the Ghost.io newsletter talking about how to use AI to write articles has been playing on my mind all day like why would I want to read someone’s newsletter if they didn’t even fucking write it

Playing “Indiana Jones and the Great Dissertation.” It’s the prequel game where he earns his PhD. The typewriter physics are 100% realistic. I’ve spent hours citing my sources

Ladies: I feel like if we all agree to stop having babies with Musk we can slow him down. Worth a try?

We’re excited to launch a new thread of podcasts, taking you behind the scenes at the library. Join hosts @whosthesuit.com & @fraserallen.bsky.social as they chat to Russell Napier, David Clarke, Helen Bradley and Helen Williams. www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-3...

Do you think historians in the future will go “In the late 90s all the UK’s young adults went and did their gap years in Australia… because of Neighbours” I feel like it’s one of those truths we are still too close to see

I’ve met some lovely members of the chess community in recent weeks, working on a feature for Mensa. Love this screenshot with Bruce Pandolfini, chess teacher/writer/thinker who created most of the games shown in The Queen’s Gambit & taught the actors to play realistically

Keeping an extra ball of mozzarella in the pocket of my shorts like a tennis player

Shall I do geoguesser twitch streaming again? I used to enjoy that

Why aren’t post offices mobile businesses in big lorries? Why don’t they drive from town to town offering services and collecting parcels — even doing deliveries?

DO NOT DRINK THE TUDOR MILK

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Very happy to now be developing my economic history interest even more, volunteering at the remarkable Adam Smith Heritage Centre on the site of the great man’s original home in Kirkcaldy. Lovely place, mighty ambitions (+amazing views!) Really smart team behind it adamsmithglobalfoundation.com

I think modern computer software was a mistake and we should go back to our roots of developing for limited hardware. The same amount of electricity that could power MS-DOS for a year is now used to ask Copilot how to save a Word document to your local Desktop instead of OneDrive.

A lot of older, Gen X people may be confused by the new AI story. Let me explain in terms you will understand. This is like when the 48k ZX Spectrum came out and undercut the BBC Micro, except this time it's available as a free kit anyone can assemble and it already has The Hobbit installed.

I wonder if anyone in Africa is walking round smelling of Lynx Middlesbrough.

New prof pic

Boatify wrapped 2024! Stats, maps, timelapses and silly stuff from my AIS receiver and webcam overlooking the Firth of Forth. (recommend viewing on a grown up computer, works on phones but not optimised for them) vessels.marinesightings.com/review/2024/

A #YELLOW #WARNING of SNOW has been issued for Fife, valid from 03:00 24/01/2025 to 12:00 24/01/2025. http://j.mp/metowrn

one of my most favourite films, with absolutely glorious score 💚

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Preach.

I'm so chuffed to have the Aberdour camera back online again, as it was one of my favourite cams. The live stream is also available here too: www.fifeweather.co.uk/index.php/ab...

it’s bad and it’s gotten exponentially worse in the past 6 months. if you write anything involving deep research/old books/forgotten periodicals you’re probably noticing “wiki creep,” because it’s one of the few resources left standing. the internet as an archive is disappearing, has disappeared.

Did…did a minotaur write this

“Why does Trump want Greenland”

What’s a good little book?

Came across this chap’s creations through the Dull Men’s Club, some really fun ideas and well-executed projects. Would have been ideal for Hack Circus stevenlovell.org/abandoned-st...

i no longer trust the internet and all my knowledge will be derived solely from an encarta 97 cd rom

Anyone still got a Christmas tree up? Given the 6th is the traditional take down day? And you’re not meant to put it up in August?

2025 and still no emoji with flowers for eyes

Are you seriously expecting me to believe it’s 10 years since 2015. TEN.

Did you know there are NO direct flights between Africa and South America? You can do it… but only by diverting absurdly, and it’ll take 12+ hours. Senegal > Brazil is only 1770 miles. That’s about the same as Edinburgh > Naples. Which takes 3 hours.

Thoughts and prayers to all those people who have already read 15 books in 2025, totally on schedule already man

Squid Game is a secret food show. I love seeing what they eat! Always looks so delicious

Fascinating list, love how much they got wrong. It’s interesting to think about why there are so many misfires: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I hate House of Games. I hate how they all sit in a line and the background looks like the reception of Wieden & Kennedy and the graphics look like a free template on Pages 07 and that dry-lipped berk hosts it

Yes it's a plagiarism machine meant to put us all out of work and enrich the worst people alive and yes one request expends more energy than it takes to power Buffalo for a week, but more than that anything to do with AI is just corny dork-made shit. It fucking sucks and so do you if you use it.

Merry Christmas! 💕🍾🎄🐾

Stop trying to buy Greenland a minute

Can everyone stop trying to buy Greenland ffs

“I’m logging off for Christmas now” Cool, enjoy the other screens. The lonely ones

Oh is there a new Gavin and Stacey? Can’t believe the BBC aren’t pushing it, they should’ve mentioned it

Are Ofwat ever gonna take any responsibility?

BOSS: Have you sorted the competition prize money? £12,000 isn’t it? ME [CLEARLY WEARING A BRAND NEW £76 BANDANA]: Yeh something like that

BSky's super-block is brilliant. It cuts off bad-actors instantly. I think the level of discourse here is much better than on other places. But it achieves this by publishing your block lists for everyone to see. And there's *nothing* about it in their privacy policy bsky.social/about/suppor...

There's no way to remove a follower on BlueSky. If someone follows you, and then you block them… they're still following you! Unblock them and they show up in your followers list. (How long before someone replies to say "This Is Very Good And Users Expect This Actually"?)

Love the Off Menu podcast, but I think there are now about 15 minutes of adverts in each episode??

Does it matter whereabouts you position your food on the microwave turntable?

Engagement has fallen of a cliff here, right?