hopeful, insistent driftwood.... #Scape #art #photography #nature #dreambig #daybyday

But you're NOT speaking to your grandmother. Because she's dead. So let's stop wasting our time on this nonsense. AI has its uses, but it's not Jesus raising up Lazarus and never will be. It's more akin to a psychic in a sparkly jacket.

And here lies the apex of the problem.

Frank Sinatra loathed Donald Trump.

You're cotton picking so right, bro'. Anything created by AI needs a massive red label slapping on it – at the start, in the middle and at the end. Legally enforceable. #no2ai www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

No sooner do you think "it can't get any worse" when it does. Society, governments – they need to get a grip on the governance of all this technology. Some things don't need inventing. Everyone – capiche? www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

You know that London history nut you've got to buy a Christmas card for? May I suggest ... www.amazon.com/Outcast-Dead...

You know that one weird friend you've got to buy a Christmas present for? May I suggest ... www.amazon.co.uk/Unprepared-D...

You know that obsessive puzzler in the family you've got to buy a Christmas present for? May I suggest ... www.amazon.co.uk/Treasure-Hun...

You know that jazz and blues fan you've got to buy a Christmas present for? May I suggest ... www.amazon.com/Black-Swan-B...

You know that True Crime fan you've got to buy a Christmas present for? May I suggest ... www.amazon.com/Gallows-Ball...

You know that comics reader you've got to buy a Christmas present for? May I suggest ... www.amazon.com/Redemption-A...

If you’re anything like us and Radio 4 is the background soundtrack to your existence, listen in at 3.45 today. I wrote a short story for Short Works about a wild boar release, rural ideologies and searching for balance in an environment that is intrinsically off-kilter www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

This absolutely nails it. Why is it everyone's so obsessed by migrants, both legal and illegal when the biggest threat to life as we know it is this! 3m jobs gone in 10 years. Why is the Starmer govt encouraging this in the name of maintaining our competitive edge? #no2ai

Just sign it! You know it makes sense. c.org/PDSh8fDt4J

Do you have an NHS dentist? Either way, sign here to lobby for adequate provision for all. #NHS #Dentistry c.org/PDSh8fDt4J

Great Britain wastes £180,000 every hour switching off wind turbines and overpaying gas generators to switch on. That's £1,276,294,119 so far this year! wastedwind.energy

Anyone in UK government listening? Or are they all just wetting themselves thinking of all those AI created jobs? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

"Running list of German support organizations for your kit bags," said a US Army website in Germany about the government shutdown. It was a list of local food banks

What new hell is this? Maybe we deserve extinction. www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...

PlanetSlade's song of the day. www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2uB...

I might just trot into the bank (yes, I still have one) tomorrow and draw out some cash – broken into small change, just in case it might come in handy one day. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Unfortunately the people who suffer will not be the ones who pumped oxygen into this folly. #No2AI observer.co.uk/news/columni...

California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you. Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide. So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.

Preach, brother! The iTunes interface was SO much better than current Apple Music one, and now it sounds like they're determined to make it even worse. I feven a Mac expert like Dave is pissed off with it, think how we mere mortals feel!

Why does Apple insist on making ludicrous user interface changes? The kindest thing I can say about Liquid Glass – the new 'design language' the Fruit Company inflicted upon us with macOS Tahoe is 'meh'. And as to what they've done with the desktop Music application 1/4 @planetslade.bsky.social

PlanetSlade's song of the day. www.youtube.com/watch?v=deGE...

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com p.s. My new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats' is out this week. Details at www.tomgauld.com

We need this thing like a hole in the head #ChatGPT www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Good. #no2ai www.theguardian.com/business/202...

We stand together — elected officials, business leaders, the faith community, law enforcement, educators, and more — in our opposition to the abuses of power by Donald Trump's administration. We're telling this unwarranted and unconstitutional occupation to stay out of Chicago.

IF ANY CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY SIGNS THIS RADICAL AGREEMENT, THEY'LL LOSE BILLIONS IN STATE FUNDING — INCLUDING CAL GRANTS — INSTANTLY. CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.

History has many painful lessons.

They're at it again. Just stop this. Now. #No2AI www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...

Nice to be told. I wonder how any other media organisations have taken the trouble to think about their approach to the use of AI in their journalism? www.theguardian.com/help/insideg...

A poor Ecuadorian woman asks a rude ICE agent to let her husband go. He tells her “Adios” before pushing her violently to the ground in front of her kids. We cannot allow this kind of horrific situation happen. Everyone, citizen or immigrant, is entitled to the same rights.

Did the reviewer ever like Slow Horses? Me thinks they're taking it all a bit too seriously. The plots and situations are ridiculous, but so what – it's a spoof. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Colbert’s opening yesterday was top notch. His homage to Kimmel will remembered. 💙

📢TOMORROW, 9/20, NYC & everywhere. MAKE BILLIONAIRES PAY protest. We are revolting against Trump and the Billionaire Class. #Pinks Join us! Find an event near you! ⬇️ www.makebillionairespay.us

Tom Waits: Seeds on Hard Ground. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlGA...

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

Apple's latest OS is out for Macs, iPhones and iPads ... but should you install? tidbits.com/2025/09/15/w...

Windsor Castle UK: activists from the collective @ledbydonkeys.org project images of Trump with Epstein onto the castle’s walls.

"Post-medieval bone dice. " They're tiny - much smaller than dice today.

Had an enjoyable afternoon at Cutlers' Hall, where London mudlarks were exhibiting their historic finds from the mudbanks of the Thames which emerge at low tide. These are items Londoners either lost by the river or tossed in there deliberately. Some date back to the Roman era. Here's some pics.

Things are getting bad when the police get into an argument with an AI bot. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Apple’s new, thinner iPhone Air is worse in all the wrong ways. @davelee.me explains why 🎥