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The best lack all conviction
While the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
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Trying not to sound completely nuts while explaining only a fraction of what's happening to not-terminally-online friends and family.
Currently not succeeding.
While the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
...
Trying not to sound completely nuts while explaining only a fraction of what's happening to not-terminally-online friends and family.
Currently not succeeding.
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It's a small graphic design detail, but the loitering guy on TTC signage is actually in front of the red slash, casually leaning against it, making him look *unbelievably* cool.
November 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
It's a small graphic design detail, but the loitering guy on TTC signage is actually in front of the red slash, casually leaning against it, making him look *unbelievably* cool.
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it's a story straight from The Onion.
The guy baguettes away with murder.
He's focaccia and the rye of his generation.
The guy baguettes away with murder.
He's focaccia and the rye of his generation.
November 5, 2025 at 11:24 PM
it's a story straight from The Onion.
The guy baguettes away with murder.
He's focaccia and the rye of his generation.
The guy baguettes away with murder.
He's focaccia and the rye of his generation.
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Here's my How we made... piece from today's Guardian. I held out a little too long in the hope make-up effects maestro Craig Reardon would materialise as the 2nd interviewee, but without marvellous Marty Casella I wouldn't have heard about maggot handlers or got to include the phrase "ghost semen."
‘If I’d known the skeletons were real I’d have been even more disgusted’: how we made Poltergeist
‘Steven Spielberg lit up when I told him I couldn’t do the face-tearing scene. Those are his hands you see in the film. I could never have ripped my face off with the same joie de vivre’
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November 4, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Here's my How we made... piece from today's Guardian. I held out a little too long in the hope make-up effects maestro Craig Reardon would materialise as the 2nd interviewee, but without marvellous Marty Casella I wouldn't have heard about maggot handlers or got to include the phrase "ghost semen."
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The legend that is the Japanese Ambassador to the UK enjoying a bowl of Scouse in Liverpool
October 25, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The legend that is the Japanese Ambassador to the UK enjoying a bowl of Scouse in Liverpool
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Things are not what they seem in the art of Thomas Deininger.
October 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Things are not what they seem in the art of Thomas Deininger.
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the plan lacked something in sophistication, you say?
October 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
the plan lacked something in sophistication, you say?
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Ordered too much Chinese food for one person so had to do the whole charade of pretending there were other people in the house too, but oversold it and accidentally crafted a one act play about strained friendships and growing apart that is being heavily tipped for awards.
October 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Ordered too much Chinese food for one person so had to do the whole charade of pretending there were other people in the house too, but oversold it and accidentally crafted a one act play about strained friendships and growing apart that is being heavily tipped for awards.
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Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
October 5, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
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A tragic loss. Manchán has helped us define a different kind of relationship with nature based on our language and traditions. RIP.
The writer, broadcaster and documentary maker Manchán Magan has died at the age of 55, his family has confirmed
Broadcaster and scríbhneoir Manchán Magan dies aged 55
The writer, broadcaster and documentary maker Manchán Magan has died at the age of 55, his family has confirmed.
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October 3, 2025 at 6:29 AM
A tragic loss. Manchán has helped us define a different kind of relationship with nature based on our language and traditions. RIP.
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New! Cassetteboy vs Keir Starmer.
This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
September 30, 2025 at 10:55 AM
New! Cassetteboy vs Keir Starmer.
This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
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I was bawling long before the end of this.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
‘There was comedy at all times’: Andrew O’Hagan on 15 years of funny, frank and champagne-fuelled friendship with Edna O’Brien
In the last decades of her life, the two novelists became close friends. He recalls their intense bond, their last trip to Ireland and her memories of being romanced by Richard Burton
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I was bawling long before the end of this.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
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I am (self-evidently) very interested in language. And also in technology. From that perspective, the rise of LLMs has created many new things for me to think about.
One is: why is it that certain very small clusters of words are *clearly written by an LLM*? What is the quality of that writing?
One is: why is it that certain very small clusters of words are *clearly written by an LLM*? What is the quality of that writing?
September 16, 2025 at 7:32 AM
I am (self-evidently) very interested in language. And also in technology. From that perspective, the rise of LLMs has created many new things for me to think about.
One is: why is it that certain very small clusters of words are *clearly written by an LLM*? What is the quality of that writing?
One is: why is it that certain very small clusters of words are *clearly written by an LLM*? What is the quality of that writing?
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somehow the quality of small clusters of LLM-generated words is this disintegration. words that ought to be working together are instead not even fighting each other (fighting is interesting) but coming apart in your hands like a cheaply-made toy.
September 16, 2025 at 7:49 AM
somehow the quality of small clusters of LLM-generated words is this disintegration. words that ought to be working together are instead not even fighting each other (fighting is interesting) but coming apart in your hands like a cheaply-made toy.
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Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
April 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
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Today I’m going to talk about Kurt Vonnegut because we should all talk about him more than we do.
In an introduction to his novel Mother Night, a story about an American writer who becomes a propagandist for the Nazis, Vonnegut writes “We are what we ....
In an introduction to his novel Mother Night, a story about an American writer who becomes a propagandist for the Nazis, Vonnegut writes “We are what we ....
September 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Today I’m going to talk about Kurt Vonnegut because we should all talk about him more than we do.
In an introduction to his novel Mother Night, a story about an American writer who becomes a propagandist for the Nazis, Vonnegut writes “We are what we ....
In an introduction to his novel Mother Night, a story about an American writer who becomes a propagandist for the Nazis, Vonnegut writes “We are what we ....
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The fact that Palantir has 24 contracts with UK public institutions including the NHS, the Ministry of Defence, the police force, the Cabinet Office, and the DLUHC should be ringing alarm bells.
