Popped down to Bristol at the weekend for a dual birthday / old mates meetup. If you're in the city and in the mood for cocktails, I can *very* highly recommend booking a table at The Library. thelibrarybristol.com
Jason Heeley
@jaseheeley.bsky.social
Illustrator. Also has a paying job.
I dunno, it just seems to me as if every news story about this sort of tech is a very urgent, very stark warning that it's all a catastrophically bad idea. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Anthropic AI created fake profiles to deceive people in attempted hack
The UK's AI Safety Institute said recent behaviour from Anthropic and OpenAI models was malicious and unprecedented.
bbc.co.uk
Oof. No you bloody don't. "Discovery Station", indeed. Get back in your algorithmic box and think about what you've done.
Yeah, yeah, you might *think* you're gother-than-thou, but are you growing purple and black tomatoes? No you are not. Probably.
Test driving an EV later today. I know it'll feel like a generational leap, but aside from the obvious fact that the planet's on fire, I can't deny it'll be extra rewarding no longer paying the added cost of the tangerine tyrant's Middle Eastern adventure.
Apologies for using words like "opportunity" and "rain", I know some people aren't comfortable with that sort of language.
Jason Heeley@jaseheeley.bsky.social · 2d agoI'd just like to take this opportunity to say, as politely as I can, that I am fucking sick to the back bastard teeth of this cunting summer and can we have some rain now please?
I'd just like to take this opportunity to say, as politely as I can, that I am fucking sick to the back bastard teeth of this cunting summer and can we have some rain now please?
Normalise calling "the RAM crisis" something else, like "the RAM piss take" or "the RAM swindle" or "theft"
I've just seen the cover to the Complete Trumptonshire blu-ray, and now I need you all to see it too, so there can be an outbreak of delighted cooing and "aw" noises all across Bluesky. It's done my heart the power of good, it really has.
Unsurprisingly, Councillor Woolley doesn't look like he misses any fucking meals.
David Quantick@quantick.bsky.social · 6d agoLocal cafe vs local wanker. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Just seen there's a podcast called Picky Bits and the medium is now officially dead
Nearing the end of my first 'professional' book layout. I was daunted, if not afeared of laying out image galleries for an illustrated biography but the more I get into it, the more I realise how rewarding it is. The nuance, the infinite aesthetic choices, the need...
I was introduced to John Kongos' "Tokoloshe Man" by the Life on Mars soundtrack album nearly twenty years ago and it still hits the spot - especially when the spheres of politics and industry seem particularly lacking in comeuppance. youtu.be/TmgqP0BDhxs?...
John Kongos - Tokoloshe Man (single version) ( 1971)
YouTube video by menchitty11
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If you've read M.R. James, you'll know a station staff member at Hammersmith is now doomed...
Mitch Benn@mitchbenn.bsky.social · last wk.PLEASE SHARE THIS To the young person (longish dark hair, patterned waistcoat, chinos & DM boots) who left this scroll of papers on the Piccadilly Line train at South Kensington station at about 4.25pm today, I’ve handed it to the station staff at Hammersmith.
I think compulsory purchase and demolition of the entire property are the only option here. It may sound harsh, but it's for their own good.
Jason Hazeley@jasonhazeley.bsky.social · last wk.The trouble with being a typography nerd is that even modest mistakes scream at you. Every time I walk past this house, my brain itches — because that’s not a six. It’s an upside down nine. I should probably stay in more.
Another superb addition to @fabpress.bsky.social's FrightFest guides!
Great series of posts from @forgotten.tv on various U.S. moral/commercial panics from the '70s and '80s. Thankfully, this sort of thing no longer happens in the age of social media. *Sideways look to camera*
Forgotten TV@forgotten.tv · 2w agoIn 1978, America became convinced Wendy's hamburgers contained worms. 🪱🍔 Depending on who you asked, the "confession" aired on Donahue, 60 Minutes, 20/20, or Paul Harvey. It never happened—but millions believed it anyway. What a bunch of bull.
"Remigration" is the polite term for forced deportations of unwanted minorities and ethnic cleansing. The punishment for being a "traitor" is execution. But yeah, you've got to stay on Twitter for baseball highlights or some shit. I get it.
Toby Buckle@polphilpod.bsky.social · last wk.the restore 'remigration' plan musk has endorsed would see 10 million brits forcibly expelled
“Sign of the Times” is a the absolute business. This is just dog’s business. #TOTP
The only thing I'm frequently rinsed for is cat treats. #TOTP
Incredible to think that a mere twenty years later, Brown was making an absolute cunt of himself over COVID. #TOTP
Can't believe this guy went from fronting Eiffel 65 to running FIFA. #TOTP