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Zeurel @zeurel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Make stuff. For the love of all that there is, please just keep making stuff! Doesn't matter if it's bad, good etc. Just *keep* making stuff.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Turns out we don’t have to invoke weapons of mass destruction when talking about ocean heat uptake. The ocean absorbed a record-breaking 23 zettajoules of heat last year, equivalent to 40 times the energy used by humanity. It’s not going to end well.

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World’s oceans absorbed record heat equal to 40 times annual global energy use

The injection of thermal energy comes amid an increasing rise in sea levels and continuing acidification

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

"People are really mad and however mad you are, it’s not enough. Because there is something so profound about no longer believing in the future, about seeing no value in our shared home, in the natural world. They’re traitors to creation.” www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...

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Naomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’

She’s tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires. She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on climate and financial chaos in pursui...

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 31/08/2026

macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.

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Stijn van Dongen @micans.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I no longer trust any animal video not to be AI-generated. In hindsight, before AI they were some kind of narcotic anyway, so it's good to mostly kick the habit and sparingly peek at one that looks genuine.

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Mr. Blabalino 🇳🇴🇺🇸💙 @blabalino.com · 22/08/2026

Found this recording of Rita Moreno performing “Fever” on The Muppet Show from 1976. 14/10

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Simon Oldridge @sioldridge.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Fed up with people shirking responsibility by arguing that the UK causes just 1% of emissions? Here are two fantastic analogies from a primary school teacher, Mark in Coventry, who called Sheila Fogerty on @lbc.co.uk - one involving dog poo 😆 Other arguments here: www.nebriefing.org/mp-dialogue

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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

41 years ago, Carl Sagan gave a clear and elegant explanation of the science behind global warming.

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Stijn van Dongen @micans.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Let's call it Automaton Inference.

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Stijn van Dongen @micans.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Compare AlphaGo with Claude. AlphaGo learns from self-play; it can bootstrap. Claude is entirely dependent on the corpus of human knowledge across all its domain; it cannot bootstrap. It makes me marvel at the power of language to encapsulate and suggest meaning. LLMs are remarkable, but derivative.

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Stijn van Dongen @micans.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

"there’s an opportunity here: what’s collapsing is the post-industrial, colonialist, extractivist, growth-based system. [..] if we start to distance ourselves, see what’s happening and refuse to take part in its worst excesses, the better chance we have." www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

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Your worst fears about cultural collapse might be true – here’s what you can do about it

Writer Sarah Wilson argues we’re hurtling toward the same end as ancient Rome and the Mayan civilisation – but there’s plenty to fight for

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The Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

As of 4pm today the candidates were confirmed, & the race for the Clacton by-election is officially on between @countbinface.bsky.social & Farage. Here's our parody of "Englishman in New York" by #Sting - titled "Garbage Can Who Can Talk" - to reflect on the challenger 🎶🚀#noAI youtu.be/9NH5JpqrIzY

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"Garbage Can Who Can Talk" - Marsh Family parody of "Englishman in New York" about Binface v Farage

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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

"[Climate scientists] got the basic outlines of what was coming and in many ways even the numbers on what was coming right decades in advance. In any kind of rational world we would be hailing them as heroes and very much listening to them about what we should be doing now."

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The Fire This Time

The willful ignorance, it burns

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Stories about people and communities doing things for climate and the environment are important not because these efforts are enough by themselves, but because they signal to likeminded people that there are others like them.

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Stijn van Dongen @micans.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

It would be a lot easier if I could just say 'good dog' instead of wondering whether they go by girl or boy. I mean, I can, but owners tend to go with one of the other two for no discernible benefit.

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Stijn van Dongen @micans.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

If only we could harness the wile, insouciance and stamina of fruit flies and additionally if we could harness the faux outrage of fallen footballers, what a life it would be.

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Stijn van Dongen @micans.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Lots of world cup 20 second three-acters; crashing down, wailing and waiting, blithely rejoining the game as opportunities appear to manifest.

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Stijn van Dongen @micans.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

The Norway kit font is Papyrus-level.

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Hackney Cyclist @hackneycyclist.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Tonight I cycled from the western edge of Tilburg to the station in the centre, 8km on a continuous fast cycle route. Priority at every junction, and just two traffic lights once the route ends near the station. This is what happens when cycling is designed to be the easiest way to get around.

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Stijn van Dongen @micans.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Does a butterfly know where it's going, short term, or does it ride a stochastic dance?

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

“Paris has embarked on a grand transformation, planting 155k trees, adding hundreds of kms of bike lanes, pedestrianising 300 school streets and banning cars from the banks of the Seine. Parking has been turned into green space…Fewer parents fear their child being run over when they walk to school.”

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How Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streets

Under Anne Hidalgo – mayor for 12 years until last week – the French capital added bike lanes, cut traffic and reclaimed public space, but not without resistance

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 30/05/2026

I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.”

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Bassano @bassano.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Vermeer’s Girl With The Pearl Earring will be shown in Osaka, later this year, and the press conference was as Japanese as you’d expect #Vermeer

A Japanese mascot dressed as Vermeer’s Girl With The Pearl Earring in front of a promotional poster for the same at a press conference in Japan

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Stijn van Dongen @micans.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I've had to explain to Gemini that 'Dr awkard' is an actual palindrome. It took some doing.

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Stijn van Dongen @micans.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Between Philip Glass and Vivaldi I'm inundated with advertisements with mostly absurdly ripped people telling me walking will make me old, Tai Chi will make me young, but that most people do Tai Chi entirely wrong. The weirdness, insistency and overwhelming deployment have broken my wtf scale.

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Climate has almost disappeared from our conversation. But it remains the most pressing challenge of our times. Last week the WMO said the planet is “more out of balance than at any time in observed history.” Energy security and climate security are not competing priorities.

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STP Guy @stpguy3.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

BREAKING NEWS in the world of Sticky Toffee Puddings

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Stijn van Dongen @micans.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Turkey tail mushroom in our garden. The Dutch name 'Elfenbankje' sounds more poetic to me - little elvenseats. (elvencouch is the more literal translation).

Picture of Turkey tail mushroom on a decaying section of tree.

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Wallace Polsom @wallacepolsom.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Evgeny Sedukhin (1930-2023), “Symphony of the Sixth Blast Furnace” (1979), oil on canvas.

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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Two Crows 🐦‍⬛ having a great time rolling in the snow ❄️

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Stijn van Dongen @micans.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Today I learnt that 208168199381979984699478633344862770286522453884530548425639456820927419612738015378525648451698519643907259916015628128546089888314427129715319317557736620397247064840935 is the number of legal positions in Go/Weiqi/Baduk on a 19x19 board, computed by John Tromp in 2016. Soothed

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Stijn van Dongen @micans.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

AI videos (and images) are soulless hallucinated nightmares. One cannot prompt engineer a work of art. The novelty is seductive leading to gimmicks that I hope will soon expire. The hopeful view usually needs the long bend of the sweeping arc of history, with 3D cinema a pleasing exception.

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Carl Bovis @carlbovisnature.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

What it looks like when a Blue Tit flies straight at you! 😳😁😍🐦 Taken yesterday at RSPB Greylake in Somerset. 😊 #birds 🪶 Please browse my shop for great Christmas present ideas for nature lovers, including calendars, books, jigsaw puzzles, tea-towels and more.. here; www.carlbovis.com/shop-3 🐦❤️

A Blue Tit flying straight towards the camera with wings and legs tucked in like a dart

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Stijn van Dongen @micans.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

"Halcyon" is a name for a bird in Greek legend generally associated with the kingfisher. ... This myth leads to the use of halcyon as a term for peace or calmness en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halcyon...

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Halcyon (genus) - Wikipedia

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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

And now for something completely different… Johan Otto Hesselbom 1848-1913 Swedish painter Alley in Autumn Colors - 1889 Oil on canvas - 105 x 73 cm

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Stijn van Dongen @micans.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

yes yes yes. The food web described (sulfur-eating microbes, small flies, solitary spiders changing to a colony life style) sounds simple and fascinating.

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Stijn van Dongen @micans.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Language is a potent carrier of meaning and reasoning relative to world models. Ferocious mimicry of language suggests meaning and up to a point is coherent due to the expressive power of language. Up to that point there is use for LLMs. Nonetheless hey do not know their arse from their elbow.

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Stijn van Dongen @micans.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

How much pesticide ends up in my wormery, does it harm them and if so am I breeding pesticide-resistant worms?

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Stijn van Dongen @micans.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

This Al guy sure is a busy little personification sat on people's shoulders.

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

'The Long Corridor, Palazzo della Ragione, Padua.' (c1970) Peter Kelly's painting shows the classical draughtsmanship that characterises much of his work. His liking of a limited palette occasionally warmed by brighter accents is reminiscent of the Dutch Scandinavian Schools.

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Ex Pret A Manger Staff - expret.org 🇺🇦 @expret.org · 31/07/2025

Here's one that's my favourite: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mTL...

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Mr. W

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Stijn van Dongen @micans.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

I wish this to be widely known and felt.

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