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Richard Lawrence

@rhwombat.bsky.social
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Ageing Infectious Diseases spook (MBBS 1980, FRACP (ID) 1987, PhD 1995, FRACP (Gen Med) & Clin Dip Pall Med 2017), ex-alpininst, semi-retired pedant & dogged unicorn-wrangler. The Ghost Who Writes. On Gumbaynggirr country in Oz. Choose the harder way.

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#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 7h
*AI decompilation really is a Jekyll-Hyde transformation, that's a bizarre and spooky thing to do *It's like replacing a roast boar on a platter with a boar-shaped gelatin-mold made of ground pork and hot dogs
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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David C Bell @moviehooligan.bsky.social · 13h
If you’re wondering what the vibe is going into the midterms the New England fall fair I went to today had a crochet guillotine for sale.
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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 17h
It is quite phenomenal how precarious Putin’s power around the globe appears to be, and how rapidly Zelenskyy has been able to punch holes right through it!
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Gerard Driehuis @gdriehuis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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God @thegodshow.com · 10/10/2026
Bless this LEGO designer in particular.
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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 09/10/2026
You know the xkcd strip about how all modern internet architecture is eventually built on something a hobbyist maintains for free? Someone went out and found them all. sheets.works/data-viz/hol...
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#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
*Look, science fiction was invented in the 1920s, while libraries have been burning-down ever since Sumeria *However, Artificial Intelligences getting burned down by remotely-targeted robot missiles, that's an exciting new trend *Is this situation some fantasist's "anxiety," no it isn't
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/10/2026
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wheelyweb 🇨🇦🇮🇹🇦🇺 @wheelyweb.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Old man wearing a black tshirt with white text proclaiming “billionaires are a policy failure”
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Richard Lawrence @rhwombat.bsky.social · 12h
Poms keep left too.
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jellibat @jellibat.bsky.social · 13h
The rule is you stand to the left in Australia though
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Richard Lawrence @rhwombat.bsky.social · 13h
Daily Rescue Octordle #1722 🔟7️⃣ 🕐🕛 9️⃣8️⃣ 6️⃣🕚 Score: 8
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Richard Lawrence @rhwombat.bsky.social · 13h
Daily Sequence Octordle #1722 4️⃣5️⃣ 6️⃣7️⃣ 8️⃣🔟 🕚🕛 Score: 63
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Richard Lawrence @rhwombat.bsky.social · 13h
Daily Octordle #1722 7️⃣6️⃣ 5️⃣8️⃣ 🔟🕚 4️⃣9️⃣ Score: 60
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Richard Lawrence @rhwombat.bsky.social · 13h
Daily Rescue 336 4️⃣8️⃣ 6️⃣5️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/
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Richard Lawrence @rhwombat.bsky.social · 13h
Weekly Quordle Challenge 173 4️⃣8️⃣ 7️⃣5️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/
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Richard Lawrence @rhwombat.bsky.social · 13h
🙂 Daily Quordle 1722 5️⃣6️⃣ 7️⃣4️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/
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Richard Lawrence @rhwombat.bsky.social · 13h
Connections Puzzle #1219 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪
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Richard Lawrence @rhwombat.bsky.social · 13h
#waffle1725 4/5 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🔥 streak: 13 🥉 #wafflebronzeteam wafflegame.net
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Richard Lawrence @rhwombat.bsky.social · 13h
Wordle 1,941 6/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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rowecartoon.bsky.social @rowecartoon.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
back in the USSA
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Richard Lawrence @rhwombat.bsky.social · 16h
#ows965 🔎 4/5 (01:38) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🔥 streak: 7 puzzlist.com/onewordsearch
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Richard Lawrence @rhwombat.bsky.social · 16h
[Bracket City] October 11, 2026 🟢 (Easy) www.theatlantic.com/games/bracke... Rank: 💼 (Power Broker) ❌ Wrong guesses: 0 👀 Peeks: 1 Total Score: 95.0 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Richard Lawrence @rhwombat.bsky.social · 19h
Having just presented on CMV gastritris in an 81yo on checkpoint inhibitor Rx comes this ground breaking study: Ground Truths erictopol.substack.com?r=9vn73&utm_...
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Ground Truths | Eric Topol | Substack
Facts, data and analytics about biomedical matters. Click to read Ground Truths, by Eric Topol, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.
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Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Many people like to laugh at medieval illuminations of stag-snails, oh those funny medieval artists making up anim...
