Cherry blossom against a blue sky with white clouds.

Spring sky, with blossom| already the gutters are | filled with pink petals #dailyhaiku

Gen A.I. barons want us talkinge alone on our phones to a demon thei created, and not goinge places and being wyth each othir yn art and joy and communitye. Thei want cinemas to shut downe and broadwaye to go darke. Thei want wryteres to stop writinge. Thei want to build hell and have us pay for it.

How about just … NOT using AI? Be the lack of change you want to see in the world.

hot take

I always thought Sun Tzu's "Art of War" was a little simplistic and obvious but it turns out yes, you do literally need to tell the Secretary of War "you need to feed your troops and keep them from being wiped out by preventable diseases"

Interior magazine artwork (from Omni, December 1982) for Ian Watson's 'Returning Home'

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1985. ‘White Socks’ by Ian Watson

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 1987. ‘Salvage Rights’ by Ian Watson

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 1988. ‘The Mole Field’ by Ian Watson

Ian Watson sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/watson... who sadly died a week ago, was born on this day; here's magazine artwork for some of his stories 1982-88: 'Returning Home' ‘White Socks’ ‘Salvage Rights' & ‘The Mole Field’ (Artist: Jean-Marie Poumeyrol, RJ Krupowicz, David A Hardy & Stephen Gervais):

Happy birthday, Mary!

A Note on Gender from 'Folkish' by Kym Deyn The braag is woman in the same way a penny is money, which is like, if you're categorising, if there's nothing better to say, if you threw them down a well, if you wore a woman's portrait for years then a man's, if you were in every set of hands, if nobody gave a damn, if you always come back, if you're becoming more obsolete over time. The braag is a man in the same way a penny is a man, which is to say not at all. Which is to say the copper could be melted down and cast into anything you like. Which is to say he's in the pipes, which is to say turn on the tap -

There's also a section of "Folkish" where the poems are all about the Northumbrian trickster spirit, The Braag.

A Note on Gender
from 'Folkish' by Kym Deyn

"[...] if you wore
a woman's portrait for years then a man's, if you were in
every set of hands, if nobody gave a damn, [...]"

A circular basket, in use as a waste paper bin, rests on a grey and cream rug and a laminate floor. In the basket there is (1) a tabby cat, his tail sticking out, and (2) an empty tube of lick-e-lix, a.k.a. 'cat crack'. At top left you can glimpse the foot of an observer, who is laughing like a drain.

My cat's not rubbish | he's just investigating | the waste paper bin #dailyhaiku #proofofcat

England fans facing hugely inflated prices to get to New Jersey's MetLife Stadium for World Cup games The cost of getting the train from New York to the venue, where the Three Lions play Panama in their final group game, will be £111 - nearly 12 times the usual fare.

DON'T COME HERE.



They kidnap people off the streets & throw them in filthy holes.

They don’t care who you are.



They don't care if you're white, either, if you think that'll save you.



They have quotas.

(It’s all about money.)

THE US IS NOT SAFE.



STAY AWAY.
news.sky.com/story/englan...

On a distant stage, in front of a nocturnal seascape, stand the cast of Rigoletto - Mark Elder, conductor, entering stage right. A splendid production of a nasty story. Audience at back of amphitheatre somewhat vexing. (Stop talking! Stop leaning forward! Turn your bloody phone off!)

Rigoletto at | the Royal Opera, seen | from the cheap(er) seats #dailyhaiku

The best thing about this is nobody's favorite dinosaur is the apatosaurus.

THE UNNAMING FAILED IT'S A BRONTOSAURUS EVERYONE KNOWS IT'S A BRONTOSAURUS

The ultimate taske of Gen AI ys to insult the human heart, soul, brayne, memorye, libido, and will to lyve

Open Doors graphic with arrows and open double-doors

Open Doors Spotlight:
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Over the past week, the president posted an image of himself as Jesus, the vice president challenged the pope on Catholic doctrine, and the secretary of defense quoted the speech of a fictional hit man and presented it as scripture.

Sheer tights with red and blue butterfly motif designed to appear like as though they are flying around the legs. In this picture they are paired with red high heeled shoes and a short red skirt/dress.

Colourful patterned sheer tights (pantyhose in American) disappear from the high street shops every time there's an economic downturn.

They are very much my "thing" so I've noticed the wax and wane over the decades.

We're currently in the dour and dawdy phase - mostly grey brown and black opaque.

Illuminated Manuscript Creatures ;
#7
A long day at the kicking rats out of house factory.

Four young herons sitting in a row on stones and branches in the river. They let me get quite close. Lots of lovely greenery and wild garlic!

Herons in a row! | Fledglings in the Ravensbourne | amid the spring green #dailyhaiku

“But why would you drink with him if you thought he was a creep?” Because creepy men are still powerful people in their fields. Because they are still the professional & social contacts we are forced to maintain. Because the same people tell us we’re crazy for thinking a man is creepy to begin with.

It shouldn't be a PlotTwist(tm) to reveal that nothing gross happened. This nice gent did not prey on me in any fashion, and I have since come to know more lovely dudes like him. (9)

Paddington Bear, bringer of death.

“Oh, hello. I’m terribly sorry to bother you, but I heard you were combatting right wing AI slop by creating satirical left wing AI slop.

Oh, you are? How marvellous. Tell your family you’re just popping out for a second, if you wouldn’t mind. We’re going for a walk. No, you won’t need your coat”

The dome of St Paul's Cathedral, seen from the centre of the name. There was free admission this evening: we crept to the crypt and toured the tombs. I wondered aloud where they buried women, since - apart from a few early widows - it memorialised men.

St Paul's Cathedral | in the nave, looking skywards | vastness above me #daikyhaiku

🆘 Need some urgent help on this Rejoin EU poll.

Vote and RT ✅

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

I will draw Godzilla a map of where it can find every politician.

A wooded area of my local park. On the grass at centre, two young herons are semi-flying, while another (at left) spreads its wings. At right, one of them isn't playing any more, so there. There seem to be 6 young herons, plus the parents -- who swooped in, pterodactylly, to keep an eye on them. They're quite fearless, which is a little worrying.

Young herons playing | I've never seen so many | not great fliers yet #dailyhaiku

When I insisted on going out with the team one evening - "I don't want to miss all the conversations" -, they decided we'd go to a strip club

"No, I'M blockading the Strait of Hormuz"

A blue-grey lit stage set, for Les Liaisons Dangereuses at the Lyttleton Theatre on 11 April 2026. No photography allowed during performance, including curtain call... The lower halves of the walls are mirror, reflecting some ordinary chairs at far left. The upper halves of the walls show typically c18 French artwork, tasteful female nurses and delicate drapery. Top right is a quarter of the chandelier/light fitting, used for dramatic lighting effects later.

Detail of the set | Les Liaisons Dangereuses | Lesley Manville reigns #dailyhaiku #nationaltheatre

Just as there were people who resisted the introduction of inside toilets, seatbelts, women’s votes, lead free toys etc Tice & his party are similarly reluctant to embrace what most people can clearly see is needed. Unimaginative, regressive, fact averse idiots.
Let’s never let them run our country.

A Robin perched on a branch, its beak full of food and other material.

To reduce disease, we all need to make some urgent but simple changes to how we feed our garden birds.

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