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Bit rich of the newsreader to tell me “sleep well” moments after reading me the news

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

I've just finished a reread of the comic series The Unwritten, which is very good indeed, and will continue to intrude into my brain unbidden for many weeks

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Really like this quote from Kepler Interactive's CEO, and think it shows in their games. Those same few influences being so pervasive is why a lot of pop culture seems infantilising. www.gamesindustry.biz/how-kepler-i...

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

It's particularly galling to have this come from a minister in the government that is keenly kicking the arse out of the arts by offering up all their intellectual property to foreign AI companies for free

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Beginning to suspect I would support a fascist takeover if they cracked down on people taking the piss with the size of their carry on luggage

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Now I know there's a special gesture to show you're being trafficked I'm worried I'm going to do it by mistake

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

I'm listening to a Rory Stewart documentary on Radio 4. And it is amazing that if you find someone on the Right who's really intelligent, and thoughtful and eloquent, and you really make an effort to get past the tribalism and your own bias and really hear what they have to say...

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

It's not"comedy on prescription". It's an intervention from a charity that could be 1 option for someone receiving social prescribing support. It's not NHS - social prescribing systems are partnerships across health, LA, & voluntary sectors. No-one commenting has any idea what they're talking about

submitted 11 days ago • 13 comments

It's an interesting discussion but this is simply not true is it? Heroes are normally depicted as cool rebels, even if they're standing in defence of the system. Even hero police "don't play by the rules but they get results".

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Cat has picked up on my upcoming holiday and begun his punishments

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

I'd really like to go to sleep but apparently it's time for whatever this is

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

A spectacularly overwhelming day at work, soothed only by disingenuously palming off a horrible bit of work onto someone else

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

"Do you even lift, bro?" Of course I fucking lift. I lift up my cat multiple times every day to kiss his perfect little head and tell him how special he is. Get the fuck outta here.

submitted 14 days ago • 8 comments

"Voters feel like they've not had enough heroin, and if we give them precisely one more piece of heroin that problem will go away forever"

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

From the perspective of the weekend, I can't believe it's already Monday, but looked at from this week I can't believe it's only Monday

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Should I fly to the US on Friday? I welcome opinions

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Fuuuuck

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Feeling absolutely *great* about Friday's flight to America

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Just made an entry on a spreadsheet for W/C 224th February and: yes, it feels like it

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Why have I gone back to this well of frustration?

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

I've had a bit of a play with a Meta Quest VR headset. It was quite fun for a bit. But once the novelty has worn off not as fun as eg. A frisbee

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment