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i say yes/oui
i mean, we let the Aussies in to the Axis Of Camp
i mean, we let the Aussies in to the Axis Of Camp
Canada pushes to join Eurovision: ‘This is about protecting our identity’
Canada pushes to join Eurovision: ‘This is about protecting our identity’
Country explores taking part in the glitzy song contest as it distances from the US and seeks to deepen ties with Europe
When Canada released its federal budget this month, much of it was standard fare, from the plans to downsize the public service to the boost in defence spending.
But one line tucked in the nearly 500-page document has captured imaginations on both sides of the Atlantic: a mention that the government is working with Canada’s national broadcaster to explore participation in the Eurovision song contest. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
i say yes/oui
i mean, we let the Aussies in to the Axis Of Camp
i mean, we let the Aussies in to the Axis Of Camp
Season of Skulls by @cstross.bsky.social is a delight. Can’t believe that such a dark book had me laughing like a drain on the 5:06 from New Street. Twice. Total Quality management consultant indeed.
November 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Season of Skulls by @cstross.bsky.social is a delight. Can’t believe that such a dark book had me laughing like a drain on the 5:06 from New Street. Twice. Total Quality management consultant indeed.
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The Louvre heist is the uplifting story of 2025, a joyous gift that just keeps on giving
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The Louvre heist is the uplifting story of 2025, a joyous gift that just keeps on giving
Really enjoying @timmaughan.bsky.social’s Infinite Detail. It reads as if Islands in the Net crashed into The Long Tomorrow, but with its own colour and sound. 2020s cyberpunk done right.
October 28, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Really enjoying @timmaughan.bsky.social’s Infinite Detail. It reads as if Islands in the Net crashed into The Long Tomorrow, but with its own colour and sound. 2020s cyberpunk done right.
Watched The Twits. This film’s only saving grace is knowing that if Roald Dahl was alive and watching this he’d be utterly horrified his name was involved in this. A beautiful thought.
October 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Watched The Twits. This film’s only saving grace is knowing that if Roald Dahl was alive and watching this he’d be utterly horrified his name was involved in this. A beautiful thought.
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It's fascinating to me that there's a whole "AI skeptic" misinformation ecosystem out there that somehow continues to deny that Waymo exists. Like, this is easy to fact check! Waymo runs publicly-available service in 5 cities, you can just go look up how it works and see it's not planned routes!
![A bluesky post with the user's handle cropped out: "In 2015, I was told, confidently, that AI would end human drivers in the trucking industry w/in 5 years.
[Begin my highlight]10 years later, and there’s what-some experimental cabs rolling around a few cities in heavily-engineered preset routes?[end my highlight]
Not to mention the fact that the AI industry itself is Enron on heroin."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4jjekvbxopsdtmezsmycpveb/bafkreigx2n5lhggsvw7swptrklsf5ocp4vwzpufcpuccj5qaxhdqaipf4a@jpeg)
October 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
It's fascinating to me that there's a whole "AI skeptic" misinformation ecosystem out there that somehow continues to deny that Waymo exists. Like, this is easy to fact check! Waymo runs publicly-available service in 5 cities, you can just go look up how it works and see it's not planned routes!
Does Moore’s Law apply to GPUs?
October 2, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Does Moore’s Law apply to GPUs?
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My semi-regular reminder of a really important reality about cities, density, services and taxes.
Original graphic cleaned up by @kathrynmathias.bsky.social. #CityMakingMath
Original graphic cleaned up by @kathrynmathias.bsky.social. #CityMakingMath
September 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
My semi-regular reminder of a really important reality about cities, density, services and taxes.
Original graphic cleaned up by @kathrynmathias.bsky.social. #CityMakingMath
Original graphic cleaned up by @kathrynmathias.bsky.social. #CityMakingMath
I was yesterday years old when I started playing my first Zelda game. Link’s Awakening is a total delight.
September 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I was yesterday years old when I started playing my first Zelda game. Link’s Awakening is a total delight.
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Did you or a family member once reside in Innsmouth?
Did you test positive for fish/cephalopod DNA?
You may be eligible to join a class action lawsuit.
Email: Obed@MarshDagon.net and attach results of the DNA test.
(We are totally not trying to gather your info to return you to Cthulhu's bosom.)
Did you test positive for fish/cephalopod DNA?
You may be eligible to join a class action lawsuit.
Email: Obed@MarshDagon.net and attach results of the DNA test.
(We are totally not trying to gather your info to return you to Cthulhu's bosom.)
September 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Did you or a family member once reside in Innsmouth?
Did you test positive for fish/cephalopod DNA?
You may be eligible to join a class action lawsuit.
Email: Obed@MarshDagon.net and attach results of the DNA test.
(We are totally not trying to gather your info to return you to Cthulhu's bosom.)
Did you test positive for fish/cephalopod DNA?
You may be eligible to join a class action lawsuit.
