Baby octopus
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What's alt text? Why is it important on Bluesky? How do I write it? Where am I? What's going on?
Alt text 101 for Bluesky | Digital Philosophy by Manning Krull
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If I've liked your hilarious meme or beautiful picture but not reposted it, it might be because you didn't include alt text
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Great to hear Rachel Reeves acknowledge that "there are many reasons why people choose to have children then find themselves in difficult times. The death of a partner. Separation. Ill health. A lost job. I don’t believe that children should bear the brunt of that."
So why should migrant children?
So why should migrant children?
November 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Great to hear Rachel Reeves acknowledge that "there are many reasons why people choose to have children then find themselves in difficult times. The death of a partner. Separation. Ill health. A lost job. I don’t believe that children should bear the brunt of that."
So why should migrant children?
So why should migrant children?
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Another impossible beauty standard
November 27, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Another impossible beauty standard
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No one at the rap battle will wait for me to type my prompts
November 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
No one at the rap battle will wait for me to type my prompts
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"Imagine you stole all of the intellectual property in the world. And you're using it to help people write middling emails and make revenge porn about women, and also children. And you're powering this plagiarism and non-consensual porn machine by eating up what's left of humanity's carbon budget."
How to explain AI to your family this holiday season | CNN Business
Politics, football and movies are among the many topics that tend to come up around Thanksgiving. In 2025, a new question may arise at the table: Why the heck is everyone talking about AI, and what sh...
www.cnn.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:04 AM
"Imagine you stole all of the intellectual property in the world. And you're using it to help people write middling emails and make revenge porn about women, and also children. And you're powering this plagiarism and non-consensual porn machine by eating up what's left of humanity's carbon budget."
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Guinea-Bissau rocked by coup.
Military officials in Guinea-Bissau say they have seized "total control" of the west African country, arresting its president, closing its borders and suspending its electoral process three days after general elections
u.afp.com/ShdA
Military officials in Guinea-Bissau say they have seized "total control" of the west African country, arresting its president, closing its borders and suspending its electoral process three days after general elections
u.afp.com/ShdA
November 27, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Guinea-Bissau rocked by coup.
Military officials in Guinea-Bissau say they have seized "total control" of the west African country, arresting its president, closing its borders and suspending its electoral process three days after general elections
u.afp.com/ShdA
Military officials in Guinea-Bissau say they have seized "total control" of the west African country, arresting its president, closing its borders and suspending its electoral process three days after general elections
u.afp.com/ShdA
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Io beauty shot.
Taken by the Juno spacecraft on 3 February 2024.
The right-hand hemisphere is illuminated by the Sun.
On the left, the night side isn't totally dark because of Jupitershine.
Image credit: NASA/SwRI/MSSS
Taken by the Juno spacecraft on 3 February 2024.
The right-hand hemisphere is illuminated by the Sun.
On the left, the night side isn't totally dark because of Jupitershine.
Image credit: NASA/SwRI/MSSS
November 27, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Io beauty shot.
Taken by the Juno spacecraft on 3 February 2024.
The right-hand hemisphere is illuminated by the Sun.
On the left, the night side isn't totally dark because of Jupitershine.
Image credit: NASA/SwRI/MSSS
Taken by the Juno spacecraft on 3 February 2024.
The right-hand hemisphere is illuminated by the Sun.
On the left, the night side isn't totally dark because of Jupitershine.
Image credit: NASA/SwRI/MSSS
I think Starmer's Labour actually intend to outright destroy British universities. I don't understand *why* they're doing it but it's definitely what they're doing
Threshold for repaying student loans to converge with minimum wage on.ft.com/3M2AYkD
Threshold for repaying student loans to converge with minimum wage
Surprise move from chancellor means some university graduates in England may have to pay back debts sooner
on.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I think Starmer's Labour actually intend to outright destroy British universities. I don't understand *why* they're doing it but it's definitely what they're doing
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Jesus CHRIST
Threshold for repaying student loans to converge with minimum wage on.ft.com/3M2AYkD
Threshold for repaying student loans to converge with minimum wage
Surprise move from chancellor means some university graduates in England may have to pay back debts sooner
on.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Jesus CHRIST
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I don't know why this idea is suddenly flaring up online so early, but yeah, this time next year, Voyager 1 will be one light-DAY away – meaning it will take light a whole 24 hours to travel between Earth and the spacecraft. For comparison: Mars is a few light MINUTES from Earth!
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I don't know why this idea is suddenly flaring up online so early, but yeah, this time next year, Voyager 1 will be one light-DAY away – meaning it will take light a whole 24 hours to travel between Earth and the spacecraft. For comparison: Mars is a few light MINUTES from Earth!
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Big news from Wales.
Side road zebra crossings as an option where both roads are 20mph are on their way 🦓
Another tool in the box, but I'd recommend contextual use because they are not a universal solution.
www.gov.wales/written-stat...
Side road zebra crossings as an option where both roads are 20mph are on their way 🦓
Another tool in the box, but I'd recommend contextual use because they are not a universal solution.
www.gov.wales/written-stat...
Written Statement: Side Road Zebra Crossings in Wales | GOV.WALES
Ken Skates, Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales
www.gov.wales
November 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Big news from Wales.
Side road zebra crossings as an option where both roads are 20mph are on their way 🦓
Another tool in the box, but I'd recommend contextual use because they are not a universal solution.
www.gov.wales/written-stat...
Side road zebra crossings as an option where both roads are 20mph are on their way 🦓
Another tool in the box, but I'd recommend contextual use because they are not a universal solution.
www.gov.wales/written-stat...
