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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

JOHN CANDY took this picture of CONAN O’BRIEN while Conan was his tour guide at Harvard University in 1984.

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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 24/09/2026

Behold, the prelaunch is open for the graphic novel of The Murderbot Diaries: All Systems Red!

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J.D. Lowe @thejdlowe.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Just take the throw(n popcorn)

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J.D. Lowe @thejdlowe.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

No one's going to get this, nor will they want to get it, but People are worried that others are going to block their view, but it's OK. If you're using this, you're probably sitting down and back.

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J.D. Lowe @thejdlowe.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

@frankconniff.bsky.social This is a long shot and it's driving me batty; do you know if in The Magic Sword ep 411, was Joel ADR'd during the Estelle song? My mom and I were talking about it the other day, all videos have an awkward cough instead. (I'm aware of how inane this is. Sorry. BIG fan ❤️)

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J.D. Lowe @thejdlowe.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Yeah I'm stabbing at this with my think-meat and I got nothing. The Stars aren't helping just yet either!

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Palette Swap @paletteswap.site · 08/09/2026

Nintendo unveiled a teaser for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake featuring a cameo from Tupac Shakur as that one big tree. paletteswap.site/different-co...

Tupac Makes Appearance in Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake as Great Deku Tree

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

(3/3) Dolly called and asked if there was any way to help with this tragedy. Abumrad replied she was on a vaccine research team but it was expensive and they were still seeking grants. When Dolly heard this she replied "Well I have money" and donated $1m. Abumrad's team produced the Moderna vaccine.

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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Six months of Super Nintendo! And it's my birthday this week! This book is the culmination of 20 years' work as a games journalist - all the time I've spent interviewing Nintendo creatives and thinking deeply about games and the place they occupy in our lives. Pick up a copy linktr.ee/super_nintendo

Keza with the colourful UK and US editions of her book Super Nintendo, a cultural history of the world's most beloved game company

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 19/07/2026

Could Excel be conscious? We surveyed more than Jan 1 1900 people to find out.

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404 Media @404media.co · 13/07/2026

We asked. You delivered. 404 Media readers were particularly passionate about their hatred for AI-designed signs, and @jasonkoebler.bsky.social got some of the best email responses. "They look like absolute DOG SHIT." Here's the gallery: www.404media.co/these-are-th...

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These Are the Worst ChatGPT Flyers You've Sent Us

Welcome to the AI-generated poster hall of shame.

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Games Done Quick @gamesdonequick.com · 11/07/2026

@doctorswithoutborders.org is the embodiment of compassion knows no borders. When we say we're here together, we mean it. Here to stand for what is right and together as a collective to help those in need. Don't underestimate the impact of your support making this world a better place ❤️ #SGDQ2026

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Today we celebrate the PDFing of "Declaration FINAL v3 USE THIS ONE - SIGNED.docx" (Jefferson's draft was heavily edited by the Committee, then again by Congress, and he was big mad about it.)

📂 Version 1.0 — June 20, 1776
File Name: Declaration_Draft_TJ_DO_NOT_EDIT.docx
Author: t_jefferson_33
Commit Message: "Initial copy-paste from my Mason_VA_Rights_Notes.txt and VA_Constitution_V2.docx scratchpads. Confine your review to grammar and typos, and do not redline, only leave comments."
Tracked Changes & Notes:
Line 14: "We hold these truths to be sacred & undeniable..."
Comment from t_jefferson_33: "Certified banger."
📂 Version 1.1 — June 24, 1776
File Name: Declaration_Draft_TJ_comments_JA_BF.docx
Editors: b_franklin_GrittyOG and JA_redsoxfan (obo Committee, w/ Sherman and Livingston)
Commit Message: "First pass by the Committee of Five. Modest style changes."
Tracked Changes & Notes:
47 revisions (redlined), three full new paragraphs
Deleted: "sacred & undeniable" * Inserted: "self-evident"
Comment from b_franklin_GrittyOG: "250 years from now, people will think you wrote that banger. You’re welcome."
📂 Version 2.0 — June 28, 1776
File Name: Declaration_Committee_Review_FINAL.docx
Author: t_jefferson_33
Commit Message: "Incorporated Ben and John's very minor edits of my excellent first draft into a clean copy. Ready for the Continental Congress to approve verbatim."

