Guy Seggev
@istarisilver.bsky.social
Computer nerd. Fan of many things Science Fiction and Fantasy. Somewhat politically active. Every little bit helps, right?
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There are services that can tell you that; I use clearsky.app. This is a reminder that the federated architecture of Bluesky means that who one blocks is available information (it would need to be to carry over to other sites on the same protocol). If this public aspect bothers you, mute instead.
November 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
There are services that can tell you that; I use clearsky.app. This is a reminder that the federated architecture of Bluesky means that who one blocks is available information (it would need to be to carry over to other sites on the same protocol). If this public aspect bothers you, mute instead.
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a heteromultivalent nanogel capable of killing some of the most dangerous bacteria known to medicine- with over 99.9% effectiveness against P. aeruginosa. It also showed strong antibacterial effects against other major threats, including E. coli and MRSA.
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a heteromultivalent nanogel capable of killing some of the most dangerous bacteria known to medicine- with over 99.9% effectiveness against P. aeruginosa. It also showed strong antibacterial effects against other major threats, including E. coli and MRSA.
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There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.
November 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.
Might be of interest to some of my friends. Only about 3 hours left, some more pledges could make the difference between this being funded or not.
Skittering Through the Stars by Jennifer Brazas on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/sav...
Skittering Through the Stars by Jennifer Brazas on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/sav...
Skittering Through the Stars
Size and gender-inclusive apparel and accessories pulled from the worlds of Paizo Inc's Starfinder, designed by Savagesparrow Studios
www.kickstarter.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Might be of interest to some of my friends. Only about 3 hours left, some more pledges could make the difference between this being funded or not.
Skittering Through the Stars by Jennifer Brazas on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/sav...
Skittering Through the Stars by Jennifer Brazas on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/sav...
@legaleagle.tv
Have you seen this story? Would you do a video on it?
Is "Alienation of Affection" the marital equivalent of "Tortious Interference"?
abc11.com/post/alienat...
Have you seen this story? Would you do a video on it?
Is "Alienation of Affection" the marital equivalent of "Tortious Interference"?
abc11.com/post/alienat...
NC TikTok star ordered to pay wife $1.75M in 'alienation of affection' lawsuit, 3rd highest in state
In the 14-page complaint, the wife accused the social media influencer of "verbally flirting" and having a sexual affair with her husband.
abc11.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:16 AM
@legaleagle.tv
Have you seen this story? Would you do a video on it?
Is "Alienation of Affection" the marital equivalent of "Tortious Interference"?
abc11.com/post/alienat...
Have you seen this story? Would you do a video on it?
Is "Alienation of Affection" the marital equivalent of "Tortious Interference"?
abc11.com/post/alienat...
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
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Wow, who knew we were gonna *need* to colonize another Earthlike planet just to raise enough popcorn...! 😏
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
futurism.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Wow, who knew we were gonna *need* to colonize another Earthlike planet just to raise enough popcorn...! 😏
Leh Sigh.
(OH FFS.)
BREAKING | Truck hauling monkeys carrying hepatitis C, herpes and Covid overturns in Mississippi
October 29, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Leh Sigh.
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I have a very bad feeling about this...
October 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I have a very bad feeling about this...
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This is really cool: a guy found one of the original Cinemascope anamorphic adapters used to shoot 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (1954), and that had been sitting in storage for 70 years, for sale on eBay bought it and shot some beautiful new footage with it www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg0f...
What Happened to Walt Disney’s Weird Cinema Lens?
YouTube video by Mathieu Stern
www.youtube.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:42 AM
This is really cool: a guy found one of the original Cinemascope anamorphic adapters used to shoot 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (1954), and that had been sitting in storage for 70 years, for sale on eBay bought it and shot some beautiful new footage with it www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg0f...
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From the Larchives: The Rocky Horus Picture Scroll. One of my favorite works. I had the assistance of an Egyptology PhD student to translate the Time Warp phonetically. Enjoy :)
October 23, 2025 at 3:25 AM
From the Larchives: The Rocky Horus Picture Scroll. One of my favorite works. I had the assistance of an Egyptology PhD student to translate the Time Warp phonetically. Enjoy :)
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Choose your own (research) adventure.
