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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 18m

This is how I imagine JK Rowling when she posts.

JK Rowling says "ha ha.. h-heh. I won! I won!" She sits alone in the dark, bathed in the late of her computer screen. We pull back to see her in a large dark empty room. She continues "I won." Seeing the full scope of her cavernous workplace, she appears small and alone. She says, once again, "I won..."

GT @granitetide.bsky.social · 29m

I can't believe there was a time when folk would regularly just phone each other at work without checking if they were busy first

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GT @granitetide.bsky.social · 30m

that's the shannest rollie I've ever seen

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GT @granitetide.bsky.social · 31m

Excession (1996) by Iain M Banks

Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 4h

An acquaintance was showing me a funny video on his phone yesterday and I noticed that his WhatsApp had two interestingly-named groupchats:

The Lads
The Lads (No Declan)

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GT @granitetide.bsky.social · 1h

you love to see it

GT @granitetide.bsky.social · 1h

every time I have to wrangle with my hp inkjet printer I am reminded of this article www.theverge.com/23642073/bes...

Best printer 2023: just buy this Brother laser printer everyone has, it’s fine

Do you really want to think any more about printers than this?

www.theverge.com

GT @granitetide.bsky.social · 2h

last November US liberal TV news host/political commentator Rachel Maddow advocated for Bluesky being a great place for anti-trump liberals to find refuge, and as it's mainly boomers that watch TV news in the US suddenly millions of them registered here (the "blue wave")

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GT @granitetide.bsky.social · 2h

it's a lot better now, but for a long time this is what the playground near my parents house was like

playground with two swings, goalposts, a bench and a wee rocking bike thing

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GT @granitetide.bsky.social · 2h

what's she done

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𝔐𝔞𝔤𝔫𝔢𝔱𝔰 🧲 @magnets.bsky.social · 23h

one thing i will never forget and forever be sickened by was that the leader of the SNP's, the First Minister's, in-laws were literally being bombed in an active genocide and the press and most of the political establishment just didn't care

The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 1d

Husam Zomlot thanked the people of Scotland in a rousing speech to SNP conference

🗣️ 'The Palestinian people will never forget the support of the people of Scotland when we needed it most'

Husam Zomlot thanks people of Scotland in rousing speech to SNP conference

www.thenational.scot

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GT @granitetide.bsky.social · 3h

this one weird trick

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GT @granitetide.bsky.social · 4h

I think it's cos on fb they've been conditioned to be constantly fed algorithmically surfaced posts by brands/influencers/pages that are all 'publishing content', and they don't understand that on here the Discover Feed will give them random posts that folk only ever wrote for their followers to see

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OnlyFangs @onlycans.bsky.social · 1d

forensic strategy sir

Wikipedia article entitled Category: Roman emperors murdered by the Praetorian Guard

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autechre @autechreofficial.bsky.social · Feb 23

autechre is french for "aphex twin"

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GT @granitetide.bsky.social · 1d

don't let "not having any good ideas" get in the way of a studio making use of an IP that still has some brand recognition

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GT @granitetide.bsky.social · 1d

1 star: high quality posts, always worth a fav
2 stars: excellent posts, worthy of reposts
3 stars: exceptional posts, worthy of going out of you way to share the posts with folks offsite

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Alex Degen (Magic Serple 2025) @adactivity.bsky.social · 1d

It’s all happening on x dot com where I do my banking

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 1d

I genuinely cannot express how vital it is that you train yourself to recognize AI-generated images and videos for your own good because none of this is going away and many, many people are counting on you to fall for their shit

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Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 2d

I don’t want a surprise.

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Aria Winningson @aria.labeledrude.online · 2d

getting reticulated must feel so good if you're a spline

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GT @granitetide.bsky.social · 2d

also ban landlord special toasters that will only fit a slice of granny batch

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GT @granitetide.bsky.social · 2d

yeah Dennis is a sociopath who's created a pseudo-scientific dating system for manipulating women based around his own name

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GT @granitetide.bsky.social · 2d

the D.E.N.N.I.S. system from It's Always Sunny in Philadelhpia

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arr @arr.bsky.social · 17d

One of the smartest things Costco does is assigning every shopper a “Costco Enemy,”who stays in front of them putting carts in stupid places and blocking the aisle and going really slowly. This gives the shopper 30% more browsing time and creates a memorable, provocative experience

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GT @granitetide.bsky.social · 2d

exclusive business management seminars called like "Unlocking Your Inner X-Omega Management Style" don't give you that kind of information until you're several grand in the hole, and you're just tweeting it out

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