Reposted by Simon (He/they)themboy insomniac @riotliturgist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026everyone on this earth but especially people who hold forth about media literacy absolutely must inscribe "your media literacy can't end at the subject at hand. there's a topic above the topic." directly onto their brain. tattoo it on the inside of your eyelids. 211747
Reposted by Simon (He/they)Matty! @mattythemouse.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Casual reminder: this guy has been getting public funded healthcare, elder care, and the ability to work from home the past few months; all things he’s worked hard to deny you. 5315148
Reposted by Simon (He/they)New Video Game Advisor @newvgadvisor.bsky.social · 14/07/2025Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Heartbreak (GBA, 2002) 0933387
Reposted by Simon (He/they)🎃FEARnando Carrie ~ Spooky Story Artist @botsandmagic.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Upgraded to a switch 2 and have an old Nintendo Joycon laying around? What If I told you that can be turned into a powerful and portable ART HOTKEY REMOTE!? I made this diagram for a friend recently and thought I'd share. Video explaining the program in the comments! 424986
Reposted by Simon (He/they)caroline cash @cashbrowns.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Nancy 9/7/26 … Happy Labor Day 🛠️ 70149203713
Reposted by Simon (He/they)Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 02/09/2026i have been mean about the verge recently so I would like to specifically point out that this is a good post 116412
Reposted by Simon (He/they)James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 02/09/2026It's "Which side are you on?" time. 411707224
Reposted by Simon (He/they)Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 02/09/2026AI is not inevitable. resistance works!motherjones.comMamdani issues AI moratorium in NYC schoolsKids "need to wrestle with tough problems on their own,” New York's mayor said Wednesday. 2852691075
Reposted by Simon (He/they)Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 01/09/2026Mamdani has announced that NYC restaurants can have outdoor dining all year round. This is actually a big public health win because fall and winter is when respiratory virus cases surge. Dining outdoors helps reduce the risk of disease spread. 242039418
Reposted by Simon (He/they)dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 19/08/2026NEW: Flock has said for years that its cameras "cannot track individuals." We found the code for its new AI tool. It's preloaded w/ prompts like "Find me witness" & "find relatives." One tracks visitors of multiple hotels, another if you visit banks after midnight. www.wired.com/story/flock-... 6033491733
Reposted by Simon (He/they)Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 17/04/2026do you ever wake up at 3am and think "shit that's a good idea, I better write that down so I can share it later on" 292879773
Reposted by Simon (He/they)maia arson crimew 🏴 @crimew.gay · 15/08/2026i almost got got by a phishing email !!!!! (thread) 1142694
Reposted by Simon (He/they)Anne @annieoranne.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Ah ha. Ha ha. Hahahahahahahahahaha 🤣 1227
Reposted by Simon (He/they)ʀʏᴀɴ ᴛʜᴏᴍᴀꜱ ʀɪᴅᴅʟᴇ 🇵🇭 🏳️🌈 @ryanthomasriddle.com · 06/08/2026The Theater On the Edge of Forever… step through it’s doors and you’ll vanish into the mid-1990s. 2268
Reposted by Simon (He/they)Biological Riley @biologicalriley.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Good. As soon as a company becomes publicly traded, shareholders supplant customers as the number 1 priority 61082270
Reposted by Simon (He/they)ʀʏᴀɴ ᴛʜᴏᴍᴀꜱ ʀɪᴅᴅʟᴇ 🇵🇭 🏳️🌈 @ryanthomasriddle.com · 06/08/2026Ron Moore’s BATTLESTAR GALACTICA gets lauded as having the first toliets in American sci-fi TV, but that honor really goes to BABYLON 5. 1153
Reposted by Simon (He/they)Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Solar eclipse coming up so here’s one of my favourite maps 252122130
Reposted by Simon (He/they)Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 31/07/2026a bunch of popular ASMR artists lost their channels forever this week, after YouTube cited them for violating terms against "sexually gratifying" content: www.404media.co/youtube-asmr...404media.coYouTube Bans Popular ASMR Artists, Accusing Them of Making 'Sexually Gratifying' ContentYouTube told ASMR artists including Bunnii, Slight Sounds, Rose, and others that their content broke the platform's sex and nudity policy. Creators say these bans are unfair and potentially life-alter... 972102674
Reposted by Simon (He/they)Nash @radiodeadair.com · 30/07/2026Reminder once again that the bacon recall is not because there is anything wrong with the bacon. No one has gotten sick. It's because the US government is in a pissing match with Canada. The bacon was inspected in Canada, and I'd trust their standards over ours right now. 8256103
Reposted by Simon (He/they)mr pussy (prison arc) @nat.haus · 30/07/2026speedrunning salvation. salvation any% 1654
Reposted by Simon (He/they)A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Just an absolute shout out to everyone out there who helped manufacture doubt around the question of this guy being a Nazi, particularly after the Nazi salute. 16878471887
Reposted by Simon (He/they)Gemma Matthews - The Sewing Songbird @thesewingsongbird.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Good morning, a collage full of nature, colour and texture for you today. 16 little photo snippets taken from a variety of my embroideries. I hope it brightens your timeline. 😉🪡🌿🌺🪻 #embroidery #thesewingsongbird 33660104
Reposted by Simon (He/they)the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I mean I love it so much 218512
