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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 2h

[best read with a French accent]

“I am so very sorry sir, without a reservation, there is simply nothing I can do for you.”

2 photos of a fluffy black-and-white cat with a pencil-thin mustache. They appear to he looking up and speaking in the first, scowling in the second.

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Lord Arse! 🕹️ @lordarse.com · 20h

SUSANNA HOFFS ALERT! #totp

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David @sighingcorvid.bsky.social · 1h

Yes, an explosion at an arms factory that resulted in worker deaths is a tragedy, but Bucksnort?

Bucksnort.

Congressman Eugene Vindman (VA-07) @gene4va.bsky.social · 2h

My thoughts are with those affected by the devastating explosion at Accurate Energetic Systems.

This tragedy is unthinkable, and in a tight knit community like Bucksnort, every loss is felt all the more deeply.

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Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 9h

This REALLY annoyed me: “She is often compared unfavourably by her critics, particularly those on the left, with Thunberg, who is willing to put herself in physical danger”

Malala was literally shot in the head by the Taliban for her work and she keeps going 1/2

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘To the men who ran the world, I was just a photo op’: Malala Yousafzai on growing up, getting cynical – and how getting high nearly broke her

The global icon of women’s education is ready to tell the full story of her turbulent recent life, from arguing with her parents to being ghosted by the statesmen who were once desperate to be seen wi...

www.theguardian.com

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Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 2h

Some kid is doing the standard “ur mom” voice chat trash talk and they got no idea they’re talking to bashar al assad

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 3h

hi consumer-facing “A.i.” is a tool for racist, fascist propaganda - ban it from you lives!

Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 3h

They're literally installing Racism Dial bsky.app/profile/numb...

Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · Jan 15

vox populi

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Nick Stone @typejunky.bsky.social · 2h

Been doing a lot of reading on the shoe industry. Interesting fact, a Skiver as in the trade of thinning leather down on seams etc, is from the OE/ON ‘skifa’ ‘to cut or split’. The term skiver to avoid work is from the Middle French ‘esquiver’ to escape.

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Barleybap @barleybap.bsky.social · 6h

Can I offer you an EGG on this trying Post a Random Game Saturday?

Photo of the Japanese version of Elemental Gimmick Gear (EGG) on Dreamcast.

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The Orion @gettheorion.bsky.social · 17h

Even Klingons know the value of Mental Health.

World Mental Health Awareness Day. 🖖🏻💚

screenshot from Star Trek Deep Space Nine featuring General Martok. The text says "If you're still alive, you're not struggling with depression. Depression is struggling with you."

screenshot from Star Trek Deep Space Nine. Martok is speaking. the word box says "the battle against mental illness cannot be won decisively. it is a long campaign against an enemy who never tires, whose forces swell to twice their size whenever you look away. battle against a doe of such magnitude, who occupies your very mind... every moment you survive is a triumph against all odds. there is no more honorable combat."

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David @sighingcorvid.bsky.social · 3h

Is this an Existential Terror in Space game?

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Chron.com @chron.com · 4h

Its history includes an unusual character who actually lived there.

Galveston's coolest tourist attraction is a 103-year-old shipwreck

Its history includes an unusual character who actually lived there.

bit.ly

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Mr Roger Quimbly @rogerquimbly.bsky.social · 4h

I’d rather find a vegan tampon in a men’s toilet than discover Nigel Farage dropping a log.

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Alice Bell @abeewords.bsky.social · 3h

Theory: you can put Brendan Fraser in any Tom Cruise role and it would improve the film; you cannot put Tom Cruise in any Brendan Fraser role without it making the film worse

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David @sighingcorvid.bsky.social · 3h

Sonic 3D has the secret best Megadrive Sonic CD soundtrack.

Bancho ZX @banchozx.bsky.social · 18h

// Sonic 3D Blast | ソニック3Dブラスト
// Genesis | Mega Drive
// Attract Demo

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rbnc @rarebutnobodycares.bsky.social · 8h

You may be cool, but you'll never be as cool as having your Stratos delivered to you via helicopter.
#weirdcarbs #carsky #photography

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David @sighingcorvid.bsky.social · 4h

Reanimal looks horrible (complimentary). Little Nightmares 3 has looked like it was going through the motions since the first trailer

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John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 6h

Getting close to finishing up a DF Retro on Tony Hawk 3 and 4! I got back to it over the last week at last!

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Joni Korpi @jonikorpi.com · 7h

If DDOS attacks are illegal, AI crawler spamming should be too. They’re wearing down the most useful parts of the web in their quest to produce the least useful.

Inigo Quilez @iquilezles.bsky.social · 14h

Yeah, we only had 1 week of break between AI crawler attacks. This one is even hungrier than the last one.

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David @sighingcorvid.bsky.social · 4h

The lawnmower moment absolutely broke me

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Philip Purser-Hallard @purserhallard.com · 21h

It occurs to me that the Doctor's polyethnic identity in recent times recontextualises Peter Davison's casting in quite an interesting way.
(For context, although you'd be unlikely to guess it by looking at him, Davison's paternal family is Guyanese. He has close relatives who are visibly Black.)