here.. at least the standard surround sound tracks upmix well at least..

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50 Years Later, an Unsung Sci-Fi Action Classic Resurfaces as It Sets New Release

A forgotten sci-fi relic steps out of the shadows and into the spotlight.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 03/10/2026

I have absolutely wondered about this. Amazing.

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El Yobo @elyobo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

There’s no contradiction in opposing both Russian and Israeli aggression. Australia has supplied equipment to Ukraine. And whatever influence we have should be used - little is not nothing, and that’s the same kind of argument used to do nothing on climate change as well, and is equally invalid here

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André Brett @drdrehistorian.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I'm a left-of-Labor voter, which has often meant voting 1 for the Greens. You'd be right surmising my politics are pretty anti-war too. But failing to aid Ukraine's defence against invasion is loathsome and the purported principle invoked is one that does not meet the moment

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New Greens leader: No weapons for Ukraine, curtail the US alliance

David Shoebridge believes the Greens can win votes by campaigning to scrap the AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine pact and legalise recreational cannabis.

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Iain Shepherd @lainshep.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

this position on Ukraine completely lacks in compassion, morality, and sense. shocked actually, I’ve always given the Greens a high preference but that’s going to change now www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

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New Greens leader: No weapons for Ukraine, curtail the US alliance

David Shoebridge believes the Greens can win votes by campaigning to scrap the AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine pact and legalise recreational cannabis.

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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 02/10/2026

Chiitan loves transgender people 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Even a plain statement like this now brings slander and insults, but I think a society where people can live happily as themselves matters more than silence, so I will keep saying it until the account is gone. love everyone🤍

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Nicholas Weaver @ncweaver.skerry-tech.com · 30/09/2026

A really good demonstration that "reasoning" models are producing output that sounds like reasoning but reasoning is not what they seem to be doing.

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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Just to add a small point to discourse about rape and its effects on its victims. I don't think I recovered from mine--I mean, really recovered, fully and completely, so that weeks and months could go by without me thinking about--until I was about fifty, 35 years or so after it happened.

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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

“It’s not ALL men.” None of the 50+ men the Cornell rapists invited to come join them in raping a woman they’d drugged went to the authorities or tried to stop it. Not all men would rape an unconscious woman, but where are the men who’d try to stop it, or EVEN FUCKING OBJECT?

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Iain Shepherd @lainshep.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Yesterday I saw a pigeon watching over their nest in the urban environment. Two buildings detached but with barely space for a human to squeeze between. Creates a tiny protected space

View out the window of a building. There is a couple feet of gap then the window of its neighbour building. It is unclean, no one goes there

Closeup of a pile of fluff and dirt on the neighbour building’s window ledge. It’s a nest with two eggs sitting on top. The brickwork is rough and there’s lots of pigeon poop.

Wider shot of the window ledge. A pigeon is perched a few feet away watching over the nest. The whole place is covered in dirt and grime and pigeon poop.

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Gen Wojcik @genandgenes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Everyone talks about this episode, but it’s warranted. A masterpiece. youtu.be/TxoqJ0Pmux0?...

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Sleepytime 🌙 | S2 E26 | Full Episode | Bluey | @disneyjr

YouTube video by Disney Jr.

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Nostalgic Things that go bump in the night @nostalgicthing.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It’s 36 years since the first episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation was shown on BBC2. Data looked pretty different back then.

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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

If you were transfixed by THE HOT ZONE when you were young, or then read SPILLOVER and trusted it, then as a career scary diseases reporter, I urge you to read this thread. Science moves on. People discover fresh stuff. The work careers were built on becomes outdated. Be open to the new. Please.

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Ada Lovelace Day is coming up again on 13 Oct and, as you know, these days it is almost entirely unfunded. I've been invited to speak at or attend a few events, all of which I've said yes to because the mission won't further itself. I'm also still writing my report...

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Rich Burroughs @somewhattolerable.com · 24/09/2026

This is probably too nerdy for folks outside of tech but I loved it. I’ve been surprised to see the push to skip code reviews coming from very experienced people that I know. The kinds of dialogue John talks about here aren’t things an agent can do.

