Mihai
@mihailim.bsky.social
Just some random person. He/him.
Fabricati diem, punc! Illegitimi non carborundum.
GNU Terry Pratchett
Fabricati diem, punc! Illegitimi non carborundum.
GNU Terry Pratchett
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Three ways of looking at the iconic Christmas Tree Cluster, 2700 light years from Earth.
What the universe looks like depends on how we look at it. These views highlight infrared (left), x-rays (middle), and red emission from hydrogen gas. Beautiful in three different ways. 🧪🔭
What the universe looks like depends on how we look at it. These views highlight infrared (left), x-rays (middle), and red emission from hydrogen gas. Beautiful in three different ways. 🧪🔭
December 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Three ways of looking at the iconic Christmas Tree Cluster, 2700 light years from Earth.
What the universe looks like depends on how we look at it. These views highlight infrared (left), x-rays (middle), and red emission from hydrogen gas. Beautiful in three different ways. 🧪🔭
What the universe looks like depends on how we look at it. These views highlight infrared (left), x-rays (middle), and red emission from hydrogen gas. Beautiful in three different ways. 🧪🔭
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I see Taylor Lorenz is spending her Christmas morning defending a right-wing US attack on European tech regulators on behalf of the billionaires of Silicon Valley 🫠
December 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I see Taylor Lorenz is spending her Christmas morning defending a right-wing US attack on European tech regulators on behalf of the billionaires of Silicon Valley 🫠
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Cartoon by Stephen Collins
December 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Cartoon by Stephen Collins
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Phobos hovering over the giant volcanoes of Mars! Fabulous view from ESA's Mars Express orbiters.
Phobos is the 25 km (15 mile) wide flying grey rock at center. The volcanoes are (l-r) Arsia Mons, Pavonis Mons, and Ascraeus Mons. Processing by Andrea Luck. 🧪🔭
www.flickr.com/photos/19227...
Phobos is the 25 km (15 mile) wide flying grey rock at center. The volcanoes are (l-r) Arsia Mons, Pavonis Mons, and Ascraeus Mons. Processing by Andrea Luck. 🧪🔭
www.flickr.com/photos/19227...
December 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Phobos hovering over the giant volcanoes of Mars! Fabulous view from ESA's Mars Express orbiters.
Phobos is the 25 km (15 mile) wide flying grey rock at center. The volcanoes are (l-r) Arsia Mons, Pavonis Mons, and Ascraeus Mons. Processing by Andrea Luck. 🧪🔭
www.flickr.com/photos/19227...
Phobos is the 25 km (15 mile) wide flying grey rock at center. The volcanoes are (l-r) Arsia Mons, Pavonis Mons, and Ascraeus Mons. Processing by Andrea Luck. 🧪🔭
www.flickr.com/photos/19227...
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Perfect timing
December 20, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Perfect timing
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Me on this week in France
Inside France: Farmers on the barricades and Sarkozy on the yoghurt
Inside France: Farmers on the barricades and Sarkozy on the yoghurt
From the farmer protests that are sweeping France to the excruciating minutiae of Nicolas Sarkozy's prison diaries, via the budget latest and an unexpected front runner for the presidential election, our weekly newsletter looks at all the latest news and talking points from France.
www.thelocal.fr
December 20, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Me on this week in France
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"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
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Look, this is my main source of income, I don’t know what else to say. With the last few pieces I put out for free I hardly gained *any* new paid subscriptions. That’s simply not viable. I’m not too happy about it, but I’ll have to keep alternating free and member-exclusive pieces.
Democracy Americana
A newsletter on U.S. politics and history - and the ongoing struggle over how much democracy, and for whom, there should be in America
steady.page
December 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Look, this is my main source of income, I don’t know what else to say. With the last few pieces I put out for free I hardly gained *any* new paid subscriptions. That’s simply not viable. I’m not too happy about it, but I’ll have to keep alternating free and member-exclusive pieces.
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Terrifying headline if you don’t realize they are sports teams.
December 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Terrifying headline if you don’t realize they are sports teams.
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A gentle reminder if you've received an invoice from a Freelancer/Self employed person which is due before Christmas.
Be a love, and pay it today.
Be a love, and pay it today.
