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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
this would be an incredible film if you started it with all the normal serial killer hunting tropes
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Sara Gibbs @sararoseg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
He imposed Shania Law
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Tom Powdrill @tompowdrill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We're right up at the edge here. An MP and deputy leader of a political party playing footsie with the idea it's ok for a street gang to take the law into their own hands
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Have you ever tried to read a scientific journal article and been told “you don’t have access, pay to download this article?” Did you know that the author of that article gets $0 if you pay? Instead, you can email the author and ask for a free copy! I’d be delighted to help and answer questions!
Screenshot of a scientific journal paywall
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.”
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Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics. This is called anthropomorphizing, when we ascribe human traits, emotions or behaviors to non-human things, such as animals or inanimate objects.
Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.
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shirvill.bsky.social @shirvill.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"500 million years ago, there were these separate neural systems, which now almost operate as one, which is very cool.” news.stanford.edu/stories/2026...
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The human brain is two separate organs, study finds
Scientists have viewed the brain as one organ for centuries. A Stanford Medicine-led discovery challenging that view could advance research into ALS, spinal muscular atrophy, and other neurological di...
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shirvill.bsky.social @shirvill.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This summer in London would've had even the expat Aussies there saying 'Crikey, this is hot!' 🥵
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shirvill.bsky.social @shirvill.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Anything he says, no-one's sure if it's ignorance, malice, or a joke in terrible taste. Any one should be disqualifying, but not knowing which it is seems to be a barrier to doing something about it.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Reform leaders in Wales: Mark Reckless: Tory, then UKIP, then Tory (again), then Independent, then Brexit Party, then Abolish the Welsh Assembly (his own job), then Independent (again) and then Reform Nathan Gill: 10 years for accepting pro-Kremlin bribes Dan Thomas: arrested for assault
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 15/09/2026
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston: "That's what the lifeboat does. It saves lives at sea. That's its job." "And this is an international duty. Everyone who goes to sea knows, in the event of someone being in difficulty, you go to their assistance." The abuse the RNLI have faced is a disgrace.
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shirvill.bsky.social @shirvill.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
How can the FBI recruit more? Make a better environment for women? Nah. Engage marginalised communities? Never! What about that one applicant who f*$&s goats? "Great American!" Every Trump appointee has one job: Destroy any credibility their dept once had.
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Easy to donate: rnli.org/support-us/g...
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The Policy Institute @policyatkings.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
NEW: London has among the lowest violent crime rates in England & Wales, tops a ranking of best cities, and pays more in tax than it gets back – but the public overestimate crime risk, underestimate its standing, and don't know it's a net fiscal contributor. Our latest Mistaken Britain study ⬇️
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London misperceptions: public often wrong on capital's crime, quality of life, contribution to public finances and Muslim population | King's College London
A third believe there are "no-go" areas ruled by Sharia law
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Tom Wilson @feedthedrummer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This does suggest Britain is a) very good at integration b) actively attracts the world's smart and ambitious people who want to get on and do well for themselves Both of these are very good, competitive qualities to have and should be celebrated.
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shirvill.bsky.social @shirvill.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Just when I think these basement brownshirts couldn't be any less British, they come for the lifesaving volunteers of the RNLI. How fucking dare they.
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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I am bloody proud to be an #RNLI supporter and member! These brilliant men and women have quite enough to cope with without being harassed by the scum of the earth. Their only concern is to help people in danger at sea - not check passports first! Which is how it should be. Please RT if you agree🙏
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shirvill.bsky.social @shirvill.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Oh, to be a buoyant brown bear blowing bubbles in Bristol Bay!
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Farage was - once again - lying when he said counter terrorism police had delayed his speech because of threats. West Midlands police confirm they gave no such advice.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 03/09/2026
‘"The general pattern seems to be that with wealth and rising power, you become less engaged with the needs of others and less burdened by the needs of social relationships," Piff [the study author] said.’
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Oh, goddammit.
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shirvill.bsky.social @shirvill.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
'Mr Taylor insisted teaching consent was important, while calling for a "degree of balance". "The idea that we have a balanced curriculum being run at the moment, that there are not agendas being run by some teachers, I think is wrong," he told the ABC.' www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
Goose chase meme, with goose asking "What should we balance consent against?"
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shirvill.bsky.social @shirvill.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Who on earth looks at how the US is going recently and thinks, "Let's be more like that!"?
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shirvill.bsky.social @shirvill.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Make your favorite film sound as boring as possible without giving away the title: Adopted farm boy leaves home for the first time, runs into his twin sister and their dad.
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shirvill.bsky.social @shirvill.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Either they admire how Trump is like Hitler, or the US *education dept* failed to recognise Churchill and who he's talking about and just liked the comparison to a predator that can't be reasoned with.
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 27/08/2026
Twenty years on from Gardasil vaccine launch, Australia on track to eliminate cervical cancer
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Australia on track to eliminate cervical cancer 20 years on from vaccine launch
Twenty years on from the launch of the world-first vaccine against cervical cancer, Australian Immunisation Register data shows HPV vaccine coverage for girls and girls is dropping.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 25/08/2026
PS: Today is a very fine day to donate to the Imagination Library. imaginationlibrary.com
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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AU
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.
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shirvill.bsky.social @shirvill.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The USA is not 'far bigger' than Canada. Canada = 9,984,670 km² US = 9,826,675 km². Map projections are weird, yes, but most of the world covers that in primary school.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 22/08/2026
Fat Marmot Week — beginning Monday — is mostly just for fun, but it also has a serious side: Scientists need to drum up donations for their long-running research into the rodents to keep it going through federal funding cuts. bit.ly/4qxACCE #APPhoto by Brittany Peterson
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shirvill.bsky.social @shirvill.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Spolier for Batman annual Sept. 2026, feat. Lobo, by @tomtaylormade.bsky.social. Any resemblance to real bastiches, living or dead, is purely coincidental?
Batman telling an alien, "Your president is a deeply, deeply unpopular person. He would have been voted out of power soon, so he did something that is all too common in worlds and nations beyond this one. What so many pathetic dictators have done when they feel threatened. He hurt the people and blamed an outsider for their pain. He created a common enemy and manufactured a war with a technologically weaker foe that could have cost billions of lives. All because his ego couldn't handle how utterly despised he is."
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
BBC slammed over pushing Reform UK propaganda yet again Overly eager to air Reform's latest press conference, the BBC displayed an empty podium for the better part of an hour. What the hell was this??? www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
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BBC slammed over pushing Reform UK propaganda yet again
Overly eager to air Reform's latest press conference, the BBC displayed an empty podium for the better part of an hour. What the hell?
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Happy 10 year anniversary of the best mic drop on Twitter. Hard to believe it’s been so long! Congrats @astrokatie.com

