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What can you expect from me? Less politics than before--it's like screaming into the void. Theatre. Puppies. Jokey-jokes. Gay stuff. "My eyes are fully open to [our] awful situation..." (with apologies to Gilbert & Sullivan)

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Dr Alfredo Carpineti @drcarpineti.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Not now, Cursed Chinese Bowl! www.lbc.co.uk/article/smas...
An LBC article. The title is:
Smashed Chinese bowl at British Museum sparks diplomatic row
The deck reads:
Museum staff are baffled over how the bowl fell, as there was no one in the room at the time of the incident
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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 11/10/2026
WOT?!?!?! 🌟💥 Did you see this image of supernova remnant Pa 30?! Bet you'll never look at fireworks the same way again! noirlab.edu/public/image... 📸 International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/T. Cunningham/J. Miller & M. Rodriguez /T.A. Rector /D. de Martin & M. Zamani
A spherical structure made up of long, narrow, radial spikes emanating from its centre. This is the supernova ejecta. Many stars of the Galaxy surround it.
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🌅 Patricia Wallinga 🌇 @pwallinga.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Interviewer: Can you explaim this gap in your résumé? Engraver: Yes, I left that blank to facilitate page turns.
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Zam @zamwriter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Many of Patrick's aged friends clearly graduated from Rydell.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 09/10/2026
World’s Largest Dinosaur Shoe Print Discovered In Australia theonion.com/world-s-largest-dinosa…
World’s Largest Dinosaur Shoe Print Discovered In Australia
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
He makes a good point.
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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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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
No AI for kids. Full stop.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Air passengers flying into Moscow from Irkutsk where a lab technician died of the plague are now being given mandatory temperature checks by masked staff before they’re allowed to disembark.
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Zam @zamwriter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Another evening with the Beavers as the settlement on my custom map nears completion. Bot builders work on the Earth Repopulator high above the beaver homes. Bot conrol towers dot the landscape, sucking the Science points dry. #Timberborn
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Zachary Jordan @zjordan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Happy Patrick Day
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The Onion @theonion.com · 30/09/2026
National Park Service Begins Offering Annual Body-Dumping Pass theonion.com/national-park-service-…
National Park Service Begins Offering Annual Body-Dumping Pass
Regulations Eased On Hiding Corpses Amid Natural Beauty Of Yellowstone, Yosemite
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Anti-war signs on corners all across America.
5.39 a gallon last week Houston, Texas https://www.reddit.com/r/gasbuddy/comments/1wnuoux/the_highest_price_ive_ever_seen_in_texas_its/
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David Harvey @topladave.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
In Case You were Wondering. There are 96 bags of poop on the Moon, and there are very good reasons to get them back. www.iflscience.com/who-exactly-...
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Who Exactly Owns Neil Armstrong's Moon Poop? And Why Is It So Important We Get It Back?
There are 96 bags of poop on the Moon, and there are very good reasons to get them back.
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Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The head of Weyland-Yutani told the global council that zaibatsu work on engineering the xenomorphic alien with acid for blood posed a viable threat to humanity, but that as long as everyone was working on scary alien weapons, well, so it goes, am I right?
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Zam @zamwriter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It was right there the whooooole time.
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Zam @zamwriter.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Lady Liberty welcomed hoi polloi, but some in power today want only to welcome the hoi polloi. Footnote 6 was fun.
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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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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
getting kicked out of the LOTR book club for pronouncing gollum with a soft g
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Howard Sherman @hesherman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Farewell to costume designer Bob Mackie, a designer of spectacular gowns for great divas, but also the creator of perhaps the greatest costume sight gag in history.
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
On 9/11, the people of Gander stepped up. They showed the very best of Canada.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
As if the headline isn't enough incentive, do read this short news story to the last paragraph because MAN does it escalate! playbill.com/article/man-...
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Man Sentenced to 2-Year Jail Sentence After Strangling Fellow Theatregoer for Singing Along During We Will Rock You
The dust-up happened at a 2023 press performance in London's West End.
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 09/09/2026
You’re all so immature.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 10/09/2026
“We’re looking forward to shining a spotlight on mental health this season, in particular, a rare, atypical depressive disorder that responds only to giving and receiving oral sex.” — Jacob Tierney, showrunner
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‘Heated Rivalry’ Producers Tease Season 2 Arc In Which Ilya Diagnosed With Depression Only Blow Jobs Can Cure
TORONTO—Sharing new details about what fans could expect next from the hit series, Heated Rivalry producers teased Wednesday that Season 2 would follow an arc in which character Ilya Rozanov is diagno...
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Zam @zamwriter.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
What a complicated journey they take us on in this episode. Fascinating and icky and so much more. (I'd tune in to watch these two read the phone book, but their history chats are much better.) youtu.be/ttuirH6h9NU?...
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Medieval Affair SO BAD She Became A Nun!
YouTube video by Betwixt The Sheets
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Brad Snowder 🔭 @bradsnowder.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
My wife enjoys hearing me talk about my wood working tools until I get to the boring bits.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
CHRISTOPH WALTZ reciting the lyrics of the Sesame Street theme tune is pure gold.
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
So why did Mr T take that name? Because white people would often call black men ‘Boy’, and so this way they’d have to accord him the respect of being a man. Extraordinary interview by @shattenstone.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Aged 18, he changed his name to Mr T. "Let me explain that," he says. "See, everything I do there is a reason behind it. My father was a minister and I watched him being called Boy. And I watched my uncle being called Boy. I watched one of my brothers who was a marine come home from Vietnam in his beret and uniform, and some white guys were calling him Boy. So at 18 I had to register for the draft. I said, if I'm old enough to fight and die for my country, I'm old enough to be respected as a man, so I self-ordained myself Mr T at first. Then I legally changed my name to Mr T later on, so the first word out of everyone's mouth would be Mr."
