*Alien. π
*Alien. π
Love the prints I bought from @tokyosexwhale.bsky.social - and before you ask - no, those pins are not through the print they are just supporting it. Putting a pin through this would be heresy! Going to buy frames while out in town today. Look at the Allen one! π
βBut, as you see, it's a beautiful day, the Strait of Hormuz is open and people are having a wonderful time!β
Those car mods won't pay for themselves.
Thanks. It was my mother in law's and my wife has given it to me as I do a lot of writing and prefer ink pens. Sac seems in good condition I'll give it a clean as you suggest. π
Aerometric.
A Parker P51 fountain pen in original case.
Fountain pen aficionados, I appear to have inherited a 1956 Parker P51 fountain pen. Is this a good pen? It looks nice in the original case.
100% what you just wrote.
Might have to retcon my maps. π€£
βAI can never be AI without humans. It is not artificial intelligence. Itβs African intelligence...We are training our own death. We train ChatGPT and itβs killing us slowly.β
Kenyan workers are still the underpaid labor behind AI training, moderation, and sex chatbots. Now, they're fighting back.
Yes, a lot of the artwork my partner produces has some sort of moss involved. www.ncargillthompson.co.uk/projects/
I didn't know that it being confirmed as Hadrian's Wall was so recent.
Superb. A footnote taking up half the book. π€£
When I think about playing the Twilight Imperium boardgame (it is a great game but, yes, that playtime!) it reminds me of trying to play The Succession Wars boardgame. We'd set it up and it'd be time to go home. π
Rereading the first two books in the Jackpot trilogy - The Peripheral and Agency - by @greatdismal.bsky.social and when I look around, I can easily imagine this timeline is being messed with by bored rich people in an alternate future. We were robbed not getting a S2 of the The Peripheral TV show.
One of my favourite venues too, welcome to my neck of the woods. π
Now thinking of a scenario I can write called "A Garden Full Of Black Flowers" because it sounds ace. π
BEWARE THE BASILISK, MY SON!
cc @fenrisgames.com @huwbowen.bsky.social @andyhemming.bsky.social @dozy139.bsky.social
That tile is 10' square, isn't it? TERROR CHICKEN! π
I met with AI data labelers in Kenya who are organizing their colleagues to fight the brutal working conditions and horrible pay given to the workers at the "bottom of the AI supply chain." They believe the NDAs they've signed are unenforceable so are speaking out:
www.404media.co/ai-is-africa...
"Doctor, I have trouble sleeping."
"Go and see the great singer Morrissey, you'll be asleep in no time."
"But Doctor..."
Yes, is that DCC day?
I remember seeing The Search For Spock for the first time and finding the recasting of Saavik a bit jarring as I'd really liked Kirsty Alley in the role in The Wrath of Khan.
Teamwork makes the dream work. π
Highlights included:
Defeating the TERROR OF TRIMONTIUM!
Pliny The Elder's Treatise on Monstrous Beasts (Plinyβs Believe it or Not).
Plinyβs Monster Trading cards.
"Rigor comes and goes. Like Meals on Wheels."
A great game of Cthulhu Far From Rome tonight. Our heroes continue on their mission north of the wall to save Livia from the CURSE OF THE SEA PEOPLE. Big thanks to my awesome players:
@fenrisgames.com
@huwbowen.bsky.social
@andyhemming.bsky.social
@clownf1st.bsky.social
@dozy139.bsky.social
This brings back memories. Now I want one! π
I remember me excitedly showing my dad that Dan Dare was in 2000AD and his first response was "they've done his eyebrows wrong". π
Music magazine?
Same, looks superb. I remember Dan Dare in 2000AD and also reading my dad's Dan Dare strips from his childhood.