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seren.monster
Angry AND the deeply unsettling desire of pelicans to put everything in their mouths
#BirdOfTheDay #AngryBirds
A seagull agressively flapping above the head of a pelican, standing on a wharf, with its mouth wide open directly below the seagull.
September 13, 2026 at 11:35 AM
seren.monster
I think theres a couple of different parts to it. I think the key aspect is that there's an enormous libidinal investment in power, and what could be more powerful than "fathering" the god/ai they fantasize about. (1/n)
ellybangs.bsky.social Elly "Enormity" Bangs @ellybangs.bsky.social · 7d
Like they don't sound like they *want* humanity to be eradicated but they also don't sound as if they have any confidence whatsoever that by being the ones to build the satan chatbot they will actually be able to improve its safety. They're just going around saying "guess I'll end the world? 🤷‍♂️"
September 10, 2026 at 1:43 AM
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robinince.bsky.social
It’s been very odd biting the bullet & revealing details only my closest friends knew about was going on around monkey cage over last few years - and now I wait for the next lot of attacks but I also know there will be solidarity

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The Gaslight Years - part one | Robin Ince
“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to dea
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August 16, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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byroncclark.bsky.social
The Vatican has expelled a traditionalist sect founded by a Nazi collaborator. That sect has a presence in Aotearoa, and a smaller breakaway sect (the one doing the unauthorised exorcisms in Otautahi) have recently decided the Pope is illegitimate [paywalled]

www.feijoadispatch.nz/p/schism-26-...
Schism '26: Catholic Church excommunicates fascist-friendly sect
The SSPX, a traditionalist sect founded by a Nazi collaborator has been expelled by the Vatican
www.feijoadispatch.nz
July 15, 2026 at 2:04 AM
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thatelizabeth.bsky.social
You do so much good work, this was a misstep
July 14, 2026 at 11:43 AM
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byroncclark.bsky.social
This is tragic, Sam was not just a great actor, but a great human being

www.1news.co.nz/2026/07/13/k...

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Kiwi screen legend Sam Neill dies, aged 78
News of the Jurassic Park star's death was confirmed on social media today.
www.1news.co.nz
July 13, 2026 at 5:56 AM
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melissagiragrant.com
can't even say "let this be the end of the dirtbag left" because I don't really believe in the dirtbag left. it was just a way for some guys who wrote about Dem politics to describe some guys on some podcasts while ignoring the anarchists and socialists and feminists who made the left relevant again
July 6, 2026 at 9:06 PM
seren.monster
Wife: Hey, what's taking dinner so long
Me: Sorry babe I'm Carmelaising the onions, you know that takes forever
A photo of Carmela Soprano but her face is an onion.
July 4, 2026 at 12:37 PM
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slackbastard.bsky.social
'Beyond the Dark Horizon' is an eco-anarchist zine published locally. No.4 dropped just recently.

