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ScrappySPJ @scrappyspj.bsky.social · 9h

UK Wynonna Earp fans - Melanie Scrofano's new paranormal series Revivial is now on Sky/Now

ScrappySPJ @scrappyspj.bsky.social · 7d

When I saw an advert for a food mixer on my timeline I assumed I followed some influencer by mistake, nope a Wired reskeet (ironically just above your post)

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 8d

Nothing says "I want independent judges" like threatening to sack any judge who disagrees with you, while holding up a judge's wig like a puppet

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ScrappySPJ @scrappyspj.bsky.social · 8d

He popped up almost immediately in the original TikTok teaser for this film and every time he did I scrolled away instantly. (So much that I didn’t even know until this week who else was in this)

ScrappySPJ @scrappyspj.bsky.social · 8d

Considering that Bengals offensive number contains two weeks of Joe Burrow I’m scared to think where it might end up…

ScrappySPJ @scrappyspj.bsky.social · 8d

Like how pressures are more reliable than sacks as an indicator of future success, are there any tracking numbers for defences based on opponents fumbles and potential interceptions thrown?

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 8d

The Sun corrects Katie Lam's numerous errors and lies about foreign nationals claiming benefits.

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ScrappySPJ @scrappyspj.bsky.social · 11d

Played Carcassone: The Castle for the first time for years and the game ended tied

Final position of game of Carcassone: The Castle (a tile laying game where all the tiles are placed inside exterior castle walls (the scoring track)

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ScrappySPJ @scrappyspj.bsky.social · 12d

I’m glad you had a good time! I must confess to being a bit worried for you, given the state of America right now

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 14d

One of my favorite anecdotes from THE PREHISTORY OF THE FAR SIDE: "That doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know."

A few days after this cartoon was published, my syndicate received a very indignant letter from someone representing the Jane Goodall Institute.
Not only did my syndicate and I both get read the Riot Act, there was a vague implication that litigation over this cartoon might be around the corner.
I was horrified. Not so much from a fear of being sued (I just couldn't see how this cartoon could be construed as anything but silly, but because of my deep respect for Jane Goodall and her well-known contributions to pri-matology. The last thing in the world I would have intentionally done was offend Dr. Goodall in any way.
Before I had a chance to write my apology, another complication arose.
The National Geographic Society contacted my syndicate and expressed a

desire to reprint the cartoon in a special centennial issue of their magazine. My editor, aware of what had just occurred, declined, explaining why.
Apparently, whoever it was that sent the inquiry from National Geographic was shocked. They told my editor that "that doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know." They did some checking themselves, and an interesting fact was eventually discovered: Jane Goodall loved the cartoon. Furthermore, she was totally unaware that any of this "stuff" was going on. Some phone calls were made, and the cartoon was not only reprinted in the centennial issue of National Geographic, but was also used by her Institute on a T-shirt for fund-raising purposes.
I've since had an opportunity to visit Dr. Goodall at her research facility in Gombe. It's a wonderful place (sort of like right out of National Geographic).
"To refer to Dr. Goodall as a tramp is inexcusable even by a self-described 'loony' as Larson. The cartoon was incredibly offensive and in such poor taste that readers might well question the editorial judgment of running such an atrocity in a newspaper that reputes to be supplying news to persons with a better than average intelligence. The cartoon and its message were absolutely stupid." —Excerpt from the above-mentioned letter that started the ruckus

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ScrappySPJ @scrappyspj.bsky.social · 17d

Netrunner theme hidden in today’s Connections?

Two entires in bottom row of Connections Grid:
ICE BREAKERS
VIRUS

Four squares highlighted in today’s Connections Grid, all of which are cards from original Netrunner :
WORM
TROJAN HORSE
BACKDOOR
SHIELD

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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 18d

Every new detail makes the people who took the money look even more pathetic

The A.V. Club @avclub.com · 18d

Okatsuka posted the censorship rules for the controversial comedy festival, noting how many "You can’t say anything anymore!" comedians have signed on.
www.avclub.com/riyadh-comed...

Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka posts contract after turning down Riyadh Comedy Festival

www.avclub.com

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ScrappySPJ @scrappyspj.bsky.social · 19d

I stopped watching the first season a couple of episodes in when the article with the original allegations came out. Was shocked to see it get renewed.

Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · Feb 12

Even if you don’t watch the show English Teacher, hope you'll read this. This is about more than 1 show, 1 guy.

FX just renewed a show from a man facing allegations of assault. I have a LOT of questions about the implications not just for FX but for the whole industry www.salon.com/2025/02/12/f...

