I've seen Wagon Wheels you people wouldn't believe. Chocolate pouring over the shoulder of biscuit. I watched jam glitter in the dark near the marshmallow sponge. Full sized Wagon Wheels will be lost in time, like summers full of rain. Time for tea.
May you be ruthful, gormful and gruntled.
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I've seen Wagon Wheels you people wouldn't believe. Chocolate pouring over the shoulder of biscuit. I watched jam glitter in the dark near the marshmallow sponge. Full sized Wagon Wheels will be lost in time, like summers full of rain. Time for tea.
Have you considered using these a little like marketing tools? Off the top of my head leave them on tables in trains or in cafes. If Book Crossing is still a thing you could register them with that, so that people who pick them up know they can take and read them. Get a journalist to write about it.
It never went away. What you mean is, Blood Bowl is unnecessarily rereleased, as is the way with all GW products. Stand still in a Warhammer store for long enough and they’ll rerelease you.
I’d like to be dumb but rich. I think the world must treat you better if you’re dumb but rich. Me being a poor-as-muck genius is getting me nowhere.
I think I’ve got an explanation for this. The people in the adverts are —and this isn’t a good word, but it’s an accurate one—morons. These people, with their pasta cookies and dry yet wet faces, need something to run their lives for them. And we must pity them. The AI isn’t for us, it’s for idiots.
Writers, keep writing. Do not buy into the hype train telling you your job will be replaced in a few years. Those using AI are literally atrophying their brains ability to be creative. The future will need your words, your creativity, to function well. publichealthpolicyjournal.com/mit-study-fi...
Honestly, no-one in the tube is standing examining posters. They’ll see the part flag design, they’ll see the word British and they’ll think British Airways is having a marketing push. Very few will pause to think ‘nazis’.
Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!
See, this is how to do black without all the pesky neon-bright edge highlighting. 👍🏻
But but but (spoilers) The mentors aren’t the goodies! The Spears are the goodies! Paint the goodies!
realistic Star Trek
"Nightshade, the free tool that ‘poisons’ AI models, is now available for artists to use" (HT Katya Pendill)
It wasn’t until you involved yourself in it. Please feel free to uninvolve yourself, and perhaps touch some grass while you’re at it.
Why I remember gettin’ my first ever space marines. You’d hardly believe it boy. Thirty of ‘em for less than ten of your new fangled English pounds. That’s what you could buy in nineteen hundred and eighty seven. I think I still have some of ‘em—bits anyway. Just move them Werthers Originals aside.
I have no clue how the US legal system works, but I’m a lawyer myself and in my jurisdiction it would be a very simple case. And extremely easily winnable. Strange that it’s not where you are. Also I’d expect they’d settle before it ever got to court.
If this is a book you’ve written threaten to sue. Or actually sue. Outside America we get the impression you guys like doing that a lot. A complaint won’t move them, a defamation case will, mainly because they’ll have to try to pass on the payout to the AI company, and there’ll be heads rolling.
People wonder how Roman Emperors got away with the abuses during their reigns. This. This is how.
Why would you block their name out? It’s not feeding the trolls to unmask someone as a literal nazi.
It’s only surgery if you surge. Otherwise it’s just sparkling hospital pain.
So this is a known lgb alliance guy saying he’s already secured “strong representation” for next years prize. I’m guessing not from the trans community he hasn’t. These prizes are dead, everyone should move on.
Friendly reminder that AI data centers are working overtime to help cook the planet. If the fires are scaring you— start using ‘-AI’ at the end of all Google searches to cut out any AI response to your query. Refusal is possible & responsible. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
It’s just a little cottage…
Just going to leave this one here… youtu.be/LBq3d1MNmBk
Me, just now: Wait a minute, why is my Bluesky feed full of random useless garbage I don’t care about? Oh, I’ve been switched over to “discover” instead of “following” again. That’ll do it.
If someone clicked on you in an RTS, what would your voice lines be? “What’s an RTS?” “What’s ’clicking on me’?” “What are voice lines?” “How did you get into my house?” “Are you a real doctor?” “What’s the injection for?” “I think the visitors have been stealing my trousers again!”
So TikTok, which Trumpy wants selling to his friends because it’s a faceless tool of a communist state, is actually and provably a faceless tool of a fascist state instead. Interesting.
