Paul G
@paul-g.bsky.social
Daft wazzock. Music, old computers and twaddle.
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Just remembered the bootleg Peanuts advent calendar from last year and a chill went down my spine. This thread is not for the faint of heart.
I got a Peanuts advent calendar with a little figurine for each day and so far the paint jobs have been… alarming. I think this is supposed to be Rerun but it looks like the ghost of Alfalfa from Little Rascals.
December 1, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Just remembered the bootleg Peanuts advent calendar from last year and a chill went down my spine. This thread is not for the faint of heart.
I'm going to be sick of classical guitars by the 24th! Hopefully the next title in the series will be lacking the obvious traffic noises heard on the first.
December 1, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I'm going to be sick of classical guitars by the 24th! Hopefully the next title in the series will be lacking the obvious traffic noises heard on the first.
Advent guitar thing, day 1.
Villa-Lobos's 12 Études for guitar, composed originally in 1929. This performance by Turibo Santos. Mostly technical works for guitar, so it's somewhat difficult listening.
Villa-Lobos's 12 Études for guitar, composed originally in 1929. This performance by Turibo Santos. Mostly technical works for guitar, so it's somewhat difficult listening.
December 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Advent guitar thing, day 1.
Villa-Lobos's 12 Études for guitar, composed originally in 1929. This performance by Turibo Santos. Mostly technical works for guitar, so it's somewhat difficult listening.
Villa-Lobos's 12 Études for guitar, composed originally in 1929. This performance by Turibo Santos. Mostly technical works for guitar, so it's somewhat difficult listening.
Non-Christmasy advent music countdown thing coming up. Back during lockdown I acquired this CD boxed set of classical guitar music, a reissue of the 24 LP set of the same name. These LPs were numbered on the front cover from 1 to 24. CD 25 was a bonus disc of material compiled from elsewhere.
December 1, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Non-Christmasy advent music countdown thing coming up. Back during lockdown I acquired this CD boxed set of classical guitar music, a reissue of the 24 LP set of the same name. These LPs were numbered on the front cover from 1 to 24. CD 25 was a bonus disc of material compiled from elsewhere.
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Gullis moving from the Tories to Reform has increased the mean IQ in both parties.
December 1, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Gullis moving from the Tories to Reform has increased the mean IQ in both parties.
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Deliberate leaks are not culpable, but accidental leaks are heinous.
What a jolly political culture we have.
What a jolly political culture we have.
December 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Deliberate leaks are not culpable, but accidental leaks are heinous.
What a jolly political culture we have.
What a jolly political culture we have.
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All while playing bass for Manic Street Preachers
December 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
All while playing bass for Manic Street Preachers
The only advent thing I look forward to each year is back - Ashens & Nerdcubed unboxing advent calendars.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TCv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TCv...
Advent Calendars 2025 Day 1 | Ashens and Nerdcubed
YouTube video by ashens
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December 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The only advent thing I look forward to each year is back - Ashens & Nerdcubed unboxing advent calendars.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TCv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TCv...
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I love how all the Air Force One interviews with Trump look like he’s just coming out of the toilet after a horrific dump.
December 1, 2025 at 8:59 AM
I love how all the Air Force One interviews with Trump look like he’s just coming out of the toilet after a horrific dump.
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Free, reusable interview question
December 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Free, reusable interview question
Chris Mason is hondootedley no John Cole.
December 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Chris Mason is hondootedley no John Cole.
Bob Dorough with Miles Davis Sextet - Blue Xmas (To Whom It May Concern)
YouTube video by 60otaku4
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Forgot to mention that I picked up a charity shop CD yesterday - a 3 disc recording of John Adams' Nixon In China for £2.99.
November 30, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Forgot to mention that I picked up a charity shop CD yesterday - a 3 disc recording of John Adams' Nixon In China for £2.99.
In a pub, as I couldn't do so last night. I don't usually play on the fruit machines, but found a loose 20p piece in my pocket so put it in. Won £30!
November 30, 2025 at 10:59 PM
In a pub, as I couldn't do so last night. I don't usually play on the fruit machines, but found a loose 20p piece in my pocket so put it in. Won £30!
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If LLM data centres that serve generative AI platforms were erased from the Earth…
…we’d be fine.
They prop up nothing of essential value we can’t do ourselves.
If we let them proliferate for a generation, we may lose institutional expertise.
…we’d be fine.
They prop up nothing of essential value we can’t do ourselves.
If we let them proliferate for a generation, we may lose institutional expertise.
November 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
If LLM data centres that serve generative AI platforms were erased from the Earth…
…we’d be fine.
They prop up nothing of essential value we can’t do ourselves.
If we let them proliferate for a generation, we may lose institutional expertise.
…we’d be fine.
They prop up nothing of essential value we can’t do ourselves.
If we let them proliferate for a generation, we may lose institutional expertise.
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Sought and found asylum in the UK
R.I.P. Tom Stoppard, playwright most famous for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Sir Tom Stoppard, playwright famed for his wit and depth, dies at 88
Winning an Oscar for the screenplay for Shakespeare In Love, he captivated the hearts of audiences for more than six decades.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Sought and found asylum in the UK
I've just walked past a pub which appeared to be illegally streaming a Premier League match to the TV in the front lounge. Outside was a man peering through the window whilst jotting something down in a notebook. Can't see them streaming much longer, then, or even staying open.
November 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I've just walked past a pub which appeared to be illegally streaming a Premier League match to the TV in the front lounge. Outside was a man peering through the window whilst jotting something down in a notebook. Can't see them streaming much longer, then, or even staying open.
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Imagine posing for a photographer friend who sells your image to iStock and a year later, you see this is what The Washington Post has done with the image of you walking on a beautiful fall day
November 29, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Imagine posing for a photographer friend who sells your image to iStock and a year later, you see this is what The Washington Post has done with the image of you walking on a beautiful fall day
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love to live in a world where all my personal data is relentlessly harvested so that megacorps can feed it into their all-knowing algorithms and yet somehow the end result is that algorithm going “we think you’d like Clarkson’s Farm”
November 28, 2025 at 9:35 AM
love to live in a world where all my personal data is relentlessly harvested so that megacorps can feed it into their all-knowing algorithms and yet somehow the end result is that algorithm going “we think you’d like Clarkson’s Farm”
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Obsessed with this photo of my cat
November 28, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Obsessed with this photo of my cat
Bar Doof-Doof is loud tonight. I can hear the doof-doofs from home.
November 29, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Bar Doof-Doof is loud tonight. I can hear the doof-doofs from home.
I visited a branch of HMV earlier today - what a load of tat!
November 29, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I visited a branch of HMV earlier today - what a load of tat!