I fear we've reached the end times

I have noticed that they're very fond of the use of deletion, which is much less common in, say, the Guardian's cryptics. So much so that it's the first thing I look for now.

That's a very good point. I was so surprised by the books, having grown up with the TV show as a genuine family favourite. Phyllis Logan's character simply couldn't have existed within them.

Let's see what the planned reboot does with him, 40 years on. He'll need another serious tweaking...

Yeah. They haven't aged well. I got a Kindle volume of the first 4 novels for similar nostalgic reasons and didn't finish the first. His attitude to women does not improve, let's put it that way

Great that the Strait of Hormuz has reopened but I worry that, with all this news coverage, it'll become too commercialised now. Hard to see it recreating the amazing nights that those of us who were there in the early days had.

And this is why AI is still crepe. I thank you.

Drop your crime fighting catholics

This is what the world needed

Our evaluation of Claude Mythos Preview’s cyber capabilities | AISI Work We conducted cyber evaluations of Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview and found continued improvement in capture-the-flag (CTF) challenges and significant improvement on multi-step cyber-attack simulati...

This paper represents a small but deeply impressive and genuinely important achievement by the much maligned British state in what is probably the most important global issue of our era.

Hear me out ( 🧵) 1/

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Seriously?! A misspent youth, right there

Madam Medusa YouTube video by UB40 - Topic

Inspired by @robmanuel.b3ta.com

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Not just the first; the second album is fantastic too

I have two of these. Manic Street Preachers in Alcuin JCR at York Uni in 1991, a venue that held around 100 people, and Hookworms' first ever gig, supporting either Moon Duo or Wooden Shjips at the Brudenell, Leeds

I did not know that. TIL also

This very much made me think of the drills in Neal Stephenson's In The Beginning Was The Command Line web.stanford.edu/class/cs81n/...

A hardback edition of Noel Woodall's Car Numbers. Completely revised, with over 57,000 entries.

The book contains an index of registration plates, listing their owners.

You've got to love Airbnb bookcase finds

I have so many great Dodgy stories; the national tour of people's living rooms, the gig in York where the venue pulled the power and they played on, acoustic, sat on the floor in the audience. They were far better than their reputation. And Mat's next band (The Yellow Moon Band) was amazing too.

Entirely anecdata, but I am one of only 2 or 3 regular Kindle users on my creative writing MA (of 16). Everyone else is physical only. Which surprised me, tbh.

[I recommended your book, obviously]

What do you call a dog that can do magic?

A labracadabrador

Many times. I have a lot weighing on me

Two very opposing views on gen AI, next to each other in my blue sky feed.

Never let it be said that I live in a bubble...

The Chicago Manual Of Style Murders

Your Time Is Gonna Come YouTube video by Sandie Shaw - Topic

Happy Friday everyone!

(First ever cover of a Led Zeppelin track committed to vinyl)

What a fucking record

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I still think about Rudi Guliani shaving at the breakfast table more than I should

Came here to say exactly this

This screenshot of Elite is 23 kilobytes. The entire game was 22 kilobytes.

Now I'm angry!

Why Does It Always Rain On Me by Travis

Could you fucking imagine?

Phew. Went offline for a few hours, scared i'd missed it when I saw the email, but SCORE

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