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Sebastian Biot

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Sebastian Biot @viralata.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Busker Flow by Kofi Stone on Apple Music
Song · 2019 · Duration 2:28
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Sebastian Biot @viralata.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Butterfly Dancing Over a Barrel: II. What You Call by Third Coast Percussion & David Longstreth on Apple Music
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UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Authors, have you ever wondered how to turn a revised dissertation into a proposal? Or when the best time is to submit? Our acquisitions team has answers to these FAQs and more 👇 uncpress.substack.com/p/what-autho...
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What Authors Ask Most
Advice from UNC Press acquisitions staff on proposals, timelines, and more
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Sebastian Biot @viralata.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Me, when I vacuum.
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John Balestrieri @tinrocket.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
It looks like Princeton U's arts program is promoting AI slop.
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iA @ia.net · 28/08/2026
📚 Students and teachers: iA Writer and iA Presenter are designed to help you: • Get focused and write papers, while keeping track of AI tools • Effortlessly turn text into beautiful slides Reach out to learn more about educational offers for 2026. 📧 support+edu@ia.net
Background: An academic paper written in iA Writer. Markdown document is visible in the Editor. Rendered document visible in the Preview pane. 

Foreground: Slides made in iA Presenter. Slide text and preview visible in-app.
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Sebastian Biot @viralata.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Twelve
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Helen Kyriakoudes @hkyria.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
“The octopus is a prime candidate for humans to anthropomorphise because it is so smart, so responsive, & yet so different as to be essentially unreadable.” Richard Schweid (LIFE ON THE OCTOPUS FARM, out now) weighs in on octo-farming in @theguardian.com 🐙 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Too smart to eat? Why octopus farms are such a slippery problem
As a controversial Spanish plan for sustainable meat on an industrial scale is dropped, it has revived the ethical debate over farming these intelligent wild animals
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WOUB News and Culture @woubnews.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The Athens City Council on Monday approved a one-year moratorium on any attempts to build a data center in city limits. The moratorium is intended to give city officials time to review the zoning code and make changes to specifically address issues raised by data centers.
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Athens City Council approves a one-year moratorium on data centers
The Athens City Council on Monday approved a one-year moratorium on any attempts to build a data center in city limits.
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Sebastian Biot @viralata.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I don’t remember much Georgian but I remember that word!
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Samara Rafert @rafertess.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I have definitely noticed an uptick in deep backlist sales from the OSU Press list. It's not the perpetual bestsellers but one-offs from decades ago that even I, after seven years at the press, have barely heard of. www.404media.co/ai-companies...
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AI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI Slop
ISBNdb, a company that sources printed books for AI companies to turn into training data, tells clients “the optics problem is real.”
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Sebastian Biot @viralata.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
“(T)he United States, a nation at war with itself and the world…” nobody-wants-this.ghost.io/japans-desig... Anne Lutz Fernandez. 2026. “Japan’s Design for Humans.” *Nobody Wants This.*
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Japan's Design for Humans
A recent trip was a reminder of the US's missing care
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 15/07/2026
The Types of People to Keep Around, including “people who text you to look at the moon”, “the friend who commits to the bit”, and “relentlessly creative folks”. [kottke.org]
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The Types of People to Keep Around
Molly Burford, author of Moments to Hold Close, writes list poetry (is that a thing?) about the kinds of people that you want in your life. From Types Of People You Need To Hang On To: The friend who helps you clean y
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Rusudan Djakeli @rusudandjakeli.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Day 593 of daily, uninterrupted protests in Georgia.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 11/07/2026
We‘re one executive order away from a chocolate fountain.
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Sebastian Biot @viralata.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
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Blame It on the Boogie by The Jacksons on Apple Music
Song · 1978 · Duration 3:35
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HyperEssays @hyperessays.net · 01/07/2026
HyperEssays has had full-text search of John Florio’s and my own ongoing translation of the Essays (w/ Cotton/Hazlitt’s as a placeholder) for a while. Today I’m happy to announce that the original Middle French text is also searchable on the site. 🥳 hyperessays.net
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HyperEssays
HyperEssays is a project to create a modern and accessible online edition of the Essays of Michel de Montaigne.
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Sebastian Biot @viralata.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Posting on social media about being deeply insulted by how wrong a report is which agrees with you on the point you’re deeply insulted about is the most social media thing to do: denouncing something you haven’t read, carefully or at all, to score outrage points from people who won’t read it either.
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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 10/06/2026
The Best Headlights in the World Are Illegal in America. “America’s roads are now full of tactical-grade headlights, and no one is happy about it.” [theatlantic.com]
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Driving in America Is Headlight Hell
Car bulbs don’t have to be this blinding.
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UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Happy Pride Month 🏳️‍🌈 Use code 01PRIDE30 to save 30% all month long on our website 📚 uncpress.org/pride/
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Read With Pride
Celebrate Pride with stories, voices, and perspectives that uplift and inspire across the LGBTQIA+ community and enjoy 30% off plus free shipping on US
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Daniel Jalkut @danielpunkass.punkitup.com · 26/05/2026
My take on AI is, essentially, everybody who’s against is too against it and everybody who’s for it is too for it.
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Rusudan Djakeli @rusudandjakeli.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
I haven't seen such a large crowd in Georgia in a while. This is the 545th consecutive day of nationwide protests. Happy Independence Day, dear Georgia! 🇬🇪
