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Dr Ro Smith @rhube.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I have made a Tripthulhu, a trippy Cthulhu! You can buy it on things! 🎉 www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1825... #art #Cthulhu #retro

A framed print of my Tripthulhu artwork, which is a drawing of Cthulhu in trippy teal, orange, purple, and pink colours.

Four coasters with my Tripthulhu design on them, which is a drawing of Cthulhu in trippy teal, orange, purple, and pink colours against a white background.

Two mugs with my Tripthulhu design on them, positioned to display how the design wraps around the mug, with the face on one side and the tentacles on the other. The design is a drawing of Cthulhu in trippy teal, orange, purple, and pink colours.

A model wearing a dress with my Tripthulhu design on it, which is a drawing of Cthulhu in trippy teal, orange, purple, and pink colours.

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Dr Ro Smith @rhube.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I have made a Tripthulhu, a trippy Cthulhu! You can buy it on things! 🎉 www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1825... #art #Cthulhu #retro

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Dr Ro Smith @rhube.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Sorry I've been absent a while. Things with me go OK. I have been making blackberry jam and art and candles and been loved by a little cat.

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Dr Ro Smith @rhube.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

You don't try to warn the fascist about the Torment Nexus. They are already on board with building it. They either already have a plan for one, or they're out waving their flags, hoping that someone with more power has a plan to build one. No, you write science fiction about the Torment Nexus>

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Lisa Mueller Fine Art @lisamuellerfineart.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Hand painted stone portrait with rich florals and soft detail. One of my favourite pieces to date. #whimsicalart #handpaintedart #paintedrocks #rockpainting #storybookart

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Maybe unpopular opinion but SFF conventions should have way fewer panels and way more "somebody talks about something random and interesting for fifteen minutes"

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Dr Ro Smith @rhube.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

I'm so very bad at checking this, for which I am sorry, as it's my main method of keeping in touch with many people I adore. Here's a few things I have been up to: - Sewing new underbed storage - Painting a lamp - Being sprawled on by Garlic - Sitting in the sun with Garlic

A small brown cat sprawled on a human lying on the sofa, who seems amused.

A shadeless lamp on a garden table, surrounded by paints and brushes. The lamp is a dark blue-black, stippled with metallic blue and pink to create a vaguely space-like effect.

A small brown cat sitting peacefully in the sun in a terracotta pot.

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Dr Ro Smith @rhube.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

@ajodasso.bsky.social *waves hello* having seen your Facebook message. I'm not often on here, and if I am it's usually as @rubyjones.bsky.social , but I wanted to make contact.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

“The world’s largest professional organization of writing educators disagrees with the notion that the rise of generative artificial intelligence in the classroom is unavoidable." www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...

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Writing Faculty Push for the Right to Refuse AI

As universities rush to adopt generative AI–powered tools that claim to enhance teaching, learning and workforce preparation, a growing contingent of academics is questioning where that urgency is com...

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Dr Ro Smith @rhube.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

A rare occasion where knight of the realm actually protect the rest of us.

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Dr Ro Smith @rhube.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Go read my angsty android fiction under my spicy romance pen name, why not?

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Dr Ro Smith @rhube.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Had a go at drawing my cat, Garlic, based on one of her photos where she looks like a little model. #art #cat #GarlicTheCat

Reference photo for the drawing, which features a very sleek and pretty brown cat.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Also, if you borrow an author's book from a library in the UK, that author gets more than 12 pence per loan in Public Lending Rights. Any author can earn up to £6,600 per year this way. For context: I published my 15th book last year. The advance I received for it was considerably less than £6,600.

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Dr Ro Smith @rhube.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Some of y'all are following this rag. You might want to reconsder that, given this *gestures to the poop they just smeared below*

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 20/01/2026

This is, in my opinion, not only the correct moral/ethical/legal position but also the correct political framing. Everyone can see the agency is out of control; everyone can see that it is constantly violating human rights. "Scrap it and start over" is the moderate position.

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

the perennial "is this a good replacement for twitter / can it become as big as twitter" discussion is so confused. hominids became bipedal about 7 million years ago. for most of the time since we did not have microblogging. it's not a necessity it's a habit, if it all goes away that's fine

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 15/01/2026

Your regular reminder that there is no legal path from martial law to suspending elections in this country. That doesn't mean there is no path. It just means that we need to reject the framing that the federal government has any legal authority to cease elections.

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Dr Ro Smith @rhube.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Ah yes, the doctor's waiting room, my favourite place. Nothing bad ever happens at the doctor's. Put baby in doctor's mouth.

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Kevin Veale 😷 (Toitū Te Tiriti) @krveale.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Generative AI is an engine for churning out contaminated information faster than people can produce safe information, let alone fact check and correct it. And corrections never remove the original contamination, it's an attempt to stem the metaphorical bleeding and hope for the best. 11/

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Kevin Veale 😷 (Toitū Te Tiriti) @krveale.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Let's talk about generative AI, contaminated information, and rhubarb. Once upon a time, Europe was at war. Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/

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Dr Ro Smith @rhube.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

'Fern Hill', by Dylan Thomas.

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Left Outside @leftoutside.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Rich Berman is suuuuch a cunt

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Jennifer Caroccio Maldonado, PhD @drcaromaldo.blacksky.app · 06/01/2026

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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Dr Ro Smith @rhube.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Happy New Year (belatedly). It is extremely cold here. Garlic is all about the snuggles.

A small brown cat cuddled up on a lap, her head resting on a laptop.

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I Scream Ridge @eileen4ever.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

My friend’s neighbor’s house fell off its foundation (old steel structure collapsed), and they just did the funniest thing.

Giant skeleton looking like it’s tipping over a house.

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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents. I did it because the government isn’t. This is what I found.

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Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino.

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Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers.

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Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.

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Dr Ro Smith @rhube.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

I'm watchig 28 weeks later for the first time. So far it's better than 28 days later, which on paper is completely my bag, but just didn't do much for me. However, I'm pretty sure tye kids just road through tge exact estate Rose lives in in Doctor Who, lol.

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Dr Ro Smith @rhube.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

So confused when I see people still using Google to search, especially wheb they're surprised it's rubbish. Use Start Page. Use the no-AI version of DuckDuckGo. Nothing is perfect, but just about anything is better than Google.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

A pop up box on Tylenol dot com

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TYLENOL
We stand with science, and we stand with you.
For generations, families have trusted TYLENOL® when it matters most.
Why? Because Tylenol is one of the most studied medications in history.
The facts remain unchanged: over a decade of rigorous research, endorsed by leading medical professionals, confirm there is no credible evidence linking acetaminophen to autism.
Acetaminophen is used worldwide as a first line of defense for pain relief and fever reduction, at the recommendation of independent public health and leading medical professionals and in accordance with the product label.
High fevers and pain are widely recognized as potential risks to a pregnancy if left untreated, especially in the first trimester.
Remember to talk to your doctor.
We prioritize science as the core of how we provide care, and that will never change.

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CL Hellisen @clhellisen.com · 22/09/2025

Haaaaah Just saw the headline of a review for The Shape of Monsters that was simply WOKE CANNIBAL EROTICA and honestly that could be panning my book, but I love it.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 18/09/2025

The main function of AI is to make all text on the internet untrustworthy unless you personally know the source. We will boil the oceans and price people out of heat in winter for this.

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Dr Ro Smith @rhube.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

I don't mind all the Robert Redford thirst pics, if I'm honest. There's a lot of old timely heart throbs where I don't get the appeal, but he's not one.

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

There were TWO (coordinated) shootings at TWO homeless encampments tonight. Minneapolis police say more than a dozen hurt in homeless encampment shootings Police say over a dozen people have been hurt in two separate shootings at two different homeless encampments across the city on the same day.

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Minneapolis police say more than a dozen hurt in homeless encampment shootings

Police chief says ‘here we are again in the aftermath of a mass shooting’ after incidents in two separate locations

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Novelty Cistern @noveltycistern.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

it's so funny to see America's health insurance companies be like "look. If there's one thing we love it's denying you care. but we ran the numbers - and we cannot BELIEVE we're saying this - and it's cheaper for us to just pay for the vaccines than deal with you going to the ER."

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

*9/16/2025 noncooperation thread* Trump: Oops, South Korea, it was a mistake, don't be mad, c'mon back! South Korea: Oh, we'll be back all right. 3/

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

*9/16/2025 noncooperation thread* "Funded by donations from the British public" - they're noncooperating across the pond, too! 2/

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AlTheColorsOfTheDark💀🦇🪦⚰️🎃🕸🖤 @afizgig.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Robert Redford (1936–2025) 🖤 RIP 🙏🏼🕊🕯

A photo of Robert Redford who sadly passed away.

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Dr Ro Smith @rhube.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

I'm sorry I don't post much here. The pace at which I live life has slowed to such a mind-numbing crawl. But I have achieved the odd small thing. I made a skirt and a pair of shorts. I won first prize for my cucumber at the local fair, and second for a drawing I did.

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Wootmaster @wootmaster.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

After using nazi outrage as a list of users to ban on bluesky, the moderation team immediately changed their terms of service to include "glorification" of violence in a statement posted to @safety.bsky.app The ceo @jay.bsky.team also made a mealy-mouthed statement protecting the dead fascist

post from bluesky safety that reads: "Glorifying violence or harm violates Bluesky’s Community Guidelines. We review reports and take action on content that celebrates harm against anyone. Violence has no place in healthy public discourse, and we’re committed to fostering healthy, open conversations"

Followed by a post from Jay

"Violence is always unacceptable, and threats of violence have no place in public discourse. Our thoughts are with Charlie Kirk and his family."

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 11/09/2025

2025 Netflix: *boring tudum noise* 1980s BBC Video: *epic psychedelic stargate disco space laser show*

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Pat Loika @patloika.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Lied when he applied for the booth. Used his girlfriend’s name, supposedly. After complaints came in, he was asked to present a process video and sent in…an AI video. (This is what I learned from an artist who lobbied the complaint)

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