We fixed the vintage IBM printer at the Computer History Museum yesterday. Introduced in 1959, the IBM 1403 line printer provided fast, high-quality output, printing 132 character lines. Unfortunately, one column stopped printing, so we disassembled the printer to fix a bad hammer. Keep reading...

% of US men under 30 who say legal sports betting is a *bad thing* for society 22% in 2022 47% in 2025 No other demographic group has seen a bigger increase.

Well done, Reds. You really fucked that one up

My city is so absurd, and I'm here for it, literally and figuratively. www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

really enjoying all the people trying to explain the bible to the pope today

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

Ultimately collecting all his published work at The Galaxy's Greatest, this series will celebrate the master writer's career - starting with his Future Shocks and Time Twister stories Announcing 'The Complete 2000 AD by Alan Moore' @2000ad.bsky.social www.lotuslandcomics.com/2025/10/anno...

good morning to the history makers

anyway if you would like to help me get even more petty satisfaction, please back the new book! www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...

Today was my last day as a federal employee, but tomorrow I and my new partner, Ginger Quintero-McCall, open a new law practice, the Free Information Group. We are both FOIA lawyers, and we are very good at suing the government. 1/

“I’m resigning from my position as Democratic leader and retiring from the Senate.”

portland update: this just crossed the street in front of me holding a bright yellow sign that said WELCOME TO HELL

Holy fucking inflation

If Buck makes it in before Kuiper, there’s going to be a riot…

Senator we are running dangerously low on French pastry in #warravagedportland I pray our croissant and quiche stores will last us ‘til the morrow

No, no - we're all comedy caricatures up past Watford Gap. It's why 40% of the mark on my Ancient Egyptian Literature module here at Manchester this semester is actually for successfully stealing hubcaps, 40% for whippet training, and 20% for an interpretative dance about Brookside.

ok this breakdown of AI writing indicators is incredible. Huge shout-out to the Wikipedia community for this

I like everything about this article. We need more trashcan-on-top-of-dugout fans…

Every time I come across this photo it completely stops me in my tracks. Crude oil supertanker Esso Hibernia under construction at Swan Hunter shipyard, Wallsend, during 1970. The scale and spectacle of this thing is incomprehensible. (📸 Harriet Berney)

Three little iceberg bits sitting in the surf on a black sand beach (Fellsfjara) under grey skies. #Iceland Nov 2015.

We know but you might want to remind Chuck Schumer of that?

Small boats: TV coverage - day after day after day after day.... PPE scandal: TV coverage - let's stick this powerful, enraging documentary on at quarter past ten on a Sunday night.

Just got sucked into @neal.fun's "Not a Robot" neal.fun/not-a-robot/

“There’s no fighting in the war room!”

Look man, Spuds McKenzie was a long fucking time ago. It's not like I had 'fuck you' money. I still gotta earn a living. Do you want a drink or are you just gonna bust my balls

Premium Newsletter: There is no real market for renting out AI GPUs, and the majority of revenue comes from two companies - Microsoft and NVIDIA - the latter of which rents its own GPUs back from Neoclouds like CoreWeave so they can raise debt...to buy more GPUs. www.wheresyoured.at/is-there-any...

They have invested more into generative AI than literally any other enterprise in modern history. There is no way to cover those investments. Period. It doesn't add up. We are watching the wrecking ball heading toward the economy and have decided to hire more wrecking balls.

Anyone out in Bath today. If you spot this bike and tell me where it is I will pay you fuckin handsomely. Pop a lock on it I’ll literally give you £500.

Reminder: The existence of these in most Scottish supermarkets and corner shops is proof that anyone shilling for the notion that multiculturalism can't work on this island is a charlatan

Google launches new version of Chrome with AI. “We really expect this version to finally eat every last scrap of free memory available and thrash your swap space into dust” said a Google engineer with a cackling laugh…

I miss machine learning as the buzzword. It promised less

Replit, a vibe coding startup, pushed a new product called "agent 3" that appears to be completely broken other than in its ability to burn tons of money

Bluesky isn’t perfect but at least its owner isn’t demanding violent insurrection in the UK from thousands of miles away

If I’m being honest, I’m feeling pretty crap about my small business. It’s so bloody difficult at the moment with rising costs, US tariffs, Brexit nonsense and the threat of AI. Please have a look at what I do and repost to spread the word gailmyerscough.co.uk

Theseus the Tank Engine

Alex hitting the nail on the head about the corrosion of absolute purity tests and the end result

FYI: For you YouTubeTV folks like me, this hidden gift for $33/mo off for two months was available for me. It's in your settings/base plan. 9to5google.com/2025/09/04/y...

The RFK hearing is a remarkable example of someone in real-time being informed about where they are on the Dunning-Kruger curve.

Americans are struggling to buy foreign cars amidst Trump's tariffs—in data released today, overall vehicle imports were down 25% compared to last year, and trade with every single major car-producing nation has dropped

If I’m the Padres hitters, I’m taking the world’s longest home run looks, and bat toss flourish, for any home run against Freeland on Friday. Just absolutely reveling in the long ball. Drinking it in. Because any pitcher *that* fragile over conceded home runs shouldn’t be given any respect at all.

Never change, Scotland

you’re literally boycotting the Nottingham Post because it asked challenging questions

Monty Python and the Holy Grail updated for Britain in 2025.

Bloody Foreigner. Coming over here, with their 50th anniversary tour.

People who drive like this should get lifetime driving bans. No exceptions.

I can

The Republican Congress is going to try to rewrite the history of RFK Jr.’s confirmation as HHS Secretary. “We didn’t know” “Nobody told us” “He promised he wouldn’t…” This thread will be about the warnings from thousands of scientists and HCW who loudly and publicly opposed his confirmation.