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Ben Peake @reddishraven.bsky.social · 48m

Do wonder sometimes whether I should actually READ a Joyce Carol Oates book to fully contextualise the humour, but tbh it'd probably just ruin the experience of appreciating her poasting chops.

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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 2h

🎵 Well, I'm not the world's most financy guy But when he showed that chart it nearly broke my mind Oh my Kohler Allan Allan Kohler Well, I'm not dumb but I can't understand Why he talked like an economist but said things I could understand Oh my Kohler Allan Allan Kohler Allan Allan Kohler..🎵

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 54m

Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.

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Ben Peake @reddishraven.bsky.social · 1h

It was the best of Oates, it was the worst of Oates...

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Piper @the-pied-piper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

the not all men paradox: Any man who actually says “not all men” in a conversation about how shitty men are is in fact, all men. Any man who deserves to say “not all men” knows to never say it in those conversations.

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Ben Peake @reddishraven.bsky.social · 1h

That's not a data center, it's a mid-narrative FPS level.

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Ben Peake @reddishraven.bsky.social · 2h

If you're feeling like a good cry right now (and who isn't), can strongly recommend Dan Warner's searing bit of WWII melancholy. danwarner.bandcamp.com/track/bernie-2 #NowPlaying

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Bernie, by Dan & Al

from the album Isle of Hop

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Ben Peake @reddishraven.bsky.social · 2h

The use of more than three consecutive exclamation marks should definitely be grounds for an intervention from your loved ones.

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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 2h

The inflation problem. My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social

A political cartoon by Megan Herbert showing a single mother, recently made homeless after defaulting on her mortgage repayments (as evidenced by visible paperwork), setting up a new home in a tent with her two young children. Surrounded by their essentials stored in storage and plastic bags, the baby crawls on the grass, his older brother heats some food over a camp stove, and his exhausted-looking mother blows up an air mattress. Watching her, the boy says, "Is this what they means when they say 'inflation is the problem,' Mum?"

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Ben Peake @reddishraven.bsky.social · 3h

If Shoebridge says he wants to replace Labor, it will be interesting to see if he has a plan that doesn't just involve him being performatively provocative. That would require a structure of policy, organisation and finance beyond what the Greens have been able to muster to date. 1/

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Ben Peake @reddishraven.bsky.social · 4h

NOT a well-sourced article, at least not for the points they're trying to make.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5h

Be sure to read the subtitles

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 11h

There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...

But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.

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Reselsnark @reselsnark.bsky.social · 5h

Except all of this would be entirely unnecessary just by having a functioning health care system where you just go to the doctor you want, and then go to any chemist/pharmacist to get what you need and insurance companies don’t get to force you to use specific providers or second guess your Dr.

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Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 18h

If nothing else AI is making clear that there are people all around us for whom writing, art, and music are not communion with another mind, but just - wallpaper. Just pleasant things to look at. They think AI is conscious because they have no actual grasp of what it is to encounter another mind.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17h

Took my son to see AC/DC in Philly last night and I can report that Angus Young has fully transformed into David St. Hubbins from Spinal Tap

An old man in a kids uniform rocking out

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 15h

Tech industry is laser focused on solving the problem of humans enjoying each other’s company bsky.app/profile/down...

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 23h

i thought about this old tweet tonight and how nothing has ever aged better

@Merman_Melville • Jan 24, 2019
Being a billionaire must be insane. You can buy new teeth, new skin. All your chairs cost 20,000 dollars and weigh 2,000 pounds. Your life is just a series of your own preferences. In terms of cognitive impairment it's probably like being kicked in the head by a horse every day

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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 23h

I've not encountered a single person who seriously considers the ecological impacts of global heating & for whom the Australian government's response generates 'hope'.

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Ben Peake @reddishraven.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Always thought the AI being an existential threat was as much a submission fantasy as anything else. Those who promote it are desperate to be on what they see as the winning side. iow, they want the AI FACTION to be the existential threat, and they are desperate to be a part of that faction.

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Ben Peake @reddishraven.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Even by the word salad standards of these ads, this is indeed a puzzler.

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Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026

Send Stephen Miller to The Hague.

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Ben Peake @reddishraven.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Greens status quo of a white guy with glasses and a receding hairline has been restored.

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Ben Peake @reddishraven.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My faithful headphones appear to be on their last possible repair. They've lasted me a little under 10 years, so can't say they haven't provided good service. Poue one out.

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Ben Peake @reddishraven.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Bit sad about this. Latter-day Kohler had no respect left for the norms of finance and managed to craft pithy mini-segments that illustrated that. (David Chau does look like a solid successor, though)

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Julia Is Waving, Not Drowning @booktweeting.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

on the whole, men answered #MeToo with #NotMe even some of the men who were MeTooing up a storm, as it turned out

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Leena 🌵 @leena.reuben.games · 30/09/2026

We (the left) really beefed it when we uncritically accepted the framing that men were “just worried about fake accusations” when it was far more likely they *knew* a bunch of accusations were coming because they were guilty of them

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Ben Peake @reddishraven.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Have liked individual bits of Shoebridge, but he honestly has a somewhat grifter-ly vibe.

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Ben Peake @reddishraven.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Finally got around to Hades 2, and it's as good as advertised. It's interesting how they've treated the ramping difficulty in the game. Because it's a roguelike grinder you need to make bosses quite difficult at first encounter, but beatable on repetition. As well as acting as a difficulty gateway.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 29/09/2026

They are going to lose their minds, beyond belief. A brown woman with influence is something they cannot abide

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Ben Peake @reddishraven.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Any QoTN references require this banger performance to be reposted. Opera singers sometimes get dinged a bit for their acting. That is not a reasonable case here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuBe... #NowPlaying

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The Magic Flute – Queen of the Night aria (Mozart; Diana Damrau, The Royal Opera)

YouTube video by Royal Ballet and Opera

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Acid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

@jackiandaspen performs an operatic duet together. 🦜🎶🎙️ "Just two highly trained musicians performing Queen of the Night together. One of us has a music degree; The other one poops on me." #bird #music #opera #talent

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Ben Peake @reddishraven.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

He'll be here to address the board shortly, I think we need to wait for him.

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RanTLaw @rantlaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Looks like I have a new example to give to students when talking about different classes of shares. The reason this is remarkable, btw, is not because it is illegal or unethical. It is remarkable because, in most cases away from tech, investors would reject something over which they had no control.

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Ben Peake @reddishraven.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It is an eternal truism that you can wait hours at your desk for important work calls and that they will ONLY call one you've reached the cafe with the dog.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 28/09/2026

To the people complaining these sex abuse cases have created a world where men now have to think 10 times before they touch a woman. Yes, that's the point. It's called consent. Welcome to human decency.

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Ben Peake @reddishraven.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Two tonally distinct, totally opposed things are allowed to be true simultaneously. The world can be a very alien place, regardless of how long you've lived on it.

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Ben Peake @reddishraven.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Gnomes of Zurich, 2026 Edition

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Rhys Needham @rhysneedham.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Effective conspiracy theories like the MMR Vaccine causes Autism were laundered from prestigious medical journals through the traditional press and the likes of Private Eye when the World Wide Web was still in its infancy. When Social Media was still limited to things like Usenet.

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Ben Peake @reddishraven.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Reminds me of the old "What if you had to rape a wizard to stop a nuclear bomb?" incel "thought" experiment from the early '00s.

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Ben Peake @reddishraven.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If you're namesearching on the daily to find whether people are being mean to you, perhaps it's more of a you issue.

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Ben Peake @reddishraven.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Just read an email where a label head tried to descibe something as an eRecord. I'm sorry, just no.

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