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ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...

old photos of a woman (Margaret Hamilton) standing next to a tall stack of books (printouts of Apollo space mission software source code)

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It ys the seasoun of decoratif gourdes, ye knaves

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Andraste Sideyr @andraste.fuckbgp.com · 02/10/2026

you’re goddamn right i do

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 01/10/2026

Huh. Today in "always look up the etymology because sometimes you're just repeating a myth but sometimes it's weirder and more incredible than you could have possibly imagined" www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/c...

Screenshot of Merriam Webster etymology note for cockamamie:
By the look and sound of it, cockamamie (also spelled "cockamamy") could have something to do with a rooster and the outrageous sound it makes. But in fact, cockamamie is believed to be an altered form of the term decalcomania, which refers to the process, invented in the mid-19th century, of transferring pictures and designs from specially prepared paper to surfaces such as glass or porcelain. (The word referring to the picture or design itself, decal, is a shortening of decalcomania.) The word decalcomania comes from French, with décalcomanie combining the verb décalquer, meaning "to trace" or "to transfer by tracing," and -manie, meaning "-mania." Starting in the 1930s, painted strips of paper with images capable of being transferred to the skin were called decals or—in children's slang—cockamamies. Those familiar with today's temporary tattoos will understand quickly that these were regarded by many as silly novelties, lending the word cockamamie the necessary leeway for application to anything ridiculous.

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 30/09/2026

your average Bluesky adventuring party has: - 1 sports person who is also a political sicko - 1 adhd chaos crafter who is also a political sicko - 1 sff writer who is also a political sicko - 1 romance author who is also a lawyer who is also a political sicko - 1 gardener recovering from being a po

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Time for this classic again.

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Stephanie Leary @sleary.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I love this exercise. “Put the peanut butter on the bread.” Seeing someone plop an entire jar of peanut butter onto an unopened loaf of bread is always hilarious. Even better if the bread is not sliced.

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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 29/09/2026

this is tonic masculinity + semiotically clever as hell 👍

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Martha, but like, super spooky @mostlymartha.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is the most important thing men can do, and they must be doing it immediately. People create culture. People can change it. If you can't remember the last time you created some social awkwardness by telling another man to stop with that shit, you probably aren't pulling your weight.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

New, from me: Once memory-holed, DOGE is now the subject of revisionism. To better understand why DOGE failed, I talked to people in the civic tech movement that DOGE displaced, who continue to offer the alternative model for how to modernize govt. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doge-vs-ci...

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DOGE vs. Civic Tech

As DOGE revisionism picks up, a contrast with the civic tech movement it displaced illuminates its failure

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Sorry, I saw your message, but I also saw nineteen other phone alerts that same minute. My brain evolved to evade predators. I will not improve.

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Circ @tinyicecat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This news is important because all the fucks out there actively attempting to wreck the world want you to think that the work is hopeless and just mitigating the worst case scenario. It's not. Fucking keep going.

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes.

Screenshot of BBC article: OpenAI bots (struck through) meddled with multiple US government agency sites

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

There are no guarantees with jobs right now, especially with the mass adoption of AI tools by many companies. Everyone is worried about being fired, laid off or losing a steady freelance gig at any time. Applying to jobs for months or a year-plus. Ghost job listings. Full return to the office.

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It's easier to hyperfixate on this one detail about Gen Z workers instead of on how corporations are using performance improvement plans to force out employees without severance; how return to office policies hurt parents, caregivers, and disabled workers; and how hard it is to find a job right now.

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I think the "debate" about bringing iced coffee to job interviews is effective at distracting people from the really bad job market, the high unemployment rate for Black women, ongoing mass layoffs in tech and media, and how Gen Z workers are refusing to adopt many toxic aspects of corp work culture

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Matt Miller @thisismattmiller.com · 25/09/2026

A small site that lets you rearrange the list and share: thisismattmiller.github.io/nyt-100-tv/

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Stephanie Leary @sleary.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Shoving my sweater into my backpack to consolidate for the plane. 🫠

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Stephanie Leary @sleary.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Why does this kind of nonsense always happen when you’re traveling? Today I learned what “mallet finger” is.

My hand, with a purple-wrapped splint on the middle finger

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Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Someone on a video of Gavin Rossdale commented, “He is my Rex Manning.” And I am 💀

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

And the name of the shell company! “Scientist” singular, “engineers” plural. Fucking embarrassing.

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

You’re a *defense contractor*. At least start some shell companies in different states and then vary the amounts and timing.

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

As shocking as this case is I know @czedwards.bsky.social is shaking their head at the same thing I am - this is some PISS POOR MONEY LAUNDERING. Check 1001 of a brand new account? Jesus we used to be a proper country.

A check made out for
$150,000 to Susan Collins’s
PAC, check number 1001

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arr @arr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This makes me hopeful. This number is aspirational but nowhere near out of reach: a working professional could realistically cash out their 401k and buy off a public official. Owning a senator is more attainable for most Americans than home ownership.

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Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 22/09/2026

Oh my god it’s funny because it’s true — take a gander at the video and then read up: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunnes_...

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Dunnes Stores strike - Wikipedia

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 22/09/2026

WE CAN GROW MOTOR NEURONS NOW HOLY SHIT

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 22/09/2026

The very cool thing about this is that there are some kinds of brain cells we weren't able to grow before because we didn't understand they were different, and now that we've figured out that they are different, we can grow them.

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Stephanie Leary @sleary.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Yeah, I regret opening Bluesky today

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

waking up as an elder millennial every single day in 2026

A screenshot from Aqua Teen Hunger Force of Master Shake leaning over Meatball and saying, "I am 30 or 40 years old and I do not need this."

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

In short

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Stephanie Leary @sleary.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

WHAT is WRONG with you, Amazon?!?!?

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Jay Garmon @jaygarmon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Author/artist grievance against AI, summarized

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Stephanie Leary @sleary.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I’m only peripherally aware of the kink scene, but I’m pretty sure adding LSD and workplace hierarchies to the mix takes the consent out of CNC.

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Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

holy shit, this is the whole ballgame in a single paragraph gAI systems require mass theft of copyrighted works, for the explicit purpose of replacing the market for the people they stole from, and the people in charge knew what they were doing ahead of time, and did it anyway

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Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I’m writing a book about teaching reading and what it even means to be “a good reader.” I want to talk to as many teachers, librarians, parents, and students as possible. If you have thoughts about reading, please get in touch at readingmachinebook@gmail.com. (And please pass along!)

THE READING MACHINE By Megan Greenwell
Imprint: Dey Street Books
August 10, 2026
Former Deadspin editor-in-chief and author of BAD COMPANY Megan Greenwell's THE READING MACHINE, a narrative investigation into how policy and profit reshaped the relationship between American children and books, changing what literacy is for and leaving millions of students behind in the process, to Libby Burton at Dey Street Books, at auction, by Anna Sproul-Latimer at Neon Literary (NA).
Rights: kent@neonliterary.com

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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

BREAKING: Boston University's English department (my dept) recently voted to approve new learning outcomes for the English major, including an anti-AI provision that requires students to “craft and revise writing that is sustained, original, and generated without the assistance of AI."

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New Learning Outcomes Announced | English

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Daniel Kay Hertz @danielkayhertz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Your 20s are for believing everything is structural and your 30s are for learning that actually it's often just some guy or small group of guys (gender neutral)

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Please say this 1000 times for the people in the back.

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Stephanie Leary @sleary.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

… that’s enough internet for today! Time to go to bed!

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