Okay, this is quite outstanding from Bedford Council.

Having to sell a couple of things. www.ebay.co.uk/itm/18806912... (1st US ed of Tarantula 2nd printing) www.ebay.co.uk/itm/18806919... (magazine with Smiths flex-disc) There's a couple of other things.

"This is fine."

Having to sell a couple of things. www.ebay.co.uk/itm/18806912... (1st US ed of Tarantula 2nd printing) www.ebay.co.uk/itm/18806919... (magazine with Smiths flex-disc) There's a couple of other things.

Hard to think of two better people to listen to about this (mainly from the UK news perspective, and the programme is about the use language in politics). www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Navigating a way.

The Christmas TV is so dire.

I read that someone is about to become a trillionaire. I think money changes its nature in that kind of quantity, like space and time near a black hole. What’s the point? It’s not so you don’t have to worry about restaurant bills.

Someone just commented they found Waiting for Godot sometimes boring. I never found it boring. But I just tried to watch my second Bergman film this week, and realised it’s very mannered and the existentialism is right up front. I might be in the wrong mood for it.

Wordle 1,630 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Don’t think I’ve had a pure anagram before. And still couldn’t get the word first time.

PSA: me not commenting on something does not mean I am "complicit." First of all, you need to log off and touch grass. Secondly we are total strangers so call your therapist. Thirdly there are 1,000 things happening every day and I am busy. Finally what exactly do you want me to do about it?

Two guesses is my best yet. 🐹 Animal #814 🦮 🟥🟩 🔥 2 | Avg. Guesses: 9.5 metazooa.com #metazooa

My complaint to Bristol City Council about flags - it's the third time they'e gone up on my street. Not sure the solution to that, but I mentioned a street in Wigan that has council-installed flags above the shop fronts with other countries mixed in. Very different effect.

Dreamt President Trump came to my workplace where I ended up sitting in a room on my own with him. I tried to interview him, confident I’d be able to do this in my own way. His responses were desultory however, he wasn’t really interested in talking to me.

Cover of a Kindle edition of Ulysses which for some reason is classed under "science fiction/alternative history" on Amazon. Although this scene would have been science fiction at the time the book is set.

Here’s a band lost in the mists of time… #totp

"What makes me mad about AI in education" by Irina Dumitrescu https://irinadumitrescu.substack.com/p/what-makes-me-mad-about-ai-in-education

(Henry VIII finishes playing his song) "So... what do you think?" "Honestly?... I really want ice cream."

I’m not sure why a litter bin would have a flashing light.

"PhD-level experts in your back pocket" is a completely nonsensical description of AI but a pretty good description of social media if you follow the right people

Went to see the new Fantastic Four movie. Finchy from The Office plays Galactus. 10/10

Wordle 1,497 X/6 Probably no chance of getting back to 100% before 1000 plays now. 98 streak gone. I tried to use up all the possible letters, but it's not a word you hear that much. ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩

“Safety concerns of the bar staff” means a whole ethnic group blocked from performing at this venue. Looks like direct racial discrimination to me. www.jewishnews.co.uk/jewish-comed...

A little shout out for Diamond Sky Radio. www.diamondsky.radio

Another thing to not watch. This is saving me so much time!

Today’s photo selection.

I could swear I was at Glastonbury in 1989, but looking at the line-up I didn’t see a single major act.

Charli xcx vs Neil Young. It doesn’t need to be a competition. We’ve all got more than one screen.

Sound seems a lot better on the iPlayer live stream #neilyoung

A formation (red arrows?) flypast at the exact high point of Common People. #pulp

God, just imagine the year 2000, it seems so very far off in the future #Glastonbury

Would have thought virtually all of them for bracketed part. Would love to go to Orkney, if I could.

Wells Cathedral have gone from free admission to £15. Its the main reason we visited Wells today, but I suppose it’s only for those with money now.

Wonderful to see this rendition of All Along The Watchtower in Spokane, WA last night. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_6g...

Class episode of #totp.

Squirrel making off with cream cracker.

Swan greets crow.

Are people going to end up get chipped up and going into their job interviews giving ChatGPT answers? Maybe it'll have a use for people who need to talk through their relationship problems and can't be bothered to engage with it. Maybe happening already. (By text.) #themachinestops

Flixbus cancelled my coach without bothering to give a reason. Rebooked for later today but unlikely I’ll use them again. Only second time I’ve used them.

I never understand why people post random very famous song lyrics in FB groups for musicians etc. Am I missing something?

Reading about the dire wolf news? Read this ⬇️

News just in: dire wolf still extinct.

Meta's new WhatsApp AI is wild. #dothewritething

I think we should be paid to listen to this creative monologue from the National Express driver. Been going for about ten minutes now. No apology or explanation about why we set off late.

Regarding Facebook "news feeds" these days, we need a new word for "pap an algorithm has worked out you'll be vaguely interested in".

Love this initiative by 1000 artists such as Kate Bush against the legalization of copyright theft. It’s ironic that the “added tracks” were probably chosen by AI. (Choosing the tracks most similar to silent recordings.)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=r099... (cc. @dylyricus.com. Might be a good addition to the site.)

Someone needs to tell the Chiefs that Plymouth Argyle hadn’t beaten Liverpool since 1956, until today in the FA Cup. Might give them the encouragement they need to turn this round. #superbowl

At least they covered the Musk shenanigans a bit, but it needs a proper report. I can’t remember anything like it in a modern democracy. #newsnight

"The paper...also warned that a mistaken belief that AI systems are already conscious could lead to a waste of political energy as misguided efforts are made to promote their welfare." Best thing paper says; people are very confused if think AI could be sentient. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...