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Ali-John Mirsepassi @ajmirsepassi.bsky.social · 3m

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Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 19m

Spooks on the BBC: “We have to climb onto the roof, through a skylight and plug this thumb drive into the Chinese server.”

Spooks on Chinese TV: “We’ve just bought the British data centre. Job done.”

Ali-John Mirsepassi @ajmirsepassi.bsky.social · 16m

Why are Afghanistan and Pakistan fighting?

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dan @danabra.mov · 2h

it's a good format sir

Stein Makes Games ➡️ #GodotFest @steinmakesgames.bsky.social · 6h

There's really only two file formats

Calvin and Hobbes comic. Dad explains there's only two types of file formats: .txt and .zip

#programming #software #softwareengineering

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Eric Vespe @ericvespe.bsky.social · 22h

Rest in Peace to the great Drew Struzan, a man whose work sparked the imaginations of a whole generation of movie nerds. The master is gone.

I had the privilege of visiting him in his studio once and getting to talk shop. Here’s his words on one of his masterpieces:

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Ali-John Mirsepassi @ajmirsepassi.bsky.social · 2h

Good explainer on what the required level *actually* is. Or to put it into Weeb, it's the equivalent of a high N2 Pass or a low N1 pass.

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 5h

B2 or not B2? Some thoughts on the government’s latest announcement on immigration (and why the most striking bit isn’t the posturing about English):

Labour’s big blind spot in UK immigration policy

To make it seem tough on legal routes, the government introduces radical measures with uncertain effects

www.ft.com

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Ali-John Mirsepassi @ajmirsepassi.bsky.social · 2h

Now in all fairness to The Donald, I don't think he'd be missing much.

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az @azery.bsky.social · 2h

I think he’s just telling people what they want to hear more than anything, and for better or worse, that is significantly better than the depressing shite being thrown out everywhere else.

David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social · 3h

Something I find striking about Zach Polanski is how - unlike the vast majority of those who played a key role in Corbynism - his politics are so clearly not rooted in any kind of deeper analysis or intellectual tradition. It's all just a surface-level synthesis of 2010s left-wing slogans and memes.

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Ali-John Mirsepassi @ajmirsepassi.bsky.social · 2h

Wait? Has Trump lost Pahlavist instragram?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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Ali-John Mirsepassi @ajmirsepassi.bsky.social · 4h

HE'S IN MOSCOW RIGHT NOW?

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Ali-John Mirsepassi @ajmirsepassi.bsky.social · 4h

Wait he's going to Moscow?

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Ali-John Mirsepassi @ajmirsepassi.bsky.social · 6h

Honestly they should go ahead with it and brand themselves "West Mercia"

Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 6h

Warwickshire wants to join West Midlands. But does Birmingham want them? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Devolution debate sees Warwickshire 'super council' plan agreed - BBC News

The debate has county councillors also agree to join the West Midlands Combined Authority.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Woodo @woodo.bsky.social · 7h

Who could have predicted that the company run by a weird auton, who released a child grooming AI, would also release the up-skirting-creeper spy glasses?

Why are we not casting all these debased billionaire weirdos in to a volcano instead of worshipping them as tech wunderkinds?

Brianna Chesser @chessercat.bsky.social · 21h

Actual safety notice from my alma mater:

Ray-Ban Meta sunglasses being used exactly as everyone expected

The techbros are not okay (it’s a completely open campus…not all the buildings, obviously)

UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
Office of Public Safety

Crime Safety Advisory:
Suspicious Occurrence Reported

Dear USF Community,

We want to make you aware of recent reports of a suspicious occurrence on and around campus. Multiple community members have reported contact from an individual, described as male and wearing Ray-Ban Meta sunglasses, who has approached women with unwanted comments and inappropriate dating questions. Reports indicate that this individual may be attempting to post these interactions online under the account name "pickuplines.pov" on TikTok, Instagram, and possibly other social media platforms.

While no threats or acts of violence have been reported, we want our community to stay informed and take steps to support one another.
If you encounter this individual or any suspicious activity:

Take immediate action to report the incident at the time it occurs by calling Public Safety Dispatch.
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Ali-John Mirsepassi @ajmirsepassi.bsky.social · 17h

If you showed this to Anakin Skywalker he'd become Darth Vader there and then.

