Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialJames Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Turns out the friction of having to learn photoshop was a crucial firewall protecting society from the terrible taste of small business owners 4873571347
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialChokely Carmichael🥋 @stewartcoles.bsky.social · 10/10/2026This is one reason why you shouldn’t upload work into LLMs during the peer review and grading processes. That work is confidential, and you have no right to share it without permission. You are taking someone’s intellectual property and giving it to the entire world without their consent. 9584227
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 09/10/2026VIVIAN MAIER was a Nanny for 40yrs who unbeknownst to anyone spent her free time taking over 150,000 photos of whatever interested her. 2yrs before she died her photos were found in a lock up she’d failed to keep up payments on and her decades of incredible work suddenly exploded upon the world. 613377679
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialCindy B @cbum22.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Social media is a bunch of uninformed hot takes that presume some nefarious intent lurking in everyone. 4515
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Love these photos of a gansey sweater over at Highland Threads. Such great knitting. A gansey is a type of fisherman sweater with identical front and back sides. Last photo shows one from Flamborough Marine, my favorite contemporary maker for this style. highlandthreads.co.uk/wick-museum 783050185
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialfravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Photography by Ferdinando Scianna 237250
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This paragraph builds and builds the insane comedy but you're not ready for the kicker. 1662255426
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialJonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Please make sure each person gets one of these at my funeral. Thank you for your attention to this matter. 1142555393
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialJames McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 04/10/2026There is no group of Canadians who I have less sympathy for than the snowbirds. www.cbc.ca/news/world/f...cbc.caFlorida weighs ditching property taxes and sticking Canadians with the bill | CBC NewsFlorida voters are weighing whether to scrap residential property taxes and the state's governor has a solution to that potentially huge revenue loss: tax Canadians more. 5735
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialMatthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026People have heard about the phonics vs triple-queuing fiasco but there is a similar issue in math where ed school ideologues have stigmatized the normal and necessary work of drilling novice students in the fundamentals. www.slowboring.com/p/math-needs...slowboring.comMath needs a phonics-style reckoningTeachers should teach students how to do stuff correctly. 118112
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialPeter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I'll remember Esther Rantzen for an interview printed in a magazine I read in the dentist's. She was talking about grief and loneliness after the death of her husband. Her comment that she had plenty of people to do something with but now had no-one to do nothing with struck me as really profound. 1347356
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The rabbi telling Anthropic that he thinks what they’re doing is fine, because Claude is just a machine to him, but if they’re right (and it is conscious), then they’re world historic monsters, is really interesting. 2075068
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialEloise Powers @elnopower.bsky.social · 02/10/2026- Nicobar Pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica) This pigeon is found on small islands and in coastal regions from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, east through the Malay Archipelago, to the Solomons and Palau. - Photo courtesy of Lawrence Neo. 513626
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.social🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Tawny Frogmouths 34-53cm live across Australia, Tasmania, SE Asia, Indian subcontinent male and female share incubation duties, 30 days feed chicks 35 days. This is a 4 week old chick it will be fed for 6 more weeks until it can fly and will stay with the parents as a family for 6-12 months. 291289192
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialRandall Munroe @xkcd.com · 01/10/2026If I went to Switzerland and won a Swiss watch precision contest, I would literally never talk about anything else 568413843
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Tweed is such a beautiful fabric to wear this time of year because it produces, in Dolly Parton's phrasing, a coat of many colors. Even a solid-colored brown is not just brown, but bits of red, blue, and yellow to produce something that looks lifted off the Scottish landscape. 1037541723
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialOregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Most riveting thing I've seen all week 384113613088
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Very Greek tragedy thing about LLMs is that they simulataneously provide clear evidence that writing is extremely important to cognition while they also cause people to stop doing it. 1139243
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialGuy Gavriel Kay @guygavrielkay.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Very much worth reading if you don’t known about Petrov. This is the day we celebrate and honour him, and properly feel gratitude, and other things. Relying on tech in wartime can be deeply perilous. sammatey.substack.com/p/happy-stan...sammatey.substack.comHappy Stanislav Petrov DayTake five minutes to not destroy civilization 16119
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 26/09/2026great piece. man social media is a cancer themomoftheyear.substack.com/p/im-the-mom...themomoftheyear.substack.comI’m the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband.You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night. 12253031367
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialJames McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 25/09/2026Oh my god some of you have just gotta shut the fuck up for a while. 561
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialfravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"The Wind" Painting created in 1988 By Pang Maokun 604142569
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialLes Perreaux @perreaux.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A cautionary tale for my editor friends (and probably many others in this new world.) Why Policy Options removed an article published under the name Daniel Robson policyoptions.irpp.org/2026/09/dani...policyoptions.irpp.orgWhy Policy Options removed an article published under the name Daniel RobsonPolicy Options removed an article after concerns about the contributor’s identity could not be resolved. Here is what happened and why. 97231