Katie Mack @AstroKatie
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Honestly climate change scares the heck out of me and it makes me so sad to see what we're losing because of it.

Gary P Jackson (RAT) @gary4205
@AstroKatie Maybe you should learn some actual SCIENCE then, and stop listening to the criminals pushing the #GlobalWarming SCAM!

Katie Mack @AstroKatie
@gary4205 | dunno, man, I already went and got a PhD in astrophysics.
Seems like more than that would be overkill at this point.
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shirvill.bsky.social @shirvill.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
So much of the modern would would be incomprehensible to the US founding fathers, but building a golden palace while your navy starves is probably something they had a firm view on.
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shirvill.bsky.social @shirvill.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
"Cory Bernardi is a 56-year-old man who is bullying teenagers and high-schoolers, calling them slurs, recording them without their consent" www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
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Cory Bernardi condemned for anti-trans slur, labelling protesters 'incels'
Derogatory comments from One Nation MP Cory Bernardi have been condemned by organisers of an anti-One Nation rally at SA parliament.
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shirvill.bsky.social @shirvill.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Introduce yourself as what almost killed you. I'm ice cube, but not the rapper. I'm also steps, but not the 90s dance-pop group.
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shirvill.bsky.social @shirvill.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
It's bin day, Clacton. Take out the rubbish 🗑
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shirvill.bsky.social @shirvill.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"We just don't want these people being in charge of this country" ✊️ www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Nothing says "legitimate concerns about children's wellbeing" than depriving a 10 year old child of medication prescribed by qualified professionals and broadcasting the results to millions of strangers. My critique of this whole debacle: theneuroscienceofeverydaylife.substack.com/p/some-quest...
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Some Questions for Channel 4, about their documentary ‘The Great ADHD Myth?’
Channel 4 have announced a new documentary exploring the ‘myth’ of ADHD. There are so many questions they need to answer about this incredibly reckless endeavour.
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shirvill.bsky.social @shirvill.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
"Make your votes Count" Very good 👏
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Do you want to hazard a guess at what this “jaw-dropping” list of freebies included? What luxuries asylum seekers might be being given “for free” in Thetford? Xboxes? Plasma TVs? iPhones? Ferraris? Let's take a look👀 🧵 1/22
Express headline: The jaw-dropping list of everything asylum seekers in Thetford were 'given for free'.
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shirvill.bsky.social @shirvill.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Brand damage
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 07/08/2026
Well said! The world is increasingly more dangerous- a closer relationship with the EU helps to keep Britain safe.
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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Some Questions for Channel 4, about their documentary ‘The Great ADHD Myth?’ theneuroscienceofeve... Channel 4 have many questions to answer about their upcoming 'documentary'. Here are some of the most pressing (and snarky, because when dealing with brutal cynicism, why not join in?) #ADHD #C4
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shirvill.bsky.social @shirvill.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
As if we didn't already know, a new study at Uni Washington of >2.5 million US children finds NO LINK between receiving the MMR vaccine before age 2 and being diagnosed with autism: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42520244/
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shirvill.bsky.social @shirvill.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
"Husbands are getting their wives to join clubs so they can share the weapons if the Qld govt do put a limit on them." That doesn't sound like women 'joining the sport', ABC... www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2...
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Citizenship rule takes effect amid spike in Qld gun licence applications
New restrictions on who can own guns in Queensland come into effect today, amid a spike in new applications to register weapons.
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shirvill.bsky.social @shirvill.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
If you ever find yourself putting a question mark in a title, ask yourself, 'Am I trying to pass off bullshit as plausible for clicks/views?' Read up on @ianbetteridge.com's law and do better.
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shirvill.bsky.social @shirvill.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
🎶 "If you weave me now, you'll take away the biggest part of me..."
Wicker man from upcoming movie, Wicker
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 01/08/2026
Okay, let it
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shirvill.bsky.social @shirvill.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Perfectly accurate.
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shirvill.bsky.social @shirvill.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
It's a valuable skill, but why are heavier dogs worth more? 😉
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👻👹 boo-rit 👹👻 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
christ if that’s not a metaphor for our times
reuters: 

Sunken Nazi warships resurface as water levels drop
Scuttled German WW2 warships have reemerged from the Danube in drought-hit Europe.
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