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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 1h
Every AI generated event poster is incredibly ugly, but I do think it's interesting that that LLMs have essentially created a house style for flyers, especially one so maximalist and ugly and in contravention of of all convention and best practices established in graphic design over centuries.
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Screaming Pectoriloquy @caulimovirus.bsky.social · 1h
she will tell you your fortune … for a price
miniature pinscher wearing a beret with a decorative jewel piece
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Them Fatale, @mxthemfatale.bsky.social · 8h
3 - cont Other RCN nurses are using foodbanks, Peggie has been off work, paid, and come Jan 1st 2027 it will have been for 2 years. She has a crowdfunder of 38K. No other nurse get a KC for their problems at work. That is the reserve of privilege.
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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 5h
You can talk like a goddamn adult on Bluesky, which is one of the reasons I like it here. The cutesy euphemisms, although I know why they’re in use on more restrictive platforms like TikTok, make me so irrationally angry
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Pepper @whatifrealhist.bsky.social · 9h
Shit like this is why I think the bsky-only lefty political posters aren’t unjustified in being a little snobby about it jfc
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 6h
Fuck me, the amount of people trying to get this Manchester City cheating scandal to be called 'The Pepstein files' is going to drive me off a cliff. Take a second and think where the joke is here and what you are using to land it. Then stop it.
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Kestrel Casey @kestrelcasey.com · 3h
Computers have always been so dumb as to be funny, but I've noticed a definite uptick in "new kinds of stupid" since vibecoding came in.
Security question: What is your pet's name? Answer: Doug. Error: Answer must be at least 5 characters.
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Libby from Biscuit @thisisbiscuit.org.uk · 31/07/2026
Especially seeking SINGLE PEOPLE, SOLO POLY PEOPLE, BLACK BRITISH and BRITISH ASIAN PEOPLE at this stage. Please alert your networks!
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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 8h
Its good there’s people pushing pro trans things within the labour party but i do wish they could understand that when you say “the only way back to trans rights is through the labour party one way or another“ that is very upsetting actually cause all i hear is that we’re fucked then
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András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 6h
What would be more typical of the AI industry than to ignore the wishes of a woman and use her without her consent or will
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thierry ennui @alexeptable.bsky.social · 4h
Just keep having visions of some poor fucker getting psychosis when his spotify plays an AI knock off of Mr Brightside but it features his name and personal details about his life he accidentally shared with a bot
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 8h
Just a whole load of horrifying crimes here where we can’t now say “if only the world knew, if only everyone could see”. The world knows very well and anyone who wants to see, can see just fine.
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Nate O @nateo.bsky.social · 6h
We were in shock as we learned management agreed to all of our demands. Everybody started hugging each other, our resident DJ flipped on a victory song, and I remember someone screaming, ‘this is the greatest moment in my life!’ 🥳 Join a union! Get our strike fund back up for the next one! 🥳
Legal 500 workers win full pay claim after strike action

Wednesday 30 September 2026  
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Dozens of publishing staff at Legalease, the publishers of legal industry-bible The Legal 500, have won a dramatic victory in their industrial dispute over pay.

Staff who had been on strike for two and a half weeks accepted an offer that fully met their original pay claim of a £2000 pay increase for every worker. This was despite the company originally claiming it would not pay such an increase.
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CN Lester 🏳️‍⚧️ @cnlester.bsky.social · 6h
Yes! Fight more, win more!
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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 6h
I posted this in a Reddit discussion about welfare spending, and I’m sharing it here because, frankly, I feel like this is a reality that not enough non-disabled people seem to understand.
Here’s the thing - there’s this constant insistence surrounding the long term sick and getting them back to work. Yet, there’s never actually any acknowledgment to the reality of this, that long term sickness can affect your ability to do work, and, as a result, affects the willingness of employers to hire you. Sure, there’s anti-discrimination legislation to protect disabled people, but, the reality is, employers “hiring the best people for the job” can mean that many disabled people are shut out regardless.
