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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 6h

Thing I just learned. “Lede” as in “bury the lede” is a deliberate misspelling of “lead”. It’s part of a lexicon of misspellings used for annotations by journalists and subs so that notes on copy are removed, rather than included in the body of the text by accident. Others include “dek” and “hed”.

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Dean @herne-thehunter.bsky.social · 6h

May I present one of my favourite mushrooms (we all have one, right?): the magpie inkcap

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Dean @herne-thehunter.bsky.social · 6h

These are ink caps. Probably shaggy ink caps. Often the herald of autumn

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Dean @herne-thehunter.bsky.social · 6h

I’m not sure this lady is a great judge of character

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 14h

Remember this?

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 23h

This Reuters headline. Oof.

Fascism isn't 'coming.' It's HERE.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22h

🏆 How does a comedy show have the best news research team? @thedailyshow.com

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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 7h

suPAR step forward? 🧠

A new ALSPAC study finds that trauma in late childhood is most strongly linked to chronic inflammation in adulthood—especially elevated suPAR.

Not all childhood trauma has the same biological impact.

🧪 THREAD

#ChildhoodTrauma #Inflammation #suPAR #MentalHealth

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Dean @herne-thehunter.bsky.social · 7h

a red balloon with a yellow center is floating in the air on a white background

ALT: a red balloon with a yellow center is floating in the air on a white background

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Dean @herne-thehunter.bsky.social · 7h

Is that Reece Shearsmith in the middle?

The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 20h

We would like to thank Kristi Noem for bringing cameras with her everywhere and collecting evidence for her future trial at The Hague.

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Melissa Scott @blueterraplane.bsky.social · 23h

So I understand it's World Octopus Day. (From the Heraklion Archeological Museum. One of what seemed like dozens.)

Bulbous Minoan clay vessel with narrow neck and two loop handles, decorated with a big-eyed black octopus in a seascape.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

GOV. PRITZKER: “This is a convicted felon threatening to jail me? He’s an unhinged, insecure wannabe dictator. Come and get me.”

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Michael Birtwhistle @salfordmh.bsky.social · 18h

Good news, for oysters!
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

Huge concrete-like cubes deployed in North Sea to protect oysters from storms

Marine conservationists from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and nature charity Groundwork released 20 specialised oyster reef cubes, made from six tonnes of sea water-resistant concrete altern...

www.chroniclelive.co.uk

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Neil Miles (but spooky) @miles-online.co.uk · 20h

I have been criticised for being part of the Riyadh comedy festival. This is why I did it
Omid Djalili

Krusty the Clown - "They drove a dump truck full of money to my house. I'm not made of stone"

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 1d

love seeing the "openai signed $1 trillion of deals!" story getting reprinted everywhere as if i didn't write that two weeks ago lol but i guess AMD added the necessary sizzle

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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 1d

Past surgeon generals alongside psychiatric bodies all calling for Kennedy to go citing his attacks on vaccines that look set to reduce access to vaccines and therapies to tackle substance abuse

Past surgeons general warn HHS Secretary Kennedy must go

www.cidrap.umn.edu

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 1d

A bubble so large you can see it from space and it's going to fuck all of us.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 1d

This feels like something you’d expect to see in Stath Lets Flats.

Rightmove photoshop fail looks like cars 'have been glued by Pritt Stick'

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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 1d

Bit niche I think, but apparently this parking spot is reserved for female rock climbers.

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Jennifer Kretchmer @dreamwisp.bsky.social · 1d

Because it feels relevant as we continue to evaluate the media and our representatives’ statements, my favorite way to identify the active vs. passive voice.

A post by Rebecca Johnson:
“I finally learned how to teach my guys to ID the passive voice. If you can insert "by zombies" after the verb, you have passive voice.”

A tumblr respond from mightymur:
“The final, brilliant word on passive voice.
"She was killed [by zombies.]"<--passive
"Zombies killed [by zombies] her." <-- active”

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Dean @herne-thehunter.bsky.social · 2d

Today I discovered that there is an AI system designed to be used in Mental Health services.

It’s called Anathem, which appears to be evoking the word ‘anathema’.

Anathema means ‘something that one vehemently dislikes’, ‘an accursed thing’ or ‘thing dedicated to evil’

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 2d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 2d

Name a more spurious measurement than the density of a church's central passage.

Aisle weight.

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Matthew Highton @matthighton.bsky.social · Nov 18

Why did Gandalf have road rage?

Because a fool overtook.

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Dean @herne-thehunter.bsky.social · 2d

Have you got his wife’s copy?

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