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ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...

The word possesses possesses a lot of esses

ICYMI: my post on the sheer unhealthiness and groupthink of the culture around AI, "a community of would-be-martyrs, enmeshed in a deep paranoid fantasy that they alone can stave off the end of the world."

"Amol I've voted for yourselves"

Turns out being exposed as corrupt is great advertising that appeals to those that would like to buy influence.

At what point does a British by-election get awarded to the silver medalist, à la Ben Johnson and Carl Lewis? Asking for a friend of a friend, i.e. me. #Clacton

Just discovered thst M&S do a version of Ice Magic called "Cracked Shell" 😋

Wish i would have discovered Frank Skinners Poetry Podcast years ago, its such a joy

* Id: along with the ego and the superego one of the three components of the psyche (been playing a lot of scrabble / bananagrams with the kiddos) * Cromulent/embiggen * I just tripled my productivity * (Ok whats your first name) I dont know * are you guys working? can you work any harder?

Coming soon to BBC1 and iPlayer - Burnham A hard-bitten, northern detective moves down to that London. Does he play by the rules? No. But does he get results? Probably also no.

I don't feel they need advice on this.

This sounds amazing, cant wait to read it!

Decided to watch Spiderman "Homecoming" given all the hype about the new one. Turns out to be rubbish in exactly the same way as every other "MCU" film i've had the misfortune to see. Truly baffled that some adults seem to enjoy these movies.

Not bad, could have been great catfishing.net #760 - 7/10 🐟🐈🐈🐈🐈 🐈🐟🐟🐈🐈

I appreciate the effort to make policy-wonkery go viral 😂

Game of two halves catfishing.net #756 - 6/10 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 🐟🐈🐟🐟🐟

Ah, now AB wanting Mahmood as chancellor makes sense. He's a moron.

France have clearly War Gamed this 3/4 place playoff. The only winning move is not to play.

Wordle can fuck off today

Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface

One of my most popular tweets.

Venus and Serena, or as they're collectively known, the Tennisy Williams

AFTER REVIEW NUMBER TEN PARAGUAY COVER HIS MOUTH DECISION IS RDRDRED CARD

Some interesting replies here. I was born in and lived most of my life in (Greater) Manchester. Mancs do love expounding on it's (and their) greatness. The "we do things differently here" bollox really grinds my gears tbh. Maybe I'm temperamentally a Brummie, have always enjoyed my visits there.

JOKER: Not so fast, Bat-JERK! My LAUGHBangs will leave you BLIND as a BAT! BLUESKY BATMAN: Oof. Many people suffer from reduced vision. Not funny. JOKER: It's like, it's a pun. It's just wordplay. BLUESKY BATMAN: Sorry if I'm not in the mood for "jokes" while SCOTUS shreds our constitutional rights

We really need a McTominay bicycle kick in this world cup

Wordle: 1831 🟩🟩🟩⬛️⬛️ 🟩🟩🟩⬛️🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through 6/26, enjoy free standard shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

"Purchases from a high-end cookware brand were among the red flags which alerted police to Peter Murrell’s long-running embezzlement of the SNP’s funds." [runs in panting] INSPECTOR LE CREUSET

Discussing politics with my kiddos. They reckon the next PM should be a "collab" between Zohran Mamdani and Larry the Downing St cat. I dont hate it.

Muppet Blood Meridian. The kid is human, everyone else is a muppet

Pleasing belated birthday present to wake up to find Reform got smashed in Makerfield.

Obviously Reform were let down by a poor candidate in Makerfield, and all they need to do to achieve future success is to be certain only to pick candidates from the overlapping area in this Venn diagram.

Catching up on the NBA finals. Americans are going to be _so_ bored by the World Cup.

This is the best thing LCD Soundsystem has done since they broke up

Reflections on memorizing the Snellen chart: PROS • Optometrists are often impressed with and praise my eyes. CONS • I haven't owned a correctly prescribed pair of glasses since childhood. • Difficulties with tasks requiring use of sight.

Yes, we are spoiling you: have a link to my huge romp through the history of French food in Britain featuring copious amounts of snails, cassoulet and tarte tatin.