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Mike/MJ @cosmicspaceslug.bsky.social · Aug 13

periodically reposting this, when it’s what i need that day

Mike/MJ @cosmicspaceslug.bsky.social · Jun 30

“Sometimes moments of fun can just be like a liftening of the burden for a short little moment. But hey, that is life, you know? That is how life works. You have fun, and then you have not so fun. You’re happy, and then you’re sad. That is the roller coaster that is life.” #ritehererightnow #ghost

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Mike/MJ @cosmicspaceslug.bsky.social · 16d

i feel like you don’t see a lot of commercials for car tires anymore

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Global Voices @globalvoices.org · Sep 11

The internet was supposed to democratize information.
Now, it’s more closed, censored, and weaponized than ever.
Global Voices is still holding the line.
Help us keep doing it.
globalvoices.org/donate/
#KeepGVStrong

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Global Voices @globalvoices.org · Sep 9

Where others overlook, we listen.
Where others erase, we translate.
Support Global Voices’ mission to center the Global South.
#KeepGVStrong
globalvoices.org/donate/

Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · Sep 9

coverage from Nepal on @globalvoices.org

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Mike/MJ @cosmicspaceslug.bsky.social · Sep 7

watching Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping and i feel like they might possibly have beef with the Channel 4 lawyers

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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · Sep 5

Still available:

Martha Wells @marthawells.com · Aug 24

Humblebundle to support World Central Kitchen, and get a bunch of my books from @tordotcom.bsky.social including Murderbot and Witch King! #booksky

www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...

Humble Book Bundle: Martha Wells' Murderbot and More by TOR

Fall in love with Martha Wells’ The Murderbot Diaries series—the engine behind the hit AppleTV adaptation—and help support World Central Kitchen.

www.humblebundle.com

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Mike/MJ @cosmicspaceslug.bsky.social · Sep 5

Listening to the Murderbot soundtrack to entertain myself while doing mindless work feels fitting

also "End Message" still brings up feelings about that scene with Gurathin and MB's final voiceover T.T

Mike/MJ @cosmicspaceslug.bsky.social · Sep 4

i would very amused to see the site traffic stats for milk.com for Aug. 27-Sept. 2 and Sept. 3-9
www.npr.org/2025/09/03/n...

The million dollar mystery behind Milk.com : Planet Money

When we stumbled upon Milk.com, we were mystified. It appears to be someone’s personal website. But memorable domain names can be worth a million dollars or more. So, why is someone using this valuabl...

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Mike/MJ @cosmicspaceslug.bsky.social · Sep 2

at this point if I heard that Red Bull was putting Power in the no. 2 seat I'd believe it

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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · Sep 1

Another really important story from the Climate Justice Fellows at @globalvoices.org. if you haven't spent any time thinking about the international trade in trash and what that says about global hierarchies, here's a place to start. And if you have, here's an update/case study.

Tracing ‘waste colonialism’ in Southeast Asia

While China used to be the world's largest waste importer, Southeast Asia is now taking a significant portion of wealthy countries solid waste, leading to negative health outcomes and environmental po...

globalvoices.org

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Mike/MJ @cosmicspaceslug.bsky.social · Aug 31

vibes

screenshot of “This Is What It Sounds Like” from KPop Demon Hunters playing in ios Music

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Alex @newgayden.bsky.social · Aug 26

YAY

iRacing @iracing.com · Aug 26

iRacing Studios To Produce Standalone INDYCAR Video Game in 2026 - iRacing.com

iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations and INDYCAR are pleased to announce a long-term licensing agreement for iRacing Studios to produce standalone INDYCAR titles for console and PC. As part of the agree...

www.iracing.com

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Mike/MJ @cosmicspaceslug.bsky.social · Aug 26

i feel personally targeted by the Cadillac F1 driver announcement

(also based on purely parasocial vibes i feel like Bottas and Reeves could be friends?)

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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · Aug 20

it's not an "immigration crackdown" if they are 1) revoking legally granted visas for 2) temporary student residence.

it's not a crackdown, it's a policy change; and it's not about immigration, it's about weakening the universities and education more generally and signaling white supremacy.

Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · Aug 20

www.bbc.com/news/article...

US revokes 6,000 student visas, State Department says

The move comes as the Trump administration continues its immigration crackdown of which international students have been a focus.

www.bbc.com

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Mike/MJ @cosmicspaceslug.bsky.social · Aug 13

periodically reposting this, when it’s what i need that day

Mike/MJ @cosmicspaceslug.bsky.social · Jun 30

“Sometimes moments of fun can just be like a liftening of the burden for a short little moment. But hey, that is life, you know? That is how life works. You have fun, and then you have not so fun. You’re happy, and then you’re sad. That is the roller coaster that is life.” #ritehererightnow #ghost

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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · Aug 12

spoiler: they're the bad guys

NPR @npr.org · Aug 12

Trump's expansion of federal authority over Washington, D.C., is in many ways unprecedented, but calls to mind other times the city has been under tighter federal control.

D.C. has been under tighter federal control before. Here's what it looked like

Trump's expansion of federal authority over Washington, D.C., is in many ways unprecedented, but calls to mind other times the city has been under tighter federal control.

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Mike/MJ @cosmicspaceslug.bsky.social · Aug 7

the "Squid Game VIPs are badly written and badly acted" to "Squid Game VIPs are a satire on people who think they're clever and expect everything they say to be met with awe" pipeline

Mike/MJ @cosmicspaceslug.bsky.social · Aug 7

The more Elon Musk speaks and clearly wants the world to marvel at how clever he is, the more realistic I find the Squid Game VIP actors' performances.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · Jul 18

After years of activist pressure, lawsuits, and bad press Ring made much needed reforms. Now, they’re pivoting back to mass police surveillance as a business model.

Amazon Ring Cashes in on Techno-Authoritarianism and Mass Surveillance

Ring founder Jamie Siminoff is back at the helm of the surveillance doorbell company, and with him is the surveillance-first-privacy-last approach that made Ring one of the most maligned tech devices....

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Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) @autisticadvocacy.org · Jul 29

Generative AI changes what things mean because it focuses on words, not the meaning. It adds words, changes meaning, and makes "plain language" that is not accessible. We know, because we tested it. Generative AI has no place in plain language. autisticadvocacy.org/2025/07/asan...

Dark grey textured background. There’s a lighter grey box with text that reads: Artificial intelligence is when a computer program does things that normally need to be done by humans. We call artificial intelligence “AI” for short. There are lots of different kinds of AI.
The way AI works is by using data from people. Data is information a computer can read. AI programs read data made by people to understand what to do.
Generative AI is a specific kind of AI. Generative AI can use data to make new things.
Generative AI can create many kinds of new things, like:
text
images
music/movies
and more
People have already started using generative AI to write plain language.

Grey textured background. Text reads: In our statement, we explain the reasons why people should not use generative AI to write in plain language. Plain language is an important part of making things accessible for people with disabilities. Using generative AI makes “plain language” that is not actually accessible. We hope anyone who writes in plain language will not use generative AI.
Here are the reasons we talk about in our statement:
Generative AI changes what things mean
Plain language is an idea that is too new for generative AI to understand
Generative AI focuses on words, not ideas
Generative AI has discrimination built-in
Plain language is by and for disabled people
Read our full statement to learn more about each of these reasons.

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Mike/MJ @cosmicspaceslug.bsky.social · Jun 30

“Sometimes moments of fun can just be like a liftening of the burden for a short little moment. But hey, that is life, you know? That is how life works. You have fun, and then you have not so fun. You’re happy, and then you’re sad. That is the roller coaster that is life.” #ritehererightnow #ghost

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Mike/MJ @cosmicspaceslug.bsky.social · Jul 26

Reader View in Firefox makes the internet so much easier to interact with

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Victoria Coren Mitchell @vcorenmitchell.bsky.social · Jul 25

Today’s NYT Connections game brought back happy memories of Christmas 2024. Honestly, these coincidences mount up and up.

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Mike/MJ @cosmicspaceslug.bsky.social · Jul 24

Go Purdue!

Mike/MJ @cosmicspaceslug.bsky.social · Jul 24

Coming back with some solid lap speeds after locking up and stopping

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