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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 39m

I'll never understand why the moopsy hasn't been deployed against the gorn (I'll also never forgive the network for canceling Lower Decks)

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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 51m

They depict Renee Good as "a 40-year-old woman wearing a covid mask"

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The Midnight Society @midnightpals.bsky.social · 5h

Stephen King: so as i was saying, salem's lot King: everyone in salem's lot is excited because a writer is coming to town King: everyone is so excited because he's so cool and awesome King: i mean, a writer is like a real life super hero Poe: yeah that scans Barker: no lies detected

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 5h

Canada is refusing to issue ISBNs to books primarily generated with AI. This illustrates both the urgency of the problem of the growing flood of slop books, and also the toothlessness of addressing it on the honor system without there also being consequences for lying

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By registering with ISBN Canada, you declare that your book was created by a human author. You may use AI tools only for limited support tasks, such as brainstorming ideas, checking grammar, or formatting your book. You must not use AI to generate the text, create the artwork, or translate the book. ISBN Canada does not issue ISBNs for works whose content is primarily generated by AI. LAC is currently reviewing its policy regarding the use of AI content creation and our guidance is subject to change.

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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

From this morning: heads-up streamers there’s a JS execution in OBS, Reddit will kill all RSS feeds on November 13, another cautionary tale about Meta’s dangerous Muse agent, and more: www.patreon.com/violetblue/p...

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Cybersecurity: October 6, 2026 | Threat Model

This week: How to turn off Apple Intelligence permanently and get 12GB back, Doom in a SQL database is obviously a bad idea, your car is a s

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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 21h

Got all the gear and equipment set up for our first @wellyhonkbot.bsky.social test (watching the ferry!) and it just happens to be one of the days they didn't sound the signal when leaving the berth... which they're supposed to! Every time! (It annoys the Harbourmaster when they don't.) SIGH

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Cronches 🇵🇸 @redpandacronches.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

love the good news that is mixed with the normal news 🥹

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Melissa Ann Singer @masinger.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Going to #NYCC this week? There's a measles emergency in NY, plus a lot of flu and Covid. Good time to mask, especially in a crowded convention center.

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Dr. Jenny Morber @jrmorber.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It’s fun to finally have a little social experiment on “what if we try helping people”

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@burnettaotearoa @burnettaotearoa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Some fantastic news for HIV prevention in Aotearoa. From 1 Dec (World AIDS Day), publicly funded PrEP and PEP will be available to everyone in the country who needs it, regardless of visa status. It's a win for common sense & evidence-based policy. 💊🌈 www.burnettfoundation.org.nz/articles/new...

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Free HIV preventive treatment for all in Aotearoa

As of December 1, publicly funded medication and their associated tests will be available to all on Aotearoa soil. This means that HIV prevention tools are available to all in New Zealand, regardless...

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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

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Cybersecurity: October 6, 2026 | Threat Model

This week: How to turn off Apple Intelligence permanently and get 12GB back, Doom in a SQL database is obviously a bad idea, your car is a s

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This is an important statement people, and especially elected Dems need to really understand. The current Republican project is one of destruction, by design. Yes, they have other goals, in RFK’s case he’s objectively pro-disease, but their primary metric of success is breaking government.

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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 05/10/2026

We are aware of an individual using a UK number on Telegram and WhatsApp under the name “Antony Kevin” to seek assistance recruiting journalists and analysts working on Syria. They claim to work for Bellingcat, but do not. Please disregard requests from them and contact [contact@bellingcat.com].

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Danny Palmer @dannypalmer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Not now, Unmapped Region of Antarctica.

