James and the giant peach
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They have to be PC these days. It'll be Dr Tits. Dr Ophelia Tits.
a man in a suit and tie is smiling with the word woman below him
Alt: Roger Moore as James Bond in Moonraker. He has just met Dr Holly Goodhead.... he is surprised to find - as the subtitle reads - "a woman".
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
They have to be PC these days. It'll be Dr Tits. Dr Ophelia Tits.
"Our friends had been suggesting for a long time that we visit the famous Congress"
November 11, 2025 at 12:07 PM
"Our friends had been suggesting for a long time that we visit the famous Congress"
"Let's get rid of all the cruft and make Casino Royale". "That worked, let's bring all the cruft back".
November 11, 2025 at 11:58 AM
"Let's get rid of all the cruft and make Casino Royale". "That worked, let's bring all the cruft back".
Bond needs Brigadier Sir Bernard Proudfoot-Smith.
November 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Bond needs Brigadier Sir Bernard Proudfoot-Smith.
I do if it shifts our energy balance back towards fossil fuels, and/or drives up the commodity price of natural gas (under our Marginal Pricing system, energy suppliers set prices based on the highest-cost energy source used - almost always gas). But you asked about water, so here's the UK outlook.
Concern the UK's AI ambitions could lead to water shortages
Data centres can use vast quantities of water to cool them - but it's not clear where it will come from.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I do if it shifts our energy balance back towards fossil fuels, and/or drives up the commodity price of natural gas (under our Marginal Pricing system, energy suppliers set prices based on the highest-cost energy source used - almost always gas). But you asked about water, so here's the UK outlook.
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Get Coogan to do it in character as the newly appointed BBC DG Alan Partridge
November 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Get Coogan to do it in character as the newly appointed BBC DG Alan Partridge
Even if you believe their unsubstantiated figures on energy cost/query, as an industry it sets up a substantial demand for coal & gas. And then there's the huge water demand for cooling - which is usually drawn from potable supplies.
AI datacenters in the US aren't 'running on coal' — but this dirty fuel has found favor for feeding demand spikes due to increased gas prices
Coal use up 20% in 2025, and will likely continue to be in demand for another couple of years.
www.tomshardware.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Even if you believe their unsubstantiated figures on energy cost/query, as an industry it sets up a substantial demand for coal & gas. And then there's the huge water demand for cooling - which is usually drawn from potable supplies.
“My email address? Let me write it down for you…”
November 11, 2025 at 8:35 AM
“My email address? Let me write it down for you…”
Sometimes, correlation is causation.
November 11, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Sometimes, correlation is causation.
Voice of Richie Benaud: “And with Joe Root only 2 runs shy of his maiden Ashes century here in Adelaide, listeners on longwave are leaving us for a moment to hear the tipping forecast…”
November 11, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Voice of Richie Benaud: “And with Joe Root only 2 runs shy of his maiden Ashes century here in Adelaide, listeners on longwave are leaving us for a moment to hear the tipping forecast…”
Clearly, we should all adopt Liverpool purple.
November 11, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Clearly, we should all adopt Liverpool purple.
All too real, apparently, though it has been airbrushed for... reasons.
C-GZPT Flight Tracking and History 07-Nov-2025 (CYHZ-CYHZ) - FlightAware
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www.flightaware.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
All too real, apparently, though it has been airbrushed for... reasons.
The pseudo-medical bobbins I really can’t stomach.
November 10, 2025 at 9:08 AM
The pseudo-medical bobbins I really can’t stomach.
Very much on-theme, this is the Watson obituary to read, written by Sharon Begley in 2021.
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Very much on-theme, this is the Watson obituary to read, written by Sharon Begley in 2021.
That version of TG was such a poisoned chalice though. Sharks circling post-Clarkson et al, no Andy Wilman behind the scenes and Le Blanc as a co-host? Almost enough to feel sorry for him.
November 10, 2025 at 8:46 AM
That version of TG was such a poisoned chalice though. Sharks circling post-Clarkson et al, no Andy Wilman behind the scenes and Le Blanc as a co-host? Almost enough to feel sorry for him.
I used to listen regularly & still have him on as bg noise probably out of nostalgia. There are still occasional flashes of 90s era brilliance - he does well live but ironically this show rarely gives him the opportunity to shine there. The lifestyle chat earns an instant switch over to six music.
November 10, 2025 at 8:31 AM
I used to listen regularly & still have him on as bg noise probably out of nostalgia. There are still occasional flashes of 90s era brilliance - he does well live but ironically this show rarely gives him the opportunity to shine there. The lifestyle chat earns an instant switch over to six music.
We are living in the Bureaucracy world, running on some kid’s Amstrad CPC-6128.
November 9, 2025 at 8:34 AM
We are living in the Bureaucracy world, running on some kid’s Amstrad CPC-6128.
Tommy Flowers has his day yet again.
November 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Tommy Flowers has his day yet again.
It's in beta...
Bluesky hits 40 million users, introduces 'dislikes' beta | TechCrunch
As users "dislike" posts, the system will learn what sort of content they want to see less of. This will help to inform more than just how content is ranked in feeds, but also reply rankings.
techcrunch.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
It's in beta...
It's always been something of a meta term, in that it's usually defined entirely according to the prejudices in the mind of the person doing the defining, as a short-cut to actually thinking about things.
November 7, 2025 at 12:08 PM
It's always been something of a meta term, in that it's usually defined entirely according to the prejudices in the mind of the person doing the defining, as a short-cut to actually thinking about things.
One day perhaps!
November 2, 2025 at 4:53 PM
One day perhaps!
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My then-8yo daughter sliced her finger open once, trying to cut an onion to look at under her junior microscope. Rather than panic about the blood her first instinct was to catch some on a slide to see what it looked like. I was equal parts proud and horrified 😆
November 1, 2025 at 8:07 AM
My then-8yo daughter sliced her finger open once, trying to cut an onion to look at under her junior microscope. Rather than panic about the blood her first instinct was to catch some on a slide to see what it looked like. I was equal parts proud and horrified 😆
Apart from in said lounge, and said lounge only, where it was warm enough to grow orchids.
November 2, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Apart from in said lounge, and said lounge only, where it was warm enough to grow orchids.
I just asked my 9yo and she said 'what's the bumps?' (none the wiser when I described it) so I guess not :/
November 2, 2025 at 10:36 AM
I just asked my 9yo and she said 'what's the bumps?' (none the wiser when I described it) so I guess not :/