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Optimaximal

@optimaximal.bsky.social
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40-something IT & Telecoms Manager by day / Minis, Gunpla, Games and other nonsense by night. He/Him. Trying to escape all the nonsense from Elmo's Hellscape.

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Optimaximal @optimaximal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Maybe the AI agents they're using to write their articles are actively engineering a future without humanity!
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Optimaximal @optimaximal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Putting stuff in space is more expensive than building it on land, so it's an excuse for more billions of investor money even though it's unnecessary and/or likely will never deliver anything.
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Optimaximal @optimaximal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Clones of the same two people all buying the same vinyl. I think there's a message in there somewhere...
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Optimaximal @optimaximal.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I doubt she was. Her brain was seemingly broken when she was challenged for liking some abhorrent posts from a transphobe and, when challenged, she went full Linehan because people who previously liked and lauded her dared to disagree with her.
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Optimaximal @optimaximal.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Is it a FTTP via a telegraph pole? We've now got this in our street and I think there are limits to range of cable.
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Optimaximal @optimaximal.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I think it's because Melanie has disappeared again, fake Melanie hasn't been seen for a while and everyone suspects this new lady is a mistress.
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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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Optimaximal @optimaximal.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
static.klipy.com
The Boss Baby Winks and Reacts
ALT: The Boss Baby Winks and Reacts
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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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Optimaximal @optimaximal.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Aren't YouTube's adverts a side effect of consciously choosing to monetise your video, or is that only if you have adverts mid-video?
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Optimaximal @optimaximal.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
It's just more importing US practices - in this case, demonising Somali people.
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Optimaximal @optimaximal.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
By then they'll have probably made enough bank to shuffle it off to someone else.
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Optimaximal @optimaximal.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Yes, she's piloting Calibarn.
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Optimaximal @optimaximal.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Also, Suletta Mercury. End of discussion.
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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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Optimaximal @optimaximal.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Because the GOP have more explicit hawks who like to pump the US MIC because they're on the hook to lobbyists. Israel wanted ready & unlimited access to their guns & bombs, so there's your in.
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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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Nathan Nelson @nathannelson.co.uk · 20/07/2026
Looks fake clearsky.app/downingstree...
clearsky.app
ClearSky
ClearSky - Bringing information closer to you
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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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Optimaximal @optimaximal.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Would be interesting if that's doable with MKVEdit and a copy of all 3 films on DVD...
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Optimaximal @optimaximal.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
If you email the legal address with the details they should do an immediate takedown, afaik because then the onus is on the fraudsters to prove they own the original.
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Optimaximal @optimaximal.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
gearswares.com/_/dmca There's the pages DMCA policy, unfortunately it can't be mass reported on your behalf 😕
gearswares.com
gearswares.com
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Optimaximal @optimaximal.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
*Allegedly* he was even a coward to his own self, unable to admit who he was because of his religion and his politics.
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Optimaximal @optimaximal.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Good to see they're no better than they were 20 years ago. They tried to sanction me as I was late for my check-in at the local JC+ by 5 minutes - the reason I was late was I was outside the building taking a phone call for an interview.
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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 · 12/07/2026
What have you done wrong now?
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Optimaximal @optimaximal.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Do we think that Hannah accidentally looked in a mirror when writing the article?
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Optimaximal @optimaximal.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
'Cromulent' was part of my lexicon long before the OED recognised it!
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Optimaximal @optimaximal.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Oh right, so the announcement overnight was her management company getting out ahead of the official police notice. Seems odd that they'd do that if there was foul play suspected?
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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.
If you want to avoid AI generations of your Instagram posts without switching your account to private, you’ll have to dig into the app’s settings. Open the Instagram app, tap your profile, and then tap the three lines in the top-right corner of the screen. Then, scroll down to the Sharing and reuse tab. Here is where you should see a section labeled Allow people to use your content on Instagram and with AI features on Meta, with a toggle for Posts and one for Reels.
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Optimaximal @optimaximal.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I was aware of Cleared Hot and had forgotten about Megacopter.
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Optimaximal @optimaximal.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
They'll be auctioned off or moved around car supermarkets. A neighbour picked up an ex-lease Evoque from one of the supermarkets a few years ago.
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Optimaximal @optimaximal.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
A lot of leased cars are delivered in cheaper or more saleable colours, so when those leases expire and the car is returned, they disappear in chunks. Same thing happened with Range Rover Evoques - lots of black and white ones around at the same time then they all disappeared together.
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Optimaximal @optimaximal.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
What are the others?
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Optimaximal @optimaximal.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Modern democratic politics never came to terms with the idea that there was a chance someone would come along who was worse than the incumbent lot.
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Optimaximal @optimaximal.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
True journalists would just keep asking the question. If the person asking the question was ignored or removed, the next journalist would ask the same question until it was answered, but we all know Rutte would just end the presser rather than answer the question, because he knows he can't.
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Optimaximal @optimaximal.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
You can argue they've been at it since they lost the civil war...
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Optimaximal @optimaximal.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Given the guy won't be able to use his schtick in parliament, he will probably just take off the suit and be a good independent representative for the rest of the parliamentary term. It's do-able.
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Optimaximal @optimaximal.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Meanwhile, in Russia:
static.klipy.com
Herbert West Breaks Pencil
ALT: Herbert West Breaks Pencil
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Optimaximal @optimaximal.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The word on the street is that the perpetually divorced Laurence Fox may also stand, just to help split off some of Farage's vote.
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Optimaximal @optimaximal.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I think no matter what, the investigation will remain paused, even if he drops out and tries to go somewhere else.
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Optimaximal @optimaximal.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Well he's been officially appointed to Northstead by Rachel Reeves, so he's gone from the Commons, ergo the by-election has been called automatically.
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Optimaximal @optimaximal.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Are Baron, Marquess and Viscount in there?
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Optimaximal @optimaximal.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
They seemed to be working overtime when opposing Obama...
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Optimaximal @optimaximal.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The journalist should have returned to the mic and pointed out that Rutte didn't actually answer his question and could he try again.
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