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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

He always has the best facial expressions 😂

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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Time to bust out the Halloween mask stash 🎃

Photo of a purple respirator mask with an orange pumpkin and blue bat on it, on a grey countertop

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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Critical fail that the bucket wasn't the whale's open mouth

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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Fortunately, no. They have an adorable calico window cat who loves her window bed, my cats Max and Sam are obsessed with her

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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I just ran out to grab something from my car and my neighbor's boyfriend was NAKED AGAIN standing in the window while petting their cat 😳 ** when I returned ALL their lights were off 😳😳

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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This makes eight for me (in NZ time zone so I got to start a day earlier)! Loving all the Aotearoa style decisions to make. These were coconut and NZ lime slaw with shrimp, jalapeño, avo, and Waikato goat cheese on local flour tortillas #tacotober #31tacosin31days

Photo of a white flour tortilla as a soft taco for little pink shrimp, green avo, white cheese, and a slaw including purple cabbage, orange carrot, dark green kale, and light green cabbage

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Living Safely With Covid @covidsafenz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Optimal Clinical Trials Auckland is recruiting patients for a Long Covid clinical trial right here in NZ Adults 18 – 75 years old Body mass index (BMI) between 18.0 and 35.0 kg/m² If you apply please share details about the type of intervention being trialed Apply here 👇

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- Optimal Clinical Trials

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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

OMG for your response you chose violence 🤣

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Queen Olivia III @queenoliviaiii.com · 03/10/2026

Orbital Leisure Lounge has a special guest host this week: Constance Craving, MC and burlesque performer extraordinaire! youtu.be/5yaKJCkWFik

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 03/10/2026

I implore all cis people to read this.

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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Kiwibank brought this on themselves

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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Is it okay if I disagree very strongly with #5, I enjoy that my tacos get really weird by the end of the month

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Conor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A friend has Covid right now. They have lost their sense of smell and they're having cognitive problems. This hit me today, as it often does: we made, and continue to make, a huge collective mistake in allowing a virus that impacts the brain to transmit unmitigated globally.

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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I would read the hell out of her memoir, just sayin'

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It's Bandcamp Friday, which means that 100% of the money from every song and album you purchase goes straight to the musicians. I might even have a couple of ambient albums there. sevenblood-stainedorchids.bandcamp.com

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Quarantegan @quarantegan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

📣 Oct 1 #ThreatModelCovid: US's Covid surge still surging, Long Covid in prison, 5th measles death in PA, & more 🦠 Please share & support 𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙈𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙡 newsletters (𝘛𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 #infosec / 𝘛𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 #covid) & their author, investigative journalist @violetblue.bsky.social www.patreon.com/violetblue/p...

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Pandemic Roundup: October 1, 2026 | Threat Model

This newsletter is an inclusive, curated selection of new findings and fresh perspectives on Covid-19, dedicated to finding the highest qual

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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Add to this: - Likely significant number of people who don't realize they have #LongCovid - Uninformed doctors - Medical gaslighting - People avoiding care due to cost 😢

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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Legal folks, how is this "defying Democrats" and not "illegally misappropriating funds"?

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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

ICYMI: all 5 US measles deaths = unvaccinated, Ebola exceeds 8,000 cases, 13th US Covid surge continues, Covid elevated in UK, Iran urges masks, Phase 3 begins for promising #LongCovid drug, Clean Air Inside the Actors' Studio, risk levels by location, and more: www.patreon.com/violetblue/p...

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This newsletter is an inclusive, curated selection of new findings and fresh perspectives on Covid-19, dedicated to finding the highest qual

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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 01/10/2026

That is a very coherent argument.

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Ah yes, the mind is boggled by immigrants and tourists who don’t want to get abused and thrown into a secret nightmare prison for weeks or months before eventually being whisked away to a country they didn’t come from in the first fucking place. What a mystery!

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geri katz @gerikatz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Might as well light the Constitution on fire at this point.

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Quarantegan @quarantegan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

📣 Sep 29's #ThreatModelCybersecurity: ShinyHunters' FBI hack, bug bounty drought, hotel room security tips, & more 👩‍💻 Please share & support 𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙈𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙡 newsletters (𝘛𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 #infosec / 𝘛𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 #covid) & their author, independent journalist @violetblue.bsky.social www.patreon.com/violetblue/p...

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Cybersecurity: September 29, 2026 | Threat Model

This week: Sam Altman “sorry” his US company hacked a foreign government, ShinyHunters royally pwns the FBI and it’s not hard to understand

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milady @miladyg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The "much more" is better yet. Stay safe out there.

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