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Isla’s auntie (She/Her)

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Scottish with a South African accent. Vegetarian. Loves fantasy, cute animals, kindness, empathy, and rooibos tea.

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Sara Gibbs is Scary Enough Already @sararoseg.bsky.social · 1h
We have hit our next target!!! The honey cake recipe is going in the baking booklet! You angels! Half asleep but thinking up the perfect bake for the next £1k marker!
It's a Superpower??
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£7,032
Target: £30,000
182 supporters
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Sara Gibbs is Scary Enough Already @sararoseg.bsky.social · 19h
We are now just £58 from our next milestone & inclusion in the baking booklet of the best honey cake recipe Sophie’s ever found
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 19h
Still puzzled that the signs in Bath asking people not to feed the gulls are exclusively in French. Are French people especially likely to do this? Are the seagulls French? I think we need to be told…
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Rosemary Richings @rosemaryrichings.bsky.social · 21h
This thread is here to announce my #DyspraxiaAwarenessWeek plans, which are 100% free and virtual. Both really lean into my dual-citizen identity, since one is a British event and the other is a Canadian one. More details are below if you want to learn more about #Dyspraxia👇
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Davis Allen @davisallen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The climate crisis we face today wasn't inevitable, and we have the receipts.
The cover for a new report from the Center for Climate Integrity, "Climate Fraud 101: Big Oil's Climate Deception Explained in 101 Documents, 1957-2026"
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Darren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
They hounded Aaron Swartz to death for downloading papers from jstor but society is now supposed to just accept mass theft because this thing can write that TPS report *for* you. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_S...
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Aaron Swartz - Wikipedia
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 23h
FUCK YES. This is the energy, morality, and courage that I expect from leaders. Unbelievably brave.
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PJ Holden @pauljholden.com · 23h
Vibe coded, for sure, but this is what deciding that copyright means nothing for llm companies gets...
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 06/10/2026
This is a good illustration of how so much of AI theft isn't indirect (ie, data sucked into a model to train the chatbot) - it's actually **direct** copying, but *enabled* by GenAI. Of course it is: chatbots absolutely suck at creating good, new stuff.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 06/10/2026
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OpenAI agents tried to hack Wikipedia tools and flooded it with traffic
The reports of OpenAI agents harming 3rd party sites keep coming.
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
If The Times’ political editor didn’t challenge Kemi Badenoch on her banning of @bylinetimes.bsky.social can the newspaper of record just make this simple correction?
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A lot of what’s happening doesn’t seem to be spreading anymore by mainstream media. A tree that stood for an estimated 150–250 years was destroyed today to make way for Trump’s border wall.
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Futurism @futurism.com · 06/10/2026
"It's inevitable."
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Meta Insiders Convinced Muse Is Going to End Up Leaking the Bank Accounts and Email Archives They're Vacuuming Up From Users
Meta employees are paranoid that the company's new Muse AI agent could lead to a catastrophic data breach of sensitive user data.
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Cheshire Cat ᓚᘏᗢ, @autismsupsoc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Two post. One replies to the other, with a great dunk. 

richthetruth

Autism:
1 in 10,000. 1990
1 in 30. 2026
Vaccines cause autism.

This post got 2.6 thousand likes 

Reply by 
spacehabs

Near Earth Asteroids:
1960, 20
2026, 40k+
Telescopes cause asteroids

This post got 86.7 thousand likes 

Context: 
Vaccines don’t cause autism we just have better ways to doctjnebt and observe autism since 1990 just like Telescopes have gotten better at observing asteroids since 1960.
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Warda Farah @wardasworld.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
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Help raise £2000 to help Kieran Rose and his family through cancer treatment – JustGiving Crowdfunding
Iʼm raising money to help Kieran Rose and his family through cancer treatment. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.
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David Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
henstomper

oh my god the slot machine company says i have to keep putting coins in their machine or Im Gonna Get Left Behind. thats so scary. and it has to be true because they know more about slot machines than i do

