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Unbelievably bleak to see journalists quoting an LLM bot's output as if it's an agent capable of making statements that mean something.
January 2, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Unbelievably bleak to see journalists quoting an LLM bot's output as if it's an agent capable of making statements that mean something.
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It's not all orange cats, but it's always an orange cat. 😂
January 2, 2026 at 5:57 PM
It's not all orange cats, but it's always an orange cat. 😂
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Right now, at about this time in 2000 in Jamaica, all the power died. Every light went out, every power socket was dead.
Luckily they used the same software as several British power generators who unlike Jamaica had spent the money and time on Y2K fixes and they shared patches.
Luckily they used the same software as several British power generators who unlike Jamaica had spent the money and time on Y2K fixes and they shared patches.
25 years since we avoided the millennium bug
December 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Right now, at about this time in 2000 in Jamaica, all the power died. Every light went out, every power socket was dead.
Luckily they used the same software as several British power generators who unlike Jamaica had spent the money and time on Y2K fixes and they shared patches.
Luckily they used the same software as several British power generators who unlike Jamaica had spent the money and time on Y2K fixes and they shared patches.
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wow, I did NOT have that on my 2026 bingo card!
[holds up bingo card, the only thing written on it is "the fragile peace between The Pontipines and The Wottingers from In The Night Garden will collapse, leading to a brutal and bloody civil war"]
[holds up bingo card, the only thing written on it is "the fragile peace between The Pontipines and The Wottingers from In The Night Garden will collapse, leading to a brutal and bloody civil war"]
December 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
wow, I did NOT have that on my 2026 bingo card!
[holds up bingo card, the only thing written on it is "the fragile peace between The Pontipines and The Wottingers from In The Night Garden will collapse, leading to a brutal and bloody civil war"]
[holds up bingo card, the only thing written on it is "the fragile peace between The Pontipines and The Wottingers from In The Night Garden will collapse, leading to a brutal and bloody civil war"]
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Thirty years ago today. The most beautiful, hopeful farewell.
December 31, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Thirty years ago today. The most beautiful, hopeful farewell.
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meanwhile.... medicine has taken INSANE leaps and bounds in the last 2 years.
we're out here curing HIV and leukemia and creating 100% efficacy vaccines against all sorts of cancers, and now this??
between this and renewable energy outstripping fossil fuels in efficiency, the future is bright
we're out here curing HIV and leukemia and creating 100% efficacy vaccines against all sorts of cancers, and now this??
between this and renewable energy outstripping fossil fuels in efficiency, the future is bright
Wanna see real-life miracles? Fund scientific research.
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
Alzheimer's Fully Reversed in Mice, Scientists Say
A new compound has been shown to reverse late stage Alzheimer's disease in lab mice, which gives millions of sufferers new cause for hope.
futurism.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:03 AM
meanwhile.... medicine has taken INSANE leaps and bounds in the last 2 years.
we're out here curing HIV and leukemia and creating 100% efficacy vaccines against all sorts of cancers, and now this??
between this and renewable energy outstripping fossil fuels in efficiency, the future is bright
we're out here curing HIV and leukemia and creating 100% efficacy vaccines against all sorts of cancers, and now this??
between this and renewable energy outstripping fossil fuels in efficiency, the future is bright
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Getting to Net Zero is cheaper than letting the planet burn. Twice as cheap in fact.
If we do nothing, climate change will cost us 15% of global GDP. Getting to Net Zero limits those costs to 7%.
If we do nothing, climate change will cost us 15% of global GDP. Getting to Net Zero limits those costs to 7%.
December 31, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Getting to Net Zero is cheaper than letting the planet burn. Twice as cheap in fact.
If we do nothing, climate change will cost us 15% of global GDP. Getting to Net Zero limits those costs to 7%.
If we do nothing, climate change will cost us 15% of global GDP. Getting to Net Zero limits those costs to 7%.
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Trieste Cathedral was built over a Roman temple next to the forum and retains the original mosaic floor. #TilesOnTuesday 🗃️🏺
December 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Trieste Cathedral was built over a Roman temple next to the forum and retains the original mosaic floor. #TilesOnTuesday 🗃️🏺
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“I’m gonna do an evil playthrough this time”
[15 minutes of gameplay later]
“Being mean is not nice”
[15 minutes of gameplay later]
“Being mean is not nice”
I don't know why i always end up playing the Paragon/good side in RPGs, even though I sometimes plan to do the darker/bad choices
it happens every time.
it happens every time.
December 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“I’m gonna do an evil playthrough this time”
[15 minutes of gameplay later]
“Being mean is not nice”
[15 minutes of gameplay later]
“Being mean is not nice”
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As a time traveller trying to blend in on meeting Clement Attlee in 1945
"Clement Attlee! Put it there! Down below!"
[We expertly do a low five]
"Up above!"
[Attlee and everyone in the room correctly look alarmed as I extend my right arm upwards, palm forwards in 1945. I am instantly arrested]
"Clement Attlee! Put it there! Down below!"
[We expertly do a low five]
"Up above!"
[Attlee and everyone in the room correctly look alarmed as I extend my right arm upwards, palm forwards in 1945. I am instantly arrested]
December 29, 2025 at 1:29 AM
As a time traveller trying to blend in on meeting Clement Attlee in 1945
"Clement Attlee! Put it there! Down below!"
[We expertly do a low five]
"Up above!"
[Attlee and everyone in the room correctly look alarmed as I extend my right arm upwards, palm forwards in 1945. I am instantly arrested]
"Clement Attlee! Put it there! Down below!"
