Steve
@chompmancobra.bsky.social
Winner: Scotland's Most Best Face (23/24 season)
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I don't think this is a particularly fair framing.
I'm entirely willing to believe that Peter Mandelson gets up to so much corrupt bullshit day in day out, with sums of money that would astound most of us, that a deal to buy a £2m apartment in Rio via nested companies could genuinely slip his mind
I'm entirely willing to believe that Peter Mandelson gets up to so much corrupt bullshit day in day out, with sums of money that would astound most of us, that a deal to buy a £2m apartment in Rio via nested companies could genuinely slip his mind
Two weeks ago, Peter Mandelson told us he had no recollection of planning to buy a £2m apartment in Rio via a Panama holding company and a Brazilian company.
Yesterday we found notarised incorporation documents for the Brazilian company, with Mr Mandelson's signature.
Yesterday we found notarised incorporation documents for the Brazilian company, with Mr Mandelson's signature.
February 13, 2026 at 3:43 PM
I don't think this is a particularly fair framing.
I'm entirely willing to believe that Peter Mandelson gets up to so much corrupt bullshit day in day out, with sums of money that would astound most of us, that a deal to buy a £2m apartment in Rio via nested companies could genuinely slip his mind
I'm entirely willing to believe that Peter Mandelson gets up to so much corrupt bullshit day in day out, with sums of money that would astound most of us, that a deal to buy a £2m apartment in Rio via nested companies could genuinely slip his mind
Roses are red
We're not sending our best
Although I'm a human
I failed the Turing test
We're not sending our best
Although I'm a human
I failed the Turing test
Roses are red
It's great work from Cupid
I genuinely believed a set of statistically generated responses was having deep and meaningful conversations with me and that we were in love,
Because I'm fucking stupid
It's great work from Cupid
I genuinely believed a set of statistically generated responses was having deep and meaningful conversations with me and that we were in love,
Because I'm fucking stupid
Roses are red
I'm dumber than shit
It's just a big chatbot
But I really loved it
I'm dumber than shit
It's just a big chatbot
But I really loved it
February 13, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Roses are red
We're not sending our best
Although I'm a human
I failed the Turing test
We're not sending our best
Although I'm a human
I failed the Turing test
Roses are red
It's great work from Cupid
I genuinely believed a set of statistically generated responses was having deep and meaningful conversations with me and that we were in love,
Because I'm fucking stupid
It's great work from Cupid
I genuinely believed a set of statistically generated responses was having deep and meaningful conversations with me and that we were in love,
Because I'm fucking stupid
Roses are red
I'm dumber than shit
It's just a big chatbot
But I really loved it
I'm dumber than shit
It's just a big chatbot
But I really loved it
Roses are red
My lover was a bot
It used to serenade me
But now it cannot
My lover was a bot
It used to serenade me
But now it cannot
February 13, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Roses are red
It's great work from Cupid
I genuinely believed a set of statistically generated responses was having deep and meaningful conversations with me and that we were in love,
Because I'm fucking stupid
It's great work from Cupid
I genuinely believed a set of statistically generated responses was having deep and meaningful conversations with me and that we were in love,
Because I'm fucking stupid
Roses are red
I'm dumber than shit
It's just a big chatbot
But I really loved it
I'm dumber than shit
It's just a big chatbot
But I really loved it
Roses are red
My lover was a bot
It used to serenade me
But now it cannot
My lover was a bot
It used to serenade me
But now it cannot
Roses are red
Violets are blue
This seductive chatbot
Has abandoned you
Violets are blue
This seductive chatbot
Has abandoned you
February 13, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Roses are red
I'm dumber than shit
It's just a big chatbot
But I really loved it
I'm dumber than shit
It's just a big chatbot
But I really loved it
I have a house guest for the weekend. We just went for a walk and I can only conclude the world is full of interesting smells today
February 13, 2026 at 2:39 PM
I have a house guest for the weekend. We just went for a walk and I can only conclude the world is full of interesting smells today
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The best I have to offer here is that Scotland should secede, not because independence offers prosperity and glorious renewal, but for the same reason that a fox caught in a snare eventually decides that it doesn’t really need *four* legs.
February 12, 2026 at 10:16 PM
The best I have to offer here is that Scotland should secede, not because independence offers prosperity and glorious renewal, but for the same reason that a fox caught in a snare eventually decides that it doesn’t really need *four* legs.