Email: Obed@MarshDagon.net and attach results of the DNA test.
(We are totally not trying to gather your info to return you to Cthulhu's bosom.)
Slightly diminish a book:
The Foreman of the Rings
The Foreman of the Rings
Slightly diminish a book:
Stephen King's The Sit
Stephen King's The Sit
Slightly diminish a book
Finite Jest
Finite Jest
September 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Slightly diminish a book:
The Foreman of the Rings
The Foreman of the Rings
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Remembering that time I saw someone in the local supermarket wearing the “Running on tea, sarcasm and inappropriate behaviour” t-shirt from @www.joditaylorbooks.com’s wonderful Chronicles of St. Mary’s. Had a right kick from seeing another fan in the wild.
August 31, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Remembering that time I saw someone in the local supermarket wearing the “Running on tea, sarcasm and inappropriate behaviour” t-shirt from @www.joditaylorbooks.com’s wonderful Chronicles of St. Mary’s. Had a right kick from seeing another fan in the wild.
Sometimes, self-care means “going to bed early with a book and making sure you get enough rest”.
August 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Sometimes, self-care means “going to bed early with a book and making sure you get enough rest”.
Absolutely loving Dead Lies Dreaming by @cstross.bsky.social. Is the chapter title “Overdrawn at the Pennine Bank” an homage to the classic Raul Julia TV film “Overdrawn at the Memory Bank”?
August 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Absolutely loving Dead Lies Dreaming by @cstross.bsky.social. Is the chapter title “Overdrawn at the Pennine Bank” an homage to the classic Raul Julia TV film “Overdrawn at the Memory Bank”?
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Pagliacci goes to see Pagliacci. He's in the audience, but also on the stage. "Is this, fuck," he thinks. "Am I in a Lynch film right now. Am I in Mullholland Drive." Captured by confusion, horror, and strange, exultant sorrow, the clown must admit he is no longer depressed
August 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Pagliacci goes to see Pagliacci. He's in the audience, but also on the stage. "Is this, fuck," he thinks. "Am I in a Lynch film right now. Am I in Mullholland Drive." Captured by confusion, horror, and strange, exultant sorrow, the clown must admit he is no longer depressed
I really want to know the name of the merged party.
52/ The Australian Sex Party held a seat in Victoria's state upper house from 2014 and 2018, and finished 5th nationwide in the 2010 Senate elections. Despite a provocative name, it largely campaigned on progressive libertarian issues and later merged with the Australian Cyclists party.
August 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I really want to know the name of the merged party.
Today I went into a stationery shop, and spoke to a person who directed me to where I could find the USB sticks. I got the stick I wanted, went to the till, and paid a second person, with cash. Then I went home and used the USB stick to install Linux on a computer.
It was like 2005 never went away.
It was like 2005 never went away.
July 26, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Today I went into a stationery shop, and spoke to a person who directed me to where I could find the USB sticks. I got the stick I wanted, went to the till, and paid a second person, with cash. Then I went home and used the USB stick to install Linux on a computer.
It was like 2005 never went away.
It was like 2005 never went away.
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"You put one leg in there....that's it.... now, put your other leg into there. Good. Now pull that belt bit up towards your waist... "
July 25, 2025 at 4:51 AM
"You put one leg in there....that's it.... now, put your other leg into there. Good. Now pull that belt bit up towards your waist... "
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The other day I drew a subway-style map for The Hobbit, and it was very well received. Some of you asked if I could do one for LoTR, so I have!
Forgive the eel watermark; I'm working on making these something you can buy, if you like.
Forgive the eel watermark; I'm working on making these something you can buy, if you like.
July 21, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The other day I drew a subway-style map for The Hobbit, and it was very well received. Some of you asked if I could do one for LoTR, so I have!
Forgive the eel watermark; I'm working on making these something you can buy, if you like.
Forgive the eel watermark; I'm working on making these something you can buy, if you like.
A Stay Hydrated kind of day.
July 11, 2025 at 8:14 AM
A Stay Hydrated kind of day.
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Accurate
Giving up on either mitigation or adaptation is deadshit thinking.
July 6, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Accurate
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Every few years, someone becomes the internet main character by declaring people don't actually ENJOY old/foreign/challenging movies, they are just PRETENDING to like them for the IMAGE.
And I'll say what I say every time this happens: this reveals a lot more about the complainer than they realize.
And I'll say what I say every time this happens: this reveals a lot more about the complainer than they realize.
July 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Every few years, someone becomes the internet main character by declaring people don't actually ENJOY old/foreign/challenging movies, they are just PRETENDING to like them for the IMAGE.
And I'll say what I say every time this happens: this reveals a lot more about the complainer than they realize.
And I'll say what I say every time this happens: this reveals a lot more about the complainer than they realize.
Never mind Indiana Jones, when are they going to announce they’re rebooting The Godfather?
July 2, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Never mind Indiana Jones, when are they going to announce they’re rebooting The Godfather?