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Darcy Shapiro @darcyshapiro.bsky.social · 1d

Our new show on @bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social, Endlings, is live! 🧪 #scicomm

This Is The Last Ever Passenger Pigeon

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Caroline Prince | #SSG2025 @carolprince82.bsky.social · 22h

Just watched the first episode of Endlings. Mesmerising, beautiful and poignant. And man, the graphics and art team outdid themselves. The production is simply gorgeous.
@bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social @complexly.bsky.social @hankgreen.bsky.social

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This Is The Last Ever Passenger Pigeon

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Sham Jaff @shamjaff.bsky.social · 6d

It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.

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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 6d

This is a REALLY good video that gets into the *specifics* of how AI is degrading our information environment and putting truth further out of reach for the average person / the population as a whole

🎃 🧟 Prof. Dr Beth Singler 👻 🎃 @bvlsingler.bsky.social · 6d

I walked into the lounge last night to find my teenage son watching this. We have long admired @kurzgesagt.org and found their videos to be extremely illuminating. But this one in particular I think is so important right now!
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AI Slop Is Killing Our Channel

YouTube video by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

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Seth Michael Larson @sethmlarson.dev · 6d

Loving the energy from @hankgreen.bsky.social this fine #pizzamas

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Give me a single reason why Sora2 should exist.

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 7d

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 7d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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Hanna @hannamaypost.dftba.social · 7d

Day 6: Leaning Tower of Pizza
#NerdfArters

Superhero Pizza John holds up a learning tower made of pizza slices, bread, tomato, and basil.

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Caroline Prince | #SSG2025 @carolprince82.bsky.social · 7d

And BTW, she's doing exactly what they asked her to do:

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Colleen Gruver @colleengruver.bsky.social · 8d

#SussexSquad

"Apparently, her decision to visit Paris without popping into the UK is a national scandal. Never mind that the same press has spent years insisting she’s not welcome here. Now they’re offended she believed them."

Harry will have all the fun then @brewerelac.bsky.social · 8d

#SussexSquad

Meanwhile, back in Blighty, the Daily Mail was clutching its pearls and monarchist trolls were foaming at the mouth because… Meghan didn’t stop off in London to genuflect at the gates of Buckingham Palace.

Meghan Didn’t Visit Britain. She Visited Joy, Style, and Anna Wintour Instead

October 2025 HRH The Duchess of Sussex turned up at Paris Fashion Week looking radiant, rested, and entirely unbothered. In response, a certain corner of British media and monarchist Twitter prompt…

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Caroline Prince | #SSG2025 @carolprince82.bsky.social · 7d

The mind truly boggles. They make her a target every day - writing piece after piece, tearing her down - all for the supposed sin of thriving outside an outdated, toxic institution.

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Caroline Prince | #SSG2025 @carolprince82.bsky.social · 7d

Only it turns out, that Meghan was actually crossing the Pont Alexandre III tunnel, whereas Diana was killed in the Pont d'Alma tunnel. Two very different bridges/tunnels that are a little over 1.5 kms apart

And these same outlets are also fretting about why Meghan doesn't come to the UK.

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Caroline Prince | #SSG2025 @carolprince82.bsky.social · 7d

One of the royalist derangers propogated a lie that Meghan "disrespected" Princess Diana by putting her feet up in her car while crossing the underbridge where she was killed. The trashy tabloids ran with it, because they need any excuse to criticise Meghan. (cont...)

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Colleen Gruver @colleengruver.bsky.social · 8d

#SussexSquad

"To suggest that Meghan's presence in Paris somehow dishonours Diana is not just absurd – it's historically illiterate. Diana didn't belong to the Firm. She resisted it. She didn't die for the monarchy; she died trying to live beyond it."

Harry will have all the fun then @brewerelac.bsky.social · 8d

#SussexSquad

The same press that chased Diana into a Paris tunnel with flashbulbs blazing now dares to scold a woman with entirely clean hands for walking those same streets in peace.

