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Lore Bard @lorebard.bsky.social · 6h
Break On Through the Never
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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
i'm not saying these are all bad but I do think that you could do at least this well playing Tentpole and just making the movies it says to make
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Tentpole
Can you build a blockbuster? An award winner? Can you do both at the same time? Spin the reel, land on a film, and pull one piece of it — genre, rating, director, a cast member — into your new film.
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Accented Cinema @accentedcinema.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Behold, a 3000 year old Chinese ceremonial bronze axe bearing a human face of which archeologists described as "fearsome and fierce".
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Radlith @radlith.bsky.social · 19h
Shame upon the house of whoever runs this account. Carolina Eyck youtu.be/-njNUVY4lmA?...
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The Fifth Element "Diva Dance" on the Theremin | Carolina Eyck
YouTube video by Carolina Eyck
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A theremin played with zero physical contact just tackled Diva Dance from The Fifth Element, the operatic alien aria Eric Serra wrote for Plavalaguna. Pure electromagnetic wizardry.
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trevorrobb.bsky.social @trevorrobb.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"Taxpayers can't afford for us to keep sprawling — every new suburb needs new roads, pipes, firehalls and bus routes — that lands on your tax bill forever," Edmonton Mayor Andrew Knack said Thursday. #yegcc #ableg edmontonjournal.com/news/edmonto...
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Edmonton mayor slams 'uninformed directive' after province intervenes on city infill rules
Edmonton city staff scramble to meet a last-minute directive from Alberta Premier Danielle Smith overhauling the city's growth plans.
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cara giaimo @cjgiaimo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
i was fortunate enough to profile Margaret Hamilton in 2019. A really kind and curious person. This was my favorite story she told me:
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bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026
ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
old photos of a woman (Margaret Hamilton) standing next to a tall stack of books (printouts of Apollo space mission software source code)
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Jarrad Connor | Looking for Work @jarradconnor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Ada Palmer is one of the best people on the planet at revealing new perspectives & connections to past, present, & possible futures between people & things. When she has something to say. I listen. VID TITLE - I'm going to tell you the truth about Machiavelli youtu.be/YCZ3ctevzS8?...
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I'm going to tell you the truth about Machiavelli
YouTube video by Beforecast
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Lore Bard @lorebard.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Where Eagles Dare Tora! Tora! Tora! Das Boot
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Thad @tyranicus.net · 05/10/2026
Scooby Doo meme of Fred pulling off the mask of a "ghost" to see the man underneath it. The ghost is labeled "lower quality at my favorite place," and the unmasked man is labeled "private equity."
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Overall mortality in unvaccinated individuals was roughly 50% HIGHER. The advantage held even after removing coronavirus-related deaths from the mix. The study has been published in JAMA. YES, it is PEER-REVIEWED. • jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... 🧪🧵⬇️
Key Takeaways
•In a French cohort, the incidence of all-cause mortality among those who received a first dose of an mRNA COVID vaccine was 0.4% after a median follow-up of 45 months, compared with 0.6% of those who were unvaccinated.
•After standardizing characteristics between the two groups, all-cause mortality incidence was 25% lower in those who had received a COVID shot.
•Vaccinated people were 74% less likely to die in a hospital because of COVID-19 compared with those who weren't vaccinated.Key Points
Question
Are COVID-19 mRNA vaccines associated with the long-term risk of all-cause mortality?
Meaning
These national-level results found no increased risk of
4-year all-cause mortality in individuals aged 18 to 59 years vaccinated against COVID-19, further supporting the safety of the mRNA vaccines that are being widely used worldwide.
Abstract
Importance While several studies have assessed the impact of COVID-19 vaccination on short-term mortality, none have compared long-term mortality by vaccination status, particularly in young individuals who are less likely to experience severe disease following SARS-
CoV-2 infection.
Objective
To compare 4-year all-cause mortality in individuals aged 18 to 59 years vaccinated with the mRNA
COVID-19 vaccine vs unvaccinated individuals.