August 30, 2025 at 7:50 AM
The fact that Palantir has 24 contracts with UK public institutions including the NHS, the Ministry of Defence, the police force, the Cabinet Office, and the DLUHC should be ringing alarm bells.
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The Irish for dead is marbh.
August 30, 2025 at 8:08 AM
The Irish for dead is marbh.
Only following ordures
National Guard is now tasked with picking up garbage in DC
August 27, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Only following ordures
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One of the less known aspects about the Easter Rising is that Indian students at UCD also took part & were then deported by the British authorities for it. Among those students was V.V. Giri who became president of India and said “when I am not an Indian, I am an Irishman”
August 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
One of the less known aspects about the Easter Rising is that Indian students at UCD also took part & were then deported by the British authorities for it. Among those students was V.V. Giri who became president of India and said “when I am not an Indian, I am an Irishman”
Very important for everyone to know this..
Range of infective ticks is spreading due to climate also so don't assume you're safe
Range of infective ticks is spreading due to climate also so don't assume you're safe
*IMPORTANT*
Please read & share, it could save you or a loved one from a lifetime of chronic system-wide illness. 🙏❤️
Today I was diagnosed with Lyme Disease.😔
I was bitten by 4 ticks 30 days ago & had a red rash come up around one of the bites, that soon started spreading...
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Please read & share, it could save you or a loved one from a lifetime of chronic system-wide illness. 🙏❤️
Today I was diagnosed with Lyme Disease.😔
I was bitten by 4 ticks 30 days ago & had a red rash come up around one of the bites, that soon started spreading...
*Continued below
July 11, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Very important for everyone to know this..
Range of infective ticks is spreading due to climate also so don't assume you're safe
Range of infective ticks is spreading due to climate also so don't assume you're safe
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Per this lawyer, the mother of 3 US citizens, among others, has been abducted by “bounty hunters” at gunpoint, brought to CBP, where they demanded she sign deportation papers without seeing a judge.
When she refused, she was literally disappeared by the armed “bounty hunters” at the behest of CBP.
When she refused, she was literally disappeared by the armed “bounty hunters” at the behest of CBP.
June 29, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Per this lawyer, the mother of 3 US citizens, among others, has been abducted by “bounty hunters” at gunpoint, brought to CBP, where they demanded she sign deportation papers without seeing a judge.
When she refused, she was literally disappeared by the armed “bounty hunters” at the behest of CBP.
When she refused, she was literally disappeared by the armed “bounty hunters” at the behest of CBP.
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My family and I were at Mount Baker Park celebrating Father's Day when we saw an SUV drive by at high speed with sparks flying underneath it. We then saw the sparks were coming from a bike the SUV was dragging. This is the story of what happened -- and why Mayor Harrell is responsible.
Op-Ed: Latest Hit-and-Run Shows Harrell’s Failure on Lake Washington Boulevard Safety » The Urbanist
# A June 15th hit-and-run crash on Lake Washington Boulevard during a Bicycle Weekend, makes the case for expanding the event and improving safety features on the boulevard. The reticence of police to...
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June 27, 2025 at 8:10 PM
My family and I were at Mount Baker Park celebrating Father's Day when we saw an SUV drive by at high speed with sparks flying underneath it. We then saw the sparks were coming from a bike the SUV was dragging. This is the story of what happened -- and why Mayor Harrell is responsible.
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OK, so here’s my JJ Abrams story…
Before I started working in digital restoration one of my primary jobs in post-production support was running the in-house theater and screening rooms at work. Every now and again it would get booked for casting sessions, because it was perfectly suited for that…
Before I started working in digital restoration one of my primary jobs in post-production support was running the in-house theater and screening rooms at work. Every now and again it would get booked for casting sessions, because it was perfectly suited for that…
Happy birthday to the composer of the theme music to the nonexistent 70s private detective TV series “Chuck Taggart, Private Eye!”
That’s one hell of a story. I suppose it’s about time I told it…
That’s one hell of a story. I suppose it’s about time I told it…
Happy birthday J.J. Abrams, born June 27, 1966.
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June 27, 2025 at 2:29 AM
OK, so here’s my JJ Abrams story…
Before I started working in digital restoration one of my primary jobs in post-production support was running the in-house theater and screening rooms at work. Every now and again it would get booked for casting sessions, because it was perfectly suited for that…
Before I started working in digital restoration one of my primary jobs in post-production support was running the in-house theater and screening rooms at work. Every now and again it would get booked for casting sessions, because it was perfectly suited for that…
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No - he shifted under the pressure of his own staggering weakness: the incapacity to formulate coherent policy, the spectacular ignorance and destructiveness & above all the stupefying egocentrism that drives him to appear in command of events when he is just awash in the chaos he creates.
June 18, 2025 at 4:27 AM
No - he shifted under the pressure of his own staggering weakness: the incapacity to formulate coherent policy, the spectacular ignorance and destructiveness & above all the stupefying egocentrism that drives him to appear in command of events when he is just awash in the chaos he creates.
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After ruling, with anger in his voice, Judge Young:
"This represents racial discrimination. And discrimination against America's LGBTQ community. That's what this is. I would be blind not to call it out. My duty is to call it out. And I do so."
"This represents racial discrimination. And discrimination against America's LGBTQ community. That's what this is. I would be blind not to call it out. My duty is to call it out. And I do so."
June 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
After ruling, with anger in his voice, Judge Young:
"This represents racial discrimination. And discrimination against America's LGBTQ community. That's what this is. I would be blind not to call it out. My duty is to call it out. And I do so."
"This represents racial discrimination. And discrimination against America's LGBTQ community. That's what this is. I would be blind not to call it out. My duty is to call it out. And I do so."