Enjoyed this thread as Lance told me stuff I knew but didn’t know.
Lance Parkin@lanceparkin.bsky.social · 7h agoThere's been a real trend - because streaming miniseries sprawl over so many hours, I think, but perhaps it's demand driving supply - of spelling out *every* beat, saying *everything* out loud. Leaving no stone unexamined.
🎉 OCEAN WIN: A seabird hunt in Scotland will not go ahead for the first time in 400 years 🪶 up to 2,000 gannet chicks are killed in the hunt each year, but major public pressure has helped stop this year's hunt going ahead. What a huge victory for marine life! 👏 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Scottish gannet chick hunt blocked for first time in 400 years
NatureScot refuses licence for hunt on Hebridean island of Sula Sgeir in which up to 2,000 seabirds are killed
theguardian.com
My pitch would be to normalise releasing old movies at the same level of hype as new movies - I want to see Jaws in my local Vue and I want them to spend Odyssey money promoting it so we're all talking about Jaws (1975), and how it's relevant now, because it's a movie about capitalism will kill you.
weinberg@weinbergs.bsky.social · 7mo agolet's pretend: Universal announces a screenwriting contest for Jaws 5. What's your pitch?
uh oh, this film about a plane crash is following a suitcase through the airport baggage system, this can’t be good
EA games thinking "how could we possibly maximise our evil this quarter" www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
Saudi Arabia's $55 billion takeover of Electronic Arts will happen next week
EA says all regulatory hurdles are cleared, so all that's left to do is to do it.
pcgamer.com
Challenge: you have ten minutes to find something, anything, new to watch, go!
i bring a sort of ‘i fear neither pain nor death’ energy to the pedestrian/driver interaction that drivers don’t really like
External, night: “You look like hell”, says the senior female investigator to the most handsome 28-year-old corn-fed rookie.
After investing literally pounds into the rebrand of WHSmith, ‘TJ Hughes’ is closing my local one. This might mean we don’t have a bookshop. New library opens next year though.
Really brave of capitalism, I mean, Febreze, to launch an air freshener for your bin. 💨🗑️💰
“I’m an anxious and paranoid queen,” said Miller. “it was gonna be Boo Boo the Fool here, on his own” “the vacuum should be called Vaxtina – like Xtina. You can write that one down.” The fella’s media trained with no training ♥️
Olly Benson@ollybenson.uk · 5d agoWe saw CJ perform on Sunday, just before the start of the gymnastics. It was funny and absurd, and a great way to celebrate the volunteers.
I rather strongly corrected a client, because of how I am as a person 😔 You see, the client is always right in matters of taste. But SharePoint is always (quote marks) right in matters of SharePoint.
My client knows I don’t really work Fridays, and before I logged off yesterday they said “Happy Junior Friday!”.
My weekend starts now, except I’m tryna launch an intranet in the USA so gotta stay online.
I have never heard of modulo, and this works on a calculator. Not sure when I’ll need it, but good to know.
davemakes🔶@mixolumia.com · 7d agoI think programming concepts are better explained with cute cartoon bugs sharing cookies, how about you
Dressed up for a potential client meeting (shirt and no trousers) ☀️🌡️
just minding my own business, thinking about the Roman empire four or five times a week (as all men do) and BLAM — Greek stuff in every channel every hour. it’s so od
“One thing at a time.” Good advice! Except I am task switching every 3.5 minutes.
Good morning good morning, my wish for you today is a good walk. Your brain is directly linked to your bone legs (as proven by pigeons) and so ambulatory locomotion helps thinking. If bone legs are not an option, please report on the benefits of other bone movements or of taking your bones outside.
Def got the Sunday scarries as there will be an imperial ton of tasks and messages tomorrow. Hope I can sleep tonight.
Introducing nature's jewel 🪲 Rose chafers are great for the ecosystem, with adult beetles helping to pollinate flowers, whilst their larvae break down decaying plant material in compost heaps and leaf litter, recycling valuable nutrients back into the soil. 📷️: Mike Wenham
People who have meaningful jobs which they are good at, just aren't enraptured by this shit. It's people with meaningless jobs which could be done by a magic 8 ball, that get sucked deep into the rabbit hole made just for them.
