The US is about to bomb Splott

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

Also in typical enshittification style, the price went up last month even though they made €1.1Bn profit in 2024, and a bunch of artists removed their songs. I’ve cancelled Spotify and am back on the Winamp

I was about to post something sarcastic about the former CEO of Aviva expiring in a car crash, and then I realized that Aviva and Arriva are two different companies

Samuel Pepys' diary entry for this day in 1665 recalls a stay at Mrs Clerke's house, where he left a surprise (or two) in the chimney...

I’ll stop using ad blockers when you stop tracking everything I do and selling it to Palantir

Recommend me a song I don’t know

I don’t know why everyone in my feed is talking about the Rapture, but it would be nice if all the evangelicals did get spirited away. I’ll take my chances with the wider implications.

GB News will be ranting about cyclists tomorrow morning. I declined the producer’s invitation.

Louder for those at the back. "Gender-critical"...? You are a fascist, no two ways about it now. You align with Putin, Orban, Le Pen, Meloni, Bolsonaro, Braverman, Robinson and Trump. End of.

The Wave lied to us about how fascists would react to having fascism explained to them

Elon Musk openly called for violence on our streets yesterday. I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric. Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.

george lucas made a three film opus about how a combination of tariffs, incels, and anxiety would give rise to fascism and we all made fun of him smfh

What an expertly called shot

Two trials will be repeated endlessly despite always producing the same results: 1) Does UBI work? (yes) 2) Does AI improve productivity? (no)

“We have asked them to stop being floppy" guess what every protester is going to do from now on ;) fuckwits

I DIDNT GO THROUGH THREE YEARS OF A PHILOSOPHY DEGREE FOR PEOPLE TO DRIBBLE OUT PISS POOR HALF-BAKED THEORIES OF MIND ABOUT A HUGE FINANCIAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL CON

I wish there was a way of making BlueSky not show me posts with long threads that I’m not allowed to comment on.

Their memorials are history. Ours are political. Because as always, there are two sexualities - straight, and political. Two genders - male, and political. Two religions - Christian, and political. Two races - white, and political.

Listening to people discuss their AI companions is like listening to a toddler earnestly talk about their amazing imaginary friend, except the imaginary friend is owned and controlled by huge corporate organisations with the power to covertly manipulate the user

Is it me or is Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony not as popular as it used to be?

Batman’s pole is thicker than Robin’s.

shinrizumu.bandcamp.com/music jazz flute

Buried in The Observer yesterday was this: UK police knocking on doors demanding details of social media accounts of people, to pass to a foreign government, simply because they happen to live near where a US politician wanted to have a holiday observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Fox News viewers don’t care that what they see isn’t true, because it’s enough for it to flatter their prejudices. In the near future everyone will have their own personalised LLM that operates on the same principle.

#yourparty #corbyn #sultana

Columbo only ever gets called in when it’s a White person that’s been murdered.

Batman (1966) is funnier than any film made in the last five years.

Well this is bad. Google is indexing ChatGPT conversations exposing sensitive user data I tried a few quick searches. I found someone's chat where I can see their api key I found some building their resume. Their name, email and phone numbers are exposed. www.fastcompany.com/91376687/goo...

Professional critics praising the new Naked Gun movie as “politically incorrect”, once again showing that they never had the faintest idea what political correctness is.

In my experience there are three kinds of fantasy magic novels:

The company moving into the office next to us just put up an inspirational poster of Elon Musk

⏳Final week to sign up to the Green Party. 🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.

Why is so much Christian art so weird? Ok so there’s three white Jesuses, only one of which has stigmata, but all three are using their bare feet to rub three tiny heads with wings?

When writing alt texts for BlueSky images, remember to include enough bants and oddness to stop the tech bros and VC owners of BlueSky using it to train their image AI, while keeping it understandable enough for anyone who actually needs it.

Stations of The Cross X. Jesus is Stripped of his Garments (and interviewed for local radio)

Stations of The Cross VI. Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus (with a commemorative teatowel she made especially for the occasion)

The thesis of Robot Week at #OsakaExpo is that Japan’s population decline is a problem that only robots can solve

My #OsakaExpo2025 picks: Food: Mafe @ African food court, and Churro Dogs Country pavilion: Korea Most creative: Dynamic Equilibrium of Life Most fancy: NTT Pavilion Most amazing spectacle: Under the Midnight Rainbow Country that inadvertently told on itself the most: Turkmenistan

These new terms of using WeTransfer to send large files grants them almost all the rights to use your content worldwide. If you use them to send music or music videos, this could breach any recording or publishing deals you may have existing or in the future. DON’T USE WETRANSFER!!!

The presentation of the “Ploughman’s Bento” at the UK Pavilion of #Expo2025 with three tiny dry croutons instead of bread, is doing nothing to help the reputation of British cuisine. :(

Turns out trees are a thing you can just borrow for a while?

The Türkiye Pavilion smells of kebab and I think more country pavilions should do this #OsakaExpo2025

So far today at #OsakaExpo2025 I’ve seen two people collapse on the floor while waiting in line

Marshall Islander stick map #OsakaExpo2025

There are so few western visitors at #OsakaExpo2025 that someone assumed I was an exhibitor

The entrance hallway to the Turkmenistan Pavilion tells you exactly what sort of place Turkmenistan is.