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Wikimedia UK @wikimediauk.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
One of the driest summers on record, and almost none of it is in the free, permanent public record. If you're in an affected part of England or Wales, upload your photos to Wikimedia Commons and help us complete the record 👇
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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Tree, Kew, London. Planted 1881. Died 2022, aged 141. Probable cause of death: man-made climate change.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 30/07/2026
As you canvas everything the war in Iran is fucking up, I bet you never even thought of this one! The ships idling in the strait are undergoing "biofouling," picking up all kinds of invasive organisms that they are going to spread everywhere once they're released.
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Ships stranded by war could cause marine ‘superspreader’ event, study warns
Scientists warn of unintentional risks from idle ships sitting for months in the Strait of Hormuz.
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Damien Le Berrigaud [IC] @damo.io · 30/07/2026
Somehow reminds me the stickers from @scottwlaschin.bsky.social with: F# |> I ❤️
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Lapworth Museum of Geology @lapworthmuseum.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
It has been 10 years since we re-opened the Museum to the public, after an 18-month closure as part of a £2.7 million redevelopment and expansion. 1/4
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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
My two cents www.liberalcurrents.com/youre-not-cr...
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You're Not Crazy. America Has Gone Mad
American politics has become so insane that being reasonable feels like a malady, and MAGA agrees.
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I respect France's commitment to not working on a holiday.
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Parsing Farage’s démarche farce. A day earlier than usual, new post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog on what little Brexit news there is but mainly on Farage's 'resignation' and the deeper issues of defining democracy and of cryptocurrencies: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/pars...
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Neil Carpenter @neilcar.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
This is great. It's. been awhile since I've laughed so bitterly. inpreparation.substack.com/p/opinion-i-...
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Opinion: I Was Not Allowed To Type Prompts Into ChatGPT During My Chalk Talk And This Is Discrimination
By Dr. Rachel Simmons, Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
CBS staff, you have one job and that is to incept Bari Weiss into believing she can win over Isaac Chotiner.
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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
If you are only going to read one thread today, make it this one. 👇
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Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts
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William French @wtfrench76.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Capital moved to Dunsinane? Burnham would!
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Scott Wlaschin @scottwlaschin.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Everyone is reposting "A Bigger Splash" today, but I think that his 80's LA stuff are his masterworks. "Pearblossom Highway", "Mulholland Drive", and "A Visit with Christopher and Don" are amazing.
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David Hockney @davidhockney.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Pearblossom Highway, 11th to 18th April 1986 No.2 www.wikiart.org/en/david-hockney/pe…
"Pearblossom Highway, 11th to 18th April 1986 No.2," by David Hockney, is a striking photomontage that captures a seemingly endless stretch of road in the California desert, emphasizing the convergence of multiple perspectives. The piece showcases Hockney's innovative use of photography to explore the relationship between perception and time, creating a dynamic and fragmented view of the landscape.
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Campaign win! Duchy of Cornwall announces plan to “double the extent of duchy-managed Atlantic rainforest on Dartmoor by the early 2040s” This means Black-a-Tor Copse, as well as Wistman’s Wood! A first step towards doubling rainforests across Dartmoor’s commons www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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‘A gesture towards nature’: call for Dartmoor’s temperate rainforest to double in size
Campaign comes as Duchy of Cornwall announces plan to expand small pockets of ancient woodland at two sites
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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 25/05/2026
Today has been the hottest day in May on record with Kew Gardens provisionally reaching 34.8°C - exceeding the previous highest May temperature in the UK by a full 2 degrees Celsius🌡️ This heat would be exceptional in the UK even in mid summer, let alone in May📈
A map of the UK showing a temperature of 34.8 degrees Celsius, recorded in Kew Gardens, London on Monday 25 May 2026
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Tomas Petricek @tomasp.net · 14/05/2026
My university has a fund for post-docs coming from abroad! If you are interested in working with me & our group on something related to programming systems and languages, from PL, HCI or historical & philosophical perspectives, get in touch (ideally in a few days...) See: cuni.cz/UKEN-178.html
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Junior Fund
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Scott Wlaschin @scottwlaschin.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Most people don't realize the size of Iran. It's helpful to see Iran vs Texas vs northern Europe at the same scale.
