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Sarah O @erniebufflo.bsky.social · 6h

Don't feel stupid, but also, if someone helpfully tells you "that's fake," the correct response is "oh shit, let me delete this" not doubling down and disabling comments.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 9h

Don’t feel stupid if you fell for fake video. It can be really hard to tell these days. But we do have to try and be careful with what we share because there’s so much AI video out there.

It’s just the world we live in now.

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HALLOWIAN (IanMoore3000) @ianmoore3000.bsky.social · 4h

The others had less willpower. And were never seen again.

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HALLOWIAN (IanMoore3000) @ianmoore3000.bsky.social · 4h

This older article is also interesting.

www.theguardian.com/news/2022/se...

The super-rich ‘preppers’ planning to save themselves from the apocalypse

Tech billionaires are buying up luxurious bunkers to survive a societal collapse they helped create, but like everything they do, it has unintended consequences

www.theguardian.com

HALLOWIAN (IanMoore3000) @ianmoore3000.bsky.social · 4h

"I once met a former bodyguard of one billionaire with his own "bunker", who told me his security team's first priority, if this really did happen, would be to eliminate said boss and get in the bunker themselves."

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

Tech billionaires seem to be doom prepping. Should we be worried?

The debate is ramping up about what happens if - or when - computer intelligence overtakes humans

www.bbc.com

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 18h

This is huge. Komeito (a Buddhist-backed political party) has long been a crucial part of the governing LDP coalition, carefully managing their differences over military rearmament and social spending. This leaves the LDP short of a majority in both chambers.

The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 1d

BREAKING: Komeito said Friday it plans to leave the ruling camp, parting ways with the LDP and new President Sanae Takaichi after the LDP failed to accept the party’s proposal on political donations.

Komeito announces split with LDP, clouding Takaichi's bid for PM

Komeito’s decision to end the 26-year partnership with the LDP means the ruling party will need to court opposition parties to vote Takaichi in as prime minister.

ebx.sh

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HALLOWIAN (IanMoore3000) @ianmoore3000.bsky.social · 18h

I've had two posts this week go viral on Mastodon. Which means I am now the ruler of Mastodon.

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Nicholas Whithorn @nickwhithorn.bsky.social · 18d

If you don't know the story of Salvo D'Acquisto, you don't know the meaning of the word 'courage'.

Nicholas Whithorn @nickwhithorn.bsky.social · Sep 22

23 September 1943, Carabiniere Salvo D'Acquisto is executed by German paratroopers at Torre di Palidoro, near Rome. He falsely confesses responsibility for an explosion that kills two Germans to save the lives of 22 innocent civilians rounded up for execution in reprisal [Thread] >> 1

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HALLOWIAN (IanMoore3000) @ianmoore3000.bsky.social · 1d

you'd be surprised - I'd say there are a lot of people like me out there who are curious about the history of odd anomalous countries like San Marino.

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Nicholas Whithorn @nickwhithorn.bsky.social · 1d

9th October 1967, Emanuela Loi is born in Cagliari.
She is the first female Italian police officer to die on active service, on 19th July 1992, one of the five members of Judge Paolo Borsellino's protection team who die with him that day in the via D'Amelio bomb attack in Palermo.

A view of via D'Amelio in Palermo, minutes after the explosion of the car bomb planted by Cosa Nostra.

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HALLOWIAN (IanMoore3000) @ianmoore3000.bsky.social · 1d

I'm hoping the fact that I am old will mean that I don't find myself mistaken for one of these pricks despite a somewhat similar dress sense.

LeithMotive @leithmotive.bsky.social · 2d

Charles Amos is the legalise incest guy. Insane they didn't do due diligence. www.thetimes.com/article/8c9a...

Meet the young Tories dreaming of a bright blue future

The Conservatives know they have a problem with Gen Z voters. At the party conference, The Times met a new breed of activists who are embracing the challenge

www.thetimes.com

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HALLOWIAN (IanMoore3000) @ianmoore3000.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sorry for your loss. What handsome cat.

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🄼🄴🄴🄷🄰🅆🄻 ⭕ @meehawl.com · 2d

That frog is out there, it can't be bargained with, it can't be reasoned with, it doesn't feel pity or remorse or fear, and it absolutely will not stop shimmying EVER, until you are grinning.

bsky.app/profile/dann...

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🄼🄴🄴🄷🄰🅆🄻 ⭕ @meehawl.com · 4d

The horror. The horror.

bsky.app/profile/eyes...

Steven Miller saying ice officers have to street battle against antifa hand-to-hand combat every night. Picture above shows the giant green Portland Frog, looking goofy.

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HALLOWIAN (IanMoore3000) @ianmoore3000.bsky.social · 2d

It is possible that support for Reform will wither away when people start to think about who Farage will have in his cabinet. But maybe not.

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HALLOWIAN (IanMoore3000) @ianmoore3000.bsky.social · 2d

maybe there is also NI Mastodon.

HALLOWIAN (IanMoore3000) @ianmoore3000.bsky.social · 2d

Join ussssss.

mastodon.ie/home

mastodon.ie

Irish Mastodon - run from Ireland, we welcome all who respect the community rules and members.

mastodon.ie

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HALLOWIAN (IanMoore3000) @ianmoore3000.bsky.social · 3d

Over on FB some wag has suggested "TORN ARSE"

HALLOWIAN (IanMoore3000) @ianmoore3000.bsky.social · 3d

www.screen-idle.com/tron-arse-to...

Tron: Arse to tell the story of a computerised arse

Tron: Arse, the latest instalment in the Tron franchise will tell the story of an arse that gets computerised and trapped inside a computer.

www.screen-idle.com

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HALLOWIAN (IanMoore3000) @ianmoore3000.bsky.social · 3d

has anyone made the "TRON: Ares - TRON: Arse more like" joke yet?

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HALLOWIAN (IanMoore3000) @ianmoore3000.bsky.social · 3d

amusingly the book was written by pre-Sandman Neil Gaiman.

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HALLOWIAN (IanMoore3000) @ianmoore3000.bsky.social · 3d

I remember years ago reading a book about Douglas Adams that talked about how poor he was at actually writing things to a deadline etc. and it really put me off him even though the book's tone was trying to make you think this made him a bit of a character.

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HALLOWIAN (IanMoore3000) @ianmoore3000.bsky.social · 4d

I went to the northwest of Scotland to play gamelan with strangers. They did not sacrifice me to pagan gods and now i have written about the experience.

secretpandablog.wordpress.com/2025/10/06/g...

#gamelan

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HALLOWIAN (IanMoore3000) @ianmoore3000.bsky.social · 3d

on the basis of the one TP book I have read, he is also a more disciplined writer than Adams, in that his books have plots that actually resolve and the plots aren't just ones he previously used when writing for Dr Who.

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HALLOWIAN (IanMoore3000) @ianmoore3000.bsky.social · 3d

I had a similar experience - read one, quite enjoyed it, but never felt any interest in reading another one.

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