Social media has been a complete disaster, sooner it dies the better
Dave
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Thunderbolts - pretty good actually, and the practical effects were very welcome. If you've seen the trailers you've basically seen the film, but it's still worth a watch.
Marvel: The X-Men are returning in Avengers Doomsday! Avengers Doomsday:
I find the adverts for Confluence in the Severance podcast bitterly hilarious and dystopian in equal measure.
"I never thought AI would eat my job" say software engineers who voted for the AI-eating-your-jobs party.
Social media is the death of politically coherent movements and strategy. I doubt that was the intention from the outset, but for autocrats it is a handy byproduct.
What on earth is the point of this? Its the original, but with humans Knightmare'd in. www.youtube.com/watch?v=62-r...
How To Train Your Dragon | Big Game Spot
YouTube video by Universal Pictures
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"Today’s plan mainlines AI into the veins of this enterprising nation" #AccidentalPartridge www.gov.uk/government/n...
Prime Minister sets out blueprint to turbocharge AI
Artificial intelligence will deliver a decade of national renewal, as part of a new plan announced today (13 January 2025).
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I'm not the only one who noticed the similarity between this: Arcane OST - Appointment of a General: youtu.be/6cHQkz5h8dg?... And this, right? TRON:Legacy OST - Rectifier youtu.be/SgkxlQyw03A?... (Both great)
Appointment of a General
YouTube video by Arcane - Topic
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I was today years old when I found out Dana Carvey's brother made Video Toaster.
Nick Drake, 50 years gone today youtu.be/xPe5ZQx0OpQ?...
From The Morning
YouTube video by Nick Drake - Topic
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I've done a quick round-up of pre-reading for anyone interested in following FWS v Scottish Ministers next week: www.legalfeminist.org.uk/2024/11/23/f... I haven't been able to find any substantial commentary arguing that SG should win. Please link in reply if you know of any, and I'll add it.
FWS v Scottish Ministers: what to read before the hearing -
The hearing next week before the Supreme Court of For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers is a big deal. Previous cases in the appellate courts have had serious implications for the impact of gender r...
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Everyone should be aware of just how censorious Bluesky is- labelling important legal analysis relating to an imminent Supreme Court case as “intolerance”. Absolutely bonkers and reminiscent of Twitter in the good old days.
Utterly absurd, and wrong, that this post is marked by @bsky.app as "intolerance". In reality it consists of links to serious legal analysis, from someone whose opinion you might agree or disagree with.
Photographer Beth Moon undertook a 14 year quest to photograph ancient trees of the US, Europe, Asia, Middle East and Africa
Love Will Tear Us Apart has been murdered so badly so many many times, so its a relief that this PJ Harvey cover is marvellous. youtu.be/79fmJaPbucc?...
PJ Harvey, Tim Phillips - Love Will Tear Us Apart (From "Bad Sisters (Season 2)"/Audio Only)
YouTube video by HollywoodRecordsVEVO
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"No matter how much you try, you can’t stop people from sticking beans up their nose." Sage advice. archive.uie.com/brainsparks/...
Beans and Noses — Archive of UIE/Brainsparks
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I've seen this week that people are taking the lyrics of defying gravity and really folding space with that.
Karen Risby, UK artist creates contemporary ceramic sculpture, wall hangings and porcelain accessories
Gutted about Matthew Perry. I wrote about what he (and Chandler’s awkward sarcasm) meant to me for my newsletter helenlewis.substack.com/p/matthew-pe...
Matthew Perry, the best Friend I never knew
The man who made Chandler, when Chandler made me
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