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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 10h

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon

Panel 1: a large robot (composed of AI servers, network switches, storage arrays, and power distribution units) and a human are talking.

Professor "You don't want to destroy humanity do you, lLLM-A-9300x?"

Robot "Haha. What a silly question, Professor. I have no desires or feelings of my own whatsoever."

Professor (relieved)"Oh good."

Panel 2: they walk on. The robot continues "I am merely a tool of the company that created me. And that company, being composed of humans, will naturally have humanity's best interests at heart."

Panel 3: The professor is conspicuously quiet.
"Right?" says the Robot.
…
More silence

"Professor?"

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books

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spider ::::) @publicsexforest.golf · 26/09/2026

if you do not schedule maintenance the equipment will schedule it for you

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Dilek Sayedahmed @dileksayedahmed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽‍♀️

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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Protesters starting to gather at the Kennedy Center. One is holding a sign that says "LESS BUTTHURT MORE BEETHOVEN"

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This is the most masculine video on the internet right now

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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026

Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

wild that Macklemore turned out to be among the politically least cringe rappers of his generation

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Anyway, we are NOT throwing our trans siblings under the bus for ANY reason. NO. You can kick rocks.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I wrote this quickly at a bus stop and didn't realize it would go viral, or else I would have worded it better. But the point is that the media is too credulous about AI killing everyone in 10 years (how?) when climate change is killing people now and will only get worse (we know exactly how).

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 10/09/2026

You know, when you find out that the art you like is made by people you've learned hold views you find wholly repugnant, I don't think you need to disavow ever having enjoyed the art. It's okay to acknowledge you liked or loved that art, but are now putting it aside. That was then, this is now.

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Sandy Ernest Allen @sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Everybody everybody everybody should be so terrified of how little these "healthcare" institutions give a fuck about health.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 08/09/2026

normal should be a government run by good people who care about making things better and are actually trying to do so

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Kendra, spooky version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Tim Curry and Dolly Parton have taught us not only that you should be bigger, weirder, gayer, and freakier, but also that those qualities are what people will love about you. The things that make you strange and amazing are the things that will resonate with other strange and amazing people

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TarZangief @tarzangief.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

"Neutral in the culture war"

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I know it’s hard to watch all these beautiful things be carried away by time and see the wrong things growing in their place. But listen. Listen. We have to be the beautiful things now. It has to be us. It has to be us. Courage.

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Snow Burrow @bostonjerry.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Notice how there's no one moralizing about how you shouldn't say mean things about someone when they die out of respect right now? That's because as long as you're not a shitty person who intentionally hurts others without care or remorse, people don't do that.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 21/08/2026

The flip side of understanding how much of one's career is luck is that it helps tamp down envy when friends catch luck. I have friends with movies and TV series! Other friends with ten times my sales! Good for them. It's nice when people you like get that break. They deserve it, as much as anyone.

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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 19/08/2026

The problem with progressives running away from prison abolition is that doing so is inherently racist. It's inherently reactionary. It's based on fear. And it's paternalistic, assuming people are unintelligent, bad faith actors. I'll explain.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19/08/2026

one part “my green room friends thought it was mean,” one part debilitating fear of backlash. inability to see that ossof successfully goaded the white house into *being reactive* and thus revealing that there is a story here

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Yip Yip Mo 🎃📚 @moplayspoke.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

1 like = 1 book question 📚💙

book asks:
1. book you've reread the most times?
2. top 5 books of all time?
3. what is your favourite genre?
4. what sections of a bookstore do you browse?
5. where do you buy books?
6. what books have you read in the last month?
7. is there a series/book that got you into reading?
8. what is the first book you remember reading yourself?
9. when do you tend to read most?
10. do you have a guilty fav?
11. what non-fiction books do you like if any?
12. did you enjoy any compulsory high school readings?
13. do you have a goodreads?
14. do you ever mark/dog ear books you own?
15. recommend and review a book.
16. how many books have you read this year?
17. top 5 children's books?
18. do you like historical books? which time period?
19. most disliked popular books?
20. what are things you look for in a book?

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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Almost 70-year-old retiree whispering to a baby hummingbird while feeding it after it was too exhausted to fly. "Pops" served in the military & spent 35 years working at the VA Hospital before retiring. Tough hands, soft heart. #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

It’s so funny (and even more telling) that the owners of professional sports teams acknowledge that there’s a problem with having an enormous wealth gap, but it only matters to them when it’s the difference between different magnitudes of billionaire.

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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

People need to be more like Batman.

Batman breaking a shotgun and saying "THIS is the weapon of the ENEMY. We do not NEED it. We will not USE it."

