Simon Landmine
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I'm obsessed with the way this is just Metropolis - Coppelia - Pygmalion all the way down. Every new technology is turned to the service of "what if woman, but without the pesky autonomy".
December 18, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I'm obsessed with the way this is just Metropolis - Coppelia - Pygmalion all the way down. Every new technology is turned to the service of "what if woman, but without the pesky autonomy".
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As plenty of women have always known, it’s easy to sucker a man with a big ego into pretty much anything you want if you just let him bang on about his obsessions, flatter him, and don’t let your own personality intrude.
If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers
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December 18, 2025 at 10:41 AM
As plenty of women have always known, it’s easy to sucker a man with a big ego into pretty much anything you want if you just let him bang on about his obsessions, flatter him, and don’t let your own personality intrude.
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Techbros seem to love Tolkien, so here's an analogy to help you understand what genAI is.
GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.
But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.
But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
December 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Techbros seem to love Tolkien, so here's an analogy to help you understand what genAI is.
GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.
But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.
But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
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What do I want for Christmas?
A mysterious manor in the Scottish countryside, a library of vintage novels, a collection of the world’s rarest wines, an owl to deliver and retrieve my post, a butler with a mysterious backstory, and my own personal pastry chef.
I'm really not that hard to shop for.
A mysterious manor in the Scottish countryside, a library of vintage novels, a collection of the world’s rarest wines, an owl to deliver and retrieve my post, a butler with a mysterious backstory, and my own personal pastry chef.
I'm really not that hard to shop for.
December 17, 2025 at 7:09 PM
What do I want for Christmas?
A mysterious manor in the Scottish countryside, a library of vintage novels, a collection of the world’s rarest wines, an owl to deliver and retrieve my post, a butler with a mysterious backstory, and my own personal pastry chef.
I'm really not that hard to shop for.
A mysterious manor in the Scottish countryside, a library of vintage novels, a collection of the world’s rarest wines, an owl to deliver and retrieve my post, a butler with a mysterious backstory, and my own personal pastry chef.
I'm really not that hard to shop for.
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"The huge yellow somethings went unnoticed at Goonhilly, they passed over Cape Canaveral without a blip, Woomera and Jodrell Bank looked straight through them – which was a pity because it was exactly the sort of thing they'd been looking for all these years."
Christmastime at Jodrell Bank! 🎄
The Lovell Telescope in all its glory 🔭❄️
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December 18, 2025 at 12:02 PM
"The huge yellow somethings went unnoticed at Goonhilly, they passed over Cape Canaveral without a blip, Woomera and Jodrell Bank looked straight through them – which was a pity because it was exactly the sort of thing they'd been looking for all these years."
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Really enjoying this sort of combo just repeatedly popping up
December 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Really enjoying this sort of combo just repeatedly popping up
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The Vanity Fair spread from the White House is brutal. The photographer chose to make them look small and powerless in the wides, and brutishly unflattering in the absurdly tight portrait shots.
It's a masterclass of shade and manipulation via a camera.
It's a masterclass of shade and manipulation via a camera.
December 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The Vanity Fair spread from the White House is brutal. The photographer chose to make them look small and powerless in the wides, and brutishly unflattering in the absurdly tight portrait shots.
It's a masterclass of shade and manipulation via a camera.
It's a masterclass of shade and manipulation via a camera.
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This is the sort of contract that if you were entertaining signing it, your friends should smash through a window, do roll on the floor, leap up in a feral pounce and slap it out of your hands
Behold, if you will, the...astonishing...contract from Shadow Light Press. A rolling 10-year term...payment on profit (but only after costs are recouped)...appropriation of the author's universe if they can't continue the series...and more www.reddit.com/r/Progressio...
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December 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This is the sort of contract that if you were entertaining signing it, your friends should smash through a window, do roll on the floor, leap up in a feral pounce and slap it out of your hands
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Get in loser, we’re going to the place where they knock losers on the head with a big hammer and grind them into a slurry, wait, dunno why I said that we’re definitely not going there, we’re going to get doughnuts. JUST GET IN THE FUCKING CAR
December 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Get in loser, we’re going to the place where they knock losers on the head with a big hammer and grind them into a slurry, wait, dunno why I said that we’re definitely not going there, we’re going to get doughnuts. JUST GET IN THE FUCKING CAR
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It's not going well
UPDATE: in September, Luigi's bogus terrorism charges were dropped and he was cleared off all terroristic allegations. Today, the judge ruled the interrogation of Luigi Mangione inadmissible due to failure of police to Mirandize him and Luigi's repeated statements that he did not wish to talk.
December 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
It's not going well
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I am BEGGING you all to stop sharing that bullshit Compact Mag piece on the white dude who didn’t get hired by Brown because he was too RETVRN about the Roman military.
The writer is a full time ticket scalper who has one beat: white-man grievance. $20 says the whole article is a work of fiction.
The writer is a full time ticket scalper who has one beat: white-man grievance. $20 says the whole article is a work of fiction.
