Jack Pyromancer
@pyromancer.bsky.social
Somewhat strange, definitely weird, has never properly fitted in anywhere, and that's just fine.
Asexual, Goth, Pagan, Trains, Cats, and madly in love.
He/him/they/them.
"Damn the obstructions, full steam ahead!"
Asexual, Goth, Pagan, Trains, Cats, and madly in love.
He/him/they/them.
"Damn the obstructions, full steam ahead!"
Promptus AI is a new Generative AI System that I've been involved with some of the development of, it's now available in public and great fun to play with. It's not a new AI itself, rather it brings lots of facilities together in a very useful way.
youtu.be/6pdueI2djOs?...
youtu.be/6pdueI2djOs?...
Flux Kontext: Next-Level AI Image Editing in Promptus
YouTube video by Promptus AI
youtu.be
July 7, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Promptus AI is a new Generative AI System that I've been involved with some of the development of, it's now available in public and great fun to play with. It's not a new AI itself, rather it brings lots of facilities together in a very useful way.
youtu.be/6pdueI2djOs?...
youtu.be/6pdueI2djOs?...
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An absolute pleasure talking to Dan Hayes @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social
Hope springs eternal in Hackenthorpe www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/the-secret-s...
Hope springs eternal in Hackenthorpe www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/the-secret-s...
The secret spa: venturing inside Sheffield’s strangest heritage building
Hope springs eternal in Hackenthorpe
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
July 5, 2025 at 10:09 AM
An absolute pleasure talking to Dan Hayes @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social
Hope springs eternal in Hackenthorpe www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/the-secret-s...
Hope springs eternal in Hackenthorpe www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/the-secret-s...
This is an intro to a rather cool new AI art generating system, I've been using Promptus to create things like this image. While I don't think AI art will replace human artists for proper art, it's great for letting us non-artists play with creativity. youtu.be/Dsk3UHhnsQY?...
June 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
This is an intro to a rather cool new AI art generating system, I've been using Promptus to create things like this image. While I don't think AI art will replace human artists for proper art, it's great for letting us non-artists play with creativity. youtu.be/Dsk3UHhnsQY?...
M'era Luna: The greatest Gothic festival on Earth, about to celebrate it's 25th anniversary, weekend and Saturday tickets now completely SOLD OUT - but Goths on a Bus still has full weekend tickets available! Contact www.facebook.com/adrian.atkin... to book!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fTW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fTW...
‡ ORDO M'ERA LUNA ‡ - "Dark Heart Of The Moon" [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO]
YouTube video by M'era Luna
www.youtube.com
May 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
M'era Luna: The greatest Gothic festival on Earth, about to celebrate it's 25th anniversary, weekend and Saturday tickets now completely SOLD OUT - but Goths on a Bus still has full weekend tickets available! Contact www.facebook.com/adrian.atkin... to book!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fTW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fTW...
April 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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BlueSky is a replacement for Twitter, not Facebook. But could this possibly be the long-awaited FB-vanquisher? Many have tried and failed before, remember Ello? But contenders are still worth looking at, given the never-ending crapification of FB itself.
friendster.com?ref=Ygwni2
friendster.com?ref=Ygwni2
Friendster.com
Friendster is a social network that prioritizes users over growth. We will never sell your data.
friendster.com
February 1, 2025 at 11:41 AM
BlueSky is a replacement for Twitter, not Facebook. But could this possibly be the long-awaited FB-vanquisher? Many have tried and failed before, remember Ello? But contenders are still worth looking at, given the never-ending crapification of FB itself.
friendster.com?ref=Ygwni2
friendster.com?ref=Ygwni2
Colours to the mast:
White privilege is a real thing.
Facts matter, true history matters.
Anyone has the right to seek asylum, and a better life.
There are more than just two genders.
Trans women are women.
Trans men are men.
Non binary identities are valid.
LGBTQ+ is entirely natural and normal.
