I am once again begging Hollywood to stop using the Greek alphabet for an Ancient World movie, if they can't afford to even throw a couple of quid at anyone with an inkling of the language. Unless they really think audiences are dying to see THS THDPSSSSPS
An additional layer of fascination here is that, given the era, there's no way Street, the most despised heel on the circuit, wasn't adhering to kayfabe with his comments about his background, and I don't know whether the journalist and photographer were in on that. Did he hate where he came from?
Richard@sirlariato.northsky.social · 3w agoAdrian Street returns to his father's coal mine as a star - one of the most iconic wrestling photos of all time, and described by Turner Prize winning artist Jeremy Deller as "the most important photograph taken in Britain after the war". varioussmallfires.co.uk/2014/06/25/o...
It's shocking that, in the nation which first made robot wars mass entertainment, we dont have a response to this. Awake sir killalot Albion is in need of your valour!
Adam Tranter@adamtranter.bsky.social · last mo.Humans should not be forced off pavements by delivery robots, but that's exactly what's happening. The people who pay the price are those with the least room to give it up.
“What a referendum creates, by definition, is a responsibility gap” @hugorifkind.bsky.social www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
I've had 2 journalists today asking if Miliband as Chancellor would be a "Liz Truss moment" and find it difficult not to just respond "are you on crack?".
Michael@michaeljsc.bsky.social · 2mo agokeep seeing reports that markets are jittery about a potential Miliband Treasury and it’s pure vibes right? he is a mainstream, experienced, capable politician who understands economics and they’re treating him like Green Liz Truss
Marcus Aurelius says u don’t have to have a take on fucking everything 🙌
It's not just that LLMs make stuff up. It's the fact that people using LLMs don't seem to take on board that they make stuff up, and aren't even willing to do their jobs to the point where they *check the output* of these hit-and-miss apps. If I was their boss, I'd fire the useless feckers.
Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 2mo agoAmazing: KPMG wrote a report describing the successful use of AI by businesses. But the case studies turned out to be AI hallucinations. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
The weirdest thing (having spent the morning writing about Belfast etc) is that this govt is presiding over falling crime, falling immigration, falling NHS waits…all the things you might’ve thought moved the dial. But it’s just exuding a sort of helplessness
The thing you need to know about Northern Ireland is that while yes the obvious conflict was always sectarian, traditionally the thing that would unify people was the opportunity to be racist
There isn't a facepalm big enough. Anyone in tech can tell you we barely keep track of who works for a company, let alone every user 😂 @katebevan.com expect a couple of tech person for a news segment calls later?
Sophie E. Hill@sophieehill.bsky.social · 2mo agoJess Phillips says that tech companies are all "lying" and that they know "exactly how old" every user is. (The proof, according to Phillips? She gets menopause ads and her children don't.)
I love this, and it makes me want to eat All The Pasta: pestomatrix.com Via @oliver@toots.im over on the Fediverse: toots.im/@oliver/1167...
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Tl full of posts from lads who didn't know northern irland existed until last night being like how do you do my fellow countrymen
This is remarkably prescient given what's likely to happen across Northern Ireland in the coming hours.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2mo agoWhy do the right’s Henry Nowak protests look like a party? Distasteful as it is, they’re having fun | Jonathan Liew
english isn't for cowards. if you're not saying 'torpify,' that's a skill issue. there's no Académie Française telling you what to do. if you try to type 'pallific' and freak out when you see a little red underline, maybe you're not ready to roll with the big dogs.
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In Belfast the crescent art centre had a library book sale. Buy a tote bag for £8 and fill that sucker up. My wife is a voracious reader. This is £8’s worth.
It's pretty obvious as to why, but it feels like we are still all trying to ignore what happened six years and how it continues to affect all our lives.
Naomi Alderman@naomialderman.bsky.social · 2mo agoI will say that I think in 50 years' time it's going to be obvious how many things we thought were about something other than the pandemic but in fact were really about the pandemic.
I knew this would happen. As if it wasn't bad enough being asked about 'supermoons' (when the Full Moon occurs when it happens to be close to us in its orbit, making it slightly bigger in the sky but not big enough one would notice), we now have press enquiries about the weekend's 'micromoon'.
This is an unforgivably stupid situation. It is an astonishing own goal to try and drive student numbers down to move an immigration number that in turn is totally ignored by the anti-immigrant head bangers.
Giles Wilkes@gilesyb.bsky.social · 2mo agoUK universities cut jobs, research and teaching amid squeeze in overseas students - www.ft.com/content/ded7... I don't really understand why any administration would not try to reverse the fall in overseas student numbers, but I guess I'm a naive liberal
This is fantastic.
Martin Concagh@mconcagh.bsky.social · 2mo agoMy favourite pop culture “takedown“ is Pat Metheny’s essay on Kenny G. It‘s so good because despite his clear contempt, Metheny is focused entirely on Kenny G’s technical abilities and artistic choices as an artist and never, ever insults his fans ontherecord.co/2020/05/30/p...
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