When parents are appropriately prosecuted for not providing 21st-century medical care to children, including infants, we'll see changes.
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
When parents are appropriately prosecuted for not providing 21st-century medical care to children, including infants, we'll see changes.
So (baseless prediction, do not panic yet) it'll be enabled silently after about a year and start deleting your shit because it thinks it's helping. Yaaay
"Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: 'Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications.'"
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
November 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
So (baseless prediction, do not panic yet) it'll be enabled silently after about a year and start deleting your shit because it thinks it's helping. Yaaay
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Was at car dealership today. Noticed something funny. The normal cars had door poppers and overwhelming screens. The $120,000 car had physical door handles and tons of buttons.
May be obvious but I speculated years ago this would happen. Electronics cheaper than craftsmanship, because it is.
May be obvious but I speculated years ago this would happen. Electronics cheaper than craftsmanship, because it is.
November 19, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Was at car dealership today. Noticed something funny. The normal cars had door poppers and overwhelming screens. The $120,000 car had physical door handles and tons of buttons.
May be obvious but I speculated years ago this would happen. Electronics cheaper than craftsmanship, because it is.
May be obvious but I speculated years ago this would happen. Electronics cheaper than craftsmanship, because it is.
Do your funders know you're hiring 'someone keen on AI' to run the shop?
🚀 We’re transforming Slow Ways and looking for a brilliant front-end / full stack developer (or CTO!) to help shape our website, apps + routes network.
Know someone:
💡 Open to collaborative methods?
🧭 In the UK and ideally the South West?
⭐️ Interested?
👉 beta.slowways.org/Page/job-vac...
Know someone:
💡 Open to collaborative methods?
🧭 In the UK and ideally the South West?
⭐️ Interested?
👉 beta.slowways.org/Page/job-vac...
November 2, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Do your funders know you're hiring 'someone keen on AI' to run the shop?
be fair, I don't have a ladder
When I pass through an area with lots of Genoan Cross flags flying, my first thought isn't "oh how patriotic", it's "if decent folk lived here, these wouldn't be ziptied to lampposts, they'd be taken down"
November 2, 2025 at 10:30 AM
be fair, I don't have a ladder
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I've been getting back into the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series after many years, and the most relatable part is how everyday objects like doors and elevators have been imbued with artificial intelligence and it just makes them obnoxious and frustrating to use and everyone hates it.
November 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I've been getting back into the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series after many years, and the most relatable part is how everyday objects like doors and elevators have been imbued with artificial intelligence and it just makes them obnoxious and frustrating to use and everyone hates it.
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Gotta love Private Eye.
Always cuts through the crap.
Always cuts through the crap.
October 31, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Gotta love Private Eye.
Always cuts through the crap.
Always cuts through the crap.
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AT LAST SOME GOOD NEWS
In important math news: new shape just dropped (the noperthedron) www.quantamagazine.org/first-shape-...
First Shape Found That Can’t Pass Through Itself | Quanta Magazine
After more than three centuries, a geometry problem that originated with a royal bet has been solved.
www.quantamagazine.org
October 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
AT LAST SOME GOOD NEWS
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The effect of car dependency: in 1940, Basil Rathbone was photographed wearing an overcoat outside his home. As more men relied on cars, overcoats became shorter to accommodate drivers. Today, the right is marketed as an "overcoat," even if it would've been considered more sport coat length in 1940.
September 20, 2025 at 11:57 PM
The effect of car dependency: in 1940, Basil Rathbone was photographed wearing an overcoat outside his home. As more men relied on cars, overcoats became shorter to accommodate drivers. Today, the right is marketed as an "overcoat," even if it would've been considered more sport coat length in 1940.
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This isn't how birding is supposed to work!
September 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This isn't how birding is supposed to work!
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Everyone say hello to Tupi, a lil’ capybara baby at the San Antonio Zoo. 🥹
September 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Everyone say hello to Tupi, a lil’ capybara baby at the San Antonio Zoo. 🥹
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Incredibly embarrassing admission
August 25, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Incredibly embarrassing admission
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“The books would have all looked new,” I scream impotently at another costume drama.
August 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
“The books would have all looked new,” I scream impotently at another costume drama.
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The thing that's so difficult in fighting pseudoscience is that its followers fundamentally don't believe in expertise.
Exceptional people? Sure. The naturally gifted? of course.
But I've talked to people face-to-face who simply don't believe people can get better at things.
Exceptional people? Sure. The naturally gifted? of course.
But I've talked to people face-to-face who simply don't believe people can get better at things.
August 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The thing that's so difficult in fighting pseudoscience is that its followers fundamentally don't believe in expertise.
Exceptional people? Sure. The naturally gifted? of course.
But I've talked to people face-to-face who simply don't believe people can get better at things.
Exceptional people? Sure. The naturally gifted? of course.
But I've talked to people face-to-face who simply don't believe people can get better at things.
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Isn't it, uh, your job to listen to your constituents yourself?
August 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Isn't it, uh, your job to listen to your constituents yourself?
