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That's weird, I got flagged as an "AI Enjoyer". Despite AI being mentioned in 0.3% (I counted) of my posts, and mostly in ambivalent or negative terms.

Block- and label lists are bullshit and a misfeature.

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That sounds like a thoroughly good idea and I would probably do well to follow suit.

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I believe the phrase you're looking for is "a fiend in feline shape, a monster of depravity".

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I recognise this as a brilliant technical achievement, but I think the point it'll really take off is when the fencers start to get extra style points for "killing" an opponent amid a rude picture in the air.

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Delighted to see this use for it. ❤️

1 day ago 1 0 1 0

Oh you. Oh both of you. So many hugs.

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THREAD: The IEA global energy review 2026

* CO2 record high, but growth nearly ground to halt
* Clean energy shaved 3bn tonnes off CO2
* Fossil-fuel power pushed into reverse
* Age of Electricity "confirmed"
* "Extraordinary" solar growth
* Batteries up 40%
* EVs up 20%
1/10

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Same, but catboi.

3 days ago 3 0 0 0

Do you think I *wanted* to get eviscerated by his adamantium fist-blades?

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Spoke with our neighbour. He's adopted a squared-off haircut and short beard which makes him look not entirely unlike Hugh Jackman as Wolverine.

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Yay, my security check went through. Nontrivial when it involves background checks in three countries. The Germans took three weeks; the Brits took eight; the Swiss turned everything around in five days.

Anyway, this means I can fly with the club that flies out of a nearby military airfield.

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I have listened to that through at least six times, internalising more of it each time, and though I have *some* minor critiques about it, it remains as cogent, lucid and powerful as the eponymous glutes. Talk about having the whole package!

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BEAT says: I THINK WE'LL KNOW THE SITE IS FULLY BACK ONLINE WHEN HE FINALLY CAN LOG IN LONG ENOUGH TO DELETE THIS.

The post they're quoting is missing, removed by its author. 

Karl Olson replies: Good thing i screencapped it

The screencap shows BEAT's post and the quoted one pre-removal.

It's a post by bsky staff person Why and it says: Looking forward to what the "ai sucks ackshoeally" crowd has to say about this one.

BEAT says: I THINK WE'LL KNOW THE SITE IS FULLY BACK ONLINE WHEN HE FINALLY CAN LOG IN LONG ENOUGH TO DELETE THIS. The post they're quoting is missing, removed by its author. Karl Olson replies: Good thing i screencapped it The screencap shows BEAT's post and the quoted one pre-removal. It's a post by bsky staff person Why and it says: Looking forward to what the "ai sucks ackshoeally" crowd has to say about this one.

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It was frankly shocking to drive back to England through the Eurotunnel and find myself dodging potholes on the M25. A few years ago, admittedly; I haven't done that drive for a while. But I'm gonna guess things haven't markedly improved.

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Having had my public comms for an outage mocked by The Register, I am profoundly sympathetic to whichever human out there is currently slapping their forehead for a mere typo. :)

Having said that: Reginos.

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As a personal data point, I'm going to say that the one on the left is pretty close to my ideal of masculine beauty. But I'm probably not whom you're trying to impress. :) I wish you a target-rich environment with your intended audience!

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Screenshot of headline and photo from the BBC web site, "Meghan says she was 'most trolled person in the world'".

Screenshot of headline and photo from the BBC web site, "Meghan says she was 'most trolled person in the world'".

"Was"? I have an idle habit of checking the German supermarket glossies for Meghan. She's ALWAYS there and they're ALWAYS making some horrible innuendo about her. A constant drip of hate into the ears of millions.

6 days ago 0 0 0 0

Quit yer wining.

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I can just picture you rubbing around his ankles going *pr*.

1 week ago 2 0 1 0

I spell it that way, but maybe that's just one of my peccadillos.

1 week ago 0 0 1 0

Oof. Yes, those are some big cinematic boots to fill. (Though fortunately when the camera pans up, they turn out to be empty...)

Favourite moment for me, though it's a tough choice: Nigel's little smile and eyebrow twitch after "they took advantage of me in ways I cannot describe".

1 week ago 1 0 0 0

I went looking in them, and it was apparent I'd have to faff around figuring out which setting specifically controls them, at which point I decided to leave it for another day when I have more spiritual energy.

1 week ago 1 0 0 0

Oh great, now Gmail has switched on AI suggestions for me. I hate them — every single one is wrong, they shoehorn idiosyncratic prose into the deathly trammels of a soulless uniformity. THANK YOU NO I HAVE BEEN USING THIS LANGUAGE FOR A WHILE NOW

1 week ago 3 0 1 0

Oh come on, Google. First you disable a gamertag you yourself generated, because it's "hateful". And now you've censored that review I wrote for a birdwatching venue, presumably because it mentions tits?

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Ground operations Four days on the airfields last week, Wednesday to Saturday straight through, and the start of proper training after my exploratory gliding <a href="https://footpad.dreamwidth.org/599300.html">experie...

Sho' am! Longer answer in a blog post: footpad.dreamwidth.org/600893.html

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Does Anja get things when she actually wants them? My experience of wolves is more limited than I'd like but I definitely learned the hollowness of the term "alpha male"...

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Aviation brings SO much to learn and SO many mistakes to make, and the mistakes are SO public and SO commonplace, that this is palpably helping with my neurotic aversion to inconveniencing people or looking silly in front of them.

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That is NOT what we meant when we asked you if you'd like to ride the red rocket.

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I feel a terrible need to play bongos on your abdomen.

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Artemis II and a dictator out in Hungary within three days of each other, I'm not sure I can deal with this onslaught of non-ghastly news

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