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Taik Hobson @taikhobson.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Sometimes, and not very often--in fact, scarcely might be the word--there's a nudge from the universe that's a nod to this trajectory www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-53...
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Brian Eno message - Don't get a job
YouTube video by Newiew Project
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Taik Hobson @taikhobson.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Kline Coma Xero "Left Behind" #JGBallard #AtrocityExhibition www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNpc...
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Kline Coma Xero "Mannequins" Official Video Medical Records
YouTube video by DrTroyMedicalRecords
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Taik Hobson @taikhobson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"The limitation of human consciousness in the apperception of discrete events has been known at least since the early 18th century (see Hamilton, 1859)." -Mandler and Jo Shebo (1982)
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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 02/10/2026
Goodnight.
The image appears to show a reproduction of the iconic propaganda poster from Alan Moore and David Lloyd's graphic novel series V for Vendetta, featuring the fictional fascist party Norsefire's slogan "Strength Through Purity, Purity Through Faith" defaced with a spray-painted anarchist "V" symbol.
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I’ve now lived so much longer than I would ever have expected to that I feel I’m living in the future. This is when I imagined Neuromancer happening. And now the creators of today’s AI warn us that it threatens humanity.
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Taik Hobson @taikhobson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Nokonoshima, earlier this morning.
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Taik Hobson @taikhobson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Wild it is.
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Taik Hobson @taikhobson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"Holy dueling violins, Batman!" m.youtube.com/watch?v=U-pV...
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Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht, Op.4 - Boulez.
YouTube video by glemoine14
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Taik Hobson @taikhobson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
*If you don't like coders for some reason, this is a real schadenfreude feast of coders lamenting and wringing their newly-useless human hands www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/c...
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From the ClaudeAI community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the ClaudeAI community
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Taik Hobson @taikhobson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Still Thursday, but it looks like down south we've made it through the once-in-a-decade extreme heatwave week. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQR8...
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Matthew Good - Alert Status Red
YouTube video by Hayley Pace
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Taik Hobson @taikhobson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"Japan is the only Group of Seven nation where suicide, rather than accidents, is the leading cause of death among young people ages 10 to 19." www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09...
japantimes.co.jp
Japan’s September surge in student suicides: What are the key drivers?
The increase in the number of young people deciding to take their own lives is particularly alarming given how adult suicide rates are in decline.
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Taik Hobson @taikhobson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
To quote a certain magus:"Paris Hilton with this long, beautiful blonde hair."
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Taik Hobson @taikhobson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
For *applicable* wisdom there's tiktok
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Taik Hobson @taikhobson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Wisdom reveals herself in her own time, like when you binge listen to Dolores Forever because why wouldn't you and their cover of Dreams comes on you start thinking what an awesome band the Cranberries were and the penny drops and oh THAT Dolores.
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Taik Hobson @taikhobson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Got told at the apple store there probably wasn't a place in the world where a replacement battery might be found for my macbook air. Was insulted no one wanted a photo of a living fossil, esp after the discount
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Taik Hobson @taikhobson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Waiting for the first ever centenarian pop band www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/...
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Japan has record 100,000 people aged over 100: How societies are ageing
Fewer births and worsening labour shortages are placing mounting pressure on Japan’s social care system.
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#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
*Here is a vanishingly-rare example of me appearing in a commercial advertisement, just so I can quote Vaclav Havel while the sponsors are promoting their designer commodities *Next to nobody has ever viewed this ad on Youtube, even though Alessi spent a fortune on it youtu.be/B13gzZxViKk?...
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Futurespective | Alessi 100 Values Collection
YouTube video by Alessidesign
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Taik Hobson @taikhobson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
You can tell that the majority of people behind the AI race have never had to wash dishes in their lives because that would be the first thing I would unleash this promise-of-a-better-future on if I had it my way
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Taik Hobson @taikhobson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
O Canada At least we will always have: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e9N...
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Tegan and Sara - Closer [OFFICIAL HD MUSIC VIDEO]
YouTube video by Tegan and Sara
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Taik Hobson @taikhobson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
And now, a three-step plan with the goal of pacing carbon emissions.
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Taik Hobson @taikhobson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
they lied to us this was supposed to be the future where is my chicken
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Taik Hobson @taikhobson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
And now, a three-step plan with the goal of pacing carbon emissions.
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Taik Hobson @taikhobson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
With the shifting demographic you have to wonder if intra-octogenarian violence will become commonplace. A few generations out and there will not be enough young'uns to report on. japantoday.com/category/cri...
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84-year-old man arrested for allegedly beating 80-year-old man to death
An 84-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly beating an 80-year-old man to death with a rod in the town of Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture. According to the police, Takenari Baba is accused of k...
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Taik Hobson @taikhobson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Something familiar about this AI race
Panel from Grant Morrison's The Invisibles, vol 3 issue 1. King Mob explains his plan to Jack Frost on the last day of the world: "That's capitalism for you, Jack; no one wants to STOP it because everyone wants to OWN it. Hurry while stocks last."
