if Tim Curry had only blessed us with this speech it would have been enough, but he has given us so much more

Moment Nigel Farage henchmen manhandle disabled OAP in parking row Henchmen working for the divisive Reform leader were seen on camera manhandling a retired engineer who was trying to park in a disabled spot to drop off his wife in Shetland

Farage thugs manhandle man with pacemaker after he objects to the Reform leader's chauffeur parking in disabled bay that he needs to use.

Lovely People.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

With the UK economy predicted to be hit hardest by Trump's war, remember who supported it.

Yes is winning on 58%

Mail is running a poll on whether the UK should rejoin the EU.

Takes seconds to vote and it's going hilariously well...

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

A photo of the front cover of issue 1673 of Private Eye magazine, with the caption “on shelves now.” The main headline reads “HUNGARY: ORBAN LOSES HISTORIC ELECTION.” The central image shows Viktor Orbán standing on stage alongside JD Vance, both raising their arms in front of a cheering crowd with Hungarian and US flags in the background. A speech bubble reads, “Who says America can’t achieve regime change?” A strapline at the bottom reads “HUGE TRIUMPH FOR MAGA (SURELY MAGYAR? ED.).”

Hungary: Orban loses historic election

The new Private Eye is out now.

there is no folly of the beasts of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men

CHRISTINA KOCH GREETING HER DOG AFTER RETURNING FROM THE MOON IM GONNA CRYYY 😭😭😭

initially i thought it extremely inappropriate for jd vance to travel to another country and try to meddle in their elections and now i think he should go stump on behalf of every right wing reactionary party in europe, give him a special budget for it, i don't care, get him on the local news

This morning, NASA sent up a message recorded by Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell before his death: “Hello, Artemis II! This is Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell. Welcome to my old neighborhood! When Frank Borman, Bill Anders, and I orbited the Moon on Apollo 8, we got humanity’s first up-close look at the Moon and got a view of the home planet that inspired and united people around the world. I’m proud to pass that torch on to you — as you swing around the Moon and lay the groundwork for missions to Mars … for the benefit of all. It’s a historic day, and I know how busy you’ll be. But don’t forget to enjoy the view. So, Reid, Victor, Christina, and Jeremy, and all the great teams supporting you – good luck and Godspeed from all of us here on the good Earth.” Jim Lovell Jim Lovell Gemini VII, Gemini XII, Apollo 8, and Apollo 13 Astronaut

This morning, NASA sent up a message recorded by Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell before his death:

Painted eggshells fragments by artist Ruby Silvious #WomensArt #Easter

THEY TRAINED THE AI ON ACTUAL WRITERS. YOU CANNOT TELL IF SOMETHING IS AI SIMPLY BASED ON IT USING PROPER GRAMMAR. IT STOLE FROM US!!! IT STOLE!!! IT IS A THIEF AND I WILL NOT EVER BE QUIET ABOUT IT!!!!

A photoshopped image from the Bayeux Tapestry, showing Harold Godwinson swearing on holy relics an oath to the Absolute Unit (a very large sheep).

Breaking news: we've just signed a once-in-a-lifetime loan agreement to bring rural England's most iconic artwork home for the first time in 1,000 years.

Introducing our 2027 major exhibition - Bayewe Tapestry: the Fight to Wool England.

“We’re dealing with a President who is a narcissist and a bully… a rebuke of some kind is necessary”

Broadcaster and journalist David Dimbleby says a US State Visit by King Charles “is a misuse of the King” and the UK is “giving Trump more than he deserves”.

#Newsnight

It is really, really wild how persistent and prominent this remains in common LLMs. There seems to be an air of "well they fixed that" and it is 100% not true: most of the energy just seems to be going towards 'being plausible enough to be accepted', ie style and not accuracy or truth

It's my own fault for using ChatGPT as a search tool, but this really made me laugh. "...with an important nuance..." is sublime 🤌

reading a book about iran. apparently the gov there is run by a Supreme Leader who has conducted mass deportations, sent forces into cities, uses state licenses to control media, labeled protestors "enemies," slapped tariffs on industries, and is supported by religious extremists. didn't know this.

The second doctor who pictured on a news article mentionning the arrest of a second doctor in a FGM case

Reposted with ALT cos its funny .
How using an algorithim to select photos for your news article is going:

wouldn't it be funny if EVERYONE blocked this Attie AI account @ bsky.app/profile/atti... before they could do anything with it

Headline from CityAM: “US ambassador: UK’s closer ties with EU are a problem”

Oh, piss off.

Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay

What’s Grokipedia, Musk’s AI-powered rival to Wikipedia? Grokipedia copies Wikipedia’s format, but loose fact-checking and weak citations leave many of its claims unreliable.

I’ve just come across something called Grokipedia. How can it be called a “rival to Wikipedia” when it just lifts content from that platform, often dropping citations by the look of it? I know which I trust more… the one created and curated by humans.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...

They were trying and failing to get people to subscribe at $20/mo and each 60 second video was costing the company $15-18 in costs to make.

That’s it, everybody, right there. That’s the Economics of AI. Visionary stuff.

A screenshot from Threads user @Zemotion I won. I won my appeal. The Luxembourg court has ruled that Jeff Dieschburg infringed upon my copyright when he used my work without consent. Using a different medium was irrelevant. My work being 'available online' was irrelevant. Consent was necessary. 1/ With an image side by side of their photograph of an asian woman with a drooping outfit, and an oil painting of the identical woman, canvas flipped.

Oh this is a really important win.

So you know people who use AI generated images and then copy that as a physical painting?

This means that as it has no copyright protection (because AI does not), if it's too similar to the existing art AI ripped off, it is easier to fight back legally.

eight years ago today we all watched the glory of zendaya falling madly in love with tom holland and the internet was never the same

A photo from the 1988 movie Big showing Tom Hanks wearing an elaborate white tuxedo with gold buttons and looping gold applique all over the lapels and upper arms. In the movie, he is a child in a man's body.

But with zero charm.

It is the anniversary of the My Lai massacre today. I'd say that even more than most years, it's important to remember what happened.

And the role Hugh Thompson, an active serviceman, played in both stopping and publicising it. Despite enormous military, political and public pressure to stay quiet.

“But, as you see, it's a beautiful day, the Strait of Hormuz is open and people are having a wonderful time.”

Inside the Department of War are two wolves:

"We've shut down the Colleges of War because book learnings are woke, gay, and irrelevant to war fighting."

"How come no one told us the Strait is important, there are different kinds of Kurds, Iran is big, and air power historically doesn't win wars?"

'The Discworld Bestiary' to be published October 2026 | Terry Pratchett Today Transworld and Ten Speed Press in the US announced the publication unleashing of The Discworld Bestiary – a guide to some of the most fearsome, bizarre and unusual creatures from across the disc...

The Discworld Bestiary to be published this October! terrypratchett.com/news/the-dis...

Reform UK's Crypto Provider on Register That Housed North Korean Money Laundering Reform UK processes cryptocurrency donations through a foreign infrastructure that housed a US Treasury sanctioned crime syndicate laundering $4 billion in illicit funds – including proceeds from Nort...

EXCL: Reform UK have been processing cryptocurrency donations through Poland, under a 'lax' regulatory regime which previously housed a Cambodian crime syndicate sanctioned by the US Treasury for laundering $4 billion in illicit funds (inc. proceeds from North Korean state-sponsored cyber heists)