Jared Earle
@jearle.uk
RPGs, motorbikes, sysadminery and punditry. Come for the lovely photos, stay for the lefty politics. https://23x.net/ https://nightfall.games/ https://motomatters.com/category/race_series/world_superbikes http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaredearle/
Discovered a cursed photo subgenre: "grift hands"
Who knew this old painting would be worth a few grand, eh? I’ve had it for thirty odd years and it’s smaller than my other original Magic: the Gathering painting, but I could really do with a holiday and this will fund that.
i cannot actually express how happy this makes me, i really hope this is true
If you’re working with your Meta pervert glasses on, don’t forget that looking at passwords shares them with Meta. I know the immediate solution is to use a password manager, and I’ll never not recommend that, but how about not wearing your pervert glasses?
Is the reason that more people watch F1 than MotoGP down to more people driving cars? Of course it isn't. Here's why MotoGP isn't about motorcycles. MotoGP is about sport. motomatters.com/opinion/2026...
OPINION: MotoGP Is Not About Motorcycles | MotoMatters.com | Kropotkin Thinks
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Is this a coincidence, or does god actually work in *extremely* mysterious ways?
“The one thing stopping me from being a teacher was that I could not remotely conceive of not trying to shag the kids.” Rust in piss, Rod Liddle.
It’s ok, folks. I’ll be back to talking about TTRPGs or something else soon, don’t panic.
I’m not one to ever yuck anyone’s yum, and my opinions aren’t worth what you pay for them, but there’s some stuff I just can’t get past. I get that some of you love the Ducati 749/999 but Pierre Terblanche only ever designed two nice motorbikes; the Ducati Supermono and the Royal Enfield Himalayan.
There’s little worse than a sore winner.
Trump: “The Winning Shot in the Bedminster Club Championship! Thank you very much to all of those who participated. I won with a 70, & am so honored in that, unlike the rest of the field, I’m given very little time to practice, bc I’m focused on many other things. It’s called TALENT, and I have it”
Ducati cleaned ready for MOT. Both bikes cleaned, tbh, but nobody really wants to see photos of a Triumph 765RS when there’s a ‘97 Ducati 748 available.
If you can bet on wildfires on Polymarket, you are now financially incentivised to start fires. This is the endgame. We are fucked.
I was a 911 dispatcher for a decade. To really understand how terrible an idea it is to have AI answer 911 calls, I'll present you with a single real-life call: Upon answer, the caller calmly began ordering a pizza. Large, pepperoni. Side order of chicken wings. To be delivered promptly.
AI has no place in 911 calls. From Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000’s latest episode “State of Emergency”. (with @emilymbender.bsky.social)
Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface
the chasm of difference between the US half time and the Scottish one
The Luddites loved technology. They owned looms at home and would ‘mod’ them to count threads. Their battle was against worker exploitation. The degradation of their rights, safety and wages. They were against a handful of rich businessmen owning the means of production. Sound familiar?
George Lucas likens AI sceptics to luddites clinging to horses and carts
Her team didn't wait for the all clear, which given the circumstances, they should have, causing the whole embarrassing incident. Some weird mix of entitlement/arrogance/unprofessionalism there didn't help.
Unprecedented. Maria Herrera won (on track) against her championship rival, giving her enough points to claim the 2026 WorldWCR title. The only problem: she got a penalty for knocking a rider off on the last lap, putting her in second place and keeping the championship alive.
Alex Lowes was the only non-Ducati in the top seven in the second World Superbike session today.