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The Rubaiyat of Victor Kiam @phantomcorsair.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

So, a couple of points: a: I'm glad they featured Thunderbird Number Two. ii: Why not call them "Thunderbeans"? 3: Did Brains endorse any frozen, pork-based meat products?

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Sagewood @sagewood86.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A new UCLA study used chemical clues preserved in a 66-million-year-old T. rex tooth to estimate a body temperature of about 97°F. The result adds evidence that T. rex was highly warm-blooded, helping explain how it could remain active in relatively cold environments

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A 66-million-year-old tooth reveals T. rex was nearly as warm as a human

Chemical clues preserved inside fossilized T. rex teeth reveal that the dinosaur maintained a body temperature of about 97 degrees Fahrenheit, almost identical to humans. The finding provides direct e...

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The Rubaiyat of Victor Kiam @phantomcorsair.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Some really interesting (albeit US-centric) data on solar energy and agriculture here.

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Manderley Press @manderleypress.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I’m re-reading Blue Remembered Hills - the memoirs of Rosemary Sutcliff - aptly covered in cornflower cloth and gorgeously published by @slightlyfoxed.bsky.social. A perfect tonic for our times - an utterly compelling autobiography. What should I read next? #booksky

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The Rubaiyat of Victor Kiam @phantomcorsair.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

What a glorious thing! And what a story. It's in the Smithsonian now.

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The Rubaiyat of Victor Kiam @phantomcorsair.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I'm sorry, but what? A medical school has its own police force?

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The Rubaiyat of Victor Kiam @phantomcorsair.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Went to the terrific M.C. Escher exhibition at Somerset House. It was accessed via the perfect staircase...

Terrific staircase at Somerset House, taken using the Panorama setting (vertically) on my phone to make it look like Escher's "High and Low".

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The Rubaiyat of Victor Kiam @phantomcorsair.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

This is astonishing - wonderful film making.

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Lauri Myllyvirta @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Breaking: The fossil fuel shock caused by the closure of the Hormuz has cost $330 bn in fuel import costs in the past six months. The cost of the crisis equals all global investments in renewable power in 2025, on a per-month average basis.

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Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Jane Fonda’s tribute to Dolly is perfect.

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I am devastated. I just learned that Dolly has moved on. I know that millions are mourning and I want to say this - more than anyone I have ever known, Dolly will always be with us because she was so present, so powerful, so generous and playful that she is woven into all our lives and hearts forever. We have our memories of her, her songs, Dollywood, "9to5," the millions of books she got into the hands of children, all the iconic images that bring her to us. And they are all blessings. Let's be grateful for all that she has left us to ease our sadness now. I never knew anyone like her. She was simultaneously a naughty, playful southern gal from the hollows of
Tennessee and a deep, soulful thinker who could see through people right down to their true selves. She was many things...lyricist, songstress, player of many instruments, writer, prankster, visionary, loyal friend, who'd never go to bed before she and her friends had laughed so hard
they'd have to cross their legs.
She had a survivor's instinct and seemed to always know just what to do, just what to say, to make things right....and then she's stick her butt out the car window and moon Kenny Roger's home. She was the voluptuous embodiment of empathy. That's something of hers she'd want us all to take with us.
To her gay and trans fans, I want you to know that she loved you. You know that without me telling you. She loved all her fans and they are legion. And you know she doesn't want y'all to mourn now. Dress up and celebrate her spirit. But first, watch the final episode of Grace and Frankie where she's an Angel, the head honcho working class angel in Heaven.
RIP, beautiful woman. We love you.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 22/08/2026

Any frank assessment of your achievements starts with an equally frank assessment of the world-historic forces that attended those achievements. For example, I often tell people who want to get into tech, "If you lack the foresight and work ethic to be born in 1971, I can't really help you." 1/

An old-timey baseball player sliding into base in a great dust-cloud. The background is a high-magnification multicore CPU.

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The Rubaiyat of Victor Kiam @phantomcorsair.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Just saw “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma” - enjoyed it, but I have to say it's giving me most confusing thoughts about Count Binface and Margaret Thatcher...

