Simon HB
@norock.bsky.social
I'm gonna try hard this time not to touch the ground
"You're right! I shouldn't have told you to claw your pancreas out with your bare hands."
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect their medical records
But it’s ‘not intended for diagnosis or treatment.’
www.theverge.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:00 PM
"You're right! I shouldn't have told you to claw your pancreas out with your bare hands."
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Oh, for fuck's sake I do not want Rosie The Robot trying to guess my email for me
January 8, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Oh, for fuck's sake I do not want Rosie The Robot trying to guess my email for me
Today in 'that's not as appetising as you think it is' email subject lines:
Your two favourite foods had a baby
Your two favourite foods had a baby
January 8, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Today in 'that's not as appetising as you think it is' email subject lines:
Your two favourite foods had a baby
Your two favourite foods had a baby
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Back in the earliest days of RCS I'd occasionally post screens from Japanese commercials (like, maybe ten times total). Anyway, while going through the archive I ran across these screens from some Japanese Cup Ramen commercials with James Brown that I figured are too good to not post one more time.
January 8, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Back in the earliest days of RCS I'd occasionally post screens from Japanese commercials (like, maybe ten times total). Anyway, while going through the archive I ran across these screens from some Japanese Cup Ramen commercials with James Brown that I figured are too good to not post one more time.
Channel 5 is making a Huw Edwards drama.
Huw Edwards is being played by Martin Clunes.
I am not making this up.
Huw Edwards is being played by Martin Clunes.
I am not making this up.
January 8, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Channel 5 is making a Huw Edwards drama.
Huw Edwards is being played by Martin Clunes.
I am not making this up.
Huw Edwards is being played by Martin Clunes.
I am not making this up.
So I've just had one of those "Hi this is Jackie I'm looking for a relationship" scammy emails. That's not unusual.
Gmail, however, suggesting I reply either "here is my number" or "where are you from?" instead of just "delete", is something new. And spectacularly stupid.
Gmail, however, suggesting I reply either "here is my number" or "where are you from?" instead of just "delete", is something new. And spectacularly stupid.
January 8, 2026 at 11:57 AM
So I've just had one of those "Hi this is Jackie I'm looking for a relationship" scammy emails. That's not unusual.
Gmail, however, suggesting I reply either "here is my number" or "where are you from?" instead of just "delete", is something new. And spectacularly stupid.
Gmail, however, suggesting I reply either "here is my number" or "where are you from?" instead of just "delete", is something new. And spectacularly stupid.
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One of the great activists and instrumental in bringing @searchlightarchive.bsky.social to @uninorthampton.bsky.social
Gerry Gable, architect of modern British anti-fascism.
The death of Searchlight’s founder Gerry Gable at the age of 88 marks the passing of a man without whom modern British anti-fascism would scarcely be recognisable.
Read Searchlight's obituary and tribute here:
The death of Searchlight’s founder Gerry Gable at the age of 88 marks the passing of a man without whom modern British anti-fascism would scarcely be recognisable.
Read Searchlight's obituary and tribute here:
Obituary: Gerry Gable (1937-2026), architect of modern British anti-fascism | Searchlight
The death of Searchlight's founder Gerry Gable at the age of 88 marks the passing of a man without whom modern British anti-fascism would scarcely be r ...
searchlightmagazine.com
January 8, 2026 at 11:52 AM
One of the great activists and instrumental in bringing @searchlightarchive.bsky.social to @uninorthampton.bsky.social
I didn't know we had to cancel Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em metro.co.uk/2025/12/07/b...
British sitcom actor moved by Donald Trump honour alongside Sylvester Stallone
British sitcom star honoured by Trump alongside Hollywood legends.
metro.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 10:45 AM
I didn't know we had to cancel Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em metro.co.uk/2025/12/07/b...
Only just spotted this in the listings, my eyes drawn by the picture... www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Artworks - Do You Call That Singing? - BBC Sounds
Why do many great singers speak their songs? Adrian Goldberg on the power of sprechgesang.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Only just spotted this in the listings, my eyes drawn by the picture... www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Going to take care of the litter trays, is it?
Artificial intelligence will help millions of people in ways that do not appear in traditional economic statistics, says OpenAI’s chief economist ft.trib.al/toxh1Gq
January 7, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Going to take care of the litter trays, is it?
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The Salt Path scandal must have hit her acting career.
January 7, 2026 at 12:28 PM
The Salt Path scandal must have hit her acting career.
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This keyboard is actually an entire computer. Just plug it into a monitor and you’re set.
January 7, 2026 at 3:07 PM
This keyboard is actually an entire computer. Just plug it into a monitor and you’re set.
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The Spanish version is “the left liberates, the right oppresses” and once I learned that, both screws and politics made more sense
the single line that has saved me the most hassle in my life is "lefty loosey righty tighty"
January 7, 2026 at 3:47 PM
The Spanish version is “the left liberates, the right oppresses” and once I learned that, both screws and politics made more sense
Doctor Who, Christmas 2026
Opens with Billie Piper still mid-regeneration
Suddenly she looks worried, says "oh no"
Then this happens
Opens with Billie Piper still mid-regeneration
Suddenly she looks worried, says "oh no"
Then this happens
January 7, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Doctor Who, Christmas 2026
Opens with Billie Piper still mid-regeneration
Suddenly she looks worried, says "oh no"
Then this happens
Opens with Billie Piper still mid-regeneration
Suddenly she looks worried, says "oh no"
Then this happens
Dick Emery as the motoring correspondent, alongside his role as the head of the Airfix Modeller's Club... he had a rich life outside comedy, didn't he?
