fran barton
@ludictechnologies.bsky.social
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brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social
I can't find a title for this glorious painting of autumn Aspen, but it's by Oregon based (Ukrainian born) artist, Anton Pavlenko, and I love it 💛

#trees #art #TreeArt #Aspen #Autumn
Painting of Aspen tree with gold yellow leaves against blue sky
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bradfitz.com
I'm trying out vibe coding today for a thing on a whim.

I think I like this in the same way I enjoy watching people try to parallel park a dozen times in a row, fucking it up the same way over and over again.
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juliedicaro.bsky.social
So Kilmer Abrego-Garcia will not challenge a deportation to Costa Rica, who has agreed to for him residency, but DHS won’t agree to send him there because it’s not cruel enough.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
For weeks, Mr. Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who is married to a U.S. citizen, has made clear that he would not challenge his deportation if he were sent to Costa Rica, which has promised him legal residency and guaranteed that he would not be sent back to El Salvador.

But the Trump administration has refused to deport him to Costa Rica, and in an earlier hearing this week, Judge Xinis pressed the administration to consider the option or clarify why it was unacceptable.
ludictechnologies.bsky.social
I think there was a very unimpressed Guardian review of season 3 a few weeks back, but I loved it. Great ending to the last episode as well - cheesy, but you have to round off somehow.
ludictechnologies.bsky.social
It is that, yes, but it's a great watch a piece of drama
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rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social
For digitally confident people, being able to do stuff on your phone in a secure, privacy preserving way is great. But the challenges are (a) how to ensure govt can adhere to privacy protection and limit scope and (b) how to roll out a mixed model that doesn't create a new kind of social exclusion
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rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social
Anyway, the most interesting thing (wch I want to follow up) is an ID provider based in Wigan spoke to the fact that ID exclusion in the UK maps to Reform voting intention - and that suspicion and misinformation was high. He called it "the next Brexit".
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mapcenter.com
"The data's in PDF."
unenthusiast.com
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

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hammancheez.bsky.social
"The chancellor approved it"
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melissagiragrant.com
I’m by no means an expert but feels with a reminder that antifa is a) real b) one expression of antifascism c) not merely a synonym for antifascism d) again, real, as opposed to the bogeyman version in MAGA’s imagination and executive orders, which are meant to target basically any regime opponent
ludictechnologies.bsky.social
I hate the way these people are like "the Greens used to be about climate change and animal welfare, but now..." as if they themselves ever gave a shit about climate change and animal welfare
ludictechnologies.bsky.social
WTF is he talking about? Makes no sense
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broadwaybabyto.bsky.social
A 15 year old boy with autism went missing earlier this week

He was selling fruit with his family in Springbranch when he disappeared

They filed a missing person’s report & begged the public to help find him

Turns out he was in a Houston ICE detention facility

They kidnapped a disabled child!
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juniorhoncho.bsky.social
pilgrim guy finishes reading a big book, leans way back in his chair and loosens the belt on his hat
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pettyyeti.bsky.social
when parents of autistic kids worry, it's about things like this. many of our kids wouldn't be able to advocate for themselves if something like this happened. we need help, not finger pointing or snake oil cures. we need compassion and understanding.
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clarajeffery.bsky.social
We will need Nuremberg-like trials
longtimehistory.bsky.social
ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas
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jayhulmepoet.bsky.social
My friends are like "I can't connect with/find time for my faith right now, do you have any advice?" and I'm like "make a space for prayer/meditation in your home. Don't care if it's a room or a corner or just part of a shelf. Put physical space aside for it, and the mental space you need will come.
A prayer corner under an eaves roof, there's a flock of paper doves on the back wall, in front is a table with two books, an icon, and two lot candles on it. Hanging over the wall is a wooden cross. There's a kneeler below.
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aria.labeledrude.online
getting reticulated must feel so good if you're a spline
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beijingpalmer.bsky.social
after careful study, I believe only people born between 1975 and 1995 should be allowed to use the internet
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antlervel.vet
MARK KNOPFLER: Here comes Guitar George
ME: Why do they call him that
MARK KNOPFLER: He knows all the chords
ME: Ah
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junoryleejournalism.com
David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.