Alexa Muir Patey
@amjmuir.bsky.social
Senior Product Manager by day, games/film/TV/book addict by night. Can often be found nerding out about Japan, art, history, or science and communicating in meme/gif format.
I am not enjoying this rerun of 2016.
August 27, 2026 at 6:18 PM
I am not enjoying this rerun of 2016.
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Me this morning, experiencing rain for the first time in months.
Vegeta in the Rain
Alt: Vegeta in the Rain
static.klipy.com
August 27, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Me this morning, experiencing rain for the first time in months.
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"this edible ain't shit"
two hours later:
two hours later:
August 19, 2026 at 1:48 AM
"this edible ain't shit"
two hours later:
two hours later:
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This is wonderful - if you need cheering up then this is a real tonic. ordinaryabundance.com
Ordinary Abundance
A walk through a modern apartment, through the eyes of the people for whom everything in it was new.
ordinaryabundance.com
August 14, 2026 at 8:51 AM
This is wonderful - if you need cheering up then this is a real tonic. ordinaryabundance.com
I have spent most of today: downloading Indiana Jones on PS5, playing Tropico 6 while I wait, moving files for games I won’t play for a while to my external hard drive and watching From s4 while I wait for said download/file move before eating pasta and drinking too much rose wine. Perfect day!
July 18, 2026 at 9:44 PM
I have spent most of today: downloading Indiana Jones on PS5, playing Tropico 6 while I wait, moving files for games I won’t play for a while to my external hard drive and watching From s4 while I wait for said download/file move before eating pasta and drinking too much rose wine. Perfect day!
*Classics student crying - and not from tears of joy*
Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset"
U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians*
U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians*
July 18, 2026 at 9:38 PM
*Classics student crying - and not from tears of joy*
Also proof that a good story no matter how old or who you cast in it will pay off ( as long as you actually tell the bloody story) Can’t wait to see it as a classics student who read more versions of the Odyssey then I care to think about x
An all time touch grass heat check and people addicted to dumbass social algorithms will prob learn nothing
July 18, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Also proof that a good story no matter how old or who you cast in it will pay off ( as long as you actually tell the bloody story) Can’t wait to see it as a classics student who read more versions of the Odyssey then I care to think about x
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Okay, so its game on!
"if he wants to spend the summer arguing with a bin, I won't stop him."
- Rachel Reeves, Chancellor of the Exchequer
#TeamBin
"if he wants to spend the summer arguing with a bin, I won't stop him."
- Rachel Reeves, Chancellor of the Exchequer
#TeamBin
July 8, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Okay, so its game on!
"if he wants to spend the summer arguing with a bin, I won't stop him."
- Rachel Reeves, Chancellor of the Exchequer
#TeamBin
"if he wants to spend the summer arguing with a bin, I won't stop him."
- Rachel Reeves, Chancellor of the Exchequer
#TeamBin
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So, there is a precedent for vetoing an MP's resignation
Viscount Chelsea (Henry Cadogan) applied for the Chiltern Hundreds in 1842
The Chancellor (Goulburn) refused because, get this, Cadogan wanted to resign to obstruct an investigation for bribery
h/t @fascinatorfun.bsky.social and @gazhay.com
Viscount Chelsea (Henry Cadogan) applied for the Chiltern Hundreds in 1842
The Chancellor (Goulburn) refused because, get this, Cadogan wanted to resign to obstruct an investigation for bribery
h/t @fascinatorfun.bsky.social and @gazhay.com
July 8, 2026 at 6:27 AM
So, there is a precedent for vetoing an MP's resignation
Viscount Chelsea (Henry Cadogan) applied for the Chiltern Hundreds in 1842
The Chancellor (Goulburn) refused because, get this, Cadogan wanted to resign to obstruct an investigation for bribery
h/t @fascinatorfun.bsky.social and @gazhay.com
Viscount Chelsea (Henry Cadogan) applied for the Chiltern Hundreds in 1842
The Chancellor (Goulburn) refused because, get this, Cadogan wanted to resign to obstruct an investigation for bribery
h/t @fascinatorfun.bsky.social and @gazhay.com
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In the mid-1970s, my dad - then a budding computer scientist, subsequently a math teacher - brought home my first computer: the CARDiac, a Turing-complete, all-cardboard *papercraft* computer that you could write and execute programs on:
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July 3, 2026 at 9:21 AM
In the mid-1970s, my dad - then a budding computer scientist, subsequently a math teacher - brought home my first computer: the CARDiac, a Turing-complete, all-cardboard *papercraft* computer that you could write and execute programs on:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CARDboa...
