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Micah @rincewind.run · 3h

Discworld QOTD, from The Light Fantastic

"‘You run away a lot,’ said one of the voices. ‘That is good. You are a survivor.’

‘Survivor? I’ve nearly been killed dozens of times!’

‘Exactly.’"

Micah @rincewind.run · 1d

Discworld QOTD, from Small Gods

That's why it's always worth having a few philosophers around the place. One minute it's all is truth beauty and is beauty truth, and does a falling tree in the forest make a sound if there's no one there to hear it, and then just when you think they're going to start dribbling one of 'em says, incidentally, putting a thirty-foot parabolic reflector on a high place to shoot the rays of the sun at an enemy's ships would be a very interesting demonstration of optical principles.

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Chris Boyd @paperghost.bsky.social · 1d

oh boy, i hope ukgov isn't betting the farm on AI

(handed paper from offscreen)

my APES

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
futurism.com/artificial-i...

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.

futurism.com

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Zoe Storm @zoestorm.bsky.social · 1h

Estrogen is a hell of a drug. (Can recommend.)

Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 2h

I am satisfied with the ongoing results of hormone therapy

Alex Haus of Decline wears booty shorts with flowers on the ass cheeks. She wears a black t shirt that says 'Dick Ripper' on it

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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 2h

Plus we already got the best Tron update we'll ever have: Wreck-It Ralph.

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Pat Casey @patcasey.bsky.social · 6h

Danny Devito holding up an egg. Text says “May I offer you a military coup in these trying times?”

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Zoe Storm @zoestorm.bsky.social · 3h

Where did you find my picture

Samsara Final Girl @eris.anarchogoth.rip · Mar 28

Me driving home knowing there won't be a second date but at least now she knows who Char Aznable is

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A Spooky Goose @anarchygoose.bsky.social · 4h

The other thing that is notable about this is that the moment he received pushback, Piers just collapses into a sputtering mess.

This class of 'pundit' has become so used to going unchallenged that they literally don't know how to deal with it. Embarrassing it took so long for this to be exposed.

Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 6h

Solidarity with all trans and intersex people having their existence debated every time a tv host hasn't done their prep and can't think of any more questions

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Lazzie B! Again!! 😱 @lazzieb.bsky.social · 4h

yo like idk how aware people are in general of just how STUNNINGLY rare even this level of pushback actually is, on national TV.

Against this guy of all people.

This stuff actually makes people think twice. Something other than just totally unmitigated hegemonic messaging.

Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 6h

Solidarity with all trans and intersex people having their existence debated every time a tv host hasn't done their prep and can't think of any more questions

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Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 6h

Solidarity with all trans and intersex people having their existence debated every time a tv host hasn't done their prep and can't think of any more questions

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Hel @gracewells1.bsky.social · 6h

New chapter of It's a Living is available on Patreon!

www.patreon.com/posts/140941...

It's a Living - Chapter Fifteen | Helena Grace

Get more from Helena Grace on Patreon

www.patreon.com

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 7h

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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actual heathcliff comics @realheathcliffs.bsky.social · 5h

11 Oct 2025

Heathcliff, Iggy, and an incensed Grandpa Nutmeg look out the window at their front steps, where there's a jack o'lantern carved with a realistic depiction of Grandpa's angry face. Heathcliff looks proud at his work, while Iggy says "Grump-O'-Lantern."

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 10h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Zoe Storm @zoestorm.bsky.social · 8h

This is Heathyorker slander.

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alyson “october” greaves @badambulist.bsky.social · 11h

put trans women in your fiction. don’t be a fucking coward.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 15h

Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.

Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.

Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 1d

there have always been people who like to write, and people who like to say they have written, and the latter really love the idea of AI and the former can not understand why you'd let a computer do the fun part.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 2d

there’s this weird idea a lot of people seem to have about how all of us writers and artists must secretly want to use AI and are merely resisting temptation for ethical reasons, and like, no, it’s not hard for me to resist drinking the bowl of Piss With Glass In It actually

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Zoe Storm @zoestorm.bsky.social · 1d

I am so very incredibly amused that in all the Tron: Ares reviews I've seen, the best thing they have to say about the movie is "watch it for the visuals and soundtrack".

What about the plot? Or the acting? If you say it like that, it sounds like it's an extended music video for the new NIN album.

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Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 1d

Sex workers use Discord.

This could literally get us murdered.

404 Media @404media.co · 2d

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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Zoe Storm @zoestorm.bsky.social · 1d

"people who want to have created without having to create" is dead on the mark.

No wonder techbros, and the elongated muskrat especially, are so into it.

Spider. @vaspider.gay · 1d

"AI" seems to speak to and appeal to people who want to have created without having to create. They want the plaudits and the social cachet that comes from "being an artist/writer" without the messy, revealing, difficult work.

And if you are actually an artist, the work is **the fucking point.**

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Spider. @vaspider.gay · 1d

"AI" seems to speak to and appeal to people who want to have created without having to create. They want the plaudits and the social cachet that comes from "being an artist/writer" without the messy, revealing, difficult work.

And if you are actually an artist, the work is **the fucking point.**

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 1d

any product that depends on the long term stability of its maker is inherently defective

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d

They brick you because they can.

Logitech will brick its $100 Pop smart home buttons on October 15

Logitech’s interest in the smart home has appeared to wane in recent years.

arstechnica.com

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Get Equipped With @getequipped.bsky.social · 1d

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Dana Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror 🎃 @danacorn.bsky.social · 1d

There is no ethical way to engage with Harry Potter.

Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 2d

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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Hell-y 🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸 @mxhollyclara.bsky.social · 1d

Zack Polanski genuinely gives me hope that we can have a different kind of politics, different kind of government as opposed to the 49 years of shite I’ve lived under.

The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 2d

“Why is it always hard choices for working-class communities — not for multimillionaires and billionaires?”

Zack Polanski calls for a tax on the super-rich on #BBCQT

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