FX’s renewal of "English Teacher" sends a dangerous message

FX's decision to look past allegations against Brian Jordan Alvarez signals a troubling disregard for survivors.

www.salon.com

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ScrappySPJ @scrappyspj.bsky.social · 20d

This feels like the start of a plot from a Tom Clancy novel that’s sees an overseas enemy launch a massive attack whilst US command is out of office

ScrappySPJ @scrappyspj.bsky.social · 21d

The safety stop was triggered by a member of his team walking up backwards ahead of him

Safety mechanism caused Trump escalator malfunction, UN says

The US president's videographer "may have inadvertently triggered the safety function" while capturing his arrival, the UN says.

www.bbc.com

ScrappySPJ @scrappyspj.bsky.social · 21d

This feels like the first time to me as a Brit that I’ve seen one of our ‘trending’ topics trending here.

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ScrappySPJ @scrappyspj.bsky.social · 25d

Of course those safety tools are about as easy to locate as the plans for the by-pass through Arthur Dent’s House

But the plans were on display…”
“On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.”
“That’s the display department.”
“With a flashlight.”
“Ah, well, the lights had probably gone.”
“So had the stairs.”
“But look, you found the notice, didn’t you?”
“Yes,” said Arthur, “yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard.

ScrappySPJ @scrappyspj.bsky.social · 25d

This kind of thing is just one of the reason I stopped posting on Meta products. Their answer to everything is ‘our terms allow this’ or ‘there’s a safety tool you can use to opt out’.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 25d

Parents outraged as Meta uses photos of schoolgirls in ads targeting man

Exclusive: Instagram pictures of girls as young as 13 were posted to promote Threads site ‘as bait’, campaigner says Meta has used back-to-school pictures of schoolgirls to advertise one of its social media platforms to a 37-year-old man, in a move parents described as “outrageous” and “upsetting”. The man noticed that posts encouraging him to “get Threads”, Mark Zuckerberg’s rival to Elon Musk’s X, were being dropped into his Instagram feed featuring embedded posts of uniformed girls as young as 13 with their faces visible and, in most cases, their names. Continue reading...

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 26d

And credit it to @staceywescott.bsky.social for the @chicagotribune.com

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 26d

I hope some newspapers use a crop where you can easily read the sign.

A protester outside an ICE detention facility marches through clouds of irritant gas carrying American flags. A sign lying on the pavement by his feet reads “EVERY ICE AGENT WILL BE HELD TO ACCOUNT.”

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ScrappySPJ @scrappyspj.bsky.social · 26d

This seems like a huge win for Cambridge

University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk · 26d

NEW: Oxford will be the first UK university to give all staff and students free ChatGPT Edu access, from this academic year.

ChatGPT Edu is built for education, with enhanced privacy and security.

Graphic from the University of Oxford, featuring an image of a glowing, digital brain with the text: 'Generative AI at Oxford'. Highlights that ChatGPT Edu is now available to all staff and students. Includes a link for more information: ox.ac.uk/gen-ai

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ScrappySPJ @scrappyspj.bsky.social · 26d

captain america says i understood that reference

Alt: captain america says i understood that reference (gif: Avengers)

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ScrappySPJ @scrappyspj.bsky.social · 28d

I've added you on Old Reader and saw the first post, I'll have a look at the free tier of InoReader because it might be better.

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ScrappySPJ @scrappyspj.bsky.social · 28d

snoopy is blowing out candles on a birthday cake while woodstock looks on .

ALT: snoopy is blowing out candles on a birthday cake while woodstock looks on .

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 29d

Do people know about the Greenhouse Glasnost thing Redford organized not long before the fall of the Soviet Union?

www.gravityisgone.com/robert-redfo...

He held multiple climate change conferences at his Sundance Institute in Utah, including a remarkable "Greenhouse Glasnost Symposium" in 1989 in which he followed up a visit to the Soviet Union by, against the raging of his business manager ("You’re out of your fucking mind!"), inviting multiple Soviet scientists and others to a multilateral discussion of global warming. Coming a year after NASA scientist James Hansen's famous testimony to the Senate regarding the threat of climate change — Hansen was in attendance at the Glasnost conference as well, and Carl Sagan gave a keynote address — Redford said the resulting report was sent to George HW Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev and then promptly ignored by both.

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ScrappySPJ @scrappyspj.bsky.social · Sep 8

Well you don’t not have gifs

a man in a suit and tie is talking to another man in a suit .

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is talking to another man in a suit .

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