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Lance Parkin @lanceparkin.bsky.social · May 31

If you've got a hankering for Russell Tovey, he read the audiobook of my tenth Doctor novel The Eyeless.

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Doctor Who

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. At the heart of the ruined city of Arcopolis is the Fortress. It's a brutal structure placed there by one of the sides in a devastating intergalactic war th...

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Alan White @aljwhite.bsky.social · 3h

I ❤️ Viz

A letter to viz on why we should be removing British objects from people’s rectums, not foreign ones

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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 2h

JD #Vance is pretty much exactly what you think.

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That Time I Made JD Vance Sad

As we head into the final days for election 2024, I would like to share an embarrassing moment for the ‘creepy’ candidate

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Lance Parkin @lanceparkin.bsky.social · 9h

Merry Dog Carcass In Alley Day to all who celebrate.

BrendanClay @claybrendan.bsky.social · 10h

Happy 40th Anniversary of Rorschach seeing the city‘s true face to those who celebrate

The first panel of the comic “Watchmen.”

On the top of the panel, text reads “Rorschach’s Journal. October 12th, 1985. Dog carcass in alley this morning, tire tread on burst stomach. This city is afraid of me. I have seen its true face.”

The rest of the panel depicts an extreme closeup of a city street where a pool of blood runs off into a gutter. On the edge of the gutter there is a yellow smiley face button marred by a single drop of blood that partially obscures one eye.

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Lance Parkin @lanceparkin.bsky.social · 9h

If I had a penny for every terfy 'thinker' who always had something a bit wrong with their brain, took stuff that made it worse, but lately they went off the deep end after coming into contact with something that eats brains, I'd have nearly $1, which doesn't sound like much, but it's all of them.

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 22h

Jordan Peterson, explained

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She explained how her 62-year-old dad had been dealing with a “host of neurological issues this summer that we believe stem from CIRS, which is chronic inflammatory response syndrome, due to decades of mould exposure.”

Fuller added that he had been suffering from symptoms of neuropathy and weakness for the last few years and his condition worsened after Peterson cleaned out his late father’s basement earlier this year.

“We don’t have a better explanation for his neurological symptoms at the moment other than spiritual attacks,” she said.

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Lance Parkin @lanceparkin.bsky.social · 10h

It works because no one actually likes, or needs to like, their politicians.

Lance Parkin @lanceparkin.bsky.social · 10h

The thing with US politics is how cynically the GOP just take their candidates' weaknesses and say that's the other guy.

They got away with painting *Kerry* as the war coward, not W. Which was absurd. They haven't looked back.

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Lance Parkin @lanceparkin.bsky.social · 10h

... and, as you say, it only works because it reinforces an existing belief or prejudice, or it stretches things only a little.

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Lance Parkin @lanceparkin.bsky.social · 10h

Yeah, I think a lot of it is a conscious exploit / cultivation of:

1. People only read the headline.

2. Natural tendency to think 'both sides are as bad as each other'.

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Lance Parkin @lanceparkin.bsky.social · 1d

The data centres being built now will be derelict by 2030.

Aaron Bady @zunguzungu.bsky.social · 1d

“I had previously assumed a 10-year depreciation curve, which I now recognize as quite unrealistic...Based on my conversations over the past month, the physical data centers last for three to ten years, at most.” futurism.com/future-socie...

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Lance Parkin @lanceparkin.bsky.social · 1d

We haven't picked ourselves up from 2008, yet, but the now-inevitable AI crash will be four times the size.

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 2d

“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
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Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

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Lance Parkin @lanceparkin.bsky.social · 1d

I'd seen the cover before, but this was the first time I've seen it for sale. Money well spent.

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Lance Parkin @lanceparkin.bsky.social · 1d

This is from Heroic Comics #35 (1946) and it strikes me that at some point they both probably quietly dropped this from their CV.

I know posters who use context and they're all cowards.

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Lance Parkin @lanceparkin.bsky.social · 1d

Nah, he's a Thal.

Lance Parkin @lanceparkin.bsky.social · 1d

Who died and made Stephen Miller boss?

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Lance Parkin @lanceparkin.bsky.social · 1d

Morbius?

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Lance Parkin @lanceparkin.bsky.social · 1d

This raises a few questions, let's start with why, when, how, who, whose, where and which?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Melania Trump: "President Putin and I have had an open channel of communication."

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Lance Parkin @lanceparkin.bsky.social · 1d

(weeps)

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 2d

In the 1970s, no British actors could do a convincing American accent, and now they all can. It's like how birds learned to drink cream through milk bottle tops.

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Lance Parkin @lanceparkin.bsky.social · 2d

Democrats decide that to defeat Susan Collins, 72, in Maine, they can't just field some establishment Boomer in their eighties, so they're fielding an establishment Boomer who'll be 78.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 2d

BREAKING: Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills will run for the U.S. Senate seat held by veteran Republican Sen. Susan Collins, AP sources say.

Maine Gov. Mills will announce challenge to Sen. Collins in key 2026 Senate contest, AP sources say

Maine’s two-term Democratic Gov. Janet Mills will run for the U.S. Senate seat held by veteran Republican Sen. Susan Collins next year.

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 2d

Here's a snippet from the MIT president's letter to ED

Screenshot from link that reads: The document also includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution. And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.

In our view, America’s leadership in science and innovation depends on independent thinking and open competition for excellence. In that free marketplace of ideas, the people of MIT gladly compete with the very best, without preferences. Therefore, with respect, we cannot support the proposed approach to addressing the issues facing higher education.

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Lance Parkin @lanceparkin.bsky.social · 2d

OMG, 'telling him he won' is literally now the plan.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Rep. Buddy Carter: "Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. That's why I'm introducing a resolution today that will honor him with the Nobel Peace Prize."

(It doesn't work like that lol)

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Lance Parkin @lanceparkin.bsky.social · 2d

Not in Heaven. On Earth, fuck yeah.

Lance Parkin @lanceparkin.bsky.social · 2d

I really need people to not be cynical about this. Charlie Kirk is in Heaven, riding horses with Jesus. Rejoice at the news.

Lance Parkin @lanceparkin.bsky.social · 2d

This whole thing is just his care assistants serving him his pudding and telling him of course he's better than Obama at everything.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

BARTIROMO: On your point about the Nobel Peace Prize, do you think maybe the reason Trump won't get it is because you had to get the application in before Jan. 31, and that was only 11 days into his term?

SCALISE: Look, they can play technicalities. They gave it to Obama for just getting elected.

Lance Parkin @lanceparkin.bsky.social · 2d

In other news, cats in Heaven.

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Cats in Heaven

YouTube video by Heaven is real and FUN

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