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Daniel Owen

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A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma, coated in breadcrumbs and dipped in ketchup. Refugees welcome. Hate AI. Love fountain pens, baseball and In Our Time. He/him North Devon, UK 🧑

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This might be the single grimmest example of allowing an LLM to do the most rewarding things available to humanity. Jesus wept. You could sell the experience of talking to a toddler for more than crack.

13.03.2026 08:47 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

People of Adelaide (or people who know people in Adelaide - pass it along):

Laura Lexx is the best, the funniest comedian out there.

You should go and see her. You will not regret it and you will be grateful to me for recommending it and be indebted to me for the rest of your life.

13.03.2026 09:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
VANITY FAIR

Last weekend, Iran, one of the world's oldest, most storied civilizations, was attacked by two countries: the US, which adorably is about celebrate its 250th anniversary; and Israel, which is younger than Liza Minnelli.

VANITY FAIR Last weekend, Iran, one of the world's oldest, most storied civilizations, was attacked by two countries: the US, which adorably is about celebrate its 250th anniversary; and Israel, which is younger than Liza Minnelli.

Oof

13.03.2026 08:49 πŸ‘ 293 πŸ” 86 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3

This is such a beautiful series. I'm plannjng to rewatch it over the weekend.

12.03.2026 23:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Art of Persia - Series 1: Episode 3 Samira Ahmed goes back to when Persia faced her gravest threat, Genghis Khan, and reveals how the Safavids, who succeeded the Mongols, give Iran a powerful new identity.

You can see these places that ordinary Iranians hold so dear in episode 3.. filmed almost exactly 7 years ago. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

10.03.2026 14:02 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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This country is losing it

12.03.2026 20:56 πŸ‘ 68 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 0
β€œElon Musk’s Tesla given go-ahead to supply electricity in Great Britain.” A subheading underneath says: β€œOfgem licence means firm can replicate Texas setup of powering homes, businesses and EVs.”

β€œElon Musk’s Tesla given go-ahead to supply electricity in Great Britain.” A subheading underneath says: β€œOfgem licence means firm can replicate Texas setup of powering homes, businesses and EVs.”

Ed Miliband must step in and bar Tesla from holding an energy licence.

Elon Musk is a threat to our national security and clearly not a fit person to operate in our energy industry.

We can’t have the lights go out because he’s having a strop on X.

12.03.2026 16:56 πŸ‘ 1067 πŸ” 361 πŸ’¬ 50 πŸ“Œ 29
A child playing with waterpipe building blocks

A child playing with waterpipe building blocks

Could this be a solution ?

12.03.2026 14:38 πŸ‘ 415 πŸ” 62 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
Cropped screenshot from a BBC News story. In large white letters across a photo of two people in period costume are the words "Listen to this article". In the bottom left corner of the photo is a play button. In small letters where the photo caption would normally be, it says "We used AI to read the audio version of this article" and then an underlined link saying "More on how the BBC uses AI".

Cropped screenshot from a BBC News story. In large white letters across a photo of two people in period costume are the words "Listen to this article". In the bottom left corner of the photo is a play button. In small letters where the photo caption would normally be, it says "We used AI to read the audio version of this article" and then an underlined link saying "More on how the BBC uses AI".

If only the BBC employed people who could read news stories so that we wouldn't have this AI shit instead.

12.03.2026 16:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Rectal Garlic is the name of my heavy metal band.

Disastrously Misguided Advice is our first album.

12.03.2026 16:23 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Has anyone tried sending Kendall Jenner to the Strait of Hormuz with a tanker full of Diet Pepsi?

12.03.2026 16:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Twitter spat between us, and a random twitter user, that flames up, and almost instantly de-escalates

Twitter spat between us, and a random twitter user, that flames up, and almost instantly de-escalates

Four years ago today, in the other place, here's us getting involved in a Twitter spat that......really DIDN'T escalate, at all.

12.03.2026 15:24 πŸ‘ 590 πŸ” 67 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 7

I seem to have something in my eye. Give me a moment.

12.03.2026 15:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Parliamentlive.tv House of Commons

Absolute BELTER of a maiden speech by Hannah Spencer MP. What a fresh face and fresh voice!

parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...

12.03.2026 14:30 πŸ‘ 110 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 2

Imagine if this guy had been mugged in London. He'd be sitting at home, no phone to film anything on, and no help from the Foreign Office. Bleak.

12.03.2026 15:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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British man charged in Dubai for alleged filming of Iranian missiles Foreign Office officials are understood to be supporting his family.

More tales of luxury living in the totally and completely safe paradise that is Dubai.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

12.03.2026 14:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

We had a beginner's guide for the software I worked on, I kept asking "please explain to me exactly the brain injury someone would need to have had in order to not understand the things you have explained but to understand all the things you have taken for granted?"

12.03.2026 13:15 πŸ‘ 50 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

"I, too, can't believe you want to take Winston Churchill off your five pound notes."

12.03.2026 13:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The hypnoboobs thing remains squarely in the category of "of course it's damning, but I can't really take seriously people who are demanding I take that we prioritise this over things like the UK Government having a basically fascist immigration system"

12.03.2026 12:54 πŸ‘ 155 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 1

That's going to be one amazing coin.

12.03.2026 12:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Like this but with oil somehow, and make the oil rain in one place a long way from the Iranian mines.

12.03.2026 12:16 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Actually, this on a banknote

11.03.2026 21:49 πŸ‘ 1213 πŸ” 204 πŸ’¬ 38 πŸ“Œ 12

HAVE WE CONSIDERED THE OPTION OF PUTTING BANK NOTES ON ANIMALS?

11.03.2026 14:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Peter Capaldi is an awesome actor, but also a great person 😁. He was a guest at a local ComiCon a few years ago and when my special needs daughter lined up for an autograph, he spent quite a bit of time with her, which made her year!

Thanks Peter

11.03.2026 21:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I never watched Enterprise, and have only seen the first two series of Discovery. Most of the modern Trek has passed me by. I tried Picard and hated it. Didn't seem faithful to canon.

11.03.2026 21:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Sherlock, yes, but not the others.

11.03.2026 21:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We started with Eccleston, rather than classic Who, but yes we've made quick progress.

11.03.2026 21:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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What's My JND? Find your Just Noticeable Difference in colour perception. How small a colour difference can you actually see?

That was fun.

What's My JND? 0.0041
Can you beat it? www.keithcirkel.co.uk/whats-my-jnd...

11.03.2026 19:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I love TNG, but even from S3 onwards I think it lacks the energy and humour and quirkiness of Dr Who. It just takes itself a bit too seriously - and I think that's true of DS9 and Voyager, too, which I also love.

11.03.2026 18:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is excellent.

I still wish for Grammarly to be sued out of existence, and all the authors and academics whose names and works were stolen to be properly compensated.

11.03.2026 18:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0