beyondthedarkhorizon.org
A bin chicken squawks 'Abolish Australia'.
June 29, 2026 at 1:32 AM
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anatomoth.bsky.social
I just had a consultation for continuing a sleeve and my client allows me to incorporate a mycalesis caterpillar into the design!!!! The dream to put weird critters on everyone!
June 11, 2026 at 9:04 AM
seren.monster
Pretty data <3
A series of datasets, each represented by a single colour from a rainbow colourmap, with each dataset consisting of many line graphs, each varying slightly, such that each seems smeared out and transparent. A series of raw datasets, each represented by a single colour from a rainbow colourmap, with each dataset consisting of many line graphs, each varying slightly as a Gaussian smoothing filter, such that each seems smeared out and transparent.
May 20, 2026 at 4:54 AM
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eliasgreig.bsky.social
The citation crisis ("you mean you guys read the sources you cite?"), like the replication crisis, exists because academia has been neoliberalised to death. The pressure to publish to keep an academic job is absurd and the metrics are unbelievably crude — that's why we're here.
May 18, 2026 at 12:44 AM
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lucyham.bsky.social
1/2 The wonderful Loud Jew Collective has been designated not Jewish enough to speak at the Royal Commission, so it’s on us to spread their media release. The RC is promoting the establishment messaging and silencing dissent.
Please share this.
#Auspol
Media Release Loud Jew Collective condemns the anti-Palestinian racism on show at the Royal Commission On 1st May Loud Jew Collective (LJC) was told by the Royal Commission that "the Commissioner is not satisfied that LJC has a direct and substantial interest in the scope of the hearing and has refused LJC leave to appear at Hearing Block 1." This rejection is evidence of the irredeemably flawed state of the Royal Commission. A flaw confirmed by the relentless anti-Palestinian racism and Islamophobia that we have heard since the Royal Commission commenced this Hearing Block. Hearing Block 1 has been purportedly examining "the nature and prevalence of antisemitism in Australia" and hearing from "witnesses about their lived experience of antisemitism." LJC's submission focuses on the most prevalent forms of antisemitism that Collective members have experienced - that perpetrated by the far-right and by zionist Jews. It incorporates a witness statement by Collective member Anny Mokotow and attached expert evidence by historian Dr Jordana Silverstein. Anny Mokotow's statement explained that "As LJC, we have always resisted our identity being subsumed by the idolatry of Israel. The myth of the 'Jew' as 'special' has become a political reality even if it is based on the notion of victimhood. We, as anti-Zionists, who refuse to use victimhood as a right to superiority are now othered by our own 'people'." LJC's submission outlines many Collective members' lived experiences of antisemitism and situates this antisemitism within its appropriate contexts, demonstrating that in Australia it must be seen as a marginal form of racism. Proper focus must instead be placed on the founding racism - that faced by First Nations people - as well as on the racism faced by Palestinians, Muslims, Arabs, and other significantly marginalised groups. The Royal Commission's assertion that LJC's testimony is not relevant to their work in this Hearing Block is thus evidence of the anti-Palestinian racism at the core of both the Commission and Australian politics and media more generally.
May 13, 2026 at 10:13 PM
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lucyham.bsky.social
2/2 The wonderful Loud Jew Collective has been designated not Jewish enough to speak at the Royal Commission, so it’s on us to spread their media release. The RC is promoting the establishment messaging and silencing dissent.
Please share this.
#Auspol
It is clear that the Royal Commission is looking to further the narrative that is proliferating currently: that it is Palestinians and those who stand in solidarity with them who are the causes of antisemitism. Such racism would be laughable if it wasn't so violent. Because while this Royal Commission proceeds this year, continuing to centre narratives of Jewish victimhood and providing media fodder for permanent discussions of antisemitism, the genocide in Palestine continues and Israel's genocidal violence spreads across the region. Quote attributable to Gem Walsh, member of LJC: "LJC's rejection from the Royal Commission confirms that anti-Palestinian racism is embedded in the Commission's work. It confirms that anti-zionist and anti-colonial knowledge and truth-telling will be deliberately excluded". Quote attributable to Betty Buckrich, member of LJC: "We are very angry that the Royal Commission has decided to exclude those who refuse the primacy of narratives of Jewish victimhood and that they deem this perspective to be outside their "direct and substantial interest. The Royal Commission is demonstrating that it will be nothing more than a place for the airing of perspectives deemed acceptable to zionism". It is evident that the best we can hope for from this Royal Commission is that it goes the way of every other one and that its recommendations are ignored. And so this is an important reminder of the ways that significant Royal Commissions - most particularly the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody - are routinely not implemented. This is the racism at the heart of Australian life and it is this which must be addressed. Not overblown and inaccurate ideas of a proliferation of antisemitism.
May 13, 2026 at 10:13 PM
seren.monster
This shit is so inescapable in 3d printing stuff and its so rancid it makes it hard to ever recommend it to people. That said there is this one amazing creator that does incredible equal opportunities pinups and it delights me every single time I think about it.
3D Printable Stupid Sexy Comet Lord - Afterdark by Comet Lord Miniatures
The final stretch goal model for the Comet Lord Miniatures: Afterdark Kickstarter campaign. This includes 3D printable files for the 120mm scale 'Stupid Sexy Comet Lord'. This model sits on a 101.4 mm base. These models also come with optional presupported files for resin printing. These files come as ready to go STL files or Lychee files if you wish to edit the supports for your custom needs. | Download free and paid 3D printable STL files
www.myminifactory.com
May 13, 2026 at 12:58 PM
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yungenchee.bsky.social
Every now & again I think I'll subscribe to Crikey. Then I see this kinda thing & don't follow thru

@warwicksmith.bsky.social explains why the federal budget is not like a household budget

From 2014 (so just replace the scaremongers & shills with today's set) & everything substantive still applies
May 12, 2026 at 5:14 AM
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deepcutnews.bsky.social
More than a week into the Royal Commission into Antisemitism, a disturbing pattern has emerged: testimony from Zionist lobby groups that routinely describes criticism of Zionism and Israel as antisemitic

www.deepcutnews.com/p/what-weve-...
What we’ve *actually* heard at the antisemitism royal commission so far
The first week heard numerous testimonies seeking to equate antisemitism with criticism of Zionism and Israel
www.deepcutnews.com
May 11, 2026 at 10:09 PM
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strangerous.bsky.social
The interim Bondi report is a massive slap down for Jillian Segal. Not only does Commissioner Bell not blame protesters, she completely ignores Segal’s divisive recommendations & identifies Israel and the US as drivers of antisemitic attacks. Segal must resign. #auspol
April 30, 2026 at 5:13 AM
seren.monster
Glad to have you here again!
April 30, 2026 at 3:03 AM
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chanda.blacksky.app
Somewhere in there, an unresolved spaceship. Built by weapons maker Lockheed Martin and carrying people who genuinely want to bring hope to humanity. It is a complicated journey and an impressive feat of human ingenuity, a reminder of what we can do when we organize ourselves to do it. Godspeed!
The moon over some trees
April 6, 2026 at 11:03 AM
seren.monster
Researchers should seriously consider the ethics and morality of which organisations and governments they accept funding from, even in contexts where it may mean less ambitious projects and outcomes.
jakeanbinder.bsky.social Jake Anbinder @jakeanbinder.bsky.social · Mar 30
I think we need an inverse thread where we talk about things that normal intelligent people universally agree upon that are for some reason hot takes within your profession
mnolangray.bsky.social M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · Mar 28
What's something that experts/practitioners in your field universally agree upon, but that remains a "hot take" among the general public?
March 31, 2026 at 12:40 PM
seren.monster
It is actually a thing, in as much as there is 100% certainty that once we reach a certain scale, there are a number of very important things they can do that are impossible classically. The point at which we can do that is likely quite far off, but its a matter of when not if.
March 31, 2026 at 4:37 AM
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katieandcatburger.bsky.social
March 25, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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hetconned.bsky.social
Hello new followers!

If you thought the most recent post went a little easy on Curtis Yarvin may I present this aperitif from my post on neo-feudalism/medieval nationalism to whet your whistle: hetconned.substack.com/p/special-li...
No one has been more explicit about turning this medieval fantasy into a theory of modern governance than Curtis Yarvin, who also writes under the name Mencius Moldbug. Yarvin is the kind of man whose presence makes you instinctively cover your drink. His ideology is often described as "edgy" or "provocative", " despite not saying much to differentiate him from the "devil's advocate guy" from every early 2000s Bulletin forum. A gormless dork of a man seemingly intent on trying to make "The Dark Enlightenment" happen 1, Curtis Yarvin has spent years arguing that democracy should be abolished and replaced with a CEO monarchy, where the state is run more like a company, and its populace become its customers. Political disagreement can then be reclassified merely as consumer dissatisfaction, where if you don't like how things are run, you can take your business elsewhere. A (dull) child's understanding of how things should be run, where authority flows downward, and loyalty must flow upward, to him, the King. The special boy. In his "Patchwork" writings 2, Yarvin outlines a vision of fragmented sovereignty organised through private ownership. He proposes replacing existing states with "a global spiderweb of tens, even hundreds, of thousands of sovereign and independent mini-countries," each governed by "its own joint-stock corporation without regard to the residents' opinions." "A Patchwork realm is governed by a Delegate," he writes, "who is the proxy of the proprietors" He cannot resist adding an antisemitic aside in the same breath: "(The Delegate is always Jewish.)" Even when he is sketching his new clean corporate monarchy, he goes out of his way to smuggle in a tired old trope. Treating him as a cultural curiosity or eccentric blogger is another form of organised forgetting.
March 25, 2026 at 2:13 AM
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byroncclark.bsky.social
I wrote about the 'Chuck Norris Facts' meme and how it was popularised offline by US soldiers in Iraq, touching on themes themes around war, hero worship, and the want for the world to be full of morally clear good vs evil situations, like the ones in Chuck Norris movies
March 21, 2026 at 12:54 AM