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21 seconds of this lion purring, for your enjoyment
November 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
21 seconds of this lion purring, for your enjoyment
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Cant even push an old lady in her oven anymore cos of woke.
November 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Cant even push an old lady in her oven anymore cos of woke.
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🧪aurora berryalis!
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
November 26, 2025 at 10:27 AM
🧪aurora berryalis!
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
We might still be able to get abortions but at least Kier Starmer's UK is safe from Trump's "crackdown on sex change treatments for minors" thanks to the sterling work of people who call themselves feminists
November 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
We might still be able to get abortions but at least Kier Starmer's UK is safe from Trump's "crackdown on sex change treatments for minors" thanks to the sterling work of people who call themselves feminists
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you should support liberal currents!
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
you should support liberal currents!
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"The Glasgow Coma Scale? Completed it, mate."
November 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
"The Glasgow Coma Scale? Completed it, mate."
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A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
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Actually Your Honor my client’s terms of use explicitly prohibit using its product to drive oneself insane, so,
November 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Actually Your Honor my client’s terms of use explicitly prohibit using its product to drive oneself insane, so,
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bbc leadership banned their employees from attending pride a few years ago.
i don't know how that works in practice but it was around the same time they dumped stonewall.
the obvious anti-lgbt+ bias at the bbc has gone ignored for years now. they're a disgusting organisation.
i don't know how that works in practice but it was around the same time they dumped stonewall.
the obvious anti-lgbt+ bias at the bbc has gone ignored for years now. they're a disgusting organisation.
Yet another reason to treat them appropriately if any of them show up at pride...
November 26, 2025 at 10:24 AM
bbc leadership banned their employees from attending pride a few years ago.
i don't know how that works in practice but it was around the same time they dumped stonewall.
the obvious anti-lgbt+ bias at the bbc has gone ignored for years now. they're a disgusting organisation.
i don't know how that works in practice but it was around the same time they dumped stonewall.
the obvious anti-lgbt+ bias at the bbc has gone ignored for years now. they're a disgusting organisation.
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There's an advert on his website for a 'Depot Supervisor' that pays £12.75 an hour for shift work.
If he wants to reduce welfare spending maybe he should pay staff enough that they don't need in-work benefits.
If he wants to reduce welfare spending maybe he should pay staff enough that they don't need in-work benefits.
‘Madness’ to increase welfare spending in Budget, says AO World boss
‘Madness’ to increase welfare spending in Budget, says AO World boss
‘Madness’ to increase welfare spending in Budget, says AO World boss
www.independent.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
There's an advert on his website for a 'Depot Supervisor' that pays £12.75 an hour for shift work.
If he wants to reduce welfare spending maybe he should pay staff enough that they don't need in-work benefits.
If he wants to reduce welfare spending maybe he should pay staff enough that they don't need in-work benefits.
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Delivery drivers aren't immune to motonormativity, and obviously it sucks and places unacceptable danger on cyclists and pedestrians, but read this and consider why delivery drivers sometimes park inconsiderately to be closer to their drop-off.
Urbanism and labour rights issues are inextricable.
Urbanism and labour rights issues are inextricable.
My mum ordered a new freezer from AO and when the delivery van came, it did not have a tail lift - apparently the company won't pay for them
The two guys were expected to lift freezers, washing machines etc off the back of the van themselves...which does not seem safe
This guy can GTFO
The two guys were expected to lift freezers, washing machines etc off the back of the van themselves...which does not seem safe
This guy can GTFO
There's an advert on his website for a 'Depot Supervisor' that pays £12.75 an hour for shift work.
If he wants to reduce welfare spending maybe he should pay staff enough that they don't need in-work benefits.
If he wants to reduce welfare spending maybe he should pay staff enough that they don't need in-work benefits.
November 26, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Delivery drivers aren't immune to motonormativity, and obviously it sucks and places unacceptable danger on cyclists and pedestrians, but read this and consider why delivery drivers sometimes park inconsiderately to be closer to their drop-off.
Urbanism and labour rights issues are inextricable.
Urbanism and labour rights issues are inextricable.
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"A French Fry Restaurant"
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
"A French Fry Restaurant"
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GOOD. It's such a relief to hear someone simply say things like that - the kind of things a decent person would say, but which have somehow become shocking to hear spoken by a politiican, because of the climate of unrelenting bigotry the Tories, Reform and Labour have plunged us into
Interviewer: “What do you say to trans kids who are starting their transition?”
Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."
Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."
November 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
GOOD. It's such a relief to hear someone simply say things like that - the kind of things a decent person would say, but which have somehow become shocking to hear spoken by a politiican, because of the climate of unrelenting bigotry the Tories, Reform and Labour have plunged us into
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Interviewer: “What do you say to trans kids who are starting their transition?”
Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."
Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."
November 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Interviewer: “What do you say to trans kids who are starting their transition?”
Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."
Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."
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You could make practically every bus route in England free for the cost of extending the fuel duty cut.
Reeves says petrol is still expensive.
So the 5p cut in fuel duty will be extended until 2026, she says.
Great. So polluters get to continue to poison us. Yet EV drivers get penalised with pay per mile.
🙃
Climate change. What’s that?
So the 5p cut in fuel duty will be extended until 2026, she says.
Great. So polluters get to continue to poison us. Yet EV drivers get penalised with pay per mile.
🙃
Climate change. What’s that?
November 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
You could make practically every bus route in England free for the cost of extending the fuel duty cut.