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Spooky MajinChris 🔜TFN Swindon @majinchris5413.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"will return in Avengers: Doomsday"

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toilet bones @toiletbones.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Found the email I sent when I got accidentally added to the faculty listserv of an orthopedic surgery clinic and nobody would remove me so I sent this email to all faculty/staff/med students and they removed me almost immediately

Hello Bone Colleagues,
I have invented a new type of ankle and I'm very excited to show it to you. Early raccoon trials suggest a 60% increase in scurrying speed and dramatic increases in fine motor banditry. I know we are not supposed to create super raccoons, but I think you'll change your mind and professional ethics when you see how cute they are. I believe we are on the cusp of a new era in advanced human scurrying because if medical science has taught me anything, it's that improvements in raccoons correspond 1:1 to improvements in humans.

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[My name]
Chief Bone Inventor
Chair, Department of Foot and Leg Innovation
Lord Mayor, Musculoskeletal Medicine
Hartford HealthCare,
The Bone & Joint Institute at Hartford Hospital.

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Digital Scholar @digitalscholar.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Happy Birthday, @zotero.org, strong and steady at 20!

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Better Streets for Birmingham @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org · 05/10/2026

We're recruiting! We're recruiting two new part-time roles to help grow Better Streets For Birmingham ad strengthen our network of local groups across the city. Administrator roll: forms.gle/ripgwP3UHE4VcmvA6 Community Organiser role: forms.gle/XfFwuRRqA1M7YLS18

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Fiona Robertson @fionaswriting.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Thanks to everyone who watched my performance of The Secret Of The Poets at the Edinburgh Book Festival at the @iamloudpro.bsky.social Grand Slam! I'm still reading through comments ❤️ Here's the text version, which you can also find on my poetry site. I'll post a video soon about why I wrote this ❤️

The Secret of the poets by Fiona Robertson

I wrote my wedding vows with ChatGPT.
I’m no good at words. It does it better than me.

I typed out some facts and asked AI
to write my mother's eulogy.
I know, I know, her final goodbye
summed up by machine.
But I'm not a poet. Words don't come easy to me, you see.

My friend’s kid died and I didn’t know what to say
so I asked Claude and straight away
I had something to text him
and he thumbs-upped the message so I think it was OK.

I asked it to write a Valentine.
My best man speech.
My marriage counselling homework.
My suicide note.

I’m not a poet.
I don’t know what to say.

Let me tell you the secret of the poets:
Nobody ever knows what to say.
There are no words to mend a shattered heart.
No verse can make someone fall in love.
No poem can ease the ache of loss.
No-one can speak the depth of gratitude
or trust
or pain.

Nobody ever knows what to say.
Not even us.

Generative AI will give you an answer
but it will be a lie,
because all these words have ever been
are stand-ins for
‘I cared enough to try’.

https://linktr.ee/FionaRobertson

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TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

TransActual is working with Dr Kat Gupta, a researcher in Politics, to examine how trans people and our supporters responded to this consultation. Please visit transactual.org.uk/blog/2026/09... for more information.

Text reads: Did you fill out the 2025 EHRC consultation on the revised Code of Practice?
Are you trans, non-binary or supportive of trans people?
Are you over 16?
Do you want to include your consultation response in a research project?
Visit our website for more details.

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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The ‘Zionism is Racism’ motion has passed at Green Party conference. While there are many parts of the motion I can agree with, there are some that I could not, so I did not vote for it. Here is a joint statement from the Green Party leadership team and all of us Green MPs:

Joint statement:

As Greens, we will always uphold universal human rights.
We will never tolerate any form of discrimination or harassment.
We will continue to stand in opposition to genocide, ethnic cleansing, apartheid and the illegal occupation.
We will continue to call out the heinous crimes of the Netanyahu government.
And we will continue to work to ensure that the Green Party is an anti-racist party in every way.
We know there is no conflict between supporting the rights of Palestinians and the rights of Jewish people.