Design, Setting, and Participants
This cohort study used data from the French National Health Data System for all individuals in the French population aged 18 to 59 years who were alive on November 1, 2021. Data analysis was conducted from June 2024 to September 2025.Exposure
Exposure was defined as receiving a first mRNA dose between May 1 and October 31, 2021. Individuals who were unvaccinated by November 1, 2021, were assigned a random index date based on vaccinated individuals' vaccination dates.
Main Outcomes and Measures
Cox models weighted for sociodemographic characteristics and 41 comorbidities were used to estimate 4-year all-cause mortality. Time to event was censored at all-cause death, COVID-19 vaccination for unexposed individuals, or study termination on March 31, 2025. Complementary analyses were performed, including a comparison of the main causes of death available up to December 31, 2023. Follow-up began 6 months after the index date in both groups to address immortal time bias. Short-term mortality within 6 months after vaccination was assessed in a separate, independent study using adapted self-controlled case series models.Results
A total of 22767 546 vaccinated and 5932 443
unvaccinated individuals were followed up for a median
(IQR) of 45(44-46) months. Vaccinated individuals were older than unvaccinated individuals (mean [SD] age, 38.0 [11.8] years vs 37.1 [11.4] years), more frequently women (11688 603[51.3%] vs 2 876 039 [48.5%]) and had more cardiometabolic comorbidities (2126 250[9.3%] vs 464 596[7.8%]). During follow-up, 98 429(0.4%) and 32662 (0.6%) all-cause deaths occurred in the vaccinated and unvaccinated groups, respectively. Vaccinated individuals had a 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19 (weighted hazard ratio [WHR], 0.26 [95% CI, 0.22-0.30]) and a 25% lower risk of all-cause mortality (wHR, 0.75 [95% CI, 0.75-0.76]), with a similar association observed when excluding severe COVID-19 death. Sensitivity analysis revealed that vaccinated individuals consistently had a lower risk of death, regardless of the cause. Mortality was 29% lower within 6 months following COVID-19 vaccination (relative incidence, 0.71 [95% CI,
0.69-0.73]).
Conclusions and Relevance
In this national cohort study of 28 million individuals, the results found no increased risk of 4-year all-cause mortality in individuals aged 18 to 59 years vaccinated against COVID-19, further supporting the safety of the mRNA vaccines that are widely used worldwide.
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.
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Robert Rose @robear.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A good fresh Star Trek take on those fake isekai title jokes
A tumblr screenshot showing a post and two reblog responses, reading:
1. "star trek would be the ideal fictional universe to get trapped in because you'd explain your situation and they'd be like yeah makes sense. no further questions. fortunately we can use the mysterious warp signature emitting from this system's icy moon to counterface with the solar radiation and slingshot you back home"
2. "I'm from a universe where your world is all a work of fiction." Benjamin Sisko, nodding. "That happened to me once."
3. "I Got Isekaid Into The Star Trek Universe And They Quickly Understood What Was Happening"
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NewAccountWhoDis @newaccountwhothis.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Francesco Francavilla @ffrancavilla.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
THE TWILIGHT ZONE debuted OTD in 1959. One of my absolute favorite shows ever. Been blessed to not only have provided several covers to the comics series over the years but to also co-write w @francazilla.bsky.social & draw our own episode, “SILENT WARNING” currently in stores by @idwpublishing.com
A spaceman sitting at a desk in a room typing on a typewriter, presumably writing episodes for the tv series twilight zone
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Phantom of Heilbronn, also referred to as the Woman Without a Face, was a presumed female serial killer whose existence was inferred from DNA evidence found at 40 crime scenes across Austria, France and Germany from 1993 to 2009.

In March 2009, investigators concluded that the supposed serial killer did not exist, and the DNA belonged to a woman who worked at a factory that made the cotton swabs used for collecting DNA samples
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Lore Bard @lorebard.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Paid for with my own money? It has to be one of these three.
Record of Lodoss War DVD box artSerial Experiments Lain DVD box artThe Vision of Escaflowne DVD box art
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Mike Schreiner @mikeschreiner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Put another way, Ford wants to spend more on removing bike lanes in Toronto ($48M) than he's spent protecting all of Ontario's businesses from an international trade war. Ontario deserves serious leadership, that follows through on promises, and actually puts people before profits.
