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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 3h

This is an exact encapsulation of why I moved to Bluesky.

No amount of handwringing in the Atlantic about how I owe some eternal Promethean suffering to the discourse is going to make me stay on a site I hate, that stopped doing anything for me professionally years ago.

Well – no. Bluesky may or may not be, as one centre-right friend who felt unwelcome put it, “self-righteous island”. But the idea that’s why we went is nonsense. That I’ve largely stopped posting on a site that’s done more to shape my career and social circle than the rest of the internet combined is less about avoiding rival opinions (I love arguing with people who are wrong!) than with the fact the site simply became unusable. It stopped generating the things (good jokes, interesting debate, clicks) I wanted; it became extremely good at generating the things (racists, pornbots, racist pornbots) I did not.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 12h

theonion.com/ice-raids-my...

MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training.

FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · Mar 10

The latest in my history of home computers is live. Covers the era of Commodore, Atari and Jack Tramiel.

He was a brutal manager. But also an Auschwitz survivor, and that shaped him, and his legit drive to build a better world.

This warning from him hit home, right now.

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One day in 1982, Michael Tomczyk, who had led the project to develop the Commodore 64, found himself sitting in Jack Tramiel’s office. Tomcyzk had just returned from a trade show in Hanover, Germany. During the course of their conversation, Tomczyk mentioned how impressed he’d been with the Autobahn highway network on the way there.

"I built that road," Tramiel told him matter-of-factly.

“Jack went on to explain that during World War II as a teenager he had been selected to work on the road gangs,” Tomczyk remembered. “He said that it was one way to survive, because they had to feed the people that did that kind of hard labor, or they wouldn't work. ‘We built good roads,’ he said.”

Tramiel had never hidden the horrors in his past. He was proud that he had helped build a better future through Commodore and Atari. However, the longer he lived, the more concerned he became that people would forget what that future had cost. And that which is forgotten can be repeated.

"You know," Tramiel said once, "it's hard to believe it really happened. But it can happen again. In America. Americans like to make rules, and that scares me. If you have too many rules you get locked in a system. It's the system that says this one dies and that one doesn't, not the people. That's why I don't hate the German people. Individuals, yes. Rules, yes. But not all Germans.

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Rhys Pockett @notrhyspockett.bsky.social · 12h

I hadn't heard of Ian Watkins before today but damn that doesn't put the Welsh police in a good light.

Rhys Pockett @notrhyspockett.bsky.social · 1d

I'm half way being "the market can stay irrational longer than you can remain solvent" and believing we are right on schedule for the 20's crash and hiding cash in my mattress.

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Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真) @lizthegrey.com · 1d

ooh, what if people took over nextdoor app to report on ICE? that would be kind of hilarious, wouldn't it? b/c putting everyone who uses nextdoor under suspicion would be chef kiss.

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Rhys Pockett @notrhyspockett.bsky.social · 1d

Come dance with me!

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Rhys Pockett @notrhyspockett.bsky.social · 1d

www.health.qld.gov.au/public-healt...

Take Home Naloxone program

Learn about the Take Home Naloxone program and how to register as an authorised alternative supplier to access and supply naloxone.

www.health.qld.gov.au

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Rhys Pockett @notrhyspockett.bsky.social · 1d

A person dies after taking opioid contaminated pill. I Aus you can get free take home naltrexone nasal spray at participating pharmacies.

Public health alert for nitazenes issued after person dies in Queensland - ABC News share.google/KpyRL0dHVYXn...

Person dies after deadly opioid detected in yellow teddy bear pill

Queensland Health issues a public health alert warning nitazenes have been detected in tablets.

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The Birds The Turtles and The Beast @turtlebee.bsky.social · 1d

The Frog Costume has gone from $25 to almost $40 on amazon over the last week. There's an army brewing.

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Rhys Pockett @notrhyspockett.bsky.social · 1d

I've never noticed before how buff that ferret is.

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真) @lizthegrey.com · 1d

the old adage: the market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent.

Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 1d

I'm not giving investment advice of course, but I'm telling you what I don't do: I don't short Tesla.

Shorting Tesla, is essentially asking the question: "How rich exactly are US finance and tech bros that don't know anything about the world?"

The answer to that question is "Ungodly rich."🤷🏿‍♂️

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

EISMAN: Tesla’s earnings “are down 60% from 2022 through 2025. And the stock is slightly higher. ..

“.. it’s a cult.”

@electrek.co $TSLA
electrek.co/2025/10/10/t...

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry but I had to

#WITAOD

Roger Stone: Kyle Cheney is a congenital liar and a propagandist and Anna is a nobody. Multiple attorneys who have examined this case describe it as air tight. By
the way, Cheney is also a leaping bounding, screaming asshole.
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Anna Bower &

@AnnaBower: I may be a nobody, but who is the administrator of DOGE?

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Tom Coates @tomcoates.bsky.social · 2d

A friend sent me this article and genuinely it’s f***ing insane and I can strongly recommend reading it. futurism.com/artificial-i...

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.

futurism.com

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Rhys Pockett @notrhyspockett.bsky.social · 1d

I'm very cautious about this. It's a small study and will need replication but could be really exciting for both identification of cases and identifying disease pathways and treatment options.

Billy Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · 2d

Female First: 'Scientists create first accurate blood test for chronic fatigue syndrome'

'The test..showed 92% sensitivity and 98% specificity. The team examined 47 patients with severe ME/CFS and compared results to 61 healthy individuals.'

www.femalefirst.co.uk/lifestyle/sc...

Scientists create first accurate blood test for chronic fatigue syndrome

Scientists say they have developed the worlds first accurate blood test to diagnose myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome MECFS.

www.femalefirst.co.uk

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Rhys Pockett @notrhyspockett.bsky.social · 1d

Burn the heretic.

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Every Sydney Station @sydneystations.bsky.social · 2d

Dishonourable mention to Ashfield platform 5, which is on street level but you are forced to go upstairs, through gates, then back down again to exit

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Rhys Pockett @notrhyspockett.bsky.social · 2d

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Councillors booed, cheered after plan for 31,000 new Sydney homes passes

The controversial housing plan that would see 31,000 apartments built in the inner west was passed by one vote on Tuesday night.

www.abc.net.au

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Rhys Pockett @notrhyspockett.bsky.social · 2d

We only get (checks notes) 15 trains a hour on peak, it will ruin the class, I mean the character of the area.

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Rhys Pockett @notrhyspockett.bsky.social · 2d

Flats? Next to a major transport hub? Noooooo....

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Rhys Pockett @notrhyspockett.bsky.social · 2d

Friend who has been an active member/volunteer for the greens turned in his membership over the recent inner west vote. I just hope the party is paying attention.

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ThinlyVeiledPanda @thinlyveiledpanda.bsky.social · 2d

Dental X-rays? You mean tooth pics?

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Rhys Pockett @notrhyspockett.bsky.social · 2d

Get out of my brain.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 2d

Good time to read @mollyroberts.bsky.social:

“It’s hard to imagine a worse case than the one against James Comey—until you see the one against the attorney general of New York.”

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/next...

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It's hard to imagine a worse case than the one against James Comey-until you see the one against the attorney general of New York.

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