Ed Martin
@edmartin.bsky.social
The worst luck he ever experienced was being born American rather than Turkmen. He could have had giant golden statues that pivot to face the sun by now.
December 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The worst luck he ever experienced was being born American rather than Turkmen. He could have had giant golden statues that pivot to face the sun by now.
If the claim was that something subtle was wrong with the bridge, then maybe. But based on the picture, they might have noted the suspicious absence of explosion reports, emergency services declaring a major incident etc.
December 6, 2025 at 12:58 PM
If the claim was that something subtle was wrong with the bridge, then maybe. But based on the picture, they might have noted the suspicious absence of explosion reports, emergency services declaring a major incident etc.
Then the people who elect them into positions of actual responsibility complain when their pension funds melt.
December 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Then the people who elect them into positions of actual responsibility complain when their pension funds melt.
That's my neck of the woods! I work closer to Burpham though.
December 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
That's my neck of the woods! I work closer to Burpham though.
If AI lets a business do its work in half the time, then what do business that charge an hourly rate (like lawyers) do? Just give up half their revenue? No, they double their prices.
December 4, 2025 at 8:43 PM
If AI lets a business do its work in half the time, then what do business that charge an hourly rate (like lawyers) do? Just give up half their revenue? No, they double their prices.
"How come storms keep arriving in alphabetical order"
December 4, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"How come storms keep arriving in alphabetical order"
I do think an immediate low-hanging-fruit reform would be to ban AI chatbots from writing in the first person. There is no "I" or "me" in a chatbot.
December 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I do think an immediate low-hanging-fruit reform would be to ban AI chatbots from writing in the first person. There is no "I" or "me" in a chatbot.
"As the CCTV demonstrates..."
December 3, 2025 at 9:19 PM
"As the CCTV demonstrates..."
My reaction when I saw it is "no actual tech CEO would be that complacent and stupid" and OH BOY have I had cause to reevaluate my opinion in the years since.
That film is aging very well indeed.
That film is aging very well indeed.
December 3, 2025 at 7:42 PM
My reaction when I saw it is "no actual tech CEO would be that complacent and stupid" and OH BOY have I had cause to reevaluate my opinion in the years since.
That film is aging very well indeed.
That film is aging very well indeed.
Reposted by Ed Martin
The lesson of a Christmas carol is if you have a giant Christmas goose to sell you hold onto that sucker until the last minute.
December 3, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The lesson of a Christmas carol is if you have a giant Christmas goose to sell you hold onto that sucker until the last minute.
The 1911 census outright asked people to tabulate their living and dead children. Just out and asked it right there. Seven of my eight great-grandparents lost siblings in infancy.
December 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The 1911 census outright asked people to tabulate their living and dead children. Just out and asked it right there. Seven of my eight great-grandparents lost siblings in infancy.
Oh, Whistle And I'll Come to You, My Lad is about a guy who goes on a golfing holiday and is never seen to play any golf.
December 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Oh, Whistle And I'll Come to You, My Lad is about a guy who goes on a golfing holiday and is never seen to play any golf.
Yes, apparently that sort of thing was quite common in the 1930s - very young girls marrying very old men, sure of a lifelong pension when nature took its course. So much so that Kentucky had to change its laws.
December 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Yes, apparently that sort of thing was quite common in the 1930s - very young girls marrying very old men, sure of a lifelong pension when nature took its course. So much so that Kentucky had to change its laws.
Almost as good as the Smeg Pistoffel.
December 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Almost as good as the Smeg Pistoffel.
Yeah, did pre-Jaws Spielberg really have that clout? If it'd been Close Encounters it would be easier to believe.
December 1, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Yeah, did pre-Jaws Spielberg really have that clout? If it'd been Close Encounters it would be easier to believe.
I mean, he does have to navigate at night and locate ground targets.
December 1, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I mean, he does have to navigate at night and locate ground targets.
Hard disagree. It was completely overengineered and the mandatory WiFi connection served no purpose whatsoever. The Pisseiro was the far superior model.
November 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Hard disagree. It was completely overengineered and the mandatory WiFi connection served no purpose whatsoever. The Pisseiro was the far superior model.
The last American Civil War widow died in 2020.
November 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The last American Civil War widow died in 2020.