Banana for banana for banana for scale.

Centinanas and freedomnanas visualised. #bananaForScale

“Peel here to open” and “resealable”. Defining phrases of our times.

I’m evolved enough to understand it’s shit and we don’t want it because it’s shit

Nearly as successful as my most recent Kerbal Space Program save.

Love a good zombie yeeting

I'm very excited to announce the launch of our new book series Radical Histories. We can't wait to hear about any relevant projects. Get it in touch! Find out more: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/04... #RadicalHistory #History

In honor of #EarthDay, here is a reminder that there is a bot account that posts a photo of the whole Earth from a million miles away, taken by the Deep Space Climate Observatory, several times daily. You can view all the images (and zoom in) here: epic.gsfc.nasa.gov

If I had £1 for every time I've forgotten to mention a symptom or the doctor hasn't bothered to record it... I'd probably have a few more quid, but it would be very useful to be able to add to my own medical records, especially as someone with multiple chronic and variable conditions.

Just finished the audio books of the “Three Body Problem” trilogy. Two things: 1) Respectfully, Humanity are collectively numpties. 2) I really want a strategy game based on this.

That's not a spitfire. It's a tank.

The music recommendation algorithm has started serving me German folk rock and I think I'm OK with this.

Please make this mandatory in all critical workflows immediately.

My maddening battle with chronic fatigue syndrome: ‘On my worst days, it feels almost demonic’ – podcast

Using punctuation properly does not make someone an AI, pass it on.

Finding little guys like this common lizard in our garden makes me feel good about being lax at cutting the lawn. The long grass gives them plenty of territory to hide in.

Reminder: including alt-text on your images is helpful in many ways! It increases accessibility, can add context/detail, makes search more effective, & can improve your reach (a lot of us won’t re-share images without alt-text). If you set it as required in accessibility settings, you can’t forget!

Imagine going to the moon and all everyone remembers about it is Microsoft Outlook not working.

Thomas gets taken to a black ops site

while doing some research I came across the greatest headline I have ever read & I can’t believe I missed this in 2011

In 1971 Britain, launching from Australia, became the 6th country in the world to independently reach space. On the same day it cancelled its programme. On this week's Untitled History podcast, @drspacejunk.bsky.social and I talk about the forgotten British (and Aussie!) space programme #history

I keep seeing "all authors use AI, the real issue is they're being forced to be sneaky about it" headlines. Full stop No. This is a lie peddled for normalization. It's schoolyard-level pressure tactics "C'mon, all the cool kids are already doing it. We won't tell. It's fine. We're on your side."

Could you imagine flying to the moon on April fools day... One minute into flight: 🎶calming music “Welcome aboard this Artemis flight to Mars. This service will call at Phobos, Deimos and Mars. Due to vandalism the toilet facilities are unavailable on this service. Next stop is Phobos base.”

I mean, once you've missed the Friday 13th you only have one other date to aim for if you want to maximise the charge on your secret experimental What Can Possibly Go Wrong Drive.

Reposted with ALT cos its funny . How using an algorithim to select photos for your news article is going:

Ewww. This is going to the incinerator... (don't worry I washed my hands afterwards)

Microsoft...nobody wants this crap popping up periodically when they start their PC. Do you understand “No”?

Ah yes...the season of burning sinuses.

“*nuclear wessels*” Imagine rocking up to Faslane and expecting to be let in...numpties.

If the state isn't looking after the safety, security and wellbeing of the citizens, what is it even for?

Sorry guys, I think this is because I called Zuckerberg a dork. Don't worry, I'm sure the AI thing will waste even more money.

standing in line for my daily allotted ration of 640kb of RAM

I don't recall ever intentionally clicking on an ad. Not once.

I'd rather see games as intended by their creators, thanks. Nvidia once again trying to push features nobody asked for in order to sell graphics cards nobody can afford.

"Open the Strait of Hormuz. You may not receive the help of any other sovereign nation. Fastest wins."

Come on then, how many of you are younger than my Neopet?

The worst thing about “AI” is the sheer greed at work here. A bunch of CEOs have made the decision to f*ck over everyone else. This situation was not inevitable, they chose it.

Are there any people here who worked on Space Chase (aka Farscape)?

Currently resisting the urge to do all the things today. Rare “good” days with ME/CFS are a very tempting trap that I've fallen for many a time. Instead I'm chilling out with some tunes and enjoying not feeling so much like a zombie.

My suspicions of a power supply issue might be confirmed as they're not supposed to rattle when tilted from side to side. I just hope it hasn't taken the other components down with it...

It makes me laugh when the parties sowing division in our world invoke Winston Churchill. He literally wanted to see a united Europe. european-union.europa.eu/principles-c...

It says something about the times we live in when this actually seems quite normal. A few years ago this behaviour would have resulted in an urgent cobra meeting or summoning the US ambassador.

This is not a good time for my PC to start freezing and throwing up graphics glitches... 🫣

As Nick Clegg’s in the spotlight again, here’s a short thread of the time I took his bizarre 2020 Politico photo shoot and turned them into Edinburgh posters. 1/4

Our whole economy is based on loans of money that doesn't exist so this is hardly surprising.

Bodger and Badger sweary reboot for grownups.