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Mikey C @amazingmikeyc.bsky.social · 6h

I think the 2001 edition will have been similar if that helps

Mikey C @amazingmikeyc.bsky.social · 6h

Yeah I agree; my clumsy point was that it is strange/disturbing that these guys don't see that the AI is not adding any value that's not already been available for ever; clichéd dating advice is always the same but this is treated as magic and a way to not think.

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Mikey C @amazingmikeyc.bsky.social · 7h

What I don't get is how is this better/substantially different than talking to a real human friend or reading FHMs Free Guide To Chatting Up Ladies 2003??

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Mikey C @amazingmikeyc.bsky.social · 7h

Did you know going to a theme park with two family members who have ADHD is a Bit Like being hit over the head with hammers for 8 hours? But with roller coasters??

Anyway I slept for 10 hours and missed church

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Mikey C @amazingmikeyc.bsky.social · 7h

This but I also suspect that the guys at the US DoD have the opposite gaming problem and think you can jump higher if you fire a rocket at the ground

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 23h

Completely agree with this - there is a lot of terrible policymaking where you can see the direct echo of “this guy played a lot of Civ as a child and teen”.

Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 1d

Genuinely think the concept of the tech tree has done a lot of damage.

Mikey C @amazingmikeyc.bsky.social · 1d

Stand By Me (Ben E King) 9/10
Stand By Me (Oasis) 3/10

Rob Davies @byrobdavies.bsky.social · 2d

Fun music game.

Take two songs with the same name and post your combined score out of 10. How high can you get?

No covers/no triples (e.g. Power of Love)

My first effort, which i think is hard to beat...

Zombie (Fela Kuti) 10/10
Zombie (The Cranberries) 7/10

Total score: 17

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Mikey C @amazingmikeyc.bsky.social · 2d

He might as well resent not getting the gold medal in the bobsleigh too. You have to do some good bobsleighing first Don! That's what the prize is for!

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

this really is all just about resentment over obama being given the prize

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

BARTIROMO: On your point about the Nobel Peace Prize, do you think maybe the reason Trump won't get it is because you had to get the application in before Jan. 31, and that was only 11 days into his term?

SCALISE: Look, they can play technicalities. They gave it to Obama for just getting elected.

Mikey C @amazingmikeyc.bsky.social · 2d

Lucky it wasn't a milkshake

Coates is Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 2d

Ah, happy 88th anniversary of the day Oswald Mosley tried to sell fascism to Liverpudlians – and someone concussed him with a brick

A man in a suit stands at a microphone which has been mounted on the roof of a van. There are loudspeakers at his feet, and a building behind him. He has an arm raised, and is flinching as projectiles are hurled at him, because he's a fucking Nazi

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Mikey C @amazingmikeyc.bsky.social · 2d

I think you have to face the fact that cats will see this kind of stuff and you just have to prepare them and let them know it is not acceptable in advance

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Mikey C @amazingmikeyc.bsky.social · 2d

I'm going to have to eat their food for lunch, see how they like that

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Jay Foreman @jayforeman.bsky.social · 2d

I think “driveway” and “parkway” are named the wrong way round.

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Mikey C @amazingmikeyc.bsky.social · 2d

That's me musing on at a tangent without acknowledging that it was a good joke and I liked it.

Mikey C @amazingmikeyc.bsky.social · 2d

Wikipedia says the original parkways were meant to be tree lined and pleasant. Like a park!
But the UK ones in aware of (Sheffield, Bristol) are just big bypasses. There's probably an etymological term for this (then yes now it means out if town station which makes slightly more sense)

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Mikey C @amazingmikeyc.bsky.social · 2d

During the night one of our cats has got into this pack of cheese topped bread rolls and eaten the cheese off the top

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Mikey C @amazingmikeyc.bsky.social · 2d

Turns out it's being a naked mole rat 😔

Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 2d

Naked mole rats reveal genetic secret to long life

The bald, subterranean rats are the world's longest-lived rodent.

www.bbc.com

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Mikey C @amazingmikeyc.bsky.social · 3d

This makes me think they would be more successful if they called themselves Bob Success.

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Mikey C @amazingmikeyc.bsky.social · 3d

Oh! I've only just realised it's meant to be said Bob Villain.
These guys don't even understand how to write puns out ffs

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Mikey C @amazingmikeyc.bsky.social · 3d

Hope you're dizziness gets better; that sucks a lot.

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Mikey C @amazingmikeyc.bsky.social · 3d

Ha. My weird hangup is like reverse class masculine anxiety; worrying that they're thinking "why is this fancy twat so stupid that he can't do this himself?" so I'm constantly like "of course I would do it but I'm not sure which is the best type of screw, also I'm busy doing other man things"

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Mikey C @amazingmikeyc.bsky.social · 3d

[1] this is bluesky so of course I have to point out that sometimes bad things happen, also nobody is forcing you ride in one, most taxi drivers are working class and also it is a human right to use them and actually it's ableist to suggest buses exist but also: the opposite.

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Mikey C @amazingmikeyc.bsky.social · 3d

I always feel like minicabs are cheating even though in most places it's cheaper & quicker & more reliable than the bus if there's 2 of you [1]. I think it's a weird thing based on price/class markers of the past like flat screen TVs and avocado toast are preventing you from buying a house.

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Mikey C @amazingmikeyc.bsky.social · 3d

I tend to only get insane responses when I wade into a thread but I did like being called a fascist corporate bootlicker for thinking £90 is probably quite good value for a new computer game in 2025

Rick Burin @rickburin.bsky.social · 4d

A man threatened to kill me because I criticised the films of Yorgos Lantimos.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 4d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Mikey C @amazingmikeyc.bsky.social · 3d

Nope

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 4d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

Mikey C @amazingmikeyc.bsky.social · 4d

Got an email back from the police about my report of motorbikes on the park, which I did through the website after spending 25 minutes on hold. Email suggested I phone them next time so they can do something at the time.

Mikey C @amazingmikeyc.bsky.social · 4d

I don't live in London so need a car but this can be seen as a great alternative to a second car that spends 99% of the time on the drive only to go to pick the kids up or whatever.

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