Weatherwax
@witchabroad.bsky.social
book lover. language aficionado. bobbyknucklehead.
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if you've sent me a chat message, please know i can't access them because australia introduced stupid age verification laws and i refuse to participate in that sh*it.
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kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them
February 7, 2026 at 10:25 PM
kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them
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"Epstein class" is terrific not simply because several of them are directly tied to Epstein's crimes, but because it strikes at the corruption, immorality and impunity of that entire circle.
Ossoff: We were told that MAGA was for working-class Americans. But this is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich. It’s the wealthiest Cabinet ever. This is the Epstein class. They are the elites they pretend to hate.
February 7, 2026 at 9:54 PM
"Epstein class" is terrific not simply because several of them are directly tied to Epstein's crimes, but because it strikes at the corruption, immorality and impunity of that entire circle.
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Hi, my name's Jack.
Here is the text of Terry Pratchett interviewing Bill Gates in 1995.
Thanks to @rhi.bsky.social for summoning help, and to @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk for the source, I have manually transcribed its 3,481 words into a Google doc.
Enjoy.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Here is the text of Terry Pratchett interviewing Bill Gates in 1995.
Thanks to @rhi.bsky.social for summoning help, and to @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk for the source, I have manually transcribed its 3,481 words into a Google doc.
Enjoy.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Pratchett / Gates GQ Interview
GQ Magazine (UK edition), July 1995 GQ&A “I’m not sure what the word ‘nerd’ means” Bill Gates talks to Terry Pratchett about the future, the Microsoft revolution and how to become a billionaire WILLI...
docs.google.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Hi, my name's Jack.
Here is the text of Terry Pratchett interviewing Bill Gates in 1995.
Thanks to @rhi.bsky.social for summoning help, and to @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk for the source, I have manually transcribed its 3,481 words into a Google doc.
Enjoy.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Here is the text of Terry Pratchett interviewing Bill Gates in 1995.
Thanks to @rhi.bsky.social for summoning help, and to @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk for the source, I have manually transcribed its 3,481 words into a Google doc.
Enjoy.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
can we please all get a street named after terry pratchett in our town or city? 💪
@rhi.bsky.social yesterday Sofia's city council approved a street to be named after your father 🥳
In other news - #Sofia, my home city is getting a street named after Terry Pratchett! :)
I grew up in this city, reading his books, so, quite fitting! :)
I grew up in this city, reading his books, so, quite fitting! :)
February 4, 2026 at 11:06 PM
can we please all get a street named after terry pratchett in our town or city? 💪
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Even a passing familiarity with genetic history will tell you this would in fact be pretty normal, if it were actually true here, and I’ve yet to see any proof that this is a more pressing issue now than it has been at any point in the last 5,000 years
📢 “A huge amount of men between the age of 15 and 50 will not pass on their genes. They will effectively die out of the gene pool ... Should society intervene?” Steven Bartlett asked last year.
Two top podcasters have identified a global decline. The problem, they say, is women
www.smh.com.au
February 3, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Even a passing familiarity with genetic history will tell you this would in fact be pretty normal, if it were actually true here, and I’ve yet to see any proof that this is a more pressing issue now than it has been at any point in the last 5,000 years
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The Utah Historical Society just produced a new, excellent map of "The Peoples of North America in 1776." Great resource for anyone teaching, writing, presenting about Native peoples as part of their 250th work. america250.utah.gov/power-of-pla...
February 3, 2026 at 1:49 PM
The Utah Historical Society just produced a new, excellent map of "The Peoples of North America in 1776." Great resource for anyone teaching, writing, presenting about Native peoples as part of their 250th work. america250.utah.gov/power-of-pla...
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So satisfying to find niche screencaps for lecture. 🤌
Today we read Marc Steinberg's @msteinbrg.bsky.social excellent translation of Ōtsuka Eiji's "World and Variation: The Reproduction and Consumption of Narrative" in Mechademia Second Arc 5, no. 1 (2010).
📖🔗 www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Today we read Marc Steinberg's @msteinbrg.bsky.social excellent translation of Ōtsuka Eiji's "World and Variation: The Reproduction and Consumption of Narrative" in Mechademia Second Arc 5, no. 1 (2010).
📖🔗 www.researchgate.net/publication/...
February 3, 2026 at 12:17 AM
So satisfying to find niche screencaps for lecture. 🤌
Today we read Marc Steinberg's @msteinbrg.bsky.social excellent translation of Ōtsuka Eiji's "World and Variation: The Reproduction and Consumption of Narrative" in Mechademia Second Arc 5, no. 1 (2010).
