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Victor Stevko @victorstevko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The Childcatcher in _Chitty Chitty Bang Bang_. The bad-relationship royals didn't start to disturb me until adulthood.

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Victor Stevko @victorstevko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I think it's lovely. My spouse with the degree in ancient near-east archeo says: "YES. Oh, yes. That is _perfect_."

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Dr Carolyn La Rocco 🏺🍃 @carrielarocco.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Early for #MosaicMonday, but a progress update on my edible Theodora mosaic (made out of fondant on wafer paper)! Think it is almost done ☺️

Photo of sheet of water paper with lots of differently colored pieces of fondant that I colored and cut tesserae out of, and made a mosaic of the empress Theodora with a gold background; I attached the tesserae with edible ‘food glue’

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Victor Stevko @victorstevko.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

That was really common on the US East Coast - places with gas lights were all piped for lighting in all the right places, and inside the gas pipes there's no oxygen for combustion, so it's... kinda safe, but compared to gas lighting, safer.

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Victor Stevko @victorstevko.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Oh my yes. Our place is only 90 years old and was very well built to start with, but. I'm guessing your wire nut was someone trying to connect thin stranded wire to solid, and getting arcing?

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-Boulet- @bouletcorp.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Loish est une artiste phénoménale, dont le travail est une source d'émerveillement depuis plus de 10 ans, mais voilà qu'on l'accuse d'utiliser l'IA. C'est ça aussi cette tech de chiasse: la perte de confiance envers tout ce qu'on voit, la méfiance face au vrai talent et au beau.

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Victor Stevko @victorstevko.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Wow. Not a day goes by without something astonishing showing up.

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Victor Stevko @victorstevko.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Are you really that bored? I'll just be over here behind the polycarbonate and concrete decorative feature.

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Victor Stevko @victorstevko.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

One chapter in, it has what I think of as the Victorian popular-novel voice. If you've read other stuff from that period, you'll know if that's off-putting or not. My impression is that the narrator could not be forced at knifepoint to speak in anything besides RP, but it's early days yet.

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Djamila Knopf @djamilaknopf.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

In keeping with the rain theme, I painted these little guys. medium: Schmincke Horadam gouache

a traditional painting showing little rain drops with faces

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Victor Stevko @victorstevko.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Oh dear. Have they decided to take it out on the messenger, or are you at least spared that?

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Victor Stevko @victorstevko.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Low bar, but yes. You do get a slightly ozone-ish flavour though.

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 30/09/2026

Your 3rd dose today of Anthropic settlement madness (at least from me). Authors, CHECK YOUR CLAIMS! Your situation may have changed, per this email from the settlement administrator that some authors are receiving (subject heading: Anthropic Copyright Settlement: Allocation Updates)

We made updates that may affect your claim.
What Changed?
Wed, Sep 30,
2026 at 5:35 AM
Based on feedback from claimants, we updated how certain works are categorized.
In particular, where multiple claimants submitted default claims for the same
ownership interest in a work, we changed those works from agreement to
disagreement.
In addition, the portal is updated to reflect that some claimants changed their sole
ownership claims to default claims, and some claimants withdrew their claims.
What This Means for You
As a result of these updates, some works on your claim may now be categorized
differently. We encourage you to review the current allocations for your works.
How to Review and Update Your Allocations
Please use your claim number and PIN above to log into the portal below.
Claim Summary and Allocation Portal
For help making updates, please visit the allocation portal instructions.
If You Already Submitted Updates
If you already updated the allocation for a work, then you do not need to
submit those updates again. Any changes you submitted previously
through the online portal are recorded, but the portal is not being
updated in real time. If you submit multiple updates for the same
copyright number, your most recent submission will replace any earlier
submissions

What’s Next?
We will continue to work with claimants to help resolve disputes.
For works where all rightsholders are in agreement and where all necessary
payment information is provided, we expect to send a first round of payments in
November 2026.
If You Have Questions
Please contact us at 1-877-206-2314 or info@AnthropicCopyrightSettlement.com.
Regards,
Settlement Administrator

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Victor Stevko @victorstevko.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Take care out there, Minneapolis friends.

