My life often feels like it's hanging in the balance, but I get a bit of solace knowing some of the dreadful people I've managed to outlive. Ann Widdecombe, Lindsay Graham, Chuck Norris and now Rod Liddle in 2026 alone. Quote post with someone you're looking forward to outlasting. Farage, for me.

Inspector Gadget. Despise this mf.

Inspector Gadget

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Sanjay Srivastava@sanjaysrivastava.com · 6d ago

What is an extremely nerdy/obscure/specific thing you hate with a white-hot wrath?

Shoutout to the very senior professor in HCI who gave a talk last month about how AI can do qualitative data analysis better than people now.

Lana Sinapayen@sinalana.eurosky.social · 3mo ago

If you use LLMs to do your data analysis, or if you listen to people who do, you should read this kucharski.substack.com/p/real-signa...

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@russellhoban.bsky.social Seems like Raymond Briggs was a fan too. :)

Jake Tilson@jaketilson.bsky.social · 2w ago

What a brilliant idea www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...

Todays moth: Horama plumipes Found from Central America to Texas! Wingspan around 4.5cm! Family Arctiidae #moths #mothposting

trans people will exist longer than the usa

AI forced down our throats > Many new data centres > Hardware prices skyrocket > Consumer hardware corps can't get components, pivot toward cloud computing > This becomes the norm for consumer devices > Govt surveillance, censorship, control becomes easier + more ubiquitous than ever. Just watch.

can’t believe a narcissist is being so publicly humiliated by a reflecting pool

Alan Turing, born on this day in 1912. Helped save this country only to be persecuted by it.

'Copacabana' by Barry Manilow ends with the repeated refrain 'Don't fall in love'. A rare message in popular music, I find.

When did 'mutual aid' just become asking for cash online?

QTP with a ship that makes you happy. Although I must admit I think the B and C are better looking...

Paul DeBetta@pauldebetta.bsky.social · 2mo ago

QTP with a ship that makes you happy

whenever anyone I know admits to using ChatGPT this appears above my head

Nashies! Aug. 16th 🎂@nashiez.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"So, if I use ChatGPT you think less of me?" Yep. Hope this helps.

All uses of AI are costing someone… this sucks as the Game UI database is such a valuable resource.

People keep trying to label me as 'nomadic' rather than homeless and it's getting on my wick. I have no income. I have no place to go back to. I have no realistic employment prospects. This isn't a lifestyle choice I can drop whenever I want.

Just been looking at the stats for cis-on-cis violence. Extremely troubling stuff.

Here's the serious bit for anyone who'd rather skip the 4000 words of jokes

Just had a realisation: Andrew Tate is a drag king. He doesn't know it, but he is.

I am the kind of lonely That loops back into itself, And makes me withdraw. I pass by the cute boys Speaking their language That trills like a mandolin And wonder whether, If I spoke and understood, Things would be different.

I think I've said it before but as another domino (Kickstarter) falls to the prurient whims of Visa and MasterCard, it really feels like we need a new and uncensorable payment network, and it feels like this is what crypto was made for.

It's lucky for ABBA that they weren't called Carlos, Ulrike, Niccolo and Timotea.

All I really want is a husband who's financially comfortable and has lots of free time but is still radical anti-capitalist, will accept me and my many quirks/foibles and let me work on my weird shit instead of getting a real job, and is also hot, charming, funny, kinky etc. Is that so much to ask?