Map of IranMap of TexasMap of Northern Europe
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Jon Green @jongreen.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
given the modern conservative fascination with Sparta it's at least a little funny that they've engineered a situation in which Persia is able to level a dramatically uneven battlefield by forcing the conflict into a narrow pathway
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Dave Bagpuss Forsey 🍺 @bagpuss.org · 14/03/2026
Oh god this made me laugh so hard. Watch til the end.
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Harry Eccles @harryeccles.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Were raising money to fight and win the local elections in May on the IOW 💚 Can you spare a few quid? Thank you 🙏 actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
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Help elect more Green Councillors this May!
On May 7th 2026, 39 Isle of Wight Councillors and 1 Regional Mayor will be elected! Help us elect more Green councillors than ever before, and our first ever Green Mayor. By donating today you can he...
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Sophia Smith Galer @sophiasgaler.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Up there with one of my favourite things I’ve ever made. Episode 1 of Word For Word is here, and it’s with the inimitable poet Len Pennie. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnyl...
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The languages that shaped Len Pennie
YouTube video by Word For Word with Sophia Smith Galer
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Alex Shevrin Venet @asv.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
And have to share two @edutopia.org posts in a row because this one from @mrrablin.bsky.social is SO cool! I have never seen this seating-arrangement strategy before. www.edutopia.org/article/clas...
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An Unconventional Seating Plan Designed to Benefit Focus and Learning
After years of search and experimentation, this teacher finally hit on a room layout that allowed for efficient shifting between whole class, small group, and independent work.
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Neil Kaye @neilrkaye.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Come March, the buds on the tree's begin to burst, this #dataviz shows the timing of bud burst for different tree species across the UK. The black lines show the timing in the Spring for the years 2000 to 2025 and the blue line is the average day for that species.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
> @covie93.bsky.social
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Scott Wlaschin @scottwlaschin.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Some people, when confronted with a problem, think “I know, I’ll get my LLM to use regular expressions.” Now they have three problems.
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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
There hasn't been much media coverage outside the science media of the Epstein scientists. So I wrote about them here for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social. As many in science know, John Brockman was central in linking Epstein to scientific "public intellectuals". www.thenewworld.co.uk/philip-ball-...
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Epstein and the moral rot of US public intellectuals
The disgraced sex offender was able to gather a group of scientists and thinkers around him who shared his anti-woke, anti-women and Silicon Valley techno-fascist views. But it doesn’t end with Epstei...
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Fiona Watson @monsterfromid66.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
#WutheringHeights Sweepcliff.
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Rhiannon Giddens @rhiannongiddens.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Your #BanjoAunti is here with a special guest: Ed Helms! While filming “Ode to Mary Jo” Ed and I got to have some banjo time behind the scenes. Today we’re demonstrating the difference between clawhammer and Scruggs-style banjo.
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avanscoperta @avanscoperta.it · 16/02/2026
What if functional programming could solve your toughest Domain-Driven Design challenges? In the Domain Modeling Made Functional Workshop, @scottwlaschin.bsky.social shows how combining DDD with FP creates systems that are evolvable and business-aligned. www.avanscoperta.it/en/training/...
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Mike Schuster @mcs212.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Breaking: Tragedy at the Winter Olympics
Image of the Yeti in the skiing Windows game SkiFree eating the player
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K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 02/02/2026
The whole internet is cheering for Milkshake Duck, the formerly canceled duck who went on a successful redemption tour! *five seconds later* Are you fucking serious.
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Scott Wlaschin @scottwlaschin.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Screenshot below of why I love /r/AskHistorians. Proper ruthless mods!
