"Hmm, let's try Devil May Cry" on Netflix" One fight scene choreographed with Rage Against The Machine later...

As a parent of autistic children, the news today is particularly maddening to me. As a teacher of science, the news today is particularly maddening to me. TBF, just about everyone should find bullshit health claims particularly maddening...

"Ooh, Star Trek Next Generation is on" "Oh, it's Booby Trap"

The Long Walk was a tough watch but well worth it. Although written as commentary on the Vietnam war, it unfortunately has a lot to say about the USA right now. 14yo said it's his favourite ever movie

Watching Moonfall, this film is amazing.

This was from banning trans girls from girls sports. Just so you understand the reality of what's going on here.

I'm away when our local model railway exhibition is on and I'm pretty disappointed

Maddening listening to a former Trump adviser being "interviewed" on Radio 4 saying things like "there's no book banning in Florida, just removing pornography from schools" and just not being challenged.

Not a big fan of Jimmy Kimmel, but if you think his show should be canceled for this, you’re a hack and a total fraud who should never pretend to care about free speech

“I mean, your society’s broken, so who should we blame? Should we blame the rich, powerful people who caused it? No let’s blame the people with no power & no money & these immigrants who don’t even have the vote, yeah it must be their fucking fault.” —Iain Banks www.theguardian.com/books/2013/j...

If someone’s not mourning the death of Robert Redford in a manner that’s consistent with your views, make sure you set up a database, call their employer, and get them fired.

The Amphora of Great Intelligence (AGI) #webcomic #krita #miniFantasyTheater

Shot, chaser Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men

Got about forty 28mm figures to paint. I'm not going to be able to do a decent face at this scale, so thinking about shortcuts so they're table ready. Advice welcome!

I have seen a fireball many decades ago. This is great footage!

this is great for two reasons 1, the obvious: brilliant deconstruction of how patriarchy tries to sell total emotional isolation as not just a side effect but a GOAL of doing masculinity correctly 2: the repeated mentions of Buffalo Wild Wings made me laugh so hard

The only obituary of Charlie Kirk worth reading: ‘He was an unrepentant racist, transphobe, homophobe, and misogynist who often wrapped his bigotry in Bible verses because there was no other way to pretend that it was morally correct. He had children, as do many vile people.’

every time there's political violence discourse i think about how jo cox was assassinated in broad daylight by a fascist who shouted "britain first" as he shot her, and now nine years later her party is dedicating every moment in power to placating the ideology of her murderer

Happy 40th anniversary to "Thundercats". Opening animated by Masayuki (who was only 22 years old at the time).

Plugged my phone in the very moment the national alert drill alarm went off. Which was not the noise I expected it to make

My dad had vaccinations against COVID. My dad recently died from cancer. These two facts are not related and it's fucking infuriating that a UK political party would give a charlatan the airtime to make these false claims.

Me finding Reign Of Fire on TV

I've reported a few instances of hate speech on Facebook over the last few weeks. *Every* one has been responded with "doesn't go against the community standards"

This woman will be protected by generations of crows h/t: Autumn Buck / firstdatejunkie

This gets progressively funnier with every use of the term "floppy".

Led By Donkeys have got Fartrage's number.

I wonder what it's going to be like to be in a cinema on Sunday afternoon when they test the national emergency alert

On the same day in the Telegraph:

Me watching Alien Earth episode 5

And if you're wondering whether someone getting killed is what it will take for the media and political class to come to their senses, I would just remind you that Jo Cox was murdered in a similar moment of demagoguery and hysteria 9 years ago, and if anything things have got far worse since then.

The battery boom has begun 🔋⚡️ 2024: 69 GW storage added, +66% YoY. Growth looks more like smartphones than power plants—modular, fast, unstoppable. With costs still falling, 2025 will likely surge another 60–70%. The fastest-growing energy in history? Batteries + solar. #BESS #Lithium #Solar #LFP

I recently learned something amazing about the Arctic - & my tiny mind is blown. Like many folk, I've always believed it's a featureless, empty place. Which is true! But this week I learned what's underneath it - & if THAT was on dry land, it'd be a wonder of the modern world. Buckle up! 1/

After spending this afternoon sorting through my dad's clothes and belongings, it's fair to say that The Life of Chuck hit really hard. Damn that's a beautiful film.

Even more obviously, if you use ChatGPT or other LLM/GAI systems, please stop. They are bad for our society. Bad for our environment. And bad for you, with studies already showing they amplify mental illness and diminish cognitive abilities. publichealthpolicyjournal.com/mit-study-fi...

This, from the Quakers, is a pretty good example of how to resist pressure from bigot lobbying groups. Effectively “we legally can allow trans people to use the loo, we morally should, and we tried it and nothing bad happened”

Visiting my hometown, sure are a lot of flag wankers around here

Picked up a couple of new pin badges at the John Ryland library

Went on a daytrip to Manchester and gave the kids a list of stuff we could do there. 14yo bizarrely (for him) chose the library without hearing the 'ancient books' part of my description. Which is why we ended up in the gorgeous John Ryland library looking at a 1430 mappamundi and a Gutenberg bible

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Can't tell you how many unsettling questions I have about our times come before "does environmentally harmful prediction code have feelings"

Me and my favourite dinosaur (and apparently a tree growing out of my head)

I really wanted to like this, and it's a great period of history for a show. But I also gave up within about 10 minutes, just found the script too heavy-handed.

Shout-out to the cinema employee in 1995 who told my mom that Sense and Sensibility was sold out but recommended she go see Strange Days instead.

once again thinking about how goddamn good and beautiful Strange Days is

This is why it’s so fucking important to stand up to the infiltration of center-left parties by media-elite transphobia The UK is already living their Gavin Newsom future, the US should not want this

Morning Bluesky. UK politics has gone mad. A fringe Far Right campaign to fly flags, a woman who went to jail for urging people to set fire to refugees saying she’s a “political prisoner” and a plan to commandeer jets to deport asylum seekers. All elevated to national discourse by the media.

Watch it till the end. I love her so much.

Electric car batteries degrade over time, but typically less than a lot of people think. Many are still over 80% capacity after 200,000 miles. Most manufacturers are now giving 8+ years warranty. My Substack from this week: hannahritchie.substack.com/p/electric-c...

I *was* following a guy who shared a bunch of AI bullshit memes praising Newsom as the future saviour of America. Urgh