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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 21/09/2026

The real reason AI bosses want a pause: They aren’t afraid of superintelligence, they are afraid of competition, writes Nerve tech columnist @doctorow.pluralistic.net www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...

AI’s big beasts aren’t really scared of their products. They’re scared of their competition. By Cory Doctorow. Image of OpenAI, Meta and Google logos.

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 20/09/2026

Good morning @tomwatsonofficial.bsky.social Your journey from MP who most understood the Cambridge Analytica scandal to paid-up Palantir apologist is really quite the journey. Hope the pay packet is worth it. 💰 Here’s some background reading ahead of your first day 🧵👇

A throwback to Tom Watson’s days as the MP fighting back against Facebook after the Nerve team published the Cambridge Analytica investigation at the Observer
(Tom’s standing, with investigative reporter Carole Cadwalladr on right and whistleblower Chris Wyler 2nd from left)🏁

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www.slowtravelberlin.com @slowberlin.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Don't let AI lobotomise you or dumb you down. Keep reading books. Here are ten great ones about Berlin. Full article on the website, and open access so we can keep this literary thang going... Full article (no paywall): www.slowtravelberlin.com/city-lit-ten...

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Pauline Cumming, Scottish creator of quirky ceramics with feminist themes and humour #womensart

Rounded odd shaped white plate with blue painted image of the head and shoulders of a white woman surrounded by a text stating 'How did we let this shitshow happen'

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Louise Winters @louisewinters.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

What to do when you have a load of figs ripening on your fig tree? Make a fig & frangipane tart! It is absolutely divine. Much better than I expected!

Round tart with a deep golden filling that has slices of fig sunk into it.

Cross-section view of a segment of fig tart. You can see the pale pastry later on the bottom, crumbs aplenty, dark crescents of fig visible in the main body of the tart

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

People of Clacton! Show your support for me by putting a bin outside your house, one day this week, of a colour of Tendring Council's choice. This will be unequivocal proof of the success of my campaign.

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Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 09/08/2026

It occurred to me yesterday that contraventions of hosepipe bans are now immediately trackable via water meters. I realised this after accidentally leaving a tap running on full for two hours, and am fearful of heavily armed officials from Anglian Water turning up at the door

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Louise Winters @louisewinters.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Me to friend: Do you think we could write a successful sitcom about what it's like to live with the crazy overthinking/anxiety shit we both deal with every day? Her to me: Yes! But we'd overthink if what we were writing was funny.

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Louise Winters @louisewinters.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I can't take writing casually, it seems. Been hosting a podcast with a dear friend for years now and I wrote up the show-notes for the first time in ages, and they're a f***ing work of art and I'm going to share it. helloyoupodcast.wordpress.com/2026/07/22/s... @interacter.bsky.social

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Hello, You podcast

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Louise Winters @louisewinters.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Reading a book on history of the semi colon. Excellent excerpt: "Grammarians fought viciously over the supremacy of their individual sets of rules, scorching one another in the nineteenth-century equivalent of flame wars."

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Louise Winters @louisewinters.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

We have some boxes that have been unopened since we emigrated 2 years ago. Today, after wondering for nearly 2 years, we found the bathroom scales!

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Louise Winters @louisewinters.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Took myself to the French cafe in my Portuguese town. I love it here!

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Louise Winters @louisewinters.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Hard to beat sitting in the garden with a cup of tea and a chocolate biscuit as a reward for getting stuff done.

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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 22/07/2026

Stop scrolling!!! A puffling* has been spotted in Purbeck, Dorset for the first time in 30 years! *Baby puffin (yes, they have the cutest name)

A small bird - a young puffin - is seen in the gap between rocks on a cliff ledge

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Louise Winters @louisewinters.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Oh fabulous @emmachaplin.bsky.social just heard your name on the radio, a story about sneezing all over Robert Smith!

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Louise Winters @louisewinters.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

They're playing some bangers on Radio 6 right now, in the morning show Cloud Busting segment. Haven't heard this for years, used to be on a favourite playlist of mine www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn04...

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Gossip - Standing In The Way Of Control (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Kill Rock Stars

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Louise Winters @louisewinters.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Made candied limes - so beautiful!

Tray of candied slices of lime, shiny where the light catches them.

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 16/05/2026

personal lifelong side quest to fix these every time I see it. the red cord needs to hang all the way to the ground so people can reach it if they fall.

A red cord in an accessible loo that’s been tied up

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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

The Pike’s Peak Humane Society has a social media manager who is very good at their job

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Lewes Swift Supporters @lewesswifts.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

First #Swift back in one of the nests in an attic in King Henry's Road, #Lewes, at 4.57 this morning! Just in time for our Swift celebration day tomorrow! e-voice.org.uk/lewesswiftsu...

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Sir David Attenborough… on your 100th birthday, we thank you. For a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with such grace and wonder. Generations have fallen in love with nature because of you. Happy birthday, Sir. 🎉

This photograph captures Sir David Attenborough seated outdoors on the rugged terrain of Skomer Island. Behind him, the ocean and coastal cliffs form a scenic backdrop under a clear sky. Sir David, dressed in a khaki jacket and light trousers, looks towards the camera with a gentle expression, exuding a sense of warmth, calm, and wisdom. Around him, puffins can be seen flying and perched on the rocky ground, illuminated in rays of golden sunlight as the sun sets behind the cliffs.

