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I'm all for widening participation, but at some point you're no longer "running" a marathon...

BBC headline: London marathon to be a two-day event in 2027

My son was tasked with making a quiz game in computing at school, and got bonus points for being the only one who instituted salting and hashing of passwords... #SoProud #LikeFatherLikeSon #SecurityIsNotADirryWord

With the planned social media ban for under-16s, I'm reminded that YouTube is apparently already banned for unsupervised under-13s and I've definitely never seen them use that.

Could somebody please adjust the setting for me? I can't seem to find the dial and I'm sure someone's knocked it this summer.

NHS demand control dial, from "none" to "very lots"

I used to rant about routine data with a Superman/Gottlob Frege analogy and a whiteboard I shouldn't have been let near. Grace Duffy and @improvementacademy.bsky.social have turned that energy into actual, useful guidance on navigating messy real‑world data: informatics.bmj.com/content/33/1...

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Wishing a very good evening to everyone except the person who dropped off the 2.5 litre can of bitumen I ordered...

Cardboard box with a black tar-like substance leaking from it

Ilkley moor absolutely fine without a hat this evening

I haven't yet read the "The Arts make you live longer" paper; is it similar to the ones showing the benefits of Champagne consumption or Porsche ownership?

I have successfully proven that I am not an AI to my children, by telling them how to make napalm.

My son tells me that Alexander Lemming no longer "plummets" in the Beano... Is this because of woke? BRB signing up to join Reform

o no

Frog note in child handwriting saying "no more wine"

TFW you get a paper accepted for publication... but only by removing all the Superman references

a girl with red hair is asking what did it cost ..

Alt: a girl with red hair is asking what did it cost .. Everything... (says Thanos)

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Are we absolutely sure that none of these have been time-travellers?

Today's #AINewsSlop actually feels like a pretty accurate summary of the world today...

vibrant, bold comic book panel depicting a chaotic, multi-layered scene. In the center, a group of confused bureaucrats in suits are frantically filing paperwork labeled "MANDELSON VETTING" while a giant, glowing blue meteor from the Lyrid shower streaks across a stylized night sky above them. To the left, a frustrated pet owner is shouting at a giant, angry-looking insurance policy document that has teeth, while in the foreground, a sleek, futuristic AI robot is sitting at a desk with a magnifying glass, intensely watching a human's keyboard clicks. The art style features thick, heavy black ink outlines, exaggerated expressions, and high-contrast, saturated colors. A prominent comic-style "POW!" burst appears in the corner, framing a small illustration of a soccer ball and a bird flu virus mascot.

It might be "AI slop" but I'm quite pleased with my latest side-project (yes it needs a new mount cutting) which illustrates the day's #BBCNews headlines - so far making for great breakfast-table chat with the kids.

Picture frame: girl has a mammoth bone, golden eagle, lego astronaut, fast car

Picture frame::11 April ceasefire, bear with marmalade, Robin with "do not feed the birds" sign

After my accident at the Euros last year, FSA Vision have very kindly replaced my cracked aero bars with these shiny TFE EVO ones! Votes on the bar tape colour? a) black (like everything else) b) rainbow

Tri bike front end with aero bars, no tape

This probably shouldn't be surprising, but I finally gave in and installed Linux (Mint) on my laptop (8 years old) and it suddenly no longer sounds like a hoover when I have a couple of tabs open!

a pixel art of a penguin using a laptop with the word yo on it

Alt: a pixel art of a penguin using a laptop with the word yo on it

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Happy Easter everyone! Please help solve a family debate - where is this egg-cup from? #Easter #SwearyEggCups

Egg cup labelled "Whitby" - except the W is very curly and looks suspiciously like a different letter...

Something ironic in the fact that in the EU, we were the rule-makers on this... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Marmalade to be rebranded in post-Brexit food deal

The breakfast favourite will be legally renamed when Britain aligns with new EU labelling rules.

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TFW a beachside conversation over a bucket of lugworms gives you an insight that doubles the efficiency of your AI system... I understand the purpose of holidays now! (Yes I did go back and code it immediately)

It's more concerning that this level of bodily modification doesn't prompt a disqualification...

Scottish began breaks Hyrox fitness record after three hip replacements