Neal Romanek
@nromanek.bsky.social
Founder of publishing company ¡AU! & a media biz journalist of many years - plus sustainability. Used to write for the pictures. Author of novel SKIES OF VENUS & graphic novel BOUDICCA.
Dayton to L.A. to London
https://linktr.ee/nealromanek
Dayton to L.A. to London
https://linktr.ee/nealromanek
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Bruce Wayne without Alfred: I shall save Gotham, using crypto.
November 29, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Bruce Wayne without Alfred: I shall save Gotham, using crypto.
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Columbia and Northwestern are the academic homes to the most prestigious journalism schools in the country and they are the two universities that caved to the Trump administration’s extortion demands that are directly connected to the First Amendment. Just gonna sit with that for a while.
November 29, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Columbia and Northwestern are the academic homes to the most prestigious journalism schools in the country and they are the two universities that caved to the Trump administration’s extortion demands that are directly connected to the First Amendment. Just gonna sit with that for a while.
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rich dudes got freakier after butlers fell out of fashion, like say what you will about having domestic servants but clearly it was some sort of moderating force on old rich dudes having a fancy man follow you around saying shit like "oh dear sir, that wouldn't be very becoming"
November 29, 2025 at 6:43 AM
rich dudes got freakier after butlers fell out of fashion, like say what you will about having domestic servants but clearly it was some sort of moderating force on old rich dudes having a fancy man follow you around saying shit like "oh dear sir, that wouldn't be very becoming"
Using Gen AI can really be brand damaging - as @glovelace.bsky.social points out in this piece at @auworks.bsky.social
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November 28, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Using Gen AI can really be brand damaging - as @glovelace.bsky.social points out in this piece at @auworks.bsky.social
au-works.com/content-by-n...
au-works.com/content-by-n...
"AI's a pimp. It never could have outfought the market. But I never knew, until this day, that it was fossil fuels all the time."
As I reported earlier today for DeSmog, they're not hiding their intentions...
www.desmog.com/2025/10/13/o...
www.desmog.com/2025/10/13/o...
OpenAI’s New Energy Chief Is a Trump Administration Natural Gas Evangelist
The ChatGPT creator hired John McCarrick, a gas-loving former Trump energy official, to guide how the company will source huge quantities of power for its colossal supercomputers.
www.desmog.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"AI's a pimp. It never could have outfought the market. But I never knew, until this day, that it was fossil fuels all the time."
Went into Rough Trade record store off Portobello Rd & felt disoriented looking at all the bold & fearsome LPs. Heartbreaking that you kids missed the visual half of owning music. Listening to an album, a person should be poring over cover front & back & liner notes & lyrics sheet. A poster even!
November 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Went into Rough Trade record store off Portobello Rd & felt disoriented looking at all the bold & fearsome LPs. Heartbreaking that you kids missed the visual half of owning music. Listening to an album, a person should be poring over cover front & back & liner notes & lyrics sheet. A poster even!
Ok, even cooler.
We love this incredible fact, but it also leads to the realisation that the first dinosaurs emerged in a completely different spiral arm of the galaxy!
Let's try and work this out. Astro-professionals, please shout if we get any of this wrong..
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Let's try and work this out. Astro-professionals, please shout if we get any of this wrong..
1/
It's Friday, and apparently bluesky is ready for this fun revelation:
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
November 27, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Ok, even cooler.
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This is the best best best fact I've learned all month and I watched a LOT of videos about dinosaurs and European royalty.
It's staggering.
It's staggering.
It's Friday, and apparently bluesky is ready for this fun revelation:
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
November 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
This is the best best best fact I've learned all month and I watched a LOT of videos about dinosaurs and European royalty.
It's staggering.
It's staggering.
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I got back into meatspace art when I saw AI “art” on the rise and felt revulsion. I am not a pro. I don’t plan to be. But creating is good for the mind and soul. Drawing may not be your thing but there are hundreds of skills that have the same benefits.
a man wearing glasses and a yellow shirt is talking about computer hacking skills
ALT: a man wearing glasses and a yellow shirt is talking about computer hacking skills
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I got back into meatspace art when I saw AI “art” on the rise and felt revulsion. I am not a pro. I don’t plan to be. But creating is good for the mind and soul. Drawing may not be your thing but there are hundreds of skills that have the same benefits.
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Keep the vision board simple and fun.
November 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Keep the vision board simple and fun.
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📢 This #AddictionAwarenessWeek, we’re sharing our new report 'Barriers to Recovery'.
It explores the obstacles people face when seeking alcohol recovery and how we can overcome them.
Read more: www.ias.org.uk/report/barri...
#LetsTalkAddiction
It explores the obstacles people face when seeking alcohol recovery and how we can overcome them.
Read more: www.ias.org.uk/report/barri...
