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sewing and comics, comix and sewing. Reading and silliness.
Getting more hair-trigger at blocking transphobes and reporting hate
Getting more hair-trigger at blocking transphobes and reporting hate
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I see some other people doing ongoing threads of stuff they listen to or have read; seems like a good thing, share knowledge of good stuff and enjoyment of what’s out there. Here’s something I’ve just finished:
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This is WILD.
Power goes out in San Francisco and the robot cars, needing the lights to "self" drive, all stop at once, blocking streets and emergency vehicles - which are needed more than ever in a black out!
We knew AI causes power outages. Turns out it also makes them worse by being stupid.
Power goes out in San Francisco and the robot cars, needing the lights to "self" drive, all stop at once, blocking streets and emergency vehicles - which are needed more than ever in a black out!
We knew AI causes power outages. Turns out it also makes them worse by being stupid.
Waymo has halted service in San Francisco after numerous videos & images showed its autonomous cars snarling traffic during the blackout.
With traffic lights down, Waymos across the city stopped dead in their tracks at intersections.
missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-w...
With traffic lights down, Waymos across the city stopped dead in their tracks at intersections.
missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-w...
Waymo halts service during massive S.F. blackout after causing traffic jams
Waymo stopped its service across San Francisco on Saturday after numerous autonomous vehicles caused traffic jams in the city.
missionlocal.org
December 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This is WILD.
Power goes out in San Francisco and the robot cars, needing the lights to "self" drive, all stop at once, blocking streets and emergency vehicles - which are needed more than ever in a black out!
We knew AI causes power outages. Turns out it also makes them worse by being stupid.
Power goes out in San Francisco and the robot cars, needing the lights to "self" drive, all stop at once, blocking streets and emergency vehicles - which are needed more than ever in a black out!
We knew AI causes power outages. Turns out it also makes them worse by being stupid.
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Soccer pre-game fits > Any other sport
December 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Soccer pre-game fits > Any other sport
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Tech bros don’t actually understand the sci-fi they claim to love. Thank you Al Jazeera English for having me on.
December 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Tech bros don’t actually understand the sci-fi they claim to love. Thank you Al Jazeera English for having me on.
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I spend an awful lot of time thinking about this moment in the history of King Crimson and it's transformative implications for our understanding of authorship. There's a straight line from here to me seeing my audience as co-creators of my work.
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"Bruford spent the entirety of "Trio" with his drumsticks crossed over his chest, waiting for the right moment to join in, but eventually realized that the piece was progressing better without him. His decision not to add any percussion was seen by the rest of the band as a crucial choice, and so he received co-writing credit.[8] "Trio" was later included on the 1975 compilation album A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson, the performance credits of which cite Bruford's contribution to the piece as "admirable restraint."[9]"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7z2wmq7xoqez7ltguk7tcfzk/bafkreicnjlblxrbdkgee4lif5k2rkaqp5fg5rp3wx2knkqwh3qxzdtlxoi@jpeg)
December 20, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I spend an awful lot of time thinking about this moment in the history of King Crimson and it's transformative implications for our understanding of authorship. There's a straight line from here to me seeing my audience as co-creators of my work.
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Calling someone a blockhead is known as "adding insult to Ian Dury"
December 21, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Calling someone a blockhead is known as "adding insult to Ian Dury"
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I have downloaded this on Kindle; I am 9 pages in and every paragraph is gobsmackingly quotable & she hasn't even been born yet. Her mother is living in a tent in the drawing room having instructed servants to hammer the tent pegs into the parquet ...
Came across Clarissa Dickson-Wright’s autobiography in a charity shop. It is everything a devotee of weird history could hope for
December 20, 2025 at 10:28 AM
I have downloaded this on Kindle; I am 9 pages in and every paragraph is gobsmackingly quotable & she hasn't even been born yet. Her mother is living in a tent in the drawing room having instructed servants to hammer the tent pegs into the parquet ...
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Wife was talking to her 20 year old nephew who is newly single “i suppose your on the dating apps?” “No I prefer to meet people when I’m out it’s mostly older people on dating apps” and it makes me feel like I’m someone who lived through the creation and subsequent abandonment of the great pyramids
December 21, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Wife was talking to her 20 year old nephew who is newly single “i suppose your on the dating apps?” “No I prefer to meet people when I’m out it’s mostly older people on dating apps” and it makes me feel like I’m someone who lived through the creation and subsequent abandonment of the great pyramids
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The year in MOP pt 1. We will be doing AOTYs etc but first the reading list. Not that we are pretentious or anything. Books on place and things and music and art and books I have nicked lyrics from.
We have other books about dinosaurs and philosophy of science and SF, but these are the core texts.
We have other books about dinosaurs and philosophy of science and SF, but these are the core texts.
December 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The year in MOP pt 1. We will be doing AOTYs etc but first the reading list. Not that we are pretentious or anything. Books on place and things and music and art and books I have nicked lyrics from.
We have other books about dinosaurs and philosophy of science and SF, but these are the core texts.
We have other books about dinosaurs and philosophy of science and SF, but these are the core texts.
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I've had a good read of this now, and although it’s clearly not aimed at us I do have some thoughts on it. Buckle up, lads!
With the publication of Comic Book UK’s “Vision for growth” white paper today – essentially the blueprint for everything the newly-formed trade association plan to do going forward – Mark Fuller, its Chief Executive outlines their strategy: downthetubes.net/game-on-why-...
December 18, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I've had a good read of this now, and although it’s clearly not aimed at us I do have some thoughts on it. Buckle up, lads!
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LONG READ: Do you know your Blavatniks from your Bukhmans, your Saïds from your Schwarzmans? We take a look at Oxford University’s 21st century donors – and ask whether billionaires should pick and choose how they contribute to society. oxfordclarion.uk/oxfords-new-...
Oxford’s new billionaires
Do you know your Blavatniks from your Bukhmans, your Saïds from your Schwarzmans? We take a look at Oxford University’s 21st century donors.
For centuries, Oxford’s university buildings have each bee...
oxfordclarion.uk
December 19, 2025 at 10:12 AM
LONG READ: Do you know your Blavatniks from your Bukhmans, your Saïds from your Schwarzmans? We take a look at Oxford University’s 21st century donors – and ask whether billionaires should pick and choose how they contribute to society. oxfordclarion.uk/oxfords-new-...
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This is the point where I traditionally drop in my thread of my cover version bsky.app/profile/alke...
Thinking about the time I did a cover version of a Jon Klassen book for @kess.bsky.social
(1/3)
(1/3)
December 19, 2025 at 9:50 AM
This is the point where I traditionally drop in my thread of my cover version bsky.app/profile/alke...
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Oxford people - coming up this Saturday. Meet in Bonn Square to counter a far right demo.
On 20 Dec the far right in Oxford, the ones who keep protesting at the hotel where asylum seekers live, are marching from Morrell Ave to Bonn Sq. They have had to invite non-local groups to swell numbers. If you'd like to join a counter demo, we'll be assembling in Bonn Sq from noon. Please share.
December 18, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Oxford people - coming up this Saturday. Meet in Bonn Square to counter a far right demo.
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"you're a man"
ad hominem
"you were born a boy"
sunk cost fallacy
"you're amab"
false dichotomy
"you have xy chromosomes"
false equivalence
"trans people are mentally ill"
non sequitur
"changing your sex isn't possible"
skill issue
ad hominem
"you were born a boy"
sunk cost fallacy
"you're amab"
false dichotomy
"you have xy chromosomes"
false equivalence
"trans people are mentally ill"
non sequitur
"changing your sex isn't possible"
skill issue
December 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
"you're a man"
ad hominem
"you were born a boy"
sunk cost fallacy
"you're amab"
false dichotomy
"you have xy chromosomes"
false equivalence
"trans people are mentally ill"
non sequitur
"changing your sex isn't possible"
skill issue
ad hominem
"you were born a boy"
sunk cost fallacy
"you're amab"
false dichotomy
"you have xy chromosomes"
false equivalence
"trans people are mentally ill"
non sequitur
"changing your sex isn't possible"
skill issue
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I am glad that one Labour MP is asking critical questions about dependence on AI - economical in this case. It's an MP who didn't get her tech expertise from hosting a Faculty intern for a few months.
The OBR has warned of the downside risk to the UK economy of an 'AI bubble' bursting
I asked the Minister whether he agreed, and what steps his department and UKRI are taking to protect investments in innovative companies that would undoubtedly be affected by a market correction
I asked the Minister whether he agreed, and what steps his department and UKRI are taking to protect investments in innovative companies that would undoubtedly be affected by a market correction
December 18, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I am glad that one Labour MP is asking critical questions about dependence on AI - economical in this case. It's an MP who didn't get her tech expertise from hosting a Faculty intern for a few months.
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Which will happen first:
a) A space elevator
b) A Leeds tram?
I despair at the unseriousness of this country sometimes.
Major cities without mass transit should be as unthinkable as major cities without sewers.
a) A space elevator
b) A Leeds tram?
I despair at the unseriousness of this country sometimes.
Major cities without mass transit should be as unthinkable as major cities without sewers.
December 18, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Which will happen first:
a) A space elevator
b) A Leeds tram?
I despair at the unseriousness of this country sometimes.
Major cities without mass transit should be as unthinkable as major cities without sewers.
a) A space elevator
b) A Leeds tram?
I despair at the unseriousness of this country sometimes.
Major cities without mass transit should be as unthinkable as major cities without sewers.
