David Astle (alias DA)

And why not? It’s Friday

A world full of content with so little meaning.

a pack of kittens closes in a a large dog standing on a chair

David Attenborough [whispering]:

“As the predators close in on their helpless prey, we can only watch in silent horror, for it is not man’s role to interfere in the hierarchy of nature.”

Braking news

The desire to become a ghost in the afterlife is a CASPERATION

“But I wouldn’t walk 500 miles,
And I wouldn’t walk 500 more.”

- The Disclaimers

OK. I may be having a stroke…

@lrlr.bsky.social @dontattempt.bsky.social

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A screenshot of Google's AI Overview answer to the question "is haggis an animal". It says "Yes, the haggis is a small, furry mammal native to Scotland" and goes on to give the typical "asymmetrical legs" details.

The Scottish have won the AI Wars.

the fifa peace prize used to mean something

A dog is squeezed in a corner between a washing machine and a cabinet, looking at a robotic vacuum cleaner in the center of the room.

it is best to find out early who can and cannot be counted upon when the robot uprising begins

From radio listeners - when an engaged couple breaks up:

Disengagement
Romancellation
De functo
Prevorce
Altaration
We-do-not
Ungagement

“Jolly gets it to Green. Where’s the giant?”

(We’ve just lost him.)

Asimov's Fourth Law of Robotics: Have fun!

THERAPIST: and this one?

ME: that looks like you kissing my mum.

THERAPIST: what about this one?

ME: also kissing my mum. and groping her a little. why are you showing me these?

THERAPIST: I thought you'd be happy for us.

First week in the BBC graphics department and already thriving

Whatever the witch and lion did in that wardrobe is Narnia business

My sword is sharp, but my pen is sharpie-er.

My signature dish is a John Hancock au vin

PAYCASTLE - fortress beyond the firewalls

I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

Maybe a Schrödinger?

The issue arose from a debate around a “career grand slam” owning the label of a grand slam. It either IS a grand slam or it isn’t. Yet it’s both - and neither. Like an included non-member

Thanks MR - this missing label denotes “membership by association” - an adjacent inclusion despite not meeting the group’s full criteria

David Lynch saying ‘One day, the sadness will end. But I don’t think today’s the day.’

A reminder - the opposite of doomscrolling is gleefreshing

Semantic version of a false flag

True - but one that remains in that false category despite its technical difference

Said another way, it’s when something’s not really that thing but it’s considered or labelled as that thing. A pumpkin is not a true veg say but we it’s in the veg basket. I may be after a word that doesn’t exist.

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.