#LetsTalkAddiction
Barriers to Recovery: Overcoming obstacles to alcohol recovery in the UK - Institute of Alcohol Studies
Alcohol-related harm continues to escalate in the United Kingdom (UK), with 2023 marking the highest number of alcohol-specific deaths recorded in England, and only 22% of those in need accessing spec...
www.ias.org.uk
November 25, 2025 at 10:03 AM
📢 This #AddictionAwarenessWeek, we’re sharing our new report 'Barriers to Recovery'.
It explores the obstacles people face when seeking alcohol recovery and how we can overcome them.
Read more: www.ias.org.uk/report/barri...
#LetsTalkAddiction
It explores the obstacles people face when seeking alcohol recovery and how we can overcome them.
Read more: www.ias.org.uk/report/barri...
#LetsTalkAddiction
“'After a while you stop asking what you can do,' she says. 'You ask what is still possible'"
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
‘Drone operators are hunted. You feel it from your first day’: the female pilots on Ukraine’s frontline
As casualties mount, recruitment is expanding. Three women talk about life in a male-dominated combat environment
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:10 AM
“'After a while you stop asking what you can do,' she says. 'You ask what is still possible'"
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
I want to do a Stanley Kubrick box set where every single film is recut to start with the Dawn Of Man sequence from 2001.
November 25, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I want to do a Stanley Kubrick box set where every single film is recut to start with the Dawn Of Man sequence from 2001.
Or another headline could be:
“We’ve known for 10 years that Nigel Farage is a racist but we really didn’t care that much”
“We’ve known for 10 years that Nigel Farage is a racist but we really didn’t care that much”
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Or another headline could be:
“We’ve known for 10 years that Nigel Farage is a racist but we really didn’t care that much”
“We’ve known for 10 years that Nigel Farage is a racist but we really didn’t care that much”
I think this list has something for everyone - entirely inoffensive and uncontroversial. If you need a list, here's a list. No, Trading Places is not on this list. And there's only one Steve Martin movie. But it's a list. People make lists. You're list would be better.
The movie listed at #1 is so incredibly misplaced that it calls into question the veracity of the entire list. It belongs on the list, yes, but SO MUCH further down. An absolute, credibility-wrecking flub. Boo, @variety.com! Boo!
variety.com/lists/best-c...
variety.com/lists/best-c...
The 100 Best Comedy Movies of All Time
Variety's list of the 100 best comedy movies of all time includes 'Annie Hall,' 'Pretty Woman,' 'Waiting for Guffman' and 'Young Frankenstein.'
variety.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:43 AM
I think this list has something for everyone - entirely inoffensive and uncontroversial. If you need a list, here's a list. No, Trading Places is not on this list. And there's only one Steve Martin movie. But it's a list. People make lists. You're list would be better.
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Charlie Brown’s eyes are both on the front of his head, implying that he is a predator
November 25, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Charlie Brown’s eyes are both on the front of his head, implying that he is a predator
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47 years ago today, dozens of turkeys met their unfortunate demise in a Cincinnati parking lot.
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
47 years ago today, dozens of turkeys met their unfortunate demise in a Cincinnati parking lot.
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I think when I start talking I don’t know what the boundaries should be, and I feel like the internet these days wants to consume people and eat them alive. Whatever you give it wants more, so it can eat you
November 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I think when I start talking I don’t know what the boundaries should be, and I feel like the internet these days wants to consume people and eat them alive. Whatever you give it wants more, so it can eat you
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its cool that ads for "AI" all have the targeted user as a slackjawed idiot who uses the product as a middleman to teach them basic chores
November 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
its cool that ads for "AI" all have the targeted user as a slackjawed idiot who uses the product as a middleman to teach them basic chores
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I met R2D2 on the street and he was not gracious at all. C3PO had to apologize for him like, he hasn’t had his crystals today. The crystals that he eats. He has to eat these it’s like cereal to him. He offered to take a pic w/me but I was like lol you are like the Ringo of this. You are below Wicket
November 24, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I met R2D2 on the street and he was not gracious at all. C3PO had to apologize for him like, he hasn’t had his crystals today. The crystals that he eats. He has to eat these it’s like cereal to him. He offered to take a pic w/me but I was like lol you are like the Ringo of this. You are below Wicket
The Zelenskyy speech I really really want to see.
a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair with the words cryptodiamond above him
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair with the words cryptodiamond above him
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The Zelenskyy speech I really really want to see.
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Rogue Scientist Has Own Scientific Method https://theonion.com/rogue-scientist-has-own-scientific-method-1819568501/
November 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Rogue Scientist Has Own Scientific Method https://theonion.com/rogue-scientist-has-own-scientific-method-1819568501/
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When calligraphers get mad they send strongly lettered words
November 24, 2025 at 5:31 AM
When calligraphers get mad they send strongly lettered words
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The Father incomprehensible, the Son incomprehensible, and the Holy Ghost incomprehensible.
November 24, 2025 at 10:40 AM
The Father incomprehensible, the Son incomprehensible, and the Holy Ghost incomprehensible.