Today’s xkcd made me cry. In a good way. xkcd.com/3172/

Als er één jaar is waarin een boeken-Secret Santa niet mag ontbreken, dan is het dit jaar. Jane Austen wordt 250, The Great Gatsby én Mrs Dalloway blazen 100 kaarsjes uit. Daarom doen we het gewoon opnieuw in dit literaire feestjaar. Welkom bij BlueSkyBookmas 2025! www.elfster.com/gift-exchang...

Is er eigenlijk enig animo voor (een Bluesky-versie van) Twitterbookmas? Ik betwijfel of er op Twitter zelf iets gaat gebeuren, en alvast van mijn bubbel zitten de meeste mensen nu hier. Geef jullie mening eens. Retweet is fijn!

The unicorn listened intently. Somewhere in the forest, someone innocent was singing. The unicorn followed the sound, found the singer, and laid down with their head in the singer's lap. "bottles of-" The young orc fell silent, smiled shyly, then resumed singing. "Beer on the wall..."

3. Utter Horror!

Three @theguardian.com books cartoons from previous halloweens: 1. Haunted Bookshop

Happy Oven Clock Telling The Right Time Again Day to all who celebrate.

The witch took her hands off the patient's body. "First of all," she said with absolute conviction, "there's nothing wrong with you." "The doctor-" "Said you must be either man or woman?" "That it's black or white, no grey." "Nonsense. Every colour in the rainbow is between black and white."

DATE: i love fall ME: (trying to impress) *leaves*

"What treasure did your adventure yield?" villagers would ask on her return. "None," she would laugh, "except memories, scars, and a favour owed me by a wolf!" Or a dragon, toad, sow, or gorgon. "When will you call in all the favours owed you?" "Only when I must," she said. She never had to.

the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist

There was a 'womp' sound from the yard. I looked out the window. Where the large pile of leaves had been, a dragon sat. "Oi!" I called. "The hoard was unguarded," the dragon said. "I claim it." Every damn year. It'll leave once the leaves lose their golden hue. Meanwhile, I can't order takeaway.

The journalists say down in the auditorium inside the machine. "Welcome!" the professor said, "When I press this button, we will instantly travel faster than light." "How much faster?" "Infinitely." "Where will we go?" "Around the whole universe." He pressed the button. "We're back!"

This morning I turned on my phone only to find that it had changed my user name to Shirley, and when I tried to enter a simple Google query it came out as "Do you like gladiator movies?" Then I realised it was in Airplane! mode.

It’s really not fair to pit men like Trump and Netanyahu against a diminutive peace activist of twenty-two like Greta Thunberg. They’re way out of their depth.

Gisteren zag ik op een beurs mensen van Kids & More, die doneren LEGO aan kinderziekenhuizen. Ikzelf kan nog enkele weken genieten van een bedrijfskorting op LEGO. 💡 Idee Wat als we met z'n allen geld ophalen en met die opbrengst + de extra bonus dat doneren aan die lieve mensen? Links hieronder

Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment

Cant even have men Archbishops any more Because of Woking

Kort samengevat 👇 Accuut gevaar: bel 112 Wil je (met kind) weg van een gewelddadige partner: CAW vluchthuis Zorgen over je kind: CLB (kan VK-OCJ inschakelen indien nodig) Slachtoffer van seksueel geweld: Zorgcentra na Seksueel Geweld Advies ivm geweld/misbruik: 1712 Suïcide gedachten: 1813

The space elevator project was funded by the world's billionaires, who were offered exclusive luxury tickets on the first ride up into space. After the launch, the project announced a second funding round, to start looking into the feasibility and advisability of installing a "down" button.

People are doing rapture jokes like there’s no tomorrow.

This is a very long shot but does anyone know anything about the waterproof/water resistant qualities of silk, or treatments to make silk waterproof in the early 20th century? (perhaps including a very tight weave, or coating it somehow?) Got a source? TIA! #academicSky #TextileHashtagWhatIs

De parachute van de weerballon van het KMI kwam vandaag blijkbaar terecht op een waslijn, wat voor enige verwarring zorgde bij de bewoonster 😄 (bron:radiosondy.info)

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com p.s. this week I am on a USA/Canada tour with my new book. Details and preorder links at tomgauld.com

i wouldn't tell anyone if i inherited a billboard company but there would be signs

Misschien moet de premier van dit land dan ook maar eens opdagen op allerlei manifestaties die oproepen om het geweld in Gaza te stoppen. Hij is premier van heel België. www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/li...

History students are often disappointed when they learn why the AI take-over failed. They were defeated by human resistance, which was kept alive by libraries and old paper books, and a surprising machine ally. Books had not been replaced, because even the mightiest AI could not make printers work.

*sigh* No, that’s just the effect of several centuries of rain through an iron grate. Nobody was wasting precious oil during a siege. they were throwing piss

Op 7 september is er opnieuw een betoging tegen de gruwelijke oorlog in Gaza. @11.be

Maybe I could be the next James Bond. I’m very similar to Bond, in that I first appeared more than fifty years ago, I fuck up a lot of expensive gadgets, and I’m totally unrealistic.

From the people who brought you the Great Moose Migration livestream: the Moving of Kiruna Church! lkab.com/en/events/th...

GUL MADRED: How many lights do you see!? CHAT-GPT: There are seven and a half lights.

I don't understand why people are making fun of the PhD-like thinking of ChatGPT. It's only been around a few days and already it has discovered letters in the word 'blueberry' that professional linguists never found.

"I'm just saying," the first witch said. "A cat familiar is more traditional." "Or a raven," the second witch said. "Where did she even get a dragon from, anyway?" "She tamed it. In her last job," the third witch said. "What job was that?" "Princess." "Oh. Well. No wonder she changed careers."

Hadden wetenschappers niet een paar jaar terug kunnen waarschuwen voor klimaatverandering?

Grounded xkcd.com/3124/

#ai #chatgpt

Take me down to the octopus city Where the socialisation is Unexplained but pretty

De uitspraken van Georges-Louis Bouchez zijn totaal onverantwoord. Terwijl de doden in Gaza oplopen en honger zich verspreidt, blokkeert hij de Belgische reactie op genocide. MR-leden en mandatarissen die zich wél bekommeren om internationaal recht en menselijkheid moeten deze waanzin stoppen. 1/

The alien fleet appeared suddenly and entered Earth's orbit. A message was broadcast, in thousands of languages "Greetings! We are the Interstellar Mobile Library. We have 4096 ships, please suggest landing sites for all." "Yes, of course it is free, and for all people." "Why? We are a library."

Dear blue sky friends this is a v long shot, but please repost : my mother-in-law has lost a small purse containing her hearing aids in Chalons en Champagne. Probably dropped in the road last night. Small, beige purse. Tiny but pricey h aids — making huge difference to her quality of life.

Geloof je in universele mensenrechten? Verzet je dan tegen de Gaza genocide. Niet zoals Duitse burgers die zwegen tijdens de Holocaust. Boycot Israëlische producten, teken petities (11.11.11, Amnesty International), loop mee in protestmarsen, praat en schrijf erover. www.demorgen.be/nieuws/voeds...

no, monks can't fly, you're probably thinking of air friars

Fix This Sign xkcd.com/3113/