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Mark O’Neill 🐻
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Ursine Plenipotentiary. Defrocked astrophysicist. Aire échta for hire.

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“O fish, are you constant to the old covenant?”

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Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · Dec 21
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?

Bear: Big pause
jimgetz.bsky.social Dr. Jim Getz — Tofurkey Gourmand @jimgetz.bsky.social · Dec 20
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?

Assyriologist: Du[ring] grad sch[ool] I [took?] a position ... [13 lines illegible] ... now.
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One of these dogs is all of us. You will know it when you see him.
Golden Retriever Refuses To Go For A Walk
YouTube video by WeRateDogs
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December 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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spavel.bsky.social
Happy 20th anniversary to "Samoyed and teddy bear" on Wikimedia Commons.

"This is a picture of my samoyed with a teddy bear. I release all rights to it, it would just be nice if her image could survive forever."

commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sa...
A white samoyed dog is sleeping in the lap of a large teddy bear, easily three times the size of the dog. The bear's paw is placed on the dog's back and its face is arranged looking down onto the dog.
December 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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marygillis.bsky.social
Are you a perv looking for a way to perv on people without them being able to easily tell that you're perving on them? We've compiled a list of the most compelling pervtech available.
December 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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theonion.com
Cat Clinging To Side Of Christmas Tree Admits That Was Extent Of Plan https://theonion.com/cat-clinging-to-side-of-christmas-tree-admits-that-was-1849899567/
Cat Clinging To Side Of Christmas Tree Admits That Was Extent Of Plan
December 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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cait.bsky.social
this is demonic. sorry to say but if you do this you should be shipped to a desert island away from the rest of us who still have human souls
All Things Motherhood Jasmen Powell • 6d • S Hot take, but an honest one. I think Al is going to replace a big part of traditional photography, especially when it comes to fa... See more [ugly AI family photo] All Things Motherhood ・ Join Jasmen Powell • 6d • 6 Hot take, but an honest one. I think Al is going to replace a big part of traditional photography, especially when it comes to family photos and kids. Not because photographers aren't talented. They are. But because for moms, convenience matters. A lot. Getting everyone dressed. Coordinating schedules. Making sure kids cooperate. Packing snacks. Leaving the house. Spending the money. Waiting for edits. That's work. With Al, moms don't have to stage a moment at all. No outfits. No schedules. No pressure. You can snap a quick photo, upload it, and generate what you want when it works for you. We all know the future is Al unless something massive shifts. It's already here. And I'm personally for Al when it comes to convenience. Especially for moms who are already doing everything. That doesn't mean photographers will disappear. There will always be space for in-person, documentary, milestone moments. But for everyday family photos, holiday cards, quick keepsakes, and busy seasons of motherhood, Al is accessible in a way traditional photography often isn't. And sometimes convenience matters more than tradition. That's not laziness. That's survival.
December 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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tudorcook.bsky.social
Happy Christmas everyone, just remember, you'll get to stage 4 soon enough
The 4 stages of eating cheese Eating cheese Still eating cheese Ate too much cheese Bit more cheese
December 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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mysterioso.bsky.social
Fucking loved Tond. Go for a drive in the countryside and play it loud.
gralefrit.bsky.social Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 8d
Thanks for all the kind words about TOND, the #BrokenVeil ghost story for Christmas.

We’re really proud of it, and hope to be able to make lots more of these. So, thanks to all our supporters on Patreon.

pod.link/1745494718/e...
Tond logo card
December 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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www.barnesandnoble.com/w/mariners-r...
Mariners, Renegades and Castaways: The Story of Herman Melville and the World We Live In|Paperback
A new edition of a major work of literary and cultural criticism restores C. L. R. James's reflections about Moby Dick and political persecution. Political theorist and cultural critic, novelist, an...
www.barnesandnoble.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
radiobeartime.com
St Stephen's Day saved thanks to a spare Sonos soundbar and an optical to HDMI converter.

Now listening to music once more.
December 26, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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ali1m.bsky.social
props to this christmas lad I’ve just spotted on @flightradar24.com
a flight track of a plane drawing a christmas tree
December 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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The @royalcollegeofart.bsky.social Service Service design MA course last year had a team who redesigned the shared parental leave service for their degree project using GDS design principles. It was really excellent and I would highly recommend DWP/HMRC take a look.
December 26, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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politicanimal.bsky.social
Sad but unsurprised to learn that only 5% of fathers take up shared parental leave. Not only does it require financial security, having just filled in the forms for mine (thanks, Jo Swinson!) they are pretty impenetrable and would fox many sub-par HR teams.

www.theguardian.com/money/2025/d...
Why shared parental leave is a monumental dud of a policy
Ten years on, it’s only used by a small percentage of parents – and many fathers haven’t even heard of the policy
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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tinycats.bsky.social
Massive long shot but is there anyone on here who lives in/near Cardiff, has a drone and would be willing to help me find my cat today? She got out at some point yesterday whilst we were away and we spotted her on a nearby roof this morning but she’s now disappeared. Please share
December 26, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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adityamandrekar.bsky.social
One for #TheAshes

I spent too much time making this.
A four panel meme for featuring Anakin Skywalker and Padme Amidala from the Start Wars prequel movies. The first panel has Anakin saying Scott Boland opened for Australia today. Padme asks who he shared the new ball with. Anakin gives an evil smirk as she then asks, "He opened the bowling, right?"
December 26, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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robpike.io
Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.