Meghan’s Paris Glow Is the Tribute Princess Diana Deserved

October 2025 HRH The Duchess of Sussex turned up at Paris Fashion Week looking radiant, rested, and entirely unbothered. In response, a certain corner of British media and monarchist Twitter prompt…

unpacked4.wordpress.com

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Harry will have all the fun then @brewerelac.bsky.social · 8d

#SussexSquad

The same press that chased Diana into a Paris tunnel with flashbulbs blazing now dares to scold a woman with entirely clean hands for walking those same streets in peace.

Meghan’s Paris Glow Is the Tribute Princess Diana Deserved

October 2025 HRH The Duchess of Sussex turned up at Paris Fashion Week looking radiant, rested, and entirely unbothered. In response, a certain corner of British media and monarchist Twitter prompt…

unpacked4.wordpress.com

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Caroline Prince | #SSG2025 @carolprince82.bsky.social · 7d

When @hankgreen.bsky.social said, "I thought about the ghost towns of Vine, MySpace, Neopets, Geocities, Google+, Digg and Friendster" - that hit me hard. I've been through all these eras. Oof. Anyhoo, go watch today's vlogbrothers video.

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The Web is Going to Die

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Caroline Prince | #SSG2025 @carolprince82.bsky.social · 15d

The Pizzamas merch this year is just 🔥

DFTBA @dftbarecords.bsky.social · 15d

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Go to pizzamas.com to get the most unhinged products on the internet! www.youtube.com/watch?v=odsG...

PIZZAMAS IS UPON US!

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Caroline Prince | #SSG2025 @carolprince82.bsky.social · 15d

Legit cheered when John put this on. It's just perfection!

Coltan Compton @coltanscolors.dftba.social · 15d

I designed this year’s Cloud John Pizzamas shirt! You can snag it along with other phenomenal pizza-themed products at pizzamas.com FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS ONLY. HAPPY #PIZZAMAS 🍕🍕🍕

Cloud John Pizzamas shirt. Pizza John’s mustachioed visage takes the form of a swirling pink cloud along with the “PIZZA” text beneath.

Photo of model wearing Cloud John shirt taken by Saturday Night Photo.

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Caroline Prince | #SSG2025 @carolprince82.bsky.social · 15d

shit. But they don't. She owes them, though. The reason she's a billionaire is largely because of those movies. So the way she's going after Emma Watson who showed her more grace than she deserved is just... disgusting.

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Caroline Prince | #SSG2025 @carolprince82.bsky.social · 15d

I completely agree. Like I still love the movies: just won't be watching them on Amazon. I'll stick to my DVDs. And the difference for me personally, again, is that the movies weren't successful because of her - it's the cast and the crew who made it what it was. JKR still believes they all owe her

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Caroline Prince | #SSG2025 @carolprince82.bsky.social · 15d

using her HP fame to fund her hate. And has now advanced to active quoting Hitler and retweering far-right assholes.

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Caroline Prince | #SSG2025 @carolprince82.bsky.social · 15d

Exactly this. They made one paltry disclaimer at the top of a video (this was before the P4A fiasco, so it's been a while) and that's all they did. Even with that, for me personally, it's a point where it's difficult to even separate art from the artist because she has said that she is actively

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Meghan @acorn-woman.dftba.social · 15d

it's beginning to look a lot like pizzamas,
everywhere you go
Take a look at the app and then, it's full of merch again
with nice silly art and jokes that are pro

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Beanedict Cumbfurbatch @beanedictc.dftba.social · 15d

Deck the halls with pepperoni,
Fa la la la la, la la la la,
‘Tis the season to spend money,
Fa la la la la, la la la la,
On the hallowed John apparel,
Fa la la, la la la, la la la,
Troll the ancient pizza carol,
Fa la la la la, la la la la!

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Caroline Prince | #SSG2025 @carolprince82.bsky.social · 15d

SCB has been especially disappointing since they had allied themselves with Nerdfighteria, and even the serious backlash they got for bringing HP into the P4A livestream didn't clue them in?

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Caroline Prince | #SSG2025 @carolprince82.bsky.social · 15d

Seriously asking creators like SuperCarlinBrothers or New Rockstars who are continuing to cover HP-related content and want to cover the upcoming series: Where is your line? With every passing day, JKR becomes more and more unhinged and dangerous towards trans people. Seriously. Where is your line?

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