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Iain Shepherd @lainshep.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Hey you need to get on the #DetectiveBeans book / graphic novel Reading it to/with our 8 year old is the best fun I’ve had lately. The writing is so cute and funny and the art is so gorgeous Just preordered the follow up 📖

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot

Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Iain Shepherd @lainshep.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Great article. Learned a lot more about one of my faves

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Iain Shepherd @lainshep.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I didn’t see where this thread was going.

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John C @badsocialism.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"I can't believe people keep moving here" says resident of city with massive statue encouraging people to move here

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shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

the republicans are wide open on several fronts, historically unpopular president, unpopular war, record high gas. any dem throwing trans people under the bus at this moment is doing it because they want to. not like they need to, do they. even if it worked as a vote winner, which it doesn't

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Saimi Hanma ⚔️ サイミ @saimihanma.northsky.social · 19/09/2026

COME ON @bsky.app, this inline translation has been embarrassing, worthless garbage since it unrolled months ago. Give us back the option to use google translate or literally ANYTHING else. This is literally unusable.

おはようございます

視界が悪くて世界が霞んでる

明日はドゥージェンさん(台風25号)が、お近くに越しになる予定なので、お帰りになるまで大人しくしています◎

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Good morning There is a worm visibility and the world is out of the world, Dugeen (Typhoon No. 25) is going to be coming near, so it is adult until you go home

おはようございます視界が悪くて世界が霞んでる

明日はドゥージェンさん(台風25 号)が、お近くに越しになる予定なので、お帰りになるまで大人しくしています◎

Ohayōgozaimasu shikai ga warukute sekai ga kasun deru ashita wa do~ūjen-san (taifū 25-gō) ga, o chikaku ni koshi ni naru yoteinanode, o kaeri ni naru made otonashiku shite imasu

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Good morning.

Visibility is poor, and the world looks hazy.

Typhoon Dujuan is expected to pay a visit to the neighborhood tomorrow, so I plan to lay low until it moves on.

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David Allsopp @doublehelix.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Nothing seems to change...

Article from The Chaser, Jul 9th 2022:

Picture of three young women in skimpy sportswear playing volleyball.

Headline: "Trans person likely upended whole life to gain advantage in volleyball competition, reports idiot"

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jessica harvey @jessiscah23.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"It's a hideous thing, a total nightmare, absolutely no fun whatsoever. You must play it at once and tell me what you think. 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

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Maia Ettinger @maiett.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

100% this. Also, for the terminally self-interested, don't you get that a candidate who proactively surrenders the rights of one marginalized community is basically swearing an oath to abandon other communities when the GOP requires it?

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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026

Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

My man looks like a mobster who's just been pantsed by Bugs Bunny

Pete Hegseth, looking like a cocktail you found the morning after a party

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Iain Shepherd @lainshep.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

“relationship with Canada at the highest level possible” awesome. how do we trigger the companion quest?

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SCP @10-5.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Eternal Sunshine of the Offline Mind

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Iain Shepherd @lainshep.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

@alexander-the-ok.bsky.social is one of the best factual creators on YouTube, he deserves much more fame. fascinating and uplifting. youtu.be/YeqnhOYMIF8?...

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Polaroid: A Chemical, Mechanical and Optical Miracle

YouTube video by Alexander the ok

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Jenny List @jennylist.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

So Piddington is holding an in-out referendum because asylum seekers. Yes, they're next to a jail, but it's about who they are. I come from a village only a few miles away, let me tell you something about the area I grew up in. 1/n, thread.

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Iain Shepherd @lainshep.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

If you get this joke you’re old like me. Sorry 💐

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someonegrandma.bsky.social @someonegrandma.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

An interesting read, that may have you asking: what tf is wrong with men? www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/...

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This Is What Women’s Self-Defense Looks Like

It’s not just about protection. It’s about living a bigger life.

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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Famously this is what pride marches and protests and lgbt rights campaigns and such are for and always wanted. We’re always changing “we demand separate segregated spaces” “Out the closet and into another, specially accommodating but segregated closet”

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Nicole DeWitt @catastro-v.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

what democrats fail to understand is you cannot win against these attacks by disproving the central claim, bc the central claim is a fucking lie. you have to weaponize this effect for your side and go on the offensive. you make yourself look strong by standing up against bullies preying on the weak

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