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@shroomdraws.bsky.social
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Reader, writer (poetry and prose), teacher-librarian, scribbler, avid rock climber, and lover of the outdoors. On Gadigal land, sovereignty never ceded.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 20/05/2026
Israeli security minister stirs diplomatic outrage with flotilla activist abuse video
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Israeli security minister stirs diplomatic outrage with flotilla activist abuse video
Far-right figure Itamar Ben-Gvir shares footage of himself taunting bound international detainees Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has sparked a diplomatic crisis by publishing footage of Israeli security forces abusing international activists who were detained as they tried to sail to Gaza with aid. There was a rapid and furious response from countries whose citizens were on board the boats, including the UK, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and Ireland, in many cases delivered in person from the top of government. Continue reading...
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em @foremphasis.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
It's interesting how The Daily Wire attacks the idea that gender is a performance when their sets are all about gender performance. Look at the aesthetics here — the cigars and crystal decanter with Japanese whiskey, the black dress shirt, the tight suit with two-toned double monks and tie bar ...
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
The Iranian warship that was bombed by the US was unarmed www.middleeasteye.net/news/iranian...
An Iranian warship destroyed in a US torpedo strike on Wednesday was "defenceless" and participating in an international naval exercise as a guest of the Indian navy, according to reports.

Former Indian Foreign Secretary Kanwal Sibal said “the Iranian ship will not be where it was if we had not invited it to talk [sic] part in our Milan exercise”. Sibal added that because it was taking part in an exercise “it was defenceless”.

Indian politician Supriya Shrinate said on social media: "These Iranian navy men parading at an event in India, were our guests. Invited by us.

"US submarine targeted their ship and killed them while they were returning home."

Shrinate also criticised Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his failure to make a statement on the attack.
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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Just thinking about what we could do with a billion dollars a day that doesn’t include bombing people.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
kind of crazy that if you have enough money and don't like what you see in the media, you can just buy up every film studio, news station, and social media app and change it
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Sonans @sojaya.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Well this is why reporting matters, numbers matter. Ffs #auspol
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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
“Earth is a pleasure cruise for 1000 people and we're all just the staff.”
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
AOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are building—and have built—a black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.
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Richard Baker @bakerart.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
An old watercolour sketch of Cambridge Trinity Street. I must admit that populating the streets with people in their may ball finery did well for sales at a time when I really needed the money! #Cambridge #TrinityStreet #MayBall
The gents' outfitters on the left is no longer in Trinity Street. The grey shop frontage in the middle distance is Heffers, a wonderful bookshop: long may it survive. I think this one is sold.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/02/2026
Goldman to Lyons: "You said in your opening statement that references to ICE as 'the Gestapo' or 'secret police' encourages threats against ICE agents. The problem is you have it backwards. People are simply making valid observations about your tactics, which are un-American and outright fascist."
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🍄 shroomdrawsandwrites @shroomdraws.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Poem of the month
Poem by Eleanor Brown (text)
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🍄 shroomdrawsandwrites @shroomdraws.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
As usual, economic ignorance bordering on willful from the 'Coalition'
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
James Paterson displaying total ignorance of how economic projections are done #PointLive live.thepoint.com.au
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The Point Live: Angus Taylor, supporters, expected to make moves on Liberal leadership
All eyes are on Angus Taylor who is expected to resign from the shadow front bench ahead of his leadership challenge against Sussan Ley. All the day's events, with factchecks, as it happens.
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your friend dusti @dusti.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Launch sports betting into the FUCKING SUN.
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geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
i love european olympics opening ceremonies. the second the ioc names a european host city the prime minister calls the culture minister into their office and says "find me your strangest homosexuals. give each of them a period of our great nation's history, a kilo of cocaine, and Ten Million Euros"
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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Across Australia: protest the visit of Israeli president Isaac Herzog on Monday 9 February. We will not be complicit in genocide. #Auspol #Gaza
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Australia Palestine Advocacy Network (APAN) | Australia Palestine Advocacy Network - APAN
The Australia Palestine Advocacy Network (APAN) is a national coalition harnessing the community’s passion for Palestinian freedom, justice and self determination. More info on Palestine solidarity ev...
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Israel told the UN to stay away from those areas for 9 hours while it kills all plant life. This is a war crime, and Israel is so comfortable committing war crimes that they announce them in advance.
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Bony 🦴 Skeletino 💀 @notalegalrecord.net · 06/02/2026
me, librarian: I think information should be organized and structured logically so that searches are high in precision and recall tech industry, 2000: nope, keyword searching and opaque relevance rankings are what you’ll get … tech industry, 2026: now you’ll just get fake hallucinatory text
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 20/01/2026
we're getting all the downsides of cyberpunk (social alienation, ruthless hyper capitalism, digital mass surveillance state) but none of the promised upsides (cheap street food, cool jackets, super drugs that make you really fast and strong before they kill you)
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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
This makes me feel more patriotic than the national anthem ever could
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Ryan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
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tante @tante.cc · 05/12/2025
"Great technology does more than solve problems. It weaves itself into the world we inhabit." Sure. But the same is true for the most vile or broken technology.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 30/11/2025
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Diaries are uniquely suited to preserving our individual lives and imaginations,” Lily Koppel writes in a guest essay. “There’s no way this form of thinking could ever truly be replaced by A.I.”
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Opinion | How Diaries Can Help Beat Back Artificial Intelligence
In a world taken over by the digital, hard-copy, handwritten diaries are a way to fight back.
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
everyone gets so mad at the mods here for doing basic mod shit. sometimes you gotta make a little murder joke and eat a three day ban for it. that’s life baby, there’s beauty in that.
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 10/11/2025
Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
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🍄 shroomdrawsandwrites @shroomdraws.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Nice little reminder that while I'm enjoying longer days in my hemisphere and looking forward to them lengthening, people on the other side of the world are experiencing the exact opposite.
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 03/09/2025
enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
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Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
I’m convinced that introverts are more likely to develop smoking habits because we want an excuse to get away from people for ten minutes
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Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Me: I want to write something > doesn’t write something Me: I want to code something > doesn’t code something Me: I want to reply to messages > doesn’t reply to messages Me: I want to do something I like > doesn’t do something I like Why am I like this
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Boze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
People are reading AI-generated synopses of books and then claiming they read 100 books in a week. This is how the abolition of books began in Fahrenheit 451: classics were condensed into five-minute summaries for those too busy to do the reading. Later came the burnings.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
imagine fleeing the Vietnam War and in your arms you're carrying a baby who will one day grow up to correct the US Secretary of Defense on his jeans. like bringing a football into the end zone
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dr. hazel 🕸️🕷️ @hazelmonforton.com · 01/08/2025
“Some of us aren’t creative enough to brainstorm without ChatGPT!” Well then maybe you should sit this one out.
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SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
authors that are very good, but it's a slight red flag if they're your favorite: dfw cormac mccarthy nabokov bret easton ellis who am i missing
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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
I've just done a roughly one min task that I've been putting off for about two weeks and has been eating away at my sanity, sleep and nerves. I feel completely relieved. If you see this, it's your sign to do that thing you've been putting off.
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Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
I am posting this once again because it’s the most beautiful infographic ever and it makes me happy
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Evolution of the Alphabet from Ancient Scripts to Modern Latin
This infographic from UsefulCharts.com, titled 'Evolution of the Alphabet', illustrates the transformation of letters from their earliest forms to the modern Latin script. The chart is structured in r...
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Trick Weekes @trickweekes.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Just upgraded to a new version of Acrobat, and... look. I am reading a friend's NOVEL. Something I WANT to read. For ENJOYMENT. Fuck off into the sun and take your designer with you.
Screencap showing menu bar. Top bar: All Tools | Edit | Convert | E-Sign