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January 7, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Dick Emery as the motoring correspondent, alongside his role as the head of the Airfix Modeller's Club... he had a rich life outside comedy, didn't he?
This is why he only lasted one season on Location Location Location before they replaced him with Phil
🌀 Perspective from Marcus Tullius Cicero:
“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”
“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”
January 7, 2026 at 11:07 AM
This is why he only lasted one season on Location Location Location before they replaced him with Phil
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"You will be haunted by three spirits, Scrooge", said Marley, "And if you don't want to miss what they have to say I suggest you smash that Subscribe button right now."
January 7, 2026 at 10:35 AM
"You will be haunted by three spirits, Scrooge", said Marley, "And if you don't want to miss what they have to say I suggest you smash that Subscribe button right now."
I imagine The Independent had other photos, but I know why they didn't use them
January 7, 2026 at 10:42 AM
I imagine The Independent had other photos, but I know why they didn't use them
Perhaps the very worst thing about AI is that when I see that advert for cremations with the folk group doing their little song, I quite like it because it's been made by people and I'd rather sit through a thirty minute loop of it than watch that lion solicitor thing once with the sound off
January 7, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Perhaps the very worst thing about AI is that when I see that advert for cremations with the folk group doing their little song, I quite like it because it's been made by people and I'd rather sit through a thirty minute loop of it than watch that lion solicitor thing once with the sound off
900 odd replies and nobody has mentioned Byker Grove
Given that apparently the Stranger Things finale was meh (idk, didn't watch it, just the scuttlebutt) and we're not that far removed from the disastrous GOT finale that retroactively made everyone have never cared about the show:
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
January 7, 2026 at 10:24 AM
900 odd replies and nobody has mentioned Byker Grove
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Not convinced this dude is going to be objective.
January 7, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Not convinced this dude is going to be objective.
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DELL EXEC: Consumers are “not buying based on AI. In fact I think AI probably confuses them more than it helps them understand a specific outcome."
@pcgamer.com #CES
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/del...
@pcgamer.com #CES
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/del...
Dell seems to be the first to realise we don't actually care about AI PCs
"What we've learned over the course of this year, from a consumer perspective, is they're not buying based on AI."
www.pcgamer.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:26 PM
DELL EXEC: Consumers are “not buying based on AI. In fact I think AI probably confuses them more than it helps them understand a specific outcome."
@pcgamer.com #CES
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/del...
@pcgamer.com #CES
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/del...
I like British supermarkets, but haven't seen one where the produce gets misted on a regular basis, where you can buy coffee beans and grind them on the spot, that isn't dropping staffed deli counters... King Soopers have high-end cheese concessions, Sainsburys has a half-empty cheese fridge...
'British food is bad' has been untrue for like a generation and a half at this point but really sticks around in the U.S. U.S. supermarkets are inferior to their U.K. counterparts!
January 7, 2026 at 10:03 AM
I like British supermarkets, but haven't seen one where the produce gets misted on a regular basis, where you can buy coffee beans and grind them on the spot, that isn't dropping staffed deli counters... King Soopers have high-end cheese concessions, Sainsburys has a half-empty cheese fridge...
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"Legal here just returning your call. Something about clearance for a headline? I'm sure it's fine"
January 6, 2026 at 2:37 PM
"Legal here just returning your call. Something about clearance for a headline? I'm sure it's fine"
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I haven’t had time to write this up properly, but it’s the 31st anniversary today of the bank robberies which gave the world the Dunning-Kruger effect, when two men concealed their identities by the brilliant method of smearing their faces with lemon juice. Anyway, here’s a press cutting:
![the surveillance camera," recounted a still chuckling Cmdr. Ronald Freeman of the investigations branch. "He was skeptical at first but not so much as to not try it him-self."
"He said the lemon juice was burning his face and his eyes, and he was having trouble [seeing] and had to squint," said Sgt. Wally Long of the robbery squad.
But the pain was worth the pleasure Wheeler felt when he snapped a Polaroid picture of himself and he wasn't anywhere to be seen..
"When the Polaroid didn't show him, he thought it worked," Long said.
All that detectives could figure was that either the film was bad, Wheeler hadn't ad-justed the camera correctly or he had point-ed the camera away from his face when he snapped the photo.
"In any event, he went off and robbed the banks with lemon juice on his face," Free-man said. "He was shocked when we showed him the surveillance pictures."
Detectives had been tipped to his where-abouts in Lincoln-Lemington by informants who recognized him in one of the surveillance photos taken during the robberies. The photo had been telecast during the Pittsburgh Crime Stoppers Inc. segment of the 11 o'clock news April 19. Less than an](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vckf3haopb3yncclmf7o2m3f/bafkreid7i5ez6vlukxyedk7v247slsr4gz3uuthdfdypylmbuzsty54jum@jpeg)
January 6, 2026 at 2:11 PM
I haven’t had time to write this up properly, but it’s the 31st anniversary today of the bank robberies which gave the world the Dunning-Kruger effect, when two men concealed their identities by the brilliant method of smearing their faces with lemon juice. Anyway, here’s a press cutting: