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Philip Hadley @lordblandings.bsky.social · 6h
I understand that, as a civilization, we seem to be going backwards. But live-streamed executions? Really? I mean, really?
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Philip Hadley @lordblandings.bsky.social · 10h
“… [P]assions that were banished by print are returning to us.” That Daily Brain Rot Break Is Taking Us Back to the Dark Ages www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/o...
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Opinion | That Daily Brain Rot Break Is Taking Us Back to the Dark Ages (Gift Article)
Welcome to the postliterate era.
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Philip Hadley @lordblandings.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Share a Smile 🖤😀
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Igor's Smile in Young Frankenstein
ALT: Igor's Smile in Young Frankenstein
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Philip Hadley @lordblandings.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
There’s not enough kindness in the world.
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Philip Hadley @lordblandings.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
For the dumb-phone-curious: The Luddite Influencer www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/s...
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August Lamm Was an Influencer. Now She Wants You to Ditch Your Smartphone. (Gift Article)
August Lamm wants you to put down your smartphone and reclaim your life.
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Philip Hadley @lordblandings.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
How I Arrived On Bluesky.
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Don Adams Disappears in Get Smart Phone Booth
ALT: Don Adams Disappears in Get Smart Phone Booth
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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 06/10/2026
the origin of good posts
Edward Gorey, Message from Beyond 

a group sitsxat a table peering up into the dark where a disembodied arm proffers a written message
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Neckties of Noir @neckties-of-noir.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#astronomy #booksky #tvsky #filmsky Astrophysicist, movie-science analyst, and all-round brainiac, Neil deGrasse Tyson #BOTD
Neil deGrasse Tyson on the Conan O’Brien show (2010). He’s wearing his signature space image vest. He has his hands up so it looks like the image of the moon behind him is being held up by his hands. 
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Philip Hadley @lordblandings.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This time, there is more to fear than fear itself. But we can make it. I’m Exhausted. You’re Demoralized. We Weren’t Built for a World Like This. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/o...
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Opinion | I’m Exhausted. You’re Demoralized. We Weren’t Built for a World Like This. (Gift Article)
A greatly underappreciated virtue of other presidents was that you could forget about them for weeks at a time.
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The Great Detective @greatdetective.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Sunday 🩷
Pauline Moran sleeping as Miss Lemon of AGATHA CHRISTIE'S POIROT
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J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Groucho Marx #Caturday
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Laurent Peraldi @tintamarre.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Jacques-Henri Lartigue, 1911
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eugeniat2.bsky.social @eugeniat2.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Edward Gorey 🐈 was an artist, writer, and Tony award-winning costume designer.  And on #Caturday we must mention that Edward loved cats. 🐈🐈‍⬛ 🐈🐈🐈‍⬛🐈 Edward loved #cats so much that he left the bulk of his estate to animal welfare. #Gorey Edward Gorey #art by Vivian Strauss 
Portrait of Edward Gorie with beard and three cats 
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Philip Hadley @lordblandings.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#Caturday
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Philip Hadley @lordblandings.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It’s great that it looks like MAGA will get crushed in the midterms. But it remains perplexing how so many voters who were more than willing to forgive Trump for having incited an attack on the Capitol are now unwilling to forgive him for having placed a little stress on their household budgets.
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𝙉𝙤𝙞𝙧 𝙃𝙖𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙘𝙠 ♬ @noirbeachshack.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🦇 30 days until Halloween... *Movie marquee and theatre display for Horror of Dracula (originally released as Dracula in the UK). Hammer Film Productions, 1958. 🎞
Horror of Dracula (1958)—originally released simply as Dracula in the United Kingdom—is a landmark British Gothic horror film directed by Terence Fisher. Produced by the legendary Hammer Film Productions, it is celebrated as the first vampire film ever shot in color (Technicolor/Eastmancolor). The movie catapulted Christopher Lee (as Count Dracula) and Peter Cushing (as Dr. Van Helsing) into global horror icons, redefining the vampire mythos with an unprecedented blend of vibrant color, visceral gore, and underlying sensuality.
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gregcatar.bsky.social @gregcatar.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I feel infinitely alive, curled up on the sofa with a book in my hand. Benedict Cumberbatch
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Two Schmitt staffers realizing this might be their last day.
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Dipshit Schmitt
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Philip Hadley @lordblandings.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I would be interested to know if Joseph McCarthy ever sank so low as to baselessly accuse a public servant of perjury while using a word like “dirtbag” during a televised hearing. The Senate should do its job and censure Eric Schmitt for his public display of his vulgarity and rank stupidity.
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Philip Hadley @lordblandings.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
An inquisitor falls into a “Schmitt trap” when, while trying to catch a witness in a “perjury trap,” he manages both to confirm the witness’s honesty and to manifest his own stupidity. As Jack Smith Testifies, a Senator’s Accusation of Perjury Falls Apart www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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Jack Smith Defends Trump Charges as Senator’s Perjury Claim Falls Apart (Gift Article)
A Republican eager to prove the former special counsel was dishonest appeared to instead demonstrate his own confusion over basic facts.
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Philip Hadley @lordblandings.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I’m not sure I understand the political calculus that led Republicans to conclude that it would be a good idea to arrange for what amounts to a show trial of Jack Smith, when it ought to have been obvious that the main effect of such a farce would be to remind everyone that Trump is a traitor.
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Roger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Michaelmas Day today and Blackberries onto which I’m told ‘the devil he do spit’, so gather them while you may. #Michaelmas
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Marsh's Library @marshslibrary.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today is Michaelmas, a quarter day in the Irish calendar, and traditionally when rents were paid & contracts signed. It's also the last day to eat blackberries - after today, they belong to the Devil and will make you sick!
Detail of a page showing text in Spanish and a woodcut of blackberries. From Dioscorides' Materia Medica, 1555
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𝙉𝙤𝙞𝙧 𝙃𝙖𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙘𝙠 ♬ @noirbeachshack.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Monday... 32 days until Halloween 🦇
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Philip Hadley @lordblandings.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“Can a machine … lie awake at 4 in the morning replaying the stupid thing it said at dinner?” The Id, the Ego and the Superintelligence www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/o...
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Opinion | The Id, the Ego and the Superintelligence (Gift Article)
Artificial intelligence isn’t coming for philosophers’ jobs — it needs philosophers, and always will.
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Mitch Wolfe @whrwlfthrwlf85v.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Well, this is some bullshit. I hope the museum gets saved.
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America's oldest natural history museum is closing this weekend — but not without a fight
The oldest natural history museum in America shuts its doors this month. Here's what we're losing inside (it's big), and why City Hall is fighting back.
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Andrea Sermoneta @termoz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Jess-Icabod Zellers @stellagarp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Plato’s Republic
Far Side cartoon. In a cave, two explorers marvel over dinosaur eggs. "Millions of years old and they look as if they were laid yesterday!" Our intrepid heroes do not notice the ominous shadow on the wall. It’s a T. rex and she’s heading right for them.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This serves as advertisement for Alex Gibney’s documentary, Musk, opening October 9. Pass it on.
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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Philip Hadley @lordblandings.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#Caturday 🐈‍⬛
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Philip Hadley @lordblandings.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#Caturday 🐈‍⬛
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Philip Hadley @lordblandings.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#Caturday 🐈‍⬛
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Philip Hadley @lordblandings.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I was just thinking the other day that robots could never replace tailors, because they wouldn’t be able to thread a needle. Well, they can thread needles. But will they really make good tailors? How China’s Leader Plans to Win the Future With A.I. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/w...
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How China’s Leader Plans to Win the Future With A.I. (Gift Article)
A decade ago, Xi Jinping asked if China could master A.I. His push is remaking the economy, challenging the United States and keeping society under control.
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𝙉𝙤𝙞𝙧 𝙃𝙖𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙘𝙠 ♬ @noirbeachshack.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
45 days until Halloween... *Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
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Philip Hadley @lordblandings.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Tuesday, September 22, 2026 🦏
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Philip Hadley @lordblandings.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I either forgot this or never knew it: During the Nixon administration, Republican operatives Howard Hunt and E. Gordon Liddy plotted to murder a journalist by the name of John Anderson. The plot was aborted when Liddy and Hunt were enlisted in a new criminal conspiracy: the Watergate burglary.
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La vida en viñetas @lavidaenvinetas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Max
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Philip Hadley @lordblandings.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Our chances for progress would be better if our leader wasn’t a moron who thinks that the dangers of AI are a “hoax.” Here’s How Trump and Xi Can Make Progress on A.I. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/o...
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Opinion | Trump and Xi Can Make Progress on A.I. (Gift Article)
Xi is in the driver’s seat, reflecting American weakness, but there still may be some space for limited advances.
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Papa Woof und Krampus und Bleaken @papawoof.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Philip Hadley @lordblandings.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Anthropic’s new AI model, “Agnes.” 🤖
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Helen Alexander @bawley.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Especially when you are calling your bank.....😑
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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Batman Day, you say? Well, here is the 1926 Old Dark House horror-mystery-comedy THE BAT.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 19/09/2026
Christian Bale once stalked its grounds as Batman. But the English home featured in Christopher Nolan’s 2005 film “Batman Begins” is now plagued by real bats.
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Once Home to Batman, This Faded Mansion Is Now Plagued by Real Bats
Officials in England are alarmed at the state of Mentmore Towers, the 19th century estate that served as Wayne Manor in the 2005 film “Batman Begins.”
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Philip Hadley @lordblandings.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Even as we are told that some AI models are rapidly reaching a point of super-intelligence at which we will no longer be able to control them, we get news that other AI models seem unable correctly to answer relatively simple questions.
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davidc1935.bsky.social @davidc1935.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Final #Caturday of the summer. Looks like someone is unhappy.
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Anne Denoon @annedenoon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Milton Gendel & Mr. Katz at 61 Washington Square, Greenwich Village, New York City, 1944. 📷Gendel Family Archive #Caturday 🐈‍⬛
Black and white photo of a young man reclining on a sofa with closed eyes, holding a tabby cat. Books, a filing cabinet and a desk in the background.
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eugeniat2.bsky.social @eugeniat2.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Mark Ruffalo On #Caturday 🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈🐈‍⬛🐈 Mark Ruffalo is an activist, strongly, supporting, environmental and social justice causes. 🫏🫏 #Ruffalo 🫏🫏🫏 Mark Ruffalo has five #cats named Felix, Inky,  Biscotti,  Hansel and Magnus. 🐈🐈‍⬛
Photo shows Mark Ruffalo in denim jacket with cat .
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Philip Hadley @lordblandings.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Completely aside from whatever record of policy-making or legislation a presidential administration might have, it seems that each of them has it’s own aesthetic. From a purely aesthetic point of view, the Kennedy administration and the Trump administrations are polar opposites:
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Jaime Hylton, Hodophile, Orophile, Librocubicularist @shadowjaime.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
#Caturday #AlphabetChallenge #WeekKforKn Born to Knead
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