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Victor Stevko @victorstevko.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I love this version. Matson still ships cargo between and to the islands, but I don't think they have a passenger service since the '70s or so.

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The French Republican Calendar @sansculottid.es · 30/09/2026

Today is Décadi the 10th of Vendémiaire in the year 235. Vendémiaire is the month of vintage. Today we celebrate vats. #JacobinDay See today's page

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Brian Williams (He/Him) @professionalhench.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A reminder to folks to go get your updated COVID vaccine as soon as you can if you haven’t already. We were planning to go in this weekend, but instead my daughter brought COVID home from school before we could manage. Sigh, not how I wanted to make time to read Seanan’s latest book.

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Victor Stevko @victorstevko.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yeah, more suited to generating Manhattan-style piped-in steam. Which is only regionally useful anyway. At these power levels, I wonder if you could usefully boil water and run a steam engine to recapture some of the waste power.

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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 30/09/2026

don't bother addressing a congregation unless you're in the baroque creature pulpit

Baroque pulpit ca. 1750, rebuilt 1856, Parish church in Dobroszów.

a fanciful scaled sculpture where the serpents open mouth serves as the pulpit

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Victor Stevko @victorstevko.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's true - the noise would be a non-starter with any kind of traditional system. I do feel, perhaps naively, that a good liquid cooling system that connects to a heat pump or an outdoor radiator could be pretty quiet.

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Victor Stevko @victorstevko.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Please can we send him? I want to see him tromping around the Highlands of Scotland looking for the Jacobites who will let him lead the charge against the Redcoats.

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Victor Stevko @victorstevko.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Yes. In midwinter perhaps, but I'm not sure society is ready for a return to seasonality like "Only do computation from All Saints Day until Shrove Tuesday. April-October, I dunno - go outdoors or something".

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Victor Stevko @victorstevko.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

So much for the idea that The Algorithm is going to take over everything...

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Victor Stevko @victorstevko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Welp. This is not an AI issue, this is a Facebook/Meta issue, and has been for a very long time.

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Victor Stevko @victorstevko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The comment period on this one, as well as the roadless rule, has been extended to early October. Links in the article.

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Victor Stevko @victorstevko.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I would like to think they're doing something like checking automobile travel times and using the current number, but they could express that in a number of ways and aren't.

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Victor Stevko @victorstevko.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We've had one in my SF neighborhood for a while, wrapped in transparent pink so the overall effect is sort of ashes-of-roses. They park it on the street, which makes its extreme width way more apparent.

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Victor Stevko @victorstevko.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I mean, "north" in this conversation means the San Francisco region, so sea spray is a bigger hazard than road salt. OTOH, I have seen more of them of late in Tahoe as well.

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Victor Stevko @victorstevko.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Sure, but only after taking the victory lap.

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Doll @dollspace.gay · 28/09/2026

Whats that about having to moderate to win in purple states? Hmm? If Beshear can stand up for us *in Kansas* nobody else has an excuse. Its just cowardace.

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Victor Stevko @victorstevko.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Huh. I haven't seen it since it was in theaters. Maybe I should give it a rewatch.

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth." "At least six babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles, with two so sick they had to be admitted to intensive care."

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America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.

Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.

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Victor Stevko @victorstevko.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Thank you for saying it so I didn't have to.

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Victor Stevko @victorstevko.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Seriously, huge Dunning-Kruger energy.

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Victor Stevko @victorstevko.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Like MRI machines, but for the chemistry department. Magnets powerful enough to separate a SWAT team from their guns, with liquid helium and liquid nitrogen cooling to provide extra asphyxiation hazards.

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Victor Stevko @victorstevko.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Does that map really say they don't have any data for 14 states, including California? I tried following the link, but that dumped me into the CDC's home page without any obvious way to find the maps.

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Victor Stevko @victorstevko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Oh dear. Enjoy your respite on the plane, and I hope it passes soon.

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Victor Stevko @victorstevko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Ooh, yum! And well done, you! I tend not to have the patience for gingerbread cookies- by the time the dough has rested I'm in the middle of something else and they don't ever get rolled out.

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