L*rs
@armamix.bsky.social
Infosec, speculative fiction, oh what's that over there?
Used to be @soepstad back there.
Used to be @soepstad back there.
Sjelden jeg gidder å henge meg opp i svake fotballkommentatorer, men når man topper litt svak fotballforståelse med null forsøk på å uttale spillernavn riktig blir det for dumt. Det er lov å bruke noen minutter på forberedelse. #VGTV
August 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Sjelden jeg gidder å henge meg opp i svake fotballkommentatorer, men når man topper litt svak fotballforståelse med null forsøk på å uttale spillernavn riktig blir det for dumt. Det er lov å bruke noen minutter på forberedelse. #VGTV
Arvingene til Bob Marley må tjene grovt på royalties fra Snapchat om dagen.
July 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Arvingene til Bob Marley må tjene grovt på royalties fra Snapchat om dagen.
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Hi everyone
I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA over the last 48 hours because of my reporting on the Columbia student protests
I arrived back in Melbourne hours ago and had my phone handed back to me upon landing
I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA over the last 48 hours because of my reporting on the Columbia student protests
I arrived back in Melbourne hours ago and had my phone handed back to me upon landing
June 14, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Hi everyone
I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA over the last 48 hours because of my reporting on the Columbia student protests
I arrived back in Melbourne hours ago and had my phone handed back to me upon landing
I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA over the last 48 hours because of my reporting on the Columbia student protests
I arrived back in Melbourne hours ago and had my phone handed back to me upon landing
Rart hvor opptatt man blir av å fronte andres behov når de sammenfaller med egne. www.nrk.no/ytring/at-de...
At dere ikke skjemmes!
Vi trenger ikke flere tivolianlegg i norsk natur. Stopp galskapen!
www.nrk.no
June 15, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Rart hvor opptatt man blir av å fronte andres behov når de sammenfaller med egne. www.nrk.no/ytring/at-de...
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Wrote about this many years ago on Twitter, but your actual goal should be 5 trains/buses an hour - so a 12 minute interval.
This breaks a couple of important psychological barriers for people, based on research by TfL (London's transport operator). Will explain. 🧵 /1
This breaks a couple of important psychological barriers for people, based on research by TfL (London's transport operator). Will explain. 🧵 /1
If it’s not more convenient than driving, it will always be your second option.
May 1, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Wrote about this many years ago on Twitter, but your actual goal should be 5 trains/buses an hour - so a 12 minute interval.
This breaks a couple of important psychological barriers for people, based on research by TfL (London's transport operator). Will explain. 🧵 /1
This breaks a couple of important psychological barriers for people, based on research by TfL (London's transport operator). Will explain. 🧵 /1
Bye bye Perplexity
April 25, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Bye bye Perplexity
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In case you were wondering what kind of story would lead me to say "I'm going to need a moment to come up with something more printable than 'fuck no,'" it is this: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Waltz and staff used Gmail for government communications, officials say
Trump’s national security adviser is trying to manage his way out of a crisis. But new revelations about his team’s operational security are piling up in the inbox.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
In case you were wondering what kind of story would lead me to say "I'm going to need a moment to come up with something more printable than 'fuck no,'" it is this: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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The full report by the Tony Blair Institute is out, in which they detail how copyright should be "rebooted" in the AI age. It reads like a big tech lobbying document. I hope they will be asked serious questions at its launch in London today.
Some very brief highlights:
🧵 1/8
Some very brief highlights:
🧵 1/8
April 2, 2025 at 6:09 AM
The full report by the Tony Blair Institute is out, in which they detail how copyright should be "rebooted" in the AI age. It reads like a big tech lobbying document. I hope they will be asked serious questions at its launch in London today.
Some very brief highlights:
🧵 1/8
Some very brief highlights:
🧵 1/8
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In surely unrelated news, the Tony Blair Institute was given $200m by the owner of Oracle, a major AI player.
The full report by the Tony Blair Institute is out, in which they detail how copyright should be "rebooted" in the AI age. It reads like a big tech lobbying document. I hope they will be asked serious questions at its launch in London today.
Some very brief highlights:
🧵 1/8
Some very brief highlights:
🧵 1/8
April 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
In surely unrelated news, the Tony Blair Institute was given $200m by the owner of Oracle, a major AI player.
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This, from Timothy Snyder, is definitive, on Greenland open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
The Imperialism Has no Clothes
JD Vance in Greenland
open.substack.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
This, from Timothy Snyder, is definitive, on Greenland open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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Virginia service worker Jennifer Piggott voted for Trump knowing others would suffer she just never thought… 🐆💀
March 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Virginia service worker Jennifer Piggott voted for Trump knowing others would suffer she just never thought… 🐆💀
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I CANNOT stress how much having a friend and a bar both within walking distance might just be the ultimate key to personal happiness.
March 28, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I CANNOT stress how much having a friend and a bar both within walking distance might just be the ultimate key to personal happiness.
In which UEFA considers harakiri.
UEFA is reportedly considering allowing Russian teams back into international football
Since 2022, Russia’s war in Ukraine has killed nearly 500 Ukrainian athletes and coaches and destroyed over 500 sports facilities
Since 2022, Russia’s war in Ukraine has killed nearly 500 Ukrainian athletes and coaches and destroyed over 500 sports facilities
After Moscow’s war killed 500 Ukrainian athletes, UEFA weighs Russia’s football comeback
The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) is currently taking steps to reinstate Russia in international football competitions, according to The Independent. According to sources, some…
euromaidanpress.com
March 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
In which UEFA considers harakiri.
