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Richard Chirgwin @rchirgwin.bsky.social · 2h

Also. We don't even need new technology. We only need dinosaurs out of the way. We have all the electricity we need, forever.

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Richard Chirgwin @rchirgwin.bsky.social · 2h

Dead set, so bloody *what*?
1. Is JDV mostly right, or mostly wrong?
2. For all of the non-you in our overlapped world, Reverend, are our lives improved by an injection of that fuckwit's "thoughts" into our timelines??
Quit boosting him.

Richard Chirgwin @rchirgwin.bsky.social · 2h

I can absolutely guarantee that there's no way "capitalist orbital mirrors" improve the world.

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Richard Chirgwin @rchirgwin.bsky.social · 7h

The Future is All Journalism

Richard Chirgwin @rchirgwin.bsky.social · 8h

Shaking
My
Damn
Head ...

www.afr.com/work-and-car...

Welcome to the age of vibe-working: expertise optional

The suggestion that people can be motivated and guided by mood or intuition, rather than the nitty-gritty of facts and detail, deserves some proper scrutiny.

www.afr.com

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Richard Chirgwin @rchirgwin.bsky.social · 8h

In the Depression, my father as a teen worked out there was a country lunch to be had at his grandfather's farm on Saturdays.

But that was only 70km. So well done, kid!

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 18h

“Well, it doesn’t matter how you feel about it, we’ll just deepfake you saying you love it.”

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Marty Taylor @realmartyt7.bsky.social · 15h

Corporate media is missing the point about Portland’s Mr. Frog. They are covering him and his menagerie as a humorous side show. In reality Mr Frog has seized the visual narrative by pointing out the absurdity of troops in Portland. In our visual media world. Mr Frog is winning the war. #ProudBlue

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Tis' Pookie the Paddystinian @katiesocialism.bsky.social · 1d

Noooooooooooo! I love the Moody Blues, saw them in Concert once, so sad 😔

JL News Hub 🇺🇸 @jlnewshub.bsky.social · 1d

Moody Blues star John Lodge dead at 82.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 21h

I'm so proud of everyone from my old neighborhood of Rogers Park in Chicago. I see what you have been and are doing. I am so proud of how organized the community is and how much more so everyone is becoming. It is inspiring. Just one example... And this is something EVERYONE can do. Everyone.

Informational flyer about Rogers Park Whistle Protocols, explaining how to use whistles to alert neighbors of emergencies, with color-coded alerts, steps for use, and encouragement to form a crowd and stay loud for safety.

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Rick 'n Roll 🎶 🎸 🎶 @rickhm.bsky.social · 22h

Whoa!!! 👇

Rob Arnol @robertarnol.bsky.social · 22h

youtu.be/weJyH1zCNDc?...

Bertha Mae Lightning.

Ain’t No Man Alive Can Handle Me - Bertha Mae Lightning (1952 Lost Blues Tape | Rare Female Blues)

YouTube video by Dumpster Grooves

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Richard Chirgwin @rchirgwin.bsky.social · 1d

If this is accurate, it's from Australia!

greensdictofslang.com/entry/mtzweba

spidger, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

greensdictofslang.com

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Richard Chirgwin @rchirgwin.bsky.social · 1d

Probably only Craig managed mostly-nice among the top drivers.

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Richard Chirgwin @rchirgwin.bsky.social · 1d

I no longer know what to do about them. Truth doesn't work, because they despise it. Shame doesn't work because they put shame to death.

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Richard Chirgwin @rchirgwin.bsky.social · 1d

@zerogeewhiz.bsky.social And Kosteki has to be counted among the greats: only the third driver to nail three consecutive poles.

As a fan of a sport, it's always a special feeling to realise "this kid is the real thing".

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Richard Chirgwin @rchirgwin.bsky.social · 1d

I KNOW DAMN IT TO SPLINTERS!

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Richard Chirgwin @rchirgwin.bsky.social · 1d

I know what you mean ... the first time I watched the race, an HO Falcon won it!

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Richard Chirgwin @rchirgwin.bsky.social · 1d

It's astonishing how long he's been there - first came to the mountain in 2011!

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Richard Chirgwin @rchirgwin.bsky.social · 1d

Yep.

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Dr. Joanna and her Evil Hellhounds @jlphistory.bsky.social · 1d

I was wondering about this framing considered @edzitron.com's reporting but then I got to "(OpenAI has a corporate partnership with The Atlantic)" and it makes sense why they're calling reality "doomsayers".
Yeah, be like WeWork. Please be like WeWork.

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 1d

The AI doomsayers are warning of a bubble, but—at least for now—that doesn't seem to matter to AI’s biggest investors, Will Gottsegen writes in The Atlantic Daily.

The AI Money Vortex

OpenAI is worth $500 billion now. What are its investors getting back?

bit.ly

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 1d

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Richard Chirgwin @rchirgwin.bsky.social · 1d

I don't know if it's geographical, but Wikipedia records the various names.

"Brush turkey" is, I think, the most correct.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa

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👻🎃Bone Old Pain Ghosten 🍉🎃👻 @cofactorstrudel.bsky.social · 1d

‘They didn’t even read the book’: How children’s authors are being canceled over Palestine | Books | The Guardian share.google/R52hQ3vYoUvh...

‘They didn’t even read the book’: How children’s authors are being canceled over Palestine

Authors tell of book bans, cancellations and harassment – ‘they’re trying to disconnect us from our stories’

share.google

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Andrew Elder @awelder.bsky.social · 1d

"we can't give up on misinformation as a way of boosting audience participation"

Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”

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