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Taik Hobson @taikhobson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
they lied to us this was supposed to be the future where is my chicken
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Taik Hobson @taikhobson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The much less known Lesser A'Tuin.
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Taik Hobson @taikhobson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"In reading, more screen time and less reading for pleasure have gone hand in hand with weaker ⁠results." ...which seems in line with long-term AI goals of selling intelligence, i.e. things you should've learned in school, back to the public. japantoday.com/category/fea...
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Teen reading slumps to worst this century due to surge in screen time: OECD
Teenagers more accustomed to smartphones than Shakespeare are reading at the worst levels seen this century, driving a broader decline ‌in education, a global student assessment found. The Organisatio...
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Taik Hobson @taikhobson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Surprising to think the gale this morning might've pulled this off from wherever it was attached to, though to be sure the winds were certainly out in force.
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Taik Hobson @taikhobson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Nothing more wrenching than reading old writing and by old I mean only half a year sacre blue who wrotest this.
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Taik Hobson @taikhobson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
This is incredible!
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Taik Hobson @taikhobson.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Were these ever released as a transcription, I wonder.
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Goodnews @goodnews.computer · 04/09/2026
Take a break from being depressed that everything you love is being destroyed by slop for a moment and let me tell you about the beautiful symbiotic relationship between graffiti writers, train yard workers, and model train enthusiasts.
A hand holding a model train with a replica of the same graffiti on the full scale train car behind it.A model train with two graffiti pieces on opposite sides.
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Taik Hobson @taikhobson.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
"The Defense Ministry in recent years has been struggling to recruit members for the SDF. Japan’s continuing population decline is expected to exacerbate the problem." www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/artic...
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Foundation suggests hiring foreigners for shrinking SDF | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
An influential private research institution called on the Defense Ministry to consider recruiting foreign nationals to fill the depleting ranks of the Self-Defense Forces.
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Taik Hobson @taikhobson.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The cartoon was better.
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LAFAYETTE @lastudiolafayette.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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Taik Hobson @taikhobson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Passive vs active sentence: Passive: "Happy, I was made to laugh by what I felt." Active: "I laugh to feel happy."
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Alan @gammacounter.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
@saspist.bsky.social Big AVM. Guy in his mid 20s. Had dizziness. Huge draining vein goes to the back of the SSS 
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Taik Hobson @taikhobson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
"There is no pain worse than that of not being able to take care of your children." timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/barefo...
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Barefoot mom in sari runs 3km to win Rs 5k for kids' education
PUNE: Ramabai Ranvir had no idea what running a race meant. All she had heard was there was Rs 3,000 to be won if she finished first.
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Taik Hobson @taikhobson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Interesting question. Let me check my phone a bit here & get back to you. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Bland new world: is AI making us all think the same?
Researchers worry that generative AI is homogenizing culture and cognition.
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Taik Hobson @taikhobson.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Didn't know he'd left boosky www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
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M John Harrison: ‘If we met a real alien we’d have no clue what they thought’
At 80, SF author M John Harrison is producing some of his best work. He talks about finding his voice, alien intelligence and the advice from Iain Banks that still spurs him on
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Taik Hobson @taikhobson.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Am I right to deduce that, since nobody reads them anymore except LLMs, science journals have since taken the pragmatic step of using ever smaller-sized fonts to save printing costs/max on content per issue? When we're more open about this, whole papers can be published in QR for Claude et al.
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Taik Hobson @taikhobson.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
"It is a win-win for everyone; for societies and for individuals." -Kip and Parr-Brownlie (2023)
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Taik Hobson @taikhobson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Farewell Peter Cullen. Your voice gave soul to a one-trick gimmick that went on giving long after the gimmick ran out.
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Taik Hobson @taikhobson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Not looking good for us mate scienceblog.com/k-crows-can-...
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Crows can memorise the face of a person who wronged them, hold the grudge for as long as 17 years, and teach it to their own chicks and flockmates, so that birds who never even saw the original offenc...
A grudge held by a bird can outlast a human marriage—and spread through an entire flock like generational trauma.
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Taik Hobson @taikhobson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Thor's having a big day out there and it's not even Thursday.
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Taik Hobson @taikhobson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
'Writing or reading, my overall relationship with a book is always romantic' thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
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M. John Harrison interview: 'Writing or reading, my overall relationship with a book is always romantic' | The Booker Prizes
The author of The End of Everything, longlisted for the Booker Prize 2026, on his favourite stationery, finding inspiration in coastal towns, and the books that shaped his writing
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Cormac MacFhionnlaoich @cormacscoast.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Fossilized Goniatites, like galaxies spiraling through space in a handheld Universe. Over 300 million years in the making. County Clare, Ireland. Cormacscoast.com walking tours
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Taik Hobson @taikhobson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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