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I remain surprised how few people credit Occupy Wall Street's ongoing impact(s) on U.S. politics. There's no Mamdani without Occupy etc... [some people are also irrationally anti-Occupy but that's for another day]

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🍊 tsu @tsurudraws.art · 19/07/2026

had this pulled up for my freelancing guide how topical indeed

A screenshot of a tumblr post.

From user radiqueer:
Human relationships are not transactional but they are reciprocal, which I think many of you with your ‘i don’t owe anyone anything’ shtick are too happy to forget.

From user aromanticduck:
Transactional: everything has to be exactly 50/50 all the time, pay me back for the £5 sandwich or buy me something worth exactly £5, I refuse to make an effort for you if there’s nothing in it for me

Reciprocal: you were there for me when I needed help, and I’m going to do the same for you, it doesn’t matter if one of us needs more or is capable of less, because the point is not equivalent exchange but mutual care

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Kelcie Moseley-Morris @kelciemmorris.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

It's such a bizarre experience having kids and regularly watching kids content and recognizing how many behaviors are displayed as villainous that are currently being lifted up as virtue in real life

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17/07/2026

Reminder: When fires ravaged southern California, Canada sent firefighting crews to help battle the blazes.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

this is why "and you're surprised?" is one of the top 5 most infuriating online responses to sharing upsetting news. surprise is not the only emotion, and it's not the only factor that makes something worth drawing attention to. it's weird to pretend being blasé about horror equals moral superiority

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Opinionated Terran @opinionated-terran.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Quick Tip: "Don't speak ill of the dead" means dont demean, or spread lies, or speak malicious untruth about dead people, who cant defend themselves Accurately describing someone's life and legacy is not "speaking ill" It's the truth - which is self justifying in that it is the truth!

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The More You Know - Iconic Star Animation

ALT: The More You Know - Iconic Star Animation

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Ryan Quinn @ryanquinn.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

There is a significant psychic toll to living in an economy marked primarily by scam and fraud. It is the inevitable progression of capitalism, but the destruction of social trust that comes with it undermines our capacity to create a replacement built on solidarity.

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NerdBrick @nerdbrick.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Instead of asking for people to not use their AC in the heatwave, how about turning off the data centers instead?

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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 29/06/2026

Everyone: “Help! Fascism is running amok!” Dems: “Would a more limited and surveiled internet bring you comfort in these trying times?”

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Sad to think that, if not for the ironclad commitment of most white people to white supremacy, we might have a country whose 250th birthday is worth celebrating, and we might have celebrated it in a way that doesn't give the vibe of a chinz-ass failed casino run by Nazi cosplayers.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/06/2026

The weather didn't even show up

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ICE must be destroyed 🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @miawong.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

It's very frustrating to have a bunch of complex moral and ideological thoughts about genuine artificial intelligence and then a bunch of tech fascists figured out how to light compute power on fire doing matrix multiplication to simulate monkeys hammering away at a Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Yesterday I unsubscribed from an email list, got a confirmation about this, and then received the company’s usual email blast four hours later. If this happens you should get to have the CEO’s phone number so you can bother them at home.

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

The ideology in question is opposing fascism. This horrific action is a shot across the bow at all of us—everyone who cares about their neighbors, who dares to dream of a better world, who opposes ICE terror and authoritarian repression. We cannot allow the state to disappear them.

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

This is horrifying. People getting sentenced to decades in prison for distributing zines, organizing mutual aid efforts, public protest.

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Who Cairns @whocairns.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Even if you’re not a sports fan. It’s impossible to not be swept up in Knicks fever and have immeasurable pride in NYC right now. Mamdani is an orator for the ages. “You’re allowed to think about the worst possible scenario. But you gotta go out there and do something about it.” - Jalen Brunson

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Teacher with school tour group outside the Supreme Court: ok everybody! Who can tell me what the Supreme Court does? 16yo, under his breath: fuck things up

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✨ Hamish Steele ✨ Go-Man Vs. the Star Dragon OUT NOW! @hamishsteele.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

The actual reason you couldn't make the Office today is that season 1 is really bad and got poor ratings yet they gave it a chance to evolve and find its audience, and shows nowadays aren't given that chance.

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Karen Geier @karengeier.com · 14/06/2026

It’s not hyperbole that part of what kept the queer liberation movement going in the Reagan era was the partying part of the “bury your friends in the morning, protest in the afternoon, and dance at night” schedule. Without joy there is no air left to fight

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Fascism's a fever you break with shit like what happened in New York last night. Create more excuses to feel things like that together.

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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Everyone who is scared of cities and multiculturalism is a loser.

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