Remember, the big argument for AI in the arts is that these “artists” have ideas, hundreds of ideas, thousands, all that was stopping them was the hoards of gatekeeping musicians, writers, illustrators… and not that they were lazy and didn’t want to put in the work.

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You’ve heard of elf on a shelf. You’ve probably heard of some other stuff too. I get it. You’re a man of the world.

A lovely counterpoint to the other Pinter story. They were actually both great mates, which doesn’t get mentioned much in the “reporting of”context of either.

This is such incredibly sad news. A genuinely kind man who when asked quietly donated money to numerous fringe productions of new plays, and low budget short films over the years.

Roger screws up.

Happy 77th anniversary of the release of Scott of the Antarctic, whose filming in the Swiss Alps caused frostbite among the crew. Thankfully, Sir John Mills was on hand to... er, set light to his farts

So, my home town is having a meltdown on social media because a 50 year old brick and concrete bus shelter is being taken down to make way for a modern replacement. Facebook posts commenced. Several a day on the Community pages. An online petition was started. And now... This.

"That's a nice News Outlet you have there, it'd be a shame if anything were to happen to it"

Is Ed genuinely covering for George kicking him down stairs? Christ he loves Emma #TheArchers

Amber and Brad. Has to happen. #theArchers

UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts. If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split

This is an unspooling thread of total joy. A slug of forgotten comedy history. The brilliant female clowns of silent cinema. This might be the most ALIVE thing you’ll see all day.

Interesting. I do have this one. I got it from Woolworths in West Ealing. They were being remaindered at a discount price IIRC.

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This is the most niche one of these I’ve ever agreed with.

Saw this by @deldridgewriter.bsky.social tonight. It was glorious and I feel emotionally wrung out. A wonderful end to the trilogy. Grab a ticket if you can.

Anyone want to apply for BBC Director General? You now can. careers.bbc.co.uk/job/Director...

A hundred years ago, long before Black Mirror, I ran a FB group suggesting Charlie Brooker should be DG. Had hundreds and hundreds of members. His little rant against the squishing of post show credits to do promos for other shows actually changed policy at the Beeb. I was always impressed by that.

Is your child texting about the Mary Rose? Here are the signs... BRB - Boat Raised Brilliantly LOL - Lots of Linstocks TBH - That Boat's Historic WTF - Wood That's Freeze-dried ROFL - Really Old Flagship (Late) PMSL - Polyethylene glycol Makes Stuff Last

Ok, ok, ONE more The original scripted ending for The Deadly Assassin, which would have ended with this BRILLIANT roller caption and they should have kept it in! #doctorwhoday #doctorwho

Goose bread You will need: 1 yeast 1 goose

Mamdani is going to bring him that snowglobe that plays "Memories" from CATS and we're going to get government grocery stores nationwide

Be so charismatic that even your enemies begrudgingly like you.

Watching Mamdani utterly own this press conference in the Oval Goldclad Office with every answer is just so delightfully satisfying.

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Well worth a read. It’s so sad what AI is doing to students’ ability to think for themselves👇

I don't know if this will play the same for you as me but it's funniest bit of absolute shit. Autodubbing madness. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT7W...

I shared this photo a week or so ago on Mani’s birthday - It never failed to bring a smile to my face - and that was exactly the same for the man himself. One of the absolute best in every way - such a beautiful friend Love you Mani x x Never to be forgotten

Starmer increasingly appears to be holding his Labour Party upside down.

David Eldridge is a playwright who fills everything he does with his enormous heart. He is also the loveliest of people. I’m so looking forward to seeing this.

Third time lucky. Don’t drink and quote post folks.

Out of context, this is just perfect.

🎵 …couldn’t bescape if I bonted to 🎶

I am utterly loving #TheArchers more than normal at the moment. It’s like a 70s film and two different groups have all gone holiday together by mistake. It’s wonderful.

Well I must say it’s the best time on earth to be alive and not want to have an argument with every single other person on the internet. I feel blessed.

gasping for air here oh my god

BY THE WAY If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2. There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security. Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation." TURN IT OFF.

This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu

How delightfully quaint some of these old Devon village names are, their etymologies lost in the mists of time.

I know this isn't the biggest problem here but Kristi Noem is a self confessed dog murderer

Wow. A few years back I read an article that said a major problem with antibiotic resistance was simply a lack of research into new ones, that the system didn't incentivise it. Well, here's your new research.

last night at a bar I learned that they improved pinball by making machines that are entirely computers and they’re much better than what we had before

Does/did Peter Tork from the Monkeys invent/own the worldwide rights to blue mop up catering paper rolls? I can’t be arsed to Google anything anymore because of AI.

Happy World Diabetes Day to all you celebrate.