Rest of the world: Hi! We still exist! RFK doesn’t affect us in the slightest!
If you think any of those films aren’t “of an age” you’ve not been paying attention to how old you are. We are.
Oh, turns out it’s ok, Rolls Royce apparently make small nuclear reactors now and we’re handing these to the AIs because making them energy independent will work out absolutely fine. I, for one, wish to welcome our new robot overlords. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Literally everyone involved in stupid pointless HP projects #DontFundHate
Since writing that post I’ve found out the guy is an open supporter of anti-trans organisations so I think this is the prize trying to lurch toward being LGB only. And thereby derided by everyone else. All other authors and judges should leave. It’s not a prize without them.
It doesn’t seem like it was a mistake. Look at who founded the prize—who is on the judging panel—and the comments of those who are currently running it.
I’m hearing the (unproven as yet) rumour that the guy behind the prize, who is also one of the judges, is anti-trans. So if that were true this probably would always have happened.
The most cyberpunk post you’ve ever made.
Typical Disney mismanagement
Also a typically spurious argument from the tech bros - settling doesn’t set precedent, ever.
Neither the tories nor the daily fail even trying to hide their racism any more.
Gave up on Andor after three or four episodes. I just found it boring.
Has anyone thought that this is what the world beyond the boundaries of this dimension look like…?
Sadly political wonks have convinced the parties that decent people don’t change their votes, and that only pandering to the psychopath and bigot swing vote can serve them victory. And that’s all parties, sadly.
Hollywood wouldn’t make a movie about this because they’re very much the people on the other side of the argument. Their industry is based on ‘Birth of a Nation’ after all.
Who has time for a tin?!
Fry’s turned against her so she’s turned to Laurie?
One thick coat! (For lines anyway)
Me too.
Authors: don't be like this dickface. Every single thing he spouts about genAI is utterly wrong: AI DOES replicate the works it stole from, sometimes so closely lawsuits are filed. Every creator has the right to the work they create; this is not "gatekeeping," you fatuous twat. /1
I wonder how much AI was used in production
I’ll be that politician. I hate politics and the people involved, but if those bellends aren’t going to do it it’s time to rise up. My party shall be called Sense (no connection to the charity, but give if you’re able). I shall bring order to this country, kicking and screaming if necessary.
Yeah but YouGov (Me, Squire?) is a Conservative mouthpiece, so they’ll always push that kind of thing.
The Lord High Starmer says they’re bad for the environment because they fry the air. I mean, there’s got to be a carbon footprint a mile wide there, right? No need for evidence. Also they say “ninja” and all things ninja have been banned since Thatcher was in power. But your MP might say soz.
If an Act is found incompatible that part will be suspended and sent back to Parliament for amendment, but it’s fairly rare this happens since the lawyers that write the Acts on behalf of Parliament are experts. SI’s can just be struck down, but only the bits that are under review.
Also most UK legislation is in Statutory Instruments, which are subordinate to Acts and written by government departments. As they’re not voted on by Parliament they’re easier for the government to change if they need to, and are fully judicially reviewable.
It’s true that the Supreme Court can’t say “this Act is illegal because we don’t like it” since there’s no separation of powers as in the US, but they can say “this Act is unenforceable because of this other Act which hasn’t been taken into account”, like with the Human Rights Act.
I’m sure RFKjr will find a way to mess it up. “Now hold on a second. It’s up to parents to try prayer and oranges to prevent AIDS, not some godless medicine”
You’re nutty
I’m in my 40s and it applies to us too. The Gruniad should stop whipping up competition for a vanishing resource.
github.com/UniversalApt... It's not quite finished yet (almost), but if you're interested I've been working on minimally tech savvy tutorial for how to self-host a home server that can replace Google drive. I use it and frankly I like it so much more than using Google docs. And it's *mine*.
Has the blonde lady just had her wrists cut by the lady sitting on her…?
A quick google suggests getting the psychic hood shouldn’t be a problem, and I could probably find a solution for the engravings, even if it was just me painting them on. And my spare Bladeguard are just itching for a project…
After posting I actually realised I had a load of bladeguard that I’ve never found a use for… until now!
I’ve got a ton of Primaris marines. I’m assuming GK arms and heads would fit to make a force that looked a little more badass than what’s currently being offered. I think I’ve even got spare terminators…
Are GKs still using stubby little first born models? Aren’t they due for a bit of a size upgrade?
