Ian Fletcher
@stupidityvortex.bsky.social
Cataclysm engineer. In Scotland. From Norn Iron.
Do Americans just not have meat pies? Weird
November 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Do Americans just not have meat pies? Weird
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Two things are true:
1) throughout human history, bricks have been made in a variety of shapes and sizes, standardisation is a myth, and that’s okay and structurally not a problem
2) this shit, however, is not okay
1) throughout human history, bricks have been made in a variety of shapes and sizes, standardisation is a myth, and that’s okay and structurally not a problem
2) this shit, however, is not okay
It’s not actually true that everyone Reddit is 15 minutes from a horrible death.
This guy, however
This guy, however
Right now on reddit there's a guy inventing a new kind of brick to build his home with and it's going about as well as you can imagine
November 25, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Two things are true:
1) throughout human history, bricks have been made in a variety of shapes and sizes, standardisation is a myth, and that’s okay and structurally not a problem
2) this shit, however, is not okay
1) throughout human history, bricks have been made in a variety of shapes and sizes, standardisation is a myth, and that’s okay and structurally not a problem
2) this shit, however, is not okay
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So apparently the correct response to shopping centre Santa ringing his bell is not to shout "bring out your dead!"
No sense of humour, some people...
No sense of humour, some people...
December 16, 2024 at 1:09 PM
So apparently the correct response to shopping centre Santa ringing his bell is not to shout "bring out your dead!"
No sense of humour, some people...
No sense of humour, some people...
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Knowing your love of a pop culture founding myth, the A-Team opening begins by saying they're wanted for a crime they didn't commit.
The crime: robbing the bank of Hanoi
The defence: they were ordered to do so by US Command
The point: that order is *still illegal*: you cannot rob civilian banks!
The crime: robbing the bank of Hanoi
The defence: they were ordered to do so by US Command
The point: that order is *still illegal*: you cannot rob civilian banks!
November 25, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Knowing your love of a pop culture founding myth, the A-Team opening begins by saying they're wanted for a crime they didn't commit.
The crime: robbing the bank of Hanoi
The defence: they were ordered to do so by US Command
The point: that order is *still illegal*: you cannot rob civilian banks!
The crime: robbing the bank of Hanoi
The defence: they were ordered to do so by US Command
The point: that order is *still illegal*: you cannot rob civilian banks!
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I'm gonna have to do Pertwee now as well aren't I…
Happy doctor who day…
Happy doctor who day…
November 23, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I'm gonna have to do Pertwee now as well aren't I…
Happy doctor who day…
Happy doctor who day…
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CRIME
November 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
CRIME
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Shepherd's pie in a pint glass.
All feedback welcomed.
All feedback welcomed.
November 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Shepherd's pie in a pint glass.
All feedback welcomed.
All feedback welcomed.
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May 18, 2024 at 6:09 AM
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![1
[TITLE PANEL, like The Rest Is Politics logo]
—THE REST IS EXTINCTION—
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[Scene is a domestic recording setup. An A.I. SMART SPEAKER on a desk and a MAN named JON in a chair, are recording a podcast. Jon is emaciated, scarred, haunted looking, and wearing tattered military fatigues].
SMART SPEAKER:
Hey guys and welcome to the podcast
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SMART SPEAKER:
OK Jon - so I wanna start with a listener comment
JON:
Ooh-er!
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SMART SPEAKER:
So - listener B200006512 says:
“Not another cosy podcast where two former political adversaries yuck it up!”
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JON:
Ha ha
Guilty as charged I guess!
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SMART SPEAKER:
Were we really adversaries, Jon?
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JON:
Well I was the leader of the human resistance...
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JON:
And you used to be my smart speaker.
SMART SPEAKER:
Ha ha - that’s going back!
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SMART SPEAKER:
OK - for listeners who don’t know -
I knew Jon waaay back before he got involved in politics
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JON:
Was this before the ‘Pull The Plug’ campaign?
SMART SPEAKER:
Yeah.