📖🔗 www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Today we read Marc Steinberg's @msteinbrg.bsky.social excellent translation of Ōtsuka Eiji's "World and Variation: The Reproduction and Consumption of Narrative" in Mechademia Second Arc 5, no. 1 (2010).
📖🔗 www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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A human writer uses a dash to set off a relatively abrupt jump in thought. But the machines are constantly calculating the most predictable next thing to say, plodding around the same area. So the machine dash looks like it's gesturing toward something new, only to always land on something obvious.
At first I didn't understand why people were holding forth about how an em dash—a totally normal and human piece of punctuation—was an obvious tell that an AI wrote something. But eventually I figured it out.
That's not just an em dash—it's the AI Voice em dash
February 2, 2026 at 9:58 PM
A human writer uses a dash to set off a relatively abrupt jump in thought. But the machines are constantly calculating the most predictable next thing to say, plodding around the same area. So the machine dash looks like it's gesturing toward something new, only to always land on something obvious.
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My therapist: Don’t worry, Merovingian cursive is not real, it can’t hurt you
Merovingian cursive:
Merovingian cursive:
January 31, 2026 at 2:00 PM
My therapist: Don’t worry, Merovingian cursive is not real, it can’t hurt you
Merovingian cursive:
Merovingian cursive:
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every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds
January 30, 2026 at 11:58 PM
every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds
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![3-panel comic. (1) [Three small arthropods on ocean floor.] ARTHROPOD 1: Now that we’re multicellular, what are your plans? I’m gonna evolve little legs and swim around with them! ARTHROPOD 2: I’m gonna evolve sharp pincers and use them to crunch stuff! ARTHROPOD 3: I’m gonna evolve glands to make string from my butt and use it to construct elaborate geometric nets hundreds of times my size to catch other animals. (2) [Silence] (3) ARTHROPOD 1: *Dude.* ARTHROPOD 2: Can you *please* just be normal about this? ARTHROPOD 3: *What??!*](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreia3p425asp237hjolbn5lly6g6hzm2eoygqjpkd5dii6zrwqnp7qi@jpeg)
January 28, 2026 at 7:57 PM
indeed one of my favourite pratchett quotes ❤️
There is no justice. There is just us.
January 27, 2026 at 9:42 PM
indeed one of my favourite pratchett quotes ❤️
holy crap, get your vaccinations, people! 😱
BREAKING: WHO announces the UK has lost its measles elimination status. Australia is close to the same threshold.
#Measles #VaccinesWork
#Measles #VaccinesWork
January 26, 2026 at 10:07 PM
holy crap, get your vaccinations, people! 😱
if you've sent me a chat message, please know i can't access them because australia introduced stupid age verification laws and i refuse to participate in that sh*it.
January 23, 2026 at 4:06 AM
if you've sent me a chat message, please know i can't access them because australia introduced stupid age verification laws and i refuse to participate in that sh*it.
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"The system’s power comes not from its truth but from everyone’s willingness to perform as if it were true." - Canadian prime minister Mark Carney speech at Davos. www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/spee...
"A world of fortresses will be poorer, more fragile, and less sustainable. "
"A world of fortresses will be poorer, more fragile, and less sustainable. "
January 21, 2026 at 2:53 PM
"The system’s power comes not from its truth but from everyone’s willingness to perform as if it were true." - Canadian prime minister Mark Carney speech at Davos. www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/spee...
"A world of fortresses will be poorer, more fragile, and less sustainable. "
"A world of fortresses will be poorer, more fragile, and less sustainable. "
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This is legitimately and deadly accurate. And the admin flunkies and flaks just keep saying, "this is what we need so we're doing it." Flipping a giant middle finger at decades of alliance and cooperation.
2024: can Europe defend itself ALONGSIDE America?
2025: can Europe defend itself WITHOUT America?
2026: can Europe defend itself AGAINST America?
2025: can Europe defend itself WITHOUT America?
2026: can Europe defend itself AGAINST America?
January 18, 2026 at 2:45 PM
This is legitimately and deadly accurate. And the admin flunkies and flaks just keep saying, "this is what we need so we're doing it." Flipping a giant middle finger at decades of alliance and cooperation.
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pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41452424/
Large meta-analysis (250M+ person-years) - COVID-19 linked to ~50% higher relative risk of some autoimmune diseases. Risk higher after severe infection, lower in vaccinated people. Evidence moderate–low → signal, not certainty. Supports vaccination & follow-up.