White privilege is a real thing.
Facts matter, true history matters.
Anyone has the right to seek asylum, and a better life.
There are more than just two genders.
Trans women are women.
Trans men are men.
Non binary identities are valid.
LGBTQ+ is entirely natural and normal.
January 21, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Colours to the mast:
White privilege is a real thing.
Facts matter, true history matters.
Anyone has the right to seek asylum, and a better life.
There are more than just two genders.
Trans women are women.
Trans men are men.
Non binary identities are valid.
LGBTQ+ is entirely natural and normal.
White privilege is a real thing.
Facts matter, true history matters.
Anyone has the right to seek asylum, and a better life.
There are more than just two genders.
Trans women are women.
Trans men are men.
Non binary identities are valid.
LGBTQ+ is entirely natural and normal.
Looks like ID cards are back on the agenda, though this time digital ones and possibly with some of the security howlers of the Brown-era scheme actually addressed.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Digital driving licences to be introduced this year
The government says technology should
www.bbc.co.uk
January 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Looks like ID cards are back on the agenda, though this time digital ones and possibly with some of the security howlers of the Brown-era scheme actually addressed.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The Christmas number 4's in the UK of the 20th Century. The ones that tried to get to the top of the Christmas tree.
From 1991, KLF featuring Tammy Wynette - Justified And Ancient
Video : www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP5o...
From 1991, KLF featuring Tammy Wynette - Justified And Ancient
Video : www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP5o...
December 16, 2024 at 8:55 PM
The Christmas number 4's in the UK of the 20th Century. The ones that tried to get to the top of the Christmas tree.
From 1991, KLF featuring Tammy Wynette - Justified And Ancient
Video : www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP5o...
From 1991, KLF featuring Tammy Wynette - Justified And Ancient
Video : www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP5o...
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Early Glastonburys sound wild
‘Something horrible’: Somerset pit reveals bronze age cannibalism
Oxford analysis shows evidence of bloody massacre, with hand and feet bones chewed by human molars
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2024 at 5:41 AM
Early Glastonburys sound wild
There's plastic in every testicle. Welcome to Dystopia.
This is a fascinating thread in the rope by which civilisation is hanging itself.
It's like every classic dystopian movie idea is right.
What a time to be alive.
It's like every classic dystopian movie idea is right.
What a time to be alive.
🎶 Every sperm is plastic
Every sperm is great 🎶
Every sperm is great 🎶
November 28, 2024 at 7:09 PM
There's plastic in every testicle. Welcome to Dystopia.
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New “Visit Wales” ad tagline just dropped
‘There are worse places to hide’: Armed police arrest wanted man in north Wales
‘There are worse places to hide’: Armed police arrest wanted man in north Wales
Daniel Andreas San Diego had been a fugitive from the FBI for two decades before he was found in Maenan village
Maenan, in north Wales, is not a place where very much happens. But earlier this week armed police descended on this tiny settlement, leaving…
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2024 at 9:36 PM
New “Visit Wales” ad tagline just dropped
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I hadn't realised the LGBA had done this. Absolute snakes. Quite right, Jimmy.
November 24, 2024 at 11:26 AM
I hadn't realised the LGBA had done this. Absolute snakes. Quite right, Jimmy.
Anyone following the farm protests is well advised to read this - in reality only the very richest estates will have anything to pay, and even they can dodge the tax if they pass their estates on to their heirs while still alive, and live another 7 years.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How many farms would be affected by Budget changes?
Estimates of the number of farms affected range from 100 to 70,000.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Anyone following the farm protests is well advised to read this - in reality only the very richest estates will have anything to pay, and even they can dodge the tax if they pass their estates on to their heirs while still alive, and live another 7 years.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@cuffe1.bsky.social welcome aboard!
November 18, 2024 at 12:53 PM
@cuffe1.bsky.social welcome aboard!
