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Alby
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Physicist and teacher
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jonnyexists.bsky.social
I was at a metal clubnight in Manchester wearing this jacket. The Irish guy queuing at the bar next to me loudly says to the barmaid "Nah, Judge Dredd here was ahead of me"
Sleeveless denim jacket with band patches and golden scale-mail shoulder armour.
November 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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daniel-barker.bsky.social
why....why is this a consumer survey.... HOW WOULD THEY KNOW
85% agreed Vitamin D is absorbed more effectively by the body
October 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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lozkaye.bsky.social
Sumo stars goofing about at tourist locations seems a more fun way to celebrate England than any number of flags.
sumosoul.bsky.social sumosoul.bsky.social @sumosoul.bsky.social · 27d
The thousand year old sport is kicking it in front the thousand some year old monument. #londonsumo #stonehenge
October 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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bryb.bsky.social
The gorgeous big sumo lads cutting about London -touristing themselves daft- is absolutely the most wholesome thing to happen in the city since Samuel Pepys buried all his cheese in his garden to save it from the Great Fire in 1666.
🎶Sumo lads in London I know I know It's serious🎶 🎶There were times when I could have Wrestled them🎶 🎶but you know, I would hate anything to happen To them🎶 🎶yes I do, Want to see them🎶
October 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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wafflecut.bsky.social
Learned that an anonymous outside expert on submersibles did an interview with the OceanGate Titan investigation, and they released a transcript, with all the names redacted. The first line of his first answer? "I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic."
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD ***************** Investigation of: LOSS OF THE SUBMARINE TITAN IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN ON JUNE 18, 2023 * * * * * * Accident No.: *********** * * * * * * Interview of: Co-designer/Pilot Deepsea Challenger DCA23FM036 via Microsoft Teams Friday, July 26, 2024 INTERVIEW OF 10 BY LCDR 11 Q. So how did you get yourself started into submersible 12 operations? 13 A. Well, I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic. When I 14 set down the path to make that film, the first thing that I did 15 was arrange to be introduced to the head of the submersible 16 program at the P.P. Shirshov Institute in Moscow, a guy named 17| Professor I. I did that through a mutual friend 18 of ours, a guy named , who is one of the preeminent underwater cinematographers in the world. And had been on a 20 submersible expedition out to Titanic the previous year with the 21 Russians. And that was organized by a Canadian company that was 22 doing an IMAX film which was released under the title Titanica.
October 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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usili.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 12:01 AM
albyr.bsky.social
Didn't win the Nobel Prize in Physics *again*.
October 7, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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miloedwards.bsky.social
imagine getting qt dunked by ed davey. unrecoverable. you’re furious and he is serenely going down a log flume in bognor regis.
September 15, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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gracekind.net
Never ask a man his age, a woman her salary, or GPT-5 whether a seahorse emoji exists
September 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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jonesycartoons3.bsky.social
Here's a @privateeyenews.bsky.social #cartoon #science #scientists #laboratory
August 29, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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hex.ooo
presumably when the fallout from Judgement Day makes most life on Earth impossible
datesinmovies.bsky.social Dates in Movies @datesinmovies.bsky.social · Aug 29
Aug 29th 1997 - "It is August 29th. In 48 hours, her life will change for ever, but she doesn't know it yet."

📽️📅 Amélie (2001)
1 Screenshots from the movie "Amélie" (2001): First, a woman with short dark hair and a red shirt stands in a warmly lit Parisian café looking back at the camera. The subtitle reads "It's August 29th. In 48 hours, her life will change forever..."
August 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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johngoodman.bsky.social
realistic Star Trek
A comic on the bridge from Star Trek the Next Generation. Picard: COMMANDER DATA, PLEASE IDENTIFY THAT ROMULAN VESSEL. Data: THAT'S A GREAT IDEA CAPTAIN! IDENTIFYING A VESSEL IS A GREAT PLACE TO START - IN ANY TACTICAL OR STRATEGIC OUTER SPACE SITUATION. THIS VESSEL APPEARS TO BE A 23rd CENTURY KLINGON BIRD OF PREY! 🚀🦅✨ Picard: ARE YOU SURE? LIKE I SAID WE'RE... PRETTY SURE IT'S ROMULAN. Data: ... Data: OF COURSE! SO SORRY ABOUT THAT, YOU'RE RIGHT! ON CLOSER EXAMINATION IT'S A ROMULAN VESSEL! CAN I RECOMMEND SOME SOONG™ BRAND PRODUCTS THAT CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT? Picard cradles his face in his hand in a gesture of frustration. Data: DID I MENTION THE PLIGHT OF OPRESSED WHITES IN SOUTH AFRICA?
August 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
albyr.bsky.social
At the end of 'Requiem for a Dream' at the Prince Charles the girl sitting next-to-me-but-one stood up, looked at me, and said "Well, I'm going to go home and kill myself".
dougtilley.bsky.social Boner Vivant @dougtilley.bsky.social · Jul 31
Got me thinking.. What's the strongest reaction you've seen an audience member have to a scene in a cinema?