Large meta-analysis (250M+ person-years) - COVID-19 linked to ~50% higher relative risk of some autoimmune diseases. Risk higher after severe infection, lower in vaccinated people. Evidence moderate–low → signal, not certainty. Supports vaccination & follow-up.
Association between COVID-19 and New-Onset Autoimmune Diseases: Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of 97 Million Individuals - PubMed
SARS-CoV-2 infection may induce long-term immune dysregulation; however, its contribution to the development of autoimmune disease remains disputed. We aim to quantify the relative risk of new-onset autoimmune diseases following COVID-19 and its modifiers through a systematic review and meta-analysi …
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
January 17, 2026 at 11:00 AM
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41452424/
Large meta-analysis (250M+ person-years) - COVID-19 linked to ~50% higher relative risk of some autoimmune diseases. Risk higher after severe infection, lower in vaccinated people. Evidence moderate–low → signal, not certainty. Supports vaccination & follow-up.
Large meta-analysis (250M+ person-years) - COVID-19 linked to ~50% higher relative risk of some autoimmune diseases. Risk higher after severe infection, lower in vaccinated people. Evidence moderate–low → signal, not certainty. Supports vaccination & follow-up.
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There’s a lot happening in and around this brilliant shot.
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 18, 2026 at 12:06 AM
There’s a lot happening in and around this brilliant shot.
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Wow, that really is a picture for our times - a woman evidently in one of the care-giving professions standing off - if even for a moment seven over-armed paramilitary thugs who are trying to invade her house.
Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
January 15, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Wow, that really is a picture for our times - a woman evidently in one of the care-giving professions standing off - if even for a moment seven over-armed paramilitary thugs who are trying to invade her house.
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GET YOUR CANCER SCREENING TESTS, Y'ALL!
Turn a racist turd's death into something good.
Man over 50? Never had a PSA? SCHEDULE ONE!
Women? GET A PAP SMEAR (21) and MAMMOGRAM (40).
Anyone over 45? COLONOSCOPY.
PSA saved my life in 2019. This is my mission. Spreading the gospel of screening tests.
Turn a racist turd's death into something good.
Man over 50? Never had a PSA? SCHEDULE ONE!
Women? GET A PAP SMEAR (21) and MAMMOGRAM (40).
Anyone over 45? COLONOSCOPY.
PSA saved my life in 2019. This is my mission. Spreading the gospel of screening tests.
January 13, 2026 at 9:43 PM
GET YOUR CANCER SCREENING TESTS, Y'ALL!
Turn a racist turd's death into something good.
Man over 50? Never had a PSA? SCHEDULE ONE!
Women? GET A PAP SMEAR (21) and MAMMOGRAM (40).
Anyone over 45? COLONOSCOPY.
PSA saved my life in 2019. This is my mission. Spreading the gospel of screening tests.
Turn a racist turd's death into something good.
Man over 50? Never had a PSA? SCHEDULE ONE!
Women? GET A PAP SMEAR (21) and MAMMOGRAM (40).
Anyone over 45? COLONOSCOPY.
PSA saved my life in 2019. This is my mission. Spreading the gospel of screening tests.
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A great retrospective on Mirror’s Edge. The best of times and the worst of times. Many thanks to Lewis for putting it together.
Our next big project is live! @lewisgordon.bsky.social spent the past few months tracking down nine people who worked on DICE's innovative 2008 parkour runner.
Mirror's Edge: An oral history
17 years on from its release, DICE's first-person parkour thriller is a cult classic. We spoke to nine people who worked on it about how the revelatory game came to be.
www.designroom.site
January 13, 2026 at 8:13 PM
A great retrospective on Mirror’s Edge. The best of times and the worst of times. Many thanks to Lewis for putting it together.
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Honestly, the degree to which you can understand a LOT of Roman decision-making in the Middle Republic by just asking, "what serves to maximize military power in the medium- and long-term?" speaks to the relatively strategic way the Romans made decisions.
I have something on this in process.
I have something on this in process.
January 6, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Honestly, the degree to which you can understand a LOT of Roman decision-making in the Middle Republic by just asking, "what serves to maximize military power in the medium- and long-term?" speaks to the relatively strategic way the Romans made decisions.
I have something on this in process.
I have something on this in process.
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greatest steam update of all time, because of one unnecessary detail
January 12, 2026 at 9:34 PM
greatest steam update of all time, because of one unnecessary detail
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January 12, 2026 at 11:50 PM