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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 03/05/2026

We have an *extremely* important announcement to make. From Wednesday, we will be launching our puffin live cam, coming to you from the Farne Islands. So you can watch puffins all day long. In celebration, please enjoy this clip of puffins being really busy for 39 seconds straight.

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Lewes Swift Supporters @lewesswifts.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Swift updates! One Swift over Baxter's Field at 6.45 p.m. Two #Swifts feeding and wheeling between De Montfort Road and St. Anne's Church at 8.00 p.m. Trektellen reports 12,045 Swifts flying over France since yesterday - see how close they are to #Lewes!

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Jane Ormes, contemporary UK printmaker based in Bristol #WomensArt

Print with nine stylised animals and birds, including two cats, a rooster, mice and a rabbit, in different colours on a white background

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Louise Winters @louisewinters.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Went out for a walk and found many orchids, also this beautifully odd flower ...

Flower head of a plant with thin pink-purple strands that look a bit like a thistle, except there seem to be tiny flowers on the end of each strand.

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Louise Winters @louisewinters.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

So, turns out the president of Portugal popped into Tomar's rock club night yesterday evening, my friend has a selfie with him. I knew he was staying at the hotel over the road cos the intense security gave it away. Even so ...

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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Happy 8th anniversary to the tweet that changed us forever. Look at this absolute unit.

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Louise Winters @louisewinters.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Bought some fancy chocolates for Easter, they are so pretty. Note: the box is now almost empty.

Box of 12 colourful, shiny, glazed chocolates in various shapes like a croissant, a pear, a peanut.

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Lewes Swift Supporters @lewesswifts.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

The Trektellen app shows some #Swifts passing through the Medoc region, just above Bordeaux, and rather a lot above Corsica. The first Swift was seen in #Lewes on 14th April last year - not long to wait before we are scanning the skies.

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Jaime Hylton, Hodophile, Orophile, Librocubicularist @shadowjaime.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Is the oft-cited phrase “May you live in interesting times” a blessing or a curse? Here’s Brian Bilston’s answer. @brianbilston.bsky.social

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Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Do we… fill it full of rabbits and set fire to it?

A rabbit shaped woven figure in a supermarket with a tag that says ‘wicker bunny’

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Mutable Joe @mutablejoe.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

there was a young man from cork who got limericks and haikus confused

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Louise Winters @louisewinters.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Also, in more Friday morning loveliness, bloody excellent re: Hannah Spencer elected in Gorton and Denton. Excellent work by the Green Party and all who support them 😍

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Louise Winters @louisewinters.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Said Bom dia! to one of my Portuguese neighbours (vizhinhos) this morning and he called a cheery good morning, then proceeded to tell me I am very kind and Portugal needs more people like me to come and live here. He said this in both Portuguese and English, bless him. Put a smile on my face :)

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Louise Winters @louisewinters.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

I now really want to read Gloria Don't Speak. Thoughtful and fascinating interview.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Hey Hannah - not sure if you're up to much today?

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Louise Winters @louisewinters.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

I just discovered there's such a thing as Bird Observatories, which research & ring local beds in an area, this makes me happy. The logs tend to read a bit like a Shipping News for birds. I love this. www.fbog.org.uk/january-sigh...

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January Sightings – the Recorder will be away

On 1st a drake Goldeneye again at East Pool hide, 7 Snipe and a Treecreeper in Dams car park. At East Lea: 55 Wigeon, Redshank, Redwing 2, Cetti’s Warbler, Water Rail. At the Brigg 46 Purple Sandpiper...

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Louise Winters @louisewinters.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Yesterday's coffee at my local - Lourenço hovered ever so slightly as he set it down, otherwise I may have missed it!

A latte with milk foam on top and a coffee heart drawn on the top.

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Louise Winters @louisewinters.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

This is how I start a Friday night - mint tea! (While J has a G & T)

A glass teacup holding mint tea, in front of a large bowl shaped G&T glass.

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Louise Winters @louisewinters.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

It's rainy, rainy, rainy here. And grey skies dominate my 5th floor window. Bleurgh. But every now and then I hear a snippet of blackbird song - it pierces my awareness and brings me joy.

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Doug Sloane @dougsloane.eurosky.social · 10/02/2026

I changed the audio

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Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Unless you click+read this article, you probably don’t know that these cuts mostly relate to care being delivered by private companies. I expect private companies are lobbying hard to turn this into a scandal. Obviously millions are being profoundly failed by … www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...

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Thousands of operations cancelled to save NHS money

Spending limits are expected to affect up to 140,000 patients by April

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Louise Winters @louisewinters.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

DJ night at our local bar (I love dancing) and there was a guy I wasn't sure about. Looked up and saw the bar owner looking at him, then checking in with me to see if I was okay. Turned out the other guy was harmless, just a little odd. And I'm really glad the owner was on it.

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Drivelcast @drivelcast.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I'm no criminal mastermind but, if I wanted to shoplift something and then slip quietly into the crowd without detection, I probably wouldn't pick '29 things with bells on' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Cambridge man who stole 29 Lindt chocolate bunnies is arrested

Police hop to it to chase down the sweet-toothed thief as he legs it with with his chocolate stash.

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Louise Winters @louisewinters.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Just noticed that @barthes-studies.bsky.social seems to have been deleted and restarted. I am missing the unexpected insertions of semiotics into my timeline/day! And the book cover photos. Hope all is well with those that create the journal :)

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