Fuck them.

Exactly.

I suspect that means their chauffeur set them questions.

Writing a depressing novel is easy, you just make sad things happen and this forces your readers to have feelings. This is why most novels are depressing, and funny novels, of which @lukekennard.bsky.social's Black Bag is a nice example, are rare. Really enjoyed this book.

Now this… this is humour. Everything else is just pretending.

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And the Lord did say I can feel it coming in the air tonight:
And the shepherds answered: hast thou been waiting for this moment?
And the Lord answered, yea, all my life:
And the shepherds did say: Oh Lord, Oh Lord

This, on the other hand, I do like a lot. Ireland's 'basic income for arts' scheme is making a real difference.
bsky.app/profile/yuno...

SNP pledges roll-out of 'minimum income' for Scottish artists, writers and musicians Pilot project backed in the wake of calls to reduce financial pressures and remove barriers for freelances.

The SNP has pledged to roll out a new “minimum income” for Scotland’s writers, musicians, filmmakers, playwrights, comics and visual artists if it returns to power after the Holyrood election.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2601829...

OpenAI: We’re burning money like the Joker. A miracle needs to happen for us to turn a profit

Microsoft: Please please use our AI systems, we’re teetering on the edge here

Anthropic: I wonder what’ll kill us first: lawsuits, regulations or model collapse

Media and universities: AI is here to stay

Ditto Iain M Banks.

BREAKING: Nigel Farage has been heckled in Shetland and branded a 'scrounger'

The Reform UK leader is expected to be leaving the islands on his private plane later today

If I was the Pope I would do that thing where I turn into bats, fly to America, find Trump, then turn back into the Pope so I can simply push him the fuck over x

Oh, this? This is karma. The heavens aligned.

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

Beaker of The Muppets (who would, frankly, be a better negotiator than J.D. Vance).

US Chief Negotiator hanging tough over Iran.

Charlie Drake, I think?

Go on go on I been in Game of Thrones and I was really good

He was in Galway apparently

Sinners is a movie about the pitfalls of folk music.

Fight Club’s a movie about finding the inner you.

“If you were in charge of Star Trek what would you do?”

Retitle it ‘Garak and Company’ and just have Garak, Bashir, Kira, Dax and O’Brien shooting round the Alpha Quadrant solving crimes.

#BigDay #OneOfTheLads

It’s raining out.

It was going to be a Manics single before Ritchie said ‘what about motorcycles?’

Thanks 🙏

An adorable bunny consoling a cute chick with the thought of Trump’s death.

It’s just… everything.
I know.
…
…
But look-
What?
He’s nearly 80. He’ll be dead soon.
…
True.