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Amberley Museum @amberleymuseum.bsky.social · 10h

This is Ada Lovelace, daughter of Lord Byron and considered to be the first person to write a computer programme which was for Babbage's Analytical Machine. She died in 1842
In her honour, today is Ada Lovelace Day and is all about encouraging women and girls in mathematics, science and engineering.

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Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 2d

tl;dr: Bluesky began with genuine promise: a new social media platform where users could feel safer, but inconsistent moderation quickly eroded trust.

When systemically marginalized users pushed back, Bluesky’s leadership minimized concerns and began to target them for bans.

Bluesky’s CEO meltdown: How leadership continues to fail its most marginalized users

tl;dr: Bluesky began with genuine promise: a new social media platform where systemically marginalized users could feel safer, but…

plutopsyche.medium.com

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Andy Tseng @andytseng.bsky.social · 9h

In case you’re wondering why #Blacksky is trending, @nicomaramckay.com’s piece offers deep insight. I don’t have all the facts, but what I’ve seen is worrying. Silence from @jay.bsky.team & @bsky.app only adds confusion. I support #ATProtocol & #Decentralization, but #Bluesky users deserve better.

Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 2d

tl;dr: Bluesky began with genuine promise: a new social media platform where users could feel safer, but inconsistent moderation quickly eroded trust.

When systemically marginalized users pushed back, Bluesky’s leadership minimized concerns and began to target them for bans.

Bluesky’s CEO meltdown: How leadership continues to fail its most marginalized users

tl;dr: Bluesky began with genuine promise: a new social media platform where systemically marginalized users could feel safer, but…

plutopsyche.medium.com

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Marc Wilson @marcwilson.co.uk · 12h

Lovely to see a first exhibition of a selection of my new work 'The Edge of Ruin' in Colwyn Bay for The Northern Eye festival, organised by @orielcolwyn.bsky.social
You can see these images on the outside of the town library windows for the month. Thanks to all who helped the install.

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Pål Henni @paulhenni.bsky.social · 10h

Oops, might be repeating original post. Maybe I've turned all AI and am full of errors.

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Pål Henni @paulhenni.bsky.social · 10h

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Bank of England warns of growing risk that AI bubble could burst

Possibility of ‘sharp market correction has increased’, says Bank’s financial policy committee

www.theguardian.com

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Pål Henni @paulhenni.bsky.social · 10h

What a disingenuous gobshite he is, eh?

Probably unfair to decent and upright gobshites.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 10h

And making theft illegal would “kill” the thieving industry. Good. Make theft illegal again.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Pål Henni @paulhenni.bsky.social · 11h

Nup. Wouldn't dare. 😎

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Pål Henni @paulhenni.bsky.social · 1d

But, but, artisanal, hand crafted...

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Pål Henni @paulhenni.bsky.social · 1d

But what do you really think, Andy? 😜

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 2d

Same.

#AlsoTiredOfWaitingForTheEPSTEIN_Files

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Pål Henni @paulhenni.bsky.social · 2d

@memorialdevice.bsky.social 👁️👁️

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Maxim Peter Griffin @maximpetergriff.bsky.social · 2d

6/10/25 - nocturn

small hours
big time

720 minutes of full moon action
the kitchen is illuminated all night

at 0200 hrs, switch from Hank Williams
to the complete works of Television

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Bob McIntosh @scotfot.bsky.social · 5d

group of shaggy scalycaps #fungi

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Christie Golden @christiegolden.bsky.social · 5d

You know what I miss? Websites. Easy to navigate, with all the info in one place. They're vanishing, being replaced by Instagram (pretty pics that tell you NOTHING), Tik-Tok, FB, etc. Times are stressful, just give me your hours, rates, product info, product, etc. please don't drain my brain more.

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Lee Madgwick @leemadgwick.bsky.social · 5d

The Conekeeper’s Cottage

Acrylic on canvas

A small dwelling with a collection of traffic cones stored next to it, plus one on the roof. A telegraph pole and long shadows from roof beams also feature.

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SoCal Leslie @socalleslie.bsky.social · 7d

Long billed curlew picking up a sand crab from the beach. 🪶

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 7d

We will regret not acting faster on climate change.

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Pål Henni @paulhenni.bsky.social · 7d

You've got to wonder what they're being told about their fellow citizens.

"Watch out for the disabled".

Absolute cowards.

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Pål Henni @paulhenni.bsky.social · 7d

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 7d

If the government can kill human rights protections for refugees and foreigners, then be sure one day the government can and will kill your own human rights protections. Nobody is free unless everyone is free

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The Nerve @thenerve.news · 12d

Coming soon…

pressgazette.co.uk/news/former-...

Former Observer big-hitters launch new title with redundancy payouts

Five former Observer journalists including Carole Cadwalladr have launched their own culture publication using their redundancy money.

pressgazette.co.uk

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RK Photographic / Rob Knight @rkphotographic.bsky.social · 13d

My work from the West Ardnamurchan Community Gardens, Sonachan, West Ardnamurchan.

This is the 12th instalment of my ‘Spiorad aird nam Murchan’ series of inspired writing and photography and also features in an amazing new collaborative photobook ‘Through the Fence’.

throughthefencephotobook.co.uk

Through the Fence, a photobook

throughthefencephotobook.co.uk

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RK Photographic / Rob Knight @rkphotographic.bsky.social · 13d

“Joe and Anna have cultivated more than crops—they have cultivated community, resilience, and hope.”

A tribute to the current gardeners and volunteers who make the garden thrive.

💚 www.rkphotographic.com/blog/2025/9/...

#LocalHeroes #GrowTogether

West Ardnamurchan Community Gardens, Sonachan, West Ardnamurchan.

West Ardnamurchan Community Gardens, Sonachan, West Ardnamurchan.

Tim, one of the many community volunteers and committee.

West Ardnamurchan Community Gardens, Sonachan, West Ardnamurchan.

Joe, he and Anna are the current growers of the last two seasons.

West Ardnamurchan Community Gardens, Sonachan, West Ardnamurchan.

Words from Tim and Kerry of the gardens committee and community volunteers.

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