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Anthony Pooley

@anthonypooley.bsky.social

Today's bit of advent calendar tat is... a motorized disco ball snowman!

A plastic snowman an illuminated rotating disco ball head sits on a bookshelf casting colored spots of light over the books. Beside home sits a plastic clockwork cat on a roomba vacuum.

December 6, 2025 at 3:22 AM

Anthony Pooley

@anthonypooley.bsky.social

The irony of this is so delicious it makes me giddy 😂😂
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Major AI conference flooded with peer reviews written fully by AI

Controversy has erupted after 21% of manuscript reviews for an international AI conference were found to be generated by artificial intelligence.

www.nature.com

December 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM

Anthony Pooley

@anthonypooley.bsky.social

We would *all* like to forget who donald tr💩mp is...
www.irishstar.com/news/us-news...

Trump 'starting to forget who he is', insider claims in chilling warning

Whispers from the White House suggest that President Donald Trump may well be losing his grip on reality

www.irishstar.com

December 3, 2025 at 3:50 AM

Anthony Pooley

@anthonypooley.bsky.social

More evidence, if any were needed of Britain's post-Brexit decline...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...

British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie

Survey also reveals Britons’ favourite festive film, views on tear-jerkers and family cinema trips

www.theguardian.com

December 2, 2025 at 6:24 AM

Anthony Pooley

@anthonypooley.bsky.social

Here we go: December 1st, and today's piece of tat from the advent calendar is... a clockwork cat vac!
#CatsofBlueSky

December 2, 2025 at 4:45 AM

Anthony Pooley

@anthonypooley.bsky.social

Did a double take for a moment, before remembering that this is the blog of a reputable guitar workshop... 😜
mmguitarbar.substack.com/p/to-bleach-...

To Bleach or Not to Bleach (Your Nuts)

Either way, we're boned.

mmguitarbar.substack.com

December 2, 2025 at 3:24 AM

Anthony Pooley

@anthonypooley.bsky.social

An interesting read. AI is so obviously a huge financial black hole. Wonder if it'll take any of the big tech companies down. If so, can it be Meta, please?
www.windowscentral.com/artificial-i...

Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?

Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?

www.windowscentral.com

December 1, 2025 at 1:16 AM

Anthony Pooley

@anthonypooley.bsky.social

I couldn't agree more. AI as it's being served up right now is the most expensive snake oil of all time.

Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 5d

Sure, they've made an environmentally catastrophic mass hallucination disinformation plagiarism Clippy that will destabilize the world, but also their other goal is to replace human workers entirely and let us humans starve. A boycott of AI is the most important boycott of your entire life.

Karoline @karoline.bsky.social · 6d

"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."

December 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM

Anthony Pooley

@anthonypooley.bsky.social

"I do Treats. Not ironing".
#CatsofBlueSky #Caturday

SanFran, a longhair calico cat, sits on a countertop next to an iron, looking on disapprovingly.

November 30, 2025 at 3:53 AM

Anthony Pooley

@anthonypooley.bsky.social

Loved Zootopia 2, except for the plodding song at the end. Written by Ed Sheeran but "Zoo" could have been generated in response to an AI prompt - it's so bland. Doesn't hold a candle to Sia's beautiful "Try Everything" from the first movie. But the movie was lovely! 🎬
#Zootopia2

November 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM

Anthony Pooley

@anthonypooley.bsky.social

For SanFran, "Black Friday" means examining the insides of her eyelids - all day.
#CatsofBlueSky

SanFran, a longhair calico cat, sleeps on a blue sofa next to an orange cushion (she's been there for hours...)

November 28, 2025 at 10:41 PM

Anthony Pooley

@anthonypooley.bsky.social

Frisco, not feeling the urge to rush out and go shopping on this sunny Black Friday #CatsofBlueSky

November 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM

Anthony Pooley

@anthonypooley.bsky.social

SanFran wishes everyone a Happy Thanksgiving* 🦃🍁
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* if you give her a treat...

SanFran, a longhair calico cat, sits on a table staring pointedly at the camera.

November 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM

Anthony Pooley

@anthonypooley.bsky.social

Really liked this thoughtful article by Elle Hunt.
www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

Feeling lonely? Six ways to connect with friends – even when busy

If you aren’t getting the quality time or intimacy you need, try these connection experiments to shake up interactions

www.theguardian.com

November 27, 2025 at 4:29 AM

Anthony Pooley

@anthonypooley.bsky.social

I don't know why this is considered "news". Being a racist is the constant core of Farage's public persona.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Three more ex-pupils at school with Nigel Farage reject ‘banter’ claims

Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries ‘rubbish’ Reform UK leader’s suggestion alleged racist taunts not intended to hurt

www.theguardian.com

November 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM

Anthony Pooley

@anthonypooley.bsky.social

This is amazing. One of those "everyone should read this" articles.

Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 11d

Premium: This is The Hater's Guide To NVIDIA: A 14k word guide to how NVIDIA makes its money, how millions of Blackwell GPUs have been sold with nowhere for them to be installed, and how NVIDIA's future relies on companies raising hundreds of billions in debt.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...

The Hater's Guide To NVIDIA

This piece has a generous 3000+ word introduction, because I want as many people to understand NVIDIA as possible. The (thousands of) words after the premium break get into arduous detail, but I’ve wr...

www.wheresyoured.at

November 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM

Anthony Pooley

@anthonypooley.bsky.social

Frisco and Nala spending some quality mother/son time behind the sofa today #CatsofBlueSky

Frisco, an orange cat, lounging on a grey cat mat behind a blue sofa, with his mom, Nala, a shy tortoise cat.

November 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM

Anthony Pooley

@anthonypooley.bsky.social

Time to break out my favorite Playlist...
#PNW #SeattleRainFestival

A photo of an iPad screen displaying a Playlist titled "A Rainy Day in Seattle", with a header photo of the Space Needle viewed through a rain-soaked window.

November 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM

Anthony Pooley

@anthonypooley.bsky.social

Today SanFran just want to snuggle up and snooze... #CatsofBlueSky #Caturday

SanFran, a longhair calico cat, lies curled up on her side on a red armchair, next to a person dressed in black.

November 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM

Anthony Pooley

@anthonypooley.bsky.social

Here we go again - #MeanGirls Week2!

November 21, 2025 at 2:53 AM

Anthony Pooley

@anthonypooley.bsky.social

Anyone with half a brain cell has known for many years that Johnson is a useless, lazy, entitled dimwit, who should never have been allowed to hold *any* position of responsibility.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...