Branagh was already too sexy, this is unacceptable. David Suchet went as far as to make his own padding to wear under his costume to ensure he had just the right amount of rotund with a suitably prissy gait. We should have unsexy and unsexual heroes!

Folks, we did it. An old man is literally yelling at a cloud.

This article, with all the signs of having been written by AI, points out that a flexible nib is essential for Spencerian script, and then recommends 8 pens, 7 of which have no flex at all. It justifies this with nonsense like avoiding "ink wastage". We're headed toward a dead internet of AI slop.

At a certain point, I do think it's unfair that I have to read the opinions of Americans.

If any media you’re consuming starts feeling uncomfortable you can just…stop consuming it. It’s fine to have a preference for knowing what content is likely to be in something* but ultimately it is your responsibility to manage your psychological wellbeing.

What do you MEAN that was the mid-season finale and there is no more Rivals till the AUTUMN?!

Be a bit wary of using this as a referendum on the values of each individual MP. There is significant doubt in both houses as to whether this is the correct instrument or whether it amounts to a waste of time and political energy when what is actually needed is a joint committee or similar.

I am SO sick of headlines like this. The public sees "AI" as being LLMs/ChatGPT, not an ML algorithm - and articles like this mislead the public into thinking that LLMs are discovering novel things. It's a cool thing! I'm excited! But it is lazy reporting to suddenly use "AI" as such a broad term

If only someone could figure out how to make milk safe to drink! It'd be such a big deal the process would be named after them.

Holidays are great but you know what’s even better? Own bed with your dog in it 😌

Oh, you can't write a 5-page book report without AI? I fucking wrote 5-page book reports without having read the goddamn book. Get your finger out of your ass.

"Gentlemen, you can't report in here! This is the press office!"

In Naples the hierarchy of divinity goes 1. Jesus 2. The Pope 3. Maradona

This experiment has had me saying things I never thought would pass my lips, such as, "hooray, a man!"

Okay so I read the whole of the Pope's latest encyclical "Magnifica Humanitas", the one the internet is calling the AI Encyclical, but it's about a LOT more than that (of course it is, it's over 40,000 words). Here's a thread of quotes...

The only time I have used AI is when it was crammed into something else I was using without my consent. I do not know where ChatGPT even lives (an app? a website? I refuse to find out).

I spend literally HUNDREDS trying to get my hair to look like this at home but the reality is that the only way to do it is to swim in the sea and dry in the sun.

More ways Google is shit now: just because I am in Italy, I don’t suddenly speak Italian so why are all my search results in Italian.

The crater of Vesuvius is stunning and visiting was a childhood dream come true but in my heart of hearts I know it should have a bubbling pool of lava and so I can only give it 4/5 stars (but look at all that geology!)

Lots of amazing things about Naples obviously but the fact that there is air conditioning that can allow you to sleep in an ice cave is up there.

I get so frustrated when there’s an MPs workplace benefits scandal and instead of looking at it like ‘this fucks everyone should have this’ the attitude is ‘we must rise up and wrest every shred of comfort from these people until everyone is as miserable as the most marginalised worker’.

anyone wanna come round and play Straits of Hormuz

In 2014 I did eight hours touring Ankor Wat on foot in 42 degree heat and I was fine with my elephant harem pants and a bottle of water every half hour. When we hit 38 in Cambridge in 2019 I had to get an uber ten minutes home from work because I walked for three minutes and felt I was in danger.

To all the haters who called my dance degree ‘a waste of time and money’ and claim ‘you made less than 5% of the fees back in professional earnings’ I just used it to break into my own house, saving me £150-200 in locksmith fees. So there.

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

Pretty sure it was the American military who threw millions of bucks at research into weapons that would waft cross gender hormones towards the enemy. Bring that energy back imho.

My email has started awarding me ‘achievements’ every time I do anything and I need technology to step right the fuck back.

You come to me, on the day of my son's wedding, which I am not attending

Kanye at Glastonbury. It’s the only time in my life where I’ve gotten actual black-out drunk. I was so bored and annoyed and stuck in the middle of the crowd that drinking a flask of vodka seemed to be the only option.

I have never wanted anything less than this.

there’s music for literally every activity

He’s a very naughty boy!

I’m excited to watch S2 of Rivals but S1 sent me absolutely FERAL for 80s fashion and I ABSOLUTELY CANNOT FIT ANYMORE CLOTHES INTO MY HOUSE so it’s risky.

At the State Opening, this place really is the ermine killing fields.

Think some of you are starting to do the Corbyn thing again with Polanski (making an individual the sole paragon for progressive politics despite flaws and dismissing or getting defensive over repeated instances of questionable character or judgement that you wouldn't accept from other politicians)

I won the ticket ballot for the state opening and I need to pick an outfit and part of me wants to get a little silly with it (absurdly ruffly shirt, velvet pants etc). The dress code says ‘medals may be worn’ which I presume means I can pin my vicky park 10k to my chest.

I’m going to go with an absurdly optimistic view of the reform wins which is that they are so shit at doing anything that the more people get to experience them fucking up the better.

I'm not afraid of hantavirus. The rodents and I have an agreement

I’m not the kind of person who makes vision boards but if I were it would be 100% Natasha Lyonne at the Euphoria premiere.

Look I just think AI shouldn’t be telling people to add multiple teaspoons of salt to their diet.

It’s not enough to have a theme I need them to start turning people away from the Met Gala if they don’t meet dress code.

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Do not make me root for our guy.

Seems like a good time to bring back the absolutely ICONIC clip of a half cut Mike Skinner conspiricising about Mandelson 0.3 seconds before starting a show. youtu.be/Ue1U9Se6jQI?...

It’s really very lucky for the Greens that Your Party sucked up a lot of extremely tedious time-wasting freaks who might otherwise have flocked to join. Definitely a cohort you want outside your tent pissing on each other.

And of course we have to repost this banger

This.

Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto https://theonion.com/man-who-threw-molotov-cocktail-at-sam-altmans-home-claims-he-was-following-chatgpt-recipe-for-risotto/

"When they were fished out [of the vats], there was never enough of them left to be worth exhibiting, sometimes they would be overlooked for days, till all but the bones of them had gone out to the world as Durham's Pure Leaf Lard!" —Upton Sinclair, The Jungle (1906)

I do not think that year was a particularly fine vintage because the only major release I’ve even seen is ‘Cloverfield’ which was…fine. I AM however interested to hear from the presumably non-zero number of parents who mistakenly let their kids rent this film.