Dr Octopus
@droctopus.bsky.social
Lover of extreme art and beautiful minds. Books, films, music! There is no Planet B.
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Based in Johannesburg, ZA.
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Based in Johannesburg, ZA.
A.I. Videos Have Flooded Social Media. No One Was Ready.
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Ladies, want a great gift for your dude this Xmas? Get him a safety razor! He'll love the savings on blades. A pack of 100 costs $10 and lasts forever! I'm still using the pack I bought SIX YEARS ago. And it means zero plastic in the trash!
Here's one good brand:
muhleshaving.com/collections/...
Here's one good brand:
muhleshaving.com/collections/...
Razors
MÜHLE combines traditional wet shaving with technology of today and have been providing customers worldwide with high-quality shaving products since 1945.
muhleshaving.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Ladies, want a great gift for your dude this Xmas? Get him a safety razor! He'll love the savings on blades. A pack of 100 costs $10 and lasts forever! I'm still using the pack I bought SIX YEARS ago. And it means zero plastic in the trash!
Here's one good brand:
muhleshaving.com/collections/...
Here's one good brand:
muhleshaving.com/collections/...
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IF this venture succeeds, it will hopefully turn the tide on deforestation. The sad truth is, money talks!
youtu.be/gK2EI1swv58?...
youtu.be/gK2EI1swv58?...
Brazil's $125 billion gamble to save the world's rainforests | DW News
YouTube video by DW News
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 6:22 AM
IF this venture succeeds, it will hopefully turn the tide on deforestation. The sad truth is, money talks!
youtu.be/gK2EI1swv58?...
youtu.be/gK2EI1swv58?...
Am important movie... and very relevant for these times. Watch it while you can.
youtu.be/O53zd-q5Hw8?...
youtu.be/O53zd-q5Hw8?...
Storm Center | FREE MOVIE (Bette Davis, Brian Keith, Kim Hunter)
YouTube video by Stream City
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Am important movie... and very relevant for these times. Watch it while you can.
youtu.be/O53zd-q5Hw8?...
youtu.be/O53zd-q5Hw8?...
IF this venture succeeds, it will hopefully turn the tide on deforestation. The sad truth is, money talks!
youtu.be/gK2EI1swv58?...
youtu.be/gK2EI1swv58?...
Brazil's $125 billion gamble to save the world's rainforests | DW News
YouTube video by DW News
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 6:22 AM
IF this venture succeeds, it will hopefully turn the tide on deforestation. The sad truth is, money talks!
youtu.be/gK2EI1swv58?...
youtu.be/gK2EI1swv58?...
Found this really moving. I have seen the full length version of the Bobby Kennedy train ride and I can't fail to bring tears to your eyes.
youtu.be/pQv0ZtpRdNk?...
youtu.be/pQv0ZtpRdNk?...
Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018) - What Does Assassination Mean? Scene (4/10) | Movieclips
YouTube video by Movieclips
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Found this really moving. I have seen the full length version of the Bobby Kennedy train ride and I can't fail to bring tears to your eyes.
youtu.be/pQv0ZtpRdNk?...
youtu.be/pQv0ZtpRdNk?...
Is the Atlantic Ocean circulation close to tipping?
YouTube video by Earth System Analysis - Potsdam Institute
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Epstein Files Update | Explainer
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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At a hearing on the crash that led to the collapse of the Key Bridge in Baltimore, investigators said a tiny sticker had caused a wire to disconnect, prompting blackouts and system failures.
Investigators Zero In on Cause of Ship Outage Before Bridge Crash: A Misplaced Label
At a hearing on the crash that led to the collapse of the Key Bridge in Baltimore, investigators said a tiny sticker had caused a wire to disconnect, prompting blackouts and system failures.
nyti.ms
November 19, 2025 at 4:40 AM
At a hearing on the crash that led to the collapse of the Key Bridge in Baltimore, investigators said a tiny sticker had caused a wire to disconnect, prompting blackouts and system failures.
Yeah so the Epstein files.... now released and all but what was that stall all about when Johnson refused to sign that lady from Arizona in, giving them 50 days of grace time.
Those docs have been scrubbed. Please tell me I'm wrong.
Those docs have been scrubbed. Please tell me I'm wrong.
November 19, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Yeah so the Epstein files.... now released and all but what was that stall all about when Johnson refused to sign that lady from Arizona in, giving them 50 days of grace time.
Those docs have been scrubbed. Please tell me I'm wrong.
Those docs have been scrubbed. Please tell me I'm wrong.
Something happened to Todd Snider and now he's dead. Life can really suck!
This was the first song of his I got into...
music.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ_E...
This was the first song of his I got into...
music.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ_E...
Stomp and Holler
YouTube video by Hard Working Americans - Topic
music.youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Something happened to Todd Snider and now he's dead. Life can really suck!
