Fyre
@amuseoffyre.bsky.social
Fyre online since 2000. Scottish. Geek. Author. Globetrotter. Technically 'grown-up'. Can be found under the username amuseoffyre in most locations :)
https://ko-fi.com/amuseoffyre
#OurFlagMeansMuppets
https://ko-fi.com/amuseoffyre
#OurFlagMeansMuppets
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The world feels like its on fire, but things like this is why im thankful to be born in this day and age with science advancing like it has been. These are heroes
www.unilad.com/news/health/...
www.unilad.com/news/health/...
Scientists successfully achieve 'permanent disappearance of pancreatic cancer' in new study for cure
The team searching for a pancreatic cancer cure included the ‘renowned Dr Mariano Barbacid,' a legend in the cancer research field
www.unilad.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:31 PM
The world feels like its on fire, but things like this is why im thankful to be born in this day and age with science advancing like it has been. These are heroes
www.unilad.com/news/health/...
www.unilad.com/news/health/...
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Apple & Google removed ICE tracking apps in their app stores.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
January 29, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Apple & Google removed ICE tracking apps in their app stores.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
I've got Odysseus from Epic playing in the background while I do some cleaning and every time I listen to it, I get the shivers that not only is the music a reprise of Polyphemus, but it goes waaaaaay further than that with the callbacks and parallels (1/?)
#epicthemusical
#epicthemusical
January 31, 2026 at 12:15 PM
I've got Odysseus from Epic playing in the background while I do some cleaning and every time I listen to it, I get the shivers that not only is the music a reprise of Polyphemus, but it goes waaaaaay further than that with the callbacks and parallels (1/?)
#epicthemusical
#epicthemusical
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What’s happening in America is technofascism. It could happen here
Peter Thiel's data company is powering ICE operations in the US. In part 2 of the Nerve’s Palantir series, @carolecadwalla.bsky.social argues that the UK will be next - and we map Thiel’s network🧵
www.thenerve.news/p/technofasc...
Peter Thiel's data company is powering ICE operations in the US. In part 2 of the Nerve’s Palantir series, @carolecadwalla.bsky.social argues that the UK will be next - and we map Thiel’s network🧵
www.thenerve.news/p/technofasc...
January 31, 2026 at 10:00 AM
What’s happening in America is technofascism. It could happen here
Peter Thiel's data company is powering ICE operations in the US. In part 2 of the Nerve’s Palantir series, @carolecadwalla.bsky.social argues that the UK will be next - and we map Thiel’s network🧵
www.thenerve.news/p/technofasc...
Peter Thiel's data company is powering ICE operations in the US. In part 2 of the Nerve’s Palantir series, @carolecadwalla.bsky.social argues that the UK will be next - and we map Thiel’s network🧵
www.thenerve.news/p/technofasc...
I've had folk ask how I plot things out and a year or so back, I found a perfect way to describe it
January 31, 2026 at 10:50 AM
I've had folk ask how I plot things out and a year or so back, I found a perfect way to describe it
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This Epstein drop is HUGE and utterly disgusting. I don’t see how this man is allowed to remain in office. Where are the evangelical leaders, the soccer moms, the folks stocking up on eggs, the farmers, the small business owners.
Decide. Who are you?
Decide. Who are you?
January 30, 2026 at 10:04 PM
This Epstein drop is HUGE and utterly disgusting. I don’t see how this man is allowed to remain in office. Where are the evangelical leaders, the soccer moms, the folks stocking up on eggs, the farmers, the small business owners.
Decide. Who are you?
Decide. Who are you?
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every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds
January 30, 2026 at 11:58 PM
every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds
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If you aren’t aware of this, please listen. Make sure your friends know. Kon was amazing and deserves to be respected and remembered. Those who ripped him off should be publicly shamed. Make sure your non-animation friends know.
Satoshi Kon talks about how Requiem for a Dream took from his film Perfect Blue (1997)
January 31, 2026 at 5:48 AM
If you aren’t aware of this, please listen. Make sure your friends know. Kon was amazing and deserves to be respected and remembered. Those who ripped him off should be publicly shamed. Make sure your non-animation friends know.
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Saw a post recently that all our time travel lore is how going back & changing one thing can alter the future but no one thinks what they do today makes a difference.
