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The outer tweet is from Michael Irving @MikeIrvo: The audio log you find in a trashed office in a sci-fi horror game: Below follows an image of a tweet. The inner tweet is from Elon Musk @elonmusk: The first human received an implant from @Neuralink yesterday and is recovering well. Initial results show promising neuron spike detection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598a2436f7e0ab837d08f4c6/1758481890623-N6A59IW15PM832T29IMT/at---did-plc-lv7efkkurmobkmmaq7ge4vrr-app-bsky-feed-post-3lty37fqcg22n-1.jpeg Blog - Image transcription humbled me Three replies in a tweet thread, all from ginisangutak@bsky @ginisangutak. The middle tweet is selected. First tweet: im thinking about this because i have peers who are mothers, women who tell me i eventually have to be a mother and then everything i know from my mother and her mother. tired exhausted mothers from the times i would sit in parks and listen to their stories. Second tweet: mothers are so unlikeable really. they have this gift of turning the temperature to unbearably cold or warmth, enough to light up a room. they’ll look at you and make you feel terrible and then they’ll run their hands over your face and you feel loved. Third tweet: its years of trauma, adapting and doing the best you could to raise the person to your best ability. sometimes it swallows you whole, taking everyone wiht you. and motherhood is so, delicate and complex. and when u start parenting your parents it all makes sense. full circle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598a2436f7e0ab837d08f4c6/1758481716980-IRN3TKWLNHVJ0W1LNRSW/at---did-plc-3w4swxpzu6ud4jlkdst44nqz-app-bsky-feed-post-3lty36lk45k2d.jpeg Blog - Image transcription humbled me A detailed view of a single tweet, including a date, time, view count, reply count, repost count, like count, bookmark count, the follow button, and the share icon. Jorgemosa @Jorgeous_1: I Looked Non Binary Af Last Night. I Was Scared! I Couldnt Change It https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598a2436f7e0ab837d08f4c6/1758481729525-XLLRU9FT19Z5NIH8UTXH/at---did-plc-ndgu7bcqbezn66qisnxnpdju-app-bsky-feed-post-3lty46sn3yk24.jpeg Blog - Image transcription humbled me A Bluesky thread of two posts. The first is from Mia Sato @miasato.bsky.social: ESPN please stop saying “the big dumper” The reply is from shankspeare.bsky.social @shanks…: It’s just gross. Why is everyone talking about his ass? We’ve all see bigger. 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