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HAL David 9000

@lubes.bsky.social

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Content accessibility, music is music, Luddite, tax the rich. Profile pic= HAL9000. Banner pic=my god, it’s full of stars. 🇵🇸 🏳️‍⚧️🐝

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HAL David 9000 @lubes.bsky.social · 24d

1. It’s unethical. Really we should stop right there.

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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · Aug 28

This is bad but also if you are an adult born between 1970 and 1990 you should consider getting the MMR as you were probably not vaccinated against all three infections

Yesterday I booked an MMR jab after realising I lived abroad for the first two years of my life so wouldn't have had any jabs

Sky News @news.sky.com · Aug 28

None of main childhood vaccine uptake targets reached in England - as MMR uptake hits 15-year low

None of the main childhood vaccines in England reached their uptake targets in 2024/25, new figures have revealed.

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HAL David 9000 @lubes.bsky.social · 5h

D Train ‘Keep on’ is a perfect record. No half steppin’.

HAL David 9000 @lubes.bsky.social · 6h

Champagne! 🍾 1977.

Shame (12

Song · 1977 · Duration 6:33

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Ettie Bailey-King (she/her) @ettiebaileyking.bsky.social · 8h

5 ways to use emojis accessibly:

1. Don't use them as bullet points
2. Stick to one or two per post
3. Don’t replace words with emojis
4. Use emojis that work well on light/dark backgrounds
5. Put them at the end of sentences

The secret life of emojis

The surprising jobs they do, how to use them accessibly, and make sure they pack a punch 👊

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HAL David 9000 @lubes.bsky.social · 8h

Got to be real. 1978.

Got to Be Real by Cheryl Lynn on Apple Music

Song · 1978 · Duration 5:07

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HAL David 9000 @lubes.bsky.social · 20h

Raspberry Beret. Extended. 💜

Raspberry Beret (Extended 12

Song · 1985 · Duration 6:40

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HAL David 9000 @lubes.bsky.social · 20h

Congos. Fisherman. 1977.

Fisherman by The Congos on Apple Music

Song · 1977 · Duration 5:28

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HAL David 9000 @lubes.bsky.social · 20h

Max. Upsetters. Chase the Devil. 1976.

Chase The Devil by Max Romeo & The Upsetters on Apple Music

Song · 1976 · Duration 3:26

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HAL David 9000 @lubes.bsky.social · 20h

Scratch. Dread Lion.

Dread Lion by The Upsetters on Apple Music

Song · 2012 · Duration 4:31

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HAL David 9000 @lubes.bsky.social · 22h

Decks Dark. 2016.

Decks Dark by Radiohead on Apple Music

Song · 2016 · Duration 4:41

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HAL David 9000 @lubes.bsky.social · 1d

IA over AI. Every day.

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Heather Buchel @heather-buchel.com · 2d

Never going to be rich because instead of jumping on the AI bandwagon I was like "hey what if we make sure our heading levels are in order"

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HAL David 9000 @lubes.bsky.social · 1d

I use a towel for that, silly.

HAL David 9000 @lubes.bsky.social · 1d

Come see the violence inherent in the system. But as a service.

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Eric Shmeric @ericdienstfrey.bsky.social · 2d

So Jurassic Park is about a group of rich people who don't understand that biology is far more complicated than "there are only two genders" and how this ignorance toward gender fluidity in nature causes these rich people to lose their money and die.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d

Nearly 30% of your Energy bill is profit, and that's just for the big companies.

If Energy was nationalised bills could be nearly halved overnight, the infrastructure is only worth £109.5bn.

Time for a compulsory purchase order.