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
Hi! You may be here because I or someone else sent you this link in response to a conversation about alt text on Bluesky. Welcome! This is a short article about alt text, its importance, and how to wr...
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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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Previously, these belief systems tended to collapse under their own weight. Contradictions and memory gaps made them hard to sustain. Now the AI removes that friction, it produces timelines, summaries, and "forensic" explanations on demand.
November 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Previously, these belief systems tended to collapse under their own weight. Contradictions and memory gaps made them hard to sustain. Now the AI removes that friction, it produces timelines, summaries, and "forensic" explanations on demand.
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The bigger change is presentation, historically, these emails were visually chaotic: sudden colour changes, ALL CAPS, screenshots pasted at random. Classic signs of disordered thinking. Now they’re neat, structured, and grammatically consistent. The delusion hasn't changed, but the formatting has.
November 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The bigger change is presentation, historically, these emails were visually chaotic: sudden colour changes, ALL CAPS, screenshots pasted at random. Classic signs of disordered thinking. Now they’re neat, structured, and grammatically consistent. The delusion hasn't changed, but the formatting has.
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Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
November 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
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It's fucking wild that the GCs have developed such a sense of impunity that they're just actively harassing and smearing members of a tribunal panel they are supposedly trying to win over.
Terf legal nonsense - A judge has thrown out an application for a panel member to be dismissed at an employment tribunal case between the Belfast Film Festival (BFF) and former employee Sara Morrison.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Judge rejects application over employment tribunal panellist
Sara Morrison, who worked for Belfast Film Festival, is taking a discrimination case against her former employer.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
It's fucking wild that the GCs have developed such a sense of impunity that they're just actively harassing and smearing members of a tribunal panel they are supposedly trying to win over.
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Financial penalties for benefits claimants who miss a single Universal Credit interview are larger than the fines handed out to most criminals, &have to be repaid 9 times faster than criminal courts recommend, a report by the Public Law Project (PLP) has found.
Well, that's....not good...
Well, that's....not good...
November 19, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Financial penalties for benefits claimants who miss a single Universal Credit interview are larger than the fines handed out to most criminals, &have to be repaid 9 times faster than criminal courts recommend, a report by the Public Law Project (PLP) has found.
Well, that's....not good...
Well, that's....not good...
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Look at this 4th cen BC Greek antefix, proof that our ancestors also appreciated A Very Good Boy. 13/10 would pet
November 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Look at this 4th cen BC Greek antefix, proof that our ancestors also appreciated A Very Good Boy. 13/10 would pet
I think it's entirely reasonable at this point both to shut down every AI image generation company and also to completely ban all men from unsupervised internet access
Chatbot roleplay and AI image platform Secret Desires left cloud storage containers of nearly two million of images and videos exposed, including photos and full names of women at their workplaces, graduating from universities, taking selfies on vacation, and more www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
Massive Leak Shows Erotic Chatbot Users Turned Women’s Yearbook Pictures Into AI Porn
Chatbot roleplay and image generator platform SecretDesires.ai left cloud storage containers of nearly two million of images and videos exposed, including photos and full names of women from social me...
www.404media.co
November 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I think it's entirely reasonable at this point both to shut down every AI image generation company and also to completely ban all men from unsupervised internet access
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Seems to me that the security services and military should be investing in a fleet of bicycles. Best place for a top secret conversation must be on a gentle ride in the country.
November 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Seems to me that the security services and military should be investing in a fleet of bicycles. Best place for a top secret conversation must be on a gentle ride in the country.
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I think this Bittern is rather #round for #BirdOfTheDay, and does double duty for #WaderWednesday
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November 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I think this Bittern is rather #round for #BirdOfTheDay, and does double duty for #WaderWednesday
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Unfortunately they are doing the opposite this time and scrapping NHSE and moving it all behind closed doors away from public scrutiny at the Department of Heath instead.
Much easier to say how you really feel in your chats with Palantir if no one is watching.
Much easier to say how you really feel in your chats with Palantir if no one is watching.
November 19, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Unfortunately they are doing the opposite this time and scrapping NHSE and moving it all behind closed doors away from public scrutiny at the Department of Heath instead.
Much easier to say how you really feel in your chats with Palantir if no one is watching.
Much easier to say how you really feel in your chats with Palantir if no one is watching.
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What a shocking waste of opportunity this government has proved to be.
It has squandered its time and attention on ridiculous fiscal rules, persecuting refugees and trashing ecosystems in the name of growth, while failing to deliver what we so desperately want.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
It has squandered its time and attention on ridiculous fiscal rules, persecuting refugees and trashing ecosystems in the name of growth, while failing to deliver what we so desperately want.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS failing to cut waiting times as promised in recovery plan, report warns
Public accounts committee finds Labour’s progress ‘appears to have stalled’ despite billions of pounds in investment
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:26 AM
What a shocking waste of opportunity this government has proved to be.
It has squandered its time and attention on ridiculous fiscal rules, persecuting refugees and trashing ecosystems in the name of growth, while failing to deliver what we so desperately want.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
It has squandered its time and attention on ridiculous fiscal rules, persecuting refugees and trashing ecosystems in the name of growth, while failing to deliver what we so desperately want.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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I am increasingly of the opinion that people who change menus and look and feel of computer software just so that you know it's a new version should be personally forced to play tech support to my mother for five months.
November 19, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I am increasingly of the opinion that people who change menus and look and feel of computer software just so that you know it's a new version should be personally forced to play tech support to my mother for five months.