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Mike Schreiner @mikeschreiner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Doug Ford is all words, no action. He promised $5 billion to protect Ontario businesses from Trump's tariffs. Two years in, he's given $100m to one steel company and only spent $40M across all other businesses.
globalnews.ca
Ford government ‘Protect Ontario’ tariff program spent $140 million so far | Globalnews.ca
On Tuesday, during committee at Queen's Park, Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy was grilled by opposition MPPs on how much of that cash has actually been deployed.
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Hockey Sweater is one of the most famous books in Canadian history. The story of a boy who received the wrong hockey sweater from Eaton's has been featured on our currency, gone to space, and been turned into an iconic NFB short. This is the story. 🧵 1/12
Crowded vintage locker-room illustration of children in red-and-blue hockey sweaters tying skates, checking a team roster and chatting amid scattered sticks and helmets, with the book title "The Hockey Sweater" and credit "Story by Roch Carrier, illustrations by Sheldon Cohen."
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Mary Fernando M.D. 🇨🇦 @maryfernando.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🧵COVID-19 vaccines are now available in Ontario for high risk groups and available to the general public starting Oct. 26. The link below helps find the pharmacy nearest to you - please share to help others. FYI - we’re all at risk from COVID-19 see 2/ #VaccinesWork ontario.ca/vaccine-loca...
ontario.ca
COVID-19 pharmacy vaccine locations
Find your closest pharmacy to get a COVID-19 vaccine.
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Elizabeth Cantwell @eccantwell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Here to tell you that the chemistry and tension in this scene still hits for 2026 teenagers, as evidenced by the very vocal reactions of my students today
Dorothy Malone and Humphrey Bogart in the bookstore scene in 1946’s The Big Sleep
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Silly gaming question: examples of games with way better soundtracks than they deserve. Not, like, a good soundtrack on a game yo bounced off of that was a big success - a game that was mid or bad, by consensus, with a solid musical score. My offer: Planetary Annihilation. youtu.be/uwtNikzjKik?...
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03 What We Built - Planetary Annihilation Original Soundtrack [44100Hz]
YouTube video by GamingOST
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Laine Nooney @ 🔥🗑️🔥 @lainenooney.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Levy writes: "And the shoulders that Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and others stood on were not those of pocket-protector-wearing nerds clocking into jobs at Lockheed..." Except Woz's dad **worked** at Lockheed. Lockheed was the reason Woz grew up around the densest population of engineers on Earth
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georgia-lux @georgialux.bsky.social · 17/08/2023
Young man-- there's no need to feel down I said young man-- Pagliacci's in town You can go there-- see the world's greatest clown Now why do- you- wince- so sadly?
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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Yeah, this is the piece I want to read. We all knew that Where the Red Fern Grows was sad! This was the point of the book! Your real-life childhood dog will die too and that's why there is art about it! "I refuse to watch this one kind of sad thing" seems like a new development.
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Sophia_Nyx 🐰 @sophianyx.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Name a Sega Genesis or Saturn game.
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Lore Bard @lorebard.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The Revenge of Shinobi
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Ed Maibach @handle.invalid · 25/09/2026
Happy Stanislav Petrov Day He passed in 2017. As Encyclopedia Britannica puts it, “He is survived by his two children, two grandchildren, and the entire human race.” If you don't know his story, please take 3 minutes now to learn it. @gchalliance.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social
sammatey.substack.com
Happy Stanislav Petrov Day
Take five minutes to not destroy civilization
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 26-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 2.4 MILLION people in Sweden found NO EVIDENCE to support a causal link between acetaminophen (the API in Tylenol) use during pregnancy and increased risk of autism, ADHD, OR intellectual disability in children.
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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
That's because the anti-intellectualism of the populists and Far Right is in direct contradiction to the basic foundations of any civilisation
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Joyce Park @troutgirl.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
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Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · 25/09/2026
Happy Autumn 🍂
illustration by Abigail Larson depicting the ghost of a woman walking under a ruined stone arch. Three goblins watch her from the top of the ruins. The image has an Autumnal atmosphere, dead leaves are falling.
