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👻🎃PennyDreadful🎃👻 @abstractslug.bsky.social · 3h

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SPiNDLE @aidenr0.bsky.social · 3h

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an illustration by Spindle of the character Asimov napping on a sofa. The view is from outside her house and through an open window. Sunlight is shining through the window lighting up half of Asi

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👻🎃PennyDreadful🎃👻 @abstractslug.bsky.social · 3h

That hat gives East India Trading Company vibes

Dave Bagpuss Forsey 🍺 @bagpuss.org · 5h

The photography in this article really feels like The Times are deliberately setting these people up for ridicule. (You can read it without visiting The Times here archive.ph/KZZC1)

An article from The Times: "Meet the young Tories dreaming of a bright blue future". Featuring bizarre portraits of Charles Amos, Rhys Benjamin and Daniel Campbell.

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👻🎃PennyDreadful🎃👻 @abstractslug.bsky.social · 7h

It's an odd argument for him to take given the number of times recently that the supreme courts rulings do not appear to be legally binding in any meaningful way

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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 19h

erm, so 3D scans from the Scottish Maritime Museum (!!) have been used by the IDF to create animations of supposed terror sites, tunnels and bunkers they've destroyed (!!!) 🫠

Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 21h

As someone who works with satellite and 3D imagery, this project reinforced how crucial it is to question what’s rendered as truth.

Keep an eye out for some follow ups in different mediums looking ahead

Full story w/ @972mag.com via Oren Ziv:

www.972mag.com/israeli-army...

How a Scottish maritime museum ended up in Israel’s 3D propaganda

An analysis of dozens of Israeli army animations discovered digital assets sourced not from classified intelligence but commercial libraries and content creators.

www.972mag.com

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👻🎃PennyDreadful🎃👻 @abstractslug.bsky.social · 11h

The balloon is filled with hydrogen

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👻🎃PennyDreadful🎃👻 @abstractslug.bsky.social · 12h

It's wild how doctors keep accusing that autistic people are rigid thinkers because they don't take what doctors say at face value. Almost like a lot of doctors would rather lie to protect their egos than present factual information to their patients. 🤔

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👻🎃PennyDreadful🎃👻 @abstractslug.bsky.social · 1d

The USA is a country run by people with no stake in the future

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

She's 77 years old

Axios @axios.com · 1d

Scoop: Maine Gov. Janet Mills is poised to jump into Maine Senate race

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👻🎃PennyDreadful🎃👻 @abstractslug.bsky.social · 1d

All I want out of social media is something that isn't run by the worst people

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Brigid Keely She/Her @brigid.bsky.social · 1d

Miyazaki: in this movie a young girl is uprooted from everything she knows & loves, separated from her friends, as her family moves . She is not close to her parents. They become trapped in a magical world where she has to face off against Greed & Pollution to save them.

AI Bros: food! cute. Cozy!

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👻🎃PennyDreadful🎃👻 @abstractslug.bsky.social · 1d

So apparently someone was banned for making a "death threat" against Charlie Kirk who was at that time incredibly dead

What?

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Kevin Beaumont @doublepulsar.com · 2d

social.coop/@eb/11532835...

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Delaney (Pum)King (She/Her/Whomst) @delaneyking.bsky.social · 2d

I cannot stress how important Rebecca has been for trans gamedevs. I wouldn't be here if not for her and her wife.

Help if you can.

Old DeuTaranomy 🧶⚒️ @kindofstrange.com · 2d

Rebecca is a legend and needs some help. Consider donating if you can!

www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...?

Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman

I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer

www.gofundme.com

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DAVE! (like "Them!" but Dave) @daveexmachina.bsky.social · 3d

normal person: i just want a place to hang out with my friends
tech weirdo: and shitheads
np: no just my friends
tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender?
np: we just want to hang out and goof around
tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then
np: no shitheads
tw: not following

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👻🎃PennyDreadful🎃👻 @abstractslug.bsky.social · 2d

More like cybersuckrity

Western Sydney University graduates sent ‘fraudulent’ emails claiming degrees were ‘revoked’

University apologised to recipients, saying emails were referred to police and were not legitimate

www.theguardian.com

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👻🎃PennyDreadful🎃👻 @abstractslug.bsky.social · 2d

The bar was so low

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Disco Elysium Quotes @discoelysiumbot.bsky.social · 3d

YOU - No need for secrets.

SHIVERS - No need for anything anymore.

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welcometoyourdoom.bsky.social @welcometoyourdoom.bsky.social · 3d

All the parts of a Sony Walkman F1, c. 1982

#vintagetech #walkman #1980s

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👻🎃PennyDreadful🎃👻 @abstractslug.bsky.social · 3d

Another beach at WSU? Must be a day ending in "y"

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👻🎃PennyDreadful🎃👻 @abstractslug.bsky.social · 3d

At this point I refuse to believe they have actual cybersecurity

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👻🎃PennyDreadful🎃👻 @abstractslug.bsky.social · 3d

Remember when there was a distinct category called "spyware" instead of it being literally everything?

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👻🎃PennyDreadful🎃👻 @abstractslug.bsky.social · 3d

Was she inspired to get a divorce?

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3d

jane goodall releasing a video of her listing the people she dislikes and ending with a vague message of hope is so iconic. truly someone i aspire to model myself after

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 3d

M. F. Lewis' Fungi Collected in Shropshire and Other Neighbourhoods.

Illustration of various fungi, labelled.

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Emmy @emmfoolery.bsky.social · 5d

Australians, please raid your Uncle's old PC in his shed, and help me find a copy of this to archive.

#Australia #AFL #DOSGaming #Wolfenstein #RetroGaming #MSDOS #RetroComputing

I HATE COLLINGWOOD Wolfenstein 3D mod on floppy disk. This version doesn't work. :(

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👻🎃PennyDreadful🎃👻 @abstractslug.bsky.social · 3d

Could the bubble please pop? I'm tired of every tech product getting worse

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