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GANDALF: Can you see anything?
FRODO: There's nothing…Wait. There are markings. It's some form of Elvish. I can't read it.
GANDALF: There are few who can. The language is that of Mordor, which I will not utter here. In the common tongue it says, "Light the lamp, not the rat."
FRODO: There's nothing…Wait. There are markings. It's some form of Elvish. I can't read it.
GANDALF: There are few who can. The language is that of Mordor, which I will not utter here. In the common tongue it says, "Light the lamp, not the rat."
December 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM
GANDALF: Can you see anything?
FRODO: There's nothing…Wait. There are markings. It's some form of Elvish. I can't read it.
GANDALF: There are few who can. The language is that of Mordor, which I will not utter here. In the common tongue it says, "Light the lamp, not the rat."
FRODO: There's nothing…Wait. There are markings. It's some form of Elvish. I can't read it.
GANDALF: There are few who can. The language is that of Mordor, which I will not utter here. In the common tongue it says, "Light the lamp, not the rat."
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As we celebrate Awareness Month, please share this if you know anyone, or know anyone who knows anyone.
December 2, 2025 at 12:09 AM
As we celebrate Awareness Month, please share this if you know anyone, or know anyone who knows anyone.
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ℑ𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔊𝔯𝔦𝔪 𝔇𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔉𝔞𝔯 𝔉𝔲𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢, 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔒𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔐𝔬𝔦
November 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
ℑ𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔊𝔯𝔦𝔪 𝔇𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔉𝔞𝔯 𝔉𝔲𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢, 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔒𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔐𝔬𝔦
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Nine years ago Mike Fitzgerald wrote up an extraordinarily fascinating breakdown of the differences between the Tom Stoppard shooting script and the original Jeffrey Boam draft of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
July 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Nine years ago Mike Fitzgerald wrote up an extraordinarily fascinating breakdown of the differences between the Tom Stoppard shooting script and the original Jeffrey Boam draft of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
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X files: here’s a goofy episode about a guy who can see the future
Peter Boyle: ok then lemme give the greatest performance television has ever seen
Peter Boyle: ok then lemme give the greatest performance television has ever seen
November 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
X files: here’s a goofy episode about a guy who can see the future
Peter Boyle: ok then lemme give the greatest performance television has ever seen
Peter Boyle: ok then lemme give the greatest performance television has ever seen
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10 years since Heaven Sent was broadcast, which means it’s 9 years, 11 months and 3 weeks since everyone went “Thats not a hybrid ffs”
November 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
10 years since Heaven Sent was broadcast, which means it’s 9 years, 11 months and 3 weeks since everyone went “Thats not a hybrid ffs”
When you see this, post an image from your gallery to describe your mental health.
November 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM
When you see this, post an image from your gallery to describe your mental health.
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Go on then. Because you asked no nicely…
Happy doctor who day again!
Happy doctor who day again!
November 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Go on then. Because you asked no nicely…
Happy doctor who day again!
Happy doctor who day again!
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Happy Doctor Who day!
November 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Happy Doctor Who day!
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LLMs give people with delusional belief systems a way to organise those beliefs. The model fills in gaps, supplies connective tissue, and wraps the madness in formal language.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
November 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
LLMs give people with delusional belief systems a way to organise those beliefs. The model fills in gaps, supplies connective tissue, and wraps the madness in formal language.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
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Just want to emphasize here that this is an image of an INTERSTELLAR COMET taken by a camera orbiting MARS. Space is so cool!
NASA's pix of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS are now up science.nasa.gov/solar-system...
This is the HiRISE/MRO image ⬇️
This is the HiRISE/MRO image ⬇️
November 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Just want to emphasize here that this is an image of an INTERSTELLAR COMET taken by a camera orbiting MARS. Space is so cool!
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Like it or not this technology is here to stay and if you don’t use it you’ll fall behind in your industry
November 16, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Like it or not this technology is here to stay and if you don’t use it you’ll fall behind in your industry
Today my four year old was desolate because I won't let him watch "Force of the Cybermen".
(No such story exists.)
So we've settled on trying a wee keek at "Tomb of the Cybermen" instead.
("It's not *too* scary", he asserts, not having yet seen any of it.)
(No such story exists.)
So we've settled on trying a wee keek at "Tomb of the Cybermen" instead.
("It's not *too* scary", he asserts, not having yet seen any of it.)
a black and white photo of a rock covered in water
Alt: A grainy black and white gif of a rock, behind which a dishevelled black-haired man (Second Doctor, Patrick Troughton) stands up, looking wary and a little worried.
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November 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Today my four year old was desolate because I won't let him watch "Force of the Cybermen".
(No such story exists.)
So we've settled on trying a wee keek at "Tomb of the Cybermen" instead.
("It's not *too* scary", he asserts, not having yet seen any of it.)
(No such story exists.)
So we've settled on trying a wee keek at "Tomb of the Cybermen" instead.
("It's not *too* scary", he asserts, not having yet seen any of it.)
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We’re not doing “disability accommodations are unnecessary and unfair actually” discourse less than 24 hours after Alice Wong has passed. Absolutely the fuck not, even if it is a perfect example of the kind of shit disabled people have to deal with and why Alice’s activism was and is so necessary.
November 15, 2025 at 6:34 PM
We’re not doing “disability accommodations are unnecessary and unfair actually” discourse less than 24 hours after Alice Wong has passed. Absolutely the fuck not, even if it is a perfect example of the kind of shit disabled people have to deal with and why Alice’s activism was and is so necessary.
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayqa37f7kik7l7s7fbtfp2sir5ckb662ry2lylinyjrfa2rkvvka@jpeg)
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Excited for someone to build by 2035 a Robotic Tubthumper, from the surprising Chumbawumba pop hit "Don't Construct The Tubthumping Robot"
Creating a humanoid robot that never falls down, challenge level impossible.
Creating a humanoid robot that can get up when it falls down, eminently achievable.
Creating a humanoid robot that can get up when it falls down, eminently achievable.
November 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Excited for someone to build by 2035 a Robotic Tubthumper, from the surprising Chumbawumba pop hit "Don't Construct The Tubthumping Robot"
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Jupiter says trans rights
🔭 Jupiter in Ultraviolet from Hubble
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt
star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt
star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
November 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Jupiter says trans rights
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he smiles and says "I will always love you"
I forgot to share this wonderful Chinese ceramic lion from the museum the other day, and also forgot to take a pic of the description so I don't remember how old it is. But he is happy to see you!
November 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
he smiles and says "I will always love you"
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10/10 take. No notes.
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
10/10 take. No notes.