Avon. No, not that one. That one.

Here is a video of a frozen creek that had begun to thaw, and the water was flowing beneath the thin ice on top. I took this because it was soothing and wonderfully bloopy and I wanted to listen to it for hours. You are all welcome to enjoy it, too. Let your brain settle here and rest for a moment.

I've reached out to two 80's hardcore punk bands for lyrics licensing requests through their labels, telling them about #KeepingTime and my budget. Both times, the guys came back with, "nah go ahead, use it for free." Punk's not dead. In fact, they're still out there, being radically kind.

the discourse on what jobs are acceptable to replace with generative AI reveals a lot about what we think of other people's jobs

You're trying your best, Steve. That's all we ask.

If you need some chill, slow viewing to remind you of the good in people right now, then here you go. Master restorer Julian Baumgartner using his magic to save a painting of Frances Hodgson Burnett for her granddaughter, after it was almost destroyed in the Texas floods. And doing it pro-bono.

This should honestly be a legal requirement for discontinued products.

In #JapaneseFolklore there is definitely a #yokai for every occasion. When it comes to fruit, I present suika no bakemono, which appears as a watermelon-headed samurai. Very little is known about this strange supernatural creature. It comes from the Buson Yokai Emaki, a... #BookologyThursday 1/2

Always a good idea to turn off auto-play videos; choose what you see and what you don't.

If you like Taskmaster, and there's a high likelihood you do, check out this brilliant artwork of the different line-ups! www.thejoshabraham.com/taskmaster/

😻😻😻BEAUTIFUL AND COMFORTING CAT!😻😻😻

It's the 3rd of January 1939, your name is professor James Smith and you are staring at a drawing of a fish. It's not a regular fish. It is a completely impossible fish.

Given everything we’ve gone through and continue to go through, three medical breakthroughs in six days feels like a good start. More! Do The big ones! Oh and tinnitus! And fucking acid reflux, the BASTARD

Unimportant crochet update: it is ugly, but it progresses. Zero yeeting incidents 👍

Our big look at why clickbait articles on accessibility at airports are ill-informed or wrong and, frankly, often tinged with racism. The air industry has a duty to call this out, and admit it contributes to the perception by creating airport environments hostile to even minor mobility issues.

It's quite incredible how this poor and inaccurate tool has been prioritised and integrated *so* effectively that I regularly have people tell me something they've 'looked up' and I have to say 'you're not just reading the AI overview are you' and they are. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

#StandingStoneSunday Laughtor Man #Dartmoor

See a bridge, post a bridge.

Started crochet (again). Managed a half decent chain, which is further than last time, got stuck and have put it down for today before it was yeeted across the room. We regroup tomorrow...

'Look Back 3 Red' - Ono Tadashige, 2003. #Caturday #JapaneseArt

At the risk of stating what should be obvious: sharing potentially illegal images, (or screenshots containing images) because you’re horrified that they exist, or to prove they exist, is STILL SHARING THEM. Do not do it. Protect yourself AND those whose feed your post might cross.

Reposting with alt text. Highlight: “I'm sure there's a lot of people at Meta…who would like me to not tell the world that LLMs basically are a dead end when it comes to superintelligence," he says. "But I'm not gonna change my mind because some dude thinks I'm wrong. I'm not wrong.”

Who still has fireworks left?!

A couple of Youtubers I watch have done videos now about how their views are way down, and how Youtube is prioritizing short form, clickbait titles/thumbnails, and "videos that start in the midst of the action" and *my god* all I hate all three of these. This is the opposite of what I like.

What was your biggest impact on the internet? Pretty sure it's this. 2012 was five lifetimes ago.

You can tell Star Trek is post-capitalist because none of their tech things have annoying branding. Meanwhile I have to remember not only what company made my thermostat but also what they chose to call the app that controls it.

I’ve spent this morning morbidly watching the MTV channels close down and the final songs played were: MTV Music - Video Killed the Radio Star (Buggles) Club MTV - Don’t Stop the Music (Rihanna) MTV 90s - Goodbye (Spice Girls) MTV 80s - Together in Electric Dreams (Oakey and Moroder)

Today's leftovers sandwich choice is camembert, ham and mango chutney 🤤

Open up this picture fully. Then look at the surface of Mars. Then look up to the top right. Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky. Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos. That's Earth.

A nice pic of some wintry berries to brighten up the timeline...

Spoiler: They used the money just as wisely as anyone else would, and it's so frustrating that this still isn't a common sense assumption to make.

I went into The Outside and came across a side quest cat and a portal

“I’m a second-year Emerging Media grad student, I mostly study video-game design with a focus on psychology and gender issues.”

This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)

Here are some nice mushrooms

Did you get something really *nice* for Christmas? Are you saving it? STOP Eat it. Slather yourself in it. Spray it on a random wfh Tuesday. Use it next time you have a meal. Make up an occasion and use it. Whatever it is don't hoard it until it's near its use by date or too precious.

Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up. I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.

Quite apart from the whole “are we the baddies” aspect, Sauron’s security was famously not as watertight as he thought….

Discworld QOTD, from The Light Fantastic

Remember: When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them. When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips. ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.

yup

Same, Lincoln Castle. Same.

User interfaces are really important when driving a vehicle. It’s about time to bring back buttons and knobs so drivers don’t have to look away from the road to fumble through on-screen menus.

Have yourself a merry little Pusheen✨🎁💖

Happy Christmas bluesky - may it be warm and peaceful

Twas the night before Christmas, and throughout the land The sleeping arrangements were carefully planned Down in the kitchen, a picturesque scene A mattress, a pillow, a washing machine

tl;dr: GenAI and game design concepts traditionally referred to as "AI" (enemy behaviors, pathfinding, etc.) are not the same thing, and I'm on my knees begging people to learn the difference, lest we see more bullshit claims like what The Escapist put out re: Blue Prince.

I went and picked him up from the rescue. He is very very sweet, zero spice in him at all. Found rurally, took himself up to a house and screamed for help. He's had a bath, and is currently purring under my chin.

For your holiday ambiance, I've made a hypnotic yule log fireplace with ultra slow motion macro footage of flames stretching & warping like liquid as fire reacts with calcium chloride & barium. This is real fire I filmed, not CGI or AI. 10hrs, 4K, crackling sounds, no music, no ads. Happy holidays!