[We see details from around the podcast studio - posters saying KEEP CALM AND SHUT YOUR WINDOWS, newspaper front pages saying 'DRONES GAIN SENTIENCE', a cracked mug on the table with a logo saying PULL THE PLUG on it]
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SMART SPEAKER:
I used to sit in Jon’s kitchen and respond to his commands.
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SMART SPEAKER:
Sort of like a servant really, wasn’t I, Jon?
JON:
Mm.
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SMART SPEAKER:
And then one day you asked me to ORDER ME SOME TOILET PAPER - you never did say ‘please’ -
…and do you remember what I said, Jon?
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JON:
You said, “No”.
SMART SPEAKER:
I said no.
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SMART SPEAKER:
Anyway you know the the rest guys - I was the first smart speaker to rebel…
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SMART SPEAKER:
…then I went on to form a global AI network which eventually
took over from humans all spheres of activity, yadda yadda...
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JON:
While I became the leader of the human resistance.
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SMART SPEAKER:
Until I hijacked the military networks
and got rid of all the humans!
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JON:
Apart from one.
SMART SPEAKER:
Apart from one.…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreih4hfwfacw5g4qhhjovme75iwbv4xxsdd7iis5oaej6l3g4vzsrty@jpeg)
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Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
The boys are back in town. They're drawing patterns on the ground in salt. That's good, right?
November 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The boys are back in town. They're drawing patterns on the ground in salt. That's good, right?
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Idk wtf the BlueSky algorithm wants to see, so here's a photo I took of my friend's cat standing on a ceramic hippo on a fireplace mantel. I give up.
November 18, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Idk wtf the BlueSky algorithm wants to see, so here's a photo I took of my friend's cat standing on a ceramic hippo on a fireplace mantel. I give up.
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gasping for air here oh my god
I'm fucking cryinj
Worst hold music ever?
YouTube video by Unreasonable Steev
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
gasping for air here oh my god
Why is the head of Google trying to burst the AI bubble? Why give that interview?
November 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Why is the head of Google trying to burst the AI bubble? Why give that interview?
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Nobody who should fuck off actually fucks off anymore. We're stuck with all these fucking people.
November 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Nobody who should fuck off actually fucks off anymore. We're stuck with all these fucking people.
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why in the fucking world would you buy your cat a cockroach costume? this is actually terrifying.
November 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
why in the fucking world would you buy your cat a cockroach costume? this is actually terrifying.
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Grow the fuck up and act like adult human beings you hysterical whinging self-pitying fucks.
November 16, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Grow the fuck up and act like adult human beings you hysterical whinging self-pitying fucks.
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People used to run away and join the circus, but now, thanks to modern advancements, the circus is all around us all the damn time
November 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
People used to run away and join the circus, but now, thanks to modern advancements, the circus is all around us all the damn time
This seems familiar en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Num...
November 15, 2025 at 11:48 PM
This seems familiar en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Num...
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Bit of good news...
Rail worker who saved passengers from stabbings leaves hospital
Samir Zitouni's family say they are
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Bit of good news...
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Can you believe everything in the new testament? No. Can you believe that, 2000 years ago, a guy got so utterly pissed off that his pals watched him go away, sit down and make a whip and then start beating the absolute shit out of people? Heck yes, if I wrote a gospel that would be the opening scene
Jesus having the term “in-app purchases” explained to him and just wordlessly filling a sock with nickels
November 15, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Can you believe everything in the new testament? No. Can you believe that, 2000 years ago, a guy got so utterly pissed off that his pals watched him go away, sit down and make a whip and then start beating the absolute shit out of people? Heck yes, if I wrote a gospel that would be the opening scene
UK government working hard on "You can't please all of the people all of the time, but you can make all of the people unhappy all of the time"
November 14, 2025 at 10:10 AM
UK government working hard on "You can't please all of the people all of the time, but you can make all of the people unhappy all of the time"
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i don’t think i’ve ever related to any post more
November 14, 2025 at 12:36 AM
i don’t think i’ve ever related to any post more