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Skyblaze

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Goth/Geek hybrid. Tech Writer/Journalist and RadioSEGA DJ. Pronouns: They/Them. Email: rebecca.hillsduty@dexerto.com

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Hoping we can at least get a few nights near the end of September. Haven't been on holiday abroad in a few years.

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We were hoping to have a holiday abroad this year. But we can't, because my Husband's work holiday calendar looks like somebody took a shotgun full of buckshot to it. The most he can take off in a row for the whole of August and September is two days. Which is bullshit.

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Weird Alex's avatar Weird Alex @jackalpants.bsky.social
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If you just want to read it for free, you can, because we decided it was more important that you get to read this than it is we make any money off of it.

That means we can't sell free copies on Amazon or anything, so share the link if you like the content.

maryjamesauthor.wordpress.com

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Marisa Kabas's avatar Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social
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i made this shareable version of my one sentence project 2025 summary so it can be easily shared across platforms. feel free to repost.

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Skyblaze's avatar Skyblaze @blazingskies.bsky.social
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Incoming rant about Diablo IV: I played Diablo 2 hardcore for years. I actually really enjoyed Diablo 3 (post Reaper of Souls) Diablo 4 is boring as shit. Your character has zero personality, EVERYONE is a total bastard leaving you no one to root for and half the game is riding around on a horse.

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Django Wexler's avatar Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social
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Every morning I check the news and it's like -SCOTUS Eliminates Three More Basic Rights, Only Six Remain -President Mispronounces a Word, Will Now Lose Election to Senile Hitler -New AI Company Uses Artist Blood to Let Billionaires and Racists Live Forever, Gets $45 Billion Valuation

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Mags L Halliday's avatar Mags L Halliday @magslhalliday.bsky.social
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Larry the cat now holds the record for Prime Ministers a single Chief Mouser to the Treasury has tolerated. 6 PMs: Larry (2011-present) 5 PMs: Peter III (1947-1964) and Peter (1929-1946) 4 PMs: Wilberforce (1973-1987) 3 PMs: Humphrey (1989-1997) and Peta (1964-1976)

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juno. stump's avatar juno. stump @juno.bsky.social
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have you all heard of THE RADIUM GIRLS? if you haven’t, go look that up because any post i try to do won’t be enough and will get suppressed. come back when you’re done looking up THE RADIUM GIRLS okay. you done? cool. okay so Clarence Thomas wants to get rid of OSHA

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Claire Cock-Starkey's avatar Claire Cock-Starkey @nonfictioness.bsky.social
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This is great from the Guardian: Analysis by the Sutton Trust suggests that Keir Starmer’s cabinet will have the highest number of ministers educated at comprehensive schools, and the lowest proportion in modern history who went to private schools.

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Stephanie Merritt's avatar Stephanie Merritt @stephmerritt.bsky.social
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Holy God. Show this to the young people in your life next time when they say their vote doesn't count 😲

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Jonny Morris's avatar Jonny Morris @jonnymorris.bsky.social
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I don't want to see former Tory MPs on Strictly, in the Jungle, playing Traitors, hosting panel shows, or making travelogues or documentaries. I never want to see their smug, shiny faces again. I want them all to fuck permanently off.

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Skyblaze's avatar Skyblaze @blazingskies.bsky.social
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I have done a democracy. In hindsight, the bright yellow t-shirt might have made my voting intentions easy to guess. I also had a grand time visiting Blaze Entertainment in Letchworth and playing with all the various Evercade products. Tired now.

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Yeah. Matched in bullshit only by the endless number of gambling sites trying to demand guest posting slots.

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They're PR emails. They fire out hundreds, or maybe even thousands to everyone on their mailing list. They don't give a shit.

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Today's 'PR Email Wall of Shame': "AI imagines what all 50 states would look like as a GTA character." ...why? Who the fuck was asking that question? You just boiled a lake to produce this slop and no one on the planet gives a shit.

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"Why are we voting tactically if every poll shows the Tories being destroyed?" Me: Making sure. Y'know, like how professionals always double-tap to make sure the target is dead.

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This is a genuine political advert from the Tories. There is not enough WTF in the world. They're going full 'vote for us or the cat gets it'.

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I need to be on a Flight from Manchester at 10:15AM on Monday. That is going to equate to an early morning, I suspect. *checks* Yikes. To get there the recommended two hours before the fight, I'd have to be on a train at 6:15am. Ick.

