Mark Armstrong

The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot A mediocre white guy sees his non-white colleague getting praised for good work, he asks AI to *literally copy it*, and then he gets all the praise instead: www.ispot.tv/ad/SoDi/micr...

I’ve just thought of a great name for the new hopping Tesla Roadster - the Toadster! It was actually a typo but then I realised it was apropos.

Started watching Carrie on Prime. It’s an excellent show - makes me think of a grown up version of Matilda.

The "controversial" comic with over 43 false reports to silence the creator and the real feel of the people. Enjoy, like and reshare "The Day All Billionaires Died..." By #noneofthisisok

This is a 🇬🇧 consumer review of chocolate products. I saw one done on the 🇦🇺 marketplace about 6 mths ago. Same players, same story: • less cocoa, more oil • lower portion size, higher price • *slave* labour Only 2 '🇦🇺' chocolates passed: - NZ's Whittaker, & - Adelaide's Haigh youtu.be/ORXoC-TkRlo

It’s amazing how many people are merely simulating being literate.

I'm curious. What other countries live stream public executions? What sort of special club is the US joining by choosing this path of obscenity?

The MASSIF Tour continues. Thank you everyone who came along last night to Dymocks Melbourne, thank you Louise and her team, and @amiekaufman.bsky.social

Having long been aware of those tech bros who read my work as utopian porn, where they’ve taken that doesn’t exactly surprise me.

Ironically they did not see that coming.

October Tour Part 2 Wed 14 Gold Coast www.eventbrite.com.au/e/meet-an-au... Thurs 15 Brisbane www.eventbrite.com.au/e/garth-nix-... Sat 16 and Sun 17 Canberra canberrawritersfestival.com.au/artist/nix-g... Then the UNITED KINGDOM from 21st October, see www.garthnix.com/appearances-...

My Australian tour for MASSIF kicks off next week. First up, Adelaide on Tuesday 6 October at Dillons Norwood with @adelaidesean.bsky.social Book here www.trybooking.com/events/landi...

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Newscorp spreads climate denialism in Australia — and now?

@ivalaine.bsky.social an adorable thing to brighten your day.

Here's a tiny baby sloth to brighten your day . 😍

It is 'plane' to see...

Has anyone seen Nyx the Tuxedo kitty? No idea where she is.

I find it fascinating that on a crowded rush hour bus, I still have a seat free beside me, with people preferring to stand. I think it’s because I always wear a mask on the bus.

Art and light: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatis...

Things have become more interesting now that food companies have introduced the concept of loot boxes into their products. Will this pack contain a parasite? A deadly bacteria? A human thumb? Step right up and try your luck!

If consumer smart glasses must exist, then it should not be a technical issue for the software installed to recognize a "Do Not Record Me" command from someone in their frame and automatically block recording. That at least should kill demand from people using them to harass others.

This is the phone I read your posts from

@ivalaine.bsky.social This may explain some things?

I just looked up the publication date of the Chronicles of Narnia after thinking about the teacher who loaned me the copies I first read. The first book was about 39 years old at the time, and it has been about 39 years since I read it.

Starship Troopers (1997): Arachnid Warrior Bug, animatronics testing by Amalgamated Dynamics

Thought this was a great picture of our two cats playing. Cleo is a 15 year old distinguished lady of the house and Nyx is approaching 2 and still has the joie de vivre. Here she is, wide eyed and preparing to launch herself from the tunnel, while Cleo watches carefully, fully aware of her antics.

Personally I think that bats engineered the whole thing.

And if you manage to remove the upset you are just left with groting, which doesn't sound much fun at all.

My experience of the posting game: you spend half an hour carefully crafting a joke and it gets two pity likes. Toss out any old crap after four seconds’ thought and it eventually winds up on knowyourmeme. knowyourmeme.com/memes/curtai...

Surely the solution here is just *don't use AI tools* for your writing and research and continue to do your writing and research in ALL the ways you were doing it before you started using AI instead of doing the work??

I started a D&D campaign, playing a session a month with a group of friends, two of whom are seasoned players. I’m using a campaign book. The material I planned for 1 session has so far stretched into 3 sessions, which has made life much easier than expected!

Remembered yesterday that I enjoyed the first episode of "Knights of Guinevere" and wondered why I hadn't watched anymore. Looked it up and discovered I had seen the pilot and the series won't start for another 50 days. It seems like a lot of fun so here's the link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCAd...

Strange New Worlds: ... where the fuck are the Voth?

All the headcrabs So many headcrabs They all jump on my face Chewing on my brains Half life

This hits me in my nerd humor spot.

True story. When Lionel Messi was 20yo & played for Barcelona. Lamine Jamal Parents won a UNICEF photo shoot competition. Where Messi was bathing Baby Lamine. 19y later, Lamine was playing in WC Final for Spain & beat Messi. Messi was crying like a baby after. So Lamine baths Baby Messi

The Odyssey is such a hit that apparently the author has already churned out a prequel called “The Iliad”? Typical Hollywood.

I need a meme where Satan is checking his tracking info for Mitch McConnell's soul and it says "label created."

Just rewatching “Flight of The Navigator” for the first time in 40 years and spotted a huge plot hole. Why does the delivery robot that the kid escapes in have a window *and* why does it immediately take him to the secret warehouse with the spaceship? I just can’t take it seriously.

Hands up who started watching Apples “Invasion” simply because they saw Sam Neill in the promo, only to witness him being vanished in the first episode. Then watching for his return only to sorely disappointed?