Had an eye exam today and I need a surgical lens replacement Between £4-6k for the procedure.. Depressing to see how much AI slop there is in modern marketing. One sniff of Gen AI makes me think you're cheap and cutting corners. So you aren't getting a penny. Where else are they cutting corners?

"Invading Greenland will end NATO" Yes, that's the point.. He already talks like the US is outside of the organisation, and P25 starkly outlines that the US should withdraw from or dismantle NATO in favour of most protective isolationist measures He has his orders. The US is not an ally anymore

I'm very much a person that thinks we should age gracefully, and reject cosmetic surgery that makes us look like horrific clowns But shaving last night, I thought "Fuck mate.. you're starting to look old" I need to start lifting again

In one of my regular and completely unhinged quiet mental reflections today, I thought "In an invasion, am I more likely to be killed by an American or a Russian...?" Two days ago that would have been weighted 100% towards the Russian. Now it's about 50/50 That's how insane the world is

Wee bit of whimsy.. Peek into why Kumail Nanjiani is appearing on Taskmaster Also a very incisive look into why a lot of things fail in the US when agents and managers are pulling the strings, rather than the talent "You're going to lose money doing this" "I know.." - The correct answer

MS 365 now officially referred to as MS 365 Copilot App Guys... stop the slop ffs Going Linux this year for sure. This direction of travel is absolutely unacceptable #MicroSlop

While the world is going to shite, I've rediscovered the sheer joy of crumbly Feta cheese Thanks to my goat friends

"Noem said... “every individual that was under TPS has the opportunity to apply for refugee status” " Which is precisely 0 of them, because she scrapped their TPS status 4 months ago then had the ICE gestapo hunt them down in droves She's lying

..Doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past "We practice selective annihilation Of mayors and government officials For example, to create a vacuum Then we fill that vacuum As popular war advances Peace is closer" The lie continues, and peace is always farther away

Another memory hit tonight.. years back, we got hold of some tix for a secret Korn gig that was a couple of days before an album release, and when there they were playing all their new tracks and super confused because we were all singing along We'd all robbed the leak from Limewire a day before

Literally the only person I'll accept covering one of the greatest tracks ever penned Stump gets a pass youtu.be/HhUHdyl1wEo?...

How did any of us guys get out of the 90's straight? Seriously.. Watching loads of old grunge vids, and it completely escaped my eyes that a lot of the bands were super photogenic They walked, so I could run... into the arms of grunge girls * salutes *

YouTube recommended me a short of "Chris Cornell on Kurt Cobains death" and I think watching that could literally tip me over the edge Not just because the entire premise is just so fucking tragic and sad, because of what we as a species have lost, but also because it's been clipped into a short..

Jacques Pépin is the Bob Ross of home cooking Guy could have sold his soul to be WILDLY globally successful, but just loves his country life

I love listening to scientists, and as soon as they say those enticing words "We just don't know" they always do it with a smile on their lips There is nothing more tantalising to a sufficiently curious mind than not knowing something

Lots of economic journalism today saying how average household will be £500 worse off in real terms by 2030. Most people adjusting (because that's what people do..) Right wing ghouls saying "It's only a few hundred quid" All missing the point that the Tories spent and the poor pay the cost

That discussion around the creation and distribution of obscene underage material descends into arguments about whether it should be termed CP, CSAM, CSEM etc is proof that AI astroturfs the conversation to derail condemnation of this content If you're consuming it, you need killing with hammers

Further to my post regarding the BBC using AI slop images provided by Getty, it tickled something in my brain.. Remembered that Getty are trying to sue AI platforms, yet openly have their OWN slopification paid platform (which I'll not post as it might promote it) Absolute hypocrites.

* inhales * BWAHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHAH www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Back in my previous life, I managed bars, restaurants, snooker clubs, nightclubs etc.. I think the only thing I didn't tick off was hotels Only realised tonight that Chicken fried steak is actually a beef dish... though it was chicken cutlets fried LIKE steak, not the other way around WTF the US?

Happy increment to the date portion of Excel Today() function

I'm not going to lie.. I knew Bridget Bardot of old and only saw her through a lens of what I was led to understand. When my Wife said "Yeah we're not mourning her in this house" I knew shit was real.. And I don't disagree with my Wife

Looks like MongoDB has been compromised with a Heartseek style memory overflow attack Anything <8.2.2 is vulnerable

Having raised my poaching and French omelette game to near restaurant quality, I'm branching out to other expressions of the humble egg. Tomorrow is "Italian eggs in purgatory" I've seen this a few times recently, and it ticks all my boxes

Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing Such a pure exploration of male friendship.. I'm a cold fish most of the time, but this makes me misty eyed Talking about ageing, health, friendship all under the watchful eye of Ted My absolute peak cosy show

Love watching Reddit spiral into conspiracy theories when BTC does something unexpected.. There was an anomaly today where it appeared the price dropped to 24k, and almost immediately posts about shady cabals of short sell opportunists appeared Reality is boring. It was basically a data fuck up

Looking up some information about a potential issue with one of my cats while the vet is closed. What in the AI fuck is this nonsense? "You can find male cat nipples on either side of the genital area, typically between the anus and the testicles"

Finally getting around to soaking myself in the mood of Alan Wake 2 Wish me luck! So far it's as good as I've been lead to believe The juxtaposed David Harewood interview could be top 3 gaming moments of my year (I know, I'm late to the party)

(🦋) BLUESKY NEWS: The South African Sociopath—everyone knows who I mean—has apparently just made a series of changes to Twitter that launched a new exodus. The per-second growth rate here at BlueSky is now *more than triple* what it was yesterday. So welcome, Twitter refugees! This is *way* better.

