As a teacher of English, I can definitively state that yes, this is exactly what happened. Particularly, the curse words. ◡̈

I hear Archie is pretty reliable. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024...

"We Know". This is what snippets did. This is what knowledge boxes were for. Publishers will have to create boundaried agentic search for their content to match the experience and provide accuracy, but they'll still have to fight the gatekeeper at Google for traffic if the brand isn't 1st contact.

Lest we forget... "I didn’t work for Cambridge Analytica at all. That’s libellous. I’m being very serious now. You’re actually propagating a load of misinformation that’s been put online based on nothing." — Alex Phillips, Brexit Party Of course, she was lying... ⤵️ #PoliticsLive

Has your MP signed the open letter saying NO to the Thames Water takeover? weownit.org.uk/mps-open-letter

Right now, this government has a choice. They can hand over Thames Water to a Trump mega-donor, so that he can extract millions in profit. OR, they can bring Thames Water into special administration - slash the debts and put households and our environment first. Where does your MP stand? 👇

"How was the trip to the farm? Did you see any animals?" "It was arable." "I'm sorry to hear that. But did you see any animals?" “Get out”.

I am still loving that when asked to sketch what a dinosaur (sauropod) discovered in Thailand in the 2020s looks like, the artist basically drew #MooDeng with a long neck.

Get an inside look at the NEW Satellite of Love made just for MST3K: The RiffTrax Experiments youtu.be/nu5o4Q62uZA

Drawn by Dr Seuss over 50 years ago.

Otto, Miller, Atkinson, Wankel, Two Stroke, Diesel

Left: Michael Gove, "Britain is governable. It's just been badly governed" Right: Michael Gove so utterly sozzled in parliament he can't even stand

2017: Nigel Farage in the European Parliament complaining about perceived foreign interference in Brexit 2026: Nigel Farage saying that foreign based crypto billionaire gave him £5,000,000 as a reward for campaigning for Brexit

I am shocked. Are you shocked by this totally shocking news?

The Shadow Contract is a 4-part deep dive into how a US spy-tech firm landed a £330m deal for our NHS data. It’s a story about power, privacy, and you. 🔍 Listen now 👇 https://goodlaw.social/1e69ba

I’m burned out. 🫩 God needs a long break. 🫠 Bye humans 👋

we only know about the £5m Harborne donation thanks to journalists at the Guardian, but sure trash the MSM for clicks

Paul Anderson's 50 First Dates

Fritz Lang's 'Pixels'

Let's be clear: thinking "oh trans stuff doesn't bother me"? Streeting is bought & paid for representation of private health interests. If he gets a position of power everyone is going to be worse off - "trans stuff" is a rounding error in the £££s those interests are investing in access to.

After FIVE MONTHS on the job, Zohran Mamdani has delivered a BALANCED BUDGET for NYC, without cutting services or raising overall property taxes. HE DID THAT!! He cleared a 12 BILLION dollar gap by managing spending, getting a bigger slice from the state and closing loopholes. He did it while

Hoist by my own petard.

I call this piece What If The Loch Ness Monster Was Mr Blobby

Labour MPs calling for an orderly transition but unfortunately their government needs to be at least 18 years old with four doctors to sign off first

Some Tory MP says unchallenged on the BBC that "the welfare bill is spiralling out of control" Here's that 'spiralling' in full - steady for the last 20 years

Okay, I apologise up front. This is AI generated illustration. But damn it. It works. #KierStarmer #UKPol #PlAIgiarism #Green Alt text has the description and why I chose to share it.

You nerds need to get with the program. True OGs only use Mario Paint.

Slightly increase a band: A Perfect Sphere (which followed MJK's heavier project being upgraded to WORKSHOP)

"GOLD MAN YELLS AT CLOUD"

If you like data, here is something interesting for you: Bridget Phillipson interview on LK: 9m 40" LK number of interruptions/talking over: 31 Richard Tice interview on LK: 8m 23" LK number of interruptions/talking over: 9

Green Party elections summary: 💚Won 587 total seats (prev record 483 in 2023) 💚Won 11.6% of seats contested (prev record 6.8% in 2024) 💚Net Gain of +398 (prev record +207 in 2023) 💚New total of 1319 council seats 💚2 Senedd members (broke through for the first time)

How about a criminal investigation and a permanent ban from public life for taking bribes and lying to the electorate? A wrist slap for breaching a code, a suspension and by-election is more prize than punishment for tantrum-prone Farage who’s barely an MP anyway. observer.co.uk/news/politic...

many of us try to keep way too many balls in the air but when you really think about it you quickly realize that you absolutely cannot drop any or horrible things will happen and you'll die alone

We fought off the whole move towards privatisation of water in Ireland seeing clearly what it wrought in the UK. They began with a semi-state body which we all knew the government would sell off eventually & there was mass refusal to pay the bills. Over 70%. They couldn't haul everyone into court.

Caroline Lucas of the Green Party reckons that Water needs to be Renationalised. RT if you know it has to be.

If we live in a post competence world, why have I, an uneducated and under-qualified holistic analytical machine with no identifiable skill focus and doesn't understand money, not reached a position in upper management?

Only one tattered old organic chicken left on the shelf in the supermarket and that was hugely expensive so I complained to the manager. Apparently "if I wanted to pay twenty-five quid for a scrawny old bird I'd go to your Mum's house" is enough to get you banned from Waitrose. Woke nonsense.

I am pretty sure that is a washboard and this is a skiffle cat.

Many things I am prepared to try doing, or have tried, without any more than just "well I think it works like this". Do people eventually assume I can do anything if I want, therefore if it's not done... I must not want to. But other than my actual ankle? Welding is my achilles' heel. Make new?

I am a real organic being with sensory organs and a device with which to detect chemical compositions that provide the semiotics of an environment without having to prompt fellow humans, so I must prove that I can detect odours when I communicate to show shared experiences.

Holy shit, they said it out loud: "we show you which ideas can be paid for, legislated, and sold to voters" Which is why voters should absolutely know /who/ is paying. #GBNews #UKPol #ThinkTanks petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...

After being exposed on #Channel4 for escaping sewage prosecutions by donating to charities, the water companies have now come out with a new ad. They claim they’ll invest £104 billion over next 5 years from raising our bills. Doesn’t that mean WE are the ones making that investment - not them?

Reform UK Treasurer and Donors Share London Address with Sanctioned Russian Oligarchs Reform UK’s Treasurer and three other donors have handed £1.55 million to Nigel Farage from Britain’s most expensive apartment block which is home to sanctioned Russian oligarchs and massive post-Soviet wealth

Zack Polanski said the police shouldn't kick people in the head, Nigel Farage took a secret 5 million pound bribe. Have a guess who the British Press are hammering

A refreshed #COBALT8 for around £550-650 based on US and EU pricing - is it an enhanced replacement for the COBALT5S, or is it time to buy the original tank-like COBALT8 and ARGON8 before the #ModalElectronics Element One hits the stores? www.geextreme.com/news/modal-e...

So, relevant to many things lately, from "ai" to rent hikes: as a group, the gentry have functionally no conception of, let alone respect for, the autonomy and consent of those outside the elite. They truly believe they are entitled to everyone else's time, labor, space, culture and resources...

Drop your favourite Star Wars character. Wrong answers only.

This should be illegal. 60% of Wes Streeting's donations come from people and companies linked to private healthcare, according to @goodlawproject.org research. Our NHS should be protected from these private interests - not left defenceless against them. End privatisation in our NHS.