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Zam @zamwriter.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
A sin.
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Just a heads up. I was able to schedule my COVID vaccine appointment. Online it may ask “do you have a condition that puts you at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19 virus.” Click yes and it will allow you to schedule an appointment. No questions asked. No proof required. Pass it on.
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Zam @zamwriter.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Another custom @timberborn.bsky.social Folktails playthrough has ended. 73 WB without making any 🦫bots. I'll probably do an iron teeth playthrough next using the map edits I made after starting the last colony. Original design made it impossible to harvest scrap. Oops.
A starry night scene in Timberborn, at the completion of a recent playthrough on a custom map (as I always play on).  The Earth Recultivator, looking like a head of garlic atop a half-oval and round base, which itself is built atop a series of platforms, and precariously balanced on a single stack of 1x3 wood platforms.  Surrounding it on the slope of the central mountain are zipline towers (it was a Folktails playthrough, after all), water pumps and storage tanks, stacked lodge housing with various wellbeing decorations amd monuments adorning it (rooftops, a weathervane, lampposts, a scarecrow, etc.), as well the dance hall.  Mature oak trees line the edges and slopes of the mountaintop water course, with floodgates in the rear areas monitoring flow to the lower lands for the unseen farms while holing back enough water for the several Lido swimming and relaxation spots. Large wooden wind turbines can be seen in the distance, along the back corner of the map, powering similarly unseen food production industry.Custom base map edited after starting the last playthrough.  Looking at the map from overhead at a 45 degree rotation.  At top is a badwater system. To the right side is a plethora of scrap resources and dead oak trees, both very helpful of you can reach them through the abundant thorns.  The main aater sources are atop a mountain, with a water course circling counterclockwise to a waterfall at the left, diving into a river that leads to the edge of the map on the right.  While the map is about 50% green arable land, most of it is on the steps and slope of the mountain.  Happy farming!
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Zam @zamwriter.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
That's an optimistic number of structures in the "first playthrough" fail, @timberborn.bsky.social 🦫 You assume they've survived the first several droughts without starving or dying of thrist. 🤣
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 27/08/2026
*taps sign*
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Zam @zamwriter.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Sad news. A solid show for all to enjoy.
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Tyson @lscpunk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
If Dolly was our constant reminder that it was Good to be Good, Tim Curry was our reminder that it was Good to be Weird. Embrace your strangeness, sing with Muppets, wear your lingerie with a leather jacket, and fuck with uptight people who hate anything that makes them remotely uncomfortable.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
👇🏽🏆
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Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Another area.
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Michael LaFrance @mlafrance.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A massive flash flood in the Himalayan border areas of Nepal and ‌China's Tibet. Initial report say it may have been caused by a glacial lake rupture.
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 26/08/2026
Meta is a creep who will _never_ take no for an answer, and never stop trying to ignore their lack of consent. Every media & regulatory organization in the world seems determined to ignore this reality; I genuinely don't understand why. Today's settlement is so that Meta can keep violating consent.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 26/08/2026
Dolly Parton Troubled To Find God Illiterate theonion.com/dolly-parton-troubled-…
Dolly Parton Troubled To Find God Illiterate
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Zam @zamwriter.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Goddammit.
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Tim Curry's Wadsworth Eye Roll in Clue
ALT: Tim Curry's Wadsworth Eye Roll in Clue
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So Mayer @suchmayer.northsky.social · 25/08/2026
Another Dolly Parton fact: Sandollar Productions was Dolly & her friend Sandy. Yup, that logo at the end of every BUFFY episode. They took a chance on Fran Kuzui to direct the original feature film; without them, no BUFFY.
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026
[Exit Queen.]
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Adam Feldman @feldmanadam.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This Bruce Vilanch anecdote speaks to why Dolly Parton engendered such extraordinary love
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Boze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton rose from poverty to stardom. She gave $500 to every student in her hometown who finished high school; she built hospitals & bald eagle preserves; her Imagination Library has gifted 300 million books to children. Roger Ebert met her and came away thinking she was a literal angel. RIP.
“In Dallas for the premier of '9 to 5', I had an uncanny experience, and on the plane home to Chicago I confessed it to Siskel: I had been granted a private half hour with Dolly Parton, and as we spoke I was filled with a strange ethereal grace. This was not spiritual, nor was it sexual. It was healing and comforting. Gene listened and said, "Roger, I felt the exact same thing during my interview with her." We looked at each other. What did this mean? Neither one of us ever felt that feeling again. From time to time we would refer to it in wonder.”
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Paul and Storm @paulandstorm.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
[P] Even ignoring her tremendous contributions to music and entertainment, just spend a few going through at the "Philanthropy" section of her wiki. *That* is how to live a life. RIP to a genuine American treasure. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_P...
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Dolly Parton - Wikipedia
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Amadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Remember that if you got the Moderna Covid vaccine, you have Dolly Parton to thank, she gave the largest individual contribution toward their research to make it possible.
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J. Elvis Weinstein @jelvisweinstein.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Unlike the song, the ship had a bridge.
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Zam @zamwriter.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I never thought of "Mrs. Robinson" as rousing, but it certainly occupies the 11 o'clock spot. And 9. And 8. And 6. And... I'm sure you get the point.
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C. Bukowski @thishurt.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Television used to MEAN something in this country. 🧐
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