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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque: "This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

The only video game I've ever played is the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy text adventure. And Quordle which my phone calls a video game. DNA/Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Infocom Adventure share.google/FOiA9nLmYxbf...

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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow

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Rest in power, Chairman Fred!

The truth? The USA can't handle the truth. There are no truths outside the gates of Eden

The facts, ma'am. Just the facts.

The dean's coming. Everyone - hide

It's not the meek who shall inherit the earth

It's a high bar and like Dick Fosbury*, Trump, somehow, goes over. *Dick Fosbury was good at getting over high bars. By all accounts he was a good guy.

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I believe that the key to a happier life is to read more books, eat more scones, and use more Oxford commas.

James Connolly warning people of this timeline

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The anti-library is calling

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It's a campaign to target trans people.

Oxford, or serial, commas are what separate us from your parents, a hippopotamus, and a giraffe.

Don't fund Bezos

On the delight of the Camel Book and perl. www.wired.com/story/progra...

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You because you can doesn't mean you should

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“The editor interviewed him in the 1960s for the job of political correspondent. ‘Are you interested in politics, Mr Stoppard?’ ‘Indeed I am.’ ‘So then can you tell me the name of the prime minister?’ ‘I said I was interested, not that I was obsessed!’” open.substack.com/pub/nickcohe...

Empire with David Olusoga Educate, and emancipate, yourself from mental slavery BBC Two - Empire with David Olusoga share.google/dKnz03it6Dhg...

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It's hard to see why access means so much to these hacks. They could write their reports without it: "In the Oval Office today Donald Trump produced a mixture of incoherent drivel, self-aggrandising lies, and bigoted insults. He answered questions only from dedicated arse-kissers."

Your Black Friday reminder that Amazon... -Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine -Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund -Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump -Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump

Reporters who fact-check Trump to his face are not “stupid”, they are not “piggies”, and they are not “ugly”. They are doing their jobs, and doing it under pressure most of us will never experience. We should be grateful for their service. I appreciate their courage now more than ever.

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Overthrow Wyt Christian Supremacism

The great ghost census.

Klezmer music

The nonsense generating machine that is AI

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Data theft Promulgating right wing conspiracy theories Sacking government workers That's DOGE

As a lawyer, I'm willing to admit that "we're not responsible for our chatbot talking someone into suicide because our terms of service prohibit using our chatbot for suicide" means that lawyers need to be first up against the wall when the revolution comes. Bsky disclaimer: hyperbole not a threat

Quiet Piggy

The what guys in the room? Is there going to be a musical about the hubris of Nvidia?

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George Lucas In Love is the best 8 minutes. Go watch George Lucas In Love. It's the Star Wars origin story in 8 minutes.

one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.

Solution-shaped objects considered harmful (after Dijkstra). Solutions should be centred on your values. Many so-called solutions to social problems reveal an appallingly anti-humanist set of values. There are many solutions to homelessness. Many of those solutions are evil. Pick good solutions