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Badibulgator
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Sur Cielbleu personne ne sait que je suis un chien. Curious about astronomy, computing, and other nerdy things. Recovering flerf herder.

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5 authors I’ve read 5+ books by:

Arthur C. Clarke
Douglas Hofstadter
Jules Verne
Greg Egan
Robert Forward
James P. Hogan
Richard Dawkins

Oops that’s seven. 🤗
5 authors I’ve read 5+ books by:
Terry Pratchett
Diana Wynne Jones
Brandon Sanderson
Neil Gaiman 💀
Ursula Le Guin

Doesn’t take manga into account for obvious reasons.
5 authors I’ve read 5+ books by:
Mick Herron
Ben Aaronovitch
Kevin Hearne
Jodi Taylor
Benedict Jacka
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In this essay, Mr Mastroianni describes his sense that culture has stagnated:

"In 1965, Susan Sontag wrote that new forms of art 'succeed one another so rapidly as to seem to give their audiences no breathing space to prepare'. Is there anyone who feels that way now?"

I want now...

#Reading
The Decline of Deviance
Where has all the weirdness gone?
www.experimental-history.com
February 7, 2026 at 10:43 PM
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I’ve caught glimpses of a decent aurora once, nowhere near this spectacular, but the thing that struck me most was that the light flowed in a way that was very conspicuously NOT like a liquid but like electricity. It felt like being inside one of those plasma globe lamps. Eerie and breathtaking.
The aurora last night in Beaver, Alaska was just incredible. This is a real-time video (not sped up) of the crazy motion I saw. Also, look how BRIGHT it is, wow!
February 8, 2026 at 2:47 AM
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#BlueskyArtShow #Sunshine

These are fogbows, created by sunshine passing through thin fog. They are white because the water drops are too small to create a prism effect like rainbows.

#EastCoastKin #Fogbow #Light #LandscapePhotography #Stunday #ColorADay #GreenSat
February 7, 2026 at 2:25 PM
#BlueSkyArtShow

#Sunlight reflected on the frozen water of Grand Basin in Luxembourg Garden. 🧊🥶🌞

#Paris #photography
February 7, 2026 at 10:24 PM
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February 7, 2026 at 9:46 PM
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Could we please replace the word “influencer” with the term “internet asshole?”

I mean this across the board.

No matter who it is.
February 7, 2026 at 5:59 PM
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Procrastination (n.f.)
Propension à jeter l'urgent par les fenêtres.
February 7, 2026 at 10:18 AM
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El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, California (not my video)
February 6, 2026 at 8:59 PM
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The word don't is censored. Don't, or Don T. If you're looking for just some fun proof they're doing control+f censoring
February 5, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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Y'all need this little hit of dopamine.
February 5, 2026 at 4:09 AM
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Annie Rauwerda has built a career exploring Wikipedia’s weirdest corners 🌐

The creator of Depths of Wikipedia says, she’s had a “simultaneous love affair with the Internet Archive and Wikipedia” ❤️

More 👉 blog.archive.org/2026/02/05/d...

@depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social #WaybackMachine #Wikipedia
February 5, 2026 at 6:26 PM
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¿Un jaguar hecho solo con dados? 🎲🐆
La artista Anna Dice Artworks lo logra: 10,000 dados, cero pintura, cientos de horas. Cada punto controla luz y sombra como un píxel. De lejos, arte. De cerca, caos. Tu cerebro lo une (gracias, pareidolia). Es azar… convertido en intención. 🔢✨
February 4, 2026 at 10:23 PM
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🖼️ Joan Miró, Dancer (1925)
January 31, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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Ici, je parle de Signal, de la protection de la vie privée, de Foucault et du modèle économique de la surveillance – pour mes amis français, avec toute mon affection ❤️

www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
Meredith Whittaker, présidente de Signal : "L’IA n’est qu’un slogan marketing"
Quel est le point commun entre JD Vance et Edward Snowden ? Ils utilisent tous les deux la messagerie cryptée Signal. Aujourd'hui, Meredith Whittaker, présidente de cette messagerie chiffrée, est notr...
www.radiofrance.fr
February 4, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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This post is the GOAT.
February 3, 2026 at 7:39 PM
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Elon Musk: "At long last, we are creating the Vile Offspring from @cstross.bsky.social ‘s classic sci-fi novel Don’t Create The Vile Offspring (aka Accelerando)".

bsky.app/profile/gene...
A 🧵 - Ok for giggles, I asked an AI (ChatGPT) what "scaling to make a sentient sun to understand the Universe and extend the light of consciousness to the stars!” this even means, and it concluded that it was "grandiose sci-fi–spiritual metaphor soup," It calls the statement "a little silly" ...1/
"“This marks not just the next chapter, but the next book in SpaceX and xAI’s mission: scaling to make a sentient sun to understand the Universe and extend the light of consciousness to the stars!”

But my Lord, why are you risking everything on such a mad scheme?*

arstechnica.com/space/2026/0...
February 3, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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#Paris le Panthéon
#photographie
February 2, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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Le philosophe Bertrand Russel est mort il y a 56 ans. C’était un logicien : « gagner de l'argent, dit-on, c'est bien, et le dépenser, c'est mal. C’est absurde : il y a toujours deux parties dans une transaction : autant soutenir que les clés, c'est bien, et que les trous de serrure, c’est mal. »
February 2, 2026 at 8:14 PM
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How's the Occupational Government treating you AMERICA?

Are you going to wait until it comes to your town, or do you want to get involved now?

Donny is already trying to crush the Midterms.

Waiting does nothing.
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ON TAPE: Federal immigration agents have repeatedly shot at drivers
YouTube video by MS NOW
youtube.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:14 PM
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Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 27, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Drop an alien that's not from Star Wars or Star Trek.
January 27, 2026 at 1:38 AM
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And, for a bit of useful analysis, I enjoyed this video:
Explaining the Most Bizarre Piano Etude of the 19th Century
YouTube video by PianoCurio
youtu.be
January 25, 2026 at 8:12 PM
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Fascisme à l’Est. Fascisme à l’Ouest. Crimes contre l’humanité par ci. Génocide par là. Exécutions partout. Près de nous, tout plein de petits merdeux sans âme prêts à importer le pire du «Vu à la télévision», tel cet immense étron d’A. Klarsfeld. Mais pas moyen d’arrêter le film. J’en peux plus
January 25, 2026 at 10:54 AM