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Binarysleeper @binarysleeper.bsky.social · 1h

Worth 30 seconds of your time

Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 16d

I spent the week at the police surveillance convention and let me tell you my biggest observation: The name of the game now is consolidating as much information as humanely possible from surveillance devices, the internet, other governmental data, and literally a million other places. 🧵

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 6h

Reading material in the Mar-a-lago toilet.

Kat in Az @katphxaz.bsky.social · 6h

Is there anyone left who even knows how to access US intel resources anymore?

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 4h

This is what one of the biggest Diwali celebrations outside of India looks like.

Thank you to everyone who came to celebrate light overcoming darkness, hope overcoming hardship, and unity in our diversity.

A person stands on stage addressing a large crowd gathered in Trafalgar Square for Diwali on the Square. Colourful tents and festival stalls fill the area behind the crowd, with the National Gallery visible in the background.

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 6d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Hourly Simpsons @hourlysimpsons.bagpuss.org · 3d

- The guys made kind of a mess in your bathroom. - What bathroom?
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S10E12 Sunday, Cruddy Sunday (AABF08) 31/01/1999

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christhebarker @christhebarker.bsky.social · 3d

Italian version of Taskmaster looks shit

Reuters @reuters.com · 3d

Italy ready to defend 'golden powers' against EU moves, economy minister says reut.rs/4h3GS09

Italy ready to defend 'golden powers' against EU moves, economy minister says

The Italian government will defend its golden powers aimed at shielding strategic assets, its economy minister said on Friday, as Brussels prepares to challenge the legislation.

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Stansaid Airport @stansaidairport.bsky.social · 2d

Our new Ann Summers opened today! We have a giant inflatable to let people kno...oh ffs.

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BSides London @bsideslondon.bsky.social · 3d

Whilst the 'Call' teams are reviewing all the proposals, we felt now would be a good time to remind of our massively under used mailing list!
We will be sending some mails out in the run up to #BSidesLDN2025 with some useful info, so sign up!
bit.ly/BSidesLDN25M...

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 2d

“We want to send a message to all authoritarian leaders: choose ballots, not bullets.”

Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee on why 2025 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Maria Corina Machado: “She is an extraordinary example of civilian courage.”

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Chair of Norwegian Nobel Committeeon why 2025 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Maria Corina Machado

YouTube video by ONEST

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 3d

Hao Yichun was a pioneer in the fields of stratigraphy, micropaleontology and paleoceanography. She co-authored Paleontology, China’s first textbook on the subject, and deepened understanding of foraminifera, single-celled organisms found in seawater.
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Prof Hao Yichun, Palaeontologist

Hao Yichun was a Chinese geologist who was a pioneer in the fields of stratigraphy, micropaleontology and paleoceanography, and a co-author of China’s first palaeontology textbooks.

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 3d

I for one wasn't aware they'd even started.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 3d

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

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Binarysleeper @binarysleeper.bsky.social · 3d

Interesting read

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 3d

after the 10th radioactive shrimp recall in 7 weeks, i decided to do some digging

little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...

What Is Really Going on With All This Radioactive Shrimp? - Consumer Reports

Here’s the latest on how shrimp and spices got contaminated with cesium-137, how the FDA has responded, and why consumers should not panic.

www.consumerreports.org

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 4d

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Dates in Movies @datesinmovies.bsky.social · 3d

Oct 9th - Former Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus, using Professor Hugo Fassbender's doomsday weapon, disintegrates the United Nations headquarters. He then blackmails the President into having Inspector Clouseau assassinated.

📽️📅 The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)

4 Screenshots from the movie "The Pink Panther Strikes Again" (1976): First, a close-up of a man on a vintage television screen with subtitles reading "On Saturday, October 9th the United Nations building." Second, a continuation of the television scene with the man saying "will vanish from the face of the earth." Third, a futuristic control room with a large laser device pointing out a window towards mountains, people observing the scene. Fourth, a cityscape with a laser beam emitting a bright pink light over the skyline.

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 4d

Thanks to London’s bold action, almost 10 million people are now breathing cleaner air.

That means fewer children will grow up with stunted lungs and fewer people will have to suffer from asthma, dementia and heart disease.

London hits clean air milestone 184 years early - ULEZ makes 'big difference'

A professor has branded the success a 'truly remarkable turnaround for the city's air quality'

www.mylondon.news

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The Daily Mash @the-daily-mash.bsky.social · 4d

The seven stages of your workplace getting obsessed with AI then realising it’s bollocks buff.ly/ErXmEBi

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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 5d

You know who doesn't integrate? People like Robert Jenrick. You think he works out at the local leisure centre? Goes to the Tuesday night pub quiz? You think his golf club lets anyone play? Or his private members' clubs let anyone in? He puts the ick in prick

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NewsThump @newsthump.com · 5d

NEWS! Woman whose party couldn't spell 'Britain' decides English degrees are a 'rip-off' newsthump.com/2025/10/08/w...

Woman whose party couldn’t spell ‘Britain’ decides English degrees are a ‘rip-off’

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has today announced plans to reduce student numbers taking worthless degrees ‘like English’, just 24 hours after her party spectacularly failed to spel…

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 6d

This is a lie.

There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.

But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

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World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 5d

LIVE SCENES FROM WALES
#WorldBollardAssociation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Captain Howdy @captainhowdy.bsky.social · 5d

Today's Hallowmeme.

The "They Don't Know" meme which shows a dude in a party hat clutching a drink as he stands in the corner observing everyone else dancing, except the dude is now Nada from "They Live" (1988). He's missing his party hat, but he's wearing shades and gripping a shotgun as he looks at the dancers who are all invading alien capitalist scum. He's saying "They don't know I'm all out of bubblegum" and is about to send them all to Hell with his trusty 12-gauge.

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Robin @digi.ninja · 5d

New video, Decrypting TLS traffic in Wireshark. How to extract TLS keys from Burp, ZAP, and curl and then import them into Wireshark to see the raw traffic.

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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 5d

Michiyo Tsujimura was an agricultural scientist, biochemist and the first woman to earn a doctoral degree in agriculture in Japan. She discovered that green tea contains vitamin C and is credited with helping to popularise the drink internationally. adalovelaceday.subst...

Prof Michiyo Tsujimura, Agricultural Scientist and Biochemist

Prof Michiyo Tsujimura was an agricultural scientist, biochemist and educator, and the first woman to earn a doctoral degree in agriculture in Japan.

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Actual names @actualnames.bsky.social · 5d

Ralf Minge
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Ralf Minge - Wikipedia

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