Reposted by Simon (He/they)David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 24/07/2026What a nut job: Trump ordered warning signs and exhibits outside the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, claiming it inaccurately reflects American history.nytimes.comTrump Orders Warnings Placed at ‘Inaccurate’ Smithsonian History Museum (Gift Article)President Trump said the signage at the National Museum of American History would correct what a disputed White House report described as “extreme political activism.” 911740
Reposted by Simon (He/they)Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Taylor Farms, the lettuce supplier at the center of our explosive diarrhea outbreak, has spent millions to oppose food regulation and elect Donald Trump and other MAGA Republicans:wired.comTaylor Farms Spent Big on MAGA and Anti-Regulatory Lobbying Before Diarrhea OutbreakThe company donated more than $3.6 million to conservative groups between 2020 and 2025, including $1 million to the MAGA Inc. super PAC. 7621871083
Reposted by Simon (He/they)Kyle Goon @kylegoon.bsky.social · 20/07/2026In February, USA Rugby banned trans women from all levels of one of the world’s most inclusive sports. What happened next was telling. Across the country, teams refused to comply. The story of the Baltimore Ferals, who are pushing back: www.thebanner.com/sports/rugby... 4963371654
Reposted by Simon (He/they)Cult of the Lamb @cultofthelamb.bsky.social · 20/07/2026we love you jimothy 4071081523
Reposted by Simon (He/they)S @miriparhelion.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Damn, they *very* selectively quote Les Feinberg talking about *hir decision* to allow the free distribution of _Stone Butch Blues_ to justify transreads making that decision for other authors. So slimy! 0493
Reposted by Simon (He/they)Barbara Waxer 🌈 @barbara-waxer.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Wait, they admit copying works without permission or a fair use argument then excuse it by saying it helps author sales? Oh, hell no. This is copyright infringement. Your first step: issue a cease and desist order. Strongly encourage you to check out pro bono resources here. ccb.gov/pro-bono-ass... 2343
Reposted by Simon (He/they)Solomon "THE VALUE OF A HEARTBEAT" Skalozub @sollizyy.bsky.social · 20/07/2026This site is disturbing, the vast majority of trans authors are indie published and, even if they're trad published, almost none of us make enough off our writing to live off. If you can't afford to buy books, many of us share work for free, you can always support trans writers without stealing. 18036
Reposted by Simon (He/they)Micah @rincewind.run · 19/07/2026when we said “bring back shame” this is exactly what we meant none of these assholes should be allowed to buy coffee in peace 2257721199
Reposted by Simon (He/they)Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 20/07/2026this is such a good and astute way to put it; so much gender critical feminism seems to stem from the belief that being a woman is a uniquely awful thing, and I mean no one's arguing that living in a patriarchal society as a woman is always a riot but what a depressing and pessismistic view of life! 381350284
Reposted by Simon (He/they)Dolphin Pilot @theamitie.bsky.social · 19/07/2026John Landis on the set of three amigos told Chevy Chase he was going to kill him and Chase responded “with what, there’s no helicopter here,” and that may be the only funny and good thing Chevy has ever said 463664836
Reposted by Simon (He/they)—>realhackhistory.org @bsky.realhackhistory.org · 19/07/2026I get that this is a contrarian Guardian opinion piece aimed at fretting middle class parents but let’s try to actually understand the neo-Luddite movement. They aren’t advocating no technology, they are advocating for less harmful technology that doesn’t erode what it means to be a human. 0121
Reposted by Simon (He/they)Kelcie Moseley-Morris @kelciemmorris.bsky.social · 19/07/2026It's such a bizarre experience having kids and regularly watching kids content and recognizing how many behaviors are displayed as villainous that are currently being lifted up as virtue in real life 322291454
Reposted by Simon (He/they)John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 19/07/2026The best metaphor I read was inagine you’re trying to get off oxy and your phone randomly dispensed tablets and every ad is getting you great this is 0457
Reposted by Simon (He/they)Elizabeth Gackstetter Nichols @blonderipley.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Came here to vote for Miette! 019120
Reposted by Simon (He/they)QT 🔞 @forbiddenqt.bsky.social · 02/04/2026This one still fuckin kills me 293384452
Reposted by Simon (He/they)Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 18/07/2026This is the food supply chain equivalent of “[software] is insecure because they put out a lot of CVEs” It’s GOOD that they patch and disclose a lot of vulnerabilities, actually. Who you really need to worry about are the ones who don’t think they have any 540184
Reposted by Simon (He/they)Nash @radiodeadair.com · 18/07/2026Torvalds is a dipshit. AI output can't be copyrighted, and therefore can't be added to Linux's GPL license. It would actually ruin open source entirely because any code added to Linux generated by AI could be used by for-profit entities without the need to ask permission.tomshardware.comLinus Torvalds rebukes anti-AI stances in the Linux kernel code review process, says 'Linux is not one of those anti-AI projects' — creator embraces AI as just a tool and 'clearly a useful one'The flashpoint was the Sashiko code review tools. 416457
Reposted by Simon (He/they)videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 18/07/2026'the afterburner — which adam curtis assembled using off-the-shelf parts and some engineering know-how — lights the front of the game boy advance screen with leds that must be installed inside the handheld's casing.' (2002) archive.org/details/game... web.archive.org/web/20020609... 318535