Thomas Pollet

Are women bourgeois?

This is what happens when oligarchs control the *news*

1908: the Lancet, one of the most respected scientific journals, calls for 18 age limit on reading in bed amidst a moral panic surrounding children becoming "addicted" to novels, which were "designed to keep kids hooked" and destroy their attention/mental health

The next time someone says, "Oh, I'm just going 10 miles per hour over the speed limit, what's the big deal?" you should show them this

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Human Arm Hanging Limply Out Of Food Delivery Robot

Human Arm Hanging Limply Out Of Food Delivery Robot

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A small white betta fish staring at the camera.

Lil miss sassy

Clarity in communications

"rising housing costs since 1990 are responsible for 13 million (11%) children not being born, 51% of decrease in fertility from the 2000s to the 2010s, and a 7pp decrease in the share of 20-29 year olds that have started families"

via @arpitrage.bsky.social
drive.google.com/file/d/1BK6j...

Ellie the opossum crawling on a fence. she is 10 months old currently

Ellie the opossum at 3 months old last year

happy to report that Cincinnati zoo has an orphaned opossum named Ellie as an animal ambassador and she is adorable

These numbers are insane.

Black-and-white photo of a beautiful medium haired white cat, who seems to be standing with its front paws inside of a toilet bowl with the high legs up on the seat. It is looking towards the photographer as if caught in the act.

Toilet detective. Photo from my collection, ca. 1960s.

Géographie des bibliothèques en France
L'Atlas des bibliothèques territoriales (Ministère de la Culture, 2024) fournit des cartes et des données très utiles pour dessiner une géographie des bibliothèques et des points d'accès aux livres en France
cartonumerique.blogspot.com/2026/02/geog...
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Obvious ai manipulation on the left. Original photo by David Batcheller on the right. Look at the wings, feather shape, head, neck and bill shape, lack of tail etc. This is way more than a filter and absolutely destroys the joy and wonder of the original.

So loads of people are sharing an obvious ai "glow up" of an actual photo. I never share ai stuff even to dunk, but in this case I'm sharing a comparison to show the problem. We have to stand against this slop at every level or it becomes normalised. They want us to stop caring. See alt text.

I’m in the US military and I’m about to make a fortune betting against me surviving a drone strike. The other gamblers don’t know how slow I run

Um pássaro vibrante empoleirado em um galho coberto de musgo. Sua cabeça exibe um azul-esverdeado brilhante, contrastando com o anel vermelho intenso ao redor dos olhos e o bico amarelo. O peito ostenta um verde esmeralda, separado do abdômen vermelho-alaranjado por uma faixa branca. A cauda, predominantemente preta com detalhes em cinza-azulado, desce em camadas. O fundo revela uma folhagem verde suave e desfocada. Atenção: O alt da imagem foi gerado automaticamente.

🇧🇷Surucuá-mascarado
🌎Trogon personatus
Conservação: Pouco Preocupante

O surucuá-mascarado é uma ave da ordem dos Trogoniformes, da família Trogonidae.

📷 Marco Guedes

@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social say to management @northumbriauni.bsky.social - time for a rethink on plans to steal pay and pensions? Our door is always open, and we have ideas to share!

🥁📯🐶😍👉Huge @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social picket lines @northumbriauni.bsky.social today - with more strike dates announced (16, 17, 25, 26, 27 March and 20-24 April). Expect more drums, dogs, and righteous indignation @andylong6.bsky.social @georgeclarke.bsky.social @chionwurah.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk

who made this

$300 Million in jet planes lost to a fuckup.

That’s 83 five year NIH R01 grants burned in minutes due to error, aka poor execution of this unnecessary war which serves only to make the world more dangerous.

84% of the time, “ChatGPT Health” killed a customer using their paid service as advertised

@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social members are proud to teach students from around the world 🌍. But @northumbriauni.bsky.social plans to slash staff pay and pensions affect them too, as these words of fire 🔥and solidarity ✊from a student show. Happy staff = happy students: ucu-unn.org.uk/blogucu/327-...

Um pássaro com plumagem vibrante está pousado em um galho seco contra um céu azul claro. Sua cabeça é de um tom cinza escuro, contrastando com o amarelo esverdeado das asas e costas. A parte inferior do corpo exibe uma mistura de azul e verde, enquanto a cauda apresenta detalhes em vermelho. O pássaro está empoleirado no galho, com o corpo virado para a direita e a cabeça voltada para frente, transmitindo uma sensação de alerta e observação. O galho, com sua textura áspera e coloração cinza, proporciona um contraste natural com a beleza colorida da ave. Atenção: O alt da imagem foi gerado automaticamente.

🇧🇷Maitaca-de-barriga-azul
🌎Pionus reichenowi
Conservação: Pouco Preocupante

A maitaca-de-barriga-azul é uma ave psittaciforme da família Psittacidae.

📷 Hector Bottai

Forced to use AI at work, hate it. Usage is monitored so I can't avoid it. I've set up mine to play a Sim City clone. It burns through tokens, making crap cities that quickly go bankrupt. Just been told that I'm getting a bonus for being a top user.

Today's frog is the Namaqua sand frog.

FIFA has officially issued President Trump a yellow card. If he assassinates another world leader, it’ll become an automatic red card and he won’t be eligible for another FIFA Peace Prize for 4 years.

Coffee bags, one is Tom of Finland with a Tom of Finland image on it. The other is Moomin with a Moomin leaning on a blueberry. More details: in the photograph of two "Art Roast" coffee bags on the shelf of a store with prices in euros. One of the bags is large and black and says HEAVY DUTY dark roast coffee beans, exclusive blend by Robert [I can't read it, it's in script]. The other is blue and says Blueberry coffee.

ah yes, the two genders