This was today's puzzle on the chess app. Am I going mad? Apparently the answer is to capture the queen but unless I'm missing something I could have forced checkmate in as many moves. (White to move)
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I like films and draw comics about them, am attempting to write a longer story/comic, support #ncfc, play Rallyman enemyrequest.com comic alt: @enemyrequest.com Neurodivergent/ADHD and stuff like that. Mute #ncfc to hide the footy posts.
Gonna shout about Only Forward for a while by posting quotes from it.
colinwmd@colinwmd.bsky.social · yesterday15) Recommend and review a book... I'm rubbish at reviews other than saying THIS BOOK IS VERY GOOD AND YOU SHOULD READ IT. But if you want good fun (and sometimes nasty) fiction with a surreal dreamlike sci-fi edge then ONLY FORWARD IS VERY GOOD AND YOU SHOULD READ IT.
You do not need AI to make content. I just found a TikTok account that is just a glass of milk in different locations listening to rock music. It has tens of thousands of followers.
We're not taking anyone connected with Ipswich!
Carl Lewington@davram67.bsky.social · 16h agoThere might be an expensive right winger available from Clacton next week!!
not news to anyone but "arguing with the sam vimes economic theory" is, if there ever was, a sign that you MUST log off
Just trying these for the first time and they are the new best thing. Exactly the right level of spice for stuffed olives (an actual decent amount).
Lots of people are like "WHY CAN'T WE JUST BUY AN EXPENSIVE LEFT WINGER?" and I'm just happy to be holding on to our big names this summer (with an expensive right winger addition amongst others). It's funny how people's baseline expectations have already changed so much. #ncfc
Listen, strokes/folks etc, but "Batman Begins > Barry Lyndon" should trigger a wellness check
First, you tell me to get a hobby; now it's an “appropriate hobby”.
Finished series 2 of Broken Veil last night and now can't wait for the next one! There's definitely stuff in there that will warrant a relisten in the meantime though.
Joel Morris@gralefrit.bsky.social · 2w agoBROKEN VEIL II Shortlisted for the British Podcast Awards 2026. Buy it as a one-off purchase for a limited time, or join the Broken Veil Channel. Patreon.com/brokenveil
It was funny when OpenAI publicised ChatGPT hacking huggingface and then Anthropic immediately had to say "Ours did too!" and then OpenAI are like "It actually happened loads with us" It's like two kids talking loudly in front of the rest of the class but the rest of the class are shareholders.
I'm fascinated by this new form of PR that's emerged with LLM companies where they leak stories like 'our product spontaneously assembled an army of domestic appliances & announced it would exterminate the lowly hairless apes - we barely managed to pull the plug' to imply it's really powerful
Calling it now: this is going to be a shitshow
alex benzer@alexbenzer.com · 3mo agook, deep breath… we're discussing *potentially* adding post editing to Bluesky this year.
Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.
Not speaking ill of the dead is how Jimmy Saville got something approaching a state funeral.
Gonna do this but not necessarily in order because some of the answers will be rubbish because I barely read these days because of a lack of concentration but I used to love it.
Mo 🌸📚@moplayspoke.bsky.social · 2d ago1 like = 1 book question 📚💙
Yes I acknowledge it makes sense in context but “I need my car to meet criminals” is now my favourite basis for an attempted exceptional hardship plea. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
My nephew is telling me he’s a little teapot. Only 5 years old and already a fucking liar like his father.
have to remember this is my default reading mode when recommending books to other people
