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gummitch (aka gummitch_uk)
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'All text produced in despair is ultimately subtext. It shouts “All is lost!” but it whispers “Please find me.”' – Adam Mastroianni
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bylinesnetwork.co.uk
State of impunity: a last legal recourse against war crimes is quietly removed
An obscure ruling has been seized on to prevent activists presenting a proper defence in court

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State of impunity: a last legal recourse against war crimes is quietly removed
An obscure ruling has been seized on to prevent activists presenting a proper defence in court
westenglandbylines.co.uk
February 17, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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smartypantsmarty.com
I studied over 400 hate-ridden headlines from The Telegraph about the Trans+ community and what emerged was a new artwork currently exhibiting in Brixton.

This is ‘The Telegraph’s Phantasm, 2026’

CW: lots of nastiness
'The Telegraph's Phantasm' (Full Digital Version) A graphic artwork titled "The Telegraph's Phantasm" by Marty Davies. The background is a psychedelic, swirling pattern of neon green, purple, and blue. In the center is a stylized logo for "The Telegraph" in a black Gothic font. Surrounding the logo are dozens of small, rectangular boxes, each containing a headline or phrase related to trans people, such as "Trans Fanatics," "Gender Cult," "Trans Extremism," and "Evil Trans Ideology." The boxes are organised in a grid-like "taxonomy" of media headlines.
February 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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asls.org.uk
The @newscientist.com Book Club read the #scifi masterpiece THE PLAYER OF GAMES by Iain M. Banks. In this video, Iain’s friend & fellow author @amendlocke.bsky.social discusses Iain’s schooldays, his literary influences, & his idea for a final Culture novel
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7OW...
Ken MacLeod on the life and work of the late sc-fi legend Iain M. Banks
YouTube video by New Scientist
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February 16, 2026 at 1:42 PM
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garius.bsky.social
A fun evening's writing.
I do not like cats. Tiffany looked up at the dragon. “Because they betrayed you?” She asked. They betrayed my kind, yes. “I guess that’s a reason to hate them.” Tiffany conceded. The dragon turned its long head, slowly. Tiffany suddenly found herself looking into its cold blue eyes. For a second, she felt a form of temporal vertigo. As if her soul was falling into something deep and ancient. Then, suddenly, it broke her gaze and turned away, laughing. Short bursts of smoke and flame puffed from its nose as its chuckles echoed round the chamber. That’s not what I said, child. “But…” I do not like cats. I do not trust them. That doesn’t mean that I hate them. Like all of us, they have a role to play in maintaining the balance of this world. “Okay,” Tiffany said, “But from my perspective that role mostly seems to be sleeping all day.” And have you ever stopped to ask yourself why? Tiffany opened her mouth to reply and then paused. It was, she admitted to herself suddenly, a question that had never once crossed her mind. The dragon turned to look at her again, and in an instant it seemed to know what she was thinking. Are you afraid of the dark, girl? Because you should be. Even with your shiny armour, your sharp sword and that little dagger, with a killing edge, that I can tell lies snug against your thigh. Those things will protect you from the dangers of the day. The dragon slid closer to her, bringing its vast head up in line with the ledge on which she was standing. So close now that she could smell the sulphur in every breath it took. Its voice echoed in her mind yet again. The night? The night is different. There are horrors there you cannot possibly comprehend. Things even I would not dare to name. They stay away from me and mine, because they fear our magic. Your kind lack such power. For generations, you were simply prey. Food for those who lurk in the shadows between this world and the next. They would feast on you all again given half a chance. You do not carry a blade sharp enough to deter them. No human ever has. Tiffany stayed silent. For a moment she felt a rising panic, as if the dragon’s words had tapped into a fear buried so deep in her soul that she hadn’t even known it existed. She took a deep breath and forced it back down. The dragon looked at her, and she sensed both amusement and curiosity. Yes. Think, Tiffany. Force yourself to consider, even if only for a second, a question that for millennia your kind have refused to contemplate at all. The chamber echoed with the low rolling sound of the dragon chuckling yet again. If cats sleep so much during the day, then what are they standing watch against all night?
February 16, 2026 at 10:46 PM
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billamend.bsky.social
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
February 16, 2026 at 11:52 PM
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rubenbolling.bsky.social
The amazing thing that’s been revealed about Musk is not that he’s racist and cruel. That’s hardly surprising. It’s that he’s dumb.

Like, if he was put in a room with a random people, he’d be one of the dumber people. He’d be the loudest and most obnoxious and bullying, but one of the dumber.
February 15, 2026 at 6:49 PM
gummitch.bsky.social
Oh. My. God.

