daniel-barker.bsky.social
~daniel_barker~
@daniel-barker.bsky.social
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I like to think there's a little something for everyone here. There isn't, but I can think what I want.
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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · Jul 23
Babe wake up, new Sumerian myth just dropped. phys.org/news/2025-07...
Study translates fragmentary ancient Sumerian myth around 4,400 years old
A recent study by Dr. Jana Matuszak, published in the academic journal Iraq, examines the mythical narrative contained in a tablet (Ni 12501) dating to the Early Dynastic IIIb period (ca. 2540–2350 BC...
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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 18h
George Orwell’s Animal Crossing
Someone in a frog costume facing down a line of police in riot gear
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 16h
Well, I, for one, am proud of us for doing the sensible thing and basing our entire economy on computers that tell kids to kill themselves
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Techmeme @techmeme.com · 20h
JPMorgan Chase reports that $1.2T of debt is now tied to AI-related companies, making it the largest segment in the investment-grade market (Caleb Mutua/Bloomberg)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 1d
This isn’t a picture of Mel Stride and the shadow chancellor being misidentified on ConHome feels quite indicative of where the Tories are at.
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 2d
Not sure I would have gone with headline - unless I actually wanted people to laugh out loud....
Mel Stride: Conservatives are the only people who tell the truth, and have a plan for growth that means something | Conservative Home
It falls to us, the Conservatives, to win back the country’s trust and reverse the economic vandalism of this Labour government. We can and we will.
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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 1d
For everyone I'd say: don't needlessly lock into a job that's never going to fulfill you or even treat you tolerably well just because it's convenient. For women specifically: same but about relationships with men.
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essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 4d
Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?
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🦇 Parilani Pie @parilani.sparkle.blue · 2d
him: ur not like other girls, ur bad
me: *distraught* what
him: no like… naughty
me: *starting to cry* i didnt even do anything
him: what is happening right now
me: *uncontrollable sobbing*
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Telephone Friend @ironyhat.bsky.social · 1d
Do You ?
DO YOU HAVE COMPLICATED INSIDES SYNDROME? FACT: The inside of a healthy human body is homogeneous and smooth like tofu FACT: 17 out of 100 people have instead insides that are very complicated IF YOU THINK YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW MIGHT HAVE COMPLICATED INSIDES SYNDROME PLEASE TRY TO REMAIN CALM BUT ALSO BE AWARE THAT IT ISIVÈRY BAD AND IT IS YOUR FAULT.
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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 1d
CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.

ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't

CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.

ISILDUR: true
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wwxwashere.bsky.social @wwxwashere.bsky.social · 1d
that escalated quickly
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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 1d
"Texas has invaded Illinois so Illinois is suing the Government" represents an exciting new age of American exceptionalism.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 1d
It helps to be able to spell the country you say only you are competent enough to run.
Goody-bag merch from Tory Conference branded "When Labour negotiates Britian loses" and signed "Kemi Badenoch".
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🅱️oofessor Killosk 🔪👻 @professorkiosk.wtf · 4d
some days you write a post so good that everyone ignores it because they don't want to disturb the whole unsung genius vibe you've got going
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Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 2d
perfect detail
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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 2d
Realised that I’m now treating funny viral videos in the same way footballers celebrate goals —

1) initial joy,
2 sudden panic it might be AI/offside
3) lengthy investigation as joy saps away
4) conclusion, joy modulated through fatigue if proven legit/onside, but angry and gutted if AI/offside
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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 1d
We went to this on Saturday! I enjoyed it, very much my jam.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 2d
199 years after the last one, way to string along your fanbase, Ms. Shelley
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Becky @beckygracelea.bsky.social · 3d
She hath risen.
“Mary Shelley has released a new title!”
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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 2d
Friends, Romans, countrymen.... none of them are safe.
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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 2d
Haven't seen Fight Club, Alien, Goodfellas, or Apocalypse Now. Haven't been to Les Mis, haven't read Middlemarch. There's still time.
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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 2d
My main cultural gaps are the films I never saw in my childhood and haven't got round to (ET, RoboCop, Star Wars) and TV shows that sound too violent for me (GoT, Breaking Bad, Sopranos). And basically all computer games.
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The Amytyville Horror @msfoxifurnasty.bsky.social · 2d
oh, i must have missed the louvre’s doxxing campaigns and calling in bomb threats to hospitals and sending huge groups of armed agitators to fucking libraries
SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social Follow Joined Aug '23 The Louvre of Bluesky is Libs of TikTok for leftists and it's embarrassing that anything they say has a large footprint here October 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM Everybody can reply
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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 2d
Is it too late for me to become an adaptable type of person.
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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 2d
OK I'll admit it, I've not really got used to Match of the Day 2 having rebranded to just Match of the Day (but on a Sunday).
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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 2d
It really has.
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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 2d
Imagine you're at a writers' retreat with the lads and you're all showing off a draft after dinner and then your mate's girlfriend goes here is the novel Frankenstein which I just wrote
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more mr. dice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · 3d
SOME GUY IN THE 50'S: i bet aliens fly around outer space inside of big shiny saucers
EVERYONE ELSE: agreed, lock it in
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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 2d
Oh! I did not know that at all. All I'd seen so far was a lot of conkers. Need to spend more time looking. Thank you!
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