Ever day, in every way, I thank my lucky stars that I bought 32Gb of RAM and a 4Tb SSD long before the AI idiots made it more expensive than rubies.

Tommy Robinson’s associates have been convicted of possession of indecent images of children, grooming, and child sex abuse. Always remember, whatever they accuse others of - that’s what they do […]

I wasn't optimistic about this game, and I'm even less optimistic now #rsaveng #rugby

It's just so much fun watching Fiji play #rugby. Less fun for the poor Wales players of course.

Two days running now I have had a lie in. Can recommend.

@ianbetteridge AI: endless fuck around, then trying to offshore the find out.

I really like that @kagihq has a feature called "SlopStop" that lets you downrank or exclude sites which use a lot of AI generated content.

Our local sushi place does spicy noodles, so the veggies have done something hot. It comes either mild, medium or spicy. I have only ever had mild, and it's basically painful. And I am not a man who fears hot food.

Leeches. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jun/28/1-in-every-11-spent-uk-public-contractors-private-equity

RE: https://mas.to/@carnage4life/116825465041766357 This, I suspect, will be a story that recurs. And as with most corporate errors, management will not be accountable at all.

Thank fuck it's a bit cooler.

Incredibly sad news. I'm stunned. Only talked to him via email a few weeks ago. https://om.co/2026/06/24/1966-2026/

RE: https://mastodon.social/@xahteiwi/116803618394362272 A rare exception

This is fine.gif

I actually think Bielsa’s portrait is the most interesting one of all photos from the World Cup. I really like it. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jun/16/marcelo-bielsa-photoshoot-uruguay-world-cup-2026

Yessssssssa!

Who would possibly have predicted that Reform are a bunch of hate-filled homophobic shitweasels? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/14/lgbtq-pride-rochford-essex-council-library-ban-reform-uk

Banging NS cover this week

Ooof https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/116699661945921760

This is very, very bad on @protonprivacy’s part. https://toot.cafe/@chartier/116714648918327920

I’m looking forward to children being unable to take a picture of Michelangelo’s David on a school trip. (And if you think that won’t happen, try posting any kind of nudity in art on Instagram, Pinterest etc) […]

Oh, this opening line. 95% of writers couldn't have written it. And 0% of AI's ever could. https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/0b194006-a71e-49af-8861-eb9406addbe7

Whenever I hear someone talking about a "super-app" I can almost smell the desperation. https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/5d482d3f-b288-4cc7-b5d4-5a94f161edc7

One of the things I enjoyed most about my degree was doing some astronomy. I was a humanities student but my minor was astronomy and I was taught by the lovely Iain Nicolson. I think about Iain every time I see the full moon https://britastro.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/IainNicolson.pdf

This. This x1000.

You’re not required to disclose you have a GRC but you can’t use the facilities of the gender you’re recognised as, thus making it obvious that you have a GRC. Seriously who writes this shit, and do they ever actually bother reading it to find out how stupid it is?

We really are at the end phase of the decline of the American republic. Gold ballrooms, statues to Caesar, praetorian guard. Next we will have Didius Julianus buying the presidency.

Well @brokenbottleboy is always good value but I love his latest piece on the completely fake “Farage banned from Desert Island Discs!” story. The sooner people realise that the Mail makes stuff up the better. https://brokenbottleboy.substack.com/?utm_campaign=pub&utm_medium=web

No. https://www.ft.com/content/6536f2f5-e365-4594-a928-8c1d5ac2e7b6?syn-25a6b1a6=1

That's it lads the robots are revolting

The looting of America. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/30/why-1bn-in-balkans-energy-contracts-are-going-to-an-obscure-company-connected-to-donald-trump

Honestly, I could listen to Vaughn Williams "Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis" all day. What an incredible piece of music.

Oh this is just joyous. Turn on the audio for full effect.

RE: https://social.vivaldi.net/@xtaldave/116662401284655507 Burn it all down.

OMG https://mastodon.social/@runjaj/116657309263853423

No (sorry @jburnmurdoch) https://www.ft.com/content/2205e2d0-50dc-4e80-9bf7-78d0272276c0?syn-25a6b1a6=1

RE: https://sfba.social/@revjss/116649005765746593 If there isn't an EV called the VW Burrito released soon, they're missing a trick.

Is it sad that when someone notices a typo in something I write, I leave it in because it demonstrates it’s not written by AI? Those machines really can *spell*!

It’s BoC day! Just go buy this now. https://bleep.com/boards-of-canada-inferno

Two days till BoC Day

Self-driving, Tesla and the influence of brand: https://www.ianbetteridge.com/self-driving-tesla-and-the-influence-of-brand/ I've been a Stratechery subscriber since it started and one thing I have noticed about Ben is that he occasionally gets a little overexcited about stuff that is probably […]

As a little fun experiment, I've spun up a WriteFreely instance at https://blog.technovia.co.uk. It's just for good old fashioned linkbloggery, and you also find it on fedi at @ian

RE: https://flipboard.com/@polygon/pc-1acuf0tez/-/a-kzANRfwcSEyGafCUaMNEaQ%3Aa%3A785933440-%2F0 @polygon @pc-polygon Well it's about time.

Like most people who like writing, I keep notes. Sometimes, I’ll go back through the notes and find something that’s quite lovely. Such as my description of Blairism as “the political equivalent of a late-period Genesis album”.

Mando and Grogu- enjoyable nonsense. Interestingly iPhone auto-corrects “Grogu” to “Geoff”.

RE: https://todon.eu/@dbattistella/116624745179319154 If in doubt, beavers.

This has been a tricky week for me in a few ways. But nothing compared to what it's been for my trans brothers and sisters. Respect and love to all of you.

Is there anything that the snowflakes on the right won’t get upset about? https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/may/21/rhs-faces-conservative-backlash-over-chelsea-flower-show

RE: https://techhub.social/@Techmeme/116596312742431654 Genuinely baffling that any human being should think this is a good idea. Actually, scratch that - it's entirely in keeping with the ability of the tech bros to disconnect from their own and our humanity.