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ooOOOoona McCormack 🎃 @unamccormack.bsky.social · 6d

Hear me out Slow Horses but Muppets, Jackson Lamb the only human

wgx @wllgrnt.bsky.social · 6d

Our cars were towed
away for repair and are
being held to ransom

Source: www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o...

#GuardianHaiku: wgx.github.io/guardian-hai...

Our cars were towed away for repair and are being held to ransom

They are hostage in a repair shop and won’t be released over a debt that has nothing to do with the vehicles

www.theguardian.com

wgx @wllgrnt.bsky.social · 6d

big shout out to the lads and lasses at #aldi snackrite who reverse-engineered monster munch and made the arguably superior monster claws 👹

wgx @wllgrnt.bsky.social · 6d

Aurora Borealis?
At this time of year?
At this time of day?
In this part of the country?
Localised entirely within your kitchen?

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Hourly Simpsons @hourlysimpsons.bagpuss.org · 7d

but I must say you steam a good ham.
10:42
S07E21 22 Short Films About Springfield (3F18) 14/04/1996

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Guardian Foreheads @guardianforeheads.bagpuss.org · 17d

From 13 days ago

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Oct 3

Frailty in ageing populations worsened by air pollution, global review finds

Coauthor of research says condition linked to heightened vulnerability and loss of independence – but is reversible

www.theguardian.com

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wgx @wllgrnt.bsky.social · 15d

Amazing.

Not as obscure but a song about a man who’s girlfriend has been turned into a woodcat

youtu.be/DtMxdKmvR94?...

Tunng - Woodcat [Official Video]

YouTube video by Full Time Hobby

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wgx @wllgrnt.bsky.social · 16d

Trying to be objective, surely the C64 the best buy here? In terms of capability, price, software library…

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16d

Lyra’s last story – exclusive extract from Philip Pullman’s final instalment in The Book of Dust trilogy

Thirty years ago, The Northern Lights introduced the world to Lyra Belacqua. Now, Pullman completes her story in The Rose Field – plus listen to an audiobook extract read by Michael Sheen

www.theguardian.com

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wgx @wllgrnt.bsky.social · 16d

Night owls versus
early birds: who is superior
according to science?

Source: www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...

#GuardianHaiku: wgx.github.io/guardian-hai...

Night owls versus early birds: who is superior according to science?

And is it actually possible for your body clock to change? Am I really turning into an early bird or have I just been forced into a child-dictated schedule?

www.theguardian.com

wgx @wllgrnt.bsky.social · 17d

Probably from people buying flags. From China.

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 21d

🔗 Read the full piece

www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

Stewart Lee: The thugs have taken my flag. So I’ve taken theirs

What do you do with a lot of cheap banners hanging from motorway bridges once you’ve torn them down?

www.thenerve.news

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wgx @wllgrnt.bsky.social · 18d

Ah maybe it's some censorship-firewall-dodging thing?

wgx @wllgrnt.bsky.social · 18d

Someone's taken it upon themselves to port RNG-Clicker to Chinese!? For.. some reason?

在大多数游戏中，你都在随机数生成器的支配下——为什么不去掉中间角色，直接玩RNG呢？

你的目标是升级到999级！

g1tyx.github.io/rng-clicker/
开始游戏汉化版

RNG Clicker

g1tyx.github.io

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wgx @wllgrnt.bsky.social · 19d

Spotify already has AI artists, albums and whole playlists. And most people don’t seem to care!? It’s weird…

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wgx @wllgrnt.bsky.social · 19d

It’s a weird time at the moment for anything creative. I’ve started making some (basic) indie games and I’m already asking myself the same questions- will this all be devalued by AI slop…?

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Retro Tech Dreams @retrotechdreams.bsky.social · 19d

Adobe Photoshop 5.5 (1999) is still a powerful photo editor, usable today and runs on modern Windows in compatibility mode.

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wgx @wllgrnt.bsky.social · 19d

Ah, making websites in frames with this in ‘99. Winamp on the headphones.

*wipes nostalgia tear*

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wgx @wllgrnt.bsky.social · 25d

Cold war power play:
how the Stasi got into
computer games

Source: www.theguardian.com/games/2025/o...

#GuardianHaiku: wgx.github.io/guardian-hai...

Cold war power play: how the Stasi got into computer games

A new exhibition in Berlin shows how the notoriously paranoid East German state greeted the dawn of video gaming with surprising enthusiasm

www.theguardian.com

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wgx @wllgrnt.bsky.social · 25d

#ozzy #memoir

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...

‘People screamed. Cried. Threw up’: 10 extraordinary life lessons from Ozzy Osbourne’s new memoir

The man who ended up smoking 30 cigars a day after trying to quit cigarettes also comes across in his book as level-headed, self-aware and savagely funny. Here’s what the late rock legend can teach us...

www.theguardian.com

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 25d

A paean to privatised public transport.

Today I had to go from Stockport to Salisbury. So I bought a ticket

Stockport > Bristol > Salisbury

The drive to Stockport should have taken 35 minutes. Satnav said it would take 2 hours, and I'd miss my train.

So I went to Macclesfield, where I found...

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wgx @wllgrnt.bsky.social · 28d

Premier Binn beats TravelLodge every time

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b3ta @b3ta.com · 29d

Bt3a newsletter 963, out now
"A smidgen of pigeon is just enough to give your kids a treat, full of feathery goodness, and a bit of beak"
* BUMPER ISSUE - Cassette Boy, Weebl & Matt Round
* GAME - Can you strangle a horse?
* IMAGE CHALLENGE - let's make pop music 'spooky'
b3ta.com/newsletter/i...

B3TA : NEWSLETTER : "A SMIDGEN OF PIGEON IS JUST ENOUGH TO GIVE YOUR KIDS A TREAT, FULL OF FEATHERY GOODNESS, AND A BIT OF BEAK"

b3ta.com

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wgx @wllgrnt.bsky.social · Oct 3

End Bottom Trawling in Europe’s Waters

Bottom trawling is rampant in Europe’s marine protected areas. EU seabeds are the most trawled in the world, causing damage to vital ecosystems that lasts generations. Urge EU lawmakers to protect the ocean, fisheries, and our future.

only.one/act/bottom-t...

Urge the EU Commission to End Destructive Fishing in Protected Waters

Destructive bottom trawling is rampant in Europe’s marine protected areas. The European Union (EU) seabeds are the most trawled in the world, causing damage to vital ecosystems that lasts generations....

only.one

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wgx @wllgrnt.bsky.social · Oct 1

completed it mate

#idleclicker #cozygame #clicker

wgx.github.io/rng-clicker/

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