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John Nurick @jmnurick.bsky.social · 9h

I want to see a transcript of verified instances of ChatGPT sexting each other.

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Anne Trubek @atrubek.bsky.social · 21h

Probably best to chase it indefinitely

2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 21h

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/rare-whit...

Locals stunned by world-famous white whale sighting off NZ coast

Locals near Kaikōura captured rare footage of a white humpback whale.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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John Nurick @jmnurick.bsky.social · 11h

Second to 6th mentions here from www.sciencenews.org/article/vira...

* Rat hole
* Rodent-shaped impression
* Bizarre and beloved local landmark
* Critter Crater
* Decades-old imprint

...plus bonus rat splat, squirrel squish and Splatatouille!

@secondmentions.bsky.social

The viral Chicago ‘Rat Hole’ almost certainly wasn't made by a rat

Researchers used methods from paleontology to analyze the quirky local landmark, created when a rodent of a certain size fell into wet concrete.

www.sciencenews.org

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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 16h

So, exactly as Horne put it in 1964 then?

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John Nurick @jmnurick.bsky.social · 1d

I don't know Imagination, shall look out for it. From what I've seen, most of what's in the "megapacks" is from the US, Amazing, Astounding, etc.

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John Nurick @jmnurick.bsky.social · 1d

There are lots of very cheap ebook compilations of pulp or pulpish SF too, some devoted to particular authors. Amazing how much harder it was to conceive of liberated women than artificial intelligence or interstellar travel.

Search for megapack sf

Searching for megapack science fiction

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John Nurick @jmnurick.bsky.social · 1d

If you know, you know.

Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 1d

See if you make an announcement such as “There is fixed, structural damage in the ticket hall at Mornington Crescent” I am going to spend the next 35 minutes trying to decode it

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John Nurick @jmnurick.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for this reminder. I got another earlier when a flock of Baudin's black cockatoos flew past the house.

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 1d

#OTD in 1939 the Polish submarine Orzeł (‘Eagle’) rendezvoused with the Royal Navy and sailed into the port of Rosyth, after escaping the Baltic Sea and spending nearly a month at sea evading German forces without navigational charts 🇵🇱⚓️

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John Nurick @jmnurick.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, though I feel that that misses the bit where everyone incurs debts that their children will be liable for.

John Nurick @jmnurick.bsky.social · 1d

Is that a threat or a promise?

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Alona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · 2d

Trump is in the Knesset waiting to speak, where there has been a long line of standing ovations for Netanyahu and his wife, Ron Dermer, Pete Hegseth, Marco Rubio, Steve Witkoff, and Jared Kushner and Ivanka trump

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Louise Milligan @milliganreports.bsky.social · 3d

Watch reporter John Lyons’ story Chasing Trump’s Billions, on #4Corners ABC TV tonight 8.30 AEST & support public interest #journalism. Via YouTube for international viewers. This story famously led Donald #Trump to threaten John’s questions were “hurting Australia”.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

As Trump's wealth skyrockets, accusations of conflicts of interest mount

Donald Trump's wealth has skyrocketed since his return to the White House nine months ago, leading to accusations that he is profiting from the presidency.

www.abc.net.au

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 2d

I have been working on and writing about civilian drone regulations for a long time, and I have learned many people genuinely have *no clue* that stuff like “shining lasers at aircraft” is incredibly illegal and dangerous.

Which is why I think it’s very important to repeatedly explain this stuff.

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Nicole Jenkins @frillseeker.bsky.social · 2d

Frog Now.
All Frog on the Western Front.
Full Metal Frog.
Saving Private Frog.

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Joe Patrice @joepatrice.bsky.social · 3d

Amazing

Tweet: @vexwerewolf
Right-wingers literally straight-up admitting "it's harder to discredit the left because the left is almost always telling the truth"
Scott Jennings @Lum 21h um, yes, that's really a problem
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The problem with left-leaning media is they're intrinsically more strict with their propaganda to only using verifiable sources so it's really hard to poke holes in their ideology and arguments in comparison to a lot of low quality rightwing content.
That makes attacking their points with fact checkers not very effective unless the fact checkers use misinformation tactics as well.
In essence people on the right have to work harder and more creatively to push their agendas as statistics and studies frustratingly arent usually on our side.

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John Nurick @jmnurick.bsky.social · 3d

Grooooaaaaaaannn

John Nurick @jmnurick.bsky.social · 4d

The blue post in the picture is a free DIY bike repair station outside our town hall, with hanger, air-line and captive tools. There's another near the museum.

A small pedestrianised square with a Victorian town hall, food truck, blue sky and a wooded hill in the distance. In the foreground are three young adults, one of them vaping profusely, and a blue metal post with a sign on top showing a stylised bicycle with spanner and screwdriver.

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John Nurick @jmnurick.bsky.social · 4d

Definitely a campaign worth supporting!
#bookbirds

Casmilus @casmilus.bsky.social · 4d

Any new investment in Argentina has to be focussed on its successful industries, ie. writing weird short stories. Anything else would just be giving free combs to a bald man.

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 4d

I hereby declare war on premature Christmassing.

Any shop caught doing this before 1st December must be shut down and turned into affordable housing.

Choose sanity. Vote Binface.

(Photo dated 9th October 2025)

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David Noll @david.noll.org · 5d

but the craziest demand is the third one.

i'm reporting here in full, because you have to see it to believe it:

"no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law."

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David Noll @david.noll.org · 5d

i just got back from Antifa headquarters.

they're making an INSANE new set of demands.

first, the radical left is saying, "no money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law."

David Noll @david.noll.org · 5d

interesting that if you say the constitution creates a separation of powers systems in which there are no kings, they think you hate america

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."