Signe Dean
@nevertoocurious.bsky.social
Science journalist, writer, toucher of grass. Live in Melbourne/Naarm. (she/her)
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Searching for a new litterbox and dying laughing at this cat who looks like a toilet astronaut.
December 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Searching for a new litterbox and dying laughing at this cat who looks like a toilet astronaut.
I don't know if we can claw our way out of this. theconversation.com/how-the-inte...
How the internet became enshittified – and how we might be able to deshittify it
The internet offered a world of connection and cooperation. What we got was a world of ruthless monopolies and oligarchs.
theconversation.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I don't know if we can claw our way out of this. theconversation.com/how-the-inte...
A great piece about the weird place games still occupy in modern culture!
I've had people who play games tell me they think 'gamer' is a dirty word, while others don't recognise that relaxing with a game after work is no that different to watching telly on the sofa. observer.co.uk/the-critics/...
I've had people who play games tell me they think 'gamer' is a dirty word, while others don't recognise that relaxing with a game after work is no that different to watching telly on the sofa. observer.co.uk/the-critics/...
I’m a novelist who’s just bought a video games company. Here’s why you should care about games writing | The Observer
observer.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
A great piece about the weird place games still occupy in modern culture!
I've had people who play games tell me they think 'gamer' is a dirty word, while others don't recognise that relaxing with a game after work is no that different to watching telly on the sofa. observer.co.uk/the-critics/...
I've had people who play games tell me they think 'gamer' is a dirty word, while others don't recognise that relaxing with a game after work is no that different to watching telly on the sofa. observer.co.uk/the-critics/...
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
The cats are adorable and the art is great but I will never understand "Soviet as a kitsch aesthetic"
because of all the crimes against humanity that regime perpetrated for decades
because of all the crimes against humanity that regime perpetrated for decades
Since the holidays coming up, here are some of my sovcat holiday cards and one of my popular posters. You can find these and other works in my Etsy shop at
nathannunart.etsy.com Thanks for taking a look. And thank you, Cats of Yore, for the show.
nathannunart.etsy.com Thanks for taking a look. And thank you, Cats of Yore, for the show.
December 5, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The cats are adorable and the art is great but I will never understand "Soviet as a kitsch aesthetic"
because of all the crimes against humanity that regime perpetrated for decades
because of all the crimes against humanity that regime perpetrated for decades
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Now "browsing" means Netflix compiles your recent watch history and feeds you more of the exact same thing. Or Amazon analyzes your buy history and gives you a list of 15 books with basically the same title. You rarely stumble upon something new or different by chance. It's eroding our curiosity.
November 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Now "browsing" means Netflix compiles your recent watch history and feeds you more of the exact same thing. Or Amazon analyzes your buy history and gives you a list of 15 books with basically the same title. You rarely stumble upon something new or different by chance. It's eroding our curiosity.
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One thing I love about writing regular SFF book reviews is it forces me to delve into the wealth and variety of audacious fiction being published right now. Every month I find dozens of fascinating, unique titles and try to read as many as I can.
I wish it were way easier to broaden your horizons.
I wish it were way easier to broaden your horizons.
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 9:38 PM
One thing I love about writing regular SFF book reviews is it forces me to delve into the wealth and variety of audacious fiction being published right now. Every month I find dozens of fascinating, unique titles and try to read as many as I can.
I wish it were way easier to broaden your horizons.
I wish it were way easier to broaden your horizons.
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Melbourne’s rail network will feel the improvements immediately, but experience from Sydney and elsewhere shows changes in travel behaviour will take time.
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/austral...
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/austral...
November 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Melbourne’s rail network will feel the improvements immediately, but experience from Sydney and elsewhere shows changes in travel behaviour will take time.
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/austral...
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/austral...
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If writing is so easy why do people argue that they can’t do it without the pablumatic verbiage extruder
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
November 27, 2025 at 4:10 AM
If writing is so easy why do people argue that they can’t do it without the pablumatic verbiage extruder
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
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At the same time Australia has inked a deal with the US on critical minerals, it’s proposing cuts to facilities that underpin clean energy ambitions.
Cuts to key research facilities threaten Australia’s ability to be a global scientific leader
theconversation.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:26 AM
At the same time Australia has inked a deal with the US on critical minerals, it’s proposing cuts to facilities that underpin clean energy ambitions.
