Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.

"He noticed various things. He noticed the difference. He noticed little oddities." Normal Fetters (1839).

"Shunning another bottle, Parsons was content to fiddle with some loose threads. More patterns, more patterns was his motto." Shrinking Whales (1865).

it's crazy that 500 years ago, you would see the ruler of your country maybe once in your life and hear whispers that they're the Sun God, but now with social media, you get to see on a daily basis that they're the most unhinged, idiotic, and unhappy person you know

"There were some nice cables set along the skirting boards in the living room. Harris prodded at one of the thicker ones with his boot." Brockerstone (1988).

If you were one of the many white Brits who told me BLM UK wasn't necessary and was just being attention-grabby because the UK is such a tolerant place, don't come crying to me now. If you weren't there for your Black trans sisters when they were fundraising to survive, don't whine.

If you couldn't be fucked when every government in the UK for the past 14 years started killing disabled and ill people with benign neglect, couldn't be arsed to sign our petitions, couldn't be fucked to put on a mask or even reskeet a message, you don't get to be shocked at the march to eugenics.

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"Wrong. It had quintupled." All Those Amazing Trips (1975).

Perform empathy. Please. Perform the fuck out of it. It's so good to act with kindness. I hope it penetrates to a place where you feel it, too, but if you must act some way, act the right way. I'm not here to judge your authenticity, I just want you to be kind, thoughtful, and mortified by meanness.

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"A few more hammers were all that was required. Adding to the rooms upon rooms of tools. Just the ticket." Quibbles in the Cellar (1884).

"Whirling without a little bit of movement. He started to topple away. Doilies went everywhere." Waking in the Drawing Room (1923).

"'Ah the clock strikes again,' Kellan said with a smirk. "'Your wit is titanic,' Magner said. "'I know, I know.'" Stout in a Basket (1948).

"Sampling the surface of the bricks was becoming a long process. This suited Andreas down to the ground. All that scraping made him feel good." Short of Lime (1953).

"Their telephones were all tied together. Miles of wiring muddled together. It was supposed to make things easier." Gunther's Long Song (1985).

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"Mixes of numbers, letters, and other symbols made his skin tingle. Looking through cyphers for the right one or discovering new ones was heaven." Locked Numbers (1934).

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The real story isn’t “renewables are cheaper” — we already knew that. An 82% renewable grid breaks marginal pricing. Once wind, solar + batteries dominate, fossil generators stop setting peak prices. Scarcity rents collapse. Volatility dies. That’s the system shock incumbents fear — not ideology. ⚡🔋

the bit in this that makes me bristle is the idea that the bbc should be making content for youtube - because they know that youtube keep a cut of the monetisation, right? so they're saying that the british public should fund content that makes a private company more money?

I can't find the thread anymore so I'll paraphrase but People pushing AI in the arts dont understand that art is the process not the result Writing is about the words and the meaning and how they slot together. Painting is about colour and texture and the physicality of the paintbrush on paper (1/?)

"There were some facts that Jonas had to accept. He wasn't going to get across the river. Mr Pamphlet was going to make sure it didn't happen." Fluttering Pamphlet (1953).

I said “let’s clean the air, wear masks and other prevention stuff to protect people from bugs”… Society said. “We prefer dead kids.” Mainly because dark money convinced people that going back to “normal” was important, no matter how bad it was.

"The next two rooms were full of sugar. Spread across the floors without a care. Thrown against the windows with abandon." Working from the Start (1960).

As i've said before, the renaissance was just 15th century OnlyFans. Artists discovering rich dudes will pay big bucks for pictures of their favourite Greek god, goddess or bible figure with their bits out.

AI has actively made life worse for literally everyone - tech is now more expensive - you cannot trust most media of reality anymore - programs barely function - energy prices - literal psychosis - your voice can be literally stolen for evil - more spyware but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.

You weren’t “high functioning” You were masking. You weren’t “coping well” You were dissociating. You weren’t “fine” You were surviving. They applauded your performance and ignored the cost. That wasn’t care. It was survival.

"Of the ten options, this was by far the best and yet Yoshiro was conflicted. He had imagined it would solve many problems. He was in receipt of many new ones." Coping with Fellows (1947).

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Before the internet boom, games tended to be local phenomena, with their own play culture grown from whoever could be bothered to read the manual, or what they learned word of mouth from peers. The idea there ever was one monoculture of TTRPG cultures is just a lie. It's always just been tables.

Saw footage of a Labour MP claiming that the party has tackled the cost of living crisis and...this level of dishonesty shouldn't be allowed to pass.

"A fortune in massive great lumps of blubber. So much of it I almost cried. I might have cried. I might be crying now." Numb Tear Ducts (1996).

"There weren't many fruit they could use. All that sugar would eat away the flavour. Hannah sighed and prodded at the bubbling liquid with the spoon." More Wood (1972).

Why is the horror we imagine scarier than what we see? Tee (T.L.) Wood's article explores “Unseen Terrors,” examining psychological horror in which the real monster is fear itself, loss of control, and our own minds. gnofhorror.com/unseen-terro...

Depressing yet utterly unsurprising that it's taken two weeks for any media to report that the editor of The Times has been arrested and charged. Any newsroom trying to claim they had to wait for indictment doesn't seem to apply that logic to literally any other arrest/initial court appearance.

Having a UBI makes it MORE possible for people to pursue meaning. Look, we aren't heading into a future where no one can find a job. There will always be jobs for humans so long as people can express demand for human labor. New jobs will happen and meaning is also possible through unpaid activities.

Never let it be forgotten among all the Discourse that UK Labour could win votes just admitting Brexit was a mistake and making in roads back to the EU. Instead, they've decided to choose bigotry and going after all of our rights. Bigotry is not being forced upon them; it's a choice.

"Jervis was carving up the room full of balls when Albert got back. Albert stood in the doorway, staring at the carnage. His mind settled on all the string." A Soothing Two Months (1983).

So I'm not going to share that shitty Guardian headline because it's what we like to call A BLATANT FUCKING LIE.

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A pox on this generation of spineless mediocrities, of tepid-willed officiates too disorganised to join the Civil Service, too lacking in leadership to cut it as an HR manager, fucking banality-brained clerics of a minor god of the opinion polls and white papers too fucking boring to merit a name.

a lot of education is still based on the assumption that there is an objective frame of reference that contains all the right answers and all you need to do is gain access to it and repeat what it tells you

"Suffering through it was the only way. Gritting the teeth and screwing the eyes shut. Everything just to push through." Eating Lemons — A Child's Guide (1904).

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Welcome to Britain, a country so short of dentists that an MP's 87-year-old mum pulled her teeth out with pliers. Also a country with thousands of foreign-qualified dentists who can’t work until they pass an exam so oversubscribed it’s like trying to book Glasto tickets. www.ft.com/content/f4e5...

"'At the risk of making an even bigger fool of myself, I'm going to put on this hat,' Sutton said. He produced the great crowning thing from behind the chair." Two Dozen Hats (1931).

HR departments countrywide need to start treating gendercrit employees as potentially hostile. As soon as you are required to interact with one, you dust off the rulebook, you dot every eye and cross every t, and you assume bad faith at every turn. They are a threat to every organisation.

at what point do you admit that the silly billy smol beans maybe can't possibly be such silly billy smol beans and must maybe actually just be fuckin dogshit people who know exactly what they're doing but just... what they *wanna* do is fuck. you. over.