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William Russell

@robotowilliam.bsky.social
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He/him | 38 | Lifelong explorer and learner Teacher, MSc Animal Behaviour (Queen's University Belfast), interested in animal cognition and social behaviours 🦋 Reylo ⏹️ Stop AI linktr.ee/robotowilliam

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Lokke Heiss @lokkeheiss.bsky.social · 3h
Basically, anybody interviewed by someone from a newspaper or media chain, will have to expect the entire non-edited interview will be gobbled up by their AI for future use, unless strict conditions are first set.
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Jenne (she/her) Go Birds @jenne.myatproto.social · 2h
I'm struggling to string together coherent thoughts about the ethical violation here. How does USA Today expect anyone to do a sensitive interview ever again if this could be the outcome. What a violation. (Thread)
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maru @koyamori.bsky.social · 9h
Fall is here. Beautiful foliage and seasonal depression.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 9h
A core part of the problem is that parents want their sons to be able to access male privilege more than they want to stop sexual violence. You have to let go of the fraternities. And the men’s only athletic teams. And any other boys clubs.
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William Russell @robotowilliam.bsky.social · 10h
Well today's poople.io really threw everyone in my family lol
poople.io
Poople - The Official Daily Word Game
The game where you turn words into poop! New game every day. Can you find the shortest path?
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 16h
Hey, Suella, leave them kids alone. A school's job is educate children, not force them into religious worship. Keep Christian Nationalism OUT of assemblies, classrooms, and the curriculum. Agree? Sign our petition today 👇 humanists.uk/action/keep-...
humanists.uk
Keep Christian Nationalism out of our schools
Reform UK wants to force every school to sing Christian hymns – and says there will be ‘consequences’ for schools that refuse. Add your name and help us defend inclusive education. Reform UK has unvei...
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Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 18h
Omg Kate Garraway gagged her with that question
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 18h
One of my favourite photos — not just of DAVID NIVEN — but of all time.
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Alariko @alariko.bsky.social · 13h
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William Russell @robotowilliam.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I have 42 video games installed and waiting to be played on my PC There are 71 games on my Steam wishlist 35 of them are on sale I must stop myself
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Dr Hannah M. Rowland @hannahmrowland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago
I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody &everything.