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Cartoon by Nick Anderson @andertoon.bsky.social
March 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Cartoon by Nick Anderson @andertoon.bsky.social
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"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
—not Voltaire
—not Voltaire
March 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
—not Voltaire
—not Voltaire
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PSA, for whomever needs it right now:
The five Tiffany Aching novels by Terry Pratchett have an audiobook edition read by Indira Varma (with Peter Serafinowicz for the Nac Mac Feegle) and it is *wonderful*.
[I listened to them through my public library and the Libby app, and maybe you can too?.]
The five Tiffany Aching novels by Terry Pratchett have an audiobook edition read by Indira Varma (with Peter Serafinowicz for the Nac Mac Feegle) and it is *wonderful*.
[I listened to them through my public library and the Libby app, and maybe you can too?.]
March 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
PSA, for whomever needs it right now:
The five Tiffany Aching novels by Terry Pratchett have an audiobook edition read by Indira Varma (with Peter Serafinowicz for the Nac Mac Feegle) and it is *wonderful*.
[I listened to them through my public library and the Libby app, and maybe you can too?.]
The five Tiffany Aching novels by Terry Pratchett have an audiobook edition read by Indira Varma (with Peter Serafinowicz for the Nac Mac Feegle) and it is *wonderful*.
[I listened to them through my public library and the Libby app, and maybe you can too?.]
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They think Enola Gay is a homosexual airplane in the same way that they think biodiversity is woke.
The military is plans to scrub photos of the Enola Gay, one of the bombers that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan, from its website as part of its purge of diversity content.
It's among more than 26,000 images that the Pentagon plans to delete.
apnews.com/article/dei-...
It's among more than 26,000 images that the Pentagon plans to delete.
apnews.com/article/dei-...
March 7, 2025 at 4:41 AM
They think Enola Gay is a homosexual airplane in the same way that they think biodiversity is woke.
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how the hell is it that i'm thinking of spinning up STATION ELEVEN again as a COMFORT WATCH
February 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
how the hell is it that i'm thinking of spinning up STATION ELEVEN again as a COMFORT WATCH
I'm sure it could have been worse, Grok.
December 14, 2024 at 2:28 PM
I'm sure it could have been worse, Grok.
I don't buy many physical books these days but this one just got ordered. bookshop.org/p/books/a-na...
A Natural History of Empty Lots: Field Notes from Urban Edgelands, Back Alleys, and Other Wild Places a book by Christopher Brown
A genre-bending blend of naturalism, memoir, and social manifesto for rewilding the city, the self, and society. A Natural History of Empty Lots is a genre-defying work of nature writing, literary non...
bookshop.org
September 9, 2024 at 4:17 PM
I don't buy many physical books these days but this one just got ordered. bookshop.org/p/books/a-na...
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JWST sees star clusters being born when the Universe was only 3% of its current age!
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/jwst-sees-...
🔭🧪
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/jwst-sees-...
🔭🧪
JWST sees ancient clusters of stars at the edge of the observable Universe
These are the most distant stellar clusters ever seen
badastronomy.beehiiv.com
September 3, 2024 at 3:07 PM
JWST sees star clusters being born when the Universe was only 3% of its current age!
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/jwst-sees-...
🔭🧪
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/jwst-sees-...
🔭🧪
For me probably the best novel of last year.
My latest review for @skiffyandfanty.bsky.social talks about the various things I love about the recent Sidewise Award for Alternate History winner, Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford.
skiffyandfanty.com/blog/book-re...
skiffyandfanty.com/blog/book-re...
The Skiffy and Fanty Show: Book Review: Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford
I loved Cahokia Jazz’s blending of noir mystery, mysticism and religion, worldbuilding, action, and as signaled by the title, music.
skiffyandfanty.com
August 26, 2024 at 3:31 PM
For me probably the best novel of last year.
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Astronaut William Anders (b.1933) died on June 7 when the plane he was piloting crashed. Anders served as LM Pilot on Apollo 8, the first crewed mission to orbit the moon. He took the Earthrise photo, called the most influential picture, which helped spark the environmental movement & Earth Day.
June 8, 2024 at 2:09 PM
Astronaut William Anders (b.1933) died on June 7 when the plane he was piloting crashed. Anders served as LM Pilot on Apollo 8, the first crewed mission to orbit the moon. He took the Earthrise photo, called the most influential picture, which helped spark the environmental movement & Earth Day.
Nice shortlist
✨The shortlist 2024!✨
CHAIN-GANG ALL-STARS by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
THE TEN PERCENT THIEF by Lavanya Lakshminarayan
IN ASCENSION by Martin MacInnes
THE MOUNTAIN IN THE SEA by Ray Nayler
SOME DESPERATE GLORY by Emily Tesh
COREY FAH DOES SOCIAL MOBILITY by Isabel Waidner
CHAIN-GANG ALL-STARS by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
THE TEN PERCENT THIEF by Lavanya Lakshminarayan
IN ASCENSION by Martin MacInnes
THE MOUNTAIN IN THE SEA by Ray Nayler
SOME DESPERATE GLORY by Emily Tesh
COREY FAH DOES SOCIAL MOBILITY by Isabel Waidner
May 14, 2024 at 5:04 AM
Nice shortlist