Madame Duck
@duckface.bsky.social
Perpetual lurker. Expert procrastinator. Mainly replies to cat posts.
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Madame Duck
@duckface.bsky.social
· Jan 5
Dear American BlueSky, you don't have to shoehorn your feelings about US politics into every single post. Just stop it.
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Last nite, I saw a great post, from a 46K account, re the 1936 "Popular Olympics" in Barcelona on the eve of the right-wing coup attempt that kicked off the Spanish Civil War: a gripping story. Well, it was plagiarized *almost verbatim* from a 2021 NatGeo article. Then, the *real* author shows up...
February 7, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Last nite, I saw a great post, from a 46K account, re the 1936 "Popular Olympics" in Barcelona on the eve of the right-wing coup attempt that kicked off the Spanish Civil War: a gripping story. Well, it was plagiarized *almost verbatim* from a 2021 NatGeo article. Then, the *real* author shows up...
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February 7, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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everything is terrible so here’s the swedish chef doing rapper’s delight
July 11, 2025 at 3:28 AM
everything is terrible so here’s the swedish chef doing rapper’s delight
Magnificent Friday floof.
Ozzy posing with a maquette of David Wynne's Christ and Mary Magdalen (the full-size version is in Chaplain's Quad).
February 6, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Magnificent Friday floof.
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We rightly have inquiries into the systematic abuse of girls in the UK by Asian grooming gangs. There ought to be a inquiry into the actions of Andrew and anyone else in the UK involved with Epstein. This requires full transparency from both the Crown and all Royal Protection officers.
February 6, 2026 at 7:50 AM
We rightly have inquiries into the systematic abuse of girls in the UK by Asian grooming gangs. There ought to be a inquiry into the actions of Andrew and anyone else in the UK involved with Epstein. This requires full transparency from both the Crown and all Royal Protection officers.
Realised that it was time to renew my #proofofcat
February 5, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Realised that it was time to renew my #proofofcat
Same
He was a picture of bewildered misery.
February 4, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Same
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two women wearing sunglasses are drinking orange juice from large cups .
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February 3, 2026 at 12:20 PM
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And it was to this planet that unattended biros would make their way, slipping away quietly through wormholes in space to a world where they knew they could enjoy a uniquely biroid lifestyle, responding to highly biro-orientated stimuli, and generally leading the biro equivalent of the good life.
February 3, 2026 at 5:32 AM
And it was to this planet that unattended biros would make their way, slipping away quietly through wormholes in space to a world where they knew they could enjoy a uniquely biroid lifestyle, responding to highly biro-orientated stimuli, and generally leading the biro equivalent of the good life.
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What is Peter Mandelson discussing with Jeffrey Epstein in this email?
The "G" is clearly Gordon Brown. The "Brown" isn't, at least I think it isn't.
The "G" is clearly Gordon Brown. The "Brown" isn't, at least I think it isn't.
February 2, 2026 at 11:54 AM
What is Peter Mandelson discussing with Jeffrey Epstein in this email?
The "G" is clearly Gordon Brown. The "Brown" isn't, at least I think it isn't.
The "G" is clearly Gordon Brown. The "Brown" isn't, at least I think it isn't.
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"Tell us something we don't know," chorus women authors, actors, artists, academics and those in every other profession, all the way through the alphabet.
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
Older women ‘disappear’ from BBC presenting roles, internal review finds
Older men seen as ‘gaining wisdom’ but women must keep looking younger or be ‘idiosyncratic’, review hears
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:28 AM
"Tell us something we don't know," chorus women authors, actors, artists, academics and those in every other profession, all the way through the alphabet.
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
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A Great Horned Owl at Owl Ridge Raptor Center, Tennessee posted with the caption "Someone did not want to take their medicine and therefore, must be placed in the burrito of towel. He was thrilled." Want to donate to ORRC? owlridge.org/ways-to-donate Source: fb.com/101623875111... #owlsintowels 💛🦉
January 29, 2026 at 12:26 AM
A Great Horned Owl at Owl Ridge Raptor Center, Tennessee posted with the caption "Someone did not want to take their medicine and therefore, must be placed in the burrito of towel. He was thrilled." Want to donate to ORRC? owlridge.org/ways-to-donate Source: fb.com/101623875111... #owlsintowels 💛🦉
Timeline cleanse.