oh my god the slot machine company says if we dont give them money to build the world's biggest slot machine the chinese are gonna build it first and win all the prizes. and then there wont be any prizes anymore
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Futurism @futurism.com · 05/10/2026
Painful.
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You'll Never Guess Which Political Ideology People With Low Cognitive Ability Are Drawn Toward, According to New Research
A new study found a negative correlation between high cognitive vocabulary and belief in Christian nationalist principles.
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Futurism @futurism.com · 05/10/2026
The tech industry has fully lost the plot.
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Amazon Warns Local Communities to Stop Defying Its Massive AI Data Centers
Amazon web services CEO Matt Garman pleaded in a 3,000 word blog today with communities to please embrace data centers.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
FFS… Is it really an accident anymore at this point?
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 05/10/2026
Brexit has failed, loss of exports to the EU, high energy prices, problems getting hold of medications, visa requirements, no more Pet Passport.. the list is endless. Ask your MP to attend the parliamentary discussion about getting closer to the EU again. www.europeanmovement.co.uk/contact-mp-a...
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Ask your MP to stand up for our future in Europe
On 12 October, Parliament will debate the UK's future relationship with Europe, after a government petition got over 100,000 signatures. Will you write to your MP to ask them to attend the debate?
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday? I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it.
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Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Oh my: LibreOffice just made "no AI" one of their official features: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09...
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Yes, no AI is now a feature - TDF Community Blog
One of the comments on the announcement of LibreOffice 26.8 was a simple question: “So, no AI is now a feature?” LibreOffice does not reject artificial intelligence out of hand, but an office suite us...
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Henry Dyer @direthoughts.com · 02/10/2026
Intrigued to see the Conservative conference will feature a speech on "press freedom" next week while they ban lobby journalists such as @josiahmortimer.bsky.social from attending their conference.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 03/10/2026
USA Today is trash for doing this. Absolute trash.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 02/10/2026
If you look at the four other top five competitors, they're like dedicated watch engineering and adjustment people Katie please stop this, you're making *checks notes* all other humans look bad
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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yall wanna see a 2 hour old highland cow
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Your weekend reminder that Nigel Farage wants to - leave the ECHR - repeal the Equality Act - Strip back workers rights - Lift restrictions on exploitative zero-hours contracts - repeal the Renters’ Rights Act which abolishes no fault evictions He is not on your side youtu.be/KxOQRt8PQys?...
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If UK media actually explained Nigel Farage’s policies to the public no one would be supporting him
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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Tessa Munt MP 🔶 @tessamunt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Thanks @thereforme.bsky.social! There must be serious review of the government’s inadequate response to #ME, with its cost to us all. Still considering best options to call for including @georgemonbiot.bsky.social proposed public inquiry, Select Committee Inquiry, a Czar or even referral to HSSIB.
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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 01/10/2026
Every £1k raised a bonus beloved recipe is going into the booklet!
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It's a Superpower?? Season Two
To fund season 2 of It's a Superpower?? the first audio sitcom by & for autistic people - & pay our amazing team an industry rate
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Peter Crosbie @petercrosbie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Autism has always been with us.
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Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I do wonder what some politicians are scared of ….
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Sara Gibbs is Scary Enough Already @sararoseg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I’ve decided for every £1k we raise, I will include an additional beloved recipe. At £6k we’re playing for my Actual Sherbet Fountain Lemon Cupcakes! (Tastes how childhood birthday excitement feels but without the crushing aftertaste of disappointment)
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: ‘It’s an implicit threat’. Lord Tom Watson of Palantir writes to one of its biggest critics -Labour MP @labourlewis.bsky.social - to tell him the surveillance firm is watching him. www.thenerve.news/p/clive-lewi...
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They’re saying: we’re watching you’: MP Clive Lewis reveals Tom Watson has warned him over criticising Palantir
In a letter to his former Labour colleague, the peer, who joined Peter Thiel’s AI company this month, writes: ‘You have made the case against the company more or less continuously’. By Carole Cadwalla...