Zack Polanski
Rachel Milward
Mothin Ali
Siân Berry MP
Ellie Chowns MP
Carla Denyer MP
Adrian Ramsay MP
Hannah Spencer MP

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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Although it feels like I am shouting into the void about this sometimes, I want to share some further thoughts on the “Zionism is Racism” motion which the Green Party is due to debate in the next 16 hours. Just to address various points which I think people in general should know. A thread:

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 03/10/2026

Restorative justice doesn't mean "nothing bad ever happens to you." It means, "in determining what happens from here on out, we center the needs of your victim to repair what happened to them over your own needs."

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Hare LockwoOoOoOod @harelockwood.com · 03/10/2026

Please, call me 'gender'. Miss Gender was my father.

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Tim Clare @timclare.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

But there are problems: currently, most media outlets are far more interested in buzzy, counterintuitive, controversial takes rather than measured nuance. It's hard to bait rage-clicks with an article called: 'Autistic People are Pretty Cool & Deserve Small Changes to Make Work A Bit Less Grim'.

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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads:

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."

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Annalee @flowerhorne.com · 03/10/2026

Sorry I know we're done with iced coffee discourse but I've now used the phrase "iced coffee interviewing" twice to describe people making hiring decisions based on irrelevant trivialities instead of assessing the candidate's actual skills and I feel like this one has legs

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Rhiannon Grant @rhiannonbookgeek.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Am I capable? cooking: yes, competent whistle: no draw: not really paint: not for sharing swim: adequately, regularly english: yes dance: no sing: only alone or in church drive: no gifting: I try, but I struggle write: yes, and enjoy it guitar: no speaking: yes, pretty well

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Hadas Weiss @hadas.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

mind if i slip into something more comfortable? (converts to ms word)

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Alt text is not the same as a photo caption. Captions are typically written to support a photo, and usually depend on users being able to see the photo. But alt text is meant to be the stand-in for the photo. The alt text is what a screen reader user gets in place of the photo.

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Rhiannon Grant @rhiannonbookgeek.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Lots of good stuff if I have time to tackle it this year... #OcTBR

Two shelves of books, about 50 in total, covering a wide range of genres.

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

OK, my husband just suggested I use the Spiderman meme in my PowerPoint for this conference. And, um, that's a brilliant move.

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Spider-Man Pointing Meme: Hamily Seaham

Alt: Spider-Man Pointing Meme: Hamily Seaham

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 25/09/2026

Every day we get closer to this:

Cartoon by the human artist Twonks, showing George Jetson vacuuming the floor while Rosie the robot paints a picture

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The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I’m not interested in making autistic humans infinitely resilient. Resilience to what? Sensory pain? Exploitation? Impossible workloads? Constant masking? Being treated like shit? Sometimes becoming “more resilient” just means becoming better at ignoring the shit that's hurting you.

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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“We should stop and think about the tech we are using, or even discussing, and what it actually does.” “AI” does not think. “AI” does not feel. “AI” does not have agency. We need to stop talking about “AI” like it is a person and talk about it instead as technologies with specific functionalities.

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How to talk about "AI" without adding to the anthropomorphization

Emily M. Bender and Nanna Inie In our op-ed for Tech Policy Press ("We Need to Talk About How We Talk About 'AI'"), we made the case against the...

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Emiliano Mellino @mellino.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The UK government is making upwards of £4.9bn in profit from visa fees, citizenship fees & the immigration health surcharge. Meanwhile, people are getting into thousands of pounds of debt or going without food just to afford to these immigration fees. www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...

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Government makes £5bn a year from immigration fees while applicants…

Home Office’s fees are up to 10 times the processing cost – and rising every year

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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 20/09/2026

We must act now or lose bookshops and theatres forever, warns Maia Snow, The Bookseller’s news editor. 👇

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We must act now or lose bookshops and theatres forever

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Happy #StandingStoneSunday 🥳🌞 This is one of the taller stones (nearly twice head height) in the remote & spectacular Drizzlecombe stone row complex at Yelverton, Dartmoor 🥰 Well worth a visit! 📷 My own, May 2026

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ellen @elfenzo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

If you are wondering what God may be, Looking for a purpose in life Craving company, or seeking solitude, Come to our Meeting for Worship!

