I'm seeing so many takes on the lines of "huh, well I wish I would be invited to a group chat with some of you" [and that includes me], but I'm sorry to say I think I've seen at least 50 of them, and the member limit is 50. Which means some of you will be left out. Not sure what's worse tbh...

Grosse SharePointe Black

One for @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social A gaggle of geese guarded a whisky distillery in Scotland until from 1959 until 2012. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotch_...

Reason the npm ecosystem is a load of bollocks #13182857823: package-lock.json causes way more problems than it solves, as does the whole ^ semantic versioning thing. Nobody pays any attention to "breakability" of changes between minor vs major.

For the benefit of my moots, I've just been leaving YouTube on autoplay this evening. The most amazing humans I've had the pleasure to spend time with - Idrîsî Ensemble www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmCR...

I love how weirdly diverse Bluesky is. Half my notifications right now is an argument over how shit Labour are to marginalised groups, intermixed with a discovery of AMAZING choral music.

How about... no.

I get the general feeling this band is the French equivalent of Mumford & Sons, however I find their stuff relatively positive in the face of the shit state of things in general. Quand? Meaning "When?" A kind of protest song. If a bit twee, still got a positive vibe www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr3u...

The Wall so far. Featuring prints from: @sonnyross.bsky.social Michael Cox (h/t @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social ) @ciaraioch.bsky.social

Consider Phlebas. And of course the rest of The Culture series.

Cory's done it again. This time he's explained, sorta, what we as developers do when we "rubber duck" a problem. AI infers too much when I rubber duck. I want someone try to understand from my angle when I explain.

a) what an immaculate beast b) damn I need to wash my windows

MY DOG (sitting at the dining room table, doing his homework): What does anthropomorphise mean?

Today Microsoft moved all its GitHub copilot subscribers to token-based billing. If you want to see what happens when people have to pay the actual costs of AI, the day is finally here. It's obvious that every customer sees the deep, meaningful value and isn't angry at all.

Hot Take: "Dreamer" by Ozzy Osbourne is a good song but the arrangement and performance by Ozzy fucking sucks. If you took that exact song and have it performed by Type O Negative it'd be absolutely incredible and so much more of a deeper cut.

You used to be able to google the time of the sunset, and Google would give you the exact time right on top every single time. Thankfully, with artificial intelligence, you can now ask Google what time the sun will set and it will conveniently tell you "I don't know."

time.com/6337835/ai-m... Ray Naylor on AI

i didn't notice the AI-ness of this article until it described tomatoes as red orbs apnews.com/article/toma...

This is the sort of stuff isis was doing and everyone got mad

Now, I generally view all James Bond movies as products of their period - they always seem to be a pastiche of the time period of cinema when they're released. Die Another Day is the worst ranked Bond film by IMDB [6.1]. It was released in 2002.

Awesome!!! Great wooden carving of "Demon" - let your dad know I'm well chuffed @slipperyjack.bsky.social !

Mamatus clouds over Derbyshire! Alt text for all 3 images: Mamatus cloud formations taken out a window over a housing estate. They show the classical "bulbuous" formations seen. They are indicative of turbulent air.

Switched on the Big Fan. Cat hair tornado!

I am totally buying this, building this, and getting it stuck in my hallway [Yes, yes, that was a different company]

Pretty sure my cat just asked me to turn the heating down

The Galway Advertiser did a great job at the #GalwayWest by-election - and as well as being v funny - this sums up perceptions vs reality for regional news these days

Back at Hardwick Hall today for the opening of a couple of new exhibitions of Cool Stuff not normally on display!

@oldenoughtosay.com One for your "unserious country" list. Tomorrow is Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling day, and BBC got an article that focuses more on the cheese. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK

There's some bands that do EXCELLENT cover of #TypeOfNegative [e.g. Pallbearer]. But in doing so, you gotta remove the Type O from the song. And that often means the weirdness, the outright dressing nature of the song. Great covers, but don't cut deep like the originals. Love a bit of Type O.

Do you have to pay Amazon more on Prime Video for the loudness to be... well, loud? Ads are normal volume, but this version of The Matrix on there is quiet as fuck!

british fan chat

Do not vote Labour even if Burnham becomes leader

To those standing firm in the face of hostility, we salute you. To those feeling vulnerable, we got you. 🏳️‍⚧️ www.essehouse.co.uk

I think Independence Day got me into IT and computers and stuff. 11 year old me REALLY wanted a Powerbook 1300. Hackers [1995] had a different kind of influence. But who knew I'd end up resonating with the David Levinson so much into my 40s?

Rewatching Waterworld for today's early evening movie. This movie is so good - but a huge part of that is Dennis Hopper. MAN he does a fantastic villain.

Blackfriars Bridge from the foreshore today. The sharp-eyed might notice a bale of straw hanging under one of the arches facing upstream. This is an old Thames bylaw from the mists of time warning vessels that repair work is taking place. Paid by the City Bridge Foundation, no cost to the taxpayer.

Such a sucker for linear TV. If Under Siege is on ITV4, I'm watching Under Siege on ITV4.

I have ordered a Chinese takeaway which means senses that have lain dormant since primeval homo species walked the earth have woken up and I can hear every car engine in a 2 mile radius

Louie watching the rain

Got a notification from a medieval copyright lawyer

No small deal for independent LGBTQ+ bars to boycott Eurovision on what I imagine would usually be one of the busiest nights of the year. Well done to all.

“Crucifixion?” “Yes” “Good. Out of the door. Line on the left. One cross each”

I ORDER MY COFFEE BLACK. NO SUGAR. NO MILK. NO WATER. NO CUP. THEY HAND ME THE BEANS. I EAT THEM IN THE PARKING LOT LIKE A HORSE. THE BARISTAS HAVE STOPPED CHARGING ME. I HAVE NOT SLEPT SINCE TUESDAY. I CAN HEAR THE WIFI

Funny things still happen over at the bad place This guy put a prompt in his LinkedIn and now AI recruiters are writing him in Old English and calling him "my lord"

Hypovolemic, Cardiogenic, Septic, Anaphylactic, Neurogenic, Obstructive. All a bit shocking, really.