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June 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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The shitty first few drafts of anything (fiction, essay, business plan, etc) are how you figure out what the fuck you actually mean and want to communicate.
Outsourcing that to ai might make your 1st surface level idea look nice, but it's like putting frosting onto a half baked cake
Outsourcing that to ai might make your 1st surface level idea look nice, but it's like putting frosting onto a half baked cake
April 27, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The shitty first few drafts of anything (fiction, essay, business plan, etc) are how you figure out what the fuck you actually mean and want to communicate.
Outsourcing that to ai might make your 1st surface level idea look nice, but it's like putting frosting onto a half baked cake
Outsourcing that to ai might make your 1st surface level idea look nice, but it's like putting frosting onto a half baked cake
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The Beekeeper's Picnic by @jabbage.bsky.social is just the most wonderful thing. It's a Sherlock Holmes love story, set in his retirement village of Fulworth, and it's so utterly heartwarming. There's an incredible cast, and I adore everything about it!
buried-treasure.org/2025/04/the-...
buried-treasure.org/2025/04/the-...
April 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The Beekeeper's Picnic by @jabbage.bsky.social is just the most wonderful thing. It's a Sherlock Holmes love story, set in his retirement village of Fulworth, and it's so utterly heartwarming. There's an incredible cast, and I adore everything about it!
buried-treasure.org/2025/04/the-...
buried-treasure.org/2025/04/the-...
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Have crossposted The Beekeeper's Picnic to Kotaku, if you prefer your reviews with Zs instead of Ss.
kotaku.com/the-beekeepe...
kotaku.com/the-beekeepe...
This Sherlock Holmes Adventure Game Is A Deeply Beautiful Love Story
The Beekeeper's Picnic is set during Holmes' retirement, where he's finally ready to face his feelings for Watson
kotaku.com
April 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Have crossposted The Beekeeper's Picnic to Kotaku, if you prefer your reviews with Zs instead of Ss.
kotaku.com/the-beekeepe...
kotaku.com/the-beekeepe...
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Skutter origin story..
a blurred image of a person sitting in a row of seats
Alt: a skutters claw from Red Dwarf showing a v sign behind cinema seats.
media.tenor.com
March 20, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Skutter origin story..
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A lot of things suck in this lifetime, but I remember when the thought of this was incomprehensible. This is beautiful.
5th person to be cured of HIV
“Today, researchers announced the Dusseldorf patient still has no detectable virus in his body, even after stopping his HIV medication four years ago.”
“Today, researchers announced the Dusseldorf patient still has no detectable virus in his body, even after stopping his HIV medication four years ago.”
5th person confirmed to be cured of HIV
Researchers are announcing that a 53-year-old man in Germany has been cured of HIV.
abcnews.go.com
December 11, 2024 at 7:13 PM
A lot of things suck in this lifetime, but I remember when the thought of this was incomprehensible. This is beautiful.
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"Video games cause violence"
Meanwhile, me reloading my save because I accidentally made one of the characters sad
Meanwhile, me reloading my save because I accidentally made one of the characters sad
December 10, 2024 at 2:40 PM
"Video games cause violence"
Meanwhile, me reloading my save because I accidentally made one of the characters sad
Meanwhile, me reloading my save because I accidentally made one of the characters sad
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Right so after several recent incidents at work it seems like it's time to tap the sign again:
Never apologize to me when your cat crashes a video call.
Your cat is perfect.
I understand that the begging for attention is not charming to you but it is to me and I wish to see your cat.
Thank you.
Never apologize to me when your cat crashes a video call.
Your cat is perfect.
I understand that the begging for attention is not charming to you but it is to me and I wish to see your cat.
Thank you.
December 10, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Right so after several recent incidents at work it seems like it's time to tap the sign again:
Never apologize to me when your cat crashes a video call.
Your cat is perfect.
I understand that the begging for attention is not charming to you but it is to me and I wish to see your cat.
Thank you.
Never apologize to me when your cat crashes a video call.
Your cat is perfect.
I understand that the begging for attention is not charming to you but it is to me and I wish to see your cat.
Thank you.
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SCROOGE: you there, boy! what day is it?
BOY: i don't know, i'm like six
SCROOGE: well fuckin – can you ask someone
BOY: i don't know, i'm like six
SCROOGE: well fuckin – can you ask someone
December 1, 2024 at 9:08 AM
SCROOGE: you there, boy! what day is it?
BOY: i don't know, i'm like six
SCROOGE: well fuckin – can you ask someone
BOY: i don't know, i'm like six
SCROOGE: well fuckin – can you ask someone
idk bluesky is the promised land apparently but the first post about trans shit I clicked on had a dozen chuds in the replies
I'm still on Tumblr btw
I'm still on Tumblr btw
November 29, 2024 at 5:18 PM
idk bluesky is the promised land apparently but the first post about trans shit I clicked on had a dozen chuds in the replies
I'm still on Tumblr btw
I'm still on Tumblr btw