We shall not ask you to speak or sing, We shall not ask you what you believe, We shall simply offer you our friendship, And a chance to sit quietly and think, And perhaps somebody will speak, And perhaps somebody will read, And perhaps somebody will pray, And perhaps you will find here That which you are seeking...

We are not saints, We are not cranks, We are not different

Except that we believe That God's light is in us all, Waiting to be discovered.

r more information about the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) please contact:

Quaker Home Service,

Friends House, Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ.

(tel 0171 387 3601)

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

AI is screwing up journal papers: Journal editor asks authors of 10 submitted papers to meet and discuss their paper. Of the 7 that showed up, 3 were unable to answer basic questions about the paper and 3 had difficulty when asked further questions on technical details… medium.com/@TmlrOrg/ask...

medium.com

Asking Authors About Their Own Papers

By Nihar B. Shah

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The Swamp Wytch @theswampwytch.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Swamp animism is simple: It has a mind and a will. From sunning gators to dragonfly sentinels, the Okefenokee is crowded with spirits and old watchers. When I take photos or share lore, it’s not content - it’s reciprocity offered back to the living waters. #FolkWitchFriday #WitchSky

My Photo, my feet!

A first-person downward view of bare feet and tattooed lower legs wading into clear, amber-tinted tannic swamp water. The white sand riverbed glows golden beneath the surface, while the glass-like water reflects the surrounding forest trees and sky overhead.

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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The bluebells are asleep 😴 This is when the hard work starts as it’s the only time humans step on the bluebell fields Poorly trees come down, & paths are replaced with them. Also the brambles encroaching on the paths can be trimmed now the resident birds are not nesting

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 18/09/2026

Autism acceptance isn't about pretending everything is fine if it isn't. It means understanding why autistic people do things, not blaming them (or your autistic self) when it's hard, or when you have competing needs. Ideally, it also means cherishing joy harder. (So much harder.) #neurodiversity

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Lane Stellmaker @hipcrimevocab.net · 16/09/2026

It seems like this is a good time to tell you all why LLMs are never, and can never be, conscious.

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Dr Crom @doccrom.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

#OnThisDay - 11 September - in one of the most famous Vindolanda Letters, Claudia Severa invites Sulpicia Lepidina to a birthday party. While a secretary wrote the main text, she herself added the postscript. #History 🏺 Image: British Museum (1986,1001.64). Link - britishmuseum.org/collection/o...

Roman wooden writing tablet with a party invitation written in ink.

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Annalee @flowerhorne.com · 11/09/2026

There are very real safety concerns we need to address with generative LLMs. Deepfakes, privacy, AI psychosis, etc We don't need to entertain goofy nonsense from people claiming they're inventing the torment nexus from the science fiction classic "Dipshit That's Not The Torment Nexus Go Outside."

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Rhiannon Grant @rhiannonbookgeek.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

My novel Carving a New Shape is included in this week's category for @jaeauthor.bsky.social's Sapphic Book Bingo - books with autistic main characters. Full list: jae-fiction.com/sapphic-book...

Sapphic Book Bingo 2026 Autistic Main Character graphic, with a rainbow background and rainbow infinity symbols.

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Rhiannon Grant @rhiannonbookgeek.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I'm looking forward to joining Saffron Walden Quakers for their book club - there'll be a chance to talk about the book first, and I'll join for the last half hour of the online session. Details on the poster/in alt text.

poster for Saffron Walden Quaker Meeting Library Book Club. In person Sunday 27th September 9.15-10.15am, online (Zoom) Monday 28th September 7-8:30pm. With author Q&A at the online gathering. Theme: Quaker Practices. Book: Quakers Do What! Why? by Rhiannon Grant. contact: librarianSWQM@gmail.com

