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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3h

Feels like this will be a useful meme for the next few years

Peacemaker looks at a mural embedding Hitler into American symbols

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Gaz @nyazsche.bsky.social · 10h

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Michael Ironyside @davidnaylor.bsky.social · 12h

What the fuck is this shit?

Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 15h

kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school

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Davey Jones @daveyjones.bsky.social · 1d

At last! Now they've finally realised what AI is for, perhaps they'll stop trying to foist it on every other aspect of our lives

Panel of an old Roger Mellie cartoon - from about 30-odd years ago - in which he is presenting a 'wanking machine' which he has invented for Tomorrow's World. Drawn by Chris Donald.

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Michael Ironyside @davidnaylor.bsky.social · 1d

Burning Down the Horse

Russell Hillman (but said in a spooky voice) @allhellismrsun.bsky.social · 1d

Change a letter, ruin a song.

Breaking The Lav

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 1d

Gonna do a AI reshoot of the human centipede cast entirely
of Silicon Valley billionaire dorks and put this concept straight to sleep

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

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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Michael Ironyside @davidnaylor.bsky.social · 1d

This is honestly the equivalent of Alan Partridge blurting out "Monkey Tennis" in desperation.

András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 1d

Well this will certainly do it www.gov.uk/government/n...

Migrants will be required to pass A Level standard of English

Migrants will be required to pass tough new English language requirements under a law introduced in Parliament today.

www.gov.uk

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Captain Howdy @captainhowdy.bsky.social · 1d

🎶You do it to yourself, just you, you and no-one else🎶

The scene from "Raiders of the Lost Ark" where Indy gets chased by a boulder, but Indy is now a shirtless and shocked Alex Jones of Infowar infamy, who's gripping a big tub of the supplements he shills while attempting to outrun his own massive face. I don't fancy his chances.

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Michael Ironyside @davidnaylor.bsky.social · 1d

I've just spent the best part of half a minute trying to wipe a full stop in the Teams reply box off my screen.

Michael Ironyside @davidnaylor.bsky.social · 2d

Just 2 minutes into The Chair Company and I'm creasing up...

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T'Other Simon @tothersimon.bsky.social · 3d

No it doesn't.

A picture saying 'Nursery rhymes with Justin Fletcher'.

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Michael Ironyside @davidnaylor.bsky.social · 2d

Mind you, I do like to think that in Fight Club that David Fincher may have taken 50 takes of Leto getting his face smacked in just because it didn't look right the first 49 times.

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Michael Ironyside @davidnaylor.bsky.social · 2d

Every Jared Leto method acting story is like:

It's Leto doing Leto things to be Leto in the finished film.

It's like casting a slug to be a snail but you end up getting the slug anyway.

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50 Jenna Ipcar Fans Can’t Be Wrong! @ipcar.bsky.social · Nov 26

At the bank I was told "pick your four digit pincode but it can't be a year." "Aren't they all years?" I asked. We sat in silence for a bit.

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Rick Burin @rickburin.bsky.social · 3d

What makes you proud to be British? For me, this is right up there.

A one-star review from a Texan tourist visiting Liverpool:

freddytexan (16 reviews)
“My wife and I visted Liverpool for our 30th wedding anniversary from Texas. Our evening was ruined when a man dressed as an adult baby called my wife a "Mad yank slut" because she'd never heard of a band called Steps.”

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Ricardo Autobahn @ricardoautobahn.co.uk · 3d

Please pay strict heed to this fine consumer.

miketyl.bsky.social @miketyl.bsky.social · 3d

If you do go he’ll try to sell you a t shirt. Several times. In fairness they are good t shirts and probably worth getting.

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Michael Ironyside @davidnaylor.bsky.social · 3d

And he's doing sexually weird things to it. I said "Disc" drive Mr Leto

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Michael Ironyside @davidnaylor.bsky.social · 3d

It was 7! I had actually lost a whole child because neither of my kids had bothered to tell me that he wasn't allowed to sleep over

Michael Ironyside @davidnaylor.bsky.social · 3d

Also, I have seemingly lost track of how many children are sleeping over in my house tonight. I think it's 6 (plus my 2). But there could be a + or - 1 on that because they went out and I didn't do a headcount when they came back.

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Michael Ironyside @davidnaylor.bsky.social · 3d

Trying to sober up via wasabi

Michael Ironyside @davidnaylor.bsky.social · 4d

I worked with people who were involved with hacking all the computers used by him and his ilk in this case - they were paid well and had counselling paid for.

Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 4d

Lost Prophets singer Ian Watkins killed in prison

Ian Watkins was serving a 35-year sentence imposed in 2013 after admitting 13 child sex offences.

www.bbc.com

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Michael Ironyside @davidnaylor.bsky.social · 4d

Ambitious to cook three different things at the same time - Chicken Laksa, Cauliflower Massamam and Cauliflower Rendang. Seem to have pulled it off.

An overhead view of cooking hobs with three saucepans of food

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Michael Ironyside @davidnaylor.bsky.social · 4d

Fully agreed - I remember watching when he set the World Record in complete awe. Triple jump was my thing at school and I could jump a shade under 14m at 18 years old - 4.5m more is a LONG way.

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Michael Ironyside @davidnaylor.bsky.social · 4d

Unsolicited Mick pic

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The Quietus @thequietus.com · 5d

'Let’s be honest for at least a sentence. The first single ‘Lover’ couldn’t be any more dogshit if it had been squeezed from the lampshade-wide and bright crimson sphincter of Clifford himself.'

#RichardAshcroft - Lovin’ You

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Richard Ashcroft - Lovin’ You album cover. Ashcroft holds up his guitar during sunset at the beach, but the revellers would rather walk into the ocean than listen to his nonsense.

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