Coffee, straight out of my nose.

Wasn't really bothered about buying a Switch 2 UNTIL NOW

Holy shit, Chappell Roan did a cover of a #GWAR song open.qobuz.com/track/229054...

Mein Trumpf tried to insult the UK. Oh, we're "ruining relationships" with you?

There are three kinds of slurs: slurs, active slurs, and sentient slurs.

"B-b-but Anthropic are one of the good guys!" (Aged Like Milk Award: bsky.app/profile/jamt...)

What’s the difference between Trump and Netanyahu? One is the President of the USA, the other is married to Melania.

Bluesky was literally meant to be a cryptobro social network for grifters, LinkedIn sludge, and libertarians who know way too much about age of consent laws. Jack Dorsey *left* when instead of weird and off-putting cryptonerds, trans people started hanging out here.

The mass adoption of Twitter by the press corps and the effect that had is mirrored by the mass adoption of Bluesky by academics. Bluesky is part of the information ecosystem in academia now, and academic librarians and iSchools should be doing more with that imho

The involvement of military hardware these days could mean anything*, but it doesn't stop this feeling quite WWIII *just bizarre thoughts all the way down

Oh no! Whatever will PC owners do without late, buggy and poorly optimized ports of tired old IP? You mean I won't get to play Spiderman 9, Lego Horizon Houseflipper, or God of War: Midlife Crisis?

People on #Vinted are beyond. "May contain dog hair" "Just needs washing" "Good condition" (pleather, peeling to shit, £60) "Not fake like other bits on here" (made in China) "Small white mark" (£40) My guy, that is fucking paint. You've got paint on it.

Remember: If you are a billionaire, a wealth tax and cap are for your *own protection.* The income tax rate at the end of a pitchfork is 100%.

While I welcome this, there are times that I, a human academic, have a Very Hard Time with PDF. It is and always has been a cursed format.

There are no "good guys" involved with technology that actively de-skills a generation, that removes opportunities for self-actualisation via education, that induces psychosis, that is economically fraudulent, morally bankrupt and environmentally disastrous. None of them deserve your support.

Airstrikes alone have never caused regime change. They can do a lot of damage, but can’t create conditions that last.

No one should be using ChatGPT or partnering with OpenAI for anything.

I wholeheartedly support this (apart from the shitty clickbait head; oddly, beyond the link), but if you jump on this particular bandwagon (and I might), please spell "cwtsh" correctly. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

The way people tell me “you’re much too political” bitch, do you think I WANT TO BE? I want to be sitting on a fucking beach and drinking cocktails without a care in the world but you fuckers keep voting in FASCISTS!

Every time the media reports potential rent increases easing, estate agents and landlords do a double take and go, "Absolutely the fuck not." It's like the Bat Signal for bastards. 🐷🔦

I like Spain. Good things come from Spain.

Phones have been weird ever since they shoved a camera in them, and with the iphone model they became an affront to humanity

"I don't think water is wet. I think fire and ice combined in perfect harmony to tell each other how to defy physics."

She's good.

UK government inquiry into the use of “AI” in education is accepting comments. Have at it friends: committees.parliament.uk/work/9642/th... (yes I will do the housework in a bit)

What’s a line of delivery you’ll never forget? youtu.be/vIjppgnkknE?...

The future is so stupid. I just want earphones. That sound good. With a cord that carries electrical signals for maximum fidelity. After 15min of updating firmware, and downloading extra firmware, I now discover I'm supposed to "avoid touching" these earbuds while wearing them. They're fucking TINY

More generally, academics have a responsibility to the society in which we are anchored in, a responsibility to use theory to help our society and its members to understand their world and how it comes together. And part of doing that is dealing with assholes like Yarvin.

Holy shit Trump is going to award himself an Olympic Gold Medal

i think lots of people underestimate how badly these “AI” companies want people to be unable to afford computers. they view personal computing as a roadblock to their desire for complete end-to-end centralization. the fact that their tech is putting hardware out of reach is not just a happy accident

💯% how I see teaching: "... my job is to create a psychologicaly safe space to give others confidence to try things. To get things wrong. To not be paralysed by shame. And then to try again."

Whoof

Insights into how rumination contributes to killing motivation through abstract and b&w thinking youtu.be/tfbM6vYsW9g?...

"Wahh, more companies must adopt the thing that gives zero back to 95% of adopters... Or we're going to lose our chance to make the world stupider and sicker and more dependent on us, and that's not fair!"

Something that struck me immediately about this is the cadence and meter. Excellent writing and delivery. It's like poetry, and that's not accidental

thought y'all hated safe spaces

This is important to emphasise rn

While recovering (still), I've been playing through OG BioShock. Thinking about the opening sequence a lot, among other things

This guy is legit such a G. From doing god-tier good works in the manosphere, to the ADHD-sphere, and now dropping knowledge bombs for the ai-pilled. Nothing but love for Dr K youtu.be/S6kRGJlugiw?...

In 2026 America legit has Concentration Camp NIMBYs #SelfAwareWolves

I suspect I may have some opinions to share about this next book I’m reading.

A favourite variation was one I contrived for @thefence.bsky.social in 2020, re: Jeff Bezos' then wealth of $177bn. "Iago first said 'Put money in thy purse’ at the premiere of Othello on Nov 1st 1604. You'd only need to put $1.1 million in said purse every single day since to match Bezos’ total".