To be fair it’s going to be very funny when these clowns invent AGI and the super intelligent machine tells everyone to get offline, avoid processed food, stroll in the woods, seek community, eschew racism, pay high marginal rates of tax and ignore the ravings of deranged billionaires.
Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing? 2? Questions I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up. Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?
If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
Blood moon eclipse over Stonehenge in Wiltshire, UK - approximately 35 images were needed to create. 💫✨
📸 Steven Sanders
The size of a polar bear close up.
They say 'the machines of the future' will be as smart as people...
OK, but WHICH people? Because it kinda matters quite a bit.
A gentle read for an August lunchtime, well, it depends what we mean by gentle. What if Wirral being weird is it’s super strength instead of something to make a joke about? By me for Liverpools Almanac
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Photo finish
3 oystercatchers for the price of one.
They were wheeling around as a trio the other evening at Parkgate on the Wirral, UK.
#photography #birds #wildlife #nature #ukbirds #ukbirding #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #nikon
Smart! Raven loves winning Tic Tac Toe.
Word of the day is ‘swullocking’, from 19th-century East Anglian dialect: sultry, sweltering, and sudiferous (sweat-inducing).
BREAKING NEWS: Dennis!!
A flyby of Earth from the International Space Station.
Credits: NASA
I've been so excited to hold this in my hands... and it's finally here!
"Lessons From Cats For Surviving Fascism"
Thank you to the amazing team at Grand Central Publishing/Hachette and to Pablo Amargo for the stunning illustrations.
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What does the Milky Way look like from the side? Thanks to data from ESA’s Gaia mission, we now have a detailed map showing its thin, warped disk — home to our Sun and billions of stars. A stunning view of our galaxy’s true shape. Credit: ESA, Gaia, DPAC, Stefan Payne-Wardenaar
What does the Milky Way look like from the side? Thanks to data from ESA’s Gaia mission, we now have a detailed map showing its thin, warped disk — home to our Sun and billions of stars. A stunning view of our galaxy’s true shape.
Credit: ESA, Gaia, DPAC, Stefan Payne-Wardenaar
IF YOU ARE ARRESTED Before arresting you, the police should explain that you’re being arrested, what offence, and why. If you’re arrested, say “no comment” to all questions and do NOT accept a caution until you have legal advice. Seek advice from a solicitor with expertise in protest law (see below). You have the right to: • Tell someone about your arrest • An interpreter if English isn’t your first language • An appropriate adult if you’re under 18 or a vulnerable person You are not legally required to share your nationality or immigration status when arrested, although police may check this if they suspect you’re not a British citizen. For guidance on the implications of being arrested at a protest, see jcwi.org.uk/immigration-advice-for-protesters SOLICITORS OFFERING FREE 24 HOUR ADVICE: ITN solicitors 020 3909 8100 Hodge Jones & Allen 0844 848 0222 Kellys 01273 674 898 / 0800 387 463 MTC 07956 308 127 Bindmans 020 7305 5638 Commons 020 3865 5403 LEGAL OBSERVERS & OTHER SUPPORT:
DO I HAVE TO ANSWER POLICE QUESTIONS? If you are stopped and questioned by the police, or they talk to you at a protest, you have the right not to respond, unless you are engaging in “anti-social” behaviour (causing, or likely to cause “harassment, alarm or distress”). You shouldn’t provide false information to the police, as this is a criminal offence. You can’t be searched or arrested just because you lawfully refused to answer police questions. DO I HAVE THE RIGHT TO PROTEST? Yes. Your right to protest is protected by the Human Rights Act and can only be lawfully restricted by the police for certain specified purposes (such as preventing crime or disorder) and in a way that is proportionate. For more information and guidance on organising a protest, police powers to restrict or prohibit protests, and your rights if arrested, go to libertyhumanrights.org.uk/advice-and-information and select the topic of ‘protest’ or use the QR code below.
If you're protesting this weekend, it's vital you know your rights
Save these bust cards, share with others, write phone numbers on your arm, look for legal observers if you need assistance and remember to say "no comment" without a lawyer
Keep yourselves and each other safe
This is about all of us. Never forget that.
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Today we honor the flippered citizens of our icy nation.
Whether you celebrate whilst eating a democracy sausage in Oz, doomscrolling in America, pulling maple taps in Canada, or elsewhere, we appreciate the support! #worldpenguinday
Our beautiful birds of prey are routinely and illegally slaughtered on driven grouse moors . If you are as sick of this criminal persecution as me then please sign this @wildjustice.bsky.social petition petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70... Please RT
A social media interaction shared by Awesome Science: Are Pinky and the Brain still trying to take over the world? Because at this point, I'm willing to hear the Brain's platform. At this point, I'm willing to hear Pinky's platform.
I’m listening 😁
This is a really cool paper on the socialisation effects of studying at University. Surprisingly, the effects (moving in a leftward, liberal direction) are biggest for STEM students and those who move away from home to study, attend a single campus uni, and who live in ‘university towns’ and London.
The chapel at Dog Mountain
St Johnsbury Vermont
#BlueSkyArtShow
#Arch
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Early Morning Love Poem Duvet, you are so groovet, I’d like to stay under you all of Tuesdet. Brian Bilston
Early morning love poem.
Ooh! What a nice dilemma. I enjoyed both, but I’d probably say Kaiju if I had to choose. But keep SL in your pocket 😊
Interrupting the political despair to bring you Klimt’s Pear Tree.
Europe has a message for Elmo.
