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Mark McIntyre @markjmcintyre.bsky.social · 11d

Cycling trips surge by 43% as Glasgow's active travel network grows
glasgow.gov.uk/article/13887

Cycling trips surge by 43% as Glasgow's active travel network grows - Glasgow City Council

Glasgow is seeing a boom in active travel, with 4.65 million cycling trips recorded between January and August this year - a 43% increase compared to the same period in 2024.

glasgow.gov.uk

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Eachann @gillies.bsky.social · 24d

very very sad nothing like this got built here tbh

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · Sep 4

sam altman is trying to find the guy who did this

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i never took the dead internet theory that seriously but it seems like there are really a lot of LLM-run twitter accounts now
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Eachann @gillies.bsky.social · Aug 15

B) IMO. You can bring in Rogers later for Bruno when Villas fixtures are a bit kinder.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · Aug 15

Terrific piece this. Culture has got to a weird point where pictures by Matisse have a nudity filter yet the language of porn is everywhere.

Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · Aug 15

in this week's newsletter! a rant against this weird sex culture we seem to now live in: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/everything...

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Eachann @gillies.bsky.social · Aug 8

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · Jul 8

I’m petrified about today’s science news. Genetically modifying crabs to have cheetah genes? This could go sideways fast.

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PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · Jun 20

It's about time these stories weren't accompanied by an image of someone frolicking in the water or eating an ice cream.

It's not going to stop getting hotter, we really ought to fucking grow up and treat this seriously🤦🏻‍♂️

UK weather: Temperatures to hit 33C for hottest two days in a row

Temperatures could peak at 33C on Friday to break Thursday's record for hottest day of the year.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Eachann @gillies.bsky.social · Jun 20

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Cart Narcs

Videos promoting personal responsibility from the courageous agents of the Cart Narcs. As heard on The Woody Show.

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Eachann @gillies.bsky.social · Jun 20

it's on a lesser scale of seriousness but have you heard of Cart Narcs? It's a small group in the US who patrol supermarket parking and annoying people into taking their trolleys back. The absolute ego driven RAGE that comes out when people are challenged is incredible.

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · Jun 18

Slowly, ever so slowly, the British public is abandoning the idea that "hot weather = good", proving that the arc of history bends towards progress after all.

YouGov @yougov.co.uk · Jun 18

Are you hoping that a heatwave does or does not happen in the UK in the next few weeks?

Hope it does happen: 41%
Hope it does not happen: 47%

yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...

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Eachann @gillies.bsky.social · Jun 13

DC pizza parlours remain the undefeated peak OSINT source

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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · Jun 7

Gender-affirming care.

Politico @politico.com · Jun 6

If you’re watching TV and wondering if some D.C. figure has a jawline that’s newly strong and square … well, you might be right.

Inside the plastic surgery procedure booming among Washington men 👇

The Plastic Surgery Procedure Booming Among Washington Men

Chiseled jawlines are in everywhere, but in Washington, D.C., people have even more reasons to go under the knife (or at least the needle).

www.politico.com

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · Jun 5

this is just like the parable of the scorpion and the scorpion

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Eachann @gillies.bsky.social · Jun 5

this is just the modern version of all those old ads where clumsiness or difficulty is utterly contrived in order to sell a gadget to fix it. Except we're wasting colossal resources to power this nonsense.

Elke Schwarz @elkeschwarz.bsky.social · Jun 5

You know that pasta sauce Galaxy + Gemini ad? It demonstrates something interesting about AI: it is an excellent illustration of the risk of "problem orphaning" with AI. A short thread 1/7
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Recipe ideas | Galaxy S25 Ultra | Samsung

YouTube video by Samsung

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Eachann @gillies.bsky.social · Jun 1

Idk about this. The practical value of a salary doesn't increase in a linear fashion.

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Eachann @gillies.bsky.social · May 30

you're missing that Twitter exists to a) create profit for Musk and b) promote Musk's worldview. There may be some benefit from posting on there with a view to changing some minds on a topic but it's drowned out by the fact that your clicks are supporting a fundamentally immoral platform.

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · May 22

The best thing about pronouncing Aristotle to rhyme with Chipotle is no-one can definitively tell you that it’s actually *wrong*.

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