My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com
My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com
October 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Choose your own (research) adventure.
My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com
My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com
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Short thread.
The Nation has published two essays that I wish all US health workers—and patients—would read as fascism sweeps across the country:
1) How doctors become fascists: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
2) How not to be a fascist doctor: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
1) How doctors become fascists: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
2) How not to be a fascist doctor: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
The Rise of Medical Fascism
The US medical profession’s long history of complicity with state violence has prepared it for compliance with Trump’s authoritarian orders.
www.thenation.com
October 17, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Short thread.
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J. D. VANCE: We need to end DEI.
MONKEY’S PAW: (raises one finger)
MONKEY’S PAW: (raises one finger)
BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV is set to effectively disband Opus Dei in the coming weeks.
This would be the most sweeping internal reform of his pontificate — and a dramatic continuation of Pope Francis’s legacy.
This would be the most sweeping internal reform of his pontificate — and a dramatic continuation of Pope Francis’s legacy.
NEW: Pope Leo Set To Break Up Opus Dei
If Pope Leo does indeed approves a plan that effectively dissolves Opus Dei’s structure, it would be the most significant internal action of his short pontificate to date.
open.substack.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:48 AM
J. D. VANCE: We need to end DEI.
MONKEY’S PAW: (raises one finger)
MONKEY’S PAW: (raises one finger)
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I would pay real money to watch Benjamin Franklin’s reaction to this. Or read it.
Trump’s Department of Education actively collaborates w/ Moms for Liberty. Asked “what % of children she imagines should be in public schools going forward,” Moms for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice told ProPublica: “‘I hope zero. I hope to get to zero.’” 1/ www.propublica.org/article/educ...
October 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I would pay real money to watch Benjamin Franklin’s reaction to this. Or read it.
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oooh. Bookmarking this! "How to turn off AI tools in Apple, Google, Microsoft, and more." Step-by-step instructions from Consumer Reports.
How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More via @ConsumerReports
AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.
www.consumerreports.org
October 15, 2025 at 8:53 PM
oooh. Bookmarking this! "How to turn off AI tools in Apple, Google, Microsoft, and more." Step-by-step instructions from Consumer Reports.
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In Mar 2020 I wrote ep 3 of Leverage: Redemption, in which Brianna mentions growing up w/ "the return of actual Nazis". It aired in July 2021, AFTER a Capitol rioter wore a "Camp Auschwitz" shirt, & reviewers on IMDb quoted the Nazi line & complained Leverage had gone woke.
And here we fucking are.
And here we fucking are.
deeply sick of all the goddamn nazis
October 15, 2025 at 7:57 PM
In Mar 2020 I wrote ep 3 of Leverage: Redemption, in which Brianna mentions growing up w/ "the return of actual Nazis". It aired in July 2021, AFTER a Capitol rioter wore a "Camp Auschwitz" shirt, & reviewers on IMDb quoted the Nazi line & complained Leverage had gone woke.
And here we fucking are.
And here we fucking are.
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With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypted.
Read more: www.google.com/url?q=https:...
Read more: www.google.com/url?q=https:...
October 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypted.
Read more: www.google.com/url?q=https:...
Read more: www.google.com/url?q=https:...
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Great to know that Kermit had joined the ranks!
ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert
October 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Great to know that Kermit had joined the ranks!
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The Arizona Young Republicans chairman mentioned in this, Luke Mosiman, was one of the Turning Point affiliates demanding that Phoenix Suns sports writer be fired for not properly mourning Kirk to their liking
POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The Arizona Young Republicans chairman mentioned in this, Luke Mosiman, was one of the Turning Point affiliates demanding that Phoenix Suns sports writer be fired for not properly mourning Kirk to their liking
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Heh. ☺️
October 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Heh. ☺️
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Laughter is medicine. G’night all
October 9, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Laughter is medicine. G’night all