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@nicksmindcasa.bsky.social
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Person (54)who knows things, weird things, usually parts of things that I can never remember where I know them from, possibly QI or from the random things I read because they catch my eye and interest, both of the aforementioned are weird too so, Wooo!

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Nick @nicksmindcasa.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you post shit from that shit site on this site you get blocked. I didn't come to Bluesky to read what the shit heads are saying on their shit sites and if you want to whine and complain about it fuck off and do something meaningful to change the current administration
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Nick @nicksmindcasa.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Has anyone posted a spoof headline "Woke health officials ban people from collecting MAGAMaXXing water from reflecting pool" Asking for a friend
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Nick @nicksmindcasa.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Why brain? A workmate read out an authors name and my brain said Elizabeth Knox wore one pair of socks And one pair of socks only. She refused to change or even rearrange And eventually the socks became holy
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Nick @nicksmindcasa.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
The valley in the hills My immediate thoughts on reading the title were “Welcome to the last valley you’ll ever visit!” - “I’m sorry?” “A victim say’s what?” - “What?” “That’s lovely dear, see you later” ……
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Nick @nicksmindcasa.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
For the "Other platform" users ragging on BlueSky for being down When Farceburk, Twatter, etc have an outage of more than 3.2 seconds "I felt a great disturbance in the web, as if millions of bots suddenly cried out "WOKE!" and were suddenly silenced. I hope something wonderful has happened."
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Nick @nicksmindcasa.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
I think Iran is going to settle when - A solitary Donald Trump walks barefoot off Air Force One, to the signing table, signs the surrender and reperations document while the Iranian representatives all have their back to him, and walks back to AF1 and flies away. No speeches, music or parades.
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Nick @nicksmindcasa.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
It is long overdue to stop using forgiving language in regards to AISlop It is not Hallucinating. It is Bullshit. Hallucinating is a result of distorted or incorrect data. Bullshit is making things up to cover for lack of knowledge, expertise etc and incapability to admit as such
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Nick @nicksmindcasa.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
My boss has had to bring her, beautiful, Collie/Samoyed dogo to work. He's white and gold. Apparently it's not considered working if I want to spend the day giving him skritches, cuddles and napping with him on the office floor. I am disappoint. I am considering doing the "Not work"
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Nick @nicksmindcasa.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Techbro's AI wet dreams are now fucking with the universities IT services replacements and upgrades. "AI - crippling real world research for pedofiles on Grok!"
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Nick @nicksmindcasa.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
So a man was murdered by I.C.E and the country has not stopped in protest? You've failed as a country of people who claim to care.
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Nick @nicksmindcasa.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
MTG Lorwyn Eclipsed is going to be an elemental and Elf tidal wave. Mainly Elves with the "Select a creature type" and all of the triggers of Elf cards
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Nick @nicksmindcasa.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
For this was the other thing that Elric knew; that to compromise with Tyranny is always to be destroyed by it. The sanest and most logical choice lay always in resistance . This knowledge gave Elric his strength – his profound anger at injustice and inequality –
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Nick @nicksmindcasa.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Why are Universities and public education getting screwed? www.theguardian.com/science/2017...
theguardian.com
Is the staggeringly profitable business of scientific publishing bad for science?
The long read: It is an industry like no other, with profit margins to rival Google – and it was created by one of Britain’s most notorious tycoons: Robert Maxwell
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Nick @nicksmindcasa.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
When cat owners can't sleep, do they get up and have zoomies that annoy their cats?
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Nick @nicksmindcasa.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
So Australian and New Zealand Universities lose access to Science Direct via Elsiever, because it costs far, far too much. They put their prices up because infrastructure, i.e computer equipment costs so much. So LLM's and bollocks like them are crippling ongoing research and learning
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Nick @nicksmindcasa.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
“Have you got some sort of stress relief toy to help here in the office, during meetings and presentations?” Yeah, yeah I do /click. Schlack, click, Schlack, click “That’s ah, that’s a box cutter?” Yup
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Nick @nicksmindcasa.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
I take it Tesla owners have become ok about the damage Musk and Dodge did to the US government that will have decades worth of lasting impacts and has directly killed thousands of beneficiaries around the world? Murder is ok if my car maker is worth more
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Nick @nicksmindcasa.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Bundled into Windows 11 is AI that immediately makes your computer vulnerable to Malware if enabled. Given everything you do on the computer is likely going to cause the AI to ask if you would like to enable it, picture a more obnoxious Clippy, odds are good that people will unwittingly agree
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Nick @nicksmindcasa.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Legal citations AI quotes legal cases that have never happened. – True Students create legal cases using AI to test out arguments - ? Has AI started quoting legal cases made by students as real? Is GIGO infection in the legal profession well underway?
