Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work. "You are so lucky that I have a load of people who want me to stab them..."

I'm in Winchester!!!! Been dying to see these guys again. I really miss being a regular.

Wow. What an absolute shock. Whoever could have seen that coming.... apart from everyone who actually cares about women's sports instead of some bullshit TERFY agenda.

I'm not passing on my genes. I'm getting the snip as soon as practical (can't spend a week lifting nothing heavier than a laptop right now) What's the big deal?

I've just moved (still close to the otters and falcons), and this is now nearby. It brings me strange joy @mrjamesob.bsky.social

Sound(ing) advice.

Future generations will have a hard time believing that the term "trumped-up charges" was not coined in reference to, and actually predates, the Trump regime.

I really enjoy Star Trek Online. It's vastly customisable, there's a lot of space barbie and you can make workable builds with very little investment. You only really need to do about 200K dps at the hardest level. If you ask for advice, it comes from people who think 1M dps is basic.

I have been looking for these panels for ages.

Would Grenfell have happened if it was a commonhold block of flats? And how quickly would the facade changes have gone through across the country. @mrjamesob.bsky.social

Bugger, I don't have the disposable income for a commission. Also don't know what Waffle would be either.

Guess I've decided to verify myself

This in general for me- Although I am torn when it's someone who's work I really like. Because what do you mean it's changing. (but I am genuinely happy for them, even if it means it's no longer for me)

And the pattern recognition and eagerness to avoid unnecessary problems gets you labelled as uncooperative, when you're actively being a team player

Sod it... £15 a year for 5 family email boxes with the family domain. And alias' too. So that's one each and a house ahared box. Hopefully that would make things easier.

Meet the Feebles

So, @mrjamesob.bsky.social has given up on ever getting back on the BBC then... And I suspect Keith is spending the whole show with his fonger hovering over the dump button.

You're asking for rationale for the behaviour of someone who is so divorced from reality that he arguably isn't living in the same universe as us. @mrjamesob.bsky.social

Libraries are our default "if we get separated" location for the kids. It's safe, there's wifi to communicate and let us know. There's books and peace. It's the ultimate bolthole.

It's not time to hit back, but it is time to adopt a defensive posture. @mrjamesob.bsky.social. He'll probably take that as an attack, but we should be able to defend those lines while he mobilises.

One question that would have been good for mystery hour in happier times @mrjamesob.bsky.social - Why do we use dollars to buy oil, and what would happen if we switched to the euro?

Another Tory gone to Reform then.

Every damn time. Doesn't matter who they are, I like them more at the end of the season than at the beginning

Looks like I'm adding more to my self hosting journey... well, kinda. Giving up on overly complicated systems that nobody (not even me) uses and paring back to "household solutions" instead of cool shit. I've found a nice cocktail app/db/shopping list thing. So starting there.

This one looks up your particular intersection of weird and data @schreiberland.bsky.social

Here I am, using my free will to enjoy a halloumi and chili jam pancake and thinking. That trip to my old dutch last year has unlocked a load of easy snacks.

I’ve learnt that only hyperfocus can keep me from disappointing others. Sometimes.

There tried changing the name of a pub near me. The bus stop still used the old name, the locals still used the old name. Directions given... yup the old name. They eventually gave up and reverted.

You don't even have to play it. It's quite a good read in itself.

Reminds me. I need to start saving for/working out if I can do fightcamp this year.

Megatropolis (art deco Dredd) is a great example of why I like 2000ADs format. I doubt this would have been commissioned as a solo comic, I would not have bought it. But as it's sandwiched between things I know I like, I read. Not every story is for me, but I've been pleasantly wrong many times.

The amount of money I've spent on artist's stuff - I shouldn't owe them a living. They should damn well already have one. But no, they get a miniscule fraction of what I pay, if they see anything. And that's completely ignoring tomorrow's artists.

There js something beautiful about being incredibly particular about how you lace your shoes and boots. It's an overlap between form and function and if someone is nerdy enough to have a favourite system, it will tell you a lot.

This is about all chat bots are good for, fact wise. If you ever feel like you want to give AI a go, ask it things about a subject you're an expert in and evaluate the results. You will fond ot severely lacking.

Lets see who worked at Blockbusters at a certain time. "Do you have Gladiator?"

AI created a fake football match which was used to justify banning fans. Use of AI and pushing the use in inappropriate conditions should be the issue here, not someone who's fallen for the hype.

I'm still waiting for a hook to a tease from somewhere near the turn of the century @mrjamesob.bsky.social

Generative AI is trained on existing images. @mrjamesob.bsky.social Considering the LLMs were trained illegally and knowingly on copyrighted material... where are the training images from?

Holy shit. @mrjamesob.bsky.social This is absolutely not a dog whistle. (and yeah I checked the electoral commission website too- www.electoralcommission.org.uk/political-re...

Reset with your home river. New Which was built in 1613 and so is neither new, or a river.

The government are proposing making VPNs illegal because it circumvents their age checking and geofencing measures. However, using a VPN with an endpoint in a sensible country is a simple and valid way to block a site that creates CSAM.

For some strange reason, I'm thinking of the caller who dismissively said "well, you can prove anything with facts" @mrjamesob.bsky.social

These are obscenely cheap for a slice of comic history. Have a look and bid if you can.

I buckled, justifying it as less than going out for a coffee with my partner, bought the DIE:RPG bundle of holding. I'm a sucker for weird mechanics and have more games than I can be reasonably expected to play in one lifetime. But this hits all the buttons. @kierongillen.bsky.social

Absolutely get this bullshit off my apps and servers. Fill in the questionnaire, and don't forget about the ethical queries of using thousands of books (and your own writing) to generate convincing sounding semi-random word salad.

Hey, First Nations and Native North American folks: new model of land sovereignty embraced by US government

So Musk only objects to giving people those images for free? @mrjamesob.bsky.social

I have!!! I've been missing them since my change of location and this ks my partner's first one - she's been really eager to go ever since she heard about them.

I don't think that it's from this issue, but certainly this era, I think. Maybe- GW often put mini games in and Chivalry was a lovely little duelling game where you had cards for attack and defence locations. Oppo attacks a hit location, you block that location. And so on.

This could be of interest to you If you happen to know any queer sword/history obsessed weirdos. *cough* HEMA types, you know who I'm talking to. I was on the Kickstarter because on synopsis and author I thought The Scottish Boy is a book that just had to exist. Glad to see it's getting a new home.