Even some hardcore cat people I know didn't get 100% on this quiz! theconversation.com/do-you-speak...
Do you speak cat? Take this quiz to find out
Cats are excellent at communicating, but humans still routinely misunderstand them.
theconversation.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Even some hardcore cat people I know didn't get 100% on this quiz! theconversation.com/do-you-speak...
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Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
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Change one letter, ruin a candy.
Starwurst
Starwurst
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
Swedish fist
Swedish fist
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
Mars Jars
Mars Jars
October 29, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
Starwurst
Starwurst
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Please check your kids’ Halloween candy carefully this year.
I bit into a chocolate bar and found Microsoft Teams.
I bit into a chocolate bar and found Microsoft Teams.
October 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Please check your kids’ Halloween candy carefully this year.
I bit into a chocolate bar and found Microsoft Teams.
I bit into a chocolate bar and found Microsoft Teams.
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Pride is not the only emotion that you're allowed to have about your history. There are many others that can and do apply. It should not be a failing or a threat to your sense of self to acknowledge those other emotions. To speak them aloud as you watch history unfold.
October 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Pride is not the only emotion that you're allowed to have about your history. There are many others that can and do apply. It should not be a failing or a threat to your sense of self to acknowledge those other emotions. To speak them aloud as you watch history unfold.
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A man was arrested for playing Darth Vader's theme music, "The Imperial March," behind National Guard troops walking through Logan Circle.
Now the ACLU is suing on his behalf. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Now the ACLU is suing on his behalf. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A man was arrested for playing Darth Vader's theme music, "The Imperial March," behind National Guard troops walking through Logan Circle.
Now the ACLU is suing on his behalf. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Now the ACLU is suing on his behalf. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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AWS outage reminds us why $2,449 Internet-dependent beds are a bad idea arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
AWS outage reminds us why $2,449 Internet-dependent beds are a bad idea
“Would be great if my bed wasn’t stuck in an inclined position …”…
arstechnica.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:40 PM
AWS outage reminds us why $2,449 Internet-dependent beds are a bad idea arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
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The thing that makes Star Trek utopian isn’t the end of scarcity or the harmony between all peoples it’s also that the guy on the ship who gets laid the most plays the trombone at work and periodically does community theater
October 21, 2025 at 1:51 AM
The thing that makes Star Trek utopian isn’t the end of scarcity or the harmony between all peoples it’s also that the guy on the ship who gets laid the most plays the trombone at work and periodically does community theater
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With the AWS outage, now‘s as good a time as any to post this old strip.
October 20, 2025 at 10:18 AM
With the AWS outage, now‘s as good a time as any to post this old strip.
we broke the embargo
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 20, 2025 at 7:48 AM
we broke the embargo
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you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am
August 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am
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I would laugh if this wasn't so true 😭
October 19, 2025 at 11:42 AM
I would laugh if this wasn't so true 😭
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Today’s Comic: The Inevitability of Enshittification…
October 15, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Today’s Comic: The Inevitability of Enshittification…
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at this point we can just substitute “startup” with “some stupid shit no one asked for”
no one wants any of this, it’s just rich dudes figuring out how to get money from wealthy dudes
no one wants any of this, it’s just rich dudes figuring out how to get money from wealthy dudes
Do we really want 250,000 mirrored satellites in Low Earth Orbit? Hasn't the Starlink megaconstellation already done enough damage?
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A US startup plans to deliver ‘sunlight on demand’ after dark. Can it work – and would we want it to?
Satellites beaming sunlight down to Earth sound like science fiction – and they have astronomers very worried.
theconversation.com
October 12, 2025 at 6:47 AM
at this point we can just substitute “startup” with “some stupid shit no one asked for”
no one wants any of this, it’s just rich dudes figuring out how to get money from wealthy dudes
no one wants any of this, it’s just rich dudes figuring out how to get money from wealthy dudes
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One of the questions is why we allow private corporations to fill the sky with junk?
Do we really want 250,000 mirrored satellites in Low Earth Orbit? Hasn't the Starlink megaconstellation already done enough damage?
🧪 @mjibrown.bsky.social
🧪 @mjibrown.bsky.social
A US startup plans to deliver ‘sunlight on demand’ after dark. Can it work – and would we want it to?
Satellites beaming sunlight down to Earth sound like science fiction – and they have astronomers very worried.
theconversation.com
October 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
One of the questions is why we allow private corporations to fill the sky with junk?