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Alys Wilfred Earl @alysdragon.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Like the trans panic happening now, and the MMR panic before it - a bunch of dubious science and disgruntled idealogical bigotry is given mainstream platform, the conversation is shifted, and by the time it’s debunked, a problem we were on our way to solving is rocketed back 40 years.

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TQ 🌿 @witchytq.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

they know we don't want it. they do not care.

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TQ 🌿 @witchytq.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

TWITCH AI TRAINING IS LIVE - ON BY DEFAULT here's how to turn it off: - settings - security and privacy

twitch ai training "training for generative ai" consent screenshot

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

ICYMI, the Dobby grave story was completely fake. Like, just, totally not true in any way.

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Optimaximal @optimaximal.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Who released this publicity photo?

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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.

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Legal C @legalclaret.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

This disingenuous commentary doesn’t help anyone. Frauds start unravelling pretty quickly. That you apparently cannot afford to put your oven or treat yourself is quickly undermined by the question “so why are you spending £50 per week on petrol?” Then, it turns out, she has an agent and /1

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Ste Jormur @stejormur.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

This account is fake, it's one that's been regularly renamed several times since 2025 - it started as @vatican-news.bsky.social! From Clearsky: clearsky.app/downingstree...

Clearsky screenshot listing account name changes. At one point it was pretending to be Catherine Connolly, President of Ireland

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

A life well lived. That’s how to do it. No need for the hate, the bigotry, the nastiness. RIP.

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ScouseLakes @scouselakes.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Channel 4 News: “Police have asked the public not to speculate. However, Nigel Farage has done just that, which is why we will not be showing his words.”

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Optimaximal @optimaximal.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Now I'm sure everyone is wondering why it took them ~18 hours to upgrade a death to a murder?

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SAG-AFTRA @sagaftra.org · 10/07/2026

Meta now lets anyone use your Instagram photos in AI images without your consent. SAG-AFTRA recommends that #SagAftraMembers (and all Instagram users) opt-OUT of Meta’s new AI image generation tool, Muse Image. Take action to protect your likeness.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/07/2026

Trump: "We had 11 missiles shot by the Islamic Republic of Japan"

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jeremy kaplowitz @jeremykaplowitz.com · 02/07/2026

The fact that people are making jokes about this is sickening. It's not funny when someone dies or almost dies. McConnell has long-struggled with autoerotic asphyxiation and was found by the police with a belt around his neck and his erect penis in his hand. It's not a fucking joke.

Sen. Mitch McConnell was found unconscious when rushed to the hospital.

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adamatomic @adamatomic.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

games have been huge success. thats why we're firing every one who makes games. also we are going to make it so players can no longer buy games

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Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

It's so draining and embarrassing being part of the video game industry Some of us are *really* trying to do good work, and it just feels completely, constantly overshadowed by fucking idiots doing what they describe as "business" Honestly just don't even like saying I'm part of *this* anymore

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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

On March 26, 2026, during a debate on violence against women in Germany’s Bundestag, left-wing MP Kathrin Gebel was repeatedly interrupted by AfD MP Martin Reichardt. She responded: “Mr. Reichardt, the clitoris has 3,000 nerve endings, and you’re still more sensitive. That’s quite an achievement.”

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Abbey @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 23/06/2026

Deus Ex, a sci-fi masterpiece, was released 26 years ago today! Do you know what that means? It means we're halfway through the time span between the release of this cyberpunk game, 2000, and the events depicted in its story, which takes place in 2052. 😎

The video game cover for "Deus Ex" features a man with dark hair, wearing futuristic goggles, looking upwards with a beam of bright light shining down on his face from above. His head and shoulders are visible against a dark, futuristic cityscape silhouette with several tall buildings and flying vehicles. The game's title, "Deus Ex," is written in a stylized, metallic, and somewhat cyberpunk font at the top of the image, illuminated by a white glow.

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🎃 Agent Pumpkin 🎃 @agentpumpkin.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Me visiting the reflecting pool.

TNG Skin of Evil. Crusher, LaForge, Picard and Data examine a body coated in a thick black liquid from a nearby pool of the same substance.

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Seeadler @seeadler.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

This cartoon continues its unbeaten record

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Mairéad "Maisie" Ó Dorchaidhe @modorchaidhe.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

I'm still in awe about the EU youth mobility scheme, where it's uncontroversial and he believes in it... and he's.. just letting some cabinet ministers kill it on vibes? What? Same with Hillsborough. Why let Mahmood block Hillsborough if you want it? YOU ARE HER BOSS, KEIR!

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Optimaximal @optimaximal.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

The ~10% Don't Knows are mostly 'we think it was wrong but voted leave as a protest vote and were too cowardly to admit it'...

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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Currently exploring the methodology of the consultation that the government used to justify a social media ban for under-16s. I'm not saying it was deliberately designed to generate results that would justify a ban... but I can't see what you'd change about it if that was your goal. Updates soon

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Matthew Hughes @matthewhughes.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

New newsletter: Generative AI is becoming the new crypto and multi-level marketing scam, promising non-techies that they can vibe-code their way to prosperity, without being candid about the costs and risks. www.whatwelo.st/p/generative...