/r/askhistorians has lots of deleted comments
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Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Watch an extra funky and extra heavy version of Rock On performed by David Essex with a live band on the Midnight Special in 1975 here 📺▶️ youtu.be/BT6RdovM1OI?...
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.NET @dot.net · 29/01/2026
A little F# goes a long way. The .NET Conf session “Smatterings of F#” is a joyful tour of pattern matching, pipelines, and the kind of expressive code that makes you rethink your next refactor. If you’ve been F#‑curious, this replay is a treat. 👉 Watch the session: buff.ly/y4zajBa
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text reads: .NET Conf 2025
Smatterings of F#
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Jess Rose @jesslynnrose.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
SOAS's food studies centre (which runs the anthropology of food masters I fantasise about) publish videos of their incredibly interesting seminars. Live cheese regulations! War economics and hunger! More incredibly specific nerdy food talks!
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SOAS Food Studies Centre
Videos of events held at the SOAS Food Studies Centre, SOAS, University of London - the world's leading institution for the study of Asia, Africa and the Mid...
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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
If I was the commander in chief of the Imperial hegemon I would simply not dismantle the network of military and diplomatic alliances, favourable trade deals, and broad cultural paramountcy that had made my nation the most wealthy and powerful the world has ever seen.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
just saying: it's possible that "I'm gonna dramatically constrict my state capacity while plotting dramatic imperial expansion, and expanding my set of internal enemies while alienating most of my foreign allies" is the beginning of a world-historical masterstroke. but also possible that it isn't
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Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Watch Design for Disaster, a 1962 Film That Shows Why Los Angeles Is Always at Risk of Devastating Fires
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Watch Design for Disaster, a 1962 Film That Shows Why Los Angeles Is Always at Risk of Devastating Fires
The New Yorker published this piece in 1989, when Los Angeles' fire season was 'a particularly early and bad one,' but it's one of many writings on the same phenomenon now circulating again, with the ...
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.
A 35 year old letter to the editor, written by a very ballsy 15 year old, about the Rodney King verdict.
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
We are Christopher Isherwood, watching the scenes in the Berlin street below from our apartment window above.
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Gareth Hanrahan @mytholder.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Like many others, I’m missing @tinstargames.bsky.social this morning. While I can’t claim to have known Steve that well, we’ve been moving in the same online circles for, god, I have no idea how long. Gaming Outpost? Usenet? He had a genius for wickedly clever little games. I especially love this:
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Scott Wlaschin @scottwlaschin.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
SCIF stands for Six Curtains Is Fine!
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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
The cynics think today's attack on Venezuela is staged and transactional. Maduro is allied with Putin, but in 2019 Putin offered Trump a swap: Russia cedes Venezuela and gets Ukraine. (See Fiona Hill's testimony in Trump's first impeachment trial, h/t @davetroy.com). Even Maduro may be in on it. 2/
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Tom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
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CEEFAUX @ceefaux.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
22.00 FILM: SNAKE ON A PLANE
Samuel L Jackson stars as a man on a 9-hour flight with nothing more than the simple game on his Nokia 3310 to keep him occupied.
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Sergey Tihon 🦔🦀 @sergeytihon.com · 27/12/2025
"F# Advent Calendar in English 2025" is complete and all slots are filled 🎉 #fsharp #fsadvent sergeytihon.com/2025/11/03/f...
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F# Advent Calendar in English 2025
🎄 It’s that magical time of year again! 🎅🏻Christmas is twinkling on the horizon, and that means one thing — it’s time for the 12th annual F# Advent in English! It’s incredible to think that our tra…
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Scott Wlaschin @scottwlaschin.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Part 2 of my "Designing Weaving Software" series is up. This time using generic and parameterized implementations to reduce duplication. #fsharp fsharpforfunandprofit.com/posts/design...
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Weaving design, part 2
Using generics to reduce duplication
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