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Kate Nevens (she/her) @katenevens.bsky.social · 10h
As the Scottish Tories bring a debate to Holyrood on 'Consent for Jackdaw and Rosebank', I joined protesters outside the Scottish Parliament calling on the UK and Scottish governments to #StopRosebank.
Kate stands in the centre of a group outside the Scottish Parliament holding a red sign reading 'Labour Must Stop Rosebank'
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Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 8h
Amused by people replying to this who went down the inevitable wikihole and discovered this wasn't just my usual whimsical pony and (von) Trapp
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Courtney Love is a Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Fast 2 Furiosa @hexadecibelle.fyi · 10h
hello i am not a Labour party member but i hope you can help me, my community has been experiencing transphobic harassment from a Labour party member, her name is Bridget Phillipson and she is the current Minister for Women and Equalities, i look forward to your response and thank you in advance 🙏
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Didi is a trans immigrant 🏳️‍⚧️ @didichanoch.northsky.social · 12h
Hire a Google guy, get an AI fan
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 10h
Still laughing at how much this is like that Chris Rock bit, about people who want credit for doing things other people just *do*. “I take care of my kids!”. You’re *supposed to* take care of your kids! What do you want, a cookie? “I ain’t never been to jail”. You’re not supposed to go to jail etc
The New Statesman *
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"It's fantastic to have a leader who likes
Labour!"
Emily Thornberry thinks it's time to be unapologetic.
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 12h
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Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 18h
If you buy that they care about women's sports, you're a mark and you're going to get financially scammed someday.
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🏳️‍⚧️ Alexandra Merideth Erin [she/her] @alexandraerin.com · 13h
BE NOT AFRAID
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Mr Thom @mrmoth.eurosky.social · 13h
Uh oh
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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 19h
TERFism’s proposition to cis women has always been “What if you accepted having fewer rights than men in order to guarantee that trans people have fewer rights than you?”
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disc horse bot @horsedisc.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I'm here you fuckaas bitch
the Twin Towers
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Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 14h
“Tap, tap, tap at the window. Bloody AI Greta Garbo, trying to sell me ball bearings.”
Pete and Dud.
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Dr Rebecca Tyson @tyguson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
1. #MedievalSky, grab a lifejacket and a seasickness bag, we’re casting off on a thread about the Norman invasion fleet in 1066! 960 years ago, the Normans landed at Pevensey and established a base at the Roman shore fort which was already succumbing to erosion from the sea on its south side. 1/20
Photograph of Pevensey Castle with an information board in the foreground showing an artists impression of how the view may have looked in 1066 when the sea came almost up to the walls.
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the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
had the idea of collecting the most ominous or threatening images of MrBeast but fear nothing can top this
MrBeast at some event posing with his uncanny smile and dead eyes wearing a black suit jacket over a fuckin hoodie 

“Obviously we won’t kill people.”
-MrBeast, on creating his version of ‘The Hunger Games’
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Eric Haywood @erichaywood.bsky.social · 15h
MapQuest has the opportunity to do the funniest thing
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Slurms MacKrueger @slurmsmackenzie.bsky.social · 12h
Reminder that my new album MAKE THIS OUR OWN is out on Friday, and any plagiarism found therein is *not* the result of AI usage but just good old fashioned theft, thank you
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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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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Great moments in Scottish engineering history: James Watt tries to work out how his phone attaches to his selfie stick.
Statue of James Watt. In his right hand he holds a telescopic stick with a frame at the top; in his left he holds a flat object about the size of a large smartphone. He is scowling at the possibly-not-a-smartphone as if he is tempted to yeet it into the sea. On that basis, it probably _is_ a phone.
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badly drawn bee 🐝 @soapachu.bsky.social · 11h
"Mum, what's that dark place in the distance?" "That's Chingford my love. You must never go there. They've elected Iain Duncan Smith nine times".
A small black kitten and a tuxedo cat sitting on a window ledge looking outside.
