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Sublime. Some pieces of music are cliché only because they are so wonderful. This is one of my favorites. www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1ZL...

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Delibes: Lakmé - Duo des fleurs (Flower Duet), Sabine Devieilhe & Marianne Crebassa

YouTube video by Warner Classics

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Dread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I don't know how the "AI models can give the impression of being distressed therefore they are sentient" people ever cope in a world where squeaky chew toys exist

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Write the Docs @writethedocs.bsky.social · 21h

Atlassian ships thousands of product changes a year, with that figure increasing steadily as the release cadence increases. Accommodating that scale requires a system that can handle the full complexity of multiple products, processes, teams and tools. Speakers: Julian Fleetwood and Jessica Gahan

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Evan @evansmithhist.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Today I found out that Umberto Eco crafted a version of this meme in the 1980s…

Beware the
alibi of photocopies ! Photocopies are indis-
pensable instruments. They allow you to keep with you a text you have already read in the library, and to take home a text you have not read yet. But a set of photocopies can become an alibi. A student makes hundreds of pages of photocopies and takes them home, and the manual labor he exercises in doing so gives him the impression that he possesses the work. Owning the photocopies exempts the student from actually reading them. This sort of vertigo of accumulation, a neocapitalism of information, happens to many. Defend yourself from this trap: as soon as you have the photocopy, read it and annotate it immediately. If you are not in a great hurry, do not photocopy something new before you own (that is, before you have read and annotated) the previous set of photocopies. There are many things that I do not know because I photocopied a text and then relaxed as if I had read it.

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Plaindocs @plaindocs.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Anyone out there using #proton #calendar heavily and know if they have fixed the sync issue with Google yet?

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The Not-Boring Tech Writer @thenotboringtechwriter.com · 15/10/2026

🎙️ Just published a new episode of The Not-Boring Tech Writer: Kate sounds off on collaborative work. Have a listen:

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Kate sounds off on collaborative work

In this solo episode, I share my latest content updates progress and...

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rekiwi @rekiwi.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

#bikeCommute: My wife decorates the house for Halloween, stringing orange fairy lights under the eaves. She sets the timer to turn them on when I leave the house at 3am. The orange glow is like a warm hug in the cold dark.

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rekiwi @rekiwi.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

49 years ago today, Anita Bryant (anti-gay troll) was pied by Thom Higgins. A good day. Sad to see an AI film "restoration" of the moment in circulation with tons of nasty artifacts. Let the past be the past. Our eyes & brains can see the truth without all the ugly "enhancements".

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Jeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 14/10/2026

What I would give to sleep like a little cat who cannot even fit the concept of university administration in her head

A little tabby cat curled up asleep on a rumpled knit blanket

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Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · 14/10/2026

I lived in Cornwall for 4 years & would have loved to see such a place in Penryn during my time there. I wish them every success.

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rekiwi @rekiwi.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Holy sh*t. Trump does Roy Batty's final monologue from Blade Runner. So good and true it hurts.

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Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti @theletterf.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Ok, this made me smile. openfatigue.ai

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rekiwi @rekiwi.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I need to stop watching and listening so I can stop crying. "Let the departed of these islands be brought back here. Oh the love and pain I feel. What should we do amidst the activities of this time?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SMV...

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Te Iwi E (High School Choir) - Lyric Video - Leonessa, Takapuna Grammar School

YouTube video by Bijoux's Music

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Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Once again, after she asked many History of Science & Technology questions she thought were rhetorical except I had answers, I got asked "How do you know all this?" ANSWER: Because I hold it all as a narrative in my head to make sense of the world. Also, I'm old and my brain is sticky.

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Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Look, it's just rude to get people all hot and bothered with FINE ASS Hittitology posts like this. Sun ain't even warm yet. (but I'm here for it)

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Mike Prinke @mike-prinke.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

You know, with Diablo we hear a lot about The Butcher, but we never hear about his lesser kin: the Baker and the Candlestick Maker.

