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Fiona Moore 🇨🇦 @drfionamoore.bsky.social · 10h

I regularly use the Titan submersible case when explaining to my business-school students why regulations are a good idea and not, in fact, something that stifles innovation.

Well, it does stifle innovation, but only those innovations that might accidentally kill people if implemented.

Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 11h

"Titan submersible imploded due to poor engineering, say US officials."

Also experts, amateurs, people consigned to asylums for congenital lunacy, people who've never heard of submersibles before, a tortoise called Alan and literally anyone else hearing the vaguest description of it.

BBC headline - Titan submersible inked sure to poor engineering, say US officials - above an image of the submersible in happier times, eg when it hadn't yet imploded and turned its occupants into a seawater-flavoured paste.

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👻madeline boOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 6h

Okay, here’s the game with this one: do NOT look at the floorplan. Look only at the photos.

Comment telling us which photo number you were on when you realised.

www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...

Check out this 3 bedroom cottage for sale on Rightmove

3 bedroom cottage for sale in Caistor Lane, Tealby, Market Rasen, LN8 for £475,000. Marketed by Mundys, Market Rasen

www.rightmove.co.uk

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Pete Davidson @petedavidsonny.bsky.social · 8h

Free Press Reporter Discovers That Being An Amoral Dickhead Can Cost You Friends - defector.com/free-press-r...

Free Press Reporter Discovers That Being An Amoral Dickhead Can Cost You Friends | Defector

It can be hard to maintain friendships as an adult. People move to new cities, start families, and experience all sorts of other life events that make it difficult to keep in touch. Sometimes, you end...

defector.com

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Zandy @iskandarv.bsky.social · 11h

Flashback to friend who was a junior lecturer explaining to my and my partner how they just brought in a home-built server to the office and patched it onto the university network and someone from IT got really upset with them... The eye rolling we did to each other while trying to disengage.

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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 16h

My super modern regulatory plan is that any entity named for a thing from Tolkien has to publicly explain why Tolkien wouldn’t immediately throw it into Mount Doom

Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 1d

Tolkein continues to resonate. The new bank being set up by Palmer Luckey and backed by Peter Thiel is named Erebor after the “lonely mountain” in The Hobbit. This was also an interesting line in this rpt on the new bank by @tabbykinder.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/202d...

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 12h

This could be the celebrity endorsement that bursts the AI bubble.

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 13h

In today's least surprising news

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Sandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 16h

A few of my tawny frogmouth photos, taken over the years, in honour of this bird winning 2025 Australian bird of the year. These are much-loved birds. Whenever I share a photo of these, there is a huge response.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14h

the year is 2030. a doctor solemnly informs you that you have plastic in your testicles bc millions of people persuaded by celebrity marketing bought synthetic pubic hairs that were eventually consumed by fish that you ate

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Ewamore, Quoth the Raven @ewacat.bsky.social · 1d

i am in tears www.science.org/content/arti...

Chicago’s beloved ‘rat hole’ was actually made by a squirrel

Scientists reopen the case of “splatatouille”

www.science.org

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Nik Dirga @nikdirga.bsky.social · 17h

The greatest bird in the universe has finally won Australia's bird of the year. ALL HAIL THE TAWNY FROGMOUTH! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Zandy @iskandarv.bsky.social · 16h

Oh I'm sorry to hear that. Looks like he was a very handsome fellow.

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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 22h

NEW for @washingtonpost.com:

Pentagon reporters exited the building in unison Wednesday after turning in their badges, having refused to sign the Defense Department's press policy.

@nancyayoussef.bsky.social called it a “sad day for those who support a free press.”

Reporters leave Pentagon en masse after refusing to sign on to new rules

After turning in their press credentials, journalists covering the Defense Department walked out rather than comply with its restrictive new policies.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 1d

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Zandy @iskandarv.bsky.social · 1d

Ah, so they’ve recently re-recorded and stopped giving out their fax number.

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Zandy @iskandarv.bsky.social · 1d

Had to be done.

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Zandy @iskandarv.bsky.social · 1d

If you see this, quote post with your favourite Pokémon. (Wrong answers only)

Hacker T Dawg from CBBC. Small scruffy dog puppet standing upright and wearing a Hawaiian style shirt.

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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 1d

Tag yourself, I'm

RAIN
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BARKELS

Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 1d

kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 1d

'The British Library...has taken years to recover from a major cyberattack that disrupted its services and restricted access to its collections. The walkout is set to take from 27 October to 9 November, coinciding with the two-year anniversary of the cyberattack.'

Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 2d

‘Livid’ British Library staff vote to strike over pay.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...

‘Livid’ British Library staff vote to strike over pay - Research Professional News

Two-week walkout planned on second anniversary of major cyberattack

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 1d

So to summarise: the Tas government bought two ships, that are years late, to run between Devonport and Geelong, but there is no wharf at all for them at Devonport because people forgot to build one and they can't safely use the wharf at Geelong.

ABC News (Unofficial) @abc-news.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking: Spirit of Tasmania IV ship unable to berth at Point Henry in Geelong, report finds: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-15/spirit-of-tasmania-iv-unable-to-berth-at-geelong/105883912

Breaking: Spirit of Tasmania IV ship unable to berth at Point Henry in Geelong, report finds

The ABC understands that a recent safety assessment found the berth would need two additional bollards for the ship to berth there at a cost of $2 million.

www.abc.net.au

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matthew @pahuski.com · 3d

Happy Columbo’s Day

Screenshot from Columbo. He his talking to his dog, which is sitting is the drivers seat of a car. “Okay, I’m gonna put you in charge. You take care of the car. You’re a responsible dog. When I get back, if the car’s okay, I’ll give you another cookie.”

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Zandy @iskandarv.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks for this. One of my favourite dishes although I've only made it myself the one time. Sadly have not read anything by him, so there's something to rectify.

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 3d

Arnold Bennett and Gerald Kersh are two of the greatest novelists of the twentieth century, and DH Lawrence should be booted out of the syllabus without further ado.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 3d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 3d

These are the utterly heaven-sent people who publish the historical A-Zs of London, so if you write London-set historicals, you want to follow!

London Topographical Society @londontopsoc.bsky.social · 4d

We have just joined BlueSky! Since our foundation in 1880, we have reproduced an unrivalled selection of historic maps, plans and views of London. We also publish books and monographs containing original research. See more of what we have to offer at: londontopsoc.org

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Curious Iguana @curiousiguana.bsky.social · 2d

"This wooden hippo sculpture has been put back on display in Poole"

"In Dorset?"

"Yes, it's very life-like"

Wooden 1960s animals back on display in Poole

The wooden sculptures were removed in 1997 but were donated to Poole Museum in 2023 and preserved.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Zandy @iskandarv.bsky.social · 2d

Thinking about it glass doesn't usually insulate sound as much as a wall either. I certainly have friends I'd be embarrassed to be around if they were using that toilet.

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