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New bike lane and people-centric area, Sandport Bridge, Leiith
Lovely to see this 😍
Lovely to see this 😍
This.
This right here is why proper cycling infrastructure is an investment in our communities and our future.
It is only the beginning. This route isn’t even fully finished.
When we stop imagining and start doing, change happens.
@edinburghcouncil.bsky.social
@edi.bike
@chasbooth.bsky.social
This right here is why proper cycling infrastructure is an investment in our communities and our future.
It is only the beginning. This route isn’t even fully finished.
When we stop imagining and start doing, change happens.
@edinburghcouncil.bsky.social
@edi.bike
@chasbooth.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 11:26 AM
New bike lane and people-centric area, Sandport Bridge, Leiith
Lovely to see this 😍
Lovely to see this 😍
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It is, of course, snowing heavily right now- just because the SAIS observers aren't out doesn't mean there's no hazard....
#Beavalancheaware #ThinkWINTER
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#Beavalancheaware #ThinkWINTER
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Date set for Scotland's new avalanche forecasting season
Last season, the Scottish Avalanche Information Service recorded its fewest snow slides in 37 years.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 9:53 AM
It is, of course, snowing heavily right now- just because the SAIS observers aren't out doesn't mean there's no hazard....
#Beavalancheaware #ThinkWINTER
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#Beavalancheaware #ThinkWINTER
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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When I was in Copenhagen last week, Mikael Colville-Andersen (founder of Copenhagenize; coiner of “cycle chic”) said ruling Social Democrats were unpopular partly cos of new pro-motoring policies. Duly wiped out in elections.
November 19, 2025 at 10:11 AM
When I was in Copenhagen last week, Mikael Colville-Andersen (founder of Copenhagenize; coiner of “cycle chic”) said ruling Social Democrats were unpopular partly cos of new pro-motoring policies. Duly wiped out in elections.
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I am posting this purely so I can find it the next time I have a meal with excessive gravy/gravé/grané and don't have to clumsily fail to explain the joke.
![The quoted post features a roast beef dinner slathered in gravy, reading "GRAVY is thought to derive from and Old French word, 'grané', that likely meant 'seasoned' or "well flavoured'. The N in 'grané' was likely misread for a U or a V in the Middle English period, and the mistake has remained in place ever since."
[middle english period group chat]
feudalismluvr: havin roast beef w/gravé tonite
groats4days: lol gravé
saxon_69: gravé
domesday_bloke: gravé
yas_faerie_kween: gravé
[le_borte_d'arthur has changed the group name to "gravé"]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lpwvqpb4lkdhlakufeeewrir/bafkreif3x22ryt6zgtity3lcbql5jwsgx2p37teh5xlv4czp6nsr3h5hvm@jpeg)
November 19, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I am posting this purely so I can find it the next time I have a meal with excessive gravy/gravé/grané and don't have to clumsily fail to explain the joke.
It's incredibly damning of the investor class that they think this guy is worthy of their money
November 19, 2025 at 12:50 PM
It's incredibly damning of the investor class that they think this guy is worthy of their money
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Because the law is an expensive tool to use; because this means it is mostly rich people who get to use it; because rich people are usually men; the law has become a tool of the patriarchy, one which men use to impose their will on women.
In situations where the law tries to decide this for you, I hope there are people like @goodlawproject.bsky.social willing to stand up for your rights to not be property.
November 19, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Because the law is an expensive tool to use; because this means it is mostly rich people who get to use it; because rich people are usually men; the law has become a tool of the patriarchy, one which men use to impose their will on women.
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I think the word you’re looking for is “kept”
Elon Musk’s foundation gave away a record $474 million in 2024, with the vast majority again going to entities he controls
Elon Musk Gave Away $474 Million in 2024, Mostly to Entities He Controls
Elon Musk’s foundation gave away a record $474 million in 2024, with the vast majority again going to entities he controls.
bloom.bg
November 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I think the word you’re looking for is “kept”
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A High Court judge has forced a six-year-old girl to keep the surname of the man who raped her mother. We think this is an outrage and are putting together a legal team so D's mother can take her case to the European Court of Human Rights.
But we need your help. goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
But we need your help. goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
The law has failed a woman and her child – fight back
No survivor should face harm from the very system that is meant to protect them. No child should have to carry an abuser’s name. It’s time to change the system.
goodlawproject.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
A High Court judge has forced a six-year-old girl to keep the surname of the man who raped her mother. We think this is an outrage and are putting together a legal team so D's mother can take her case to the European Court of Human Rights.
But we need your help. goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
But we need your help. goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
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Fuck Around (making a rocket ship at home in Lancashire with help from your dog) & Find Out (that the moon really is made of cheese)
November 19, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Fuck Around (making a rocket ship at home in Lancashire with help from your dog) & Find Out (that the moon really is made of cheese)
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Well this is fabulous surprise! My first ever Candacia armata copepod and he’s a BEAST! Utterly gorgeous!
#marineplankton 🦑
#marineplankton 🦑
November 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Well this is fabulous surprise! My first ever Candacia armata copepod and he’s a BEAST! Utterly gorgeous!
#marineplankton 🦑
#marineplankton 🦑
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Look what they did to Scotland
November 19, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Look what they did to Scotland
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Humans are not the only animal to kiss.
When did kissing evolve and did humans and Neanderthals get off with each other? New research
Humans are not the only animal to kiss.
tcnv.link
November 19, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Humans are not the only animal to kiss.