Alexi Conman
@alexiconman.bsky.social
Writes comics sometimes. alexiconman.blogspot.com
Three years ago, my dad said that all fish are the same shape. Out of spite, I decided to draw all 478 families of bony fish listed in Nelson 2016. There's still some stuff I need to edit and some fish I want to redraw but, after 985 days, I finished my big dumb fish project last night.
"They can start cutting people's faces up. They can stab someone. They can shoot someone." EXCLUSIVE: Our hidden cameras capture the leader of Turning Point UK organising a fake rally for a foreign government and helping arrange a murder-for-hire with loyalist paramilitaries.
Have you ever put your kids to bed and then come downstairs and been momentarily unable to locate your puppy and then found it apparently immobilised with shock after getting it’s head stuck in a child’s shoe?
Can confirm that this is a real trailer of the Mass Effect game that BioWare was developing up until its closure yesterday www.reddit.com/r/masseffect...
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I got a badge machine and there's a theme emerging while i'm doodling ideas
I bought these old RSPB magazines for their CF Tunnicliffe cover pictures. They look so good together
Just seen the new John Lewis ad. An old lady is sat watching TV, the news tells her to buy tins of soup and bottled water because war is coming, she cries as she looks at the expensive John Lewis tree decoration that she spent her pension on instead. A Gabba version of Fairytale of New York plays.
Runaway AI poses a threat to us all. How humanity stays in control should be a priority for everyone Projection location: Slough, UK Narrated by @gavinesler.bsky.social
Me, when I have enemies to deal with (i.e. all the time)
ULTRA💀BLAST@ultrakillblast.bsky.social · 4d ago
“When I look round the boardroom at the other board members Palantir has recently also recruited from the House of Lords – notably Lord Vader and Lord Voldemort – I don’t have any sense that these people are evil,” said Watson. From the new Private Eye, out now.
Whenever someone says that electricity is expensive because of decarbonisation, there are only two possibilities Either they are knowingly lying to you Or they are the victims of disinformation, and have been fooled by someone who was lying to them
ECIU@eciu.net · 4d agoExpensive gas behind ‘nearly 90%’ of rise in UK electricity bills, new analysis from @nesta_uk in @CarbonBrief Contradicts idea, which has become embedded in UK media and political narratives, that UK’s net zero target is to blame for high energy bills www.carbonbrief.org/revealed-ex...
The team behind Chortle, the comprehensive, critical and up-to-date guide to the all aspects of comedy in Britain, have launched a petition to save Radio 4 Extra as comedians, writers, producers and broadcasters stepped up to criticise the BBC’s decision to axe the much-loved archive comedy and…
Campaign launched to save BBC Radio 4 Extra gathers momentum
Listeners condemn “short sighted” decision by BBC management
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The amazing thing is that he isn't getting Copilot to do it from scratch - it is very much the direct plagiarism thing I have been talking about!!! bsky.app/profile/keta...
Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co · 3w agoThis is a good illustration of how so much of AI theft isn't indirect (ie, data sucked into a model to train the chatbot) - it's actually **direct** copying, but *enabled* by GenAI. Of course it is: chatbots absolutely suck at creating good, new stuff.
👏👏👏 for AI’s rendition of a ‘chip muffin’ and ‘bacon and egg soda’ on the Just Eat website. Regional code for bread and rolls is our secret resistance to the Man www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@nytimes.com reporting massive fine for Meta for breeches of data privacy. Shame the British government didn’t listen to @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
judge dismissed my plea to "be real for a sec", citing previous incidents
King Charles does not pay income tax, capital gains tax, inheritance tax Duchy of Lancaster trades, doesn't pay corporation tax, capital gains tax. Its competitors do. The King voluntarily paid £30m since Accession. No way of knowing what it could/should be. Would you like to pay tax voluntarily?
Royal financial privileges show that we are not in it together
This week, after perfunctory scrutiny, the UK parliament approved a core Sovereign Grant of £99.9m (from 2027/28) for the King, a 93% increase from the £51.8m for 2024/25 and 65% higher in real terms ...
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The making of a mushroom man Prints at Zeburnay.bigcartel.com Zeburnayusa.bigcartel.com (usa orders)
It’s come to something when a photographer has to get legal advice, before displaying this photo in an exhibition, due to the risk of being prosecuted as a terrorist, but that’s exactly what I had to do yesterday. What a state this country is in.
Davenant 📸@marcdavenant.bsky.social · last yr.A woman weeps over the genocide in Gaza as she waits to be arrested as a terrorist for holding up a piece of cardboard. Parliament Square today.
Comics we're once so big you could get 22 panels per page. Comics as big as a bedsheet!
eBay users! Don't ignore today's email, even though it looks like a boring standard update to the User Privacy Notice. They want to use your data to train AI models. If you click the link over the words "the right to object", it takes you to a page with a toggle button letting you opt out.
Not enough appreciation of my song extolling CARLIN PEAS. You all just aren't ready for the concept of carlin peas. But I urge you to consider becoming ready.
Alexi Conman@alexiconman.bsky.social · 6d agoMild nutty flavour, more robust texture than garden peas. I have composed a song for the Carlin Pea Marketing Board: Oh, Carlin peas, Carlin peas. These are the peas that always please. Some for me? Please don't tease! I'll eat all these peas with ease.