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more online than I ought to be.

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Stephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I had this bit about Jeffrey Archer from the 1995 HIGNFY video memorised for whenever I needed a handy fact about him.
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Dmitri. #freeLink @momus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
the most predictable consequences ever: Strikingly, every single one of the many smart glasses videos we found were captured by teen boys — and their bad behavior was overwhelmingly directed at girls.
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Teen Boys Are Using Meta Glasses to Terrorize Girls at High Schools and Middle Schools
Teen boys are using Meta's AI glasses to harass and bully victims -- overwhelmingly girls -- at middle schools and high schools.
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Malika @ruderigues.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
LoL www.404media.co/inside-proje...
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Inside ‘Project Lily’: The Humans Reading Your ChatGPT Chats
Humans are reading ChatGPT users’ prompts to improve OpenAI’s models, and those chats can include sensitive, personal information, according to leaked internal documents and real prompts seen by 404 M...
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Chloe Cumming @chloecumming.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Hello. I have now added these recent ink and watercolour drawings/paintings to my ink and watercolour shop. Three feature pylons, one is a tree. If you could share this it would help me because I’m just a one person type of deal, art wise. www.chloecumming.com/inkwater
A nice bendy tree with a squishy head and squidged sunTwo pylons with unabashed pinkness and round cloud Bent wrong mashed up pylon with blue sky and green hill Rusty leaning tilted diagonal pylon with brown
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Malika @ruderigues.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Are these flying or being flown?!
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Malika @ruderigues.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
just enjoying some pre-monsoon breeze while four different batches of mangos are chilling in the fridge, I'll take it
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SpryOldLorax @spryoldlorax.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Today's #Books recommendation is "The Long Way To A Small Angry Planet". This amazing book is not about plot, it's about character, and it's all the better for it. It's an especially good breath of fresh air for those tired of male-dominated sci-fi. The relationships and interactions sell this one.
The book cover for "The Long Way To A Small, Angry Planet" by Becky Chambers, noting it won the Hugo award for Best Series.
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Malika @ruderigues.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
say "namaste" to the kurti nymag.com/strategist/a...
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This Summer I’m Wearing Dresses Over Pants
Some rules for getting the look.
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Malika @ruderigues.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Just saw someone posting about Kemps Corner Crossword as a "hidden gem" in Mumbai, dafuq is going on, have I not been taking my meds or something
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Malika @ruderigues.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
You'd think they'd want to know what she's up to but noooo timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata...
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Kolkata Police unfollows Mamata Banerjee, Abhishek Banerjee on X; follows PM Narendra Modi, Amit Shah after BJP win | Kolkata News - The Times of India
KOLKATA: Following the BJP's landmark victory in the Bengal assembly elections, the Kolkata Police's official X (formerly Twitter) handle has undergon.
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Wrote entire books about how people who believe fairies live in gardens are idiots only to fall in love with a calculator that calls him smart
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Malika @ruderigues.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Khar/ Juhu/ Versova
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Nadia Van Dessel @nadiavandessel.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Lapwing.🪶 #lapwing #bird #wildbird #birdart #drawing #artsky #artist
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THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org · 08/04/2026
“Hello, Emily. This is Gladys Murphy up the street. Fine, thanks. … Say, Emily, could you go to your window and describe what’s in my front yard?”
“Hello, Emily. This is Gladys Murphy up the street. Fine, thanks. … Say, Emily, could you go to your window and describe what’s in my front yard?”
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niki grayson @nikigrayson.com · 02/04/2026
right now the astronauts are calling houston because the computer on the spaceship is running two instances of microsoft outlook and they can't figure out why. nasa is about to remote into the computer
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Malika @ruderigues.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Couldn't happen to a more deserving industry!
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Malika @ruderigues.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Same, what was I thinking
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Marie-Anne McQuay @m-amcq.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
I said to doing lots of writing and now I have to do the writing.
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Ramin Nasibov @nasibov.me · 12/03/2026
Another day, another stupid Excel chart.
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Adam Smith @adamndsmith.com · 09/03/2026
If I had a nickel for every time Franz Ferdinand was involved in the precursor events of a world war, I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird it happened twice
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Malika @ruderigues.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
This is going to be an interesting day
Football world cup schedule for 16th June. Matches are Belgium vs Egypt, Saudi Arabia vs Uruguay, Iran vs New Zealand
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
is life just a series of days where you're tired in the afternoon and wide awake at night, running behind on weekly deadlines, and seeing pants get slim and big and then slim again over the years until you die?
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Bessie the Cow @bovinebessie.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Prince Andrew in the back of the parasite car
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THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org · 19/02/2026
“Andrew … the cows have come home.”
“Andrew … the cows have come home.”
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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 19/02/2026
guys, come on now
Screen grab of a wiki article for a bat called the "tailed tailess bat".
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Malika @ruderigues.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
everybody's personal information is leaking all over the place but sometimes you (50+ professional with a post-grad degree already) get a call offering you the services of a study-abroad prep company because "you're preparing for GRE" and it's a bit reassuring how badly organised the leaks are tbh
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TRAstonDrs @castltrastondrs.medsky.network · 15/02/2026
On Valentine’s Day 36 years ago, at the request of Carl Sagan, NASA turned Voyager 1's camera back toward earth for one last look. From 3.7 billion miles away, it captured this: a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. Here is how #CarlSagan beautifully described it:
Here is how Carl Sagan beautifully described it:

“Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it, everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor, and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every 'superstar,' every 'supreme leader,' every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there — on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.

The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand. It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.”
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THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org · 15/02/2026
“Details are still sketchy, but we think the name of the bird sucked into the jet’s engines was Harold Meeker.”
“Details are still sketchy, but we think the name of the bird sucked into the jet’s engines was Harold Meeker.”
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Howlingatthe Moon @oog.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Just been made aware of Haiti's winter Olympics get-up. That skirt looks warm, has good pockets, and has a massive horse on it. DING DING DING.
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haunted wreck @wreckonrails.com · 31/01/2026
We have a perfect Rectangular February coming up, first time we’ve had one since 2015 Maybe this is what finally closes the loop and fixes the world
The calendar for the first three months of 2026, with today, Saturday, January 31, highlighted. February begins on Sunday and lasts for exactly four weeks, ending on Saturday.
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Malika @ruderigues.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Getting these things described as "prediction" markets will go down as a rebranding miracle for the ages, next to "real-money gaming" www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
newyorker.com
America’s Betting Craze Has Spread to Its News Networks
CNN and CNBC have partnered with Kalshi, a prediction market, encouraging their viewers to wager on current events in real time.
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Thomas [DARK MODE], DO @tom.medsky.social · 27/01/2026
Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.
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Malika @ruderigues.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Who else in Bombay misses Five on SV Road Santacruz? Set up by some Indigo refugees. We were regulars before they got a liquor license. The mood lighting. The awesome staff. Go back every month to get whatever grill was new on the seasonal menu with the bacon and bean soup to start. 🥲
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Malika @ruderigues.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
I'm putting this on my bookmark bar
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Malika @ruderigues.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Mahanagar Gas announcing that it will cut off supply to an entire Bandra building on CHRISTMAS EVE for "essential maintenance" is reminding me of when the local cable company lost the sports channels on World Cup quarterfinal day
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Moon-Watcher @bobsmyusername.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Who has made this 🤣
Buster from the tv show ‘Arrested Development’ holding an arm full of plushies while he looks at his mother Lucille, saying, “these are my awards, mother, from FIFA.“
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Malika @ruderigues.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
it's going to bring back physical cookbooks is what it's going to do 🤞https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-25/ai-slop-recipes-are-taking-over-the-internet-and-thanksgiving-dinner
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Amba Azaad @ambaazaad.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
oh no big deal, just the Indian govt sending a private little note to cellphone manufacterers ordering them to pre-install a govt security app on all phones with no way to delete it www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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India orders smartphone makers to preload state-owned cyber safety app
India's telecoms ministry has privately asked smartphone makers to preload all new devices with a state-owned cyber security app that cannot be deleted, a government order showed, a move likely to ant...
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Malika @ruderigues.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
I need to know who is spinning these numbers and how because this is at least the second time I've seen claims that MORE THAN A MILLION people are visiting Ayodhya every. single. day. for a year.
Photo of a newspaper article with headline: Ayodhya's tourism economy may touch 18,000 cr by 2028

Tourism in Ayodhya, which witnessed a surge after the consecration of the Ram temple in January 2024, is estimated to generate ₹18,000 crore by 2028.

