the powers that be want you to know less about your computer. they are taking away your beautiful file pathing, keyboard inputs, considered mouse clicks, and expertise of your OS. everything will soon be done by mumbling into the open air and praying it works correctly. this is a nightmare.

I wonder how many of the greatest minds of our age, instead of curing cancer, are paid a fortune to direct as many eyeballs as possible to Google's 'YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO SEND EMAILS ANYMORE' spiel that absolutely everyone ignores

I haven't played Football Manager for years, but I still have a reflective twitch that I should buy the new one every time it comes out

You know when they *finally* elect the mayor of New York City? Will he get to do any governing or does the next race begin immediately?

The hole in a guitar is traditionally used to store soft cheeses and dried meats which are fed to the drummer when he does a good job

I wonder which tech company is going to be the first to put the undo function behind a paywall

They’ve started selling cox apples in Sainsbury’s again. We are so back.

Soundscapes can reduce pain, promote wellness and reduce stress - but what are they

Apologies for the extremely low-hanging fruit

Posted by @22grandpod.bsky.social on Twitter earlier. There I am, in the bottom left corner, grimacing as usual

I clearly don't think this is unhinged as otherwise I wouldn't say it, but the idea of reading any novel with the aid of a 'companion guide', especially for the first reading, is baffling to me

‘They are the most educated generation in history, but they are living through an economic slump following decades of high-speed growth. The vision of upward mobility has waned, replaced by the rat race.’ Yun Sheng on China’s Gen Z: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

The Uncanny Valet

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Have slowed my writing down approx 50% by introducing a character who nests all of his thoughts in ever-more-ridiculous strings of labyrinthine parentheses

In an unprecidented moment of Lit Bro synchronicity, just as László Krasznahorkai was receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature I simultaneously took delivery of my copy of Schattenfroh (dressed like a man who is ready to FUCK)

I will say, the ending of The Melancholy of Resistance is one of the most extraordinary things I've ever read. You really need to gear up for Krasznahorkai, though; you can't read a few pages at a time.

The amount of hair I have on the top of my head (i.e almost none) has reached truly insane proportions. I think I might be the baldest man alive

Genuinely pathetic to get excited and look at tracking updates for a fucking lamp

American politicians shouldn't be named after trading card games imo

Wakefield Waterstones only had one copy of Shadow Ticket (now they have none). Very upsetting

Anyone got a SAD lamp they'd recommend? Ideally one that's dimmable and can change colour temperature for the evening (but nothing that needs an app to control it)

Getting RSI from how many times you need to press the little button to skip the adverts on American podcasts

Solo pint and William T. Vollmann in Windermere on a Saturday afternoon, baybeeeee

Would be against ID cards either way, but it's also *yet another* thing we're being forced to use a smartphone for. If the government wants to force us to use smartphones to participate in society, the state should supply a basic one that works well for all government requirments free of charge.

Oh, yeah, let's all start talking about this

A scrap dealer just drove down the street shouting 'bring out your fat fryers... dishwashers and microwaves' out of a megaphone and I genuinely thought it was a recording of Mark E Smith for a moment

The Pynchon fanboys are going apeshit over a mid review of Shadow Ticket over on twitter

Wonder how many of the people who are using ChatGPT to write shopping lists/recipes/texts to their loved ones etc were playing those 'Brain Training' video games ~20 years ago

Every time I someone posts this thumbnail I think it's Sam from Youthmovies

@strongmisgiving.bsky.social !!!

Once again getting prompted by my kids' school to encourage my kid to 'revise' for internal maths tests. Surely this will pervert the entire purpose of these tests?

I know there are more important things to complain about here, but why does an audiobook need a 'cast'? It's not really a book, then, is it?

I need to know Mike Skinner’s take on the Mandelson thing

Niche question: can anyone give any examples of musicians contributing an article to a fanzine dedicated to them? (So Morrissey contributing to a Smiths fanzine or similar)

'It nearly destroyed me, so I set out to destroy the lives of others'

I bought a can of corned beef and was really excited about having a corned beef sandwich, but the little key has fallen off the can so I can’t open it 😭

i constantly think about this post

I know schools are under insane pressure to increase attendance, but this from my kid’s school is an insane misrepresentation of stats:

they’re so close

Remembering Diana, and the greatest newspaper correction ever

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Go back and watch the full 90 mins of almost any game in Bielsa’s second season. I’ll be bet you anything Patrick Bamford puts in an insane physical performance, the kind you can barely believe when you watch it now. Love the guy

Nothing good is ever going to happen again. Now get to work.

Where’s the best BBQ restaurant in Leeds city centre these days?

Books For All in Harrogate, the best second-hand bookshop in Yorkshire. I need to get back there

Starting to think Ilia Gruev might be ‘fucking shit’