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The fact that UCC hid a 3000-year-old mummy under the floorboards of a lecture theatre on a campus where two and a half tonnes of uranium rods were being stored in a basement nearby and DIDN'T end up with a zombie-pharaoh apocalypse is both a mystery and endlessly disappointing
November 18, 2024 at 9:17 AM
The fact that UCC hid a 3000-year-old mummy under the floorboards of a lecture theatre on a campus where two and a half tonnes of uranium rods were being stored in a basement nearby and DIDN'T end up with a zombie-pharaoh apocalypse is both a mystery and endlessly disappointing
The weekend just past, Alice and I visited the stunning Wightwick Manor near Wolverinehampton. Utterly gorgeous Victorian half-timbeted fantasy, superbly well done. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/birmin...
#greatHouses #statelyHomes #nationalTrust #exploringEngland
#greatHouses #statelyHomes #nationalTrust #exploringEngland
November 14, 2024 at 9:33 PM
The weekend just past, Alice and I visited the stunning Wightwick Manor near Wolverinehampton. Utterly gorgeous Victorian half-timbeted fantasy, superbly well done. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/birmin...
#greatHouses #statelyHomes #nationalTrust #exploringEngland
#greatHouses #statelyHomes #nationalTrust #exploringEngland
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Kip, the Enchanted Cat. A chapter in Golden Books’ The Fairy Tale Book with illustrations by Adrienne Segur. 1958.
November 7, 2024 at 1:32 AM
Kip, the Enchanted Cat. A chapter in Golden Books’ The Fairy Tale Book with illustrations by Adrienne Segur. 1958.
Science! Very cool (or possibly hot) space science at that.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/science...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/science...
Brightest and hungriest black hole ever detected
Astronomers report an object that shines with a brightness equivalent to 500 trillion suns.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 20, 2024 at 10:12 AM
Science! Very cool (or possibly hot) space science at that.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/science...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/science...
When the bicycle of long term thinking crashes head on into the oncoming juggernaut of political reality in a country where being uneducated is seen as a virtue & the hard right dominate because common sense, innit?
#EverythingAndEveryoneIsGoingToBurn #ClimateCollapse
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
#EverythingAndEveryoneIsGoingToBurn #ClimateCollapse
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
Labour ditches £28bn green investment pledge
A U-turn on the policy is set to be announced on Thursday, following confusion over the party's position.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 7, 2024 at 10:14 PM
When the bicycle of long term thinking crashes head on into the oncoming juggernaut of political reality in a country where being uneducated is seen as a virtue & the hard right dominate because common sense, innit?
#EverythingAndEveryoneIsGoingToBurn #ClimateCollapse
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
#EverythingAndEveryoneIsGoingToBurn #ClimateCollapse
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
Just watched the Labour PPB. Starmer really hammering the boot into former Labour. I don't even remember Blair doing that, he was all "new, new, young, new", or at least that's how Spitting Image put it. Is attacking your own party really the best way to start? Also seemed somewhat dictatorial?
January 17, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Just watched the Labour PPB. Starmer really hammering the boot into former Labour. I don't even remember Blair doing that, he was all "new, new, young, new", or at least that's how Spitting Image put it. Is attacking your own party really the best way to start? Also seemed somewhat dictatorial?
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This from the British Library in response to October’s ransomware attack has made me a bit emotional: ‘The people responsible for this cyber-attack stand against everything that libraries represent: openness, empowerment, and access to knowledge’. Solidarity with everyone at the BL.
Knowledge under attack
On the last weekend of October, the British Library became the victim of a major cyber-attack, the impact of which continues to be felt by our staff, our partners and our millions of users. This was a...
blogs.bl.uk
December 15, 2023 at 9:50 PM
This from the British Library in response to October’s ransomware attack has made me a bit emotional: ‘The people responsible for this cyber-attack stand against everything that libraries represent: openness, empowerment, and access to knowledge’. Solidarity with everyone at the BL.