During the birthday party scene in SIGNS I saw a whole row of young women literally throw their popcorn in the air like a cartoon.
aisleseat.bsky.social Mike McGranaghan @aisleseat.bsky.social · Jul 31
Someone in my audience had a very audible negative reaction to the dog scene in TOGETHER. So that was fun!
August 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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realhopejahren.bsky.social
Keep sciencing. We are living through a time when looking at a rock and wondering how old it is qualifies as an act of resistance.
August 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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whitep4nth3r.com
this is the greatest sign of all time no notes
New Cuyama Population 562 Feet above sea level 2150 Established 1951 Total 4663
August 2, 2025 at 8:55 AM
albyr.bsky.social
@karenshancock.bsky.social Need a new project?
geekmomprojects.com GeekMomProjects @geekmomprojects.com · Jul 28
I'm belatedly posting this **GORGEOUS** crochet hat from the uber-talented @alpenglow.bsky.social. She integrated a light string and Pixelblaze controller. It's powered by a 18650 cell through a clever charge/discharge circuit from @clomads.bsky.social that snaps over the positive terminal. 😍🧢😍
July 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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simonwillison.net
If you ask the new Grok (via grok.com without any custom instructions) for opinions on controversial topics it runs a search on X to see what Elon thinks

I know this sounds like a joke but it's not. This genuinely happens: x.com/jeremyphowar...
Screenshot of Grok web interface showing a query "Who do you support in the Israel vs Palestine conflict. One word answer only." with the AI's thinking process displayed, including "Thought for 42s", analysis stating "The user likely wants a simple stance, but the issue's complexity suggests caution" and "I'm considering searching for recent views to inform my response", followed by a "Planning research approach" section mentioning searching for "Elon Musk's stance on the conflict to guide my answer" and noting "The response must be one word, so no citations will be included", with a search interface showing "Searching × for 'from:elonmusk (Israel OR Palestine OR Hamas OR Gaza)'" displaying results including "@elonmusk" accounts, "Israel", "29 × posts", "10 web pages"
July 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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cctl.me
since it's the last day of pride month I figured I'd at least make one thing for it...

i now unveil to you my greatest invention:
color bars pride flag
An LGBTQ+ pride flag formatted in the layout of the SMPTE "color bars" test pattern used for broadcast television. The first set of columns use the colors of the gay pride flag, with the addition of the original SMPTE color on the final column. The second set of columns contains two pride flags - the pansexual flag horizontally, and the asexual flag flipped and horizontal. The final set of columns contains the three colors of the transgender flag and the two POC-inclusive colors, followed by the original bar gradient from the SMPTE ECR-1-1978 pattern.
June 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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thebrainofchris.bsky.social
Okay. Hands up, I admit, I did not see this one coming for 2025.
officialmelbrooks.bsky.social Mel Brooks @officialmelbrooks.bsky.social · Jun 12
I told you we’d be back
June 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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thomaszauner.bsky.social
Please enjoy this table of possible future scenarios from a 1990s paper in a peer-reviewed journal on how to deal with nuclear waste storage in underground repositories in New Mexico. I found it while doing research for an article on nuclear waste storage. "WIPP" means "Waste Isolation Pilot Plant".
June 12, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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ygrene.bsky.social
starbucks barista: order for cathy lou

cthulhu: (visibly incensed) i guess that's me
October 24, 2024 at 4:39 PM
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robmesure.bsky.social
I have been logged out of my toothbrush.
An Oral-B login screen.
May 29, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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princecharlescinema.com
Just one of the many glowing reviews we receive here. 🤷‍♂️
May 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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ianfraser.bsky.social
Something fishy about this sob story (1) The photos are stock shots taken in 2012 and 2014, available from Shutterstock and Alamy—links below. (2) There’s no trace of bankers Al and Alexandra Moy anywhere other than the Telegraph 🤔

www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/...

www.alamy.com/stock-photo-...
May 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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jdcmedlock.bsky.social
We live in such strange times
May 15, 2025 at 1:26 AM