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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 22/08/2026

thank you Love you🤍 I'm Trans gender ally🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Trans gender people is family✨

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The Rubaiyat of Victor Kiam @phantomcorsair.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Nicely done! An apparently trivial thread which becomes genuinely significant.

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The Rubaiyat of Victor Kiam @phantomcorsair.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Imagine losing your parents at 86! This dreadfully confusing headline is from the BBC News app.

A headline reading "Woman, 86, orphaned as child opens prized
garden to public to fulfill lifelong promise"

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The Rubaiyat of Victor Kiam @phantomcorsair.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

A terrific thread - very inspiring. (Although: nothing older than the mid-Fifties)

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The Rubaiyat of Victor Kiam @phantomcorsair.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Oh, I think @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social might have a thing or two to say about this... bsky.app/profile/fore...

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

One topic that really interests me is masculinity in classic film John Wayne and Clark Gable would be featured in scenes specifically designed to make them look like the manliest thing in the room. Robert Mitchum and Humphrey Bogart would walk in and automatically be the manliest thing in the room

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The Rubaiyat of Victor Kiam @phantomcorsair.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

At least this time Harold (Kane) did a bit better.

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Hush-Kit aviation news, history & satire @hushkit.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Spent years building up a big following on Twitter, essential for publicising my aviation blog, which I live from. Desperate to leave it & publicise on nicer platforms, but I have too few follows. If you want to help me escape, do give this a share. Much obliged. My blog here: hushkit.substack.com

A Sea Harrier FA.2 facing the camera on a post that says: Spent years building up a big following on Twitter, essential for publicising my aviation blog, which I live from. Desperate to leave it & publicise on nicer platforms, but I have too few follows. If you want to help me escape, do give this a share. Much obliged. My blog here: hushkit.substack.com

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The Rubaiyat of Victor Kiam @phantomcorsair.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Mel Brooks is 100 today! Thanks for everything, Mel.

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The Rubaiyat of Victor Kiam @phantomcorsair.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

This may be useful for British people with access to a freezer.

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The Rubaiyat of Victor Kiam @phantomcorsair.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Did Iran sign the peace deal as a... birthday present for Trump?

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The Rubaiyat of Victor Kiam @phantomcorsair.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

We lose the "N" and maybe in a while we'll need a sign that says "DONALD J TRUMP DEATH".

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The Rubaiyat of Victor Kiam @phantomcorsair.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Lovely random thread about elephants, toes and dugongs. #mermaids

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

If you go to a Sikh gurdwara, they will feed you, for free, with no questions about who you are or why you're there.

bbc.co.uk

Sikh temples serving up free food for all

As part of National Langar Week, Monika was joined by some special visitors to find out all about it.

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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I really hope in my lifetime we can go back to making racism something to be ashamed of again, rather than something that’ll get you a regular slot on rolling news.

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The Rubaiyat of Victor Kiam @phantomcorsair.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

This is a beautiful piece, heartbreaking and life-affirming at the same time. It will make anyone with children love them even more. www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/202...

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The Rubaiyat of Victor Kiam @phantomcorsair.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Anybody else having broadband problems with Community Fibre? #communityfibre

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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

So what happens when Reform take over your local council? This. #KentCountyCouncil

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The Rubaiyat of Victor Kiam @phantomcorsair.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

There was a (limited) fashion for putting Gardner diesels in Rolls-Royces and Bentleys for a while. The Gardners were beautifully made and very torquey - and much more frugal than a petrol engine of the time.

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Juli @julijuxtaposed.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

‘He has become assured, confident and unashamedly himself… He has reached, to put it crudely, the “no fucks given” stage of his career and is all the better for it’ @lewisgoodall.com goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/could-the-...

goodallandgoodluck.substack.com

Could the answer be...Ed Miliband?

Where are we on the Labour leadership- the "Ed Miliband scenario"

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The Rubaiyat of Victor Kiam @phantomcorsair.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

This is amazing: some serious LLM hallucination going on here.

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