I would love to go into hibernation and wake up after this bubble has popped because every day brings a fresh sense of "oh, FFS, what is it NOW" that is really grating on me. AI Haters unite, if we work together I believe we can torpedo this whole fucking thing by this December 🙏

In what's now become an annual tradition, I've written another piece for The Gist about how and why I hate A.I. On a bubble about to burst, a future rotted to its core, and the limits of the Mrs Doyle Theory of artificial intelligence. www.thegist.ie/guest-gist-2...

Two weeks left to apply for a table at the inaugural SCARF (Sheffield Comic ARts Fair)! The form will close on Jan 15th so don't miss out!

Two weeks left to apply for a table at the inaugural SCARF (Sheffield Comic ARts Fair)! The form will close on Jan 15th so don't miss out!

Goodbye 2025, you absolute fucking shitshow

This genuinely almost made me cry 🥹

This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...

One of the most important things I wrote last year at Broken Frontier @brokenfrontier.bsky.social on comics journalism and the mass disappearance of comics commentary sites. Please support those of us who are still standing if you don't want to lose us too! www.brokenfrontier.com/comics-journ...

Here’s to 2026

Max has a little dicky bow on today because he's a smart Christmas boy and I love his little face ❤️

THE RITUAL MUST BE OBSERVED 💪

Big thanks to everyone who's applied for a table in the week since this went live! The form will be live for 3 more weeks (until Jan 15th) so you have some time after Christmas to get yours in 🙂

Finally watched The Banshees of Inisherin (a.k.a "The Extreme Steps Men Will Take to Avoid Just Going to Fucking Therapy") and oof 😬 Great movie but not exactly the cheerful Saturday night watch I was after!

The Exhibitor Application Form for the inaugural SCARF is now open! Please go here to fill it out: forms.gle/uXsDuKcCyhdr... And please let me know if you find any issues with the form!

Neither of these look like real people, they look like somebody turned various sliders up to max in a character creator?? Maybe being a sickeningly rich white dude does that to your face, IDK

At this rate I'm going to have to ask the venue for more tables 😅

This flu is no joke, jesus christ I feel awful..! On the plus side my very attentive dogtor Max has cuddled up for gentle snuggles this morning and is bringing me his toys to try and make me feel better 🥹 Also thank you to everyone who's applied for SCARF so far! 🙏

Reposting for the evening crowd!

News! Applications Now Open for Sheffield Comic ARts Fair (SCARF) – Organiser Chris Mole Brings Us a Brand New Indie Comics Event in 2026. www.brokenfrontier.com/scarf/

Thanks so much for boosting the signal @brokenfrontier.bsky.social! ❤️ www.brokenfrontier.com/scarf/

The Exhibitor Application Form for the inaugural SCARF is now open! Please go here to fill out the form: forms.gle/uXsDuKcCyhdr... And let me know if you find any issues with it! (re-posting this in case the algo punishes me for quote posting..!)

The Exhibitor Application Form for the inaugural SCARF is now open! Please go here to fill it out: forms.gle/uXsDuKcCyhdr... And please let me know if you find any issues with the form!

The world is grim, so I might open up table applications for a comic convention in *checks watch* 20 minutes 😬

Ahmed al Ahmed, a Lebanese Muslim who owns a Sydney fruit shop, risked his life to disarm one of the Bondi Beach shooters. His courage gives me hope amidst the horror and darkness. Muslims and Jews are not enemies. Our futures, in the Middle East and beyond, are intrinsically bound. A true hero.

TOMORROW! Please give me the very difficult job of having too many applicants for the number of tables available 🥲

I sometimes wonder if I'm just an auld fella shaking my fist at clouds when I back off from modern tech, but the truth is, most big tech products are no longer built to be useful, they're built to rinse you for a minimum standard service. And even children can see this.

Oh, and one more - going to see The Lighthouse solo, and being able to literally SENSE just how viscerally uncomfortable everyone around me was at the scene of Pattinson aggressively jerking it 😂

There was also the time we saw The Last Jedi on launch in a cinema on Barbados and everybody went wild for Luke's little cloak brush move - a guy down the front shouted "God-DAMN!!" and it made my entire day!

I went to see a special showing of Black Dynamite at my local independent cinema, and the entire room was 100% into it. The whole place collapsed into hysterical fits and applause at "Haha, I threw that shit before I walked in the room!" 😂

Every time I see stories about all this AI bollocks it just reminds me of the subplot in Ghost in the Shell about the garbageman who's absolutely convinced that he has a wife and daughter, only to find out that he's been ghost-hacked and it's all a delusion - his memories are completely false.

Jesus fucking christ the world just keeps getting worse, doesn't it? Absolutely cannot wait for the AI bubble to burst, the sooner the better please 🤞

The application form for tables will go live on MONDAY 15TH DECEMBER! Please prepare accordingly 🧣

The application form for tables will go live on MONDAY 15TH DECEMBER! Please prepare accordingly 🧣

Because it's important to be explicit about these things: absolutely no AI-generated or assisted art will be permitted at this, I am only interested in human creativity ✌️

Why the fuck is this pathetic dweeb (who, lest we forget, is the catalyst for a torrent of AI sludge that is destroying the planet and is probably going to crash the world economy before it's done) being invited onto anything? Why isn't he instead in the stocks, being pelted with over-ripe tomatoes?

I may come to regret this decision, but... SCARF! Sheffield Comic ARts Fair! Next October! Liam "Pais" Hill drew our mascot! Exhibitor application form will be out soon, tables will cost as little as I can get away with! Please remember to apply so this isn't a terrible decision on my part 🙏

Film you’ve seen more than six times. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel. I didn't even have to think about this:

My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’

Oh yeah baby, we are SO back #MetroidPrime4

I am about to crack into a new Metroid Prime game for the first time in years and I am HYPE

Happy Metroid Prime 4 day to all those who celebrate. #metroid #samus

Use only ONE piece of art to convince folks to follow you 🦇

Balance is restored, all is right with the world, Uematsu-san is my #1 🙏

@chamonkee.bsky.social This might be up your street! 🙏

I may come to regret this decision, but... SCARF! Sheffield Comic ARts Fair! Next October! Liam "Pais" Hill drew our mascot! Exhibitor application form will be out soon, tables will cost as little as I can get away with! Please remember to apply so this isn't a terrible decision on my part 🙏

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The entire AI funding/burning money pipeline can be summed up by this masterful scene from ITYSL:

Phew. This is the best thing I’ve read this week and is absolutely worth your time.