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Lore Bard @lorebard.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Mage: the Ascension
Cover of the Mage: the Ascension TTRPG
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Lore Bard @lorebard.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
SEVEN SURRENDERS by @adapalmer.bsky.social
The cover of SEVEN SURRENDERS by Ada Palmer
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Amyville Hoyrror @amyhoy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
it’s not ai, it’s the same changes they made a good while ago that ignored quotes and substituted “similar” words bools haven’t worked reliably for a long time, years basically. same for “-word” elastic search iirc
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Keith Ammann 🔜 Gamehole Con @themonstersknow.com · 24/09/2026
No, Google broke boolean search on Google. Like, nearly 10 years ago.
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Lauri Myllyvirta @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The solar panels, electric vehicles, EV batteries and wind turbines exported by China in 2025 will avoid annual emissions equal to those of the UK and Portugal combined, according to my new estimates. Avoided emissions increased 30% compared with 2024 exports.
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Jamie McTrusty @jamiemctrusty.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Here’s a thread of some of the more unusual or obscure aircraft to fly in Britain during the Second World War. Some were only intended as experimental or proof of concept designs, while others never progressed beyond the prototype stage.
Front left 3/4 view of a camouflaged Blackburn B20 flying boat/floatplane with RAF markings on temporary wheels outside a hangar. An unconventional design, its lower hull is separate from the fuselage, acting as a central float; in this picture, it’s shown extended on hydraulic struts. A twin engined design, it also features retractable wingtip floats.
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Lore Bard @lorebard.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
My friend and I used to go to the arcade on the weekend and beat a game, none of them took more than an hour. Some examples include Golden Axe, Magic Sword, U.N. Squadron, Final Fight, X-Men, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Dungeons & Dragons: The Tower of Doom.
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dan mentos @danmentos.com · 22/09/2026
[job interview] interviewer: so god killed all your kids? job: that's right
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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 22/09/2026
Love this little drawing Michelangelo did on a poem full of complaints about how much he hated painting the Sistine chapel and how it made him hurt all over.
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The Dice Society @thedicesociety.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Hooked on Crafting is officially out 🎉 #DrawSteel Almost 200 quest hooks and suggested challenges for your table's crafters ⚒️ I dare you to use all of them! For one week only, get it alongside You Meet in an Ambush for a discounted price 👀 thedicesociety.itch.io/hooked-on-cr...
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Hooked on Crafting by The Dice Society
Quest Hooks for Every Craftable in Draw Steel
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qntm @qntm.org · 01/09/2026
THERE IS NO ANTIMEMETICS DIVISION is Waterstones' Science Fiction & Fantasy Book of the Month for September 2026!! Paperback goes on sale Thursday! Preorders are open now! Plus, it's 15% off right now! All the exclamation marks 🐋😎❗
waterstones.com
There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm | Waterstones
Buy There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.
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Dr Craig Barker @drcraigb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Apparently episode one was first broadcast on the BBC 50 years ago today. Still one of the most remarkable television dramas ever. I Claudius
Scene from opening credits of the BBC TV series I Claudius (1976)
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Jim Zub @jimzub.com · 21/09/2026
SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #16 arrived last week, kicking off the TIDES OF THE TYRANT-KING event with 3 tie-in stories written by me and drawn by Nicola Scott, Chris Campana, and Sean Izaakse! What did critics think? Click on through and find out: www.jimzub.com/savage-sword...
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“I trust my immune system. I don’t need a vaccine.” Ok, I trust mine to protect me too. Which is why I trained it extensively on what the virus looks like so it can handle it. Boxers don’t enter the ring without a plan. It’s the punch you don’t see coming that knocks you out.
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Count Trashula @trashmobminis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
NEW WILDWOOD TRAILER JUST DROPPED!!! I was in the department that built the wild-wood itself. Come see all our hard work! youtu.be/bJQGtSeLPII?...
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Wildwood – Final Trailer | Get Tickets Now
YouTube video by LAIKA Studios
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Jon Dies At The End @accordingtojond.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
50th anniversary of I, Claudius today. If you ever want to see how a great TV director transcends the limitations of the format, get it watched. Herbert Wise was a maestro.
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