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You forgot: Ticky Box Button Red Button Big Red Threatening Button Nuclear Football

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Skyblaze's avatar Skyblaze @blazingskies.bsky.social
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He is absolutely shit scared of the papers going after him like they did with Corbyn. So he's trying to appease them. Obviously, not only is this morally bankrupt and cowardly, but it won't even fucking work.

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Ed Zitron's avatar Ed Zitron @zitron.bsky.social
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Newsletter: The Shareholder Supremacy has eaten the world, turning the tech industry into the playground of do-nothing management dictators that see human beings as assets and the customer as subordinate to growth - all inspired by GE’s Jack Welch. www.wheresyoured.at/tss/

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Skyblaze's avatar Skyblaze @blazingskies.bsky.social
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I'm going to an event hosted by Evercade this Thursday for work. Looking forward to seeing the shiny things.

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Skyblaze's avatar Skyblaze @blazingskies.bsky.social
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So I'm going to Letchworth on Thursday and to Copenhagen next Monday/Tuesday. Both are work trips. I have never visited either place before. Should be interesting.

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Our work 'Press' inbox gets regular nonsense from PR outfits promoting bullshit. But one of today's email titles has made me want to scream obscenities. "To all females! Exercise during your period doesn't have to be difficult- according to experts." FUCK OFF FUCK OFF FUCK OFF FUCK OFF

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Stephen Gallagher's avatar Stephen Gallagher @brooligan.bsky.social
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Confirms what I heard last weekend from a tattooist who gets significant income from covering up millennials’ Harry Potter designs

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Skyblaze's avatar Skyblaze @blazingskies.bsky.social
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I'm sad you're letting those go, but I understand

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Skyblaze's avatar Skyblaze @blazingskies.bsky.social
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They're being cowed by the mainstream media, which has been pretty much taken over by TERFs and transphobes.

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Anna Orridge's avatar Anna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social
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This. And what really devastates and angers me about Labour in Britain is that they have thrown trans people under the bus for the sake of a wafer-thin electoral advantage. Ask any canvasser - it barely ever comes up on the doorstep. This allyship and humanity would have cost them so little.

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Skyblaze's avatar Skyblaze @blazingskies.bsky.social
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as usual the problem is Late-stage Capitalism

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Skyblaze's avatar Skyblaze @blazingskies.bsky.social
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I know what you mean, Nash, but this feels a bit like victim blaming. Most of us were never in a position to decide how to react to this stuff. I'm a tech journalist, I write stuff how my bosses tell me to. I don't get to choose whether or not we appease the evil algorithm

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Skyblaze's avatar Skyblaze @blazingskies.bsky.social
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Wish You Were Here (Though got a soft spot for High Hopes as well. Division Bell is criminally underrated)

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Samantha Ferreira Wants to Talk About Anime History's avatar Samantha Ferreira Wants to Talk About Anime History @sam-animeherald.bsky.social
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To paraphrase @worldofcrap.bsky.social: this is specifically in regards to BD-Rs and DVD-Rs, not replicated consumer discs. The headline is incredibly misleading.

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Skyblaze's avatar Skyblaze @blazingskies.bsky.social
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Pride Month is over. I blip back into invisibility. Need to select another PFP, but dunno what to choose.

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#FFXIV stop making me feel sorry for horrible villains challenge (impossible)

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Lissa Harris's avatar Lissa Harris @lissaharris.bsky.social
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hi, dx’d in my 40s, stimulant medication is working far far better for me than antidepressants ever did this could be you

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Movies Silently's avatar Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social
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Execs only care about history and art when it comes time for honors and awards. Otherwise, films, television, video games, etc. are most endangered by their copyright holders.

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Big DeVito Energy's avatar Big DeVito Energy @mayawest.online
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I would bet a not insignificant amount of money this is because of credit card processors.

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Skyblaze's avatar Skyblaze @blazingskies.bsky.social
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There are at least two Star Trek episodes about why this is a really fucking bad idea. Jesus Christ.

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Susanna Kearsley 's avatar Susanna Kearsley @susannakearsley.bsky.social
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The Eagle Has Landed was Jack Higgins' 35th published novel. The Shell Seekers was Rosamunde Pilcher's 25th published novel. Hilary Mantel published 9 novels, a collection of short stories & a memoir before writing Wolf Hall. Support your midlist writers. Craft takes time.

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