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Julianne Wingate @julieannewingate.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Miss you, @barackobama.bsky.social .....
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Richard Lawrence @rhwombat.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Oct 11th 2026 (Brutal), in less than 8 minutes 🟠🟩🟩🟨 🟠🟩🟠🟩 🟩🟠🟩🟡 🟩🟩🟡🟠 🟩🟠🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com
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Richard Lawrence @rhwombat.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
#ows964 🔎 4/5 (01:56) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🔥 streak: 6 puzzlist.com/onewordsearch
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Richard Lawrence @rhwombat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Daily Rescue Octordle #1721 8️⃣🕛 6️⃣9️⃣ 5️⃣7️⃣ 🔟🕚 Score: 9
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Richard Lawrence @rhwombat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Daily Sequence Octordle #1721 4️⃣5️⃣ 6️⃣7️⃣ 8️⃣9️⃣ 🔟🕚 Score: 60
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Richard Lawrence @rhwombat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Daily Octordle #1721 6️⃣5️⃣ 7️⃣8️⃣ 9️⃣🕚 🔟4️⃣ Score: 60
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Richard Lawrence @rhwombat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Daily Rescue 335 7️⃣4️⃣ 6️⃣🟥 m-w.com/games/quordle/
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Richard Lawrence @rhwombat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Daily Sequence Quordle 1721 4️⃣6️⃣ 7️⃣8️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/
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Richard Lawrence @rhwombat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
🙂 Daily Quordle 1721 5️⃣6️⃣ 4️⃣7️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/
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Richard Lawrence @rhwombat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Connections Puzzle #1218 🟨🟨🟨🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦
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Richard Lawrence @rhwombat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
#waffle1723 4/5 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⭐🟩⭐🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🔥 streak: 12 🥉 #wafflebronzeteam wafflegame.net
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Richard Lawrence @rhwombat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Wordle 1,940 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Richard Lawrence @rhwombat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
[Bracket City] October 10, 2026 🟢 (Easy) www.theatlantic.com/games/bracke... Rank: 👮 (Chief of Police) ❌ Wrong guesses: 2 👀 Peeks: 2 🛟 Answers Revealed: 1 Total Score: 71.0 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜
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Richard Lawrence @rhwombat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Oct 10th 2026 (Hard), in less than 9 minutes 🟡🟩🟩🟠 🟡🟡🟡🟩 🟩🟡🟠🟩 🟠🟡🟩🟩 🟩🟡🟡🟩 cluesbysam.com
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Heard Island Government @heardislandgov.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
America now runs on Argentinian beef, Russia Diesel, and measles.
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TRAstonDrs @castltrastondrs.medsky.network · 10/10/2026
I’m torn between living in a castle and an eco-friendly nurturing house where the river run . Which is the better move? Sometimes the decision is difficult…
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Richard Lawrence @rhwombat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
As as wee bairn (1962) this Adelaidian lived in the gate cottage of an estate at Milton Bridge (long story...the laird's wife took pity on our academic gypsy family) where the ghost of Robert Louis Stevenson was said to appear in the ruined kirk above, on All Hallows Eve. Scots castles have form.
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Richard Lawrence @rhwombat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The castle is less friendly, but Oh to have the choice.
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TRAstonDrs @castltrastondrs.medsky.network · 10/10/2026
#Medsky🧪 #immunosky #IDsky #publichealth understanding #mucosalimmunity & #mucosalvaccines in vaccine development
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TRAstonDrs @castltrastondrs.medsky.network · 10/10/2026
#Medsky🧪 #immunosky #oncosky #Lymphocyteactivationgene3 (LAG3) protein is a key immune inhibitory checkpoint receptor that suppresses #Tcell activation, proliferation and effector functions to maintain immune homeostasis and tolerance. In persistent pathological settings,
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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This a million times. People of colour being dragged on to debate maniacs about imaginary labels & race science is an abomination. proper ‘how German are you’ Nazi shit Note that people like me with white migrant parentage never asked to defend our identity Englishness. Is. A. Made. Up. Thing
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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
If you think a distinct sub category of human exists because some medieval warlords agreed that the border of England should be on the River Tweed, you are, Im afraid, an absolute maniac bsky.app/profile/theh...
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Oisín Murphy-Lawless @bikesnbukes.eurosky.social · 09/10/2026
I see that @amendlocke.bsky.social’s execution channel is now just a thing which happens on American television. Right so.
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