Saffron Walden Quaker Meeting Library
What's the point of Book Club?
To create an opportunity to explore and deepen your understanding of Quaker values, and social issues important to Quakers.
I'm not a Quaker, can I come?
Yes you do not have to be a Quaker, or attend Quaker Meeting, to come to the Book Club.
What if I haven't read/finished the book?
You do not have to have read the book to attend if you are interested in exploring the theme and/or have lived experience of it, that's enough.
What to expect?
The chance to share your thoughts and experiences, to hear other people's, and to leave with new insights and feeling inspired!
The Book Club is facilitated by Sophie the Librarian, and structured by a set of questions relating to the theme.
Contact: librarianSWQM@gmail.com

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Chris Schelin @chris-schelin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Gerrard Winstanley, who died 350 years ago today: “Was the earth made to preserve a few covetous, proud men to live at ease, and for them to bag and barn up the treasures of the earth from others, that these may beg or starve in a fruitful land; or was it made to preserve all her children?”

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

As both an academic and a writer, I am repelled by the "this looks like a long document. Would you like me to summarize it for you?" that seems to appear at the top of every pdf viewer now. NO. The *entire point* of good writing (either books or journal papers) is that every sentence has a purpose.

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Paul Robichaud 🪨🐐 @pjrobichaud.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The Odin Stone at Stennis in Orkney was where ‘two persons, generally lovers, desirous to take the promise of Odin,’ would clasp hands through the stone, according to Sir Walter Scott in 1814. When a farmer later destroyed the stone, locals set his house on fire. #WyrdWednesday 🎨 Lady Stafford

Drawing of the Odin Stone by Lady Stafford, 1805

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Media presenters in UK may have skewed perceptions of balamce of Jewish opinion towards Israeli govt. Centre of gravity aligns with Miliband (attached to Israel & critical of Netanyahu). Varies by faith/denomination & politics: many cons & mainstream orthodox disapprove Netanyahu govt too. See IJPR

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

"So I am proud of my Jewishness and unwavering in my support for the State of Israel. And there is absolutely no contradiction between this and my support for the State of Palestine. Indeed quite the opposite" "the two-state solution ... is the North Star of this government’s policy"

So Madame Deputy Speaker, I am proud of my Jewishness and unwavering in my support for the State of Israel.

And there is absolutely no contradiction between this and my support for the State of Palestine. Indeed quite the opposite.

The two state solution is based on an explicit belief that the only route to security for both peoples is to live side by side in peaceful co-existence with freedom, security and self-determination.

Securing the two-state solution in its fullest form is the North Star of this government’s policy, and indeed of successive British governments over decades.

And it is precisely this belief in the rights and freedoms of the Israeli and Palestinian people that leads many, including me, to a deep sense of shame about what has unfolded in Palestine under the eyes of the international community.

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Rhiannon Grant @rhiannonbookgeek.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I had a week off work and ended up having a week off social media too. I had a good time, mostly relaxed, mostly writing and catching up with reading, but also recording Pause for Thought and having a few local outings. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The cover of my contributor copy of Global Quakerism: 1938-2018, which arrived this week.

The ruins of Bordesley Abbey with a sign about them in the foreground.

Looks like a puddle surrounded by grass and flowers, actually the source of the river Rea.

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A. M. Vincent @vincent.northsky.social · 17/08/2026

No one, ever, in all of history, has believed everything written in a religious text or performed all of the actions dictated therein, not because people are imperfect but because that is simply not how religion works, anywhere, ever, for anyone.

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Fbz88 @fbz88.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

A little reminder for your day: Read books. Be kind. Stay weird. Created with bold colors and playful typography to celebrate curiosity, kindness, and individuality. #Typography #Art #BookLovers #BeKind #StayWeird #CreativeArt #DigitalArt #PosterDesign #DesignInspiration #IndieArtist

Colorful typographic artwork on a black background featuring the phrase “REAL BOOKS BE KIND STAY WEIRD.” Each line uses bold, playful lettering in shades of pink, orange, peach, coral, and gray, separated by horizontal colored bars.

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