Wow It's Christmas already here, so I better go do Christmassy things (like drink heavily and pass out..) Merry Christmas all!! And if you don't celebrate, I wish you all a phenomenal Thursday 🙂 ✌️

Michael Spicer doing stellar work here, but in full honesty, it's not hard to point at Truss and call her a complete detached lunatic Who does she think she is appealing to?

So.. Getty Images is now a slop factory Every image in this article, all credited to Getty, is AI BBC have "clean hands" because of their long standing reputation. I suspect abstraction layers from the prompt will become the default defence

Watched Finding Father Christmas tonight, (4OD / Channel4) and it was a heart warming nice story that went into potential science of how Father Christmas could achieve his Amazon busting delivery schedule Worth a look if you like some light science in with your whimsy 🙂

This isn't a new phenomenon jacobin.com/2025/12/dati... Dating apps do NOT want you to find happiness- they thrive on misery and repeat custom Granted, deliberately pitting genders against each other is kinda new Society used to do that for free, so they are adapting to keep the train rolling

Seeing a lot of talk about the death of pubs in the UK And mostly yeah we can see the decline, and this Xmas is proving very challenging At my work, long gone are the days of massive events where millions get spunked on champagne and entertainment. It was whittled down to much smaller pub parties

Yeah I'm done with Boxing Been a fan since the 80's when we saw the rise of the UK heavyweights, the skill and elegance of the feather/lights, monsters of middle and cruiser, so I've had it good for a long while But fuck that abomination that happened last night Everyone involved should be ashamed

Immediately sold on Apple TV 4k (ethernet version) Smooth as butter, no login or Apple account required, No AI bullshit and a wider range of apps than LG OS If I had anything of an Apple footprint, I'd probably feel a bit differently, but this is as "Smart" as I can make my TV without AI creep

Comedians: Focusing your 20+ minute set around a few clippable moments makes you a shit comedian. It might make you an "ok" youtube short content creator, but you're making a mockery of gigging comedians. If you're on a short, I'll never see you live Play the room, not the algorithm

I hate that my AI alarm is going off so much these days.. and it's often on things that LOOK 100% legit. Watch how the frame moves.. that's the tell Saw a fantastic (in the traditional sense) underwater scene of fish, and it was purely just how the camera behaved that triggered my AI detector

One of my knob cats has been (how to say this delicately..) "Bulking" He just swung his badonk around on my desk and knocked my beer over... missed my expensive hardware thankfully, but he is now looking at me like I'M the dick for body shaming him

I'm at a crossroads with Boxing. Much in the way that my love for cycling was largely destroyed by Lance Armstrong, my love for Boxing is being sorely tested by the fight happening tonight I'll not be watching.. and even though I don't pay to watch most fights, I may be done with the sport entirely

So Steam Sale is on, and I'm tempted by Satisfactory, but the last automation style game I played I'm 100% sure was a major factor in my epileptic attack and coma I was dreaming every night about optimising workflows, waking up to make tweaks that I'd seen in my minds eye.. and it broke my brain

Logged off of work until Jan Immediately had an anxiety attack about remembering my login details after my break😆 I don't talk about work much, but what a year.. Busy AF, LOADS of achievements, experimentation and playing around with toolkits and frameworks Lets see if it's reflected in my bonus 🤡

So LG have turned tail and now "planning" to let people uninstall the stealth installed Copilot Do they not realise the damage is done? The bitter irony is that Apple (yea I know) seem to be more privacy focused than anyone else, so I have a streamer on the way

Reddit post: Men who asked their partners Father for permission and denied - What did you do? Who the fuck in this day and age is asking permission? If you aren't valuing the consent of your intended over their Dad, then something is terribly wrong. Had I asked, SHE would have rightfully said no

Rewatched all the minutes of Ngannou vs AJ I think Ngannou deserved to shoot his shot, but got found out immediately That blistering straight right from AJ would kill a Paul brother.. Ngannou had the fight knocked out of him but stood up as a warrior does. Respect to him. Paul is going to die

I could tell how much I've grown up today.. Had a confrontation with roofers doing some work. The chief was great, we talked through our friction and came to a conclusion (I'm looking after the interests of a vulnerable neighbour)

How is this the best analogue horror I've seen this year?! www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbO1... Matt Berry is an absolute treasure, and he's as grumpy as I am, so we would be great friends that never ever speak to each other

Singing Whiskey In the Jar at my cats is normal right?