December 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I am BEGGING you all to stop sharing that bullshit Compact Mag piece on the white dude who didn’t get hired by Brown because he was too RETVRN about the Roman military.
The writer is a full time ticket scalper who has one beat: white-man grievance. $20 says the whole article is a work of fiction.
The writer is a full time ticket scalper who has one beat: white-man grievance. $20 says the whole article is a work of fiction.
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Again and again, the optimal position when legally threatened by Trump is to be resolute in defence and prepare for court.
You will likely not then have to go to court, as he will fold or settle.
But if you seek to settle from the off, he has got you and he will crush you.
You will likely not then have to go to court, as he will fold or settle.
But if you seek to settle from the off, he has got you and he will crush you.
Everyone should stand up to this bully.
December 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Again and again, the optimal position when legally threatened by Trump is to be resolute in defence and prepare for court.
You will likely not then have to go to court, as he will fold or settle.
But if you seek to settle from the off, he has got you and he will crush you.
You will likely not then have to go to court, as he will fold or settle.
But if you seek to settle from the off, he has got you and he will crush you.
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There’s a great expression from Argentinian Spanish about someone who’s sticking their oar in that goes vos no te peinés que no salís en esta foto. It means “don’t comb your hair because you don’t appear in this photograph.”
December 17, 2025 at 1:13 PM
There’s a great expression from Argentinian Spanish about someone who’s sticking their oar in that goes vos no te peinés que no salís en esta foto. It means “don’t comb your hair because you don’t appear in this photograph.”
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There’s an antiques emporium in Norwich of such unfathomable strangeness every visit produces fresh gasps of bewilderment and terror. Recent finds:
1. Mounted photo print of depressed steam train driver (£1)
1. Mounted photo print of depressed steam train driver (£1)
December 17, 2024 at 9:17 AM
There’s an antiques emporium in Norwich of such unfathomable strangeness every visit produces fresh gasps of bewilderment and terror. Recent finds:
1. Mounted photo print of depressed steam train driver (£1)
1. Mounted photo print of depressed steam train driver (£1)
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Discharged from the Marines for violence to his superior officer; biting off the ear of a sailor.. the perfect family man? He drove his car deliberately into the crowd, injuring over 100 people.
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The Liverpool Victory Parade – Paul Doyle sentenced
The day 'family man' and 'ex Royal Marine' Paul Doyle lost it during the Liverpool Victory Parade will stay with us forever
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December 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Discharged from the Marines for violence to his superior officer; biting off the ear of a sailor.. the perfect family man? He drove his car deliberately into the crowd, injuring over 100 people.
northwestbylines.co.uk/lifestyle/sp...
northwestbylines.co.uk/lifestyle/sp...
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December 17, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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So: Trump has finally filed a law suit against the BBC.
New reports say he filed the suit in Florida yesterday.
Am going to have a look at this and will post more later.
New reports say he filed the suit in Florida yesterday.
Am going to have a look at this and will post more later.
December 16, 2025 at 7:37 AM
So: Trump has finally filed a law suit against the BBC.
New reports say he filed the suit in Florida yesterday.
Am going to have a look at this and will post more later.
New reports say he filed the suit in Florida yesterday.
Am going to have a look at this and will post more later.
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true, he's more like a super visor
Pay attention to all the times they treat Cyclops as the face of the X-Men btw. The man who hasn't been the leader since 1979.
December 16, 2025 at 2:58 AM
true, he's more like a super visor
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97% OF PEOPLE: 'No Torment Nexus please.'
3% OF PEOPLE WHO ALSO HAPPEN TO BE PART OF TORMENT NEXUS PLC: 'Torment Nexus is good.'
POLITICIAN: 'It's so difficult to know what people really want.'
3% OF PEOPLE WHO ALSO HAPPEN TO BE PART OF TORMENT NEXUS PLC: 'Torment Nexus is good.'
POLITICIAN: 'It's so difficult to know what people really want.'
December 16, 2025 at 10:04 AM
97% OF PEOPLE: 'No Torment Nexus please.'
3% OF PEOPLE WHO ALSO HAPPEN TO BE PART OF TORMENT NEXUS PLC: 'Torment Nexus is good.'
POLITICIAN: 'It's so difficult to know what people really want.'
3% OF PEOPLE WHO ALSO HAPPEN TO BE PART OF TORMENT NEXUS PLC: 'Torment Nexus is good.'
POLITICIAN: 'It's so difficult to know what people really want.'
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We're super excited to be returning to the Bagpuss Universe for Yaffle Origins. As mega fans of the Oliver Postbox multiverse, we always dreamed of telling the story of Assistant Professor Yaffle getting his first pair of glasses or whatever. Join us on this barren sphere, in this living death.
December 16, 2025 at 9:38 AM
We're super excited to be returning to the Bagpuss Universe for Yaffle Origins. As mega fans of the Oliver Postbox multiverse, we always dreamed of telling the story of Assistant Professor Yaffle getting his first pair of glasses or whatever. Join us on this barren sphere, in this living death.
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