Ed Of Fannyside
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Ghost of Christmases Past. He/him. 37 Trillion cells in a rain coat. RPGs and murder mysteries.
We are pleased to put the iconic Volcanic Ashes trophy 'up for grabs' when we take on the MCC from 14-16 August. Set in a base of basaltic rock, the trophy contains real volcanic ash. Win or lose, it will remain in our triple glazed case in our cricket museum in Reykjavík, under permanent guard.
My wife is called Uni. She changed her name from Polly in the 80s
Does the existence of Time Lords imply the existence of Time Serfs?
Recent commission. Nice to get an appreciative photo of it up on a wall. Get in touch if you want me to draw you something.
You: quoting this to point out Elon isn't the real founder of Tesla (which is true.) Me: Quoting this to point out that old VW Beetles & Rabbits were also death traps (RIP Harry Chapin, who died in his VW in a car accident) & even recent era ones were unsafe from a certain angle (Dieselgate.)
ℳatt@matttomic.bsky.social · yesterday
I need your help! If you have been better than me at saving/bookmarking good threads, blogs, articles etc. explaining how LLMs function scientifically or critiquing/assessing their use in a complex way (ie not just calling them “plagiarism machines,” tho I do agree), can you share your links here?
"Listen, forget it," said Ford, "forget all of it. Nothing matters. Look, it's a beautiful day, enjoy. it. The sun, the green of the hills, the river down in the valley, the burning trees."
Genuinely astonishing to me that this stuff isn't common knowledge, 15 years into the smartphone era. The piece is ok, but the first para is scaremongering bollocks - to be clear, your phone is *not* eavesdropping on you to target you with ads (it doesn't need to)
Ian Dunt@iandunt.bsky.social · 12h agoFrankly astonishing piece by @alexisconran.com on all the data our phones keep on us and what they do with it (it's not good). open.substack.com/pub/scamproo...
I'm writing on a new quiz show coming to Channel 4! I'm on the hunt for contestants with a passion for gaming. Lots of knowledge across various popular titles. If that's you, drop a reply and I can add your details to a production list. Any shares/tags are more than welcome!
Water is returning to the African Sahel. After the catastrophic droughts of the late 20th century, aquifers from Senegal to Ethiopia are refilling, water tables in Niger have risen four metres, and Lake Chad has swollen to ten times its mid-1980s size. Yale E360 buff.ly/SUrDAnL #ShareGoodNewsToo
After Decades of Drought, Water Is Rising in the African Sahel
Warming has brought extreme rain to the parched Sahel, which is seeing aquifers refill as monsoons grow stronger. But heavier downpours alone cannot explain the groundwater revival, say hydrologists,…
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"Among the varied competitions in the rally staged on Saturday by the East Sussex Country Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs was a thatching dolly-making contest." These are not corn dollies, these go on top of a thatched roof. Bexhill Observer 19.5.1956. #WyrdWednesday
For some reason I am watching "The Glittering Prizes" a 1976 British tv drama about a group of 1950's Cambridge graduates and their subsequent adult lives. To say it's "aged badly" isn't quite right. It's like an artifact from an almost unimaginably distant time ...
Pubic Service Announcement The Vagina Museum is trans inclusive. Always has been, always will be. Today the new EHRC Code of Practice comes into effect. Let us be clear, the guidance changes nothing about how we operate.
Nice cash writing prizes are always a good thing! But opening submissions for a nice cash writing prize on 5th August and closing on 11 September? Why. WHY.
Vicky Grut@vickygrut.bsky.social · 16h agoBrunel university is co-sponsoring the Nero New Writers Prize. Open to writers not previously published by an established book publisher or magazine, deadline: Fri, 11 September: nerobookawards.com/new-writers-...
'The Mowing-Devil', printed in 1678. It recounts, as fact, an alleged incident in #Hertfordshire. A farmer saw a fiery light over his oat field one night, and then found it had been mysteriously mowed. The illustration encouraged some to believe it depicts the first Crop Circle. #WyrdWednesday
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The government’s transphobic statutory guidance is now up and running – we’re fighting back
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"Before the ruling any challenges had been gentle, like ‘oh by the way this is the ladies’,” she was quoted as saying, “and people were embarrassed or apologetic when I said ‘it’s okay I’m a girl’, but now it’s aggressive and horrible.”
QueerAF@wearequeeraf.com · 19h agoThe EHRC's Code of Practice has been condemned as a "system of segregation", "impractical and inhumane", and even "genocidal in nature" It comes into force today
We have had a few problems streaming our matches these past weeks, but hope to have a solution for the start of the Valhalla Cup on Saturday. If you want to follow that game, it starts at 10:00 and will be on our YT channel: icelandcricket. Subscribe to it for notifications.
The core business is profitable, but AI is strangling it.
SpaceX shares sink after first earnings report reveals huge AI spending plans
Elon Musk told investors that people were "underestimating" his company.
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Did you hear our National Librarian Amina Shah on BBC Radio 6 Music this morning? Amina spoke with Nick Grimshaw about a Very Specific Playlist which ties in with our exhibition, ‘Rain’, on now at our George IV Bridge building in Edinburgh.
I've never used ChatGPT. If I'm absolutely honest, although I've heard of Claude, I'm not 100% sure what it is. I've never knowingly used an #AI tool. To me, this post reads like 'If pre-sliced cheese was suddenly banned, would you even know how to slice cheese manually?'
Ayo@darrylayo.bsky.social · yesterdayGuys like this don’t realize that they are the freak
Life is a vacation to the earth Original available Prints too
Thanks to @bsonblast.bsky.social for the great article suggestion: peacesos.nl/the-war-in-s... Straightforward breakdown of the war and who is benefiting
The war in Sudan is not a civil war. It is a business model. - Peace SOS
Once again, people are being killed in Sudan, and once again the Darfur region is at the centre of the violence. The war in Sudan is usually described as a civil war between two rival generals. That d...
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"what an interesting cat. what breed is he?" "we think he's one of those european middle ages painting cats."
