Paul Bowes
@paulmbowes.bsky.social
Mid-60s straight white male; British, left liberal. Not a fan of selfishness, greed or entitlement: no time at all for cruelty. Arts, politics, the natural world, everything else.
That search was made in August 2024. Ask the same question in Google today, and you receive a perfectly sensible and detailed answer.
AI isn't perfect, but to imply that it hasn't improved enormously - and fast - is simply false.
AI isn't perfect, but to imply that it hasn't improved enormously - and fast - is simply false.
September 26, 2025 at 11:33 PM
That search was made in August 2024. Ask the same question in Google today, and you receive a perfectly sensible and detailed answer.
AI isn't perfect, but to imply that it hasn't improved enormously - and fast - is simply false.
AI isn't perfect, but to imply that it hasn't improved enormously - and fast - is simply false.
Truly astonishing that Americans put up with this crap. ICE make the Russian FSB look like choirboys. The only countries in which LEOs have to conceal their faces are those in which the LEOs are at risk from revenge attacks by drug cartels. If the US were France, the White House would be in flames.
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Truly astonishing that Americans put up with this crap. ICE make the Russian FSB look like choirboys. The only countries in which LEOs have to conceal their faces are those in which the LEOs are at risk from revenge attacks by drug cartels. If the US were France, the White House would be in flames.
There are more of them than you might think. Google 'man carrying cross with wheel' and select 'images' from the header.
September 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM
There are more of them than you might think. Google 'man carrying cross with wheel' and select 'images' from the header.
Lem's 'The Futurological Congress' was a favorite of mine in the 70s. In English as early as 1974, but my paperback was from 1977.
September 20, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Lem's 'The Futurological Congress' was a favorite of mine in the 70s. In English as early as 1974, but my paperback was from 1977.
The Condiment King would know. You should ask him.
August 15, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The Condiment King would know. You should ask him.
Fillion looks to be channeling the late great Charles Napier
July 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Fillion looks to be channeling the late great Charles Napier
I see you've wisely kept the white rubber boots out of the frame. Would've spoiled the effect.
July 9, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I see you've wisely kept the white rubber boots out of the frame. Would've spoiled the effect.
I'm guessing he won't want to be photographed with ICE, then.
June 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I'm guessing he won't want to be photographed with ICE, then.
I've never seen anyone look more like a secret policeman.
Well, maybe one guy.
Well, maybe one guy.
May 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I've never seen anyone look more like a secret policeman.
Well, maybe one guy.
Well, maybe one guy.
The artist is Frank Hoppmann, a German caricaturist. It's no later than 2017. You can see it here in 2019 with Hoppmann and his Winged Pencil award.
April 23, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The artist is Frank Hoppmann, a German caricaturist. It's no later than 2017. You can see it here in 2019 with Hoppmann and his Winged Pencil award.
That's just the offspring of fraternisation between a fat canary and a sparrow.
THIS is a goldfinch.
THIS is a goldfinch.
April 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
That's just the offspring of fraternisation between a fat canary and a sparrow.
THIS is a goldfinch.
THIS is a goldfinch.
Didn't know you were a fan
March 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Didn't know you were a fan
How do you stand on hairy mammoth mice?
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March 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
How do you stand on hairy mammoth mice?
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The Halfway Post is a satirical site. It can be very funny, too. The writer has a knack of posting things that sound as though they ought to be true. For example:
March 3, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The Halfway Post is a satirical site. It can be very funny, too. The writer has a knack of posting things that sound as though they ought to be true. For example:
He also wore a T-shirt, casual jacket and trucker hat to a Cabinet Meeting, which as we now know is 'disrespectful to the office'. JD Vance had nothing to say.
February 28, 2025 at 10:57 PM
He also wore a T-shirt, casual jacket and trucker hat to a Cabinet Meeting, which as we now know is 'disrespectful to the office'. JD Vance had nothing to say.
Heh.
Unfortunately, in the real world, kids don't win. I favour this.
Unfortunately, in the real world, kids don't win. I favour this.
February 20, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Heh.
Unfortunately, in the real world, kids don't win. I favour this.
Unfortunately, in the real world, kids don't win. I favour this.