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Thanks to Trump, we're approaching the point where it'll be harder to get into the 2026 Football World Cup than it was for the last one, hosted by a tiny despotic teetotal Middle Eastern petrostate. Quite an achievement, in a way
December 18, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Thanks to Trump, we're approaching the point where it'll be harder to get into the 2026 Football World Cup than it was for the last one, hosted by a tiny despotic teetotal Middle Eastern petrostate. Quite an achievement, in a way
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Following the news that Paris has launched a cable car, a councillor is calling to explore this in Oxford. Green City & County Councillor Emily Kerr said “Cable cars are cheap, fun, and low-environmental impact. We should be following transport innovators like Paris in considering all options."
Europe’s longest urban cable car unveiled in Paris 17 years after initial proposal
The innovative new project will connect the south-eastern region of the city which is poorly served by public transport
www.independent.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Following the news that Paris has launched a cable car, a councillor is calling to explore this in Oxford. Green City & County Councillor Emily Kerr said “Cable cars are cheap, fun, and low-environmental impact. We should be following transport innovators like Paris in considering all options."
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Looking to do interviews on this, especially people amassing BIG collections of a) DVD/Video, b) books, c) CD/Vinyl, d) comics and SPECIFICALLY because of worries about corporate control over streaming/digital media and ESPECIALLY people worried about catastrophic online collapse. Please DM
Does anyone hoard physical media because they’re worried about future access to digital, either through corporate greed/pricing or some actual collapse? Potentially for a thing.
December 17, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Looking to do interviews on this, especially people amassing BIG collections of a) DVD/Video, b) books, c) CD/Vinyl, d) comics and SPECIFICALLY because of worries about corporate control over streaming/digital media and ESPECIALLY people worried about catastrophic online collapse. Please DM
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Adore the British-themed mural in my hotel in Valletta, including: yassified Virgin Queen, Churchill with pigeon, and for some reason General Rochambeau (not very British? like really pointedly not? did they think he was Nelson? wrong number of arms for a start) in a Spitfire that says “dong” on it
December 17, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Adore the British-themed mural in my hotel in Valletta, including: yassified Virgin Queen, Churchill with pigeon, and for some reason General Rochambeau (not very British? like really pointedly not? did they think he was Nelson? wrong number of arms for a start) in a Spitfire that says “dong” on it
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So many times, the entire nature of what I'm working on has changed because of things I've discovered during the "tedious" work that they claim AI will save me from. It's in fact extremely common that I don't know what a thing really is until I start trying to do the hard stuff and then I find out
Also just tapping the sign again — A.I. eliminates the opportunity for creative discovery on your way to the destination you *thought* you wanted. You’re making art, process is everything.
placeholder art is supposed to look like this. you're supposed to make it in 5 seconds.
it's a crucial part of the process because a placeholder will often be remarkably similar to the final art/text, because you were unburdened by bigger details when you made it.
it's a crucial part of the process because a placeholder will often be remarkably similar to the final art/text, because you were unburdened by bigger details when you made it.
December 16, 2025 at 6:42 PM
So many times, the entire nature of what I'm working on has changed because of things I've discovered during the "tedious" work that they claim AI will save me from. It's in fact extremely common that I don't know what a thing really is until I start trying to do the hard stuff and then I find out
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I love that Lego have @neillcameron.bsky.social driving their donut van.
December 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I love that Lego have @neillcameron.bsky.social driving their donut van.
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"'No one was there to just air their opinions or just criticise for the sake of criticism,’ says Ray, ‘it was action-based and you had to bring money even if you did other jobs like organising events, otherwise forfeited your right to speak. You had to materially contribute.’
December 16, 2025 at 12:55 PM
"'No one was there to just air their opinions or just criticise for the sake of criticism,’ says Ray, ‘it was action-based and you had to bring money even if you did other jobs like organising events, otherwise forfeited your right to speak. You had to materially contribute.’
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Fascinating article for anyone who's seen the movie Pride, or anyone interested in the dynamics of campaigning: actbuildchange.com/stories/unde...
Understanding Solidarity with LGSM
Ray Goodspeed, founding member of Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners, talks to Act Build Change about solidarity work in 1985 and 2025.
actbuildchange.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Fascinating article for anyone who's seen the movie Pride, or anyone interested in the dynamics of campaigning: actbuildchange.com/stories/unde...
AARGH ok I am properly stuck on a silly phone game (3 Tiles, it’s a tile match game like Mahjongg only with different pix). I can’t get past this level and I can’t stop myself from trying futilely time after time! I swear it seems like they’ve made it impossible without ad-run or paid boosters…
December 16, 2025 at 9:59 AM
AARGH ok I am properly stuck on a silly phone game (3 Tiles, it’s a tile match game like Mahjongg only with different pix). I can’t get past this level and I can’t stop myself from trying futilely time after time! I swear it seems like they’ve made it impossible without ad-run or paid boosters…