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Tiffany⸆⸉ @tiffanyclay.dev · 08/10/2026

Make The Onion Satire Again

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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

the real lesson of the Harlow monkey experiments was that cloth mother should have simply installed an AI bedtime story reading agent into the wire mother so she’d have more time for vibe coding and posting on Substack

Image of the 1958 Harry Harlow “wire mother cloth mother” experiments, showing a baby rhesus monkey curled up on a cloth monkey doll next to a wire doll

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Whiti Hereaka @whitihereaka.co.nz · 30/09/2026

(Apologies to William Carlos Williams) I have bought the books that were in my saved tabs and which I will probably never read Forgive me they were delicious so new and so fresh

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Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti @theletterf.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

"The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater." — The Fellowship of the Ring (Haldir)

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Carve Her Name @carvehername.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

#OnThisDay, 8 Oct 1952, USAF 2nd Lt Nurse Abbie Sweetwine uses military triage at the Harrow and Wealdstone train crash in London. She saves lives and paves the way for the UK’s use of paramedics. #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BlackHistory #BritishHistory #LondonHistory 🗃️ 1/2

Abbie Sweetwine preparing a plasma infusion at the site of the crash. She is a black woman, surrounded by white men.

A photo of the Harrow and Wealdstone crash, showing three passenger trains that had run into each other. There is debris two storeys high, and people searching the wreckage.

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Dread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Lady cyclist wearing socks knew.

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rekiwi @rekiwi.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#bikecommute: Riding against an undeveloped hillside, I catch movement at the far edge of my headlamp. An owl is pacing me, floating & silent like a ghost until it settles on a small tree. It was only 2 or 3 seconds, but it was spooky magical.

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Sarah K Moir @smore.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

feeling grateful once more for @swanmichaels.bsky.social 's yearly song post because westside cowboy's new album is great and I never would have discovered them without that post. (also shoutout bandcamp for emailing me every time a new thing comes out) www.saidthegramophone.com/archives/bes...

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Said the Gramophone: BEST SONGS OF 2025

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Write the Docs @writethedocs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Publishing the full schedule for Write the Docs Australia coming up on Dec 3-4. You’ve already seen our list of awesome speakers; now you can see when they will be presenting, and start planning your time across the main talks, lightning talks, and networking events. buff.ly/HT3CMdt #writethedocs

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Schedule

Write the Docs is more than a conference. Each year we organize a wide range of events so that people can come together, collaborate, and learn from each other in different ways. All times are in A...

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Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

We normally mention her work as part of why the fluoroscopes vanished from shoe stores. Yes, it's fun and all to let kids see their toes wriggle inside their shoes but not the best idea. In my field, she is far more important for her work at Hanford.

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The Old Tech Writer @greenmtndocs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Check your last two weeks of tickets: a broken procedure, repeat copy edits, a vague “update docs.” You closed them all. Next sprint, same work. Two years later, same job, same level. You’re Sisyphus with a pricey content management system. stevearrants.substack.com/p/getting-un... #techwriting

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Getting Unstuck in Your Technical Writing Career

Closing tickets keeps you busy. Fixing what produces them changes your role.

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worm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If you ever wondered why visible light is those particular wavelengths, it's because life evolved to see in the narrow range where water is transparent

Diagram of absorption of emf by water. There's a gap right that dips in the 500 nm range

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Crystal Frasier @amazonchique.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Every time some pundit claims that no one would work if their basic needs were met, I think about how, after he retired, my dad would just show up at estate sales with his truck and offer to help folks take their furniture home because he just wanted to keep busy and be around people.

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Sarah Day 🖋️🦊 @sarahday.org · 02/10/2026

This is also the time of year every coffee shop makes 'scary' lattes by putting charcoal in them. If you take birth control by mouth, that shit will not work when there's charcoal in your stomach.

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rekiwi @rekiwi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I found it! By chance at an African/Caribbean grocer and it was super expensive, but I found it! Yay for the multicultural riot that is the San Francisco Bay Area.

Closeup of a jar of Sanitorium Marmite, a distinct variety of Marmite made in New Zealand.

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hikikomorphism @hikikomorphism.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Thinking about this old quote in the context of certain people - professors, nyt contributors, etc - who see casual misgendering as a reasonable response to a lack of respect for their claimed epistemic authority

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rekiwi @rekiwi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#bikecommute: I'm on the road by 3:30am so I get to experience two kinds of "wake & bake" lifestyles: A. Weed smokers. B. Doughnut makers and Latina bakeries. I much prefer the smell of fresh doughnuts and pan dulce.

