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Martin J Gilbert

@madiguana.bsky.social
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Dad/Actuary/Human Everything will be OK in the end. And if it's not OK, then it's not the end. Be kind.

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 9h
On BBC, a “Protect the Dolls” t shirt is erased. In the US, opening of a revered comedy show says women in the gym are dressed like whores - and still we hear talk of the oppression by “the woke” - to hell with every comic that has monetised their base by pretending they’re a free speech rebel
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Martin J Gilbert @madiguana.bsky.social · 7h
It's one of the earliest and most enduring truths about the internet that the best way to find true information on the internet is to post something untrue and wait for people to correct you.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 10/10/2026
Discworld QOTD, from Thud!
Would a minute have mattered? No, probably not, although his young son appeared to have a very accurate internal clock. Possibly even 2 minutes would be okay. Three minutes, even. You could go to five minutes, perhaps. But that was just it. If you could go for five minutes, then you'd go to ten, then half an hour, a couple of hours...and not see your son all evening. So that was that. Six o'clock, prompt. Every day. Read to young Sam. No excuses. He'd promised himself that. No excuses. No excuses at all. Once you had a good excuse, you opened the door to bad excuses.
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Martin J Gilbert @madiguana.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Even if that were true - and track record of this administration suggests it isn't - that doesn't give a paramilitary secret police force the right to arbitrarily execute someone on the street.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 08/10/2026
the reason “AI will create so much abundance we will have a utopian society” rhetoric falls so flat is that the people building it will never, ever share their bounty unless it is taken from them and we all know it
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Roger Sollenberger @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is objectively psychotic and every member of Congress and Senate should be ashamed if they don’t try to remove him from office before this happens
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
they did the thing
an october 11 2025 post from me reading: every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
what is even the point of being a billionaire if u have to be like this lol
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 07/10/2026
This is not confined to climate change either. There is seemingly no awareness that these fights have actual, real-world ramifications. There is only the push & pull on cable news, only owning & being owned, only tribal warfare. I don't even know how to capture it exactly but it's unnerving.
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Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
@CethanLeahy

Me: oh wow, this shop has everything my heart desires!

Spooky shopkeeper: yes, I will warn you... every item comes with a price.

Me: yes, I know how shops work

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Spooky Shopkeeper: The price may be more than you expect to pay.

Me: Yes, I know how US taxes work, too.

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Shopkeeper, increasingly exasperated: I'm trying to tell you that I'm evil and offering these wares with no regard for the harm they will do!