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Sara Gibbs is Scary Enough Already @sararoseg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It’s my birthday! What an incredible gift to wake up to this Crowdfunding figure. Thank you so bloody much! If anyone wants to give me a birthday gift, all I want this year is for the show to be funded: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/its-a-supe...
It's a Superpower??
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£5,550
Target: £30,000
139 supporters
18%
80 days left
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🟡 Print Edition Jason Arday and the Story Behind the Story of the Times’ ‘Impossible Data’ The newspaper of record failed to distinguish between corrections and retractions in the work of the late Cambridge University academic, fuelling the media firestorm that engulfed him.
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Jason Arday and the Story Behind the Story of the Times’ ‘Impossible Data’
The newspaper of record failed to distinguish between corrections and retractions in the work of the late Cambridge University academic, fuelling the media firestorm that engulfed him.
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Sara Gibbs is Scary Enough Already @sararoseg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
£440 to go by tomorrow night! Can we unlock the forbidden chocolate cake recipe??
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The Woodlouse (John Butler) @the-woodlouse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/its-a-supe...
crowdfunder.co.uk
It's a Superpower?? Season Two
To fund season 2 of It's a Superpower?? the first audio sitcom by & for autistic people - & pay our amazing team an industry rate
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Sara Gibbs is Scary Enough Already @sararoseg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Update: we are officially 15% funded!!!! You bloody ANGELS. We’re also significantly closer to that first £5k. This is SO much better than the no per cent funded I thought we’d be.
It's a Superpower??
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£4,520
Target: £30,000
15%
117 supporters
81 days left
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 29/09/2026
Your daily reminder - the Norwegian Consumer Council has really, really solid work on how to be anti-enshittification www.forbrukerradet.no/breakingfree/
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Breaking Free
In the new report Breaking Free: Pathways to a fair technological future, the Norwegian Consumer Council has delved into enshittification and how to resist it.
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Cos Michael @cosmichael.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'l be facilitating the A2ndVoice hour of chat for older #Autistic people this week. It's an informal peer group chat, so we welcome #autisticelders aged 50yrs & over. Thursday, 1st Oct, 6-7pm. The subject is What we eat. It's free, but register at us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #AutisticElders
Poster for Autistic Adults Aged 50+ years meet ups. Session on Thursday 1st Oct, 6 -7 pm. Subject: What we eat. This session will be led by Cos Michael
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REwadent Evil @ewacat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
and yet they're forever claiming they're the majority, speaking out for the women being silenced lol
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Esusina @sina21.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
She should not have needed to say this. People are ridiculous. Yes she’s older. People age. Aging is much better than the alternative. Aging graciously is a blessing. Aging without health issues is a blessing. Pray you can one day be as blessed.
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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 28/09/2026
A very funny thing is happening where our lovely autistic audience is so horrified with the weird numbers that everyone’s trying to fix it at once, causing further weird numbers. Have we accidentally stumbled on the world’s most neurodivergent marketing strategy???
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 28/09/2026
Carly responded to a Bluesky post two years ago when I was in a panic and needed someone to do some really basic photoshop. Instead she came up with illustrations that shaped how the publication looked. Do send her more work if you need actual talented human illustration.
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Vanna🌻🍉 @vannas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The byline of this article is shameful. News like this aren't about the effects of optics in UK politics but about the 500.000 people that are now risking famine as a direct, immediate consequence
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Arnbeg Farmstay @arnbegfarmstay.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Who reacts the same when someone opens a packet of biscuits? 🤭 #arnbegfarmstayscotland #angoragoats
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Times this morning. Me in December last year. It was pretty damn obvious this would happen to anyone who did the maths. samf.substack.com/p/the-oversh...
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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ah yes the circle of life
• Dispatched
Sep 25 23:03 pm
In Transit
Sep 26 09:52 am
Delayed
Sep 26 10:57 am
Held By Carrier
Sep 26 15:07 pm
Destroyed
Sep 26 15:08 pm
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Mark Ruskell @markruskell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The SSPCA are an irreplaceable ‘blue light’ service for all animals, it’s more important than ever that a funding solution is found 🐾 www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/sspca-p...
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SSPCA plunges into £5.5m crisis with soaring costs and plunging donations
The SSPCA insists the 2025 deficit came after it deliberately invested more in tackling neglect and cruelty as the number of animals needing help rises.
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