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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 10h

Omigod, this is the most heartwarming story possible! Backpack (bear 89) is the son of the 2019 winner of Fat Bear Week, Holly (bear 435). In 2007, he injured his foot & a practice of riding on momma's Holly's back had a new meaning: he was mobility-restricted while it healed. So Holly moved him.

From DISCVR blog's Facebook page, a momma bear & a yearling cub on her back in the shallow water. I think the background has been swapped out, and I can't rule out some AI use there? God, Facebook has become the social media for AI slop : (

The title of the article, which I link below, is "How Bear 89 earned the name Backpack"

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David Gurteen @davidgurteen.bsky.social · 12h

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Elizabeth Cantwell @eccantwell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Here to tell you that the chemistry and tension in this scene still hits for 2026 teenagers, as evidenced by the very vocal reactions of my students today

Dorothy Malone and Humphrey Bogart in the bookstore scene in 1946’s The Big Sleep

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Simon Thompson @thompsonsimon.com · 29/09/2026

Just to think, a week ago, they'd have been referring to it as artificial dodge

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I have separated the art from the artist and am now whipping the art to stiff peaks, after which I will gently fold it into the artist before baking at 350 til golden and puffed

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Suw @suw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I always feel somewhat grimy asking folks to chip in to support Ada Lovelace Day, but am hoping that the community will step in given that businesses have stepped away. And if you can't support directly, a share would be awesome!

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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Horror stories for designers - 10 words or less: " it's just lift and shift"

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Simon Thompson @thompsonsimon.com · 23/09/2026

I will forever be tickled by this idea

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Simon Thompson @thompsonsimon.com · 22/09/2026

Yeah, people say they want order...

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Kirk Hamilton @kirkhamilton.com · 20/09/2026

The newest episode of Strong Songs is about “Once in a Lifetime” by Talking Heads - now available in the main feed! This is an *incredible* song, and I’m very happy with this episode. I hope you enjoy it - thanks, as always, for listening.

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S08E09 - "Once in a Lifetime" by Talking Heads

It's time to return to Talking Heads, and their inimitable 1980 song "Once In A Lifetime." The subject of this episode was selected by the annual Strong Songs Patreon bracket vote. Thanks to everyone ...

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Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.

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Simon Thompson @thompsonsimon.com · 18/09/2026

Well, they* certainly have range *as much as I object to they-ifying people #smartarseResponseToPostWithoutAltTextOrSubstackLink

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Alastair Somerville @acuity.design · 17/09/2026

Unhealthy perception in culture wars.

YOU MUST PAY ATTENTION TO ALL THINGS
Human perception generally works best when ignoring anything which isn't usable. Paying attention to everything is painfully draining.
YOU MUST HAVE A SET OPINION ON ALL THINGS
Having an opinion is part of being sentient. A person in a place/time with a past. Yet, like perceiving everything, there is a strain in holding opinions over time.
YOUR OPINION MUST BE CLEARLY BINARY
ON ALL THINGS
Binary opinions are a clarity trap that are exploited to make people be in one group or another. The blurriness of reality enables conversations not fights.

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Simon Thompson @thompsonsimon.com · 16/09/2026

Having spent a while yesterday trying to get my head around Digital Object Identifiers – I would have welcomed this introduction / perspective

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Claire Cullingworth @ccullingworth.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This made me smile, attached to an ordinary cast iron drainpipe on a house in Durham. #TinyJoys

A cast iron drain pipe going down the side of a white-painted house. A crest of red feathers and a bright orange beak made from something solid have been attached around it. It looks remarkably like "Feathers McGraw", the evil criminal penguin from The Wrong Trousers.

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dot Black @wedge.black · 13/09/2026

Neither the Gambling Commission or the Advertising Standards Authority can stop these scum scam gambling ads. It’s all Facebook; it’s just what happens. Impossible to stop 🤷‍♂️

theguardian.com

Tesco alerts police as supermarket becomes latest victim of scam ‘endorsement’ ads

Exclusive: Supermarket joins line of firms and sports stars including Bellingham and Haaland to have their image hijacked via ads

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Problematic Otter @problematicotter.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

This is sincerely one of the dumbest jokes I've seen in quite awhile and I cannot stop giggling

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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I’m doing a podcast called The Rest is the Rest where I talk about every subject not covered by all The Rest Is podcasts. So please subscribe if you want a weekly podcast about shoes, clouds, Tuesdays and otters.

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 09/09/2026

Astrophotographer Adam (AJ) Smadi caught this image a few hours ago from Washington state. A thin crescent Moon, sunlight illuminating the rugged lunar surface. And 2,400 times farther away—and on the other side of the Sun—mighty Jupiter, and its moons Io (left) and Ganymede (right).

A crescent Moon seen during the day, arcing from upper left to lower right of the frame. At lower centre is the full disk of Jupiter; the small dots to its upper left and lower right and Io and Ganymede, respectively.

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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

So the pareidolia is strong today, eh?

back of a round plastic clock that looks like a frowny face because of the dials.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

90 years ago, Parliament responded to the rise of Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts by passing the Public Order Act, which banned political uniforms, private militias and the threat of force for political objects. The debates make very resonant reading today. Here's the Liberal Robert Bernays. (Short 🧵)

You cannot conduct a fair match when one side is playing with a ball and the other with bombs and, if democracy is to survive, it must be conducted according to definite and recognised rule. One of them is that no political party should resort to any weapon other than reason and argument. The introduction of private armies, as I see it, strikes at the root of democracy. I know it is contended that the Blackshirts are not armed and, therefore, are not an army, but I do not think that argument can be upheld. … Uniformed men in military formation suggest, and are meant to suggest, the idea of force. It is no argument to reply that at this or that demonstration no force is intended. It is an inescapable fact that a uniform in politics symbolises force, to be used either now or in the future.