Me, also increasingly exasperated: I know what capitalism is too goddammit
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terrible towelie @terribletowelie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Luis Paez-Pumar @lpp.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Queen Hayley
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
We used to call this stupidity. There were smart people and stupid people and we let the smart people do the things they were good at and the stupid people were taken care of and didn't need to worry about what the smart people were doing. But now we let the stupid people think they're smart.
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Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
As someone who will probably "benefit" from this in the next few weeks, this is a bad idea. I'm not being "helped to buy". Taxes I've already paid, and that could've gone to funding basic services, will instead be funneled to the wealthy developer of an overvalued property.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Hey, I’m just asking questions. Ignorant questions, bigoted questions, questions that have been repeatedly answered for many years. Sorry, but I’m not listening to answers right now; I’m far too busy asking questions. It’s called being intellectually curious.
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Martin J Gilbert @madiguana.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Fabulous!! Congratulations Claire/Ellie!!
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Those arguing for mass-adoption of AI art always seem intent on proving the wrong thing; that AI tech will change beyond all recognition. They seem less inclined to prove their argument's much wilder claim; that human nature, and all previous modes of taste, emotion and investment, will change too.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
oh, did Claude invent an algorithm to recommend music based on the music you like is it different from what Spotify and Pandora and every other streaming music app has already been doing is it worth the absolutely ludicrous amount of money they spent developing it
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merr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 30/09/2026
we fucked up bigtime when the internet slipped from the utopian promise of being able to connect with ANYone into the hellscape of being connected to EVERYone
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Martin J Gilbert @madiguana.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I know. But, you know... still alive...
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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
you will encounter more opportunities in life to change the batteries on a smoke alarm than you will to run into a burning building and no one gives a shit you changed those batteries but it is still very important and why are you waiting on a burning building, know what i’m saying, it’s a metaphor
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Martin J Gilbert @madiguana.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My 9 games #My9Games my9games.net/en/share/a16...
My 9 games: Dungeon Master, Elite, The Secret of Monkey Island, Doom, Half Life 2, Empire - Total War, Skyrim, Lord of the Rings Online, Baldur's Gate 3
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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
God, grant me the courage to change the things I can and incredible new powers to change the things I can't.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Pope reminds me of a version of Catholicism I knew growing up as a young man attending anti-war and anti-death penalty protests, where I met elderly Catholics who shared their version of faith with me. I learned that Catholicism was about love and mercy for the weak, the condemned, and the poor.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
One from the archives In 1984 Dunnes shop worker Mary Manning refused to handle South African goods & was backed by her shop steward, Karen Gearon. Both were suspended. 9 colleagues came out in support. The strike lasted 3yrs & forced the Irish govt to ban the import of all SA goods. All heroes
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Micah @rincewind.run · 23/09/2026
video games as a whole make hundreds of billions of dollars a year and apparently somehow nobody can make any money on them or pay anyone to make them
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👻BOOryan BlessDeAd🎃 @bryb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This picture of the Pope at his 40th birthday party is everything to me.x
The Pope at his crazy as fuck 40th birthday party wearing a tiny sea captain hat, holding a tiny ice cream surrounded by THREE sad looking balloons. He's wearing a blue jacket and jeans with a brown belt and he's got a navy polo shirt on.
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 22/09/2026
my love and respect for Larry David grows all the time pagesix.com/2026/09/22/h...
After the dressing down — which ended up having the crowd in tears, of laughter and joy, the agent writes — Emanuel recalls, “Seating Larry at the same table as Elon Musk: Not my best decision.” 
As soon as the “Curb Your Enthusiasm” star sees the Tesla mogul,”he starts cursing, yelling, saying things many people would like to say to Elon” about the SpaceX’s leader’s politics. 
David was “right up in Elon’s face, before the dinner starts,” and, guests had to separate them.
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Martin J Gilbert @madiguana.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The 1980s are back, baby!!
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The Onion @theonion.com · 21/09/2026
New Study Shows That Bones Are Incredibly Cool
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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"i have created the machine that thinks." you fucked up a perfectly good graphics card is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
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FR🎃 V🎃 @frovo.bsky.social · 27/05/2023
ROBIN: the batmobile won’t start BATMAN: check the battery ROBIN: what’s a tery
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 18/09/2026
Scientists have discovered a new species of wild cat for the first time in more than a century. The Tilcayo tiger cat, a small feline with a spotted, leopard-like coat, was identified in the mountainous Yungas region near the Bolivian capital La Paz jrnl.ie/7166373
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Excitement as scientists discover first new species of wild cat in a century
The cat is the first new feline discovered since the Uruguayan pampas cat in 1923.
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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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Michael Fry @bigdirtyfry.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Your Grandad Cyclops talks about his school days
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Bracken MacLeod 𖤐 ⚰ @brackenmacleod.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Some of those that work forces Are the same that fuck horses
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Rage Against The Machine: Tom Commerford Rocking
Alt: Rage Against The Machine in a rehearsal space rocking the fuck out!
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/09/2026
some chud interviewing for patel’s FBI: “if anything the goat fucked *me*”
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Martin J Gilbert @madiguana.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality." Desmond Tutu www.brainyquote.com/quotes/desmo...
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Desmond Tutu - If you are neutral in situations of...
"If you are neutral in situations of injustice,..." - Desmond Tutu quotes from BrainyQuote.com
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Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 22/10/2024
According to too many, there is white and then there is political there is male and then there is political there is capitalism and then there is political there is straight and then there is political there is cis and then there is political there is non-disabled and then there is political
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Martin J Gilbert @madiguana.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A close tie with Brexit for the impact on the people of the country doing the voting, but far more harmful to the rest of the world.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Ms. Rachel: "Ed Sheeran had an opportunity…Instead he caved to people who refuse to accept what the world knows." "If more than 20,000 white children were killed…everyone would be shouting…Treating some children's lives as less worthy of outrage is racist. Silence during a genocide is not neutral."
Ms. Rachel post:
"Ed Sheeran had an opportunity show that we won't be bullied into punishing people for supporting Palestine. Instead he caved to people who refuse to accept what the world knows. A genocide is happening in Gaza. We all need to speak out against it.

"If more than 20,000 white children were killed in another part of the world, everyone would be shouting about it at their concerts. Treating some children's lives as less worthy of outrage is racist. Silence during a genocide is not neutral."
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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS.
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Comfortably Boo @numb.comfortab.ly · 13/09/2026
So they realized they're in the gutter, no revenue in sight, operating at a tremendous loss, and suddenly decided to slow down "to save the humanity."
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Martin J Gilbert @madiguana.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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I Award You No Points
Alt: Billy Madison GIF - Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I Award You No Points, and may God have mercy on your soul
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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Reminder: The US President says anything that pops into his head and intends none of it.
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Social Democrats @social-democrats.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Who are the new citizenship rules actually benefitting? Why are the right questions not being asked? We have seen a decrease of 30% in international protection applicants since 2024. So why are anti-immigration narratives thriving?
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
if it took you 5 seconds of contemplation to think of an alternative you should take at least another 5-10 to at least consider the possibility that it at least crossed the minds of 1 or 2 of the people who dedicate their lives and research careers to dealing with the problems we post about on here
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Martin J Gilbert @madiguana.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
My "I'm always being real" t-shirt is inviting a lot of questions already answered by the shirt.
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Ian Rennie @theangelremiel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Nathan Fielder and Elizabeth Holmes doing the "we're just normal men" meme
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