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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 16h

By changing only a single byte in the code of Mario Paint, the music composer will not stop at the end of the song and instead continue to play the entire contents of the console's memory as music.

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rid @princerid.bsky.social · 17h

Teacher of the year = someone who thinks essays written by chatgpt are acceptable "student" submissions.

I despair.

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Illiterate Autodidact 🇵🇸🙂👍🇮🇱☹👎 @cigaretteliker.bsky.social · 1d

The virgin AGI existential risk vs the chad global warming

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rid @princerid.bsky.social · 23h

Everyone, please go watch Carol & The End of the World. It is a moving, wonderful gem of a show. Cannot praise it enough.

rid @princerid.bsky.social · 1d

'Epistemic' attached to *everything*.

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 4d

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.

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rid @princerid.bsky.social · 2d

yet another instance of 'fuck you, BW'

utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 3d

anyone else notice that the west took a turn for the worse once the concept of signaling one’s own social virtue became derogatory, almost as if cynically deriding all displays of charity and good will is indicative of a deeply cynical and nihilistic society capable of collaborating in genocide

larry @larrrrrry.bsky.social · 3d

her advocacy for Palestinians doesn't bother me nearly as much as she is so desperately doing all this as an actual act of transparent virtue signaling, to fill the absence she has in depth of character

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 3d

anyone else notice that the west took a turn for the worse once the concept of signaling one’s own social virtue became derogatory, almost as if cynically deriding all displays of charity and good will is indicative of a deeply cynical and nihilistic society capable of collaborating in genocide

larry @larrrrrry.bsky.social · 3d

her advocacy for Palestinians doesn't bother me nearly as much as she is so desperately doing all this as an actual act of transparent virtue signaling, to fill the absence she has in depth of character

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

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Spice 💕 @spicedyde.bsky.social · 3d

🐶: “Very spooky! A corpse is a dead body.”

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 3d

Wen should direct more attention to incidents like these because Americans are more likely to respond to brutality to pets than to brutality to human beings.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

kfoxtv.com/news/local/e...

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 3d

Three key points:
1) The admin has been planning mass firings to begin in October since February
2) The work necessary to carry out mass firings is illegal during a shutdown, violating the Antideficiency Act, which carries a criminal penalty
3) This harms America, ridding us of talent and expertise

Russ Vought v @russvought
The RIFs have begun.
12:27 PM • 10/10/25 • 15K Views

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rid @princerid.bsky.social · 3d

He's like the stoned dudes from PHIL101 back in Santa Cruz, just free associating a bunch of shit together. FFS

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist

The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’

www.theguardian.com

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Emily Herring @emilyherring.bsky.social · Sep 12

2. Draw a fish dot com

Just do it. Draw a fish.

drawafish.com

Draw a Fish Dot Com

Draw a fish and watch it swim in the global tank with everyone else's fish. Create, share, and vote on fish drawings in this simple online drawing game.

drawafish.com

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Leif Hancox-Li, PhD @struthious.bsky.social · 4d

beyond parody

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Ghoulius von Klaproth @klaproth.bsky.social · 8d

SWIFT: Trav, honey?
KELCE: (looks up from first edition Krazsnahorkai in original Hungarian) (pauses rare Steve Reich LP, Japanese pressing) Yes?
SWIFT: What rhymes with "thighs"?
KELCE: Hmm. "Belies," perhaps?
SWIFT: (under her breath) Oh for fuck's sake

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rid @princerid.bsky.social · 5d

People who want to be Trump, Garage, Putin, etc.

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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 6d

Look at her go!
#invertebrates 🌿

Screen shot of Project Monarch app map of progress of a monarch butterfly from southern Ontario to Oklahoma.

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rid @princerid.bsky.social · 5d

The early edition of this was such a fun, simple game! My buddies and I would have a few rounds of this before weekly D&D.

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Curb Your Malthusiasm 2.0 @manucleardevice.bsky.social · 6d

"This Whole Thing Smacks Of Gondor," i holler as i overturn my uncle's funeral pyre and turn the 4th Age of Man into the 4th Age of Shit

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Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 6d

"Why would OpenAI and Microsoft spend $23 million to give 'free training' on how to use AI to teachers? Because they love teachers? No. Because they want to get their products into public schools in an attempt to cultivate the education market." — @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social

Thinking of AI as a Social Problem

No need to know the unknowable. The knowable is bad enough.

www.hamiltonnolan.com

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Rachel Handley 🏳️‍🌈 @rachelahandley.com · 6d

I'm delighted to say that I will be running an online Ursula Le Guin themed creative writing workshop for @octocon.bsky.social on 11th October, 4 pm.

Get ready for some philosophical fiction!

You must be a member to join. Not a member yet? You can still sign-up here: 2025.octocon.com/join-us/

Poster showing a pink/red octopus with a cute face. The background is a white and blue water cartoon-like graphic. The text reads: Would you walk away from Omelas? An Ursula Le Guin Themed Creative Writing Workshop, 11th October, 4 pm, online. In this workshop, led by science fiction writer, poet, and philosophy lecturer Dr Rachel Handley, you will be invited to explore Le Guin's short stories and related themes. There will be opportunities to respond to writing prompts based on Le Guin's and other's work throughout the workshop. The workshop will be very interactive, and writers at all levels are very welcome to attend. You'll also have the chance to read out what you've written during the workshop.

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rid @princerid.bsky.social · 9d

You spoke the truth.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 10d

I said what I said.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 10d

IL Congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh: "I think Kristi Noem should have consequences. I think she should be tried at The Hague."

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rid @princerid.bsky.social · 9d

My parents live in the same area. Based on their neighbors, it isn't clear to me that the locals not being in control of e.g. law, education, healthcare, and economics would be that bad a thing...

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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 9d

After losing Angelina we built up Bob's confidence.

Today he leaves us but he sent him on his way with all he needs for his new life. A very special boy indeed

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