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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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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The reason young people vibe with liminal horror is that the wealthy have spent the last half century destroying all anthropological spaces they can exist in, leaving *only* non-places en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-place

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Non-place - Wikipedia

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purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 18h

🐾🐾🤍..

A fluffy black cat with large white eyes lies on its side on green grass beneath a textured sky fading from blue to pale pink. White handwritten text reads: “Maybe sometimes you want to do everything so badly that you end up doing nothing at all. That’s okay. Maybe you’re more tired than you realise. I just hope you know that taking care of yourself counts as doing something, too.”

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Vertandor @vertandor.bsky.social · 18h

So that was a fun lunch break, I think I found all but one track (some guesses on version/artist, obvs) so for those that can't get to the concert here's some "choral music goes gaming" inspired by their programme open.spotify.com/playlist/3Zm...

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Choral - gamer edit

Playlist based on the programme for London Voices: Video Games Go Choral, 8 October 2026 at St Martin in the Fields

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Vertandor @vertandor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

LRP: I'll be right back, I'm just off to use the programme of that concert to make a playlist...

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Keith Stuart @keefstuart.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

There is a concert of choral video game music tomorrow at the beautiful St Martins in the Field! www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/whats-on/lon...

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London Voices: Video Games Go Choral – St Martin-in-the-Fields

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Hannah Alexander Artwork @hannahartwork.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Moth 🔦 first picture in my October series!

A digital illustration of a giant moth fae with glowing yellow eyes clinging to a lighthouse. At it's base, a lighthouse keeper emerges from his house to investigate.

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Rick CarBOOso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 23/12/2023

Hello welcome back to my Jurassic Park Ted Talk. Today we are discussing why this is the most perfect monologue in modern cinema no don’t at me with any of your Scorsese Tarantino bullshit I’m serious.

Screenshot from Jurassic park of kid staring wide-eyed at the raptor claw being held by Alan Grant (a beautifully framed shot where Grant is in the foreground and the kid is in the center of the frame, framed by Alan’s forearm and the claw)

Photo of Alan gran pretending to slice a kid’s stomach open with a raptor claw

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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

When they talk about reducing red tape, remember this image.

Grenfell Tower, a black smouldering carcass of the building shorty after the fire, in 2017.

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Vertandor @vertandor.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Open up inbox. Wince at the number of unread emails since Friday. Look closer and realise someone tagged a user group email in by mistake over the weekend, and it's people asking to be removed from the chain. Repeatedly. Set up inbox rule to delete with that subject, sigh in relief.

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REwadent Evil @ewacat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It's worth unfollowing someone before blocking if you ever need to just because this site is so basic it allows for a pretty nasty kind of misunderstanding should Something Untoward Happen

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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Disability doesn’t care how old you are. Specialist food is no cheaper if you’re 19. Employers don’t lose their prejudice if you’re 21. This is blatant intergenerational inequality from Labour. Younger disabled people of all severities deserve better. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Key disability benefit for young people may be axed under major welfare changes

Exclusive: Plan under discussion involves intensive support to help young people into employment

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This whole article is just a list of ways they're thinking of making disabled people's lives even harder, to save money. And a list of other places that've already done it, as if that makes it right. Nauseating.

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Tristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 30/09/2026

I'll believe Burnham is a progressive when he brings forward laws to undo our historically hostile position against LGBTQ+ people, immigrants and refugees, and protesters. Until then he's just Blue Labour with better vibes.

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.

A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future

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Melinda Beatty @melindabeatty.com · 29/09/2026

Bear with me, this is a doozy, #kidlit folks. Censorship is alive, even in blue states.

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Sarah ⚧ ✡︎ @sarahkorse.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

This includes BIRTH CONTROL, by the way. As well as a shitload of mood stabilizers. Do NOT eat "spooky" black foods and snacks. Just don't.

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Os Keyes @okeyes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Since we’re doing another round of “AI will destroy humanity” doom-hype, it’s a good time to announce a new paper myself and my postdoc advisor just had accepted by BioSocieties on just this. TL;DR: almost all the “AI can make bioweapons” literature comes ultimately from the Effective Altruists.

ironholds.org

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Can I have some legitimate concerns please? Hello, UK government, I have a legitimate concern that temperatures will rise to a level that destroys many already-struggling nations, leading us in to an era of food scarcity wars. And now we wait for Andy Burnham to act on my legitimate concerns😎

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Carausius @carausius286.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A Roman mosaic of snails escaping a basket. 🏛️ Basilica Patricale, Aquileia 🇮🇹 🕰️ 4th century AD #MosaicMonday

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Simon is on strike ✊🏻 @simonxix.com · 28/09/2026

Historic England outsourced their digital image provision to a third-party company. Then the company went bust and now all their images are inaccessible. Tell me again how outsourcing to the private sector is sustainable?

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Marguerite Kenner @margueritekenner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Well my heart just exploded.

Twiglet and white cat and Tortilla the black kitten, curled up together half-asleep in a blue blanket donut.