[We expertly do a low five]
"Up above!"
[Attlee and everyone in the room correctly look alarmed as I extend my right arm upwards, palm forwards in 1945. I am instantly arrested]
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Again,
December 29, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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big challenges appreciation post
Also, Hello Kitty isn't even the best character in the Hello Kitty universe:
December 27, 2025 at 6:19 AM
big challenges appreciation post
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Previously, I posted that Na-ion batteries were likely to reach Li-ion battery energy density faster due to the prior advances and experience from Lithium work. Well, that’s appears to be the case. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋 www.uh.edu/news-events/...
Breakthrough New Material Brings Affordable, Sustainable Future Within Grasp
Researchers have developed a new material for sodium-ion batteries, sodium vanadium phosphate, that delivers higher voltage and greater energy capacity than previous sodium-based materials. This break...
www.uh.edu
December 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Previously, I posted that Na-ion batteries were likely to reach Li-ion battery energy density faster due to the prior advances and experience from Lithium work. Well, that’s appears to be the case. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋 www.uh.edu/news-events/...
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Never mind the #KingsSpeech, here’s a message from Time Lord (& a real King) #TomBaker… 🎄🧣
youtu.be/bIgIIjf69LM?...
youtu.be/bIgIIjf69LM?...
Tom Baker's Christmas message 2025
YouTube video by Tom Baker Official
youtu.be
December 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Never mind the #KingsSpeech, here’s a message from Time Lord (& a real King) #TomBaker… 🎄🧣
youtu.be/bIgIIjf69LM?...
youtu.be/bIgIIjf69LM?...
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GEEEEEEEEETTTTTTT DRESSED, you merry gentlemen, let nothing you dismay!
For it is Christmas Christmas Christmas Christmas Christmas Day!
IIIITTTTT’S Christmas Christmas Christmas Christmas Christmas Christmas Day!
It is Chriiii-i-i-i-i-istmas Day Christmas Day!
It is Chri-HI-HI-HI-HI-HI-HISTMAS DAY!
For it is Christmas Christmas Christmas Christmas Christmas Day!
IIIITTTTT’S Christmas Christmas Christmas Christmas Christmas Christmas Day!
It is Chriiii-i-i-i-i-istmas Day Christmas Day!
It is Chri-HI-HI-HI-HI-HI-HISTMAS DAY!
December 25, 2025 at 8:01 AM
GEEEEEEEEETTTTTTT DRESSED, you merry gentlemen, let nothing you dismay!
For it is Christmas Christmas Christmas Christmas Christmas Day!
IIIITTTTT’S Christmas Christmas Christmas Christmas Christmas Christmas Day!
It is Chriiii-i-i-i-i-istmas Day Christmas Day!
It is Chri-HI-HI-HI-HI-HI-HISTMAS DAY!
For it is Christmas Christmas Christmas Christmas Christmas Day!
IIIITTTTT’S Christmas Christmas Christmas Christmas Christmas Christmas Day!
It is Chriiii-i-i-i-i-istmas Day Christmas Day!
It is Chri-HI-HI-HI-HI-HI-HISTMAS DAY!
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Cold landing with electric heater but festive pillow - no duvet yet though #DuvetKnowItsChristmas @rhodri.biz
December 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Cold landing with electric heater but festive pillow - no duvet yet though #DuvetKnowItsChristmas @rhodri.biz
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3/3 Pieter Bruegel's Bethlehem babies steering their ice boats. How cute is that?
December 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
3/3 Pieter Bruegel's Bethlehem babies steering their ice boats. How cute is that?
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It's a busy day in Bethlehem and nobody really notices the couple who have come to be counted. As imagined by the great Pieter Bruegel.
December 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
It's a busy day in Bethlehem and nobody really notices the couple who have come to be counted. As imagined by the great Pieter Bruegel.
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And to Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, and will return in Avengers: Doomsday
December 23, 2025 at 11:28 PM
And to Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, and will return in Avengers: Doomsday
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I think the people who make a technology that makes nudes of children should be put in jail. this should not be in any way controversial
December 22, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I think the people who make a technology that makes nudes of children should be put in jail. this should not be in any way controversial
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Absolute Sitcom Dad moment just now. Took all the filling out of our bean bag chair so I could put it in the washing machine. Put the pellets in these boxes.
"Right. Now, where did I leave my phone?"
...
"Oh."
"Right. Now, where did I leave my phone?"
...
"Oh."
December 23, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Absolute Sitcom Dad moment just now. Took all the filling out of our bean bag chair so I could put it in the washing machine. Put the pellets in these boxes.
"Right. Now, where did I leave my phone?"
...
"Oh."
"Right. Now, where did I leave my phone?"
...
"Oh."
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Timeline cleanse: Ke Huy Quan being shown his 1984 appearance on Blue Peter.
CBBC on Instagram: "Did you know Ke Huy Quan - yes, that legend from Zootropolis 2 - was once a kid on Blue Peter?! 📺💙
From TV badges to Hollywood magic… what a journey! ✨🙌 #BluePeter #KeHuyQuan #Zoot...
17K likes, 85 comments - cbbc on November 28, 2025: "Did you know Ke Huy Quan - yes, that legend from Zootropolis 2 - was once a kid on Blue Peter?! 📺💙
From TV badges to Hollywood magic… what a journe...
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December 23, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Timeline cleanse: Ke Huy Quan being shown his 1984 appearance on Blue Peter.