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ShezzaT @shezzat.bsky.social · 18h

I can feel feline contentment radiating from that photo.

Hope you finally got your booster sorted ok.

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Andy Toone @lockfarm.bsky.social · 23h

OK BlueSky network, can we do the six degrees of Kevin Bacon thing? Does anyone know Ian Livingstone or someone in similar tech/tabletop gaming/boardgame area? I've got a tech demo that I'd love to take further, or at least show to people who might 'get it'.

Reposts appreciated.

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Ben Baker @benbaker.bsky.social · 23h

Wonderful to see the Jackie archives appearing on the British Newspaper Archive so we can see which hot to trot hunks the teen girls of 1964 were moistly pinning to their walls.

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Izzy Kamikaze @izzykamikaze.bsky.social · 22h

Stella O'Malley (7 years experience of well-funded anti-trans rhetoric) & Genspect (4 years of well-funded anti-trans advocacy) have taken legal action against 70-year-old Leonie O'Dowd (40+ years experience of counselling & supporting trans people) to shut her up. www.the-case.eu/latest/slapp...

It’s a SLAPP: Stella O’Malley Targets Psychotherapist and Rights Advocate Leonie O’Dowd – CASE

www.the-case.eu

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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 1d

there are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. clearly we have settled on a motif

Wide shot of many people in inflatable costumes

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Martin Nutbeem @martinnutbeem.bsky.social · 22h

Nothing could possibly go wrong with this. Creating a lifelike digital avatar on a third party platform will definitely not open teaching staff up to career destroying issues in the event of that platform being hacked.

Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 1d

Exclusive: Teachers will use 'deepfake' technology to create an AI avatar of themselves to deliver catch-up lessons for pupils who have missed school

Watch one of the school’s ‘deepfake’ teachers in our story below

schoolsweek.co.uk/schools-trus...

'Deepfake' teacher avatars to help pupils catch up

Academy trust staff to use AI generator to introduce resources for pupils returning to school

schoolsweek.co.uk

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ShezzaT @shezzat.bsky.social · 21h

We’ve hired Rug Doctor cleaners before and it all worked really well.

hire.rugdoctor.co.uk/findarugdoct...

Rug Doctor Hire - Find a Rug Doctor for hire near me!

hire.rugdoctor.co.uk

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Coates is Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 23h

Ah, happy 88th anniversary of the day Oswald Mosley tried to sell fascism to Liverpudlians – and someone concussed him with a brick

A man in a suit stands at a microphone which has been mounted on the roof of a van. There are loudspeakers at his feet, and a building behind him. He has an arm raised, and is flinching as projectiles are hurled at him, because he's a fucking Nazi

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No Score Draws ✍🏻⚽ @noscoredraws.com · 22h

Number of cats I own: 0

Number of cats fighting in my living room: 2

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 1d

ME: Now Mom, just remember, there's a lot of disinformation and AI in your social feed and your friends' Facebook.
MOM: I know! My friend sent me this crazy post where someone used AI to make an image of a giant frog fighting Army troops!
ME: ... okay, no, that one's ... goddamit, Portland.

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Lee Tran Lam @leetranlam.bsky.social · 2d

If you have a ‘difficult ethnic name’, you might know this feeling. Do you give your real name for your takeaway order - only for it to be misspelt or butchered? Or do you give a fake name for convenience: a “coffee name”?

I've wanted to write this for YEARS!
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/oc...

Strong flat white for Batman: should I use a ‘coffee name’?

Some people go undercover when ordering takeaway – here’s what baristas think of the practice

www.theguardian.com

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 1d

Ladybird cover stories.
The fairy tales illustrated by artist Robert Lumley.
(Books published between 1965 - 1974)

Collection of 13 books, laid out in an approximate grid, showing the front covers of Robert Lumley‘s original fairytale books, including the enormous turnip and the elves and the Shoemaker

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ShezzaT @shezzat.bsky.social · 1d

I’m so, so sorry for your loss. Your compassion for Fergus is such a hard part of doing the best for our pets throughout their lives.

ShezzaT @shezzat.bsky.social · 1d

Happy birthday! Hope you had a great meal at Holohan’s.

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ShezzaT @shezzat.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, I’d have that one framed for the wall :)

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ShezzaT @shezzat.bsky.social · 1d

A mince dinner is among the purest heights of comfort eating.

And the risotto turned out good, ta. I was worried about its tastiness as the base rice mix was leaning bland; but I had a bacon, leeks and cheese mix ready to go in at the end and it all worked out tasty.

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ShezzaT @shezzat.bsky.social · 1d

A big part of why I’ve got into cooking is because I enjoy eating, but can’t go out to eat every night (and won’t enjoy it anyway).

Another big part of why I like cooking is the therapeutic aspect of preparing and cooking tasty stuff.

Why yes, I am making risotto tonight. How did you know?

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 1d

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Shubbabang @shubbabang.bsky.social · 2d

The image is a six panel black and white comic

Panel 1- A small child is being told "You'll want kids when you're older!" The child responds with "I don't think so..."

Panel 2- The same child, now a teenager, is being told, "You'll change your mind when you're older." To which the teen responds, "I doubt that"

Panel 3- Now an adult, someone off screen asks them, "Aren't you thinking of having kids?" To which they respond, "Nope"

Panel 4- The same person, an older adult now, is being told, "better have kids soon, or it'll be too late!" to which they respond, "That's fine"

Panel 5- Now elderly, they are once again asked "Don't you feel like you missed out?" to which they say, "Still nope."

Panel 6- They are now in their death bed, clearly close to death. The nurse says, "Shame you didn't have kids, don't you regret it?" To which the person says "You know what just kill me already"

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 2d

The IDF took 3D animations from the Scottish Maritime Museum, a cyberpunk project and other places to make shit up about Gaza, Lebanon and Iran and these were reproduced in international outlets for the past 2 years.

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 1d

A fascinating bit of reading to start your day

ti zhang @zerochilltea.bsky.social · 2d

so the frog is 卖娃青蛙。https://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_23101624 it was designed by a mom with the last name Tong in Nanjing, inspired by the toad in en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calabas.... it is a mascot of 躺平culture (lay-flat, against capitalism)

Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 2d

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Trash @trash69.bsky.social · 2d

I do think it's terribly funny in a post-ironic sense that the viewer managed to, accidentally, self-insert themselves into the work and experience the themes firsthand. you couldn't pay for that level of metatextual immersion in a semiotics course

Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 2d

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 1d

The idea of a house in Ireland being owned by a Cypriot based subsidiary of a Luxembourg investment fund shouldn't be possible. That's my line on this.
Otherwise this shit will just keep happening. You build more houses; they'll buy them up and continue exploiting people.

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 2d

A great article from Rachel, who really understands the heart and soul of Dad’s work.

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ShezzaT @shezzat.bsky.social · 1d

It’s another data point to back up your feelings regarding him.

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