📂 Version 2.1 to 2.8 — July 2 – July 4, 1776
File Name: Declaration_CONGRESS_REVISED2_redline_NEW_v4_approved..docx
Editors: Continental_Congress Group Chat (50+ active users)
Commit Message: "Line-by-line review by committee. Light trimming, a mere 20% of the original text. Optimizing for colonial unity."
Tracked Changes & Notes:
❌ CRITICAL DELETION: 300 word imprudent diatribe against KG III for transatlantic slave trade (“waging cruel war against human nature”).
Comment from dunkin_delegate: “Jefferson wrote that? He always struck me as a smug hypocrite. #IYKYK”
Comment from SC_delegation_delegate: "I thought we agreed this issue was off the table for now. It can be amicably settled later."
❌ DELETION: Large sections complaining about the ordinary British public being "deaf to the voice of justice."
Comment from NY_delegation_hub: "Guys, let's keep the finger pointed strictly at King George. If we trash the British citizens, we ruin any chance of future trade partnerships or alliances. Keep it professional."
➕ INSERTION: Added "appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world" and "with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence" to the closing paragraph.
Comment from Middlesex_Conservative: "Marketing requested more religious claptrap to ensure maximum buy-in from the zealots."
System Notification: User t_jefferson_33 reacted 👎(39 instances).
📂 Version 3.0 (Production) — July 4, 1776 (Late Morning)
File Name: Declaration_of_Independence_FINAL_v3_USE_THIS_ONE_SIGNED.docx
Editors: john_hancock_big_font
Commit Message: "Approved. Shipped to the printers. John Hancock didn't realize his zoom level was at 200% when he signed. Committee unable to find the one intern who can resize images, shipping anyway."
System Notification: User t_jefferson_33 has left the chat.

The draft of the Declaration was revised first by Adams and Franklin, and then by the full committee. A total of 47 alterations, including the insertion of three complete paragraphs, were made to the text before it was presented to Congress on June 28. After voting for independence on July 2, Congress continued to refine the document, making 39 additional revisions to the committee draft before its final adoption on the morning of July 4.

The draft shows the multiplicity of corrections, additions and deletions that were made at each step. Although most of the alterations are in Jefferson's handwriting (Jefferson later indicated which changes he believed were made by Adams and Franklin), he felt slighted by the way Congress rewrote the manuscript. In a consoling letter of July 21, 1776, the state's senior delegate, Richard Henry Lee, wrote to Jefferson that he wished that "the manuscript had not been mangled as it is." In an 1823 letter to Madison, Jefferson wrote that, at the time, "during the debate, I was sitting by Dr. Franklin and he observed that I was writhing a little under the acrimonious criticisms" of Congress. In fact, as Congress neared completion of the document by altering nearly all of his last paragraph, Jefferson could only write in the margin "a different phraseology inserted." Jefferson remained bitter about the changes made to the Declaration of Independence right up to his death. His autobiography was a major effort to set the record straight on its writing.

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𝔅𝔲𝔱𝔱𝔬𝔫𝔰 𝔒'𝔊𝔥𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔦𝔥𝔞𝔫 @johnxuandou.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Sega posted actual gameplay footage of Crazy Taxi World Tour so there's something to go off of instead of the trailer, which didn't show anything. This looks bad. Like, very bad. The physics look weightless and I'm watching the gear shift and seeing it not move at all is appalling.

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Oslo Pride video 🥹 🏳️‍🌈 #Pride #LoveIsLove

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CONfabulation @confabcon.com · 04/06/2026

Vid submissions are open!! Do you have a vid you'd like to have seen at CONfab, a love letter to your blorbos that needs to be out in the world? Submit now! forms.gle/U3yQhM7qtj2f... Don't forget, though prices have nudged up to $150, there is still time to register! forms.gle/U3yQhM7qtj2f...

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CONfabulation Chicago 2026 Vid Show Submission

Vid show submissions are open from June 1 until September 07, 2026!

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Jackson O'Lantern-Brien @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

GREG DAVIES: seems like a kind of a shit task. Everyone just seems like they're going home normally. ALEX HORNE: well before you say that let's have a look at how Odysseus did. cut to panel of AJAX, MENELAUS, AGAMEMNON, and DIOMEDES who are all staring at ODYSSEUS with his head in his hands

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DuckDuckGo @duckduckgo.com · 29/05/2026

Since Google revealed its plans for an AI search overhaul, visits to our "No AI" search page have tripled…and they’re still rising! Want to make it your default on Chrome or Firefox? Grab our No-AI extensions and banish AI-assisted answers, chat, and AI images. (1/3)

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Chet Faliszek @chetsucks.com · 11/05/2026

I just pissed myself... this is the movie he is mad that people are calling slop... I demand you watch with the sound on... it is so much worse than you think it is going to be...

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the mollster mash @ilikemints.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

it took me too long to realize that this was "horseshit" censored and not new slang i didn't know about yet where "horses" meant bad

screenshot of a variety headline which reads:
Robert Downey Jr. Says It's Absolute Horses— to Declare That Social Media Influencers Are the 'Stars of the Future'

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J.D. Lowe @thejdlowe.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

The festival on May 2nd was a rousing success, raising $1,072.54 for the Mid-Ohio Food Collective! AAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!

Meat Fish Produce presents
Indy and Lindy's Indie Improv Shindigy
Columbus Indie Improv Teams
for a good cause

Corrected "Final" total:
$1,072.54

8th Floor Improv
Boyz II Many
Breaking News
The Bunsen Burnouts
Canada Wet
Dad Bod
Dawks
Improv Friends
The Improv MeetUp All-Stars
Nissa the Gnome
No Human improv
Pardon My Reach

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J.D. Lowe @thejdlowe.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

I know, I don't post much, so my apologies, but tonight I'm producing my very first improv festival! It's a miniature one, 5 hours long, we've got twelve different improv teams performing tonight. it's 100% free too! we're asking the audience to instead donate to the Mid Ohio Food Collective!