What's this? An article that Vice and the Christian fundamentalists don't want you to read? That they're doing everything they can to keep you in the dark including censoring our speech? Shame if it got spread far and wide. >.>
Rats!
#BookSky
It won’t destroy the vaccine industry, just American chances of getting them. The rest of the world will be just fine, after hoovering up all your pharmaceutical companies and vaccinating everyone.
Can we all just pressure Visa and Mastercard for whatever we want? Cause I’d like a massive credit limit that never needs paying back.
Internet sleuths reckon it’s from an Anglo-Saxon verb, “kop”, meaning “to catch”, which we still use in “it’s a fair cop” or “cop a load of this”. More used in northern England which had less influence from Norman French.
I think Old Norse kept the soft sound longer than Germanic. Our Anglo-Saxon Wotan was already established when the Norse brought Odin to northern areas, which had the soft d—a hill near me called Roseberry Topping comes from Oth’s beorg tor pen, Odin’s hill hill hill. Danish must’ve changed later?
That would indicate they were quite badly paid - copper has always been for the lowest denomination coins.
I can’t tell you how often as a kid I drew the Spider-Man (venom) cover from number 8. The revelation that you could highlight black with blue was a game changer.
So presumably it was originally, or at least related to, “adder”, which we also use for our only venomous snake.
Would this be related to the runic thorn, like the letter that looks like a d in Odin?
I thought it was because of the metal their badges were made from, but I think I like your version better.
In fact I suggest an intelligence & empathy test for voters. You get extra votes above 1 based on how you score. You can take it many times through your life, and it would ensure the people best suited to deciding things got the most say. PR unnecessary & teens unlikely to get much influence.
Teens would inevitably vote over-emotionally or as their parents tell them / indoctrinate them to. Both outcomes are a wasted vote. Humans don’t even develop full empathy until they’re 26, and I’d be happiest if everyone under that age had the vote removed.
The average 16 year old would vote for anyone over 21 being sent to the cringe gulag, and free crocs with socks for everyone else. They’re not people with the skills to understand what the country needs. Left wing parties always support this idea because they think teens are inherently left wing too
And as for giving 16 and 17 year olds the vote, why in gods name would you want to? In this country we spend all our time blaming them for society’s ills and telling them their exams are too easy. Then we give them the vote and tell them they’re trusted in running the country?
Post WW2 we set European governments up with PR deliberately to hamstring them from effective decision making. It was cynical. Anyone who’s lived in a PR state knows how difficult it is to pass legislation, or keep a functioning government for longer than a year. That’s not what our country needs.
PR is a system deliberately tailored to give a compromise on every decision, which is the weakest form of government. It’s only supported by people who wrongly think their opinion should always be heard. That’s called entitlement. Many opinions should never be heard.
This seems to be an unpopular set of opinions today, but both PR and 16/17 voting are terrible ideas. The party of government has the support of the largest slice of the people, and you just have to put up with them until they’re gone. Which they will inevitably be.
I’ve gone out of my way to avoid “pay what you want” scenarios. They’re just not British. You, person offering a service, put a value on your time and skills, and I’ll pay accordingly. Don’t make me commit a faux pas by undervaluing you, and don’t ask me to feel obligated to overpay to avoid it.
Daaamn right
Ok, good tip, but the first account I tried that with had 10,000 followers. Is there a way to see mutuals?
Nope, it’s in the command squad too, and the power weapons list, so it’s deliberate.
At this point we should organise a GW buying boycott until they decide to stop this abusive relationship with established hobbyists. I suggest NOvember, where we hit their pre Xmas sales by not buying anything in November. Maybe they’ll finally learn they can’t just target new hobbyists forever.
I remember early in the pandemic a chain of bookstores fired all their employees rather than keep employing them during lockdowns, and the general mood among Americans was “sound financial decision making”, not “what are you doing you callous morons?!”
The church never thought the Earth was flat. This makes me doubt the veracity of this entire quote.
Yes, it’s true. Please don’t accuse me of lying about my continuing lived experience of getting shown things I absolutely do not want to see, and which I’ve never wanted to see, and which I object to using the available tools every time I get shown it.
WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for. Stop using WeTransfer.
Oh god! JKR’s gonna sue you for posting this!!! The public can’t be exposed to the truth!