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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 19h

Can you imagine being so thick you think gay and trans people are to blame for all your problems? I mean, for god’s sake, I’m far too busy controlling the weather with butt stuff.

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I was 21-years-old when I found out reindeer are actual animals and not mythical creatures from Christmas fairytales.

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Ward Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.

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Richy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

My online girlfriend was so shocked by the Ukraine drone strike on the Russian data centre that she's been too upset to message me all day.

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

When AI assistance was removed, the AI users did worse (in terms of both and accuracy) on both math and reading comprehension. In multiple studies.

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Psychopomp @psychopomp.com · 09/10/2026

hello, I am doing some research and would like to tap into the collective brains of BSKY: 1. can you share some genre or literary fiction magazines that have closed and the archive is NO LONGER ONLINE 2. the same but the archives remain online FOR NOW i would also appreciate RTs for awareness 💀

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ahdok @socksandpuppets.com · 07/10/2026

If anyone wants a comfort fantasy series, Discworld is RIGHT THERE. It's better written and there's a heck of a lot more of it, (and it's got trans characters.)

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Chris Bogle @chrisbogle.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

3. ~5% of children and 2-3% of adults have ADHD. Far fewer are diagnosed or helped. The UK has lower recognition rates than comparable European countries. The “epidemic” is a myth; the reality is people still being missed

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Yes. And also I think we need to underscore that a lot of women didn’t really have as much freedom of choice to just say no to having children until relatively recently. As women have gotten more rights the number of children they have has generally gone down, and they’ve had them later.

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Derbyshire Record Office @derbyshiredro.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This newspaper cutting is part of the archive of the Derby Group of the British Interplanetary Society. They were clearly excited in 1961 that 50 human made objects had made it into space - according to NASA it's more than 45,000 now… #WorldSpaceWeek #1960s #Space

Large double page newspaper cutting, stuck into a minute book. It is from the Daily Express on Tuesday 21 February 1961. The title is '50 UP! Everything that ever made it' underneath which are cartoon like images of fifty human made objects that have been successfully launched into space.

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Rav @rav-in-da-house.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Iconic photo of her code

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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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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 08/10/2026

From International Women's Day '21

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Nine Oh Real @mythlfrythtyg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I'm pretty sure that quite a large number of people within this culture of telephone refuseniks are un- or late diagnosed autistics.

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United Wizards of the Coast - CWA @uwotc-official.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This morning, the D&D team and Magic's Studio X informed our leadership of our intent to unionize. We love the games we make and the work we do, and unionizing is how we protect that work. unitedwizardsofthecoast.com/news/dnd-stu...

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Dungeons & Dragons and Studio X Join United Wizards of the Coast - CWA

Today, October 6, 2026, the designers, artists, writers, producers, and workers behind Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, Duel Masters, D&D Beyond, and countless other games are uniting in soli...

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 06/10/2026

Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

From Katy Brand on Insta www.instagram.com/p/DeJq9Xvo-o...

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Ian Martin @ianmartin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

As ever, and for the last time in connection with lying shit Jeffrey Archer, we remember Monica Coghlan, whose life he destroyed.

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actually madeleine is the scientist🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🦇 @webway.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

i slept like a baby, by which i mean i woke up screaming several times

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026

This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead

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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

i dont want to download an app i don't want a qr code menu i dont want to talk to an ai assistant i dont want ai summaries for my searches i dont want to optimize my workflow i dont want to jump on a call i dont want to rate anything i don't want to create an account LEAVEME ADLONEe

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scare-cadus (is this anything) 🎃 @birdapp.rip · 14/12/2024

me in 2016 me in 2024

A power strip outlet, looking like a mildly concerned face

Another outlet on the same power strip but this one is melted and distorted from a space heater being plugged into it (never plug a space heater into a power strip)

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I only have to make it one more month and I will have completed something incredible. Yes, in just one month I will have managed to keep hold of a bankcard for its entire three-year cycle.

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Ian Betteridge @ianbetteridge.com · 04/10/2026

Is there ever a week where this doesn't come in handy?

Captain Haddock saying “what a week, huh?”, with Karl Marx replying “Comrade, it’s Capitalism”

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geist, now with double the hauntings @prettyvulgar.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

y’all I have to get this off my chest before it eats me up inside: I had a sex dream about Gritty the other night.

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Emmett Nahil @emnays.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

the crazy thing about making time for any creative pursuit is that you literally have to do what you have a gut-deep yearning to do or else you'll see other people doing it, and it WILL make you insane.