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📚🤔 My latest for @climateconnections.bsky.social
June 26, 2026 at 5:29 PM
📚🤔 My latest for @climateconnections.bsky.social
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Sarah Forbes Bonetta (1843 – 1880) was the ward and goddaughter of Queen Victoria. Born Aina or Ina, she was a royal daughter of the Yoruba people in West Africa. As a child, she was orphaned during a war with Dahomey, and was later enslaved by King Ghezo of Dahomey. #CelebratingWomen
June 27, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Sarah Forbes Bonetta (1843 – 1880) was the ward and goddaughter of Queen Victoria. Born Aina or Ina, she was a royal daughter of the Yoruba people in West Africa. As a child, she was orphaned during a war with Dahomey, and was later enslaved by King Ghezo of Dahomey. #CelebratingWomen
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This week’s Just for Skeets and Giggles is out! Have a great weekend.
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June 20, 2026 at 4:02 PM
This week’s Just for Skeets and Giggles is out! Have a great weekend.
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“Advertise your BlueSky account with a Simpsons GIF.”
June 20, 2026 at 5:48 PM
“Advertise your BlueSky account with a Simpsons GIF.”
So, I only heard about Starbucks’ South Korea debacle today and though I am more than willing to believe that AI and human laziness could be involved, this seems like a much more likely scenario 👇
Starbucks done EFFED up in Korea. Bad.
May 18th just passed, Democratic Movement Day, when rose up after the military dictatorship sent tanks to mass-murder citizens. Some inappropriately call it "Tank Day."
Starbucks commemorated Tank Day with a sale on tank tumblers.
It gets much worse...
May 18th just passed, Democratic Movement Day, when rose up after the military dictatorship sent tanks to mass-murder citizens. Some inappropriately call it "Tank Day."
Starbucks commemorated Tank Day with a sale on tank tumblers.
It gets much worse...
June 6, 2026 at 11:00 AM
So, I only heard about Starbucks’ South Korea debacle today and though I am more than willing to believe that AI and human laziness could be involved, this seems like a much more likely scenario 👇
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I'm concerned people think I'm joking about this.
May 26, 2026 at 4:31 AM
I'm concerned people think I'm joking about this.
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I broke my back and became paralyzed on Christmas Day 2025. I'm currently in a long-term care facility. The good news is I'm going home! The bad news is that it won't be for months and I'm in financial trouble. I have a GoFundMe here and an Amazon wishlist in the first reply if you can help.
Donate to Darryl Is Paralyzed and Needs Financial Help, organized by Darryl Mott
This is a long story to understand the full irony of the situation, but the s… Darryl Mott needs your support for Darryl Is Paralyzed and Needs Financial Help
www.gofundme.com
May 21, 2026 at 10:49 AM
I broke my back and became paralyzed on Christmas Day 2025. I'm currently in a long-term care facility. The good news is I'm going home! The bad news is that it won't be for months and I'm in financial trouble. I have a GoFundMe here and an Amazon wishlist in the first reply if you can help.
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Tech culture is weird. Science fiction has some things to say about it. Author @caitlinrozakis.bsky.social (Dreadful, Startup Hell) recommends 5 books on the subject:
Five SFF Satires of Modern Tech Culture - Reactor
Let’s take a look at some of the funniest, sharpest takes on our tech overlords...
reactormag.com
May 19, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Tech culture is weird. Science fiction has some things to say about it. Author @caitlinrozakis.bsky.social (Dreadful, Startup Hell) recommends 5 books on the subject:
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The next James Bond should be Gary Oldman in his Jackson Lamb persona.
May 16, 2026 at 8:31 AM
The next James Bond should be Gary Oldman in his Jackson Lamb persona.
Yesterday I heard Wes Streeting described as a possessed spoon and I can’t stop laughing about it. Credit to Cody Dahler for this most apt description.
May 14, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Yesterday I heard Wes Streeting described as a possessed spoon and I can’t stop laughing about it. Credit to Cody Dahler for this most apt description.
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Australia on track to eliminate cervical cancer by 2035. In 2021, there were no cervical cancer cases diagnosed in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982
Science!
www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clini...
Science!
www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clini...
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
May 14, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Australia on track to eliminate cervical cancer by 2035. In 2021, there were no cervical cancer cases diagnosed in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982
Science!
www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clini...
Science!
www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clini...
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Lest anyone accuse me of bargaining in bad faith here, let me start with this admission: I don't think AI is intelligent; nor do I think that the current (admittedly impressive) statistical techniques will lead to intelligence.
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April 16, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Lest anyone accuse me of bargaining in bad faith here, let me start with this admission: I don't think AI is intelligent; nor do I think that the current (admittedly impressive) statistical techniques will lead to intelligence.
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