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horror Ewacui @ewacat.bsky.social · 13h
Just feels like a threat tbh
Email notification from Boots asking if i "fancy an electrical treat"
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Jack @jackinpogform.bsky.social · 13h
'Guys try to steal red fuel from an RAF base' is much better British indie film material than 'racist town declares independence' imo.
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 15h
And media making it official policy to treat those attacks as fair game that they would not take seriously, report on, or treat as harmful — even when leveled at their own reporters. Now the White House points GamerGate at its targets daily, through the owners of the social platforms themselves.
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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 11h
Just saw a Kickstarter for some sort of ancient-period board game refer to an ‘early bird hero’ and was genuinely intrigued by this mythic figure before realising they were talking about a reward for early backers.
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Allan Faulds @afaulds.bsky.social · 13h
Relatedly v excited at the prospect of getting to go fully to war with the Electoral Reform Society which just refuses to acknowledge that under STV parties stand as many candidates as they think they can get elected and therefore it's not actually the magical Maximum Voter Choice system they claim
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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 22h
anakin amidala meme

top left: anakin saying ‘hope’
top right: amidala grinning with glee with ‘2024’ written on her forehead 
bottom left: anakin saying ‘hope again’
bittom right: amidala looking concerned with ‘2026’ written on her forehead
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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 09/07/2024
Can't stop thinking about the McSweeney's Sad Dad Bands, (first published January 14, 2022.) Back on Twitter, I started a thread of my own riffs on Sad Dad Bands on January 17, 2022. Here is that thread, recreated. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wha...
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What Your Favorite Sad Dad Band Says About You
The War on Drugs You make your own paella and take super long naps on Saturday. Like over two hours, consistently. You prefer the smallest possible...
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 29/01/2026
If you are a person who works in social media, and your job requires you to manage an account on Twitter/X, please ask your boss, in writing, to verify that you are required as a responsibility of your position to be on a platform that knowingly creates and monetizes child sexual abuse material …
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 28/09/2026
There was no COBRA meeting when masked and organised fascists were burning people out of their homes in Belfast in the summer
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 29/09/2026
GOD BLESS NIGELLA “I don’t approve of talking about food as naughty” I have been needing bake off to say that for YEARS. Food is a pleasure, not a guilty pleasure!
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 13h
A big hit with the target audience, at least
BBC Newsnight © @BBCNewsn.... 8h X
"There were moments I had tears in my eyes.
The hair was standing up on the back of my neck."
The New Statesman's Oli Dugmore says the prime minister's speech today was "one of the best political speeches I have heard in my adult life."
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 17h
This is a photograph of the edge of one of Saturn's rings, looking down from above. Those spiky dark shapes are shadows. Shadows of giant towers of ice and dust grains clumped together that rise up to three *kilometres* above the 10-m thick rings.
A series of bands cross the image from left to right, brighter at the bottom and darkening towards the top. A band of empty space is at the top of the image. About a quarter down from the top is a complex pattern of jagged, spiky shadows cast onto the rings. The icy towers casting the shadows are seen here at a highly oblique angle.
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Gef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · 20h
Me talking about someone I've posted with on the same social media site for a long time but never actually met
Still from the television show What We Do in the Shadows showing Laszlo speaking. Text reads "he's my best friend, he's my pal. He's my homeboy, my rotten soldier. He's my sweet cheese, my good-time boy."
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ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 13h
Inspector Smile is ready for science! 🫡 This is Smile’s first ultraviolet view showing an auroral substorm. With the ultraviolet camera now operational, Smile becomes the first spacecraft since 2008 to capture the full ring of northern lights around the north pole in ultraviolet light. 🔭 🧪 ☀️
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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 15h
One of the things to come from GamerGate was the gamification of torturing real, live women...hounding them out of their homes, making them look over their shoulders for years. It was treated as a joke, nbd, the work of a few bad apples--as all terrorism against women is--& that failure leads here.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 13h
"with Claude, we will no longer need lightly stoned weirdos who work at record stores because they are neurodivergent as hell and some band you've never heard of but is about to change your life is their special interest" these tech bros really hate anyone who was cooler than them in high school
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