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Michael Short

@torqanvil.bsky.social
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'How can we know the dancer from the dance?' - William Yeats / 'Are we human. Or are we dancer?' - The Killers / 24x81

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Michael Short @torqanvil.bsky.social · 8h
It was a grer read, thanks!
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Michael Short @torqanvil.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Fascinating read. The article eventually unfolds with this insight...
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Michael Short @torqanvil.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Stupidest timeline ever
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Military Times @militarytimes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Navy's No. 2 officer sounded a warning, saying the effects of deployment extensions and other combat commitments on readiness had yet to be felt. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️
Readiness bill coming due for Navy after marathon carrier deployment, No. 2 admiral says
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I think people should listen to what the administration trying to bring back spectacle lynchings, race riots, and middle passage-esque deportation voyages are trying to tell you about themselves. bsky.app/profile/bren...
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Turning state violence into a public spectacle is a very fascist move BTW.
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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 08/10/2026
Happy birthday, Sci-fi Queen. 🥳 Sigourney Weaver has also voiced a spaceship two times (the Female Planet Express Ship in Futurama, 2002, and the Axiom from Wall-E, 2008).
Sigourney Weaver in Alien (1979)Sigourney Weaver in Galaxy Quest (1999)Sigourney Weaver in Avatar 2 (2022)Sigourney Weaver in The Mandalorian & Grogu (2026)
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Microplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
great news, fam—they finally found a way to make hard seltzer without the alcohol
Non-alcoholic white claw
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Cats (Animals)
Jim Davis
Comic Characters
What was the cat from Garfield called?
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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Just saw someone say their AI runs their fantasy football team and I can’t stop laughing. Like, I’m sure everyone’s doing it or something but it’s very funny to me that pretending to be a team manager was so hard that you needed to pretend to pretend to be a team manager
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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Michael Short @torqanvil.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
WTAF
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Governor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 04/10/2026
The person who calls Black women “dogs” and “animals” is on Air Force One. But tune in Sunday to the national media asking democrats about Hasan Piker on every Sunday show.
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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads: 

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Incredible chutzpah from a Congress whose one major legislative act was a budget bill that among other things imposed significant new administrative burdens on Medicaid recipients
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Republican says taxes are profits that the government makes.
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A Madhouse Planet Of The Apes
ALT: A Madhouse Planet Of The Apes
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 28/09/2026
"Words do not blast stim at the rate we enjoy today. Words are old, older than TikTok. Back then, a human would read, 'Fireworks exploded above two (or more) trad-attractive nudes copulating on a sandy beach,' and the reader would have to imagine that in their mind." buff.ly/oZe8zx4
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How to Read Good or Maybe Great
“First, accept how fun reading isn’t. Words do not blast stim at the rate we enjoy today. Words are old, older than TikTok. Back then, a human would read, ‘F...
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Dave Kearn @davekearnjr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Oh. Well in that case…
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Michael Short @torqanvil.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Was a spoon involved? Ate. Just a cup, no spoon? Drank.
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log̷o, reanimated dad @loxophile.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My god... the coffee scale is screaming
My right hand pressing into a small coffee scale on a wooden cutting board. The scale's display shows "EEEE"
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The Wolfpack @wolfpack11720.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed." ~ Mahatma Gandhi @bagleycartoons.bsky.social
Pat Bagley
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Michael Short @torqanvil.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I think you made a mistake. Isn't that Tom Riddle?
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Michael Short @torqanvil.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
WTAF
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Michael Short @torqanvil.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Every American is complaining about the cost of gas, but sure, let's make cars less fuel efficient. We're the stupidest country. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/c... 🎁
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Trump Administration Plans to Gut Clean Car Rules (Gift Article)
New fuel-economy standards, which President Trump said he finalized Saturday, would kill a federal effort to speed the transition to electric vehicles.
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Michael Short @torqanvil.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Sad
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
everyone who's ever joined in an online pile on should read this.
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Michael Short @torqanvil.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/o... 🎁
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Opinion | The Four TV Shows That Heralded America’s Fall (Gift Article)
Four TV shows, now acknowledged as the medium’s high point, each cannily predicted the ways in which America would start to crack apart.
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Michael Short @torqanvil.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I feel attacked! 😂
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Michael Short @torqanvil.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A bit of this energy, though 😂
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Elden Ring Elden Ring Dance
ALT: Elden Ring Elden Ring Dance
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Paul Szoldra @paulszoldra.com · 26/09/2026
The systems haven't gone rogue. The CEOs of the companies overseeing these systems did not set proper safeguards. They are responsible for what happens in their companies. Humans are held to account, not some random computer that's 'gone rogue.'
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 25/09/2026
“You can still be twisted. Just be clever about it.” How ChatGPT fueled the violent fantasies of the Tumbler Ridge school shooter, according to our new investigation:
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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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Michael Short @torqanvil.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
For me, it was wanting to stare at Gil, though I appreciated Erin's charms. But Twiki... 100% 👎
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 25/09/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Our new investigation uncovers the horrifying ChatGPT history of the Tumbler Ridge mass shooter. OpenAI’s chatbot fueled the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the day of the school massacre.
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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
When I say Butlerian, you say Jihad. Butlerian! Jihad! Butlerian! Jihad!
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We just dropped a bombshell investigation into ChatGPT's role in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. Incredible reporting from @markfollman.bsky.social that will have far-reaching effects...hopefully: www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...
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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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Fred, His Enemy Getting a Vote @thefred.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Harris, Klobuchar, and Clinton all drew "shes a b****" stories in the New York Times citing anonymous former junior staffers. Nothing ever really came of them. It's a genre staple against every prominent woman senate and presidential candidate.
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Michael Short @torqanvil.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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David Rose's 'V Interesting' Expression
ALT: David Rose's 'V Interesting' Expression
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Librarian Capital @librariancapital.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
OMG. "F-35 manufacturer Lockheed Martin $LMT manages the program’s overall supply chain and uses commercial shipping providers to transport parts"
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Hill investigates after F-35 parts diverted to Hong Kong
The incident raises the possibility that top secret weapons technology may have been exposed to a foreign adversary — including China.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Mother of Renee Good: I voted for Trump under the impression that these agents were here to protect the citizens of the US, innocents like our family and the others here, against terrorists. Certainly not to accuse those of us here of being terrorists and take precious lives. This is madness.
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Michael Short @torqanvil.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Use the force, Luke."
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Michael Scott: Must Hold It In
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Total collapse: 70% say his Iran war has hurt the US 75% say he has no plan for the war 76% say the war isn't worth the costs
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Michael Short @torqanvil.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Amen
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Michael Short @torqanvil.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Now look at rod cells 👀 pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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How rods respond to single photons: Key adaptations of a G-protein cascade that enable vision at the physical limit of perception
Rod photoreceptors are among the most sensitive light detectors in nature. They achieve their remarkable sensitivity across a wide variety of species through a number of essential adaptations: a speci...
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Michael Short @torqanvil.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Recommended read
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Michael Short @torqanvil.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Apropos of nothing, I'm looking forward to seeing Whalefall next month!
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Close-up footage of anti-drone protective nets being installed over Russian oil refineries.
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
GI Joe Cobra Terror Drome with Firebat toy packaging
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JB Pritzker @jbpritzker.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
When Donald Trump says our country is in a "golden age," he isn't talking about a golden age for your family. Only for his.
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