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Dr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 26/09/2026

I don't know anyone who gets PIP for ADHD because applying for it is such a nightmare, and people who do get it for ADHD need it

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 25/09/2026

Voyager Instruments xkcd.com/3302/

3-panel comic. (1) [Person with shoulder-length hair gestures at diagrams on wall in front of table with three people.] PERSON 1: As the radioactive power source on *Voyager 1* weakens, we’ve been turning instruments off to conserve power. (2) PERSON 1: Only two instruments remain. Do we want to lose the plasma wave subsystem or the magnetometer? (3) PERSON 2 with ponytail: You know, if we just turned off Greg’s LED underlighting– PERSON 4 with short hair: Absolutely not. PERSON 3: Dammit, Greg. PERSON 4: I will *not* allow us to look uncool in front of aliens.

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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It’s brilliant to see two key government reviews will likely seek to end the pointless reassessment of many disabled people. I’ve written for years it’s a waste of resources and has a huge strain on disabled people forced into regularly proving their condition. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

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Severely disabled young people should get fast-track access to benefits, Milburn says

Alan Milburn said 16- to 24-year-olds with most complex needs should not have to keep proving they cannot work

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Vertandor @vertandor.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Treated myself to a Masala omlette wrap and mug of tea for breakfast - needed something to recover from seeing the Christmas stuff in aldi, its not even Halloween yet?! G'dang it, I like to enjoy my wheel of the year in good order, thanks

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026

I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility

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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 25/09/2026

We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/

a cartoon of three fieldworkers. One has a small trans flag. The logos of the university of leeds, research england, and canopy robin are shown, as well as the URL: InclusiveFieldwork (dot) Leeds (dot) AC (dot) UK (slash) trans

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Cody Vrosh @codyvrosh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Dragon Librarian. Watercolor & ink. A recent painting commission. My client wanted to shine a light on the fight against book bans in Canada. My dad was a librarian & instilled in me a lifelong love of books. Books are treasures & must be fiercely defended against those who would seek to ban them.

Dragon Librarian fiercely defending stacks of books.

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june 🍂 @heyyjune.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Thanks for hosting!! I like drawing pets and plants 🐱🌻 I don't have much of a site yet, but feel free to message me if you'd like a personal commission or print of anything you see 💕💕

Digital drawing of brown tabby on its back in a patch of pink and yellow flowers

Digital drawing of a black cat with red and yellow flowers sprouting around him

Digital drawing of a brown mischievous looking cat with a stolen sock in its mouth

Digital drawing of a grey cat curled up on a patchwork quilt

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Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

In recent years, the media has quietly begun to change the way in which it writes about Bobby Kotick, the former CEO of Activision Blizzard. PMG investigates how Kotick used the threat of defamation to reshape his legacy in the games business, one article at a time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKwp...

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Inside Bobby Kotick's Campaign Against the Press

YouTube video by People Make Games

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Vertandor @vertandor.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

My favourite kind of autumn day, bright and warm in the sun, tempered with a cool breeze. Leaves starting to turn and fall. Happy autumn equinox!

A cluster of dark burgundy-red crab apples on the branch, nestled in the dark green leaves.

A group of cream-brown flat-topped wild mushrooms growing amongst grass and fallen leaves/bark. One of them has a large circular "bite" out of one side.

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Compound Interest | Chemistry infographics @compoundchem.com · 23/09/2026

It's the autumn equinox in the northern hemisphere 🍂 Here's the chemistry behind the foliage colour changes we'll be seeing over the coming months: www.compoundchem.com/2014/09/11/a... #ChemSky 🧪

Infographic on the chemistry of the colours of autumn leaves. Green is caused by chlorophyll, carotenoids and flavonoids give yellows, and oranges come from carotenoids, which also contribute to reds along with anthocyanins.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I once said this to @amywestervelt.bsky.social and I stand by the statement. “I don't think you can call anything where you're getting more oil out of the ground to burn a climate solution.” drilled.media/news/ccs

"It doesn't make sense to use CCS to prolong our use of fossil fuels, especially to produce electricity," David Ho, professor at University of Hawaii and senior researcher at Columbia Uni-versity, said. 'The argument in favor of enhanced oil recovery is often that if they weren't using this capt red CO2 they'd be using some other CO2. But I don't think you can call anything where you're getting more oil out of the ground to burn a climate solution."

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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 22/09/2026

1/23 Sorry, this will be long... There is a lot of shouting about what happened in the Channel yesterday. So I want to go back to basic law. Not immigration policies or political rhetoric. At sea, the starting point is simple: Preservation of life comes first under all maritime conventions.

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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The fact that many of the people on UC are also working is not mentioned until way, way down in this Times story. Same for the detail that lots of previous benefits have been phased out and rolled into UC. But above all, the TPA is a pressure group funded by people who avoid and evade tax.

One in five adults are on universal credit
More than seven million people are claiming the UK's main benefit, including a million people in their twenties, Taxpayers' Alliance research says
• NEW
Daisy Eastlake, Political Reporter
Monday September 21 2026, 7.00pm, The Times

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Kat Brown @katbrownwrites.com · 21/09/2026

That Wes Streeting ordered this report *less than a month* after NHS England delivered the second part of its independent inquiry into exactly the same thing more than suggests he wanted a very specific answer. Shame on him and on MPs for using health as a scapegoat. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Young people are not snowflakes, head of mental health review says

Speaking exclusively to the BBC, Prof Peter Fonagy says being young is much harder now than it was.

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Spooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Tilly Norwood is not real. Ask yourself why they created a young female bot to make films with who cannot say "no", has no inconvenient personal life, and will never age.

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Vertandor @vertandor.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Ahh, Dungeon Master, that takes me back - thank-you!

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