Nute @nutedawn.bsky.social · 17h

Obviously this is a particular left-wing species of it, but I think this is a reflection of a very real Online trend found all over the political spectrum where people don't understand some aspect of the world and so assume their ignorance must reflect a conspiracy by The Powers That Be

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Ali-John Mirsepassi @ajmirsepassi.bsky.social · 17h

Deserts are liveable which is why all the oldest and largest human habitats all revolve around WATER

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Ali-John Mirsepassi @ajmirsepassi.bsky.social · 18h

I would like to wake up and see that the country has improved for the better

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Ali-John Mirsepassi @ajmirsepassi.bsky.social · 18h

If they are staffers then surely you must have seen at least a few at the Capitol. Will you confront one directly?

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 18h

This is some vile stuff. And these aren't teenagers. Many are Republican staffers. At least one works for Trump.

"Epithets like “faggot,” “retarded” and “n--ga” appeared more than 251 times combined."

Politico @politico.com · 22h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

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Amrk @amrk.bsky.social · 19h

Really is not discussed enough how England have, for a long time now, been an absolute machine in qualifying. This is not nothing! Very big teams have scares in qualifying! Italy have missed the last two world cups! We don’t even notice qualifying is happening because England never break a sweat!

Jack Tindale @jacktindale.bsky.social · 20h

I'm a fair-weather fan of the England national side but the transformation from 2002-era "tabloid-appointed World Cup Winners who hate one another oh fuck we've gone out in the last 16" to "some nice role-models who make you feel disappointed for losing in the semis" isn't a terrible trajectory.

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Jack Tindale @jacktindale.bsky.social · 20h

I'm a fair-weather fan of the England national side but the transformation from 2002-era "tabloid-appointed World Cup Winners who hate one another oh fuck we've gone out in the last 16" to "some nice role-models who make you feel disappointed for losing in the semis" isn't a terrible trajectory.

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Kendra, regular version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 1d

You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't

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Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social · 20h

The world lost a genial man, a genius communicator and a supreme artist. I lost a friend - beloved Drew.

Andrew 🐻 @awd.bsky.social · 23h

Rest in Peace, Drew Struzan

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Hughster @hughster.bsky.social · 20h

Of course Starmer's No.10 have decided to react to the CoE warning them their transphobic policy direction violates longstanding ECtHR judgements by implicitly threatening to join the far right in wanting to leave it

Geri Scott
@Geri E_L_Scott
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This has gone down *badly* with some in govt, amid push to reform the ECHR from the inside.
Shabana Mahmood especially is said to take a "dim view" of arguments made and her allies say issue of trans rights after the Supreme Court's judgement is "beyond reproach".
Govt source says "it doesn't help sustain public confidence in the European Convention when the Council is seen to intervene in domestic politics and national security".
(f) Steven Swinford @ @Steven Swinford • 5h
Breaking:
The government's treatment of trans people in the UK could breach the European Convention on Human Rights, Europe's human rights watchdog has claimed...

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Ali-John Mirsepassi @ajmirsepassi.bsky.social · 20h

So who was going to tell me that the Peruvian President "2% Approval" Boluarte got impeached and removed.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeach...

Impeachment of Dina Boluarte - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Starfish Who Can’t Think Something Witty @irhottakes.bsky.social · 20h

Charles Xavier is a good man despite his flaws and the fact everyone else still has the free will to claim otherwise proves it.

X-Men Don't Need Britches 💙💛 @rphutch1975.bsky.social · 1d

What's an opinion about X-Men that'll get you sent to jail? Is Jean really interesting or really boring? Should Logan have stayed dead? Do you think a certain x-mens outfit is positively horrendous even though people seem to love it?

The Brood Saga is better than Dark Phoenix imo 🤷

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Ali-John Mirsepassi @ajmirsepassi.bsky.social · 20h

Jean should have either stayed dead or not died in the first place (the original idea being she gets depowered at the end of Dark Phoenix).

X-Men Don't Need Britches 💙💛 @rphutch1975.bsky.social · 1d

What's an opinion about X-Men that'll get you sent to jail? Is Jean really interesting or really boring? Should Logan have stayed dead? Do you think a certain x-mens outfit is positively horrendous even though people seem to love it?

The Brood Saga is better than Dark Phoenix imo 🤷

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Fresno Freddie's Dead @fresnofred.bsky.social · 20h

Magneto is a zionist and that's what actually makes him interesting as a villain and antihero.

X-Men Don't Need Britches 💙💛 @rphutch1975.bsky.social · 1d

What's an opinion about X-Men that'll get you sent to jail? Is Jean really interesting or really boring? Should Logan have stayed dead? Do you think a certain x-mens outfit is positively horrendous even though people seem to love it?

The Brood Saga is better than Dark Phoenix imo 🤷

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