This is oddly hypnotic.
This is oddly hypnotic.
January 29, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Timeline cleanse.
This is oddly hypnotic.
This is oddly hypnotic.
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January 28, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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Stealing someone else's content without credit and getting much bigger numbers? woah maybe this place IS as hot as old school Twitter
(not cool @usili.bsky.social, @matthighton.bsky.social is brilliant)
(not cool @usili.bsky.social, @matthighton.bsky.social is brilliant)
January 28, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Stealing someone else's content without credit and getting much bigger numbers? woah maybe this place IS as hot as old school Twitter
(not cool @usili.bsky.social, @matthighton.bsky.social is brilliant)
(not cool @usili.bsky.social, @matthighton.bsky.social is brilliant)
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1. The thing about science that these jokers don't understand is that science cannot be vibe-coded.
Whatever its flaws, the point with vibe coding is that you're trying to quickly make something that sorta works, where you can immediately sorta see if it sorta works and then sorta use it.
Whatever its flaws, the point with vibe coding is that you're trying to quickly make something that sorta works, where you can immediately sorta see if it sorta works and then sorta use it.
“The idea is to put ChatGPT front and center inside software that scientists use to write up their work in much the same way that chatbots are now embedded into popular programming editors.
It’s vibe coding, but for science.”
It’s vibe coding, but for science.”
OpenAI’s latest product lets you vibe code science
Prism is a ChatGPT-powered text editor that automates much of the work involved in writing scientific papers.
www.technologyreview.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:09 PM
1. The thing about science that these jokers don't understand is that science cannot be vibe-coded.
Whatever its flaws, the point with vibe coding is that you're trying to quickly make something that sorta works, where you can immediately sorta see if it sorta works and then sorta use it.
Whatever its flaws, the point with vibe coding is that you're trying to quickly make something that sorta works, where you can immediately sorta see if it sorta works and then sorta use it.
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Menopause. The gift that keeps on giving.
The menopause is linked to changes in the brain similar to those seen in Alzheimer's, according to a new study.
The findings, showing loss of grey matter, come from ~125,000 women, of whom 11,000 had MRI brain scans.
🧪♀️🧠 #neuroskyence
#medsky @medsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The findings, showing loss of grey matter, come from ~125,000 women, of whom 11,000 had MRI brain scans.
🧪♀️🧠 #neuroskyence
#medsky @medsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Menopause linked to Alzheimer's-like brain changes
Menopause is linked to a loss of grey matter in regions involved with memory and emotion, study suggests.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 5:42 AM
Menopause. The gift that keeps on giving.
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January 26, 2026 at 6:02 AM
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I think @sarahjeong.bsky.social said it's because they devalue women's labor and a LOT of this Scary Logistics stuff comes from people who don't understand that basically all of the civic life they enjoy is created with the help of free labor, largely by women.
Tho I will say, in his defense, he's not the first person to be confused by how quickly the romance authors & readers can whip up finely tuned logistics out of nothing. 😂
I mostly just stay off Twitter altogether but after double checking that the Walter Hudson post was still up I ran across this and just had to share so the Romancelandians who bought hand warmers could hear about the PROFESSIONAL GRADE LOGISTICS.
January 26, 2026 at 1:48 AM
I think @sarahjeong.bsky.social said it's because they devalue women's labor and a LOT of this Scary Logistics stuff comes from people who don't understand that basically all of the civic life they enjoy is created with the help of free labor, largely by women.
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We need this for the good of the nation.
If this happens, it will make literally everything better. All of it. Everything in the world.
@nigella.bsky.social in our living rooms every Tuesday throughout Autumn - genuinely life-changing stuff.
@nigella.bsky.social in our living rooms every Tuesday throughout Autumn - genuinely life-changing stuff.
January 22, 2026 at 3:06 PM
We need this for the good of the nation.
Does anyone know what's happened to @mooseallain.bsky.social ? He doesn't seem to have posted for a month which is really unusual.
January 22, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Does anyone know what's happened to @mooseallain.bsky.social ? He doesn't seem to have posted for a month which is really unusual.