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Mauricio Figuls @mofiguls.bsky.social · 1h

In a world where there was a “Peanuts” Hobbit, would Gollum be played by Snoopy or PigPen?

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Mauricio Figuls @mofiguls.bsky.social · 14h

¡JAJAJAJAJAJAJA!

Futurism @futurism.com · 15h

"The risk of a sharp market correction has increased."

Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

trib.al

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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 20h

WHAT A GOOD IDEA
LET’S TRY IT

I heard that 72.9% of antifa’s members are health care execs and if we instituted not-for-profit healthcare we’d drive antifa out of business

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

he also said that 80% of antifa's members are landlords and if you lower the cost of housing, you basically starve the network of its financing

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Mauricio Figuls @mofiguls.bsky.social · 18h

The city of Santa Rosa has a Schultz connection, thus the various statues.
But this one of Woodstock in uniform sitting on a cloud nest that to me looks like a mushroom cloud leaves me uncomfortable.

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Mauricio Figuls @mofiguls.bsky.social · 2d

The neighbor seems to be trying to claim part of Beth’s garden.
Also seemed inordinately interested in my post physical therapy balcony breakfast.
Good that they really aren’t good at targeted flying.

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Mauricio Figuls @mofiguls.bsky.social · 4d

Ugh

Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 4d

A lot of the apps on your phone are tracking your physical location and selling that information to other companies. Here's a fantastic explainer from @pcmag.com about 20 of the most common apps that spy on you. Service journalism at its finest. www.pcmag.com/explainers/t...

These 20 Apps Are Watching You—And You Probably Use Them Every Day

You might use these apps every day, but have no idea what they collect. These 20 apps are quietly harvesting your location, contacts, photos, and more—here's what you can do about it.

www.pcmag.com

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Mauricio Figuls @mofiguls.bsky.social · 4d

The More You Know (tm)

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Mauricio Figuls @mofiguls.bsky.social · 4d

The hummingbird did not care

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Mauricio Figuls @mofiguls.bsky.social · 6d

After a very exhausting sunny yard sale yesterday, loafing about with coffee, stale donuts, chatting with the Mrs. and watching the cat taking a stroll on the balcony was all just right.

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Mauricio Figuls @mofiguls.bsky.social · 6d

There is our cat in the cat fort that Beth built.

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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 8d

The renaissance of the jello dessert is yet another sign that our culture is in a seriously bad place

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Mauricio Figuls @mofiguls.bsky.social · 8d

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Mauricio Figuls @mofiguls.bsky.social · 8d

No, it isn’t

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Mauricio Figuls @mofiguls.bsky.social · 9d

Rain’s a coming and it’s made the world black and white!

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 10d

In Washington, as in Riyadh, it turns out that persuading people to make peace with an oppressive, anti-democratic regime dominated by an unspeakably wealthy ruling family is not as hard as you might think.

All you have to do is make them rich.

The joke's on you at the Riyadh Comedy Festival

The lesson, once again, is that Americans aren't as offended by autocracy as you might have thought.

www.motherjones.com

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 10d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Mauricio Figuls @mofiguls.bsky.social · 10d

NO

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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 10d

And now for today's good news ... a wonderful librarian now has a full time job getting people excited about books. All kinds of books. Even the diverse ones that the government doesn't want you to read.

Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 11d

OMG! Mychal did it. Anyone who first caught this wonderful human gaining an audience on TikTok knew there was something special happening. What an incredible journey and story. Promoting reading and libraries is so damn important right now, and I can't think of a better ambassador.

Reading Rainbow Returns With New Host and Celebrity Guest Stars

Reading Rainbow is back after almost 20 years! The beloved children's TV program — which ran for 26 years before wrapping in 2006 — is celebrated for fostering childhood reading and literacy.

people.com

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Mauricio Figuls @mofiguls.bsky.social · 11d

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Sarah Kurchak @fodderfigure.bsky.social · 12d

58 years ago today, both Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons and The Prisoner premiered on UK tv. That’s an awful lot of childhood nightmare fodder for one night of television.

Captain Scarlet and and Captain blue look after a fallen angel

A seething number 6 gets escorted back to the village by a giant white ball

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