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Nonya Beeswaxx
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Moving from bluesky to blacksky. As mostly a lurker, easier to start from scratch
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lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com
i believe people when they say linux has gotten better in the last few years. what i'm skeptical of is that linux Guys have improved. i will not use an OS where i'm at high risk of someone calling me stupid for not liking some aspect of the experience. i must be allowed to hate the computer
November 19, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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billcorbett.bsky.social
Ms. Rachel is an absolute hero. She’s gotten so much abuse for her extremely compassionate, humane - and in my opinion, common sense - views on children being hurt and killed in Gaza. But she’s not letting that silence her. Bless you Ms. R. 

@msrachelforlittles.bsky.social
Message from Ms Rachel on Threads: “If killing thousands of children can be defended, but calling to stop the killing cannot, something is profoundly wrong.”
December 13, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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thesaturdaypaper.com.au
"I’ve said this before, but it bears repeating," writes Martin McKenzie-Murray. "Fuck FIFA." satpa.pe/lwF9MA1
FIFA awards Trump a free kick
The 2026 FIFA World Cup draw was a stunning own goal of self-love and sycophancy with a Trumped-up ‘peace prize’ – all in the service of further monetising the world game.
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December 13, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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aljazeera.com
Suffering of people in Gaza manufactured by Israeli restriction of aid, not weather, Oxfam says.
‘Result of aid obstruction': Gaza storm passes, misery remains as 14 killed
Suffering of people in Gaza manufactured by Israeli restriction of aid, not weather, Oxfam says.
www.aljazeera.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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nickfeik.bsky.social
New piece - about the media environment today and the troubling lack of scrutiny of government nickfeik.substack.com/p/a-rare-win
December 13, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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robinince.bsky.social
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career. I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters. Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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pixelatedboat.bsky.social
My transport plan is simple: a lifetime ban on driving for anyone with a DUI, turning drunks into a powerful constituency in favour of dense walkable neighbourhoods
December 13, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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timdunlop.bsky.social
"I've shifted position on this a little. At first I was completely dismissive, worried about the role of US anxiety entrepreneur, Jonathan Haidt, and the self-serving campaign run by News Corp based on his ‘work’. But it's more important than that."

tdunlop.substack.com/p/the-road-t...
The road to hell is paved with good inventions
Moral hygiene in the age of social media and a plea for better democratic engagement
tdunlop.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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grogsgamut.bsky.social
Been rather dispiriting how much ink has been spilled by the gallery on MP expenses, while the report into mutual obligations has been pretty much ignored. @amyremeikis.bsky.social is on it #ThePoint (what is The Point? It’s not news, but it SHOULD be)

thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
The welfare system isn’t just on fire, it’s burning out of control
The problem with having pattern recognition is that you can always see the fires before they start. Governments are a bit like that, too.  It’s not that they don’t see the fire before the smoke, it’s...
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December 13, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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carl.fish
The additional irony on this one being that Google did, in fact, fire Timnit Gebru for saying "Hey, maybe the real risks of AI aren't the AGI ghost stories, but [list of things that all turned out to be the real risks of AI]."
December 13, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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squigglyrick.bsky.social
'Pig-headed' is the way Terry Carney, of Robodebt fame, describes the response of the Department of Employment to the second Commonwealth Ombudsman report into their error-riddled privatised jobseeker compliance program. You can see why for yourself here. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...
‘Particularly strange’: Ombudsman damns welfare compliance
In an interview with The Saturday Paper, the Commonwealth ombudsman says government departments still need to ‘unlearn’ the culture that produced robodebt.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
December 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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nothoodlum.bsky.social
“The guy who bedazzled this room in gold thinks your child has too many pencils.” - Jimmy Kimmel
December 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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an-leavy.bsky.social
When we choose not to tax wealthy people and corporations appropriately we are choosing children in poverty and aged stuck in hospital beds, we choose suffering for the many for the privilege of the few

Well, we don’t choose, governments choose for us
December 12, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
One under-appreciated part of this: note the bit below about “and their dependents.”

Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
lyns84.bsky.social Kenbehren @lyns84.bsky.social · 1d
From the US Embassy in London today.
Visa Services Update: As of December 15, the Department will expand the requirement that an online presence review be conducted for all H-1B applicants and their dependents, in addition to the students and exchange visitors already subject to this review. To facilitate this vetting, all applicants for H-1B and their dependents (H-4), F, M, and J nonimmigrant visas are instructed to adjust the privacy settings on all of their social media profiles to 'public' U.S. Embassy London
December 12, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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kibblesmith.com
Ten years ago.
December 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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kudelka.bsky.social
Heading back from Mona, don’t miss our beautiful architecture .
Hobart’s iconic zinc works on the waterfront
December 12, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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rowecartoon.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Trump sent Vance there twice. He threatened to cut off all federal spending to the state. He vowed to back primary challengers of any Republican who voted against him here. He posted their names online, prompting his fans to send them death threats.

But all that failed, so now he wasn't involved.
acyn.bsky.social Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2d
Reporter: The senate in Indiana voted against the redistricting effort.

Trump: I wasn't working on it very hard. I wasn't very much involved
December 12, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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jkbjournalist.bsky.social
substack.com/profile/3057...
Julie k Brown (@jkbjournalist)
To understand the Epstein files, start at the beginning…
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December 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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dangercart.bsky.social
Stealworkers
December 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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ketanjoshi.co
This is a since-deleted LinkedIn post from the marketing agency that created the since-deleted AI-generated McDonalds Christmas ad, and all I can think of is how the energy consumption must've been about on par with a small suburb or heavy industrial load to produce 30 seconds of slop everyone hated
Gardening.club 556 followers 1w Our team at The Gardening.Club have been pouring in the hours to achieve something that we finally feel ready to put our name to, and while Al film might be dividing opinions, we want to open the process up and reveal just how much human expertise and craft went into this campaign. There's this idea floating around that Al will do all the work for us. Let's set the record straight: the man-hours poured into this film were more than a traditional Production. Yes, this ad is 100% Al. But it was built with the same care that we bring to any live-action film. The brief was tightly prescribed, with a clear mandate for every single scene, so complete control of each shot was essential and pulled off by our team using proprietary workflows, and pulled off spectacularly well, this was not a prompt-and-pray process. Just like a traditional shoot, the film needed a director, real storytelling instincts, and intentional casting, we selected and shaped each Al performer, their look, energy, and emotional presence, to meet the brief just as we would in live action film. It required virtual location scouting, solid references, screen tests, and a countless amount of takes to maintain true cinematic continuity. Our in-house Gardening.club Al and Post team, spent seven intense weeks refining every single frame. They rebuilt shots, debated composition, shaped shadows, and tuned emotional microbeats with precision all overseen by Sweetshop director duo MΑΜΑ. Many scenes had ten or more specialists, with each shot running through a tightly engineered pipeline, Google Earth base plates, style-transfer passes, pixel-level refinements, custom LoRAs, control nets, and bespoke ComfyUl workflows. We composited, fixed physics, balanced lighting, and cleaned artifacts in Flame. New tools, same goal: a film that feels real. Of course, we came across roadblocks. There were many times we were challenged, but the team was able to problem-solve on the spot. This project demanded a team willing to push further than the tech was ready to go. But that's exactly why it works. So no Al didn't make this film. We did.
December 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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lhpcoaching.bsky.social
Universal Healthcare for children makes cents: “Children are cheap” at 12:30 @pkrugman.bsky.social on @hcrichardson.bsky.social

youtu.be/A8V00Z5McYA?...
A Conversation with Paul Krugman
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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December 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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enoughmoveon.bsky.social
Canadian here…today I had an endoscopy and colonoscopy (fun) at a whopping cost of zero, nada, zilch.

I wonder if I would have had the preventative procedure if there was a cost to it.

Stay healthy my friends.
December 11, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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grogsgamut.bsky.social
The ALP designed the NACC with the assistance of the LNP to ensure everyone remained very, very safe and comfortable
strangerous.bsky.social stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 2d
After Commr Brereton rates NACC 7 out of 10, David Shoebridge reveals a shocking case where survivor of child sexual abuse had her case against AFP botched by NACC who apologised “for not using relevant evidence”
“Do u stand by your 7/10 rating?”🔥Shameless Brereton stands by it
December 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM