Rob Hague
@rob.rho.org.uk
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, gazed up at the enormous face. Two gin-scented tears trickled down the sides of his nose. But it was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Ebenezer Scrooge.
And Tiny Tim, who did not die, had the time of his life, no, he never felt like this before, yes I swear, it's the truth, and he owes it all to Scrooge
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, where the shadows lie, One Tim to rule them all, One Tim to find them, One Tim to bring them all, and in the darkness, bind them.
December 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, gazed up at the enormous face. Two gin-scented tears trickled down the sides of his nose. But it was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Ebenezer Scrooge.
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And now for some great news. New Murderbot book coming. Thank you Martha Wells (@marthawells.com)!!!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FMSC5S4...
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FMSC5S4...
Platform Decay (The Murderbot Diaries Book 8)
Amazon.com: Platform Decay (The Murderbot Diaries Book 8) eBook : Wells, Martha: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:37 AM
And now for some great news. New Murderbot book coming. Thank you Martha Wells (@marthawells.com)!!!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FMSC5S4...
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FMSC5S4...
That's what TeX and Metafont have (successive digits of π and e, respectively).
December 3, 2025 at 7:25 AM
That's what TeX and Metafont have (successive digits of π and e, respectively).
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"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
So you're sceptical that winning Celebrity Traitors will lead to sustained growth?
November 20, 2025 at 10:31 AM
So you're sceptical that winning Celebrity Traitors will lead to sustained growth?
Best. Freemium model. Ever.
Hold up
November 15, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Best. Freemium model. Ever.
I've found usetapestry.com a good way to keep up with the subreddits I'm interested in without getting pulled into their attention machine. Also great for keeping on top of Bluesky, Mastodon, and various others in a single place, with more control.
Tapestry
Weaving your favorite blogs, social media, and more into a unified and chronological timeline.
usetapestry.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
I've found usetapestry.com a good way to keep up with the subreddits I'm interested in without getting pulled into their attention machine. Also great for keeping on top of Bluesky, Mastodon, and various others in a single place, with more control.
Even Disney uses this one (Moana, when Maui traps her in the cave), so has a good track record of getting past the gates.
November 8, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Even Disney uses this one (Moana, when Maui traps her in the cave), so has a good track record of getting past the gates.
Alas, if there's one thing guaranteed to drive my children into the arms of the AI slop machines, it's my singing.
October 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Alas, if there's one thing guaranteed to drive my children into the arms of the AI slop machines, it's my singing.
Serenity: dizzying video-within-a-dream-within-a-recording quickly followed by a long single shot introducing all of the main characters and the ship, setting the stage without feeling clunky or expositional.
Watchmen: so many details and Easter eggs set to Times They Are A-Changin'.
Watchmen: so many details and Easter eggs set to Times They Are A-Changin'.
October 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Serenity: dizzying video-within-a-dream-within-a-recording quickly followed by a long single shot introducing all of the main characters and the ship, setting the stage without feeling clunky or expositional.
Watchmen: so many details and Easter eggs set to Times They Are A-Changin'.
Watchmen: so many details and Easter eggs set to Times They Are A-Changin'.
Great reviews — I'll give the Clegg one a miss (it just sounds depressing), but have ordered the Tim Berners-Lee.
October 8, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Great reviews — I'll give the Clegg one a miss (it just sounds depressing), but have ordered the Tim Berners-Lee.
I've been programming Python for 25 years and I didn't know you could pass a tuple of strings to .startswith. (When was it added? Maybe I didn't know BECAUSE I've been programming Python for 25 years...)
September 30, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I've been programming Python for 25 years and I didn't know you could pass a tuple of strings to .startswith. (When was it added? Maybe I didn't know BECAUSE I've been programming Python for 25 years...)
I loved all of the Usborne picture fact books (wildlife, paranormal, everything), but this one sticks in the mind due to the combination of kiddie presentation with surprisingly hardcore subject matter:
September 28, 2025 at 9:24 AM
I loved all of the Usborne picture fact books (wildlife, paranormal, everything), but this one sticks in the mind due to the combination of kiddie presentation with surprisingly hardcore subject matter:
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Just checked, and yes:
26th September is indeed Stanislav Peteov Day!
Thank you, Stanislav…you’d probably have views on current use of automated systems
🖤
xkcd.com/2052/
26th September is indeed Stanislav Peteov Day!
Thank you, Stanislav…you’d probably have views on current use of automated systems
🖤
xkcd.com/2052/
![The wonderful Stanislaw Petrov Day xkcd cartoon
[Megan is looking at her phone while Cueball stands in front of her.]
Megan: Hey, Wednesday was Stanislav Petrov Day. We missed it.
Cueball: Oh, shoot!
Cueball: I got a calendar alert for it, but I assumed it was a false alarm.
Alt Text from the incomparable:
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2052:_Stanislav_Petrov_Day](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dcug5hr3622ym4zaueassqao/bafkreiajm2nm5ca6xfedatrdwojctqvmn5ybqabvm2tz7kmv7ymazvwloe@jpeg)
September 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Just checked, and yes:
26th September is indeed Stanislav Peteov Day!
Thank you, Stanislav…you’d probably have views on current use of automated systems
🖤
xkcd.com/2052/
26th September is indeed Stanislav Peteov Day!
Thank you, Stanislav…you’d probably have views on current use of automated systems
🖤
xkcd.com/2052/
My hands down favourite is Lords And Ladies, which *could* work as a standalone, but you're probably better off starting with Wyrd Sisters to get in to the witches on the ground floor.
September 17, 2025 at 8:54 AM
My hands down favourite is Lords And Ladies, which *could* work as a standalone, but you're probably better off starting with Wyrd Sisters to get in to the witches on the ground floor.
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"I don't care what anyone says, I like that movie."
August 24, 2025 at 8:39 AM
"I don't care what anyone says, I like that movie."
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Humblebundle to support World Central Kitchen, and get a bunch of my books from @tordotcom.bsky.social including Murderbot and Witch King! #booksky
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
Humble Book Bundle: Martha Wells' Murderbot and More by TOR
Fall in love with Martha Wells’ The Murderbot Diaries series—the engine behind the hit AppleTV adaptation—and help support World Central Kitchen.
www.humblebundle.com
August 24, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Humblebundle to support World Central Kitchen, and get a bunch of my books from @tordotcom.bsky.social including Murderbot and Witch King! #booksky
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
"Do you like horses?"
A) No
B) YES!
C) How many legs does it have?
A) No
B) YES!
C) How many legs does it have?
August 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
"Do you like horses?"
A) No
B) YES!
C) How many legs does it have?
A) No
B) YES!
C) How many legs does it have?
Everyone has their own favourites, and Lords and Ladies is definitely atypical, even compared to the rest of the Witches books. When it comes down to it, hard to go wrong with any of his.
August 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Everyone has their own favourites, and Lords and Ladies is definitely atypical, even compared to the rest of the Witches books. When it comes down to it, hard to go wrong with any of his.
+1 — Our eldest (now 12) recently started these and loved them. She's now picked up Wyrd Sisters, which is all part of my master plan to get her to the best Pratchett book, Lords and Ladies.
August 3, 2025 at 9:29 AM
+1 — Our eldest (now 12) recently started these and loved them. She's now picked up Wyrd Sisters, which is all part of my master plan to get her to the best Pratchett book, Lords and Ladies.
@patrick.risky.biz Google-Mandiant portmanteau? "Mangle"
August 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
@patrick.risky.biz Google-Mandiant portmanteau? "Mangle"
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The mistake here is applying a theory of mind to Wall Street Journal headline writers
In a stunning moment of self-delusion, the Wall Street Journal headline writers admitted that they don't know how LLM chatbots work.
July 21, 2025 at 7:49 AM
The mistake here is applying a theory of mind to Wall Street Journal headline writers
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The new Murderbot short story is up at Reactor Magazine: reactormag.com/rapport-mart... Edited by Lee Harris, art by Jaime Jones.
Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy - Reactor
Perihelion and its crew embark on a dangerous new mission at a corporate-controlled station in the throes of a hostile takeover… Novelette | 7,540 words They were still three hours out when Perihelion...
reactormag.com
July 11, 2025 at 2:31 AM
The new Murderbot short story is up at Reactor Magazine: reactormag.com/rapport-mart... Edited by Lee Harris, art by Jaime Jones.
Correction: it was actually Grok 3 that had spent the day endorsing Hitler. I'm sure Grok 4 is fine.
July 11, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Correction: it was actually Grok 3 that had spent the day endorsing Hitler. I'm sure Grok 4 is fine.
"And more" is doing a lot of work in this sentence.
xAI introduces Grok 4, trained on its Colossus supercomputer, featuring multimodal tools, faster reasoning, Grok 4 Voice, Grok 4 Code, a new interface, and more (Amanda Caswell/Tom's Guide)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
July 10, 2025 at 7:50 AM
"And more" is doing a lot of work in this sentence.