I used to be young, me circa 1994. Interesting guitar though. An Epiphone superstrat? They don't make those anymore, just Les Paul and SG models and similar. This is a 435i, a 1989 HSS superstrat with a locking trem. It even says Gibson on the truss rod cover. #guitars #superstrat #gibson

Apparently I've been unable to tell that my wife is bored of me keeping on talking about neurodiversity. I don't think this is at all significant.

I've heard some archeologists suggest we don't know Indy is bad at archeology because we've never actually seen him attempt to do any.

We have built a society in which people of different skin tones, religious backgrounds & cultures get along, share power, work alongside each other, procreate with each other, recognise the each other’s humanity and democratic rights. It is a STUNNING ACHIEVEMENT OF WORLD HISTORIC PROPORTIONS.

An afternoon well spent. #Lego

My favourite daughter is on her way home for a weekend visit for the first time she started uni a month ago. I'm likely to hug her so tight she might pop. I've missed her a lot.

Nightwish covered Pink Floyd's High Hopes. It's Marko on vocals rather than Tarja. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-83b...

As many followers will be bored of me saying, The Gathering is my favourite band. They did a nice version of Talk Talk's Life's What You Make It. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC5c...

Within Tempation covering Kate Bush's Running Up That Hill. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE1z...

I love Paradise Lost. One of my favourite bands. But the cover of How Soon Is Now is a bit mid.

I've not heard this cover before. Moonspell doing Love Will Tear Us Apart. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8bD...

Cradle of Filth covering Heaven 17's Temptation. Probably their oddest track until we finally get the Ed Sheeran colab they have recorded. youtu.be/MfMa2lrFxhY...

Youngest son a bit miffed about queuing to play Battlefield 6 on Xbox.

Lacuna Coil covering REM's Losing My Religion. #nowplaying www.youtube.com/watch?v=nomx...

Having a little bit of goth metal cover versions time. Lacuna Coil covering Depeche Mode's Enjoy The Silence, followed by Paradise Lost covering Bronksi Beat's Small Town Boy. #nowplaying

On the A303 between Yeovil and Salisbury there a few bridges where dullard flag-shaggers have put union flags. But the one that takes the crown is a massive crane in a farmer's field placed solely to hold a flagpole with union flag at the top. What a way to advertise being an utter bellend.

I don’t think assaulting, shooting and pepper spraying Hot Priests is going to be a winning strategy.

I had no idea people involved in making gender policy were also skilled at building nuclear powerstations. I can't believe we kept them busy arguing about healthcare while they could have been installing uranium fuel rods instead.

There won't ever a be a "next Conservative government" so they can promise the moon on a stick. Or at least a totally uncosted moon on a stick.

if nothing else it's very funny to say you want to get rid of english degrees two days after you give everyone chocolate with "britian" written on it

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

The last six US Surgeons General have written a joint letter declaring Robert Kennedy Jnr a danger to the health of the nation. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Robert Jenrick and his wiggy puppet

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

normal person: i just want a place to hang out with my friends tech weirdo: and shitheads np: no just my friends tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender? np: we just want to hang out and goof around tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then np: no shitheads tw: not following

"IT ABSOLUTELY WILL STOP!!!"

In memoriam...

The new Megadeth track is pleasingly old school. And Teemu's solo work is very tasty, and in the fine traditions of the band. Looking forward to hearing more from the new album.

Via Reddit, appears to be iPad-only: “Serif Labs just placed Affinity Photo 2, Affinity Designer 2 and Affinity Publisher 2 on free lifetime. Install, activate 7 days trial, go to purchase/“buy” option inside app (it will be $0), enjoy! 🥳🥳🥳” Affinity Photo 2: apps.apple.com/us/app/affin...

There are many annoyances in the latest versions of MacOS. One of the ones that really bugs me is the inability to change the size of the System Settings window to make it wider. It's clearly not wide enough. The old version was much better.

Wow an RAF A400 Atlas just flew over our house like a fighter plane, steep bank as it came low over the village. Very cool.

The whole collapse of Xbox in recent days has made me rethink my buying strategy. In recent years I've bought games like Forza Horizon and Flight Simulator via MS so I can play on console and PC. Maybe, with the advent of a Steam console/handhelds, the latter may be the best marketplace.

Olive branch

I wonder how many of the @theguardian.com Blind Date couples who say "yes we'd meet again as a friend" have actually met again.

American Christians deciding the Pope doesn't know the Bible because he said immigrants are human is the perfect summary of the evangelist movement

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

I've just been playing Motortown on PC for the first time. It's in early access on Steam for £13. Lovely little game, so much potential. Imagine a combination of Forza Horizon and Truck Sim, with cute graphics.

I've just downgraded my Game pass to the cheapest one. Well done Microsoft.

is that good

Looks like I'll be downgrading my GamePass today.

What a line from the Pope! I am so pleased he is carrying on Pope Francis’ advocacy for immigrants.

The Ultimate Edition of Euro Truck Sim 2 is just £15 in the Steam sale. I already have it, and most of the map expansions. But it was still much cheaper for me to buy the Ultimate Edition to get the map DLC I have yet.

Trying to decide on a new phone. And normally this doesn't take much time or thinking. But this time around I'm really not sure. Android only, any suggestions other than the usual Pixel or OnePlus flagships?

Imagine the absolute horror of thinking that children's emotional wellbeing mattered... Don't teachers KNOW that all that counts is learning your place in a rigid social hierarchy, & understanding that refusal to comply will be met with suffering?

I was just tinkering with my old Canon Powershot S120 camera. It's pretty old now, a 2013 model. But I was just surprised and pleased to find that Canon's Android app still supports importing photos from it wirelessly. Impressive.

“Living in poverty” means something very different to JK Rowling vs everyone else… 😣

Article. I can read faster than any YouTuber can speak, even with the playback speed cranked up to comical levels. THAT SAID, article writers these days need fucking EDITORS they spend whole paragraphs FAFFING ABOUT before they get to the point IT'S CALLED THE INVERTED FUCKING PYRAMID MY DUDES

This whole section really.