I hope the current US President can emulate one aspect of Roosevelt's wartime presidency.

Here’s my BLISTERING take-down of AI. With this in mind I can write you a FABULOUS wedding speech, or any type of speech if you need one. In fact, I can write any darn thing if needed. Have a look and share - thank you! www.mathew-owen.co.uk/post/ai-ai-no

Its Financial New Year's Eve today, so tonight I'll be watching Jools Holland's Hootemoney (recorded in November) and then singing "Should auld accountants be forgot" at midnight.

Awesome view from Artemis II this morning.

Bumped into someone in town who introduced me to his friends as "Barry, my colleague". Corrected him to "Ex-colleague..."

My friends in the front row at the snooker in Manchester have been on screen more than John Higgins this afternoon. #snooker #wst

Does anyone in #museums have experience with CatalogIt? Just wondering how it compares to PastPerfect and TMS.

I see Timothy Leary has joined our local NextDoor group.

This lovely twin masted ship was in Glasson Dock the other day. Anyone know what you call a ship rigged like this? #helene

Today's trip to Leighton Moss @rspbleightonmoss.bsky.social - three otters feeding on eels; an osprey catching a fish, seen from the skytower; several marsh harriers; oh that's just the highlights.

right now the astronauts are calling houston because the computer on the spaceship is running two instances of microsoft outlook and they can't figure out why. nasa is about to remote into the computer

UK television peaked on Monday when a b-list celeb had to say "Bloody Mary Berry" for a chance to win a dartboard with Richard Osman's face on it.

Hmm I need two washers with holes small enough for these screwheads and big enough to span the gaps in the grating... [pours out small pile of random washers...] one.... two... any more? nope. Sometimes the universe gives you exactly what you need.

You'd think a British newspaper would give launch times in a UK time zone right? When tf is 6.24pm ET?

Celebrating my first day of being no productive use to the capitalist system by... buying a cappuccino in a nice coffee shop. Oh there's no escaping the system is there?

On this day 60 years ago the Soviet Union launched Luna 10, the first artificial lunar satellite. Also launched on this day in 1966, me. Unlike Luna 10, I have spent the time in a loving orbit of friends and family.

Blue sky full of singing skylarks today. Also avocets egrets godwits. Sitting by the canal now trying to manifest a kingfisher, but they appear when they want to.

Good morning. An account collating sexy gutters, for anyone that needs it today. www.instagram.com/sexygutters NSFW

I can't decide if this is a placeholder or an actual title of a piece of uncategorizable genre-defying cinema from queer Polish visual artist and filmmaker Kinga Michalska but I can't be bothered to go switch the telly on.

Thank you capitalism for using a song from Hair, a 1960s counter-culture musical notorious for its nudity in a *fabric conditioner* ad.

Well, I'm pretty good at parking but I don't think I could make a living from it.

Just watched a hare running along the edge of a field and then vanish by jumping into an apparently solid wall. Hares are magic.

The first few architectural scenes are very much making me wonder if the developers of the Spectrum computer game “Ant Attack” saw this film?! (That also looks an extremely freaky film, but then if it was the 1970s then •of course• it was…)

Who did this scheduling?

Best alt

I don't get the idea of "spring forward" for remembering DST, because springs by their nature *spring back* to their neutral state.

Jazz Jam night tonight at the Print Room cafe in the Storey Institute, Lancaster 7.30 to 10.30!

Testing out some survey software by mapping the graffiti hearts that were stencilled round here maybe 20 years ago. Most on street furniture, not private property, there may have been hundreds but they are disappearing as things are replaced or fading out like these ghosts.

Today I learned that a carnyx fanfare is played before Welsh football matches. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnyx

A lovely Foulshaw sunrise. Still no Osps, but it's early days yet. The weather and winds are creating a bit of a block for birds migrating north, but some are coming through so they could be with us any time.

Second one in town in a month. Am starting a petition to rename Lancaster "Jericho". www.beyond.radio/news/local-n...

Oh look, here's your Ideal Man. Brave, kind, smiley. Nothing LIKE Tate or Hegseth or the rest of those toxic wankers. Good job mate. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Just discovered this is BT's logo now and has been since 2022 and I don't think I've seen it once. What do they even do these days?

ah fuck, he's gonna do Wonderwall

I've deleted my ChatGPT account. To explain why, I would suggest reading the #QuitGPT website but it has mysteriously disappeared.... If you want info, it's summarised here www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Someone on our local NextDoor reported that the artificial turf they'd put down had been nicked, and the thread degenerated into "use real turf next time" so I replied with "whoever stole it, I hope someone grasses them up".

Any journalists want to follow up the "New Towns" announcement to see how the 2017 "Garden Villages" are getting on? I found a 2023 Daily M*il article, and a quick skim of a couple of council sites shows not much actually built yet. Nearly ten years. Oh, let's blame the pandemic?

First chiffchaff and first peacock butterfly of the year today.

I see Emo music is old and revered enough to be valid academic studies now. Can you do a BA in PopPunk with Emo? www.emocon2026.com

"the play was pulled in the last minute when one of the actors broke his leg." Did nobody on the cast wish this actor good luck in the traditional theatrical manner or did he take it literally? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sty...

Jim Diamond looking for an exit from the Matrix here #totp

Bonnie Tyler once had to cancel a concert because she didn't have a sore throat. #totp

Style Council have gone on holiday by mistake! #totp

Number 5 killed my brother #totp

Oh dear, I think the BBC newsreader read "Chuck Norris was in shows like Walker, Texas Ranger, ..." like it was two shows.

Well that's my career at Lancaster Uni wrapped up. Pint anyone?

Ronnie O'Sullivan actually turned up to a snooker tournament! And then did this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM3Q...

Last Day for me (in the office...)