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So many metaphors ...
jjvincent.bsky.social James Vincent @jjvincent.bsky.social · 1d
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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topladave.bsky.social
In Case You were Wondering.

www.iflscience.com/why-do-we-ha...
Why Do We Have Two Nostrils, Instead Of One Big Nose Hole?
The answer is right under your nose. Obviously.
www.iflscience.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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relenski.bsky.social
"The changing roles of Escherichia coli" -- a short essay by yours truly.

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The changing roles of Escherichia coli
Nature Microbiology - Richard Lenski traces the legacy of Escherichia coli and how science is evolving to use this model organism in new ways.
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December 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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miamidsa.org
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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dreadships.bsky.social
If you've read the first part of this last night, the thread's now more or less complete. I'll inevitably add one or two bits to it later though as I remember things I forgot to highlight. It's a miracle it makes a coherent thread as it is - I'd not drafted it first!
dreadships.bsky.social Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · Nov 19
Gentlemen, no fighting in the
Sign for the Lascaris War Rooms and Operation Husky Museum. I'm unsure what ironic activity you could carry out in there - it's presumably somewhere to chill out...
November 20, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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funnymichele.bsky.social
Real photos of sharks upside down 🦈👹😳
November 14, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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lrb.co.uk
‘Gutenberg remains unknowable: an implied but not a felt presence. This is true for all but a small number of 15th-century lives, of course, but it’s impossible to ignore the gulf between Gutenberg’s great invention and his own elusiveness.’

Adam Smyth:

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Adam Smyth · Slice It Up: Gutenberg’s Great Invention
Gutenberg remains unknowable: an implied but not a felt presence. This is true for all but a small number of 15th-...
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November 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
absrb.bsky.social
TIL for me today.
November 12, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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techconnectify.bsky.social
BTW, I would really like @consumerreports.org to watch this video and perhaps start breathing down the necks of those big companies for forcing everyone into using pre-dosed products.

That's the opposite of pro-consumer, imo.

youtu.be/DAX2_mPr9W8
I was right about dishwasher pods, and now I can prove it
YouTube video by Technology Connections
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November 4, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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pranavdixit.bsky.social
I need something like a lightweight CRM to manage sources and broader contacts and connections. Does anyone have ideas on how to manage this?
October 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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karaswisher.bsky.social
Heartbreaking www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
‘It broke me’: Inside the FBI hunt for the online predators who persuaded a 13-year-old to die
The suicide of a 13-year-old from Washington state set off a years-long global investigation to find an elusive online user called “White Tiger.”
www.washingtonpost.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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ICE Raids: Myth Vs. Fact https://theonion.com/ice-raids-myth-vs-fact/
MYTH: ​My grandmother was deported to El Salvador. FACT:​ No one really knows where she was deported to.
October 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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numb.comfortab.ly
Bluesky feed is like

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October 2, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
not true
Kyle Kulinski on Twitter posts an illustrated image, where Laura Loomer tells Hasan Piker "WE'RE DEPORTING YOU BACK TO TURKEY." In the drawing, Hasan Piker replies: "I was born in New Jersey." Laura Loomer replies to Kyle: "The left has no sense of humor." On September 6, 2024, Laura Loomer posts a video, where she eats dog food. She writes on Twitter: "I just ate dog food. It's human grade. Which means you and your dog can share a taste, nutrient dense treat together. Order yours today at [link]" I post a screenshot of this tweet and write: "i setup a fake dog food company last month, bought purina at the pet store, and paid laura loomer $100 for this post."
September 27, 2025 at 1:46 AM
absrb.bsky.social
Too smart to fit in with the biosphere and not smart enough to adapt to it
September 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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coecke.bsky.social
Nobel Prize Laureate Roger Penrose, Yvette Fuentes, and myself, request your help in order to save an archive of incredible scientific and historical value. Please raise awareness by *sharing*, or *contribute*:

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/roger-penr...
Roger Penrose & Friends Appeal for Unique Archive
To digitise and restore the worlds largest collection of audio and visual recordings within the scientific community, spanning over 50 years
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
September 8, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Witnesses Assumed Charlie Kirk Shooter Was Just Ordinary Gunman On School Campus
Witnesses Assumed Charlie Kirk Shooter Was Just Ordinary Gunman On School Campus
OREM, UT—As law enforcement officials search for a person of interest in the assassination of 31-year-old Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk, witnesses on the scene at Utah Valley University ad...
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September 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Trump Claims He Can’t Be Expected To Remember Every Birthday Card He Sends To Child Molesters https://theonion.com/trump-claims-he-cant-be-expected-to-remember-every-birthday-card-he-sends-to-child-molesters/
Trump Claims He Can’t Be Expected To Remember Every Birthday Card He Sends To Child Molesters
September 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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ICE Opens New Supermax Detention Center For Most Hardened Toddlers
ICE Opens New Supermax Detention Center For Most Hardened Toddlers
CORNUDAS, TX—In response to growing issues with its population of juvenile detainees, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency reportedly announced on Tuesday the opening of a new supermax ...
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September 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Couple So Wealthy They Have Own Live-In Children https://theonion.com/couple-so-wealthy-they-have-own-live-in-children/
Couple So Wealthy They Have Own Live-In Children
September 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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carnage4life.bsky.social
This future sucks
August 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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Fran Lebowitz has been beating this drum since the year i was born. not just on the loss of artists, but the audience.
Screenshot from Interview Magazine's interview with Fran Lebowitz, 3/11/16 Fran: But a lot of people didn't like that piece and were angry at me. People were pretty angry in general then. I don't think I was still writing for Interview, but once you go outside your natural audience, there are tons of people that don't like you. The New York Times, especially at that time, was gigantic. I remember it because they gave me the topic: What was the effect of AIDS on the culture? Which, in my opinion, was: What is culture without gay people? This is America, what is the culture? Not just New York. AIDS completely changed American culture. People always say "pop culture" As if we have some high culture to distinguish it from. Fran Lebowitz cont'd: The effect of AIDS was like a war in a minute country. Like, in World War I, a whole generation of Englishmen died all at once. And with AIDS, a whole generation of gay men died practically all at once, within a couple of years. And especially the ones that I knew. The first people who died of AIDS were artists. They were also the most interesting people. I know I've said this before, but the audience for the arts-whether it was for writing or films ... CLEMENTE: Or ballet. LEBOWITZ: Or ballet. The knowing audience also died and no longer exists in a real way. So all the judgment left at the same time that all this creativity left. And it allowed people who would be fifth-rate artists to come to the front of the line. It decimated not just artists but knowledge. Knowledge of a culture. There's a huge gap in what people know, and there's no context for it anymore.
August 27, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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Mental Health Experts Advise Struggling Americans To Try Crying About It Like Little Baby theonion.com/mental-...
Mental Health Experts Advise Struggling Americans To Try Crying About It Like Little Baby
August 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Rift Widens Between Elon Musk, Anyone Who Ever Met Him
Rift Widens Between Elon Musk, Anyone Who Ever Met Him
AUSTIN, TX—Stressing that the billionaire’s completely erratic behavior had strained the already fraught relationships, sources confirmed Thursday that a rift was widening between Elon Musk and anyone...
theonion.com
June 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM