Colin Fry
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AI, you flatter me 😀 “The blend of serious critiques and light-hearted banter creates a unique voice that invites followers to engage with both the weighty and whimsical aspects of modern society. Expect to see a mix of insightful commentary and playful musings, often infused with sarcasm and wit.”
over 1 year ago
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The Public Domain Review
5 days ago
The first person to discover a link between increased levels of CO2 and
#globalwarming
was a New Yorker named Eunice Newton Foote. Read her 1856 paper, and how she went unacknowledged for more than a century, here:
publicdomainreview.org/collection/f...
#earthday
#climatechange
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NW London Time Machine
13 days ago
Another fascinating history article from Dick Weindling and Marianne Collums.
kilburnwesthampstead.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-...
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The Willesden Trunk Murders
Amazingly, there were two murders where the bodies were hidden in trunks in Willesden. In March 1904 George Crossman left a body in a tin ...
https://kilburnwesthampstead.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-willesden-trunk-murders.html?m=1
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David Hopps
13 days ago
I'm sure carbon dating is very good, but forgive me if I think it's more likely to be 1910.
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Craig Deeley
13 days ago
“Haha, yeah I get that a lot. It’s Donald, actually. Dr Donald”
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Bye Mel 😢
#mafsau
14 days ago
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Luke Steuber
17 days ago
While making a colorblindness tool recently, I discovered how BS most online colorblindness tests are, so I put in some time. Here’s a real test. Citations are linked. Max your monitor brightness, and make sure any blue filters are off (no “night mode”) 👀
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Color Vision Deficiency Test
A real one, not marketing. With sources.
https://whatcoloristhat.one/beta/
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More derisible than dirigible which ain’t desirable. Fixed it 😂
26 days ago
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Sure,
#PTV
. Let me just limber up a bit. I don’t usually try to walk at 312km/h.
30 days ago
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(Lights dim. Don LaFontaine speaks) In a world where everything is becoming CGI, if not AI, one production team chooses authenticity, even when most moviegoers wouldn’t have spotted a fake. The astrophotography in Project Hail Mary is real, even when (as it eventuated) it’s only in the end credits
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Rod Prazeres Astrophotography in Project Hail Mary End Credits | || Rod Prazeres || Astrophotography
Rod Prazeres shares how his astrophotography was licensed for Project Hail Mary’s end credits.
https://rpastro.square.site/s/stories/phm
about 1 month ago
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Check Tan
about 1 month ago
After a couple of years starting as a novice cyclists, I have now found that Shimano makes really useful spare parts
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Juha Saarinen
about 1 month ago
This is really bad. PT was never meant to be used like this.
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If people are sick of the Status Quo, why did the Liberal vote go Down Down?
#savotes
about 1 month ago
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Juha Saarinen
about 1 month ago
"SMITH created hundreds of thousands of songs with artificial intelligence and used automated programs called “bots” to fraudulently stream his AI-generated songs billions of times, in an effort to mimic the genuine streaming activity of real consumers."
www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr...
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https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/north-carolina-man-pleads-guilty-music-streaming-fraud-aided-artificial-intelligence-0
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Old UK Print Ads
about 1 month ago
Mar 1960: Magazine ad from Honey (+Cliff Richard “Date Book”) «Hold everything !»
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PastRewind
about 1 month ago
This is a fascinating relic
youtu.be/x-dNDPq-SaM?...
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TELEVISION COMES TO LONDON, 1936. Building the Alexandra Palace studios and transmitter. RESTORED 2K
YouTube video by Matt's Shack
https://youtu.be/x-dNDPq-SaM?si=E_tRkK2m0AZVo0Nu
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Nothing whatsoever to do with Uber drivers and most security guards being forced to be contractors, I’m sure. 🙄
#RichFuckersReadStats
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about 1 month ago
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Juha Saarinen
about 1 month ago
EV sales seem to be healthy at the moment.
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Juha Saarinen
about 2 months ago
www.404media.co/ai-is-africa...
Very important story about AI, and the humans in Africa who actually power it. It's Mechanical Turk exploitation at a huge scale.
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'AI Is African Intelligence': The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting Back
Kenyan workers are still the underpaid labor behind AI training, moderation, and sex chatbots. The Data Labelers Association is fighting back.
https://www.404media.co/ai-is-african-intelligence-the-workers-who-train-ai-are-fighting-back/
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Juha Saarinen
about 2 months ago
Telco service abuse dominates federal crime in Victoria
www.itnews.com.au/news/telco-s...
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Telco service abuse dominates federal crime in Victoria
Fines the most common consequence.
https://www.itnews.com.au/news/telco-service-abuse-dominates-federal-crime-in-victoria-624191?utm_source=desktop&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=share
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The enshitification of TVs shows no signs of slowing.
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Hisense VIDAA TVs reportedly add unskippable startup ads before live TV
Hisense Smart TV owners are reporting a new ad placement that goes beyond the usual home-screen tiles and sponsored recommendations: a mandatory advertisement shown immediately after powering on the T...
https://www.guru3d.com/story/hisense-vidaa-tvs-reportedly-add-unskippable-startup-ads-before-live-tv/
about 2 months ago
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Jonathan Calder
about 2 months ago
How can the US host the World Cup with this regime in power?
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Mount Pleasant v LA Galaxy: Ten players from Jamaican side refused entry to US for Concacaf Champions Cup tie
Jamaican side Mount Pleasant will be without 10 first-team players for their Champions Cup tie against LA Galaxy after they were denied visas to enter the United States.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cddnlp5g8rro
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Des
about 2 months ago
Three of the actresses in the Hammer horror film “The Vampire Lovers" Madeline Smith, Janet Key and Pippa Steel, Elstree Studios. 12th March 1970.
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Conjugation lesson: Brown people radicalise online. White people explore extremist ideology. “Bowles had an interest in history, particularly Nazi Germany (as Nazis do), but Dr Hall did not believe extremist ideology was a driving force behind the murder-suicide” despite wearing a Nazi armband. 🤔
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Man who fatally shot workmate was exploring extremist ideology, inquest hears
A man who fatally shot his colleague at a Wheatbelt grain silo before turning the weapon on himself had undiagnosed mental health issues and was exploring extremist ideology, an inquest hears.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-10/kellerberrin-shooter-lachlan-bowles-explored-extremist-ideology/106437102
about 2 months ago
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Retreat? That’s a change from attack. This will be lovely 😜
#MAFSAU
about 2 months ago
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International Women’s Day is over, so time to lower your expectations again, “girls” 😠
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about 2 months ago
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Joel: I’ve got your back. Juliette: I’ve stabbed your back.
#MAFSAU
about 2 months ago
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Andy Dehnart
about 2 months ago
Jonathan and Ana from The Amazing Race 37 want $8 million, and Emile from Below Deck season 3 wants $850 million, all for the way they were portrayed on TV.
#AmazingRace
#BelowDeck
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Amazing Race, Below Deck sued for $858 million by reality stars who don’t have lawyers
Jonathan and Ana from The Amazing Race 37 want $8 million, and Emile from Below Deck season 3 wants $850 million, all for the way they were portrayed on TV.
https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2026/03/amazing-race-below-deck-cast-pro-se-lawsuits/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky
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This is how stupid superstitions start 🤣
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about 2 months ago
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From the sea to the river, Palestine’s not a sliver 🖕
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Queensland government makes 11th-hour changes to hate speech laws after criticism
The Crisafulli government has introduced last-minute changes to its hate speech laws after widespread criticism.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-03/hate-speech-queensland-changes-proposed-law/106408468
about 2 months ago
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🌈 TOKIMEKI Bluesky
about 2 months ago
TOKIMEKI
celebrates its third anniversary today! 🎉🎉🎉 Three years ago, Bluesky was still in its infancy and only had an iOS app. As an Android user, I could only post properly by creating a web client.
