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Bria "tries to write a book" Horses @thevoidencore.bsky.social · 5d

The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem

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André Bruwer @andrebruwer.bsky.social · 11h

Spoke too soon. We have wonderfully noisy electric cell passing to the south.

André Bruwer @andrebruwer.bsky.social · 13h

Had such lovely rainy weather here in Gauteng this morning, now the sun is already out. 😩

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Gentriwitch @waatlemoen.bsky.social · 11h

Small beauties of spring. Hope. 🌼🌱🦋

A what I've come to call chocmint ice cream butterfly, nosing a lilac wild garlic flower for nectar. A cinderblock concrete wall and rusted wire trellis for a backdrop.

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Wil Freeborn @freeborn.bsky.social · 11h

Always painting Inchcailloch, Balmaha bay

Watercolour of a small wood covered island with yachts in front of it

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Harare Review of Books @hararereview.bsky.social · 17h

Shamiso x Brian Chikwava

155 pp. August 28, 2025, Canongate. Fiction/Zimbabwe “Obese with grief, I discovered that ‘I love you’ was the best sentence ever.” I’m one of the vanishingly few Zimbabweans who’s never been to Harare North (what we call the UK in local—Zimbabwean—parlance), but…

Shamiso x Brian Chikwava

155 pp. August 28, 2025, Canongate. Fiction/Zimbabwe “Obese with grief, I discovered that ‘I love you’ was the best sentence ever.” I’m one of the vanishingly few Zimbabweans who’s never been to Harare North (what we call the UK in local—Zimbabwean—parlance), but Chikwava’s first novel of that name showed me vividly what that experience was like for many of my compatriots—those who became undocumented migrants there.

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André Bruwer @andrebruwer.bsky.social · 12h

Indeed!

André Bruwer @andrebruwer.bsky.social · 12h

Not really yet, waiting for some green grass cuttings for my compost so I can make a warm pile. Planning on figuring out how to propagate some local wild daisies later this year, but for that I need some good compost. 😁

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André Bruwer @andrebruwer.bsky.social · 13h

Had such lovely rainy weather here in Gauteng this morning, now the sun is already out. 😩

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Aaron Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · 14h

Had more trouble with his first phase than his second phase, but worth it since the weapon soul he drops is S-tier.

Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 1d

Mr Laos. Just when you though this year was a bit quiet on the insanely huge, bedazzled, symbolic costumes along comes Mr Laos and blows everyone else out of the water. This is insane, but it's also *so* good.

A photo of a contestant at Mister Global 2025

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Mandy J Watson @mandyjwatson.bsky.social · 17h

I don't want to spoil it as there are things going on in this thread that need to be seen. Usually I'd be pissed off about the rubbish alt text and wouldn't repost this but in this case I don't even know how you would describe any of it.

Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 1d

You know what, let's do the Annual Mister Global National Costume thread tonight after all. Usual rules apply - this is all in fun, this isn't about the contestants looks or making fun of them, it's about the costumes and appreciating them (or, you know, making fun of them...)

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Peter du Toit @peterdutoit.com · 18h

ICYMI from JMA: El Niño Outlook Oct 2025 - Apr 2026

“The La Niña-like conditions are likely to continue toward the first half of boreal winter. However, it will rapidly weaken, therefore it is more likely (80%) that ENSO-neutral conditions will persist until the late boreal winter.”
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Forecast probabilities of five-month running mean of the SST deviation for NINO.3 based on JMA/MRI-CPS3.

Red, yellow, and blue bars indicate probabilities that the five-month running mean of NINO.3 SST deviation from the latest sliding 30-year mean is +0.5°C or above, between +0.4°C and -0.4°C, and -0.5°C or below, respectively. Labels in lightface indicate the past months, and ones in bold face indicate the current and future months

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Sharon @mojitana.bsky.social · 1d

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Niao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 5d

I raise you this scene from Hong Kong in 2019:

Photo of a bear with red cheeks holding a lightsaber, facing off police wearing helmets

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trick van treat @derek.bike · 1d

he’s right

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

It’s pronounced cyclist.

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gryme @gryme.bsky.social · 1d

aria #counterweight

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Ammnontet! @bleakvision.info · Apr 14

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Sarah @sarahjen.bsky.social · 1d

Enjoy your fall days, brother

A walking path through trees covered with fall foliage

Train tracks through trees covered in gold covered leaves, the sky is blue

The sun and blue sky over a lake on a cold fall day

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Chloé Stawski (Spooky Edition 🎃🦇) @chlowski.bsky.social · 1d

the huntress

fanart of Artemis from Hades 2, wearing a modern outfit - dark jeans, bra with some sort of laces around the belly -, moon and arrows tattoos on the arms and chest, dark green hair, and a tiny owl standing on her head
she's adjusting her outfit, head slightly tilted down, eyes closed, smiling
she also wears an arrow earring and a moon necklace

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 1d

Wing Commander Online (unproduced): Kilrathi multi-role, art by Feng Zhu

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Marius Loots @mariusloots.bsky.social · 1d

Time to meat.

#braai #barbeque #food #fire

Pieces of meat on a grill above a fire. There is a t-bone steak, some kebabs and wors.

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André Bruwer @andrebruwer.bsky.social · 1d

As a chemical engineer I would like to point out that you should always be wary when chemical engineers make claims about stuff in other fields they know nothing about.

Charles Onyango-Obbo @cobbo3.bsky.social · 1d

Researcher claims he's found the Garden of Eden after carefully analysing the Bible and Quran – it may have been situated in the highlands of Bahir Dar, a fertile region in northwestern Ethiopia.

Researcher claims he's found the Garden of Eden and reveals where the mysterious location is

An American chemical engineer has made a case for the biblical Garden of Eden being situated in a unique location.

www.unilad.com

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Harare Review of Books @hararereview.bsky.social · Nov 30

Grateful to The Continent for letting me go on and on about one of my favourite subjects this year: those museums.

This time, I talked about Noah Angell's book, Ghosts of the British Museum: A True Story of Colonial Loot and Restless Objects.

A low-res screenshot of three pages from The Continent

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 1d

When I warn normies about this they look at me like I'm unhinged (to be fair, I am), but when the bank of england does it...well, I'm curious about what their reaction is. Will they finally wake the fuck up.

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 2d

“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
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Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

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Jordan S. Carroll @jordanscarroll.bsky.social · 1d

frogs have long been antifascist

Sesame Street: It's Not Easy Being Green (Kermit's Song)

YouTube video by Sesame Street

www.youtube.com

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