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Generative AI Is Having Its Herbalife Moment

How predatory vibe coding startups are selling false hope to young people

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The Snake Boys Show 🐍🐍🐍 @snakeboysshow.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

HARRY STYLES ON THE BEACH 🐍🐍🐍 From Episode 4 of The Snake Boys Show where we present our favourite impossible mysteries from entertainment history! And discuss Harry Styles and where he might be found. 🏝️ Watch the full episode here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAcw...

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Optimaximal @optimaximal.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

@atomcrowley.bsky.social if it helps, Lower Decks is basically TNG S8 (which isn't surprising given it was showrun by the guy who did the TNG S8 Twitter account). You might bounce off the Rick & Morty-ness but at least now you've seen most of 90s Trek you can do the Leo Pointing meme at everything.

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Dr Fern Riddell @drfernriddell.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

But that is exactly how the suffragettes operated. With a nationwide organisation of sleeper cells of arsonists and bombers. I’m gratefully people have reached out and referenced my work today. I remain (I believe) the only academic expert on the terrorism of the suffragettes. Links below:

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Imagine owning Double Fine and even *considering* closing it. The history of Double Fine is the history of the games industry itself. This is a crime.

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Diem @diemtf.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

This is particular disappointing and bizarre because his SISTER DIVORCED GRAHAM LINEHAN! He knows exactly and immediately how toxic and obsessive transphobes are, and still chose this.

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Optimaximal @optimaximal.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

It's a sale. Call it a fucking sale!

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Au Suivant. @steveosullivan.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

The owner of the organisation announcing this “news” has just been elected as a Reform councillor, and works for Reform MP, Andrew Rosindell. Say no more.

politics.co.uk

Politics.co.uk

We are the leading free-to-access digital magazine for UK politics, providing a home for all who are interested in politics or who work in politics.

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Don’t ban kids using YouTube. Make YouTube behave like a broadcaster. Pay creators. Reinvest in the creative industries. Pay fair tax back into creators’ economies. Follow guidelines on fair usage and copyright. Play fair. It’s bigger than TV now. Make it behave like TV.

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Kalum 🔜 GrogLaw 2027 @rolistespod.itch.io · 15/06/2026

Keir Starmer: I respect the founder of The Mloly Rose Foundation and the tragic event that led to the creation of this charity for suicide prevention and safer online environments Also Keir Starmer: Guess I'll just ignore the views or recommendations put forward by the Molly Rose Foundation.

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At his press conference, and in his interview on ITV’s This Morning, Keir Starmer stressed his respect for Ian Russell, whose daughter Molly died aged 14 after seeing harmful content online. The Molly Rose Foundation was set up in her memory.

Its chief executive, Andy Burrows, has just released this statement about the announcement this morning.

The prime minister has chosen to gamble on an unenforceable social media ban that will quickly unravel. When that happens parents and children will ask why he chose not to follow the evidence but take the politically expedient option instead.

A social media ban will fail to tackle fundamental product safety risks issues and leaves parents with a false sense of safety. A majority of children will continue to use high risk sites that will have no incentive to implement robust protections.

This is not what online safety experts believe will work and is necessary. Keir Starmer has chosen to abdicate responsibility for tackling harmful algorithms and his legacy will be setting back children’s safety by years.

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lex luddy needs a nap @lexluddy.xyz · 15/06/2026

Mandatory age verification and the banning modern public towns squares for young people is, and forever will be, governmental and societal abdication of responsibility so that those in charge don't actually have to dare hold big tech accountable for the very real public harm they can foster.

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Nick Walker @nickwalker.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Not to mention part of the reason children's programming shifted so much from broadcast to online is because previous government bans (on junk food ads) massively reduced the commercial viability of kids TV.

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Libretio @libretio.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I lived through the 'video nasties' debacle, my political awakening - the first time I realised some of the people 'in charge' (police, MPs, doctors, etc) were either stupid or dishonest, or both. It led to the Video Recordings Act, a bogus piece of filth which remains on statute to this very day.

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davidjohngreen.bsky.social @davidjohngreen.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Having worked in government on these knee jerk moralistic policies, 100% of the time the answer is not technology, since kids are cleverer than parents. It’s actually about parental responsibilities and the fact that we’ve got a load of useless parents out there.

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Heather Burns @heatherburnstech.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

It's almost as if the whole point of the past seven years of law and policy on this issue was neither protecting children nor fixing social media nor curbing big tech, but building both a domestic surveillance tech sector and a captive market for it. internet.exchangepoint.tech/the-dog-that...

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The Dog that Caught the Car: Britain's 'World-Leading' Internet

Billed as a “world-leading” child-protection law, the UK’s Online Safety Act has instead normalized surveillance and ID checks. “Tech policy wonk" Heather Burns writes that the model is spreading acro...

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Gillian @heyheygillian.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

At 17 I flew to a different continent on my own, but I wouldn't be allowed to look at videos of planes on TikTok? I could legally have a baby, but not look up advice on why they're being so fussy during night feeds? The theory that the brain doesn't fully develop until 25 is a scourge.

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Jason's Mom Has Got It Going On 🎃 @sailorsoapbox.com · 14/06/2026

We have no money. You know this. Why do you keep asking why we’re not doing things we used to do? It’s because we have no money. We. Have. No. Money. We have no money. There is no money left. It’s all gone. None of us have it. No money. Nope. Money gone. We don’t have it. No.

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