December 19, 2025 at 9:46 AM
A gentle reminder if you've received an invoice from a Freelancer/Self employed person which is due before Christmas.
Be a love, and pay it today.
Be a love, and pay it today.
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LLMs are a near dead-end technology. Like all ML systems they can never be used when the output needs to be correct. And because an LLM doesn't separate code and data it can never be used where it receives untrusted input and can do a bad thing.
December 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
LLMs are a near dead-end technology. Like all ML systems they can never be used when the output needs to be correct. And because an LLM doesn't separate code and data it can never be used where it receives untrusted input and can do a bad thing.
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hello, writerly & creative friends! i've been working on an unhinged random title generator. ^-^
features:
- 55+ different title structures
- 6k+ words in lists!
- no gen-AI
= endless possibilities for chaos 👀
I hope it inspires you! (or makes you laugh!)
perchance.org/sffh-title-g...
features:
- 55+ different title structures
- 6k+ words in lists!
- no gen-AI
= endless possibilities for chaos 👀
I hope it inspires you! (or makes you laugh!)
perchance.org/sffh-title-g...
SFFH Random Fiction Title Generator!
a random title generator made with lists and code and geared towards SFFH writers!
perchance.org
December 19, 2025 at 3:08 AM
hello, writerly & creative friends! i've been working on an unhinged random title generator. ^-^
features:
- 55+ different title structures
- 6k+ words in lists!
- no gen-AI
= endless possibilities for chaos 👀
I hope it inspires you! (or makes you laugh!)
perchance.org/sffh-title-g...
features:
- 55+ different title structures
- 6k+ words in lists!
- no gen-AI
= endless possibilities for chaos 👀
I hope it inspires you! (or makes you laugh!)
perchance.org/sffh-title-g...
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THE ESSENCE, the new novel by @hutchinsondave.bsky.social, is utterly and absolutely excellent. A tungsten-strong recommend. #InDepthReviews
December 16, 2025 at 8:26 PM
THE ESSENCE, the new novel by @hutchinsondave.bsky.social, is utterly and absolutely excellent. A tungsten-strong recommend. #InDepthReviews
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This is the kind of thread that used to make social media actually magic. And still can, apparently!!
In your 20s, there will be a LARPing event that will suck so bad you'll spend three days having back to back panic attacks.
It's very important that you go.
Or: let me tell you about how I learnt I was autistic. 🧵
It's very important that you go.
Or: let me tell you about how I learnt I was autistic. 🧵
December 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
This is the kind of thread that used to make social media actually magic. And still can, apparently!!
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The comorbidity of neo-Nazism and transphobia isn't just a kind of "one bad belief leads to all bad beliefs". At its core, it's the same belief: belief in a rigid societal order where your station at birth determines your future, your role, and how you must labor.
A belief in biodestiny, in short.
A belief in biodestiny, in short.
Today, I examine how the boundaries of the Nation are co-constituted by race, disability, and sexuality, but also---notably---gender and control over reproduction.
And ask everyone to stop saying transfeminism is 'imperialist'. For fuck's sake.
Read: taliabhattwrites.substack.com/p/understand...
And ask everyone to stop saying transfeminism is 'imperialist'. For fuck's sake.
Read: taliabhattwrites.substack.com/p/understand...
December 16, 2025 at 9:25 AM
The comorbidity of neo-Nazism and transphobia isn't just a kind of "one bad belief leads to all bad beliefs". At its core, it's the same belief: belief in a rigid societal order where your station at birth determines your future, your role, and how you must labor.
A belief in biodestiny, in short.
A belief in biodestiny, in short.
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agree with this and think there's something v telling about people going "ooh but why are you on Bluesky it's irrelevant" - what if I don't really care about being relevant! the vast majority of people post on social media not because they want to be famous but because they enjoy it! just be normal!
the proximate reason i post here — beyond the fact that i like a lot of you and enjoy reading your thoughts and jokes and observations — is that this is a non-algorithmic platform where people share lots of stuff and people read what is shared. that's still valuable even if it doesn't "influence!"
December 15, 2025 at 10:18 PM
agree with this and think there's something v telling about people going "ooh but why are you on Bluesky it's irrelevant" - what if I don't really care about being relevant! the vast majority of people post on social media not because they want to be famous but because they enjoy it! just be normal!