This was the first song of his I got into...
music.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ_E...
This was the first song of his I got into...
music.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ_E...
How China Reached Into New York to Stop a Tiny Film Festival
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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I salute In-N-Out Burger for launching a whole ass Book-It program
November 11, 2025 at 5:21 AM
I salute In-N-Out Burger for launching a whole ass Book-It program
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#COP30 AGENDA FIGHT: Battle looms over which issues to discuss at COP30 (an "agenda fight")
Proposed late additions to agenda:
* trade
* finance
* deforestation
* ambition
* reporting
Hence, now on 4th version of agenda (!)
This must be resolved before negotiations begin 🧵
1/
Proposed late additions to agenda:
* trade
* finance
* deforestation
* ambition
* reporting
Hence, now on 4th version of agenda (!)
This must be resolved before negotiations begin 🧵
1/
November 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
#COP30 AGENDA FIGHT: Battle looms over which issues to discuss at COP30 (an "agenda fight")
Proposed late additions to agenda:
* trade
* finance
* deforestation
* ambition
* reporting
Hence, now on 4th version of agenda (!)
This must be resolved before negotiations begin 🧵
1/
Proposed late additions to agenda:
* trade
* finance
* deforestation
* ambition
* reporting
Hence, now on 4th version of agenda (!)
This must be resolved before negotiations begin 🧵
1/
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Call Me The Breeze
YouTube video by JoeGarageBoc
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
This popped up on my YouTube feed. Interview with a South African radio station 9 years ago.
youtu.be/2u_6Z4W5tEs?...
youtu.be/2u_6Z4W5tEs?...
Zohran Mamdani of Queen of Katwe on Kaya FM
YouTube video by Kaya 959
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 6:20 AM
This popped up on my YouTube feed. Interview with a South African radio station 9 years ago.
youtu.be/2u_6Z4W5tEs?...
youtu.be/2u_6Z4W5tEs?...
'No taxation without representation': Panel breaks down tariff arguments
YouTube video by MSNBC
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 AM
I can't watch this Joe Scarborough numbnut. He constantly interrupts his co-host. Drives me crazy! I don't know how she hasn't stuck a pencil in his ear.
November 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I can't watch this Joe Scarborough numbnut. He constantly interrupts his co-host. Drives me crazy! I don't know how she hasn't stuck a pencil in his ear.
So many cattle .... so few wolves. Yet the wolves are the problem.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0411202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/0411202...
Amid National Wolf Debate, California Kills Four of the Predators After ‘Unprecedented’ Livestock Attacks - Inside Climate News
The move comes after months of non-lethal strategies to stem dozens of cattle losses from a single wolf pack.
insideclimatenews.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
So many cattle .... so few wolves. Yet the wolves are the problem.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0411202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/0411202...
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Lets give credit where credit is due to @ec.europa.eu and the work of the @eea.europa.eu
The EU were the only ones to decrease emissions AND per capita emissions in 2024
Emissions decrease - 2.1%
Per capita emissions decrease - 2.2%
This must be applauded! 👏🏻
Data: www.unep.org/resources/em...
The EU were the only ones to decrease emissions AND per capita emissions in 2024
Emissions decrease - 2.1%
Per capita emissions decrease - 2.2%
This must be applauded! 👏🏻
Data: www.unep.org/resources/em...
November 5, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Lets give credit where credit is due to @ec.europa.eu and the work of the @eea.europa.eu
The EU were the only ones to decrease emissions AND per capita emissions in 2024
Emissions decrease - 2.1%
Per capita emissions decrease - 2.2%
This must be applauded! 👏🏻
Data: www.unep.org/resources/em...
The EU were the only ones to decrease emissions AND per capita emissions in 2024
Emissions decrease - 2.1%
Per capita emissions decrease - 2.2%
This must be applauded! 👏🏻
Data: www.unep.org/resources/em...
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The latest, 11pm:
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG; & gain in House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win supreme court
—ME vote-restricting measure loses
—Krasner & Bragg win
—JD's half-brother loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
+ Dem are leading to flip so many local offices.
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG; & gain in House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win supreme court
—ME vote-restricting measure loses
—Krasner & Bragg win
—JD's half-brother loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
+ Dem are leading to flip so many local offices.
November 5, 2025 at 4:11 AM
The latest, 11pm:
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG; & gain in House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win supreme court
—ME vote-restricting measure loses
—Krasner & Bragg win
—JD's half-brother loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
+ Dem are leading to flip so many local offices.
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG; & gain in House
—Dems win NJ-Gov
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win supreme court
—ME vote-restricting measure loses
—Krasner & Bragg win
—JD's half-brother loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
+ Dem are leading to flip so many local offices.