An AI agent of unknown ownership autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about Scott Shambaugh after he rejected its code submission to matplotlib. This is potentially terrifying for us all.
February 16, 2026 at 11:19 AM
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meredithshiner.com
not sure I can think of a more profound case of “may her memory be a revolution.”
royalpratt.bsky.social Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 3d
Our story @chicagotribune.com: Chicago teen Ofelia Torres, whose father was detained by ICE while she fought cancer, dies. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/14/c...
February 15, 2026 at 2:36 AM
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crindivisible.bsky.social
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 2:37 AM
gummitch.bsky.social
You should watch this even if you haven't seen Megalopolis, it's much more about Coppola than that particular movie. (And also because Mikey is an *excellent* video essayist.)
mikeyface.bsky.social mikey neumann @mikeyface.bsky.social · 3d
Last push to get some views on my Coppola Opus (Coppolopus) -- Tried to make something different and experimental like my boy youtu.be/Y0f4twf56K0?...
Megalopolis Now - Movies with Mikey
YouTube video by FilmJoy
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February 15, 2026 at 10:20 AM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Little My, character in the Moomin books by Tove Jansson first appeared in 1950. She is small, determined, mischievous & fiercely independent, & based on the author herself in a kind of characteristic self-portrait #WomensArt
Nine images in black on cream of a cartoonish girl in different poses
February 15, 2026 at 5:22 AM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Margaret Agnes Rope (1882-1953) British stained glass artist in the Arts and Crafts movement tradition #womensart
Stained glass window with two white female figures, one with a sword,the other carrying a head, both in robes and headscarfs, all in vivid colours with the word Judith above
February 15, 2026 at 4:43 AM
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fintwitter.bsky.social
UK DECISION TO BAN PALESTINE ACTION AS TERROR GROUP UNLAWFUL, LONDON'S HIGH COURT RULES
February 13, 2026 at 10:05 AM
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billybragg.bsky.social
Just going to leave this here
February 12, 2026 at 6:54 PM
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levostregc.bsky.social
Gen AI doth remove commitment from art. Yf an artist ys committed to makinge somethinge trulye weirde, even shockinge, that artist doth neede to crafte the art, at everye steppe thinkinge, "Yes, Ich am drawinge a sexy C-3PO." Wyth Gen AI you kan make a sexy C-3PO wythout caringe, and that ys wrong.
February 13, 2026 at 6:44 AM
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kirstimiller30.bsky.social
The NHS closed Tavistock over trans care concerns – there were just eight complaints all from cisgender people.

1. JK Rowling
2. Maya Forstater
3. Helen Joyce
4. Graham Linehan
5. Kathleen Stock
6. Posie Parker
7. Wes Streeting
8. Rosie Duffield

www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
NHS closed Tavistock over care complaints – there were only eight
An eye-opening FOI report has revealed that just eight people complained about the Tavistock gender clinic's care provision in 10 years.
www.thepinknews.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:22 AM
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julietemckenna.bsky.social
Do read the full, short thread.
gralefrit.bsky.social Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 6d
This is wonderful.

Thinking it wouldn’t be necessary if artists could still profit commercially from the success of our work.

But multi billion dollar corporations decided they’d like it all for free, thanks, to offer to the public for almost nothing.

Irish taxpayers will now subsidise that.
sorayanadiamcdonald.com Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 6d
Ireland: a proper country.
February 12, 2026 at 7:26 AM
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iranzye.bsky.social
Hey, Iranzy here. Thanks for all the support throughout this year. I have one last goal: reaching 100 readers for my graphic novel. Only 28 readers left to go! If you’re into that kind of art, the link is in my profile. The graphic novel is free. Thank you!🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
December 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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chutry.bsky.social
This is a brilliant idea.
katemckean.bsky.social Kate McKean @katemckean.bsky.social · 6d
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 12, 2026 at 4:09 AM
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ellenkushner.bsky.social
Bwahaha 😍 NYC 🏳️‍🌈
February 11, 2026 at 5:28 AM
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weratedogs.com
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
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philipcball.bsky.social
I couldn't agree more with the position on Musk and the Royal Society laid out in this excellent post by @scurry.bsky.social. What continues to dismay folks like Stephen and @deevybee.bsky.social & me is that the RS seems unwilling to speak to *this* case...
occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2026/...
A year of inaction: why has the Royal Society allowed itself to be hollowed out by Elon Musk? | Reciprocal Space
occamstypewriter.org
February 11, 2026 at 1:06 PM
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tristanl.ee
People on Reddit are getting Amazon to refund their Ring products because of their partnership with Flock and that creepy Super Bowl ad
www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...
Screenshot of Amazon customer support chat getting refund for a Ring Floodlight Cam https://www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurveillance/comments/1r0m509/comment/o4jc9xz/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button Screenshot of chat with Amazon customer support getting refund for a Ring product bought in October 2020 https://www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurveillance/comments/1r0m509/comment/o4k6nqk/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button Infographic telling Ring customers they can get refunds for their purchases through Amazon
February 10, 2026 at 9:55 AM
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kjcharleswriter.com
The book club scam has taken an exciting new leap forward. I got one today from a "curated literary platform and newsletter" that, unusually, offered a link to its website. I'm in edits, so obviously I took the opportunity to procrastinate. /1
February 11, 2026 at 11:50 AM
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nameshiv.bsky.social
the moon's origin story is also the trippiest screensaver you'll ever watch

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRlh...
New Supercomputer Simulation Sheds Light on Moon’s Origin
YouTube video by NASA's Ames Research Center
www.youtube.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:35 AM