A different perspective. Always helpful.

@lynley.bsky.social what do we call the eye-of-the-storm moment when we’ve finished prep and handed over the draft AFS but the auditors haven’t yet sent any queries, notes or sample lists? Easter?

Sure but come on now that’s TERRIBLE wordling.

In my defence, your honour, I really didn't think anyone would bother to check for spoonerisms.

“The rain falls on the just And on the unjust fella; But mainly on the just. Because the unjust has the just’s umbrella.” ~ Charles Bowen

Could murder a pie, round about now.

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Spoiler for this week's edition of @thecontinent.org - I've been told to stop trying to make "making 'fetch' happen" happen.

The "in front of Zendaya" elevates this to art, for me

You're welcome. (Everyone else: you know the rules.)

I find it so interesting that, suddenly, job posts try their darndest to avoid mentioning that it involves AI Literally just saw one say "Share examples of materials you’ve created [and] provide context on how these materials were developed" Sir, that's just training your model

Anyone around who's taken a course in a different timezone with online classes at, like, 3am on a Sunday morning? Seriously considering a 5-week course like that and I *think* it's doable if I stay awake afterwards and zombie through Sunday so I'm ok for work on Monday? Am I deluding myself?

Deep respect for Tony Moore.

Starting The Wire season 5. One of the main stories is about how completely gutted the Baltimore Sun newsroom is. Yet every American paper other than the NY Times would probably weep for the resources Gus had at his disposal at the time.

Someone needs to send an ambulance to X

My Ides of March fun fact is that the place where Caesar was stabbed is now a cat sanctuary, and I think it’s beautiful that creatures with tiny knives on their feet live there

The first rule of hermit club is you DO NOT invite people to hermit club The second rule of Hermit Club is do not accept any invitations to hermit club

Mulling mulling some wine.

We’re going to need a bigger Mothra.

The latest White House thinking on the Strait of Hormuz.

With our luck it won’t even stop.

Slew a bunch of these that time I was a Witcher.

Papageno/Papagena to the tune of the Macarena.

Happy Mario day!

Reader, I left the house. If only I could remember where, though.

With fiends like these, who needs enemies?

"Sloppelganger" is one for the ages

The wave of outrage sweeping through the otherwise disengaged middle classes as they watch their retirement funds shrinking in real time. Credit where it’s due: Donnie Fiasco finally made the faraway forever wars feel upfront and personal.

Sjoe.

iykyk

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I have watched this approximately 47 times and laughed out loud 47 times

My fellow South Africans, you really are irredeemable 😂

It rains.

NEW: Wikipedia editors have implemented new policies and restricted a number of contributors who were paid to use AI to translate existing Wikipedia articles into other languages after they discovered these AI translations added AI “hallucinations,” or errors, to the resulting article.

SimShitty - free to play but pay to win

Never forget: 8 years ago a random person on Craigslist wrote the most effective ad for the Toyota Corolla, ever.

Cripes. Wasn’t expecting Scrubs to make me *feel* things. Including but not limited to: old.

Jayme Lawson from Sinners hit the nail on the head and said how I felt with the whole BAFTAs situation.

stepped outside for a vibe check and saw a beast fuckin hauling ass towards Bethlehem

I want this

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This is going to be the most stupid world war

The red herring in today’s Connections felt like a betrayal.

The world may be doomed here on main but the party's still going strong over on alt. Everyone's compartmentalising and in denial, which here yes of course is objectively terrible but over there it's great!