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SirFox @sirfox.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"you talk fast" "buddy, I'm trying to keep up with my brain and I'm fighting for my life every day"

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SlenderSherbet @slendersherbet.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

He Told Her To Calm Down. Oil on canvas. 🎨: Henri-Léopold Lévy

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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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BillieB @billie.bookstoreromanceday.org · 04/10/2026

Dear indie bookstores: Please stop creating your logos (& posts & graphics &c.) with genAI. Those tools are built on the stolen work of the authors & illustrators you're supposed to be supporting & promoting. It's like someone using you for recommendations & buying from Amazon, only worse. 💜Me

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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

He's right, you know...

Short description: A whimsical, hand-drawn cartoon of an otter named Steve standing on a grassy riverbank holding a suitcase labeled “I ♥ FISH.”

Embedded text:
“5 years ago, the internet was an escape from the real world.
Today, the real world is an escape from the internet.”

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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Show creator Sherwood Schwartz commented in his memoir that there is always a subset of people who will believe everything they see. I think about that a lot.

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PencilSketchy @brainspore.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

One of the reasons that 1966 Batman was the best Batman is because the Batcave was equipped with adequate lighting, safety rails and clearly marked signage. They even made a point of showing Batman & Robin buckle their seatbelts every time they hopped in the car.

In the 1966 Batman TV show, the Batmobile is parked inside a Batcave that has lots of flashy lights but is also OSHA compliant.

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martin_fff @martinfff.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

more than just the youths, buddy

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

🧵Kemi Badenoch's comments that people earning over £100,000 a year are somehow “punished” for working harder is deeply troubling when discussing free childcare provision. It risks implying that higher earners work harder than people on much lower salaries, many of whom work incredibly

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Grady Booch @booch.com · 03/10/2026

Let’s be very clear: there is value in automating tedious and repetitive and dangerous tasks; there is value in delegating certain work to our machines that can do the work tirelessly and much faster.

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Santiago Jones @santiagojones.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Haven’t doodled anything for ages and have access to felt tips. #dayofdredd

A coloured in and poorly referenced doodle of the Judge Dredd character from 2000AD. It says “I am the law (as you can see from my hat)”

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Riding With Robots @ridingrobots.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Random find in the unpublished data: A pretty little unnamed crater on Mars filled with sand ripples, about half a kilometer across, seen by Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in July.

A circular impact crater seen from directly above. Inside its steep banks its bowl is filled with sand blown into a pattern of ripples.

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Phil Cunliffe @pacunliffe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

My favourite 3 panels of Judge Dredd from the Judge Death Lives story - Wagner and Bolland at their best. The panels, the text and the speach lines "GAZE INTO THE FACE OF FEAR!" and "GAZE INTO THE FIST OF DREDD!" have stayed with me since I first saw them in 1981 #DayofDredd

Two panels of Judge Dredd art. Panels 1 shows Judge Dredd being held by a Dark Judge called Judge Fear who says "GAZE INTO THE FACE OF FEAR". The second panels shows Dredd with Fear's hands on either side of his helmet with the text above "FOR A MOMENT THE ICY CHILL OF TERROR COURSES DOWN DREDD'S SPINE. THE SHOCK OF THIS GAZE CAN KILL AN ORDINARY MAN-"

A panels from the Judge Dredd story Judge Death Lives. The text reads "BUT DREDD IS A JUDGE - AND JUDGES ARE NOT ORDINARY MEN!"
Dredd is shown hitting Fear through the open visor and Dredd's fist exiting the back of Fear's helmet. Dredd says "GAZE INTO THE FIST OF DREDD!"

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Masuke🐶+rocogirl👩 @rocogirl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm Masuke, and I'm 17 years old. Over the past three days, my kidney function has deteriorated to the point where my levels can't even be measured, so I've had to start going in for IV treatments. I'll also be switching to liquid food for a while.

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Masuke🐶+rocogirl👩 @rocogirl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I'm Masuke, 17 years old. The IV line has been removed! Starting tomorrow, we'll try switching to subcutaneous fluid therapy. His lab values have dropped slightly, and he's eating plenty of food.

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Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Best Of 2000AD cover what I did #dayofdredd

Digital painting, cover illustration for Best Of 2000AD book. A scene on the mean streets of Mega City One

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Mark Watson @watsoncomedian.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I liked computers more back in the days when you clicked to save a file and the next day there was every chance you'd be able to find it again.

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Buzz Foster @buzzfoster.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I don't know if it is attributable to my autism, but chatbots freak me the fuck out. It's like the uncanny valley: it tries to appear human, but isn't. Maybe we should make them talk through animated characters like in "Polar Express", known for the unsettling appearances of the characters.

A dead-eyed CGI character from "The Polar Express", exhibiting the uncanny valley phenomenon.

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Chicago Area Man @anasskickingcontest.com · 03/10/2026

In every joke, there's a kernel of "what the fuck are you talking about?"

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