Let us salute the rogue genius of Desmond Morris, ape-watcher and last of the Surrealists, gone at 98. Here he is, less than 2 years ago, with his Man Ray tribute work - the photographic lips are those of Diana Dors, whom he dated in the 40s when she was still Diana Fluck.

I think it’s because their companies (and in Andreessen’s case, investments) are functionally meme stocks.

Palantir is valued at a 230 P/E ratio. OpenAI is a cash furnace. They only maintain their valuations through flash, sparkle, and futurism.

Hence, the manifestos.

Hmm.... I'm interested in your ideas and would like to subscribe to your podcast

I'm not joking when I say mRNA technology is more important than "AI" and it's a tragedy we're throwing billions into one while our government is aggressively defunding the other.

Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

This one is particularly gross. Hey, let's co-opt the name of a woman scientist whose work was stolen by men who then went on to win a Nobel Prize without her. 👩🏻‍🔬

Yay! Something good 😊

Ok, time to leave the time line for a bit

Jesus...
What have we become...

Another one for the "when someone tells you who they are"! 🙄😂🙄

When someone tells you they are...

Like we didn't know already, barely sentient thumb that he is 🙄

Re: shuttering Self Magazine: "Condé Nast’s overall business was profitable and ended 2025 with revenue growth, Mr. Lynch said. The new changes, he said, were aimed at positioning “the company for continued growth.”"

It really is laid off if you do, laid off if you don't with corporate media www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/b...

Imagine if we had politicians whose first instinct was to copy Mamdani, rather than aping the goms wrapped in tricolours.

The Irish government is doing more to house computers than it is to house people, and is somehow making less money from it.

#SpeirGorm

I would honestly be sooooo mortified by myself all the time if I was him

@realfollowers.bsky.social how many real ones please?

@realfollowers.bsky.social

That’s the social role it plays. And that’s the register at which the important part of the discussion about it is happening. For most people, the specifics of the applications are irrelevant. What’s important is the fact that it’s being used to justify a worse socioeconomic order for most people.

I ask this as a supportive but frustrated and annoyed union member

Genuine question: have recent pay agreements negotiated by ICTU with the government not included incrementally increased exclusions to the ability to engage in industrial action?
It's my very top line understanding & I'm open to correction but ICTU have negotiated the slow removal of workers' teeth

An orange cat sleeping amongst oranges in a green grocer.

He found his people. 🍊

Ew.... Theil stew water 🤢

It showed it willingness to tolerate racism, but here's further evidence that #substack is not a good platform to be on.

For context - this is costing us approximately a quarter of the cost of the children's hospital. A building which will serve every child in Ireland and last decades.

We're spending a quarter of that cost on making sure private businesses make money.

Fuck sake.

Eek! Apprehensive feelings about this...
My body has changed A. Lot. since I wore these last time around. Not sure I'm able for "fashion" anymore :)

Upward only growth! 😂😂😂
Could there a causation / correlation example in this figure too I wonder!

So often! And it's not always a person's first thought to go "from what" and also if you include that data it can throw author's preferred angle or newsworthy-ness. Another annoyance is using percentages when actual numbers are tiny or small comparatively.

John Schnetter in an ornate atrium in his house standing in front of a GIANT eagle statue that is also a clock wearing blue boot cut jeans that are slightly too long for him. These jeans are obscuring the exact type of black leather shoe he has chosen to wear with the jeans. He is also wearing a red t-shirt with the word papa written in white cursive font acros the chest. He has suspiciously uniform dark hair and eyebrows.

Owner of Papa John's pizza US still "rocking" this look