Chris Hind

Michael Druker 🇨🇦@mdruker.app

Social media loves talking about how everything is getting worse. But what’s something that you’ve seen get _better_ in your lifetime?

Faytuks Network@faytuksnetwork.bsky.social

🇬🇧 The UK’s Cabinet Office has instituted the “Be Ready” Emergency Preparedness Campaign. All citizens are urged to keep 3 days of emergency supplies on hand, in the event of disruption to services or civil infrastructure due to physical or cyber attacks.

Chris Hind@hindchristopher.bsky.social

Connections should have a star rating to warn you how many categories are America-only. One or maybe two is doable but three just makes it nonsense.

Sean Jones KC@seanjones.org

I am not very worried about about the Tory Tapestry’s misuse of “doth”. What worries me much more is this sequence of panels which seems to show a small boat full of brown-skinned people followed by a plague of rats running riot and then a lot of dead white people labelled tax payers.

Zoë Crowther@zoecrowther.bsky.social

The AI minister has used AI-generated synthetic focus groups provided by a private company to test public opinion on AI and other issues The model is trained on data from real-life focus groups

The Analyst@militaryanalyst.bsky.social

using new tactics the Russians haven't figured out properly overall but includes using heavy lift drones transporting ground attack gun armed land robots into advanced positions behind the lines. There are some analysts saying that we have entered a new phase of the war (I said this three months

DiscussingFilm@discussingfilm.net

Robert Eggers is set to direct a new film adaptation of ‘ROMEO AND JULIET’. The film will feature the actors speaking in Olde English. (Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...)

Meanwhile in Ukraine@meanwhileua.bsky.social

Day 1671 of Putin’s three-day war, and Moscow is already at the “throw absolutely everything at it” stage. ㅤ From missile-gun systems and aviation to Putin’s famous Moscow air-defense dome. ㅤ Putin’s Moscow dome:

Marktech@marktech.bsky.social

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General Boles@generalboles.bsky.social

Deleting apps cos I wanna meet someone the old fashioned way (form a homoerotic bond with a lower class boy at Oxford, allow him into my privileged life, descend into alcoholism, move to Morocco for the rough trade and end up wasting away in a Tunisian monastery)

Techmeme@techmeme.com

Experts say AI kill-switch legislation is far harder to implement than lawmakers assume, warning a rogue AI could actively try to dismantle the mechanism itself (New York Times) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

Politics UK@politicsuk.com

🚨 NEW: The Government is considering cutting benefits for the parents of children who commit crimes

Richard Delevan@richard.wickedproblems.earth

Wait. Wut? www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

newstatesman.comExclusive: Greens' radical plan for the economy revealedThe party will vote on dropping the use of interest rates to control inflation

Tom Ewing@tomewing.bsky.social

Spinning out of the HHG conversation, a prompt! What is the oldest piece of media that you find intentionally very funny?

Financial Times@financialtimes.com

Breaking news: London's Metropolitan Police has expanded an investigation into the financing of Reform UK after an undercover TV sting operation that alleged the rightwing populist party sought illegal funding from overseas ft.trib.al/b7F4Acf

Angry Donkey News@angrydonkeynews.bsky.social

Andrew Garfield Hopes ‘The Uprising’ Makes Billionaires “Scared Sh*tless”: “They’re The Most Soul Sick” deadline.com/2026/09/andr...

deadline.comAndrew Garfield Hopes 'The Uprising' Makes Billionaires "Scared Shitless"As Andrew Garfield portrays the ultimate folk hero in 'The Uprising', he hopes it serves as a warning for the kings of our time.

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social

TRUMP: NO MORE SELLING BOMBARDIER IN UNITED STATES

IGN@ign.com

A bunch of angry spouses on social media believe that Grand Theft Auto 6's in-depth relationship mechanic is equivalent to cheating on your real life partner and worth breaking up over. https://bit.ly/4qLlUbp

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

JD Vance: "Keep my wife's name the hell out of your mouth, Abdul, because she's way out of your league"

Chris Hind@hindchristopher.bsky.social

Ready to go in the icebox for the morning.

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social

UK WANTS AMBITIOUS, CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH EU: PM SPOKESWOMAN

Prospect Magazine@prospectmagazine.co.uk

“Tell me about a complicated man.” Emily Wilson spent weeks on THE ODYSSEY’s first line—and tells Fiammetta Rocco why she’s now translating the whole poem all over again

prospectmagazine.co.ukWhy do we keep retelling ‘The Odyssey’?Homer’s great poem has bewitched writers, artists and filmmakers for centuries. The translator Emily Wilson even tells us why she’s returning to it ag...

Tessa Duvall@tessaduvall.bsky.social

🚨 Kentucky has announced the finalists in its "I Voted" sticker contest. 🚨 Per the Secretary of State: Kentuckians can vote for their favorite sticker at the SOS's booth at the State Fair from August 20-30.

Jordan@jordanpfot.bsky.social

Lmao.

Brian Finucane@bcfinucane.bsky.social

“A well-timed text to Harp can unlock access to Trump, giving well-known lobbyists and fringe figures alike an audience with the most powerful man in the world.” Great arrangement for US national security. Just great. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

wsj.comHow Trump’s Ever-Present Executive Assistant Became the Talk of WashingtonNatalie Harp, a personal aide to the president, has become an object of fascination for both the left and right.

IGN@ign.com

Ready for your Avengers Doomsday homework? Marvel has released a watchlist of 15 movies and TV shows you should watch before December 18 rolls around. https://bit.ly/3UmhwmS