Enjoyed this specific fan video for Father and Son, off Inferno by Boards of Canada. Matched up the original footage from The Jesus Trip (1971) to the distorted argument samples, plus well-placed clips from The Occult - An Echo From Darkness (1970). Top tier edit. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Zr9...

Annoyingly addicted to Tim Tams, and the nearest stockist is a distance away.

I've just seen a termination letter in which the company requested the employee both delete any company data on their private harddisk and smart phone and hand over their private devices for the company to search and delete company data. On a scale of 1-10, how illegal is this?

In disturbing kebab news. Which I'm posting about to pre-empt the inevitable comments by my cute attaché in Berlin. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I truly am the luckiest person on this planet.

I fully realize that poring over a record listening intently for hidden messages puts me in territory dangerously close to the various cults I excoriate in this piece but that's the beautiful irony woven throughout the entire career of Boards of Canada, isn't it?

lord god and jesus christ I do not ask for much but I am literally begging you this time

He's giving me write/edit access to a shared spreadsheet. It's love.

I passed a church and the sign said Christ has risen! Christ has come! Christ will come again! …

Logging in to HMRC to check tax status and start on next tax return. The information on what is a tax deductible expense is still not as precise as it could be. Wondering if hiring a hitman should be an allowable expense, and how you would provide a receipt if audited. (I do not intend to do this)

They sent this for your posts.

Exactly a week ago, a beautiful lady sashayed through these central London bar doors. We made a beeline for each other. Contact occurred. It turned out she is as funny, kind, and cool as online. And, singing along to 80s songs, has one heck of a voice. I brought her Tim Tams. {to be continued...}

Stepping back from social media for a while. Running on fumes before the trip and it caught up with me while there. I keep telling myself, as others do, that my mix of comms, work, research and networks is unsustainable. As it proved, so needing to step back and address. Y'all stay hydrated.

Greatly enjoyed a few days in London, though was very tired when I left and very, very, tired on returning. Several highlights including a lamb shank, pistachio cake, seeing the river Thames from two different viewing spots, and spending it with my cute, funny, smart, kind and generous attaché.

Returned to base and the first item of post opened is an updated transcript of completed Oxford University short courses. Which is good.

Ten years ago today the whole country and its future were sacrificed on the altar of Boris Johnson’s ego, David Cameron’s stupidity and Nigel Farage’s prejudice. A decade thrown away and a nation left angrier and poorer. Thanks, you absoute pricks.

Back in the part of the country where people speak more like Adrian Chiles than Danny Dyer. Different world, innit bab?

Thank you, Bluesky.

This is not the promotional poster for a new detective series. This is my cute attaché from Berlin and myself, on the Prime Meridian Walk.

If you like the artist formerly known as Prince, then a room in a well-known UK hotel chain is for you.

Just had to use a toilet on a British train. Really hope all of my innoculations and vaccines are up to date.

On train #2, somewhere between Lichfield and Tamworth. Decided to name my travel fan "Bob". Hopefully Bob will be reliable in the days ahead.

On my playlist for today. Two Horses, by Sam Wareing (Wasp Summer) youtu.be/Eu2L9bqz5tk?...

All mathematics education should be rooted in something practical: how to budget, simple accounting for a small business, and modular arithmetic for calculating duration. Then, explain probability so they don't get wiped out at the bookie's.

Just asked a hot lady, with a cute smile and a wicked sense of humour, out for a drink later today. She said yes. Today is off to a splendid start.

Going to London for a few days to meet my cute attaché from Berlin. {checks weather forecast} {unpacks cardigan, scarf, pullover, duffel coat, mittens, bobble hat, trench coat, sweater} {packs mankini}

Thanks a bundle Royal Mail, for losing an item I was going to give as a present. And after being charged a hefty extra for tracking and signature, which appear to be as useless as fuck when the item disappears in your system. Also, your 'customer support' sucks balls.

Just gone 10 in the morning. I have almost 48 hours to do many things before a last coffee here, then start the trek to London for a few days of fun, a drink with my cute attaché from Berlin, and/or air conditioning. On me and only me if I don't get these things done. Right/write.

Tried to pay for coffee with old £1 coins and was told they don't take them. I said I'm from Berlin and didn't realise the money changed. A man behind me thought I said Burnley and was like, yep nothing happened after 1971 in Burnley. #Londonproblems

We are a ghost soil nation. Our hodology is haunted. To walk its ways is to scuff up spirits, scuff up stories. We may choose to ignore this truth or braid our fingers with spectres and journey together across the land. – #DAKilroy #Ghosts

Triangular food tastes better than rectangle foods, for example, sandwiches. Circular food tastes better than triangle food, for example, cupcake vs slice of cake.

I ... what ... I did not realise you could go and see this somewhat memorable BBC TV production at the cinema. (possibly not the best option for a romantic date night) princecharlescinema.com/film/3161706...

Trying to find a cinema in the wider Canary Wharf / Stratford area which a) has good and reliable air conditioning, and b) is not infested with mice ... is surprisingly difficult.

Ed in my head. My head is full of Ed. Ed Head. Brain scrambling like eggs over salmon on rye bread. I should sleep.

In my darker moments, I remember a line by Harlan Ellison, paraphrasing someone I can’t remember, saying, I think “I know now that my true love died long before I was born, and my soulmate will appear long after I am gone.” Luckily, I grew out of that, and 18 years of marriage has been pretty good.

How old were you when you met the 'love of your life'? (interpret 'love of your life' whichever way you want)

This is the future liberals want!!! (Free ice cream from the train company because the train was delayed 7 min.)

Several favourite things from Germany include Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk, my cute attaché from Berlin, street döner kebabs (orig: Turkey) - and these, of which a new box has just arrived. After trying many other earplugs these won. So comfy, essential in this noisy, shouty, machine-clanky country.

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Look, we can't all be Beatrice Lumpkin, joining her first union in the 1930s and organizing and fighting fascism and injustice ever since then, dying this month at the age of 107, but we could try. Rest in power 👑 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatric...

Massively unimpressed with the weather gods for coinciding a heatwave with when I'm in London. I do not coherently function above 25C, and above 30C I usually hide next to air con. Strongly suspecting a sticky and sweaty few days lie ahead.

He kept coming back, repeatedly (in the way AI often loops) to this idea of AI (specifically Claude) representing "a position without an address", and it became increasingly clear to me that there was some odd mystification happening. Of course LLM products have an address. It's a corporate address.

Please read this entire thread so I don’t have to repost every post 😆

Probably MetaFilter around 2012-15; after the cleanup of some bad actors and their comments, and before 2016 and US political saturation (ongoing). It's still going, and I'm still sometimes on it. @librarian.bsky.social deserves much credit for making it what it was, and extending its viability.

Colleague, listening to Inferno: Are all Boards of Canada tracks as weirdly named as these? Me: Oh, you have no idea. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvsM...