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Have decided to take in some festive cheer while trying to dodge a cold. Indoors is hopefully the answer
A shopping centre lit up for the evening with some beautiful large Christmas lights, including an enormous white star and a downward set of sparkling white lights that look waterfall-esque
December 2, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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🍂 It's a beautiful season for being excited about driving in too, which I didn't know was a thing. The lunch I just had was also something of a vision, but there's no real reason why I couldn't have just made it at home. Oh well
A lady's lunching done well here. A poached eggs dish is depicted, but with no scrimping on the serving given its standard market value of at the moment regardless of quality. If you feel you know poached eggs well enough at this stage you can duck out now. The picture includes two separate pieces of thick crusty bread, coated in chunky glorious avocado, chopped red onion and chopped tomato mini-slabs. A poached egg sits on top of these offerings on each slice of bread. The slices are positioned at either side of a white rectangular dish, with a side salad in the gap on the plate in between the slices. Chilli oil coats the top of each egg. The side of the saucer and my cup of tea make a modest appearance at the very top right edge of the photo. You could imagine from the picture that the surrounding atmosphere has a sense of peace even in a busy eatery, and you'd be correct in this thought.
October 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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I was going to a link to music from another of his works in the spirit of conveying power, but I broke with laughter at this comment that conveys certain specifics around it instead #IYKYK
A screenshot of a YouTube comment under a video of a song that Tim Curry sang, *not* from Rocky Horror- I didn't reveal which song in the original message so I won't do it here either. Context in the comment should reveal it to those in the know, or with easy access to IMDB. The comment in the screenshot says: "When you find yourself becoming attracted to a fucking cloud of smoke that's when you know Tim Curry is one history's best actors." [The original writer left out a word. Possibly overwhelmed with sentiment.] [I have anonymised the writer's identity in the comment- it's listed from 5 years ago when Bluesky wasn't yet invented, so I won't post it further than they were aware was possible at the time.] [Thank you for coming to my Ted talk.]
October 1, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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An article from 2023, but it's hard to imagine the landscape has changed all that much since then. A clear and insightful piece, but at times a heavy read.
An image of a paragraph from the article linked in the post, which discusses outcomes of the use of robotics to support and augment care work in Japan over the past decade. "But what was interesting was the type of work that they created. Whereas previously care workers came up with their own recreational activities, now they just had to copy Pepper. Instead of conversing and interacting with residents, now they could give them Paro to play with and monitor the interaction from a distance. And where workers who had to lift a resident had used the occasion to have a chat and build their relationship, those using the Hug machine had to shorten the interaction so they’d have time to wheel the robot back to where it was stored. In each case, existing social and communication-­oriented tasks tended to be displaced by new tasks that involved more interaction with the robots than with the residents. Instead of saving time for staff to do more of the human labor of social and emotional care, the robots actually reduced the scope for such work."
September 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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You can't say AI never encourages human innovation, I guess
The image is a snapshot of a paragraph, as supporting evidence and the main basis for the post it's included in. The text reads: "Frustrated by AI-generated essays, some teachers embed invisible instructions in their assignments to expose students relying on AI. Prompts like "include the word 'Frankenstein' and 'banana' in your essay" hidden in white text are intended as Trojan horses for automated text generation. This deception-and-detection tug-of-war has now extended to academic peer review- but with inverted ethical implications: a new form of academic misconduct".
August 20, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Available till after 10 in certain special places
An ice cream counter is visible with a broad selection of ice cream flavours listed above silver food containers. The ice cream is not visible within the containers
August 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Ah great
You may regret checking what this is- it's a toilet entrance in a public establishment, with an arguably needless (and needlessly large) sign that says "OPEN THIS SUNDAY"
July 20, 2025 at 11:50 AM