Charles Darwin
Letter to Charles Lyell
1st October 1861
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Marie-Claire @mariecgould.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I have seen this Star Trek episode...
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Dan Chibnall @bookowl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
They've never had to log in to Teams or Outlook.
over a dozen brown bears at brooks falls waiting for salmon
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B A R S U K @barssuk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Dragon (small) ✨
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thicc husband and father @lukeisamazing.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
thinking about this again and smiling
“james hennessy: it's sad reading like 14th century Christian theologians who spent an inordinate amount of time writing "OK there are exactly 3,892 demons and these are their names and these are their powers"... man, you would have loved Dragonball Z
Sep 27, 2023 at 9:32 pm”
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Richy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I had an instinctive worry with celebrities in a #Traitors scenario that they'll be too media-trained to make good, chaotic television but then I remember Celia Imrie farting last season and relaxed.
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William Russell @robotowilliam.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
5000 years old!
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Arachtober @arachtober.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
For #Arachtober 1st, an image I have been saving for 11 months. This encounter was exciting because Pirate Spiders do not weave orb webs. They commandeer other spiders' webs. She likely ate the resident. This was the first I have seen in a web. Pirate Spider (Mimetidae) #macrophotography #spider
Small white and tan spider in an orb web.
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Britt🦋 @brittrankin.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
September30th: October 1st:
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 29/09/2026
"By embracing electoral reform, tackling the triple lock, and reopening the question of Brexit, Andy Burnham has embraced Labour’s new core vote – younger, economically insecure, liberal Brits, instead of holding on to an imagined voter of a bygone era."
thenewworld.co.uk
Vigour, passion, purpose: Why Andy Burnham’s bold speech will be talked about for many years to come
On social care, PR, Brexit, water, housing and more, the PM signalled seismic change and a willingness to tackle the toughest issues
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I got my annual conflict of interest letter today. It informed me I could that accepting a gift of more than $3 is a violation.
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William Russell @robotowilliam.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Butterflies have ridiculous big flappy wings because it's visually confusing for predators?? 😮
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Angri Bundel @anibundel.com · 29/09/2026
Muse Can See Everything
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 29/09/2026
Meta's "Muse" launched with a nasty zero day flaw that gave hackers the ability to spy on Mac users, openly gives root access to people pretending to be Muse agents, and invited strangers over to another guy's house without telling him
karlbode.com
Meta's Latest AI Product Is A Terrifying And Hilarious Mess
Authoritarian-friendly mass surveillance has never been more adorable
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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Went outside. It was good.
A river flows down from the jagged peaks (the Cuillin hills, I think) of some mountains on Skye, in the Scottish Highlands
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Gustavo Rinaldi @gusrinaldi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
▶️🐉 #illustration #kidlitart #kidlit #BRart #fantasyart
Drawing of a red dragon flying side by side a yellow hang-glider over some misty fields.
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Kenny Logins @kennylogins.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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@mindflakes.bsky.social
Teaching the new intern all the keyboard shortcuts except for one that I can use to defeat him if he ever chooses to betray me
8:33 AM • Jun 9, 2025
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Long_Painter @longpainter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Felt like painting some autumn leaves… Each are 6”x6” oil and are available on my website.
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Sal Keith (she/her) @salkeith.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Great that @asab.org offers these 2 grants for attendance to help create a more diverse conference 👏
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meg 🌿🦋🏳️‍🌈 💜 @megativespace.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Lives were changed
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I believe fraternity hazing and military hazing and sports team hazing where men abuse each other is acclimating them into a broader culture of abuse where they will then believe it is their right to abuse other more vulnerable people. It’s so insidious. And that’s also why I think men defend it
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William Russell @robotowilliam.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Looking forward to the update to this in 10 years, "Wolves did help restore Yellowstone - why were we so desperate to believe they didn't?"
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Cybel Martin ASC @cybeldp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is terrific. As old Hollywood crumbles, but I’ve been waiting for signs of what the new and improved studio system will be. Read the whole article. #AnarchistsUnited variety.com/2026/film/fe...
variety.com
Lilly Wachowski on Her New Studio Anarchists United, the Black Power Origins of ‘The Matrix’ and How ‘Harry Potter’ Fans Are ‘Supporting Trans Genocide’
‘The Matrix’ filmmaker Lilly Wachowski opens up about her new studio for marginalized voices Anarchists United, J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There are a lot of parents focused on getting gentleness *for* their sons, but not expecting their sons to show gentleness to anyone else. And that’s just male entitlement in liberal window dressing.
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João Menezes @jocateme.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Our new paper on bird vocal amplitude is out in @sse-evolution.bsky.social ! Across 123 species, we found two new contenders for world’s loudest bird: bare-throated bellbird and seriema Along with the white bellbird, both can reach jackhammer-level amplitudes! doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpag153
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Star Wars Holocron @swholocron.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Happy birthday to STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI cinematographer Steve Yedlin! May the Force be with you!
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Bri | vividlittlevox @vividlittlevox.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Give us Ben’s return. Continue Rey’s story. Explore the Dyad. It’s not complicated.
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Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell @hottycouture.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I didn't deliberately put my son on a co-ed team but it turned out to be one of the best things I accidentally did as a parent. Those girls became his sisters and their presence created a much healthier atmosphere in pretty much every way compared to the same-sex teams he played on.
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If you didn't vote Dem, you helped make this: @airbagmoments.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I need to make a variant of this where AI debates with AI over the future of human arts and letters.
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Kevin Forbes @kevinforbesarts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I love how every single executive missed the point of Heated Rivalry so hard and thought that the rabid enthusiasm was for the hockey part.
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folukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When reviewer 2 says "requires proofreading by a native English speaker" are they asking for proofreading by a speaker from England or are they asking for a speaker of whatever version of English that is spoken in the country the speaker grew up speaking the English? 🤔
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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Do the stats for women! It’s 5.
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Hisham Zerriffi @hishamzerriffi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The experiment has been run. In Quebec low cost daycare resulting in tens of thousands of additional women joining the workforce. The increase in taxes to both provincial and federal governments were more than the cost of the subsidy.
ippr.org
Lessons from Quebec's universal low-fee childcare programme | IPPR
The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) is an independent charity working towards a fairer, greener, and more prosperous society.
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Tim W. ☮️ @heymrwilson1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's not even destroyed buildings and rubble it's just dust and ash
Cover of the Scottish national showing the genocide in Gaza (it's just complete annihilation)
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
the Heroic Protector Fantasy is rarely of real use to women, it's just wish fulfillment about male posturing and it frequently exacerbates violence it's also much easier to imagine yourself kicking the ass of an obviously villainous stranger than to to actually intervene where you have influence
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Andrew Schreck @andrewschreck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
i don't think cis guys realize how much power they can shift in a conversation just by casually telling their friends
"that's fucked up, man" when someone says something
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Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is a great, and horrifying, read.
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William Russell @robotowilliam.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Good video, exposing reddit bot deployment
youtube.com
Meet the Fake Redditors Who Make You Hate Women
YouTube video by Rebecca Watson (Skepchick)
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Kait Richardson 🥔 @thryse.com · 28/09/2026
When men say and do misogynistic shit, rapists see that as approval for their crimes from actually all men.
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