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Prof. Ian Walker
about 2 months ago
As I was made to wait 2.5 minutes to cross a road this morning, let's again do the maths
simple.ghost.io/lets-do-the-...
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The Fake History Hunter
about 2 months ago
I bet it was nice to live in one of those years or even decades that future history books barely even bother writing about.
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Brett Holman
about 2 months ago
The invention of queuing, 1917. (Jerry White, Zeppelin Nights: London in the First World War)
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It’s going to be a long March. 😞
about 2 months ago
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So, it’s ‘Weapons of Mass Distraction’ all over again… “Based on everything we have seen — and I’ve seen it all — our bombing campaign obliterated Iran’s ability to create nuclear weapons.” — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth 25 June 2025
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Iran’s Nuclear Facilities Have Been Obliterated — and Suggestions Otherwise are Fake News
The world is far safer after President Donald J. Trump’s highly successful, decisive precision strikes against the Iranian regime’s key nuclear
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/06/irans-nuclear-facilities-have-been-obliterated-and-suggestions-otherwise-are-fake-news/
about 2 months ago
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Juha Saarinen
about 2 months ago
AI can unmask online users for just a few dollars each
www.itnews.com.au/news/ai-can-...
Was thinking it could be used on Glassdoor and similar forums...
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AI can unmask online users for just a few dollars each
Researchers strip away pseudonymity with large language models.
https://www.itnews.com.au/news/ai-can-unmask-online-users-for-just-a-few-dollars-each-623888?utm_source=desktop&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=share
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Old UK Print Ads
2 months ago
Feb 1961: Train Travel ad from British Railways «GO BY TRAIN»
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Are you fucking kidding me? An app alert with this ad for a business from ABC News. At 00:15 … And it’s Breaking News to nobody that homes are absurdly expensive in Australia.
2 months ago
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Oh, great! Apple introducing AU age verification for app downloads. Will have to provide ID to download 17+ apps. Think that won’t impact you? A quick check through some of my apps shows that includes: • Web browsers • Ad blockers • RSS readers • Some store loyalty apps • Some Network IP tools
2 months ago
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A cautionary tale for FB users…
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2 months ago
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Des
2 months ago
Woodblock by Saitō Kiyoshi (斎藤 清, 1907–1997) Signal (A) [シグナル (A)] Size 45.1 x 60.2 cm.
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Britain’s Old White Guys will consider passing a law to remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the line of succession as they slowly realise the public think there’s something more offensive than the prospect of Queen Meghan.
2 months ago
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Captain Howdy
2 months ago
"Why did you do this to me? For what reason? What is the charge? Trading secrets? Trading succulent state secrets?"
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‘R. v Mountbatten-Windsor’ takes brotherly biffo to the big stage.
2 months ago
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Old UK Print Ads
2 months ago
From Australia, Feb 1942: Warplanes ad from Various (Japanese Military) (more at
@OldInPrintAds.bsky.social
) (+91/1 HIRO Reconnaissance; Type 97 Twin-Engined Flying Boat; Kawanisi 4 Engined Flying Boat; Aichi A-1 104 Floatplane-Bomber; Mitsubishi Dive-Bomber, and more)
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Tony Abbott devastated to hear the AO Andrew got was an Arresting Officer.
#auspol
2 months ago
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Sigh! Season high ratings (2.01M) for
#MAFSAU
dinner party with hideous bullying and abuse. Bet Ch9 execs are patting themselves on the back.
2 months ago
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Brendel
2 months ago
I live a trad life, living off the land simply, because living natural is the best way. If you want to know how to live off the land simply and without technology, please watch my TikTok videos and join the discord, I also stream on Twitch every Thursday where I scream at women who wear pants
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