Iain
@iainl7.bsky.social
Internet Old Man, sorry. Films, music, games, photography, cats. Frequently fails to quit that politics addiction.
Post Rock, Ergo Propter Rock
Post Rock, Ergo Propter Rock
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zooming in was more of a treat than I anticipated
Some terrifically titled papers from a discovered collection of NASA research documents found in a skip
(with thanks to @juliarez.placid.horse)
(with thanks to @juliarez.placid.horse)
February 3, 2026 at 12:10 PM
zooming in was more of a treat than I anticipated
No, you’re old.
February 3, 2026 at 8:56 AM
No, you’re old.
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Top tip: to avoid having the British Union of Fascists logo on the side of your mock-up train, don't use horrible text-to-image AI slop instead of actual designers and artists.
www.scotsman.com/news/transpo...
www.scotsman.com/news/transpo...
February 2, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Top tip: to avoid having the British Union of Fascists logo on the side of your mock-up train, don't use horrible text-to-image AI slop instead of actual designers and artists.
www.scotsman.com/news/transpo...
www.scotsman.com/news/transpo...
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Here's a synergy you weren't expecting: Denmark sold pedophile island to the US in exchange for Greenland
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_...
January 31, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Here's a synergy you weren't expecting: Denmark sold pedophile island to the US in exchange for Greenland
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_...
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Just a reminder - the FBI/DOJ looked at all the same material we are seeing now and concluded that there was nothing left to investigate
January 31, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Just a reminder - the FBI/DOJ looked at all the same material we are seeing now and concluded that there was nothing left to investigate
Terrifying. Imagine going to sleep in endless suburbia, and waking up to find there’s suddenly all the amenities you want within a quarter hour stroll? The horror.
Someone from the Tories’ Lords team really needs to change Sharron Davies’ X log in.
As an aside, how *would* 15 minute cities be “thrust on us overnight”?
As an aside, how *would* 15 minute cities be “thrust on us overnight”?
January 30, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Terrifying. Imagine going to sleep in endless suburbia, and waking up to find there’s suddenly all the amenities you want within a quarter hour stroll? The horror.
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RIP to the icon, Catherine O'Hara.
January 30, 2026 at 6:20 PM
RIP to the icon, Catherine O'Hara.
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If Britain had a Department of Culture, it would be able to engage with this issue.
'the UK creative industries — which contributed £125 billion to the economy in 2024 and supported 2.4 million jobs — are being destroyed by an AI sector that... contributed just £11 billion in the same year and supported only 85,000 jobs." www.thetimes.com/culture/film...
All 2.4m of Britain’s creative workers are at risk — and we know why
A new report into the impact of AI on the creative sector makes for apocalyptic reading. The government must act now
www.thetimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:45 AM
If Britain had a Department of Culture, it would be able to engage with this issue.
Am I going to end up getting the new Harry Styles LP, only to be disappointed the rest of it doesn’t sound like Barbara, Barbara period Underworld?
January 30, 2026 at 6:48 AM
Am I going to end up getting the new Harry Styles LP, only to be disappointed the rest of it doesn’t sound like Barbara, Barbara period Underworld?
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me, emotionally writing an essay on the use of force by federal agents: ok but what if i packaged this in the most insane way possible www.theverge.com/policy/86857...
Best gas masks
“How did these people go out and get gas masks?” AG Bondi asked.
www.theverge.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:25 PM
me, emotionally writing an essay on the use of force by federal agents: ok but what if i packaged this in the most insane way possible www.theverge.com/policy/86857...
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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NEW: Expensive gas still biggest driver of high UK electricity bills, says UKERC
"Volatile, gas-linked market prices – not green policies, as some misleading claims have suggested – dominate the real-terms increase in bills since 2021."
www.carbonbrief.org/expensive-ga...
"Volatile, gas-linked market prices – not green policies, as some misleading claims have suggested – dominate the real-terms increase in bills since 2021."
www.carbonbrief.org/expensive-ga...
January 28, 2026 at 9:03 AM
NEW: Expensive gas still biggest driver of high UK electricity bills, says UKERC
"Volatile, gas-linked market prices – not green policies, as some misleading claims have suggested – dominate the real-terms increase in bills since 2021."
www.carbonbrief.org/expensive-ga...
"Volatile, gas-linked market prices – not green policies, as some misleading claims have suggested – dominate the real-terms increase in bills since 2021."
www.carbonbrief.org/expensive-ga...
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Matt Goodwin's lies about his background have hopelessly confused Google AI 😉
January 27, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Matt Goodwin's lies about his background have hopelessly confused Google AI 😉
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"Midnight on the Firing Line", the first episode of Babylon 5 (excluding the pilot, "The Gathering", 1993), aired 32 years ago.
"The Narn attack a Centauri colony, while Raiders attack transport ships. Talia Winters arrives at the station."
"The Narn attack a Centauri colony, while Raiders attack transport ships. Talia Winters arrives at the station."
January 27, 2026 at 8:35 AM
"Midnight on the Firing Line", the first episode of Babylon 5 (excluding the pilot, "The Gathering", 1993), aired 32 years ago.
"The Narn attack a Centauri colony, while Raiders attack transport ships. Talia Winters arrives at the station."
"The Narn attack a Centauri colony, while Raiders attack transport ships. Talia Winters arrives at the station."
Are you, like Sanjeev, the recipient of a six-figure bonus? Because every fucking advert on my podcasts is keen to speak to you.
January 27, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Are you, like Sanjeev, the recipient of a six-figure bonus? Because every fucking advert on my podcasts is keen to speak to you.
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Kristi Noem Calls On Minneapolis Residents To Stop Obstructing Murders https://theonion.com/kristi-noem-calls-on-minneapolis-residents-to-stop-obstructing-murders/
January 26, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Kristi Noem Calls On Minneapolis Residents To Stop Obstructing Murders https://theonion.com/kristi-noem-calls-on-minneapolis-residents-to-stop-obstructing-murders/
So what was it that struck you as the big policy difference between the parties that meant you had to defect, Suella?
Farage claims Trump never meant to insult British troops, and ICE victim in Minneapolis shouldn't have been there with gun - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
January 26, 2026 at 4:42 PM
So what was it that struck you as the big policy difference between the parties that meant you had to defect, Suella?
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bUt StArMeR iS jUsT aS bAd
Farage claims Trump never meant to insult British troops, and ICE victim in Minneapolis shouldn't have been there with gun - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
January 26, 2026 at 4:39 PM
bUt StArMeR iS jUsT aS bAd
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This is so good. Also touches on Exile at the end, a game that was as far ahead of its time as Elite. It took years for designers to learn its' lessons, if they ever did - most people haven't played it but you can glimpse it in every metroidvania, every physics puzzle game, every emergent roguelike.
Jeremy C. Smith loved physics, and the BBC Micro, and made some ingenious games that combined the two. His biggest success came with a pre-emptive port to the C64, of a game which refined Atari's Gravitar and added much funnier ways to fail. New post on Thrust:
www.superchartisland.com/thrust
www.superchartisland.com/thrust
Thrust – “Reverse gravity”
I have not had cause to mention the BBC Micro for a while. I think Football Manager was the most recent occasion, back at the start of 1985. Even as the Amstrad CPC thoroughly took over as the UK’s…
www.superchartisland.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:49 PM
This is so good. Also touches on Exile at the end, a game that was as far ahead of its time as Elite. It took years for designers to learn its' lessons, if they ever did - most people haven't played it but you can glimpse it in every metroidvania, every physics puzzle game, every emergent roguelike.
Good to see that Kemi’s been listening about how she should kick the vile racists out of her party.
January 26, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Good to see that Kemi’s been listening about how she should kick the vile racists out of her party.
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I got given some of my aunt’s yarn stash to use up and I would like everyone to appreciate what this colour is called
January 26, 2026 at 9:57 AM
I got given some of my aunt’s yarn stash to use up and I would like everyone to appreciate what this colour is called
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Over and over and over and over again
Over and over and over and over again
January 26, 2026 at 7:04 AM
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Over and over and over and over again
Over and over and over and over again
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Stalin notorious for making sure you could walk to the shops
January 25, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Stalin notorious for making sure you could walk to the shops
Yay, Assetto Corsa Evo no longer crashes on startup!
Boo, now it takes out the whole of Windows 11 on exit!
Boo, now it takes out the whole of Windows 11 on exit!
January 25, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Yay, Assetto Corsa Evo no longer crashes on startup!
Boo, now it takes out the whole of Windows 11 on exit!
Boo, now it takes out the whole of Windows 11 on exit!