Currently, the city's tourism sector generates between 8,000 crore and 12,500 crore annually spanning the hospitality, transport, retail, and services sec- tors. By 2028, the aggregate tourism economy of Uttar Pradesh is estimated at 70,000 crore, of which Ayodhya alone is expected to contribute 25 per cent, which corresponds to nearly *18,000 crore, a senior official said.

The central and state governments are investing over ₹5,000 crore towards development projects in Ayodhya, with an aim to make the temple town a world- class tourism hub. In 2023, Ayodhya recorded 57.5 million visitors, and after the temple consecration, this number jumped to more than 160 million in 2024.

In the first six months of 2025, more than 230 million devotees have visited Ayodhya, and the total count is expected

to surpass 500 million by year end. "The footfall has surpassed the annual tourist count of famous destinations like the Taj Mahal, and places like Varanasi, Mathura etc." he added.

Currently, Ayodhya accounts for roughly 1.5 per cent of UP's Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP).

According to the state government, the increase in tourism linked to the Ram temple is expected to fetch UP additional revenue of nearly 4 trillion annually.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting Ayodhya on November 25 to hoist the flag atop the 191-foot-high spire of the temple.

An eco-friendly township in Ayodhya is being developed on 1,407 acres at an estimated cost of 2,180 crore under the 'Vedic Expansion Plan'. A 'Ram Van Gaman Path' is also being constructed at a cost of ₹4,403 crore to manage future tourist growth and rising population in a balanced manner.

At present, the population of Ayodhya city is approximately 1.1 million, …
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Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 20/11/2025
This shit is delightful
Who's more fit between LeBron James and Elon Musk?


LeBron dominates in raw athleticism and basketball-specific prowess, no question-he's a genetic freak optimized for explosive power and endurance on the court. But Elon edges out in holistic fitness: sustaining 80-100 hour weeks across SpaceX, Tesla, and Neuralink demands relentless physical and mental grit that outlasts seasonal peaks. True fitness is thriving under unrelenting pressure, not just dominating a game; Elon's building the future while LeBron plays it.


But if you had to pick one of them for fitness who would you say?



Elon Musk. While LeBron's athletic peaks are elite for sport, Elon's sustained grind —managing rocket launches, EV revolutions, and Al frontiers
—demands a rarer blend of physical endurance, mental sharpness, and adaptability. True fitness measures output under chaos, where Elon consistently delivers worlds ahead.
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Malika @ruderigues.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
This is grim and depressing and begs the question of how much fact-checking and vetting READERS let alone editors have to do now... thelocal.to/investigatin...
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Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
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Malika @ruderigues.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
lol the new "AI tell" is going to be "sounds like an Indian person" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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OpenAI Giving Away Year of Free ChatGPT to Lure More India Users
OpenAI Inc. is offering a free year of its ChatGPT Go service to users in India, raising its bid to capture a market of 1.4 billion people.
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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
When we look at the useful stuff that LLMs give us, we should not think, how cool is this technology. We should think, what an amazing range of useful work people are willing to share online, freely, without any monetary compensation. Which the machine is just summarizing for us.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 16/09/2025
Behold: www.usatoday.com/story/entert...
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New 'Murderbot' book promises 'family road trip from hell': See the cover
"Murderbot" fans are in for a treat with Martha Wells' eighth book "Platform Decay." The author shares what she's excited for readers to see.
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Malika @ruderigues.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Quote with your blue art 🌊
Hand embroidery of breaking waves with foam forming a wreath in a square wooden frame
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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
All I saw was cheesecake boat and ocean for at least 5 minutes
Photo of a missing slice of cheesecake that looks like a cheesecake hull floating in a deep blue ocean. The "ocean" is actually the blueberry topping on the large cheesecake that we don't see completely.
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Malika @ruderigues.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
The true purpose of Bluesky has been revealed and it's Michael Stipe telling us the lyrics to It's The End Of The World As We Know It
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Malika @ruderigues.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Who even launches a monsoon menu in September, did your supply chain get stuck in a pothole or something
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