Michael
@shevekuk.bsky.social
He/him. Gay guy from London, very ex-physicist, into all kinds of science and geeky stuff. Left wing, when's the fully automated luxury communism arriving?
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COMING SOON: AI + Guy™
December 1, 2025 at 1:11 AM
COMING SOON: AI + Guy™
Bollocks. I've got two weeks coming up with medical appointments each week with appointments on two consecutive days, because that's all that's available
I'm already deeply exhausted, and this is going to suck
AND I need at least one more appt and subsequent visit to pharmacy before Xmas
#MECFS
I'm already deeply exhausted, and this is going to suck
AND I need at least one more appt and subsequent visit to pharmacy before Xmas
#MECFS
December 1, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Bollocks. I've got two weeks coming up with medical appointments each week with appointments on two consecutive days, because that's all that's available
I'm already deeply exhausted, and this is going to suck
AND I need at least one more appt and subsequent visit to pharmacy before Xmas
#MECFS
I'm already deeply exhausted, and this is going to suck
AND I need at least one more appt and subsequent visit to pharmacy before Xmas
#MECFS
Starting watching #ForAllMankind (finally)
I caught myself holding my breath at the Apollo 11 launch
I'd forgotten how much l love space, and what it feels like to be part of something bigger than myself
(And laughing at the historical quotes put in different situations)
I caught myself holding my breath at the Apollo 11 launch
I'd forgotten how much l love space, and what it feels like to be part of something bigger than myself
(And laughing at the historical quotes put in different situations)
December 1, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Starting watching #ForAllMankind (finally)
I caught myself holding my breath at the Apollo 11 launch
I'd forgotten how much l love space, and what it feels like to be part of something bigger than myself
(And laughing at the historical quotes put in different situations)
I caught myself holding my breath at the Apollo 11 launch
I'd forgotten how much l love space, and what it feels like to be part of something bigger than myself
(And laughing at the historical quotes put in different situations)
I have an overflowing pile of laundry looking at me in a funny way right now
Abolish chronic illness, please. I need to do my dishes and laundry
November 30, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I have an overflowing pile of laundry looking at me in a funny way right now
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“It holds bountiful oil, gas, minerals & fish. And it promises to shorten global shipping routes”.
Well hallelujah, collapsing Arctic ice sheet will allow full-scale looting of one of world’s last remaining pristine landscapes.
Capitalism (and media) looks increasingly like a global death cult.
Well hallelujah, collapsing Arctic ice sheet will allow full-scale looting of one of world’s last remaining pristine landscapes.
Capitalism (and media) looks increasingly like a global death cult.
November 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
“It holds bountiful oil, gas, minerals & fish. And it promises to shorten global shipping routes”.
Well hallelujah, collapsing Arctic ice sheet will allow full-scale looting of one of world’s last remaining pristine landscapes.
Capitalism (and media) looks increasingly like a global death cult.
Well hallelujah, collapsing Arctic ice sheet will allow full-scale looting of one of world’s last remaining pristine landscapes.
Capitalism (and media) looks increasingly like a global death cult.
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A barred spiral galaxy, observed with the Apache Point 2.5m Telescope in the SDSS survey.
It is at redshift 0.039 (lookback time 549.7 million years) with coordinates (18.36340, 0.15248).
51 volunteers classified this galaxy in Galaxy Zoo 2.
It is at redshift 0.039 (lookback time 549.7 million years) with coordinates (18.36340, 0.15248).
51 volunteers classified this galaxy in Galaxy Zoo 2.
November 30, 2025 at 5:19 AM
A barred spiral galaxy, observed with the Apache Point 2.5m Telescope in the SDSS survey.
It is at redshift 0.039 (lookback time 549.7 million years) with coordinates (18.36340, 0.15248).
51 volunteers classified this galaxy in Galaxy Zoo 2.
It is at redshift 0.039 (lookback time 549.7 million years) with coordinates (18.36340, 0.15248).
51 volunteers classified this galaxy in Galaxy Zoo 2.
I feel like I would like to get very, very drunk
November 30, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I feel like I would like to get very, very drunk
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FINALLY seen Dune 2: Even Dunier™ and I'd swear the slotted-top door aperture in the baby worm handling sietch is an explicit reference to pre-Islamic Arabian architecture
November 29, 2025 at 11:32 PM
FINALLY seen Dune 2: Even Dunier™ and I'd swear the slotted-top door aperture in the baby worm handling sietch is an explicit reference to pre-Islamic Arabian architecture
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No one will stop me from defending our freedoms.
November 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM
No one will stop me from defending our freedoms.
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I keep seeing people trying to play down the payment processor situation, saying it's only the extreme NSFW accounts getting sacked.
Well. One of the cutest SFW furry artist got banned from PayPal. What more proof do y'all need that we need to keep fighting the good fight?
Also go support Nakufin.
Well. One of the cutest SFW furry artist got banned from PayPal. What more proof do y'all need that we need to keep fighting the good fight?
Also go support Nakufin.
I'm devastated, if I don't find an alternative that works with argentinians I'm contemplating the worst, I can't do regular jobs, art was my job for around 15 years
I don't do nsfw even when people insist me to
my life was already crumbling and now I don't know what to do
I don't do nsfw even when people insist me to
my life was already crumbling and now I don't know what to do
November 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I keep seeing people trying to play down the payment processor situation, saying it's only the extreme NSFW accounts getting sacked.
Well. One of the cutest SFW furry artist got banned from PayPal. What more proof do y'all need that we need to keep fighting the good fight?
Also go support Nakufin.
Well. One of the cutest SFW furry artist got banned from PayPal. What more proof do y'all need that we need to keep fighting the good fight?
Also go support Nakufin.
More Brexit dividends!
"estimates suggest that by 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%."
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
"estimates suggest that by 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%."
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 28, 2025 at 11:26 PM
More Brexit dividends!
"estimates suggest that by 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%."
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
"estimates suggest that by 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%."
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
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If you want to know why Hegseth is panicking about reminders that there is accountably for giving or carrying out illegal orders, it’s likely because he knows he has given illegal orders to murder people.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
If you want to know why Hegseth is panicking about reminders that there is accountably for giving or carrying out illegal orders, it’s likely because he knows he has given illegal orders to murder people.
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We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
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Experts say it’s highly unusual for the White House to tell agents to give up custody of potential evidence in an investigation, as it did with the Tates.
“I’ve never heard of anything like that in my 30 years working,” an ex-DHS official said.
“I’ve never heard of anything like that in my 30 years working,” an ex-DHS official said.
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 28, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Experts say it’s highly unusual for the White House to tell agents to give up custody of potential evidence in an investigation, as it did with the Tates.
“I’ve never heard of anything like that in my 30 years working,” an ex-DHS official said.
“I’ve never heard of anything like that in my 30 years working,” an ex-DHS official said.
Looks like Russia just lost human launch ability for a while
So sad. Anyway.
So sad. Anyway.
November 28, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Looks like Russia just lost human launch ability for a while
So sad. Anyway.
So sad. Anyway.
Do humans find rodents cuter than other mammals because we're relatively closely related?
November 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Do humans find rodents cuter than other mammals because we're relatively closely related?
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the bbc changed their article from saying 'trans woman' to saying 'biological male who identifies as a woman'.
even if you don't care about trans ppl it should alarm you just how captured the bbc has become.
they will no longer even say 'trans woman'. that's not normal and shows massive bias.
even if you don't care about trans ppl it should alarm you just how captured the bbc has become.
they will no longer even say 'trans woman'. that's not normal and shows massive bias.
November 26, 2025 at 9:32 AM
the bbc changed their article from saying 'trans woman' to saying 'biological male who identifies as a woman'.
even if you don't care about trans ppl it should alarm you just how captured the bbc has become.
they will no longer even say 'trans woman'. that's not normal and shows massive bias.
even if you don't care about trans ppl it should alarm you just how captured the bbc has become.
they will no longer even say 'trans woman'. that's not normal and shows massive bias.
I'm probably not doing Christmas cards this year, as it's been a bad year healthwise and I am flaming knackered.
Some of you will probably pipe up and say "surely you're simply flaming?". And I will thank you for your service to comedy.
Some of you will probably pipe up and say "surely you're simply flaming?". And I will thank you for your service to comedy.
November 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I'm probably not doing Christmas cards this year, as it's been a bad year healthwise and I am flaming knackered.
Some of you will probably pipe up and say "surely you're simply flaming?". And I will thank you for your service to comedy.
Some of you will probably pipe up and say "surely you're simply flaming?". And I will thank you for your service to comedy.
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Were they arrested for blocking the road? Or is it OK to block the road, prevent the movement of emergency vehicles and generally cause a stinking nuisance, as long as you’re in a massive gas guzzling tractor, and not Extinction Rebellion sitting peacefully in the road? We should be told
November 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Were they arrested for blocking the road? Or is it OK to block the road, prevent the movement of emergency vehicles and generally cause a stinking nuisance, as long as you’re in a massive gas guzzling tractor, and not Extinction Rebellion sitting peacefully in the road? We should be told
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the invasion of Afghanistan is among the most horrific recent chapters of the long history of elite impunity in the US. this coda is grim but fitting - the govt practically explicitly affirming that it should only be Afghans who live with the consequences amid fading public memory of the atrocity
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 AM
the invasion of Afghanistan is among the most horrific recent chapters of the long history of elite impunity in the US. this coda is grim but fitting - the govt practically explicitly affirming that it should only be Afghans who live with the consequences amid fading public memory of the atrocity