Second row: "This appears to be a long document. Save time by reading a summary."
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Gef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
ACAB includes people who won't lie as a reference for a friend
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 23/05/2025
I am writing this with a pencil – it could be an author’s last line of defence against AI | Luke Beesley
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I am writing this with a pencil – it could be an author’s last line of defence against AI | Luke Beesley
My habit is quaint, I know, and there are downsides – but for those who value literature, the focus will shift to this: how do we prove we didn’t use AI?
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Just starting Doppelgänger from @naomiaklein.bsky.social and already this gem about why things feel so weird: “It's because our world has changed, but, like a collective case of jet lag, most of us are still attuned to the rhythms and habits of the place left behind.”
The image features the cover of the book "Doppelganger" by Naomi Klein. The title is prominently displayed in multiple lines with a distorted design. A circular blue sticker states "Women's Prize Shortlisted 2024".
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
This day keeps getting better.
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education, sent Harvard a letter. They graded it. Bwahahaha.
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Gef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
getting kicked out of the Vatican because I keep blowing my weed smoke out the window and getting everyone all excited
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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
I’m sorry but if your students use AI to write papers and you use AI to grade them zero school is happening. You are running together on a hamster wheel
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
This, in a sense, is the point of capital. You cannot demand dignity, justice, freedom when you're worried about what you are going to feed your kid. It has always been a manufactured scarcity in the wealthiest country in the world. Uncle Karl taught us that two centuries ago.
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🍄 shroomdrawsandwrites @shroomdraws.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
BREAKING: AI generated images add an extra level of cringe to overly simplistic boomer memes, Gen Alpha reportedly having to change apps completely when the cringe becomes overwhelming
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🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ>∿<ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
you have to walk your brain like an ornery little dog
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Gef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Me to my cats when I'm in a depressive episode
Still from the television show King of the Hill showingBill Dale Hank and Boomhauer standing in the alley, Hank is saying "Y'all ever think about death?"
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Dr. Han VanderHart @hanvanderhart.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
“Maybe the ice has gone out since you last looked, or the red-wings have come back, or the fiddleheads have begun to straighten their necks. There’s plenty going on.” Jane Kenyon
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