Notorious paperback
Back of book
I'm just admiring my new paperback, and I see that @headlinebooks.bsky.social has put my Bluesky handle on the back.
We're here, folks.
Three ships silouhetted against a choppy sea from left to right, the stubby little HMS Repulse, Titanic doing its thing a fair way back, and HMS Powerful to the left doing its damndest to look like what Brunel would've come up with if they'd have just let him do one more liner bro please bro last one I promise bro.
Incredible shot (from wikipedia) of Powerful with the Titanic in the background. Quite the long boi
Mad fact... 42% of Labour Prime Ministers have had to fire Peter Mandelson.
Beth worked as a doctor for years until a transphobe turned up. Now, she's had to leave her job, leave her home, move to the other side of the world and is still being hounded and harassed by the media and cult.
She did nothing but exist as trans in the orbit of Sandie Peggie.
@oldenoughtosay.com this is from Tâf's point of view isn't it?
the art of war: “you - yes, you, dipshit - need to feed your men and make sure they don’t get sick. no you are not exempt on the basis of being a very special boy. oh my god, why am I surrounded by idiots.”
Also, John Cena and John Oliver were born on the same day. I'm not saying there's a Twins remake in there, but there definitely is
Discworld QOTD, from Guards! Guards!
I'm absolutely shocked, shocked I say, to see that this article has no examples of people being offended by progressive views and the only examples this is seeking to address are gender critical, holocaust denial and racism. Shocked to my core.
I was in an Indian restaurant last night when the waiter came up and said "Curry OK?"
"No Thanks" I said, "I'm not much of a singer"
two images of the human body's circulatory system. One of them with good cable management
The human circulatory system, before and after proper cable management.
Good morning and welcome to marvellous marmalade Monday
Strength isn’t found in fearlessness,
but in the quiet courage to keep going… even when fear is present.
The Free Speech Coalition is serious about starting an adult industry credit union. Part of this is being able to show regulators that enough people would use it, so please fill out this form if you're interested!
(Yes, credit unions can issue credit cards!)
www.freespeechcoalition.com/survey
Good morning & welcome to Roast Dinner Day
If you woke up feeling a little heavy today… come sit with me a moment 🐾
You don’t have to rush into the day.
You don’t have to have everything figured out.
Just start gently… that’s enough
File under #IfItsNotAlrightItsNotTheEnd
Discworld QOTD, from The Light Fantastic
The first four M'Lady Bs.
Why don't Sony cameras come with a photo app called AndShare?
A belted galloway cow walking into the mist, towards a bold, unpredictable future.
“So it was, on that misty morning, that Brenda set off for the capital. She knew not what she would find there, only that the time had come to move on - away from small-minded rural attitudes and people who called her ‘Oreo’ and ‘the wide panda’ - to seek a more fulfilling life.”
So this article from the latest Private Eye states that Teesside Freeport is going to close down.
I have said all along that free zones are Ponzi schemes for the asset classes in rip-off Britain.
Thread
We already KNOW how to make super babies, you eugenicist creeps! And it's all the things you fucking fucks are fucking up! THREAD!
One of my favorite things is finding gems unrelated to what I’m researching
A Texas guy in the ‘70s related to a local paper that during the 1916 border mobilization, he witnessed the 1st NH Inf band play “Marching Thru Georgia,” causing a nearby GA unit to threaten to attack. Regulars intervened
That is the face of an old dog up far too late in the day for their liking.
Ola Labib
Weekend catch-up: Women working in live comedy have told MPs they face entrenched sexism, opaque pay practices and widespread harassment http://dlvr.it/TS5vym
If the Pythons don't make this into a film, they are missing out on some very easy money
I've ranted about LLM "AI" elsewhere, and in replies, but to reiterate it in a thread that I can pin now:
One of the fundamentals of computer science is "Garbage In, Garbage Out". I learned this as a child, learning to program, over 40 years ago.
You cannot put bad data in, and get good data out.
Bobby Gentry, Ode to Billy Joe
youtu.be/nv33eaygVDQ?...