If AI bots looked like this we might actually like them. Photo by Emilipothèse at Unsplash.
AI bots are taking Oxford University websites offline by attempting to scrape scholarly databases. Bodley's Librarian, Richard Ovenden, said: “It's the result of massive bot activity, downloading data at a scale which our infrastructure has found challenging.” status.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/detailed/
Trump says US Navy sank Iran's warship off the coast of Sri Lanka because "it's more fun" to sink ships than capture them.
The day President Trump announced his assault on Iran, a company that tracks data on crypto transactions posted a message on X: “Six suspected insiders made $1.2M betting on a US strike on Iran.” newyorkermag.visitlink.me/NwNrpQ
Some personal news: I’m transitioning from CEO to a new role as Bluesky’s Chief Innovation Officer! I’m excited to welcome @toni.bsky.team as our interim CEO.
More here: bsky.social/about/blog/0...
I'm thrilled to announce that I'll be joining Bluesky as interim CEO. I deeply believe in what this team has built and the open social web they're fighting for. More here: toni.org/2026/03/09/c...
Posing is everything...😹
The clubs should just leave X, it's beyond fixing.
There’ll still be Ace of Spades
Managing open ideas is a quandary, leave them in an open tab or bookmark them. You end up doing both and orgnising them becomes a nightmare
Not Chrome I hope - a real resourse killer
This is what having fun with old music gear is all about youtu.be/cYmkVpaxWXs
this sounds like a protection racket to me
The Russian shadow fleet LNG tanker Arctic Metagaz (9243148), which is 20 nautical miles east of Malta, is burning. It is reported that it has been struck by drones.
Happy birthday dear Sherry!
🎉 💕 🎁 🎂 🫶
Please enjoy this message from the Norwegian consumer protection council
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Up...
Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads: The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same... - Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist
Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.
This is just so fantastic and impressive at the same time.
Keith Moon was the mosy chaotic drummer who never played the same thing twice.
Only Chad could come close to it
After a decade as a de facto poop correspondent, it was great to see the sewage scandal brought together in Channel 4’s brilliant drama Dirty Business. Even if you think you know the story, watch it.
I’ve tried to sum up the whole malodorous affair here: watershedinvestigations.com/a-decade-ins...
John Lydon in the Rise video
Is there a more improbable recording line-up than that of 'Rise' by Public Image Ltd? John Lydon, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Steve Vai, Bill Laswell, L. Shankar, and Tony Williams (of Miles Davis Quintet fame). Talk about 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon. You could probably connect to *everyone* via this band.
In the UK, cataract surgery is free.
You get it on the NHS, and you don't pay a dime.
In America, it's expensive. Very expensive. Unless the billionaire president picks you out and pays for it.
In which case it costs you your dignity.
I just chanced upon this again in my bookmarks - what a vocal interpretation (just the bass player) youtu.be/UnWrNoS8loI
Mikaela Shiffrin talks about start of a mentality shift in Olympic athletes, finding happiness existing in life outside of sport before their medals
There are so many horrifying details to this story of ICE locking up a British grandmother for 2 months who was visiting the US legally as a tourist.
Among them is the fact that the 🇬🇧embassy refused to help her. That's been a consistent theme to these stories of European tourists getting detained.
A male Eastern Bluebird looking like an angry bird in the blowing snow. I too am ready for the snow to be done and am ready for Spring!
This is so much fun to follow everyday. Lovely people. Lovely animals.
