see the thing is, this is true. but also: I remember saying, five years ago, that I think people would find it hard to accept automated driving even if it were statistically safer than human driving, because the types of errors it did make would be incomprehensible & thus horrifying. so: fuck.

just legislate for PR and if they daredn’t, do a referendum on adopting PR with the options as reform (adopt PR)/westminster (no change), simples.

It's the most extraordinary abuse of power by the court. I cannot think of another case where the Supreme Court openly and determinedly went directly against the will of Parliament to the point of declaring the opposite of its intention. It should be considered a constitutional crisis.

Cryosphere MUD has migrated to a new server and its website is back up! Check out cryosphere.org for the website, go to cryosphere.org/chrysalis/ to play in a browser, or connect with your favourite music client on port 6666 (port 6766 TLS).

classic Philip K Dick move

Another one of these for the ages, is it, aye

make a band singular: gang of one

I’ve been reading, for the last week or so, the last in the Richard J Evans trilogy. I’ve read the Shirer book of course, but it’s been a while. Finishing it today. Just in the “what they did next” segment of the book. Not a lot, usually, turns out.

this morning I woke up not planning anything this evening. then I realised Ash ft Graham Coxon would be playing the second of two nights in King’s Cross later. so I bought a ticket. and then I saw them play a bunch of great songs including my favourite Graham Coxon related song! what a great day!

If it was truly intelligent it would have suggested WATER WAVE (U+1F30A) ZERO WIDTH JOINER (U+200D) HORSE (U+1F40E)

pouring one out for a real one

look everyone, don’t get your hopes up, he’s probably just taking a massive shit.

prove it

At long and exhausted last, 1500 words on Iain Sinclair. www.patreon.com/posts/lwia-4...

Cheryl Baker's Geze Loves Jezebel

searching my directory of old files for notes on the conlang i made in 2001, and didn't find that, but did find an IRC log of me complaining about having lost the notes in 2004 (!). well, at least i'm consistent.

maybe the prescriptivists have a point. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The third world war (America vs the World), precipitated by an American president who was ruling by decree without congress, started in 2026. Fuck. #cryospherelore

the second emu war started in 2057 when invasive emus in the New New South Wales colony cross-bred with local life forms, creating a new, more terrifying emu, with the ability to use bolt action rifles and drive pickup trucks. #cryospherelore

This fall I plan on taking Hypernode social media to the next level and start producing video content (MUD reviews and let’s plays, ETC+) A couple of years ago in my MUD era I came across cryosphere, It’s top-tier and one of the best out there! I had a lot of fun exploring and enjoyed the concept!

can confirm all of these facts

(Very) Late submission to the book about the George Martin tie anecdote that I can’t remember if it was taking submissions anyway: “Oh yeah, I’ll tell you something I think you will see why When I say say that something - I fucking hate your tie””

Just a reminder: age verification is a *bad* idea, not a good idea with implementation problems. The trouble with it is inherent, not practical.

slightly over a decade ago I wrote this short story, about the Online Safety Act docs.google.com/document/d/1...

I am pleased to discover… www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2...

anyone remember the story from about 2013-4 or so where it turned out something like 30% of reddit traffic was from three or four specific air force bases in the midwest, including a large proportion of moderation across many subreddits. hey anyone remember r/tumblrinaction

too much time online but not enough time on our mud!

looked at this diagram and looked up quite a lot of the words on it and still not sure if it’s some scarfolk bullshit tbh.

humberside shall rise again!

I am vaguely looking for people to do some basic testing of early game content on the mud before we migrate. If anyone’s interested drop me a note?

I mean personally I’m hoping to listen to the clean version later this week precisely in order to answer this question.

from an undrawn comic from my desk draw (well, an old google drive folder

can't wait how to see how the government and post office ignore any calls for action in the horizon report.

i just made a cup of tea, went to the toilet, then came out and made another cup of tea. good thing i really need a cup of tea!

Ahead of the expected proscription of Palestine Action - the first time a protest group has been legally redefined as terrorist - I went through the Hansard of the 2000 Act they're being banned under. Turns out MPs were assured the law wouldn't be applied this way. Thread 🧵🔽

I’ve got a a routine about costume design in JNT’s whole era but there are a lot of question marks over it.

went to a podcast live recording over lunchtime and now trying to make my way home on a public transport system that seems to have melted. it’s 31C humid, and spitting with rain.

“I’m afraid of Americans” hits different.

in a bit of a dome phase at the moment (was at the tufnell park dome on Saturday to see Kittie, and ok yeah Pulp here in north greenwich on Friday) and it continues to do my nut in how the o2 arena is literally a building inside a building. (I imagine it’s freestanding.)

in two years time trent reznor will the same age that johnnny cash was when he wrote the song “hurt”.

(and so was wincey willis)

That's really sad. Apparently died last year of dementia, but not reported until now.

(sorry about the pictures of text here, reposting an old tweet where I noted that “there are a whole bunch of little tells that AltNatParkSer may be run by someone who learned British spelling.”)

waiting for train to take me to rehearsal and was just thinking “you know what nobody’s asked me about my guitar in public for ages”, and some guy at the station obliged! can I play bob marley? (no), can I play led zeppelin? (also no)

amazing work, Siri.

what better time than Friday afternoon to get a ticket to see some of your favourite bands? PDV, june 26. it’s my birthday. We will be launching one of those vinyls the kids are into these days. dice.fm/event/mxq7gw...

It's PAYDAY! Get your tickets, this is only 3 weeks away! #TheIndelicates, #BCOSRSNS #PocketLint @pocketlint.bsky.social @morwen.net @simonindelicate.indelicates.xyz @paperdress.bsky.social dice.fm/event/mxq7gw...

I hear that you and your band have sold your finite state machines and bought coroutines. I hear that you and your band have sold your coroutines and bought finite state machines.

just had to get out of the bus to move a lime bike out of the carriageway so we could progress. (I say had to, I think the bus driver was intending to it himself but I was closer to the door…)