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Sebastian Biot @viralata.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
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Kaleidoscope (Remastered & Expanded) by Siouxsie & The Banshees on Apple Music
Album · 1980 · 20 Songs
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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Colbert guest hosted a public access TV show in Monroe, Michigan a day after the Late Show ended. Guest star: Jeff Daniels Special appearance by: Eminem Musical director: Jack White Genius. youtu.be/jJTXB5uT_C4?...
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Only In Monroe --- May 22, 2026
YouTube video by Stephen Colbert
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UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Three signs that bookclub email you just got is probably a scam 🚩 1) Generic gmail (or similar) address 2) The book club, award, or organization doesn’t exist when you look it up 3) The email is overly long, vague, and full of excessive praise (often AI-written)
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Sebastian Biot @viralata.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Apology accepted. share.contiguous.me/share/filthy... I love a good @hotdogsladies.bsky.social dossier.
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The Big BART Macrame
The fifty-foot rope sculpture that hung in Embarcadero BART for thirty-six years. Cleaned twice. Removed for $300,000. Buried for $2,000.
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Sebastian Biot @viralata.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
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One Stop by Aldous Harding on Apple Music
Song · 2026 · Duration 3:30
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Sebastian Biot @viralata.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Nothing like seeing “From the creators of [inferior product]” to inspire confidence in a new product.
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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Retractions never get proportional attention. This one should.
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Influential study touting ChatGPT in education retracted over red flags
The retracted study on ChatGPT in education was already cited hundreds of times.
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Sebastian Biot @viralata.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
“You opened this page. It already knows the following.” sinceyouarrived.world/taken
sinceyouarrived.world
taken.
A web page that tells you what your browser gave away the moment you arrived. No login, no form, no permission. Most pages do this. None of them tell you.
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Sebastian Biot @viralata.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Metadata + custom MCP connector + Claude = 🤯
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Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Richard Dawkins: Trans women aren't real Also Richard Dawkins: AIs are conscious and my Claude is a Claudia
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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH
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Rusudan Djakeli @rusudandjakeli.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Day 517 of uninterrupted protests in Georgia. 🇬🇪🇪🇺
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Sebastian Biot @viralata.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
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The Nether-edge by PJ Harvey on Apple Music
Song · 2023 · Duration 3:17
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Sebastian Biot @viralata.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
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Paranoid Android by Radiohead on Apple Music
Song · 1997 · Duration 6:27
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Models of everyday life were deposited in #Egyptian tombs. They were supposed to support the deceased in the afterlife. One of the most charming examples is the model of a #cow giving birth. Carved in wood, painted. Probably from Meir, #Egypt, dating c. 2040-1985 BC. 📷 Royal Ontario Museum 🏺
The photo shows a wooden model of a cow giving birth accompanied by two men. One man calms the cow while the other ensures a proper delivery.The calf emerges from his mother, licking the hand of the man.
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Sebastian Biot @viralata.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
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It's Gonna Be Lonely by Prince on Apple Music
Song · 1979 · Duration 5:27
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 07/04/2026
Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.
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Sebastian Biot @viralata.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
“We love you from the moon.”
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Zanna Van Loon @zannavanloon.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Blank pages invite use. In this 1578 print album by Philip Galle, published in collaboration with the Officina Plantiniana, a later reader used the flyleaves and leftover white space to sketch contemporary faces and figures. #bookhistory #rarebooks #earlymodern 💙📚📜
Title page of the book, reading 'Principes Hollandiae et Zelandiae domini Frisiae'Sketch of a woman in early modern attire carrying a childSketch of a woman carrying stuff on her head, on the right a person on a horse.Sketch of a man with his arms crossed looking a woman who has her back to the viewer.
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Sebastian Biot @viralata.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
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Square Wheel (feat. Kokayi & Michael Mayo) by Nate Smith on Apple Music
Song · 2021 · Duration 5:00
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Sebastian Biot @viralata.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
“Nobody starts in the right place.… That is not how obsession works. Obsession works by taking whatever is available and pressing on it until it either breaks or reveals something.” “‘This is not the computer for you’,” a lovely, Mac-nerdy post by Sam Henri Gold. samhenri.gold/blog/2026031...
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“This Is Not The Computer For You” · Sam Henri Gold
Sam Henri Gold is a product design engineer building playful, useful software.
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Kevin Morgan @mrgan.com · 16/03/2026
[Werner Herzog voice] “Every bakery is nature’s bakery. Man’s brief existence on earth, including all his fragile creations, are just a small part of Nature.”
Nature’s Bakery fig bar on a wood countertop
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HyperEssays @hyperessays.net · 28/02/2026
Happy birthday to our pal, Michel de Montaigne, born 493 years ago today! 🎉
Colorful confetti over a black and white engraved portrait of Michel de Montaigne.

Montaigne is depicted as a middle-aged man, with a mustache and a goatee. He is wearing a ruff and a black hat that covers his receding hairline. He is staring at the viewer with a calm expression.

There is no known portrait of Montaigne, only imagined or possible portraits, most, if not all, done after or long after his death. This engraving, by Augustin de Saint-Aubin, is from 1774.
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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
A Roman stone board game has been unplayable since its discovery more than a century ago, but AI might have just worked out the rules
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Rules of mysterious ancient Roman board game decoded by AI
A Roman stone board game has been unplayable since its discovery more than a century ago, but AI might have just worked out the rules
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