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Makariel
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I like big Mechs and I cannot lie [he/him]
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makariel.bsky.social
Getting time to paint that Mad Cat/Timber Wolf #battletech #mechwarrior
Grey timber wolf mech model prepared for painting
November 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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smoothdunk2.bsky.social
your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
4 panel comic Panel 1: An AI generated version of Purple Guy’s dead mother is speaking to him on his phone. She says “Look, darling. With AI we can be together forever” Panel 2: Purple Guy looking very upset. He asks “Do you love me, mum?” Panel 3: The disgusting AI fake mum replies “I do. Almost as much…” Panel 4: AI mum turns into an advert for online gambling. She yells: “…As I love getting 10 free spins when I sign up to pocket casino.com”
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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felipegaonar.bsky.social
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.

Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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chrisbratt.bsky.social
I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.

That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
makariel.bsky.social
Shaping up, but still missing the tracks...
1/35 scale Sherman WIP and jeep
November 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM
makariel.bsky.social
A lot of interior details...
1/35 scale Sherman WIP from RFM (interior)
November 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
makariel.bsky.social
Still working on that Sherman...
1/35 scale Sherman WIP from RFM
November 1, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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jasonkoebler.bsky.social
Private equity destroys 200-year-old book distribution company that libraries around the country rely on and now libraries are having trouble getting new books:

www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
Libraries Scramble for Books After Giant Distributor Shuts Down
Why it might have been and may continue to be harder to get new releases from your local library.
www.404media.co
October 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social
recently discovered that wikipedia volunteers have a hilariously high bar for what constitutes "unusual death"
Why Wikipedia editors have deleted entries from the “List of unusual deaths”: “hippos are extremely dangerous and very aggressive and there is nothing unusual about hippos killing people” “the man was working on the toilet, making his death inherently less strange than if he had been using it” “no longer an unusual or unique occurrence” regarding impalement by beach umbrella “being hit by multiple motorcycles in a race is not an unusual death” “fatalities involving objects or animals being launched into oncoming traffic are considered commonplace” regarding a Canadian couple’s fatal collision with a “flying bear”
October 27, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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joshuaeaton.bsky.social
Please check your kids’ Halloween candy carefully this year.

I bit into a chocolate bar and found Microsoft Teams.
October 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
makariel.bsky.social
It seems a law of the universe that everyone who is even just vaguely into scale models must build a Spitfire and a Sherman at some point. I already have a Spitfire, so... Sherman it is (kit with full interior, not sure why I do that to myself 🤣).
RFM 1/35 scale Sherman tank scale model work in progress
October 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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kojamf.bsky.social
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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paratimetim.bsky.social
Split page advert from 1987 for THE KLINGONS expansion for the FASA Star Trek RPG and THE SUCCESSION WARS game set in FASA's BattleTech universe.
"Some enemies you'll just love to hate..."
#FASA #FASAStarTrek #StarTrekRPG #Klingons #BattleTech #SuccessionWars #FASACorporation
Split page advert from 1987 for THE KLINGONS expansion for the FASA Star Trek RPG and THE SUCCESSION WARS game set in FASA's BattleTech universe. Advert Caption: "Some enemies you'll just love to hate..."
September 13, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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adrianandshane.bsky.social
They erased the new Banksy mural in London. But the stain remains.
Side-by-side images of Banksy’s mural on the Royal Courts of Justice in London. On the left, the artwork appears faded and scrubbed, leaving only a ghostly outline of a judge raising a gavel over a protester holding a placard. On the right, the mural is fully visible in sharp black and white stencil, showing a judge in a traditional white wig and robes striking down at a protester who defends himself with a bloodied sign.
September 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
makariel.bsky.social
Same energy.

Accidental #warhammer
Banksy art Warhammer age of sigmar model
September 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
makariel.bsky.social
Had a weekend of Heresy at the Goonhammer open - my first four games of 3.0 and it was good fun, I like the new process of charging and melee, and there was a few times of head-scratching over the area terrain rules #warhammer #warhammercommunity #horusheresy
White Scars and Death Guard battle Dark Angels and Mechanicum White Scars and Death Guard battle Fulgrim ascended White Scars and Death Guard battle Blackshields and Mechanicum White Scars and Death Guard battle Imperial Fists and Emperors Children
September 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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localnotail.bsky.social
On the same day in the Telegraph:
The Telegraph Rayner tax scandal - £40k tax dodge - Statement Angela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty Deputy Prime Minister reduces tax bill for Hove flat by declaring it as her main residence [Photo: Angela Rayner pictured at the weekend in Hove, where she has just bought a flat Credit: Dan Charity/The Sun on Sunday] Robert Mendick Chief Reporter. Amy Gibbons Political Correspondent 29 August 2025 8:57am BST The Telegraph Money > Property > Second homes How to avoid tax on your second home From stamp duty to council tax, shield your wealth from Labour's tightening net [Photo of houses around a bay - Areas such as Cornwall have added a premium to council tax bills for second homes Credit: iStockphoto] Fran Ivens Senior Money Writer 29 August 2025 1:21pm BST
September 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
makariel.bsky.social
Your last saved pic is your moral philosophy

... It's complicated...
Diagram of ownership for electricity and gas networks in Austria
September 3, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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ageofreason-tpaine.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 9:05 PM
makariel.bsky.social
Sand land tank complete
August 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
makariel.bsky.social
Some progress on the sand land tank
Tank model in 1/35 scale of the tank from the anime series sand land
August 26, 2025 at 11:20 AM
makariel.bsky.social
The most normal tank crew. Sandland Tank 104 WIP
August 25, 2025 at 6:34 AM
makariel.bsky.social
Gloster Meteor 1/48 scale completed
Airfix 1/48 scale Gloster Meteor model kit
August 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
makariel.bsky.social
WIP on a Gloster Meteor F.8 (1/48 scale airfix kit)
Gloster Meteor F.8 model kit
August 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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sketchesbyboze.bsky.social
People are reading AI-generated synopses of books and then claiming they read 100 books in a week. This is how the abolition of books began in Fahrenheit 451: classics were condensed into five-minute summaries for those too busy to do the reading. Later came the burnings.
August 16, 2025 at 8:15 PM