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Nick @nicksmindcasa.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
From zenodo.org/records/1706... "...as educators are obliged to show our students that they are not just here to receive a degree: education is more than qualification. It is about preparing students to become a capable and active members of society."
zenodo.org
Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia
Under the banner of progress, products have been uncritically adopted or even imposed on users — in past centuries with tobacco and combustion engines, and in the 21st with social media. For these col...
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Nick @nicksmindcasa.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Listening to our supervisor talk to our national postal carrier, New Zealand Post, about their service standards is an experience in her grace and patience. Grace and patience that you would reserve for educating children.
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Nick @nicksmindcasa.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
So after NZ and Aus Universities are priced to extinction to negotiate with Electronic journal suppliers for a "Fair" deal, Elsevier still shits the bed and holds 50% of the total publications hostage. "Everything will be online and you'll always have access" - The internet solves everything idiot
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Nick @nicksmindcasa.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
With the widespread, and unknowable reach of AI, Web 2.0 is dead as a reliable information source. It is now an amusement platform. We now need Web 3.0 which is a verifiable human only platform.
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Nick @nicksmindcasa.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
As a library staff member, in NZ with a Maga dilute version of government, this is still chilling. Also Bearing in mind the small vocal "Child protecting" group in Australia who are targetting digital materials is across the ditch... thelibrariansfilm.com
thelibrariansfilm.com
The Librarians Film | Official Site
Librarians under siege join forces as unlikely defenders fighting on the frontlines of democracy
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Nick @nicksmindcasa.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnFp...
youtube.com
The Bizarre and Magical Duel Between Chung Ling Soo and Ching Ling Foo
YouTube video by Today I Found Out
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Nick @nicksmindcasa.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Apparently James Workshops digital miniature library was uploaded to the interwebs yesterday and lasted up to 2 hours before it was scrubbed. That's unfortunate for them......
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Nick @nicksmindcasa.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
I wish Bluesky would ban all AI slop on principle
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Nick @nicksmindcasa.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
We had a book returned today called “Katsuru” I believe it is the ancient art of gently and deliberately push precious things onto the floor while maintaining eye contact with the owner.
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Nick @nicksmindcasa.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
I’ve become very amused by documentaries of police investigations where they eliminate a suspect and the voice over is “They were back to square one.” No, they aren’t! They’ve eliminated a source of uncertainty. They have progressed the investigation.
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Nick @nicksmindcasa.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Having seen a book called "Standing Stones of Britian" come through Check-in at the library. Your tour guide – “Over there are the Standing stones of Clyde. Those over there are the reclining stones, AND THOSE ARE THE LAZY FUCKING STONES THAT CONTRIBUTE NOTHING TO SOCIETY!”
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Nick @nicksmindcasa.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
A small, but vocal Australian group has enlisted Visa and Mastercard to target Large games platforms that hold material, digital, TTRPG, that celebrate or explore adult themes, and force them to remove or delist it. itch.io, Steam and others
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Nick @nicksmindcasa.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWpg...
youtube.com
AI Slop: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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Nick @nicksmindcasa.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Given the Supreme courts ruling, no one in America is safe unless you are white.
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Nick @nicksmindcasa.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Advice from the ever popular Sir Charles Charlie Charles c1897 - "Whistling is a vain and wasteful habit in women, displaying a surfeit of air in the lungs, and a corset in need of tightening"
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Nick @nicksmindcasa.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
I hazard a guess that Ted Cruz’s comments, that Elon and Trump being “Two Alpha males unloading on each other,” would be the title of a gay couples movie of the week.
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Nick @nicksmindcasa.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Natasha O'Keeffe in Wheel of Time is sensational, being the dragon reborn would be a no brainer surrender for me
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Nick @nicksmindcasa.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Binged “The Fall of the House of Usher” Carla Gugino – Magnificently in control of every scene, showstopper Bruce Greenwood – Gorgeous voice, delivery and presence
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Nick @nicksmindcasa.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Given that the Administration is not accountable in any way, that Democratic representatives are powerless, and that no laws apply anymore, how long are governemnt employees going to delude themselves into thinking they can make a difference from within?
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Nick @nicksmindcasa.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
As much as I support Handsome mens living their bestest life, my feed is becoming NSFW........
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Nick @nicksmindcasa.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Reading again because, awesomness never ages
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Nick @nicksmindcasa.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Is there an independent organisation that would create and maintain a Webpage covering the Costs DOGE is inflicting on the USA in firings/rehirings, overhead etc? I think it would be revealing to find out how efficient DOGE is
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Nick @nicksmindcasa.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Still one of my favorite albums!
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Nick @nicksmindcasa.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Inspiring speaking and Elon Musk speaking share the same distance of experience as a relaxing massage and stepping barefoot on Lego
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