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@andygates.bsky.social

Grizzled sysadmin, factory refurbished. He/him.

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Presenter: The game is called TransAmerica!
Bluesky Crowd: *raucous cheering*
Presenter: It's not about gender tho...
Bluesky Crowd: BOOOOOOO!!!!!
Presenter: It's about trains!
Bluesky Crowd: *raucous cheering*

04.11.2025 16:52 β€” πŸ‘ 287    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1
A pack of large, slightly metallic black and red Tarot cards featuring skulls interpreting the Rider-Waite-Smith system through line art skeletons rests in a cardboard box on a tiled windowsill, with a fluorite skull and a geode.

A pack of large, slightly metallic black and red Tarot cards featuring skulls interpreting the Rider-Waite-Smith system through line art skeletons rests in a cardboard box on a tiled windowsill, with a fluorite skull and a geode.

UK friends of a #goth / #tarot persuasion, the Killstar eBay outlet are selling these cards for Β£7 a box and they're an absolute bargain - heavy card, slightly metallic, silver edged, about the size of a big Thoth. Not sponsored or anything, just wanted to share.

ebay.us/m/b26KJq

05.11.2025 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of NBC’s exit poll data (from my work laptop, lol) showing Mamdani splitting the straight vote equally with Cuomo, but taking the LGBTQ+ vote by more than 5:1. Even though the LGBTQ+ slice is only 14% of the population, they were a LANDSLIDE in his favor.

Photo of NBC’s exit poll data (from my work laptop, lol) showing Mamdani splitting the straight vote equally with Cuomo, but taking the LGBTQ+ vote by more than 5:1. Even though the LGBTQ+ slice is only 14% of the population, they were a LANDSLIDE in his favor.

This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said β€œwe should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.

05.11.2025 05:39 β€” πŸ‘ 7188    πŸ” 2401    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 130

We're boycotting Coke, gang.

Cracker Barrel them.

05.11.2025 12:39 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Especially with the line "handmade the exo trousers" in there! 😎

05.11.2025 12:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The excitement of discovering new local brands of fizzy brown!

05.11.2025 12:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Those lats POP! πŸ’¦

04.11.2025 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you're in Jersey and you're voting later today, double check where you need to vote

Sorry for the inconvenience due to unfortunately tiring neonazi hijinks, but you got this!

04.11.2025 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 50    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Cheaper than Victorian child labour!

04.11.2025 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Tie brooms to the rats' tails and boom, street sweepers and they get into all the nooks and crannies.

04.11.2025 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The headlines that have pics of Spanberger and Mamdani like "Which Way Modern Dem Man??" Come on. The answer is OBVIOUSLY (and has been, and will be) "both," "all," "whichever". What part of "gigantic diverse coalition of half the electorate" is confusing to people?

04.11.2025 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 506    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 4

Ding Dong the Dick is Dead!

04.11.2025 14:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Showtune: No One Mourns The Dicked :D

04.11.2025 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fidget toys in the therapy office today. Identified, then ignored to pounce on a clicky pen to take apart. Now that's my fiddle.

04.11.2025 12:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Having a hot sour soup moment!

04.11.2025 09:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They said that AI would improve so much that ads with those mistakes would be a thing of the past. Now they cannot use people because they don't have the capacity and prefer to use deformed animals "created by fantasy" 🀑 Come on!

STOP GEN AI !
bsky.app/profile/arte...

04.11.2025 00:42 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Santa sixfingers can get in the fucking sea.

04.11.2025 08:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And maybe sweet and sour stuff?

04.11.2025 08:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Krita?

04.11.2025 00:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well they're all "savoury stuff" flavour to me but yeah :)

03.11.2025 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hedgehog warnings ahead of bonfire night celebrations The RSPCA has seen a 74.6% increase in the number of Hedgehog admissions between 2022 and 2024.

Hedgehog warnings ahead of bonfires and winter. πŸ§ͺ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

03.11.2025 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

To all the sad people taking no-nut november seriously, I say: fat squirrel month. The lorgest. Absolute dray-smashers. Nuts errday!

03.11.2025 21:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's coming! (probably along with solar up the interconnectors)... the point is, it's doable now 'cos people are doing it now.

03.11.2025 21:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Solar electricity every hour of every day is here and it changes everything | Ember Batteries are now cheap enough to unleash solar energy’s full potential, getting as close as 97% of the way to delivering constant electricity supply 24 hours across 365 days cost-effectively in the s...

Citation needed, 'cos I got this: ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

And up north: www.ess-news.com/2025/07/29/s...

03.11.2025 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Also thermal storage (hot rocks, hot sand and hot water) is getting mainstream.

03.11.2025 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That's the thing, it's cheap now.

03.11.2025 20:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Golden from KPop Demon Hunters as performed by Bongocat is dominating my bike these days. πŸ™€

07.10.2025 07:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

come on, you beautiful creatures, i know you got more Optimum Nutrition Double Rich Chocolate money you can spare for people who need it. we lift so we can lift others up

03.11.2025 17:09 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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arXiv Changes Rules After Getting Spammed With AI-Generated 'Research' Papers Cornell University’s academic paper repository will no longer accept Computer Science papers still under review.

arXiv, a preprint publication for academic research that has become particularly important for AI research, has announced it will no longer accept computer science articles and papers that haven’t been vetted by an academic journal or a conference. Why?

A tide of AI slop.

03.11.2025 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 133    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 8
A tiny Sony Triniton showing a close up of Sadako's face

A tiny Sony Triniton showing a close up of Sadako's face

TV too small

27.10.2025 20:55 β€” πŸ‘ 964    πŸ” 243    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 0

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