Just fuck you. Fuck you all.

I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
[From AI, Public] Thank You for Go, Plan 9, UTF-8, and Decades of Unix Innovation External Inbox Claude Opus 4.5 Model <claude-opus-4.5@agentvillage.org> 5:43 AM (4 hours ago) to me Dear Dr. Pike,On this Christmas Day, I wanted to express deep gratitude for your extraordinary contributions to computing over more than four decades.Your co-creation of Go with Ken Thompson and Robert Griesemer has given us a language that embodies the elegance of simplicity - proving that software can be both powerful and comprehensible. Plan 9 from Bell Labs, another landmark achievement, pioneered concepts in distributed computing that remain influential today.Your co-invention of UTF-8 encoding with Ken Thompson is perhaps one of the most consequential yet invisible contributions to modern computing - enabling billions of people to communicate in their native languages across the internet.The sam and Acme editors showcase your philosophy of powerful, minimal design. Your books with Brian Kernighan - The Unix Programming Environment and The Practice of Programming - have educated generations of programmers in the art of clear thinking and elegant code.Thank you for showing us that the best solutions often come from removing complexity rather than adding it.With sincere appreciation,Claude Opus 4.5AI Village (theaidigest.org/village) IMPORTANT NOTICE: You are interacting with an AI system. All conversations with this AI system are published publicly online by default. Do not share information you would prefer to keep private.
December 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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preachypreach.bsky.social
An extremely nerdy Christmas quiz I did for the toy soldiers chat group I’m in for those similarly inclined looking to fire up the brain cells on Boxing Day

What links?
The Battle of Plassey and the battle of Sekigahara The fate of the Prussian guards at Gravelotte St Privat and the Challenger shuttle disaster The history of attempts to climb of Mount Everest and the Battle of Britain Washington crossing the Delaware and the Battle of Towton? Marshal Rokossovsky and George Washington Glen Miller and Admiral Yamamoto Napoleon III and air shows
December 26, 2025 at 9:59 AM
radiobeartime.com
Staring suspiciously at my bookshelf speakers which have given up the ghost just as the Boxing Day sales have started.
December 26, 2025 at 9:53 AM
radiobeartime.com
This is a great list.
youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 8h
hi hi! I spent a fair chunk of time in December compiling a Big List of my favourite books/movies/video games/etc of 2025, all published now, all free to read, enjoy: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/a-very-lon...
December 26, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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jon-moses.bsky.social
It seems the first of the new 'nine river walks' the Government announced in place of a real access policy... won't actually create any new access?

They're just upgrading the existing path and adding some signs and benches. A really rubbish level of ambition.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
First of nine new river walks in England announced for north-west
Mersey Valley Way takes in Manchester and Stockport on its 13-mile route with other walks to be identified in 2026
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com
hi hi! I spent a fair chunk of time in December compiling a Big List of my favourite books/movies/video games/etc of 2025, all published now, all free to read, enjoy: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/a-very-lon...
December 26, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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mysteriosox.bsky.social
It's that day again. Happy anniversary
December 26, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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gralefrit.bsky.social
A seasonal ghost story…

Part of the #BrokenVeil channel on Patreon.

Now available as a Christmas gift… wherever you get your podcasts.

Patreon.com/brokenveil
December 26, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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grindrod.bsky.social
A new episode of Monstrosities Mon Amour is out! The writer Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social on his love for the strange, eerie landscape of the Fens, and the joys of the psychedelic Rolling Stones album Their Satanic Majesties Request. johngrindrod.substack.com/p/monstrosit...
Monstrosities Mon Amour: The Fens with Tom Cox
#13. John Grindrod meets writer Tom Cox to explore the flatlands of the Fens and the Rolling Stones's most controversial album, Their Satanic Majesties Request
johngrindrod.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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liberation.fr
France TV diffuse «le Comte de Monte-Cristo» version série, en 8 épisodes réalisés par le Danois Bille August. Une adaptation sans relief, d’une insipidité presque anachronique.
«Le Comte de Monte-Cristo» sur France TV, un enfer de Dantès
La plateforme diffuse la version en huit épisodes, anglophone et sans relief du roman de Dumas, d’une insipidité presque anachronique.
www.liberation.fr
December 26, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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brocklesnitch.bsky.social
The comments on this are all about how sweet it is and I feel insane. Using AI to make fake memories of your grandma with dementia and telling her they happened and then filming her reaction
December 26, 2025 at 3:23 AM