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That's not an unpopular opinion at all. Tomorrow Never Dies is awesome. Great villain, great puns, believable plot, and it's a movie that aged pretty well. And that garage car chase, fun, flawless.
Unpopular Opinion: Tomorrow Never Dies was a fine Bond flick. The haters are wrong.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2p3...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2p3...
TOMORROW NEVER DIES | WORLD PREMIERE ANNIVERSARY
YouTube video by James Bond 007
www.youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
That's not an unpopular opinion at all. Tomorrow Never Dies is awesome. Great villain, great puns, believable plot, and it's a movie that aged pretty well. And that garage car chase, fun, flawless.
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This must be the van they send to your location when you do a good post
December 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
This must be the van they send to your location when you do a good post
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I am a conservative urbanist because 20th century urban planning, reaching its culmination in urban renewal, was the French Revolution for buildings. What we did to our historic cities in the 20th century, and the way we reoriented how we built places, was in every sense of the word a revolution.
The French Revolution For Buildings
Urbanism as rediscovery
www.thedeletedscenes.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I am a conservative urbanist because 20th century urban planning, reaching its culmination in urban renewal, was the French Revolution for buildings. What we did to our historic cities in the 20th century, and the way we reoriented how we built places, was in every sense of the word a revolution.
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Yep! If a design is good and functional, it's perfectly sensible to make a lot of it. Architectural pattern books (almost the same thing) were used widely in the old days which is part of why so many buildings in so many places kind of look the same
December 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Yep! If a design is good and functional, it's perfectly sensible to make a lot of it. Architectural pattern books (almost the same thing) were used widely in the old days which is part of why so many buildings in so many places kind of look the same
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I wonder if the way people visualize physical space changed when we switched from highly contextual maps to navigation apps, where you have no real sense of where you are except for the narrow route you’re following? thedeletedscenes.substack.com/p/the-map-in...
The Map In Your Mind (?)
And did technology make us worse mental mappers?
thedeletedscenes.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I wonder if the way people visualize physical space changed when we switched from highly contextual maps to navigation apps, where you have no real sense of where you are except for the narrow route you’re following? thedeletedscenes.substack.com/p/the-map-in...
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Then again, I can't think of anything that captures AI better than a completely fabricated study based on entirely made-up data.
“What has stunned his former colleagues and mentors is the sheer breadth of his apparent deception. He didn’t just tweak a few variables. It appears he invented the entire study… the paper was cited in congressional testimony. Weeks later, the science journal Nature highlighted it.”
An MIT Student Awed Top Economists With His AI Study—Then It All Fell Apart
Aidan Toner-Rodgers shot to academic fame in a field hungry for new insights and revelatory research. But a computer scientist thought something seemed off.
www.wsj.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Then again, I can't think of anything that captures AI better than a completely fabricated study based on entirely made-up data.
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Getting tattoos based on Google Translate should be grounds for disenfranchisement. Because we have a republic not a democracy.
Studied Latin briefly at uni years ago. Mate proudly showed me his new Latin phrase tattoo the other day. Didn't recognise the word 'dont'. Turns out he hadn't put the apostrophe in when Google translating.
October 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Getting tattoos based on Google Translate should be grounds for disenfranchisement. Because we have a republic not a democracy.
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A little bit of good news for you. And a reminder that we *can* solve big, global problems--when we want to. 🧪
(by @meghanbartels.bsky.social)
(by @meghanbartels.bsky.social)
The Ozone Hole Is Steadily Shrinking because of Global Efforts
After nearly 40 years of global efforts, the ozone hole over Antarctica is continuing to heal
www.scientificamerican.com
September 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
A little bit of good news for you. And a reminder that we *can* solve big, global problems--when we want to. 🧪
(by @meghanbartels.bsky.social)
(by @meghanbartels.bsky.social)
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Thousands of people gathered over the weekend in Lithuania's capital Vilnius to watch teams of corgis compete in an international race.
Little legs, big dreams: More than 100 teams compete in Lithuania's international Corgi race
Thousands of people gathered over the weekend in Lithuania's capital Vilnius to watch teams of corgis compete in an international race.
bit.ly
August 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Thousands of people gathered over the weekend in Lithuania's capital Vilnius to watch teams of corgis compete in an international race.
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Letting the roll hang under instead of over is a sign of psychopathy
"Agree to disagree"
"You think the toilet paper should hang from the back of the roll. I think it should be from the top. Is this really worth getting upset with one another about? Do we let this keep escalating into anger or even a permanent schism, or do we both take a graceful exit instead?"
"You think the toilet paper should hang from the back of the roll. I think it should be from the top. Is this really worth getting upset with one another about? Do we let this keep escalating into anger or even a permanent schism, or do we both take a graceful exit instead?"
August 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Letting the roll hang under instead of over is a sign of psychopathy
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"...BUT LET'S BUILD THE ENTIRE WORLD ECONOMY ON IT!"
MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing
There’s a stark difference in success rates between companies that purchase AI tools from vendors and those that build them internally.
fortune.com
August 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
"...BUT LET'S BUILD THE ENTIRE WORLD ECONOMY ON IT!"
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What’s the point of starting something new when you know you’ll never be much good at it? Sheer delight.
Why It’s Not Too Late to Learn New Skills
You missed your chance to be a prodigy, but there’s still growth left for grownups.
www.newyorker.com
August 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
What’s the point of starting something new when you know you’ll never be much good at it? Sheer delight.
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Aretha, gone seven years ago today.
Asked once if her advocacy for female dignity and societal recognition was “bold”, she said: “I don’t don’t think it’s bold at all. I think it’s quite natural that we all want respect — and should get it.”
“Say a Little Prayer” (1968) #RIP
Asked once if her advocacy for female dignity and societal recognition was “bold”, she said: “I don’t don’t think it’s bold at all. I think it’s quite natural that we all want respect — and should get it.”
“Say a Little Prayer” (1968) #RIP
August 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Aretha, gone seven years ago today.
Asked once if her advocacy for female dignity and societal recognition was “bold”, she said: “I don’t don’t think it’s bold at all. I think it’s quite natural that we all want respect — and should get it.”
“Say a Little Prayer” (1968) #RIP
Asked once if her advocacy for female dignity and societal recognition was “bold”, she said: “I don’t don’t think it’s bold at all. I think it’s quite natural that we all want respect — and should get it.”
“Say a Little Prayer” (1968) #RIP
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The largest volcano in the Solar System, Olympus Mons.
And crossing in front of it, one of the smallest moons, Phobos.
Photographed from Mars orbit.
Credit: Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin/Andrea Luck (@andrealuck.bsky.social) CC BY
And crossing in front of it, one of the smallest moons, Phobos.
Photographed from Mars orbit.
Credit: Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin/Andrea Luck (@andrealuck.bsky.social) CC BY
July 19, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The largest volcano in the Solar System, Olympus Mons.
And crossing in front of it, one of the smallest moons, Phobos.
Photographed from Mars orbit.
Credit: Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin/Andrea Luck (@andrealuck.bsky.social) CC BY
And crossing in front of it, one of the smallest moons, Phobos.
Photographed from Mars orbit.
Credit: Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin/Andrea Luck (@andrealuck.bsky.social) CC BY
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The first malaria drug for newborn babies has been approved by Swiss medical authorities.
Despite being both preventable and treatable, malaria remains a serious global health threat, with 263 million cases and 597,000 deaths worldwide in 2023.
Despite being both preventable and treatable, malaria remains a serious global health threat, with 263 million cases and 597,000 deaths worldwide in 2023.
First malaria treatment for newborn babies approved for use
Malaria caused 597,000 deaths worldwide in 2023, with children under 5 accounting for 76 percent of all malaria deaths in the World Health Organization’s Africa region.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 8, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The first malaria drug for newborn babies has been approved by Swiss medical authorities.
Despite being both preventable and treatable, malaria remains a serious global health threat, with 263 million cases and 597,000 deaths worldwide in 2023.
Despite being both preventable and treatable, malaria remains a serious global health threat, with 263 million cases and 597,000 deaths worldwide in 2023.
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PSA: there are like ten people worldwide who can pull off a moustache sans beard without looking like either a cop or a dude who lurks outside public restrooms in a trenchcoat. You are statistically unlikely to be one of them.
July 2, 2025 at 10:33 PM
PSA: there are like ten people worldwide who can pull off a moustache sans beard without looking like either a cop or a dude who lurks outside public restrooms in a trenchcoat. You are statistically unlikely to be one of them.
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“I know you think you’re being funny, but honestly Dave, it’s just hurtful.”
July 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
“I know you think you’re being funny, but honestly Dave, it’s just hurtful.”
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Happy Birthday to Alan Turing, born on this day in 1912. Turing was a genius and a computing pioneer who helped England crack the Nazi’s enigma code during World War II. The country repaid him by having him chemically castrated for being a homosexual.
June 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Happy Birthday to Alan Turing, born on this day in 1912. Turing was a genius and a computing pioneer who helped England crack the Nazi’s enigma code during World War II. The country repaid him by having him chemically castrated for being a homosexual.
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When you discover a year-old potato in the back of the pantry cupboard:
June 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
When you discover a year-old potato in the back of the pantry cupboard:
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Within the next 3 years, there will be so much AI, in particular AI video, people won’t know if what they see or hear is real. Which will lead to an explosion of f2f engagement, events and jobs.
Those that were in the office will be in the field.
Call it the Milli Vanilli effect
Those that were in the office will be in the field.
Call it the Milli Vanilli effect
June 5, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Within the next 3 years, there will be so much AI, in particular AI video, people won’t know if what they see or hear is real. Which will lead to an explosion of f2f engagement, events and jobs.
Those that were in the office will be in the field.
Call it the Milli Vanilli effect
Those that were in the office will be in the field.
Call it the Milli Vanilli effect
If you're looking for some good news.
June 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
If you're looking for some good news.