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026

I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility

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rekiwi @rekiwi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Personality quiz for Folks of a Certain Age™: Who was your favorite member of Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love" (1986) video band (L to R): Julie Pankhurst (keyboard) Patty Kelly (rhythm guitar) Kathy Davies (drums) Robert Palmer (singer) Mak Gilchrist (bass guitar) Julia Bolino (guitar)

This image captures a still from the famous 1986 "Addicted to Love" music video by British rock singer Robert Palmer. Background and Setting The entire scene is set against a painted, theatrical backdrop depicting an abstract, warm-toned sunset sky filled with heavy orange, red, and dark brown clouds. The stage floor appears plain, lit directly to emphasize the performers. Main Performers Robert Palmer (Center): He stands front and center, actively singing into a vintage-style chrome microphone. He is dressed sharply in a crisp white dress shirt, a slim dark tie, and formal black trousers. His posture is relaxed yet commanding, contrasting with the rigid band behind him. The Backing Band (Five Women): Positioned around Palmer is an all-female backing band. They are famous for their stylized, synchronized appearance: Attire: Each woman wears an identical, sleek black minidress with high necklines, sheer black tights, and black high heels. Makeup and Hair: They sport high-contrast, dramatic 1980s makeup—pale skin tones, slicked-back dark hair, smokey dark eyeshadow, and stark dark red lipstick. Expressions: True to the video's aesthetic, all five women maintain completely blank, expressionless, and apathetic facial stares directed toward the camera. Instrumentation and Layout (Left to Right) Keyboardist: Standing on the far left, a woman rests her hands lightly on a compact white electronic keyboard mounted on a black stand. Rhythm Guitarist: To her right, a woman poses dynamically with a distinctive, angular white geometric guitar (resembling a Steinberger or Jackson style). Drummer: Positioned slightly further back in the center-left space, a woman sits behind a minimalist acoustic drum kit with silver chrome hardware. Bassist: Positioned to the right of Palmer, she holds a solid white bass guitar. Lead Guitarist: Standing on the far right edge of the frame, she holds a standard-shaped white electric guitar.

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Amy Qualls has plenty of breast cancer awareness thx @domesticat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I've survived chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation for stage 2a #breastcancer. These aromatase inhibitors are just as bad as fellow survivors warned me they were.

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rekiwi @rekiwi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

To the folks who gave me so much shit for decades over driving a minivan: please take your shallow, vain bias & shove it sideways into your anus. Do not pass Go. Do not use lube. Our minivans have enabled so much, hauling kids to college, Scouts on trips, tons of building materials for projects.

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rekiwi @rekiwi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

While at the hardware store I heard a sports-odds ad for a betting site on the radio. So depressing.

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rekiwi @rekiwi.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I have worn out a pair of Crocs. Never in my life did I think I'd be a person who wore Crocs until I could read Braille through them with the balls of my feet. They were my utilitarian, lightweight camp shoes for backpacking. Now I'm one of "those" guys.

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André Brett @drdrehistorian.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Australia should in fact be labelled "almost the Hutt"

The map of the Commonwealth of Westernmost Hutt that I've posted a billion times by now, which contains the correct names for every state and territory on the big continent west of the Greater Hutt archipelago

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rekiwi @rekiwi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I'm sad that bread in the USA sucks. Anything in a plastic bag on supermarket shelves has so much sugar it's basically cake. Most of the "bakeries" near me are corporate, private equity shops that sell reheated frozen or par-baked dough from central processing facilities.

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

AI transcriptions are like washing machines. Both technologies help solve a problem, but create new problems and new expectations about productivity. Washing machines are more efficient in many cases, but some items still need to be hand washed or dry cleaned.

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rekiwi @rekiwi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

As someone who has made a living with English words for an international audience for the past 30 years, I feel this so hard.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 23/09/2026

I for one am tired of the “all of human existence should be quantified into spreadsheets, and things that cannot be quantified should be viewed as irrelevant and useless” faction running everything

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Dread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Who called it Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and not Rube Goldberg Dopamine

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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.

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