all these universities kept axing medieval history departments as if they thought tyrants beefing with the Pope was going to stop being relevant

Dramatic scenes at BBC Breakfast.

"i have two Microsoft Outlooks, and neither one of those are working." The Astronauts truly representing us all up there.

Following for the alt text. And the owls, obv.

Why do we calle them "dinosaures" and not "earlye birdes"

Love to see a Leeds organisation use Leeds-based artists! 💙

*Beep boop* good afternoon. 😬

i honestly can't stand seeing people say Gen AI is a disability aid because if it was a disability aid, they wouldn't be putting this much money into it

‘Hey’ came before ‘hi,’ and ‘hi' came before ‘hello.’ ‘Hi’ is most likely a variant of ‘hey.’ ‘Hello’ is not related to either. Goodbye.

Labour don't want what's best for us, or anybody. I see no evidence to the contrary

Powerful oped, not just about public health but the state of our democracies: "That’s real progress. Not GDP going up 0.1% or Rachel Reeves forecasting an extra couple of billion in fiscal headroom – but whether you live or die, are well or sick" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I don't have kids so I dressed up my book as a child for world book day

I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

When you think it’s home time but there’s still 40 minutes to go.

Great thread! (Or þread if we go back a few centuries)

Crowbars.

@penelopebabs.bsky.social Teeeeth!

Me whenever I have to communicate with other human beings #anxiety

Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick

Crowbars.

Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams

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Absolutely losing my mind over Ava, THE ROCK'S DAUGHTER, quitting WWE despite them offering her a raise to keep working a pretty cushy kayfabe general manager gig and then the day after her contract ends she posts this

I want AI to improve my life in ways I don't notice or think about. Like satellites or MSG. It would make traffic lights more intelligent. it would diagnose illness more effectively. It shouldnt be forced on me like that stupid feature that no one likes that makes everything look shit on smart TVs

If you disable all the weird AI fuckshit on your Gmail, it also disables spellcheck lmao. They really removed “don’t be evil” as their motto and then stomped it to death in the dirt, didn’t they? Christ alive.

Grimshaw's night scenes are a marvel, but I'm always delighted by the garden scene of "In the pleasaunce" in Leeds City Art Gallery. It feels like a real space, or a photo my mum sends of her garden in bloom. It's nothing like the dark tones I expect from J.A.G. www.wikiart.org/en/john-atki...

May I offer you a bunny in this trying timeline?

List of my new year's resolutions...

I've had a productive evening putting together a little website for SCARF with all the relevant info on (can't figure out custom domain nonsense unfortunately): sites.google.com/view/sheffie...

Watching The Muppets Christmas Carol with my family for the first time. My Dad has immediately pointed out some of the chimneys in the opening credits are anachronistic. 🫣

@nalsa.bsky.social Spotted this on my parents shelves. :)

Goodness me, it’s like someone rewrote The Twelve Days of Christmas with sex pests www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Essentially, I think that LLM-generated dialogue only makes sense if you believe that the product of writing is words. But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.

*smirks*

@leegrice.bsky.social I've been told to send you this. I'm sorry.

I had a similar call when I was working on the IT Help Desk. Although it turned out the Parent wasn't actually dead yet, which came as a relief.

So many times, the entire nature of what I'm working on has changed because of things I've discovered during the "tedious" work that they claim AI will save me from. It's in fact extremely common that I don't know what a thing really is until I start trying to do the hard stuff and then I find out

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!

Kind of fucking sucks that my reflexive reaction to any “animal doing a cute thing” video now is “is this AI?“

Dates for your diary in 2026 📅 If you're thinking of trying a class and you have a question, please get in touch. We 🩵 beginners! Our classes are water-based dance for women and girls (age 12+). You'll learn new skills, build your confidence and have fun with us in the water 🧜‍♀️ #ArtisticSwimming

Rabbit locomotion — Brehms Tierleben, 1914

the rabbits outside my office window have achieved a near perfect roundness

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 🙏

Bridge Clearance xkcd.com/3174/

Lovely day! I spent time separately with two different friends for their birthdays, and then went to a great gig at the O2 in the evening. I sometimes worry about trying to fit too much in one day, but everything just seemed to go so smoothly today, it was amazing. Sleepy now though. 😴

"oh, don't forget to highlight, in bright red, the two-letter word in the tagline! the two letter word that's kind of the whole point of this clever ad campaign! the two letter word that links this show to the horror movie of the same name!" "no problem boss. i'm on it"

Another amazing year volunteering at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social ! As always, the red shirt crew is a delight to be with, and I caught up with exhibitor friends too, but I also debuted new headwear and met some brilliant creators along the way. What a weekend!

Thought Bubble 2025 is done! A huge thank you to everyone involved in the making and enjoying of this year; our incredible guests, our inspiring exhibitors, every single ticket holder, the wonderful and excellent volunteers, HCC staff and everyone else in between! Let's do it again next year!!!