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cpuk (trampoline park connoisseur and occasional comic printer)

@comicprintinguk.bsky.social

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Increasingly part-time comic printer (still the best tho). Increasingly full time dad/carer. S-tier trash talker. If you followed for the printing stuff get ready to see a lot about how society fails SEN kids instead. [email protected]

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cpuk (trampoline park connoisseur and occasional comic printer) @comicprintinguk.bsky.social · Oct 20

Oh also I print comic books for a living. And I happen to think I’m rather good at it. You can get a quote here if you have a comic and you’d like to have it printed by someone rather good at that. comicprintinguk.com/get-a-quote/

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cpuk (trampoline park connoisseur and occasional comic printer) @comicprintinguk.bsky.social · 5h

Final release is Jan 6 for the CD, no confirmation on vinyl date, but they’ve confirmed it’s coming. Most importantly we are living in the world where Act III is real, and despite all the horrors that is a joy to cling to.

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cpuk (trampoline park connoisseur and occasional comic printer) @comicprintinguk.bsky.social · 5h

And by “the Wily song” I assume you know I mean “a fucking all-timer”.

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cpuk (trampoline park connoisseur and occasional comic printer) @comicprintinguk.bsky.social · 5h

They’re putting out one or two tracks a week on Bandcamp if you preorder! So far we have three interludes which are fine, but also a retooled Hold Back The Night which is peak Protomen, a definitive No Way Back which has clunky lyrics but is musically A*, and Buried In The Red which is the Wily song

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cpuk (trampoline park connoisseur and occasional comic printer) @comicprintinguk.bsky.social · 7h

A. HEM.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 9h

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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cpuk (trampoline park connoisseur and occasional comic printer) @comicprintinguk.bsky.social · 7h

Sorry to be crude, but you have here a supposedly mature technology that can only improve and yet to the best of my knowledge the porn industry hasn’t worked out a way to make bank off it. The history of consumer technology suggests that if this is the case you don’t got shit.

cpuk (trampoline park connoisseur and occasional comic printer) @comicprintinguk.bsky.social · 7h

“What if the atomisation of culture that’s already done so much damage to society could intensify while also turning its attention to destroying the climate? Would that be good? Would you like that?”

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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cpuk (trampoline park connoisseur and occasional comic printer) @comicprintinguk.bsky.social · 7h

“No, it’s a lovely air hockey table”

Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 7h

“YOU WANT ME TO ARSE THE PARLOUR MAID???”

Putin sat at one end of a very long table.

cpuk (trampoline park connoisseur and occasional comic printer) @comicprintinguk.bsky.social · 7h

I am now getting ads for the hydraulic knee braces from The Dark Knight Rises. Fucksake.

cpuk (trampoline park connoisseur and occasional comic printer) @comicprintinguk.bsky.social · 7h

Something of a fan of The Protomen, me.

cpuk (trampoline park connoisseur and occasional comic printer) @comicprintinguk.bsky.social · 7h

Of course they both lose to the actual greatest song of all time: The Hounds (by The Protomen.)

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cpuk (trampoline park connoisseur and occasional comic printer) @comicprintinguk.bsky.social · 7h

The Protomen have recorded a song that vies with Light Up The Night (also by The Protomen) for greatest song ever. This is incredible.

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cpuk (trampoline park connoisseur and occasional comic printer) @comicprintinguk.bsky.social · 8h

Oh, so we *are* in hell?

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cpuk (trampoline park connoisseur and occasional comic printer) @comicprintinguk.bsky.social · 9h

I take it back. THIS is why you don’t get invited to the good parties.

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cpuk (trampoline park connoisseur and occasional comic printer) @comicprintinguk.bsky.social · 9h

“Whichever is highest” is pure spite. And it won’t even get them the plaudits they’re seeking.

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Robin Thorne @whatrobindoes.bsky.social · 9h

The Independent has made this the headline item because it's the obvious dog whistle, but the real challenge for migrants is going to be either £41.7k or the going rate "whichever is highest." There are entire industries - including creative - that this knocks out entirely.

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cpuk (trampoline park connoisseur and occasional comic printer) @comicprintinguk.bsky.social · 10h

It’s absurd on its face. I have A-level English, I have an entire degree in English! Outside of technical language you don’t need to use unless you’re working in the field it’s not like they teach you secret words. There are no extra letters of the alphabet we’re keeping from the rest of you!

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cpuk (trampoline park connoisseur and occasional comic printer) @comicprintinguk.bsky.social · 10h

Under TIMED CONDITIONS, mind you.

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cpuk (trampoline park connoisseur and occasional comic printer) @comicprintinguk.bsky.social · 10h

Superb comment.

cpuk (trampoline park connoisseur and occasional comic printer) @comicprintinguk.bsky.social · 10h

It is very important to me that all migrants are able to compose a 1000 word essay on the themes of Sassoon’s war poetry.

The Independent @the-independent.com · 15h

Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK

www.independent.co.uk

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cpuk (trampoline park connoisseur and occasional comic printer) @comicprintinguk.bsky.social · 10h

Do you have any idea what a terrible person you have to be for this SCOTUS to decline to save you from the consequences of your actions?

cpuk (trampoline park connoisseur and occasional comic printer) @comicprintinguk.bsky.social · 11h

Yeah, I can believe it. Everyone’s very nice to my little girl when I’m around, but I worry that’s for me more than her.

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C.K. Fraser @ckfraser.com · 12h

you can pinpoint the exact moment as to when the unhinged migrated over.

James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 13h

Next time somebody asks me what Bluesky is like, I'll send them this

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cpuk (trampoline park connoisseur and occasional comic printer) @comicprintinguk.bsky.social · 12h

I am compelled to stan a legend.

cpuk (trampoline park connoisseur and occasional comic printer) @comicprintinguk.bsky.social · 12h

Just annoyed I wasn’t allowed it this morning.

cpuk (trampoline park connoisseur and occasional comic printer) @comicprintinguk.bsky.social · 12h

Listen, I knit while I’m walking, I’m used to funny looks.

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