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This is it. That was it.
We're all fucked.
The consequences of that little spat will dictate our lives in myriad ways for decades
We're all fucked.
The consequences of that little spat will dictate our lives in myriad ways for decades
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I wonder how much Ofcom’s failure to use even the limited powers it has against Twitter is based on concern that it would be quite revealing when Musk just ignores any ruling.
December 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I wonder how much Ofcom’s failure to use even the limited powers it has against Twitter is based on concern that it would be quite revealing when Musk just ignores any ruling.
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I've fallen a bit behind posting about articles I've written. This was a cool one published yesterday for @newscientist.com:
We knew asteroid Bennu carried all but one of the molecules needed to kick-start life. Now we've found the missing ingredient. #space 🧪
www.newscientist.com/article/2506...
We knew asteroid Bennu carried all but one of the molecules needed to kick-start life. Now we've found the missing ingredient. #space 🧪
www.newscientist.com/article/2506...
Asteroid Bennu carries all the ingredients for life as we know it
We knew from prior analyses that a distant asteroid sampled in 2020 carried all but one of the molecules needed to kick-start life, and researchers have just found the missing ingredient: sugar
www.newscientist.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:45 AM
I've fallen a bit behind posting about articles I've written. This was a cool one published yesterday for @newscientist.com:
We knew asteroid Bennu carried all but one of the molecules needed to kick-start life. Now we've found the missing ingredient. #space 🧪
www.newscientist.com/article/2506...
We knew asteroid Bennu carried all but one of the molecules needed to kick-start life. Now we've found the missing ingredient. #space 🧪
www.newscientist.com/article/2506...
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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Desperately sad news. RIP Judge.
Former England batter Robin Smith dies aged 62 - www.bbc.com/sport/cricke...
Former England batter Robin Smith dies aged 62 - www.bbc.com/sport/cricke...
Robin Smith: Former England batter dies aged 62
Robin Smith was a key figure in the England side in the late 1980s and 1990s.
www.bbc.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Desperately sad news. RIP Judge.
Former England batter Robin Smith dies aged 62 - www.bbc.com/sport/cricke...
Former England batter Robin Smith dies aged 62 - www.bbc.com/sport/cricke...
Why are....
All political speeches, regardless of website....
Now presented in this ridiculous format?.....
Every....
Single....
One....
The time has come to make speeches readable again....
All political speeches, regardless of website....
Now presented in this ridiculous format?.....
Every....
Single....
One....
The time has come to make speeches readable again....
December 2, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Why are....
All political speeches, regardless of website....
Now presented in this ridiculous format?.....
Every....
Single....
One....
The time has come to make speeches readable again....
All political speeches, regardless of website....
Now presented in this ridiculous format?.....
Every....
Single....
One....
The time has come to make speeches readable again....
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse
December 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse
Vecna is basically Eddie from Iron Maiden now isnt he?
December 1, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Vecna is basically Eddie from Iron Maiden now isnt he?
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This would be a wonderful positive AI use-case. Although a strange, difficult reality for a lot of people in 2025.
Mind-blowingly cool use of AI
“Altogether, these findings are leading us to an extraordinary conclusion: Whales may possess a communication system more intricate than our own, one that possibly predates human language by tens of millions of years.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
“Altogether, these findings are leading us to an extraordinary conclusion: Whales may possess a communication system more intricate than our own, one that possibly predates human language by tens of millions of years.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Opinion | I’m a Marine Biologist. This Is How I Talk to Whales.
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:07 AM
This would be a wonderful positive AI use-case. Although a strange, difficult reality for a lot of people in 2025.
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i hope this email finds you well
November 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
i hope this email finds you well
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beat rachel reeves - devalue your 2 million pound house by spraying PAEDO LIVES HERE on the front of it
November 27, 2025 at 11:45 AM
beat rachel reeves - devalue your 2 million pound house by spraying PAEDO LIVES HERE on the front of it
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The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
Neuer looks like an extra from the Jeeves and Wooster TV series
November 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Neuer looks like an extra from the Jeeves and Wooster TV series
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There should be book clubs for babies. "I enjoyed the crinkliness of this one but I have to say the little mirror at the end was a bit predictable."
November 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
There should be book clubs for babies. "I enjoyed the crinkliness of this one but I have to say the little mirror at the end was a bit predictable."
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The Twitter/X account geolocation feature should be treated with scepticism (FREE TO READ!)
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/the-twitte...
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/the-twitte...
The Twitter/X account geolocation feature should be treated with scepticism
And surely BBC Verify should actually... verify... things?
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The Twitter/X account geolocation feature should be treated with scepticism (FREE TO READ!)
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/the-twitte...
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/the-twitte...
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Having been mistakenly included on an electoral roll, Manchester shopkeeper Lily Maxwell voted in a by-election on this day 1867, more than 50 years before (some) women were enfranchised by the Representation of the People Act. Suffragists seized on it as a test case.
November 26, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Having been mistakenly included on an electoral roll, Manchester shopkeeper Lily Maxwell voted in a by-election on this day 1867, more than 50 years before (some) women were enfranchised by the Representation of the People Act. Suffragists seized on it as a test case.
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Reeves says Motability scheme will no longer pay for luxury cars, and says half its vehicles should be British-built by 2035 - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
November 25, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Reeves says Motability scheme will no longer pay for luxury cars, and says half its vehicles should be British-built by 2035 - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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What led to the emergence of the first states, thousands of years ago?
People often say agriculture, but the first large-scale societies didn't appear until 4000 years after the advent of agriculture. The answer may be growing grain, specifically. 🧪 #history
www.newscientist.com/article/2505...
People often say agriculture, but the first large-scale societies didn't appear until 4000 years after the advent of agriculture. The answer may be growing grain, specifically. 🧪 #history
www.newscientist.com/article/2505...
Easily taxed grains were crucial to the birth of the first states
The cultivation of wheat, barley and maize, which are easily stored and taxed, seems to have led to the emergence of large societies, rather than agriculture generally
www.newscientist.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:46 AM
What led to the emergence of the first states, thousands of years ago?
People often say agriculture, but the first large-scale societies didn't appear until 4000 years after the advent of agriculture. The answer may be growing grain, specifically. 🧪 #history
www.newscientist.com/article/2505...
People often say agriculture, but the first large-scale societies didn't appear until 4000 years after the advent of agriculture. The answer may be growing grain, specifically. 🧪 #history
www.newscientist.com/article/2505...
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The great thing about this is the fearless interviewer. Imagine if all journalists were fearless seekers of truth instead of folding in the face of Farage's prickly blustering.
“I would never ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way”
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 6:14 AM
The great thing about this is the fearless interviewer. Imagine if all journalists were fearless seekers of truth instead of folding in the face of Farage's prickly blustering.
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Poetry.
We wanted to understand how regular Americans feel about the Trump administration. So we talked to three Russia-funded content farmers at a tea house in Islamabad.
November 24, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Poetry.
Dancin' on the dance floor
Girl, it's you that I adore
Step on stage, you scream for more
Africa got rhymes galore
Snap my fingers, make you mine
If not, I'll snap a second time
After that, I guarantee
You will be standing next to me
Girl, it's you that I adore
Step on stage, you scream for more
Africa got rhymes galore
Snap my fingers, make you mine
If not, I'll snap a second time
After that, I guarantee
You will be standing next to me
November 23, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Dancin' on the dance floor
Girl, it's you that I adore
Step on stage, you scream for more
Africa got rhymes galore
Snap my fingers, make you mine
If not, I'll snap a second time
After that, I guarantee
You will be standing next to me
Girl, it's you that I adore
Step on stage, you scream for more
Africa got rhymes galore
Snap my fingers, make you mine
If not, I'll snap a second time
After that, I guarantee
You will be standing next to me
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Quite the correction by the Telegraph. The publication in question is @freemovement.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Quite the correction by the Telegraph. The publication in question is @freemovement.bsky.social
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Let's see if the internet (and Bluesky in particular) can help solve this mystery.
Who can help Ben find "Linda" who appears to be from the UK but traveled to Moscow in 1984 and wrote (but did not send?) this postcard?
Who can help Ben find "Linda" who appears to be from the UK but traveled to Moscow in 1984 and wrote (but did not send?) this postcard?
Ok Bluesky, let’s give this a go: I found this postcard in the back of a photo frame I bought at a London thrift shop.
It’s an unsent postcard from a woman called Linda to her parents. The front shows the Kremlin in Moscow and the stamp says 1984 (!).
I’d love to return it to Linda - can you help?
It’s an unsent postcard from a woman called Linda to her parents. The front shows the Kremlin in Moscow and the stamp says 1984 (!).
I’d love to return it to Linda - can you help?
November 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Let's see if the internet (and Bluesky in particular) can help solve this mystery.
Who can help Ben find "Linda" who appears to be from the UK but traveled to Moscow in 1984 and wrote (but did not send?) this postcard?
Who can help Ben find "Linda" who appears to be from the UK but traveled to Moscow in 1984 and wrote (but did not send?) this postcard?
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trump is, first and foremost, a starfucker
November 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
trump is, first and foremost, a starfucker
Thoughts and prayers for @radiofreetom.bsky.social mentions
Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
November 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Thoughts and prayers for @radiofreetom.bsky.social mentions