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J.D. Lowe @thejdlowe.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

May you be blessed by the glory of a very dumb orange cat who knows nothing but bliss.

Gizmo, a three year old female orange cat, laying on my hand. Her eyes are closed.

Her daddy has given nothing but good in her life and she is at peace.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 09/04/2026

1. Which of these public utterances would immediately end a candidate’s presidential ambitions? A. “I want to be a dictator.” B. “If [she] weren’t my daughter, perhaps I’d be dating her.” C. “YEEEAAAAAWW!!!”

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Final Exam for the Class “What a Presidential Candidate Can and Cannot Survive, Apparently” Taught by Howard Dean

1. Which of these public utterances would immediately end a candidate’s presidential ambitions? A. “I want to be a dictator.” B. “If [she] weren’t my daughte...

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

random close-of-weekend thoughts

tumblr user quasi-normalcy says:

"I don't trust anyone who hasn't acknowledged their capacity for evil.

"I'm just a smol bean uwu" No sir, what you are is someone who is so habituated to thinking of yourself as innocent that you will continue to do so even when you're guity.

And if you convince yourself that you're always and only a victim, you can inflict absolutely monstrous cruelty and never once feel bad about it."

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Into the garbage bin they go, right next to Target. We don’t need your shitty brands! You’re expendable but trans people are not.

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Ryan T. Brown 🎮🩷 @toadsanime.lostincult.co.uk · 06/03/2026

Rebecca Heineman will posthumously receive the Ambassador Award at the GDC Awards. A games industry legend - first ever game tournament champion in 1980, Interplay co-founder, Bard's Tale 3 designer, worked on the PSP, PS4, Xbox360, many ports... 👏 (Read more at GamesIndustry)

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Sean Hollister @seanhollister.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

I played the world's first Tetris built into the cover of a magazine. Paper and glue. Flexible circuits. USB-C recharging!

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Robert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

You have to block them immediately. The full nuclear. They are only here to make folks angry, and that can’t happen if we lock them out.

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J.D. Lowe @thejdlowe.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

At this point, I smile and nod. Not to deify him, but Sandy works in mysterious ways

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J.D. Lowe @thejdlowe.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I obviously can't speak for him, but I have a theory V oryvrir ur hfrq gur qbhoyr neebjf gb vaqvpngr gung guvf vf n shyy xrl bs jung yrggre tbrf gb jung yrggre. Gung vg jbhyq bayl or 13 qnlf, fb n tbrf gb m nf jryy nf m tbrf gb n

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J.D. Lowe @thejdlowe.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

It was pissing me off so much, when I finally found the first real word I screamed LOL Grats!

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J.D. Lowe @thejdlowe.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

For those like me stuck on Raddle, I did crack something, so here's some ROT13 for ya: Gur ynfg yrggre bs rnpu jbeq, gnxr gur pbeerfcbaqvat yrggre va gur erirefr nycunorg naq genpx gurz. "NQVRH" -> "H" juvpu orpbzrf "S"; "MVCCRE" -> "E" juvpu orpbzrf "V"

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J.D. Lowe @thejdlowe.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

I was able to crack SOMETHING and found some hidden words! Feel like if I do the same thing one last time I can get it, but I am having a hard time.

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J.D. Lowe @thejdlowe.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Yeah, another frustrating one :( V srry yvxr "raqf" cbvagf gb gur raq bs jbeqf? Ohg qbrf "zrnaf" zrna nirentr bs fbzrguvat??

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J.D. Lowe @thejdlowe.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

I'm struggling with Raddle too, so a cursory Bsky search pointed me here, and learning of this game! I'll be adding it to my daily games lol thank you!

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J.D. Lowe @thejdlowe.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

"Gur raqf whfgvsvrf gur zrnaf" znxrf zr guvax gur raqf bs jbeqf, ohg V qba'g frr ubj gur ynfg yrggre bs bar bs gur jbeqf pna gura zngpu jvgu n jbeq ba gur bgure fvqr.

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J.D. Lowe @thejdlowe.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Raddle thoughts ROT13 BX, V frr gung gur svefg jbeq bs gur gurzr fgnegf jvgu n, naq gur ynfg jbeq fgnegf jvgu m. Frpbaq jbeq, fgnegf jvgu O, fgnegf jvgu L, fb vg'f pbyyvqvat gbjneq vgfrys jvgu gur nycunorg.

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J.D. Lowe @thejdlowe.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

DOLLAR → WORKING [88%] Raddle #314 • Jan 04, 2026 🟢🟢🟢👁️🟢🟢💡🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 raddle.quest/314

raddle.quest

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J.D. Lowe @thejdlowe.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

From the Bryngalowe household, happy New Year!

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