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Outlaw Planet by M. R. Carey: Review by Paul Di Filippo locusmag.com/review/...
December 14, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Outlaw Planet by M. R. Carey: Review by Paul Di Filippo locusmag.com/review/...
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'The Emerald Sea'
4,427 images from 3 sequences by Don Pettit are remastered & retimed to create this stunning 10m54s 4k UHD video with music by Chris Zabriskie.
Experience on a large screen if you can, its worth it.
Credit: Don Pettit / ISS / NASA / ESRS / Seán Doran
youtu.be/bEWAHP31UGc
4,427 images from 3 sequences by Don Pettit are remastered & retimed to create this stunning 10m54s 4k UHD video with music by Chris Zabriskie.
Experience on a large screen if you can, its worth it.
Credit: Don Pettit / ISS / NASA / ESRS / Seán Doran
youtu.be/bEWAHP31UGc
December 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
'The Emerald Sea'
4,427 images from 3 sequences by Don Pettit are remastered & retimed to create this stunning 10m54s 4k UHD video with music by Chris Zabriskie.
Experience on a large screen if you can, its worth it.
Credit: Don Pettit / ISS / NASA / ESRS / Seán Doran
youtu.be/bEWAHP31UGc
4,427 images from 3 sequences by Don Pettit are remastered & retimed to create this stunning 10m54s 4k UHD video with music by Chris Zabriskie.
Experience on a large screen if you can, its worth it.
Credit: Don Pettit / ISS / NASA / ESRS / Seán Doran
youtu.be/bEWAHP31UGc
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OMG Palantir really does employ Louis Mosley BECAUSE they love his grandad's work...
And then there’s the story about Alex Karp’s not-at-all-weird interview (for lack of a better word) with Oswald Mosley’s grandson for a senior position at Palantir.
December 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
OMG Palantir really does employ Louis Mosley BECAUSE they love his grandad's work...
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Ukraine and the United States are currently engaged in a pair of separate campaigns that target oil tankers. This is a much bigger story than the amount of attention it is currently receiving. And they will have interesting crossover effects.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOA4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOA4...
The World Oil War: Inside Ukraine’s Expanded Campaign and the Huge U.S. Seizure
YouTube video by William Spaniel
www.youtube.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Ukraine and the United States are currently engaged in a pair of separate campaigns that target oil tankers. This is a much bigger story than the amount of attention it is currently receiving. And they will have interesting crossover effects.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOA4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOA4...
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Friday, 12 December 2025.
Jezero Crater, Mars.
Jezero Crater, Mars.
December 14, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Friday, 12 December 2025.
Jezero Crater, Mars.
Jezero Crater, Mars.
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I've been laughing at this all day. All three of these people nailed it. 10/10, no notes.
December 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I've been laughing at this all day. All three of these people nailed it. 10/10, no notes.
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Ayn Rand fanboy porn. This mindless idolatry of the rich is a big reason why this country is so fucked up right now. A sixth grader could shake down Musk for his lunch money. RFK Jr. can’t do a goddamned pull up. Trump is unable to stay awake.
December 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Ayn Rand fanboy porn. This mindless idolatry of the rich is a big reason why this country is so fucked up right now. A sixth grader could shake down Musk for his lunch money. RFK Jr. can’t do a goddamned pull up. Trump is unable to stay awake.
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How will LISA capture gravitational waves?
When two black holes orbit each other, heading for a collision, they shake the fabric of space-time. The ripples alter the distance between objects.
LISA will use laser beams between 3️⃣ spacecraft that house free-floating cubes to detect these changes.
When two black holes orbit each other, heading for a collision, they shake the fabric of space-time. The ripples alter the distance between objects.
LISA will use laser beams between 3️⃣ spacecraft that house free-floating cubes to detect these changes.
December 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
How will LISA capture gravitational waves?
When two black holes orbit each other, heading for a collision, they shake the fabric of space-time. The ripples alter the distance between objects.
LISA will use laser beams between 3️⃣ spacecraft that house free-floating cubes to detect these changes.
When two black holes orbit each other, heading for a collision, they shake the fabric of space-time. The ripples alter the distance between objects.
LISA will use laser beams between 3️⃣ spacecraft that house free-floating cubes to detect these changes.