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialJim @theslothsays.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Bluesky is the Western Massachusetts Lesbian bar of Social media 812711
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialBertrand Muscle @bertrandmuscle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Reminds me of HL Mencken's definition of puritanism: the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy. 031
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I’m sorry, but if you bring an iced coffee - or any damn beverage at all - to a job interview, you’re disqualified. It’s not hard, people. 1866206794
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialBailey Townsend 🦀 @pds.dad · 22/09/2026Welcome back having to turn on the kitchen light to see in the morning. I did not especially miss you 2971039
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialDoug van den Ham @dvdham.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I only read the headlines. #ottpoli 1285
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialWinterink @winterink.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Basically every single pedagogical debate is like this: “Let’s move away from phonics, multiplication tables and testing because they leave kids behind” “Aren’t those the only things that work” “Yes” “And won’t it be less equitable in the end because rich parents can pay for tutors” “Also yes” 951661
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialMike Cookson 🔶 🇪🇺🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @mikecookson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026This poor woman didn't die in a "bus stop crash". Mum who died in Corby bus stop crash named - BBC News share.google/mMEj1GJ6drS6... A driver killed her while she stood at a bus stop. Stop framing things so as to hide the actual cause, bad driving.share.googleMum who died in Corby bus stop crash namedThe family of Danielle Sharpe, who died in Corby, say she "left a remarkable stamp on this world". 417765
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialLuca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 17/09/2026They just always seem like they have no idea which direction their legs are going to take them 😂 #emuzoomies 2043102519
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialelia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible 25150273940
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialDoug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Canadian airports aren’t public utilities, and haven’t been since the 1990s. They’re operated by regional quangoes that are effectively private profit-seeing corporations without the ability to be regulated for public benefit, federally or municipally, as actual private owners might be 98324
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialHeather Burns @heatherburnstech.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Regular reminder that JG Ballard’s final novel, “Kingdom Come” (2006), is about a far-right English town which creates their own militarised breakaway state in a shopping mall, where they worship the gods of St George and consumerism. Old JG wrote it as tongue-in-cheek satire. At the time. 14773240
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialLauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Look, we can all speculate on how the Canada-EU discussions might go. But one thing is certain - they should sell tickets so we can watch what happens when French farmers meet Quebec dairy farmers The Common Agricultural Policy meets Supply Management, en francais 410615
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialJanel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I mean if you really want to hear Ed Sheeran without any opening acts you can simply get put on hold with your bank 128115771940
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialJay Domestic @jay2theworld.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Geese have wings but they’re still like, nah I wanna walk across four lanes of traffic single file, thanks. 4063845
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialOaf @languidoaf.bsky.social · 14/09/2026CEO of Taco Bell: we’re actually worried that some of our upcoming items could destroy humanity as well 362662515
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 14/09/2026static.klipy.comJensen Ackles (Dean Winchester) Says ExactlyALT: Jensen Ackles (Dean Winchester) Says Exactly 1128216
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialRaffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Random note; since my dad passed away last December, I’ve been handling all of my mom’s mail and accounts. It is incredible. How many scams are aimed at the elderly in this country, including my companies that superficially seem legitimate. Every week her mail is full of this crap. 841807269
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialSimon Knott @simonknott.bsky.social · 13/09/2026St Bede kneels to give thanks on the beach at Monkwearmouth. Glass by Tom Denny, 2005 in the Bede Chapel of Sunderland Minster. #StainedGlassSunday #SundayStainedGlass 10973116
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 12/09/2026Honestly, "big-name studios can't agree on the premise of the Muppet Show" sounds like the premise of the Muppet Show 725682903
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Anthropic’s latest threat report is wild. Claude was used to help build software for missile systems, autonomous drone swarms and cyberattacks against 50 organizations. But the craziest example may be one consultant using Claude to build a surveillance system covering 25 million SIM cards.anthropic.comCountering misuse of AI: September 2026 / AnthropicCase studies from threat actors disrupted between December 2025 and August 2026 across seven areas of harm, from cyber operations to biological misuse. 37327
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I don't do much 9/11 posting, but I always think about Bretagne, the last surviving ground zero search and rescue dog. When they took her to be euthanized in 2016, first responders saluted as she entered the clinic. She was later carried out in a flag-draped casket. www.chron.com/news/houston... 331147243
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialJim Musil Painter @jimmusilpainter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026My painting SEA MOON 292211269
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialDak @dak.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I ordered a large pizza for dinner and the delivery guy said 'enjoy the party,' so I had to yell 'food's here guys' into my completely empty hallway. 346036474
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialAlex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Hey look! A country that can increase spending on defense and higher education at the same time! It can be done! 0112
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10/09/2026in terms of optimal impact, the time to make a big outlandish promise is like four or five days before the election, not two months before 1192966198
Reposted by @pefcat.bsky.socialfrankenstonk's monster @stonkers.bsky.social · 10/09/2026look. it's perfectly normal to have a favorite doorknob, okay 4682867