What you do matters, I promise. Fight & also enjoy things💪🏻
Lil sneak peek of my piece for @quirkyfox.bsky.social
#moth #sciart #🐡
What you do matters, I promise. Fight & also enjoy things💪🏻
Lil sneak peek of my piece for @quirkyfox.bsky.social
#moth #sciart #🐡
January 30, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Saw a post recently that all our time travel lore is how going back & changing one thing can alter the future but no one thinks what they do today makes a difference.
What you do matters, I promise. Fight & also enjoy things💪🏻
Lil sneak peek of my piece for @quirkyfox.bsky.social
#moth #sciart #🐡
What you do matters, I promise. Fight & also enjoy things💪🏻
Lil sneak peek of my piece for @quirkyfox.bsky.social
#moth #sciart #🐡
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Wild that there was an open lane called "what if we just explain things clearly to people?" and he's the first one to ever fill it
The City’s Budget is our future. And you deserve to know how it works.
January 30, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Wild that there was an open lane called "what if we just explain things clearly to people?" and he's the first one to ever fill it
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Who’s ready for….
THE OFMD FANDOM CRAFT MARKET?
Running March 5 through March 21, we’ll be raising money for the amazing @immcouncil.org!
THE OFMD FANDOM CRAFT MARKET?
Running March 5 through March 21, we’ll be raising money for the amazing @immcouncil.org!
January 30, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Who’s ready for….
THE OFMD FANDOM CRAFT MARKET?
Running March 5 through March 21, we’ll be raising money for the amazing @immcouncil.org!
THE OFMD FANDOM CRAFT MARKET?
Running March 5 through March 21, we’ll be raising money for the amazing @immcouncil.org!
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Sex Matters tried to block a ban on conversion practices, but the Council of Europe has voted to make it illegal
goodlawproject.org/council-of-e...
goodlawproject.org/council-of-e...
Council of Europe votes for conversion therapy ban
Sex Matters tried to block a ban on conversion therapy, but the Council of Europe has voted to make it illegal
goodlawproject.org
January 29, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Sex Matters tried to block a ban on conversion practices, but the Council of Europe has voted to make it illegal
goodlawproject.org/council-of-e...
goodlawproject.org/council-of-e...
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In the 2024 election, nearly a quarter of women aged 18 to 24 voted for the Green Party – roughly double the number of young men who voted for Reform. Yet “predictably”, it was the young men voting Reform that “got all the attention”, said @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social.
theweek.com/politics/why...
theweek.com/politics/why...
Gender politics: why young women are going Green
Women under 25 are flocking to the populist left faster than young men moving to the populist right
theweek.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:10 AM
In the 2024 election, nearly a quarter of women aged 18 to 24 voted for the Green Party – roughly double the number of young men who voted for Reform. Yet “predictably”, it was the young men voting Reform that “got all the attention”, said @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social.
theweek.com/politics/why...
theweek.com/politics/why...
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By all means do a trans history week but the current Labour government has to be discussed as the current oppressive force in the comparison with history. They are banned from pride for a fucking reason what are you doing involving them with this
I dont want a fucking trans history week i want some fucking work put in so we have a Tomorrow
Yeah no i really think you kinda made a fool of yourself if you have a nice chat with Keir Starmer about a bloody awareness week
January 30, 2026 at 9:09 AM
By all means do a trans history week but the current Labour government has to be discussed as the current oppressive force in the comparison with history. They are banned from pride for a fucking reason what are you doing involving them with this
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Dorks will be like "AI is expanding what’s possible and allowing storytellers to go places they simply couldn’t before" and then use it to recreate the year 1776, something that has been possible since the year 1776.
They still sell the hats at the store and everything.
They still sell the hats at the store and everything.
January 30, 2026 at 6:49 AM
Dorks will be like "AI is expanding what’s possible and allowing storytellers to go places they simply couldn’t before" and then use it to recreate the year 1776, something that has been possible since the year 1776.
They still sell the hats at the store and everything.
They still sell the hats at the store and everything.
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Anyway, you can give $5 tax deductible to PBS for their app and get Ken Burns Revolutionary War doc along with Lupita and Sandra Oh in Twelfth Night and not pollute all of Memphis while you’re watching it.
First trailer for Darren Aranofsky's new AI animated series 'On This Day... 1776'
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
January 29, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Anyway, you can give $5 tax deductible to PBS for their app and get Ken Burns Revolutionary War doc along with Lupita and Sandra Oh in Twelfth Night and not pollute all of Memphis while you’re watching it.
