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Never have we been more right. New video from Troye Sivan youtu.be/Yvl4QSAyWR4

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I missed @al-jazeera-english.bsky.social’s study initially, but this is telling breakdown of the origin of many objects in the British Museum: “Outside of the UK, the museum database returned 164,140 results from Iraq, followed by Italy (147,697), Egypt (119,854)…” www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/...

This is already happening on a certain level with "zero click search," but one thing I wonder about during to next few years is if we'll get people tapping out of social media, and possibly the traditional Internet in general, to just talk to AI. Stackoverflow is 99.5% down from peak traffic.

“Would you hold my beer for a minute,” asked Ursula K. Le Guin.

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anyone in Oxford want two IKEA vallentuna storage sofa units? Seats, backs, cushions, dark grey, completely free and i'll even deliver them to you if needed

God is good 🤲🏿

UPDATE! I'm training for London Royal Parks Half Marathon for @sheltercharity.bsky.social to help the homeless & precariously housed. With 3 weeks to go I just ran my 10 mile race prep with negative splits! And thank you all — I've reached my fundraising goal 💪🥰 www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...

Delighted to say, our film *Becoming Benjamin Lay* has won the 2026 “Audience Award,” Best Feature-Length Film in the ReelAbilities Film Festival Pittsburgh. www.instagram.com/p/DdebWiuDMKm/

**** Massive data centre attracts millions of visitors *** #Birmingham

Church Ladies Have Secrets, Too. She’s Here to Share a Few. In short stories and her racy new novel, Deesha Philyaw takes on women, piety and the clergymen who make, and break, the rules. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/b...

Well this seems absolutely amazing from @sarannmcd.bsky.social. Just listened to the NBN interview and am eager to read the book. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Msssive data centre attracts millions of visitors. #Birmingham

🙋🏿‍♂️Ooh! I've seen this episode! He'll be fine! Tom Womsgan and Greg the Egg are ready to take the fall for him!

I've seen people get into big fights here about the proper rate of time discounting in ethics given the metaphysics of time, and whether or not functionalist philosophies of mind or accounts of particular cognitive capacity require or even relate to conscious phenomenal experience.

Raising ‘em right 🎩 Just prepping her for the coming influx of Austen adaptations like a responsible mother

This is who Ed Sheeran listened to theintercept.com/2026/09/18/r...

It’s “catastrophic and unjustifiable” but if you want the people suffering a genocide to be free you’re controversial

Chiltern Railways enters public ownership in Labour nationalisation push Operator that runs services between London Marylebone and Birmingham is sixth to be nationalised since 2025 www.theguardian.com/business/202...

What I hate about conspiracy theories and “scoops” and whistleblowing? Is that it primes people to not believe or respond to the things that are said and done blatantly

What I hate about conspiracy theories and “scoops” and whistleblowing? Is that it primes people to not believe or respond to the things that are said and done blatantly

And now: extreme exhaustion. Anyone else have that with shingles?

🏆🎉🥂🎁Congratulations @garruhth.bsky.social ! 🎁🥂🎉🏆 You are our Museum Bums Book 3rd Birthday Giveaway Competition Winner! Please send us your address in a DM and we'll send you a signed copy of brand new Hotties in Art, and a signed copy of Museum Bums 🥳

I wrote about society’s disproportionate obsession with women who kill. I have A LOT more to say about the new Lizzie Borden drama (very little of it good). www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Insomnia warriors ROLL CALL !!!

Ed Sheeran is in fact the real victim here... 🤦🏼‍♂️

I Still Believe Humanity Is Headed For A Mass Awakening The human potential for spiritual enlightenment has long been an unaddressed elephant in the room in our estimations of what we can achieve as a species. www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/i-still-be...

Heads up that the 40% discount INCLUDES their 6 and 12 book subscription packages, which makes them into genuine bargains. Treat yourself, call it an xmas present.

Hey, so as it's the 21st tomorrow I'm doing my quarterly book report and happy to log that I am currently at 39 (leisure) books in 12 weeks so it IS possible to be Terminally Online AND read. Live the dream!

Yep. But let’s be clear for this show the reason was openly stated that.. it did GREAT .. they just weren’t the right demographic

What are we doing wasting our time on this site?

In the surest sign of success in life I have made my LOCAL PAPER 😂https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/people/peterborough-author-shortlisted-for-top-award-with-ps50000-top-prize-9090929

Could it be that woke is back????

You probably all know this, but I have just learned that the 2nd Amendment of the US constitution was introduced mainly for slave holders, who feared that without “a well regulated Militia” bearing arms they’d be unable to suppress slave uprisings.

appropriate amount of bookshelves www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/9...

I swear they breed these guys to all look the same

Well-meaning people in the West continue to tell me that if "we" made things better for "them" in "their countries" they would not migrate here. But a big cause of refugees seeking asylum is our previous attempts to "help" (Afghanistan, Iraq) and it isn't the poorest who migrate for economic reasons

When was the last time you met a little kid with a New York accent?

Well I appear to have set the noisy badger alarm to 5.30am and cannot work out how to turn it off.

Our extra-judicial murders haven't stopped. apnews.com/article/trum...

TV tip: the spouse and I are watching Cracker at the moment on ITVx, and it’s really good. For the Mancunians on here: great opportunity to do some location spotting and remind yourself what the place looked like in the 90s. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracker...

This is what passes for a "thinker" on the British right

Why is this even a fucking thing!?!? Nobody wants this...

Im this fucking close to abandoning my lifetike plex pass for headache ass Jellyfin.

Every year I am jealous of people with Advent calendars but I have internalized that they are actually frivolous cause that's what my parents told me So I want to get one this year because December this year will be horrid Any suggestions? @mollyquell.bsky.social Advent calender queen?

Shawlands v. Govanill ? "In the past, Govanhill has largely been known for being ‘Shawlands’ rougher little sibling’." www.timeout.com/uk/news/glas... #Glasgow #Scotland

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Saying the murders of Palestinian civilians are a "disproportionate" response to OCT 7 implies ANY civilian murders are justified.

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Ed Sheeran speaks of "both sides", how "complex" genocide is and how the feelings of genocide supporters must be protected.

“President Donald Trump is moving to put political appointees in charge of billions of dollars in federal health research grants in another attempt to cut Harvard’s funding.”