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Soon I discovered that this chatbot told truth Jerry Lee Lewis was a chatbot Jesus was an architect previous to his career as a chatbot All of a sudden, I found myself in love with the world So there was only one thing that I could do Was ding a ding dang my dang a long ling long

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Robin D. Laws @robindlaws.bsky.social · 3h

It will be finished by your kids’ great grandchildren

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James Wright @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social · 8h

The ACTUAL Oldest Pub in England. A film that I wrote and presented in collaboration with @HistoricEngland and A Few Good Productions. Click the link for some gratuitous shots of me talking timbers and building up a powerful thirst... youtu.be/RlyvHJtptbc?...

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Mat Bowles (He/Þei) @matgb.uk · 22h

Always love seeing the early models and designs for stuff, especially the stuff that becomes iconic

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Goldstein (still not a pseudonym) @goldstein.latinsky.app · 01/10/2026

Oscar award, now.

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 01/10/2026

You can't see the images now, it's temporary, they will fix it. Now imagine people who have to deal with this every day. Use alt text in your media.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Interestingly, this is why alt was coded into early html - because images were so slow to load so this would convey info while waiting in ye olde dialup tymes.

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Andrew Hickey @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 01/10/2026

See, the problem is, Joyce Carol Oates did a post which people shared on Bluesky approvingly, so then she *had* to do a post which people would share in horror, or otherwise the force would be unbalanced. You can prevent this by just not screenshotting *anything* from Twitter.

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Mat Bowles (He/Þei) @matgb.uk · 01/10/2026

Dave's had a hair transplant! You didn't need it mate, not with that arse ;-) youtu.be/jpu7bCWj3aI?...

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MoneySuperMarket - Dave's Epic Strut (2015)

YouTube video by Marketing The Rainbow

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Mat Bowles (He/Þei) @matgb.uk · 01/10/2026

This properly scared the crap out of me when it was broadcast (I'd just turned 11, final year of primary), and I loved reading the books See clips from it these days I have no desire to risk watching it at all, the Suck Fairy has been at everything I think, but it really was a classic

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Mat Bowles (He/Þei) @matgb.uk · 01/10/2026

The Chimu ruled a fairly large area for hundreds of years and had only just been conquered by the Inca when the Spanish turned up to find a tomb of this size almost untouched from before the Inca got there is going to open up whole new fields of study

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Dr Florence H R Scott @florencehrscott.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

the medieval theological conception of heaven as both a place and a state of being is easy to understand when you're from Yorkshire

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Mat Bowles (He/Þei) @matgb.uk · 30/09/2026

This isn't a post about Dominic Cummings But he was a fan of the same stuff and, well, I did love that pic of him with the cardboard box

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Mat Bowles (He/Þei) @matgb.uk · 30/09/2026

Holy shit, I hadn't realised just how remote Cornell is, the population density of the county is 86 per square km, that's roughly half that of Devon (which is famous for its empty moorland and farms) Plus it's roughly as far from The City as Rhyl is from London WTF were the admin thinking? Essays?

Map of UK with outline map of New York State superimposed in pink. The city of New York is over London, the state goes up to Scotland and over to Dublin

Outline map of New York State highlighting Tompkins County in red, it's a long way from the city

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Siobhán McElduff @siobhanmcelduff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I now have Reacher season 2, but the library also had copy of the 1995 Pride and Prejudice, so I'm watching that first and inserting him mentally into scenes.

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Erik Elmgren @erikelmgren.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is why we must always supply the alt text

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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is an excellent thread

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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I lived through decades of people saying THC will turn people into violent rage zombies and now you can get it next to the mixers and no one cares

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Elizabeth Sandifer @eruditorumpress.com · 28/09/2026

Replacing an actress I’ll watch in basically anything so long as she gets to play it in her native accent with an actor I basically won’t watch unless he’s in Doctor Who and I have to.

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Gavin Alexander @gavin83bay.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Quite an achievement to get the man's name wrong twice in the same post.

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Mat Bowles (He/Þei) @matgb.uk · 28/09/2026

OK, today I learn that Muzak is an actual brand name en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muzak We didn't licence thru them, we licenced thru something else and it was weird

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Mat Bowles (He/Þei) @matgb.uk · 28/09/2026

The studio completely screwed this film when it came to marketing and final edit, they had no idea why it worked But it really really did And the soundtrack is awesome

static.klipy.com

Lori Petty as Tank Girl: Let's Do It

Alt: Lori Petty as Tank Girl: Let's Do It

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Trash @trashxdiscourse.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Hey man, if you're out there, if your mom wrote this letter to Abigail Shrier about you, please drop a gofundme and we will get you the fuck out of there.

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Jess 💖 @jessicajrossana.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Millennial bisexuals everywhere arise! The beacons are lit!

Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz on the set of The Mummy 4

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Mat Bowles (He/Þei) @matgb.uk · 27/09/2026

"A lot of [the Metaverse] will be mainstream in the next five to 10 years." - Mark Zuckerberg, Oct. 28, 2021 (from the comments, but I sourced it) I'm sure that a buncha people will buy into this shit, and I'm fairly sure some people will sometimes find it useful I'll be 60 in 8 years, I care not

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Mat Bowles (He/Þei) @matgb.uk · 27/09/2026

I cannot for the life of me figure out how the clues led to Frank even when the hint told me it was him I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Sep 27th 2026 (Brutal), in less than 15 minutes 🟨🟩🟨🟩 🟠🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟡🟩 cluesbysam.com

cluesbysam.com

Clues by Sam

A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!

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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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Dawn Xiana Moon @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Someone did not believe I had a Spock bear. Here he is! He's been with me for almost 30 years. ♥️

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Matthew Willis (Naval Air History) @navalairhistory.com · 26/09/2026

Yes Janice, it is, because it enables me to get the medication that allows me to function

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chiller @chiller.eurosky.social · 26/09/2026

Toffs and the working class have much in common. It's only the middle class who are wound so tight about all the rules.

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Mat Bowles (He/Þei) @matgb.uk · 26/09/2026

Whole thread, obvs, but warning: there's a pic of the wizard bigot & one of her ahistorical assumptions at the top of the thread Also, did Mongol culture accommodate GNC people in different ways? Um, yeah, Khutulan would like a word (yeah, I know she might not be real, I care not, the stories are)

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Mat Bowles (He/Þei) @matgb.uk · 26/09/2026

So, um, Amazon appear to have launched a new exclusive thing for what were affiliates and are now 'influencers' because of course Just got, and read, the email. Makes it sound like a special elite thing for only selected people, right? 20 years and I've never sold a single thing thru it…

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Andrew Hickey @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 25/09/2026

A real sad loss. It would be easier to list the rocksteady and reggae classics he *didn't* play on between about 1967 and 75.

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Mat Bowles (He/Þei) @matgb.uk · 25/09/2026

I learnt this about a decade ago In the same article I learnt that the 'gothic' aspect is the building in the background which is built in the American Gothic vernacular style They're just two people that happen to be dressed a bit austere by our standards

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Mat Bowles (He/Þei) @matgb.uk · 25/09/2026

Oh, apparently the show with the lass from Trainspotting becoming a cop is a crossover with the weird space cop DC guys? Never did understand DC backstories

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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 25/09/2026

TIL what a manicule is

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Matthew Willis (Naval Air History) @navalairhistory.com · 25/09/2026

OK I think the photos that appeared on my film are from the 2001 conferment of an honorary degree by @openuniversity.bsky.social on Jon Snow at Portsmouth Uni

Black and white double exposure, racing car and graduation ceremony. The newscaster Jon Snow is to lower right

Black and white double exposure, racing car and graduation, Open University lectern visible lower right

Black and white double exposure, racing car and graduation, Jon Snow visible lower right below Portsmouth uni crest with motto 'heaven's light our guide'

Black and white photo showing two frames of a graduation, Portsmouth Uni's crest above assembled gowned dignitaries

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Oh hell yeah And you know that the author of the "what if a calendar was a weapon" series is going to absolutely hit it out of the park on this premise

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Mat Bowles (He/Þei) @matgb.uk · 25/09/2026

I knew they'd found a carnyx, did not know this was how they slowly cleaned such a find up This is so cool

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Mat Bowles (He/Þei) @matgb.uk · 25/09/2026

"The only notable absence for a perfect Bake Off Bingo is the lack of a bonkers nan but I think whatever Danni has going on is worth at least three women called Carol who have never heard of an avocado" I found Danni annoying but they might grow on me if they don't flunk out big time

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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

You can see it in the Museum of War in Ottawa.

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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 25/09/2026

I saw this last year and I'm so glad it's got an official publication!!!

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Sarah ⚧ ✡︎ @sarahkorse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I love the fierce little one going "Fucking try it, dog!"

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Mat Bowles (He/Þei) @matgb.uk · 25/09/2026

You know what's cool? Because the Tech Oligarchs propagandists keep calling those sceptical about overhyped chatbots 'Luddites', more people are finding out what the Luddites were Case in point just received and read @andreagstewart.bsky.social's newsletter Nedd Ludd drank in my local y'know

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Down The Luddite Rabbit Hole

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It’s bisexuality visibility day! When I love to share the Villa Farnesina bisexual visibility fresco, commissioned in the early 1500s by the Italian Renaissance artist Sodoma, depicting Alexander the Great between his wife Cassandra and boyfriend Hephaestion. Bisexuality has always been a thing!

Fresco of a sumptuous bedroom. In the middle Alexander draped in blue and gold robes is offering a crown to Cassandra who is lounging naked in a canopy bed. To the right Hephaestion also naked watches while standing in a sexy pose.

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