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Pete Miles @petermiles.eurosky.social · 04/09/2026

I think she would approve...

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

NEW The legal agony of Wile E Coyote Coyote vs Acme may be one of the best films about civil litigation ever made By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

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The legal agony of Wile E Coyote

Coyote vs Acme may be one of the best films about civil litigation ever made

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Phil Fletcher @philfletcher.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

A puppet performing a puppet on the radio!! Yes please… #behindthescenes

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Robocop (1987) @robocop1987.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Nice shooting, son. What's your name?

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Alastair Somerville @acuity.design · 03/09/2026

I have moments of seeing failed car company BL in ChatGPT logos

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Dolly Parton visited a music pub in Ireland in 1990 and did a spontaneous performance of “Coat of Many Colors” for the crowd. It’s worth a listen—and the guitar player’s face is fun to watch:

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I made something stupid

Meowslow's Hierarchy of Kneads. It's all cats kneading.

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Robocop (1987) @robocop1987.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Take him offline because he had a dream?

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Simon Thompson @thompsonsimon.com · 26/08/2026

Remembering a gag from the era of rec.arts.movies for the sequels that should have been: The Thing Another Thing And Another Thing Just One Damned Thing After Another

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 25/08/2026

If you missed it the first time around, I highly recommend listening Jad Abumrad's podcast series "Dolly Parton's America." www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dol...

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Dolly Parton's America : Episodes | WNYC Studios | Podcasts

The story of a legend at the crossroads of America’s culture wars.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 25/08/2026

Discworld QOTD, from The Shepherd's Crown "FOR I CAN SEE THE BALANCE AND YOU HAVE LEFT THE WORLD MUCH BETTER THAN YOU FOUND IT, AND IF YOU ASK ME, said Death, NOBODY COULD DO ANY BETTER THAN THAT…"

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Malice Walker @humblecore.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

immediately had to search for the video of Dolly and Patti singing Shortnin’ Bread while keeping the rhythm with their acrylic nails youtu.be/AOxsQNVOhro

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Dolly Parton & Patti LaBelle play 'Shortnin' Bread' on their Acrylic Nails

YouTube video by Happy Mag

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Simon Thompson @thompsonsimon.com · 25/08/2026

RIP Dolly! I so love this from Newport a few years ago. Brandi Carlile’s geeky adoration from on-stage will forever delight me. youtu.be/zBgOENa9ZyI?...

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Dolly Parton The Highwomen She's an Eagle Live at the Newport Folk Festival 2019

YouTube video by Angus Mcbiscuit Video

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Simon Thompson @thompsonsimon.com · 24/08/2026

I got a fish ladder too, how weir-d!

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Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

nyarlhotep ass burrito

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 21/08/2026

And for a quick hit here’s one from my personal library of obscurely comforting TikToks.

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Simon Thompson @thompsonsimon.com · 20/08/2026

Don’t get the wrong idea about Toys Hill

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Terence Eden @edent.tel · 19/08/2026

Was it only France that got lyrics to The A-Team theme song? youtu.be/fsqp6Kpz7lE

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L'AGENCE TOUS RISQUES thème générique

YouTube video by Riton Les canons

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Simon Hudson | MVP @simonjhudson.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

"Put solar on roofs instead of fields" is a common objection to solar farms. But what if we actually did it? I looked at the numbers for homes, warehouses and car parks to see whether Britain could avoid solar farms altogether. The answer may surprise you.

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“Put Solar on Roofs Instead” – Does the Maths Add Up?

It takes just 42 homes with rooftop solar to match the output of an acre of solar farm. So could rooftop panels, warehouses and car parks eliminate the need for solar farms? This article explores the maths behind one of the UK's most heated energy debates.

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Simon Thompson @thompsonsimon.com · 18/08/2026

Remember folks, pedant is pronounced "pee-dont"

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Simon Thompson @thompsonsimon.com · 17/08/2026

Yes, I'm British. Yes, I think the NHS is flawed but brilliant, and it is an incredible bargain. And, as healthcare goes from the general to the specific, it doesn't matter how much money you have if there isn't a broad enough base for research into your particular condition.

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zeldman @zeldman.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

★ Required reading for makers of websites: Matuzo’s HTML boilerplate in 2026. Every element that world-class front-end dev, author, a11y auditor & web standards speaker @matuzo.at uses for the basic structure of an HTML document … with explanations. Updated from his classic 2021 boilerplate.

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My HTML boilerplate in 2026 - Manuel Matuzović

Every element I use for the basic structure of a HTML document, with explanations why.

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Simon Thompson @thompsonsimon.com · 17/08/2026

Thumb buttons on your mouse? Map them to archive and delete in your mail application to speed up cleaning out that inbox. I've been doing this a week, and sometimes my thumb knows I want to delete an email before I do

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Paul Clarke @paulclarke.com · 14/08/2026

As I'm waiting for a big video to export, I shall tell the story of how I nearly died in a Greek trireme.

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Simon Thompson @thompsonsimon.com · 14/08/2026

“Almost nobody knows they are listening to the MTV generation’s most radical act of disability pride” Feeling bad for dismissing that song at the time

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Many years ago, when I first started writing for The Dark Side (Britain's oldest horror mag) we had a bit of a friendly pub quiz rivalry with Empire magazine for a while. We kept losing though. Until one week we discovered a secret weapon. /1

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