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@regthehatter.bsky.social

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Programmer by accident, anthropologist at heart, got a degree for both. LGBTQ+ 30↑ Majeur et vacciné

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Merryweather Comics @merryweatherey.bsky.social · 3h

The Evil Duchess

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gay rat @alienrat.bsky.social · 12h

Kestrel and Crow

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 15h

Video shows the immense level of destruction left behind by Israeli forces in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of Gaza City.

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Tea 🐀 @teaandtoastie.bsky.social · 19h

Sundays are for snoozing

4 rats curled up together in a corner

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Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 23h

Holy shit someone uploaded the entire stage play adaptation of the Yakuza videogame series with English subtitles and it’s glorious and 500x better than the Amazon show youtu.be/Z2Msr4si6dU?...

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Laughing Rat @laughing-rat.bsky.social · 1d

Tamago, as round as her namesake.

An agouti and white orb of a rat sits on the back of a brown leather couch. Her eyes are vacant and stare towards the ceiling, and her near-circular dumbo ears are perfect little pink dinner plates.

Reg @regthehatter.bsky.social · 1d

Little snack for the old man who finally woke up.
#RatsOfBluesky

Photos of a Siamese pet rat named Simon eating rice krispies in his cage. He's looking at the camera. He's sitting on a blue plastic box that is the top half of a pet carrier. Beside him is an orange hammock and behind him is a gray sputnik.

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Dia ➡️ NFC @diazrar.bsky.social · 2d

just another one of those memories that haunts me daily

[ #art / #sillyhours ]

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桂之雨 @oxalicacid.bsky.social · 1d

#trigun

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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 2d

I hope this little dude never outgrows the part of his personality that says “if you see an open human hand, that’s where your tiny face should go”. He does it literally all the time. If I present my hand to him and he’s not super hyper (even if he is sometimes), he just puts his head there.

A little ferret with his little head in my hand

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ali alkhatib @ali-alkhatib.com · 1d

between this and the reports of proposed data centers that will consume more energy than the entire population of nyc, i just want to revisit this bit by james landay from a million years ago, back in .... ah, march 2025

What’s more, the idea that AI’s power demands will keep growing at the rates they have been recently is unrealistic, says James Landay, codirector of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. AI companies have an economic incentive to use power more efficiently. The recently released DeepSeek model indicated that robust models can be built with less power and therefore at a lower cost, he says. Many companies in the industry are already following DeepSeek’s lead, working on ways to make their models more efficient, he says.

Reg @regthehatter.bsky.social · 2d

This week I had a dev explain in length something about floating point numbers that I told him multiple times I already knew. Today I had to explain it back to him because he forgot about it. I need vacation.

Reg @regthehatter.bsky.social · 2d

My nephew had me rebuild his magnetic rubik cube from scratch. Like even the core was open. This is one of those times I wished google search wasn't such trash.

Reg @regthehatter.bsky.social · 2d

Tired baby. Maybe if he didn't spend the night chewing through a giant cardboard box he would have some energy left...

Photo of a Siamese pet rat named Simon sleeping in his hammock. His eyes are closed and he's enjoying some soft pets.

Reg @regthehatter.bsky.social · 2d

I'm tempted to bring it inside but it just makes me sad. It will die eventually anyway.

Reg @regthehatter.bsky.social · 2d

It's so cold outside, this bumblebee froze while gathering pollen.

A bumblebee, hugging the pistil in a pink-magenta flower.

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OBDsity - Bunnies in a Bun Dance @obdsity.bsky.social · 2d

Fini hopes everyone has a fantastic #FiniFriday 😘😘😘

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Will Norman @willnorman.co.uk · 3d

Well done to all the brilliant local councillors who have lowered the speed limits their roads to 20mph - often in the face of much hostility.

There is now irrefutable evidence to show your bold decisions are saving lives.

Thank you!

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Orange @cg-orange-eng.bsky.social · 2d

He's coming back.

#TRIGUNSTARGAZE
Check out the latest premiere footage 📣 — as shown on stage at New York Comic Con is set to premiere on YouTube.

Stay tuned!

#TRIGUN #TOHOanimation #NYCC

youtu.be/1pr_uEqKJ74

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 3d

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

Reg @regthehatter.bsky.social · 3d

Simon stopped avoiding me today. He must have remembered that I'm the one with snacks.

Photo of a Siamese pet rat named Simon in a cardboard box. There's a rectangular hole in the box from where he's looking out. He's not doing anything, just looking great as usual.

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hedgelord2.bsky.social @hedgelord2.bsky.social · 3d

Nicky says that when performing CPR, doing chest compressions to the beat of "Stayin' Alive" helps maintain proper rhythm.

#rats #petrats #ratsofbluesky

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Rachel Darker @racheldarker.bsky.social · 3d

Rats in Dream!

Too cute not too share. Hope you all have a great day 🦋

#dreams #ratsofbluesky #fancyratsofbluesky #dreaming #cuteanimals #rats #petlove #eastcoastkin #bluesky

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🎃 Like Mucas 🎃 @mwl.io · 3d

Cashel has declared the thumb-beast to be insufficiently groomed. #petRats #rats

cute pet rat in his hammock, grooming my outstretched fingers

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Purple Pigeon @prplpigeon.bsky.social · 3d

I dont think you guys have seen Temmy yet. We finally settled on a name for her.

#rat #ratsofbluesky #rats

A small black rat with white feet standing with her hind feet on an orange rectangular hide and her front feet are in a small metal bucket that holds her food.

A small black rat with pink ears and white front feet. She is sniffing my hand while standing halfway between the cage and my lap. There is an orange hide behind her to the left of the picture and a small metal bucket for food directly behind her. It is striped blue and black