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Tonight I watched Prime Minister Mark Carney take the actual Heated Rivalry Canada fleece from Hudson Williams, slip it on and say: “This is true soft power.”
January 30, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Tonight I watched Prime Minister Mark Carney take the actual Heated Rivalry Canada fleece from Hudson Williams, slip it on and say: “This is true soft power.”
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"You can beat the charge but not the ride" is the fundamental premise of so much of what the Trump administration does. And, our system is ill-equipped to stop it.
DHS has a whole citizen detainment system set up in Minnesota. They snatch citizens off the street (often with proof they are citizens), detain them for a few hours, steal their phones, then release them into the cold.
It ain’t about deporting citizens; it’s about terrorizing a whole population.
It ain’t about deporting citizens; it’s about terrorizing a whole population.
‘Abolish ICE’ has become an increasingly popular position and people are being shot in the streets over it why the fuck would you dillweeds roll over like this. Especially given that citizenship is much more friable than people think it is this is not as protective as dems want it to look.
January 30, 2026 at 2:09 AM
"You can beat the charge but not the ride" is the fundamental premise of so much of what the Trump administration does. And, our system is ill-equipped to stop it.
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Just deleted my TikTok account.
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You can click through to settings and delete your account WITHOUT accepting the new TOS.
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You can click through to settings and delete your account WITHOUT accepting the new TOS.
January 27, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Just deleted my TikTok account.
Please note that if you open TikTok on a web browser, it will ask you to accept a new TOS.
DO NOT ACCEPT THE TOS!
You can click through to settings and delete your account WITHOUT accepting the new TOS.
Please note that if you open TikTok on a web browser, it will ask you to accept a new TOS.
DO NOT ACCEPT THE TOS!
You can click through to settings and delete your account WITHOUT accepting the new TOS.
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"Not only don't people work less when they are guaranteed an income, they might actually put in more effort at work. And the fact that they have more money to spend leads to the creation of more jobs."
Nobel Prize–winning economists Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo
Nobel Prize–winning economists Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo
January 29, 2026 at 5:55 PM
"Not only don't people work less when they are guaranteed an income, they might actually put in more effort at work. And the fact that they have more money to spend leads to the creation of more jobs."
Nobel Prize–winning economists Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo
Nobel Prize–winning economists Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo
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no fan of jeffries, but holy shit is this article misleading. in the press briefing he calls for "a prohibition that DHS cannot *detain* or deport American citizens", and his focus throughout the briefing is on the detainment part
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Jeffries demands ban on deportation of US citizens as part of DHS reforms
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation fun…
www.kget.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:34 AM
no fan of jeffries, but holy shit is this article misleading. in the press briefing he calls for "a prohibition that DHS cannot *detain* or deport American citizens", and his focus throughout the briefing is on the detainment part
Never fails to crack me up that the algorithm can't pin down who/what I'm interested in because I like such a random and eclectic plethora of stuff and things. It does, however, mean I get to add more varieties of stuff and things by wandering down rabbitholes, which serves to confound it even more
January 29, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Never fails to crack me up that the algorithm can't pin down who/what I'm interested in because I like such a random and eclectic plethora of stuff and things. It does, however, mean I get to add more varieties of stuff and things by wandering down rabbitholes, which serves to confound it even more
TWO DAYS LEFT! I'll be picking the new home for Frenchie on Sunday evening, after I see Return of the King :D Support the amazing work that the Good Law Project is doing and have a new friend with knives in his feet! #OFMD
🎺MUPPET RAFFLE TIME🎺
Since he has now been glowed up to the max, Frenchie is looking for a new home and it could be you 🫵
All details are in the piccies below/alt text ❤️
#OFMD #ourflagmeansmuppets
Since he has now been glowed up to the max, Frenchie is looking for a new home and it could be you 🫵
All details are in the piccies below/alt text ❤️
#OFMD #ourflagmeansmuppets
January 29, 2026 at 8:35 PM
TWO DAYS LEFT! I'll be picking the new home for Frenchie on Sunday evening, after I see Return of the King :D Support the amazing work that the Good Law Project is doing and have a new friend with knives in his feet! #OFMD
I'd like to offer a couple of my ladies :) Possibly as a pair, because do not separate the chaos lesbians
#OFMD#FandomMarket
#OFMD#FandomMarket
January 29, 2026 at 6:28 PM
I'd like to offer a couple of my ladies :) Possibly as a pair, because do not separate the chaos lesbians
#OFMD#FandomMarket
#OFMD#FandomMarket