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Cynethryth @cynethryth.com · Apr 13

Just updated my handle to the .com I've been sitting on for a few months! :)

I honestly can't believe I got this domain! Cynethryth was the consort of Offa of Mercia and even got her face put on a coin, pretty unheard of at the time!

I still use queencynethryth in a few other places! 👑💚

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Cynethryth @cynethryth.com · 37m

I already talk to humans on my computer all day long at work. On days when I'm in the office, it's such a huge bitch to deal with.

My husband and I share a computer room where we sit quietly in each other's company. No way we are going to gab at our computers all night.

Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 5h

This is the future of Windows. Microsoft wants to rewrite Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. It's now bringing AI features to all Windows 11 PCs today, in a bid to convince you to talk to your PC and let AI control it. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/799768/...

Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it

Copilot Voice and Vision are now rolling out.

www.theverge.com

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🍁 Levi Kornelsen @levikornelsen.bsky.social · 1h

Personally, I recommend Linux Mint as the easiest thing to switch to from Windows, a process which includes "Make a bootable USB and take it for a test drive".

It's not feasible for everyone, but for those who can move: The house is on fire; get out.

www.linuxmint.com

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brendon bigley @bb.wavelengths.online · 3h

good blog

But, like so many things in our lives these days, realizing it’s all bullshit doesn’t get you out of the bullshit, as our billionaires and tech overlords go full masks off about how much they just don’t care about the average person and their needs.

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Cynethryth @cynethryth.com · 9h

We have 2 scheduled power outages within 3 days of each other. 🫠 Why not do them both on the same day? Where am I supposed to put my food? One day is workable. 2 days? We're really going to need to lean on some friends or something.

Cynethryth @cynethryth.com · 9h

Only time I got a good bra fit was going to a bra shop and getting help from the staff. 😅 They just, like, know

I used to run around with very ill supported bazongas and they hurt and I did't even realize it 😭

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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 10h

i'd be a bit annoyed if I heard that there was a Hamas SuperLair under a hospital which required bombing the hospital and then later I found out there was no SuperLair at all. Has one prominent person written a "shit, that wasn't nice, lying about the hospital SuperLair" piece?

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Cynethryth @cynethryth.com · 15h

"Biopic" is "biographical picture" compounded.

OED says it's "bio" + "pic" (bigh-oh-pic) and not "bi" + "op" + "ic"

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Cynethryth @cynethryth.com · 16h

I can't view the video for some reason, but I do think the stove's panel looks odd? It looks like a touch screen with 25+ options not lined up properly? It might be real, but I have questions...

(Why would you leave a pot uncovered and with a cat around? She wasn't monitoring the feed while out?)

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Cynethryth @cynethryth.com · 16h

The post says she went out to feed the dogs, but she wasn't monitoring the camera while she was out.

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Charlie @ichaber.bsky.social · 20h

It’s amazing to me that the Covid period was less damaging to jobs than the current economic policies.
#nzpol

Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 1d

Here's the job ads online index - adjusted for working-age population. Good news is that we've stopped falling. Bad news: we're back to 2012 - a low point in the economic cycle. We are facing years of stagnation / slow recovery without some kind of large, strategic intervention. [2/3]

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kiwisockpuppet.bsky.social @kiwisockpuppet.bsky.social · 19h

“The room erupted in laughter when he said he had been advised by Health NZ that the average salary for a senior doctor was $325,000”

Is it even possible for them to make the country hate their guts more #nzpol

1News NZ (Unofficial) @1newsnz.nzcow.com · 19h

📢 There were audible cries of disbelief when he said the action — while their legal right — had "crossed an ethical line".

Simeon Brown accuses doctors of crossing 'ethical line' amid strike action

www.1news.co.nz

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Cynethryth @cynethryth.com · 18h

Vegan mince was becoming hard to find (we just preferred not cooking meat). Beef mince was too pricey. So now we've swapped to pork mince because it's cheaper.

I feel awful about all of this and it really wasn't my choice. Must be maddening for actual vegans

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Green Hombre @greenhombre.bsky.social · 23h

"Virginia Giuffre died by suicide on 25 April 2025."

"I’d show up, perform whatever sex acts Epstein wanted, then hang out beside his vast swimming pool while he got some work done. If Maxwell was there, I was often told to attend to her sexually as well."

- She was 16

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the King’s brother

In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

www.theguardian.com

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 19h

These. Were. Men. In. Their. 30s.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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Cynethryth @cynethryth.com · 21h

I would love to see a video of these medical specialists audibly laughing at this man.

Matt | Toitū Te Tiriti | Tax Work Less Tax Wealth More @matt-rogersnz.bsky.social · 21h

What I would say to you, Simeon, is that the health system should NEVER be underfunded or under resourced in the first place, that is all on YOU.

The only people to cross an ethical threshold are you and your colleagues.

#nzpol #bhn #nznurses #strike

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Simeon Brown accuses doctors of crossing 'ethical line' with mega strike

There were audible cries of disbelief during Simeon Brown's speech to senior doctors.

www.rnz.co.nz

Cynethryth @cynethryth.com · 22h

Public Service Announcement: using or tagging with "NSWFsky" isn't sufficient for the systems to recognise a post is NSFW. You still need to adequately tag the post as being NSFW.

Signed,
Someone at work

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 1d

ICE arrested comedian Robby Roadsteamer for singing a parody of Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” in a Jeffrey Epstein the Giraffe costume outside their facility.

He sings “If you hate brown people / and you are a Nazi” and ICE thugs grab him and drag him into detention. No violence—just speech.

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Aura @aurahack.ca · 1d

whole thing is a really good read; i screamed out loud when i read this part

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

I have identified a fatal data flaw in the survey analysis. Takedown will be incoming but suffice to say, nobody should use Kaufmann’s data for any purpose. It has a critical methodological flaw that is quite embarrassing for him.

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Christine Binzel @christinebinzel.bsky.social · 1d

Horrific testimony by Greta Thunberg

www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

www.aftonbladet.se

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 1d

Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 2d

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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Cynethryth @cynethryth.com · 1d

The only things that were great about missing my train were Crash Bandihoot playing outside and the kind person who heard me go oh noo aggh and just said, "oh well, sometimes we miss them eh?" Really nice person with a nice smile. Calmed me down 😌

Cynethryth @cynethryth.com · 1d

I am really cross about missing my train because a series of things caused me to miss my train by literally 2 seconds.

I even made it in the train, ran out because I forgot to tag on, and am now penalised for it by having to wait 20 minutes.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Cynethryth @cynethryth.com · 1d

20 minute intervals during rush hour is not rapid transit.

GIVE ME RAPID TRANSIT. ARRGHH

Cynethryth @cynethryth.com · 1d

It would have also been great if the train sign didn't say the train was the 5:43 when it was actually the delayed 5:22.

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