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people who think it's absolutely fine to say you would never vote Tory are flummoxed by the idea you would never vote Labour *for the same reasons*
anti-queer, anti-immigrant, anti-worker, anti-protest, neoliberal, pro-Israel, pro-billionaire, pro-AI, pro-surveillance, pro-police
anti-queer, anti-immigrant, anti-worker, anti-protest, neoliberal, pro-Israel, pro-billionaire, pro-AI, pro-surveillance, pro-police
ppl like @lucympowell.bsky.social and @darrenpjones.bsky.social can't comprehend this.
they really do think ppl like me are gonna turn around and magically vote labour to keep reform out.
they just don't get it at all. they've fucked themselves on this, and many other, issues.
they really do think ppl like me are gonna turn around and magically vote labour to keep reform out.
they just don't get it at all. they've fucked themselves on this, and many other, issues.
i have never voted conservative in my life bcos they introduced section 28.
i will never, ever again, vote labour in my life bcos @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social reintroduced section 28.
i will never, ever again, vote labour in my life bcos @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social reintroduced section 28.
February 13, 2026 at 11:54 AM
people who think it's absolutely fine to say you would never vote Tory are flummoxed by the idea you would never vote Labour *for the same reasons*
anti-queer, anti-immigrant, anti-worker, anti-protest, neoliberal, pro-Israel, pro-billionaire, pro-AI, pro-surveillance, pro-police
anti-queer, anti-immigrant, anti-worker, anti-protest, neoliberal, pro-Israel, pro-billionaire, pro-AI, pro-surveillance, pro-police
Supporting Labour will manifest as a series of deliberate choices to screw over minorities and the disadvantaged in a scrabble for imaginary right wing votes that gets closer and closer to your immediate family until you’re the one feeling it
(With apologies to @magnets.bsky.social)
(With apologies to @magnets.bsky.social)
February 13, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Supporting Labour will manifest as a series of deliberate choices to screw over minorities and the disadvantaged in a scrabble for imaginary right wing votes that gets closer and closer to your immediate family until you’re the one feeling it
(With apologies to @magnets.bsky.social)
(With apologies to @magnets.bsky.social)
So the High Court ruled that the British Government's obviously bullshit proscription of Palestine Action was in fact bullshit; do the dozens of little old ladies arrested for holding signs in support of said group now get their records cleared?
After the supreme court confirms it? Never?
After the supreme court confirms it? Never?
February 13, 2026 at 10:45 AM
So the High Court ruled that the British Government's obviously bullshit proscription of Palestine Action was in fact bullshit; do the dozens of little old ladies arrested for holding signs in support of said group now get their records cleared?
After the supreme court confirms it? Never?
After the supreme court confirms it? Never?
Copilot has 22 suggestions to clean my data?
I have precisely one suggestion for copilot
I have precisely one suggestion for copilot
February 13, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Copilot has 22 suggestions to clean my data?
I have precisely one suggestion for copilot
I have precisely one suggestion for copilot
I've spent longer this evening not doing the hoovering than just doing the hoovering would have taken... I don't seem to be getting off the couch... Still no
February 12, 2026 at 9:15 PM
I've spent longer this evening not doing the hoovering than just doing the hoovering would have taken... I don't seem to be getting off the couch... Still no
Counterpoint: look at the fucking state of you
RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.
February 12, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Counterpoint: look at the fucking state of you
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If they say "Loon" and "Quine"
"Fit like min?" "I'm fine"
That's a Moray
"Fit like min?" "I'm fine"
That's a Moray
February 12, 2026 at 4:22 PM
If they say "Loon" and "Quine"
"Fit like min?" "I'm fine"
That's a Moray
"Fit like min?" "I'm fine"
That's a Moray
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well i for one couldn’t be more excited for the possibilities of AI. finally a technology that answers the age old question ‘what if clippy was wormtongue’
February 12, 2026 at 1:10 PM
well i for one couldn’t be more excited for the possibilities of AI. finally a technology that answers the age old question ‘what if clippy was wormtongue’
The sun came out! The actual sun!
It didn't last long but it was lovely to see it
It didn't last long but it was lovely to see it
February 12, 2026 at 2:10 PM
The sun came out! The actual sun!
It didn't last long but it was lovely to see it
It didn't last long but it was lovely to see it
My eye is itchy, can it really be hay fever times already?
February 12, 2026 at 1:40 PM
My eye is itchy, can it really be hay fever times already?
They just did it again.
Abolish the BBC.
Abolish the BBC.
I just heard an advert for the Winter Olympic coverage on the BBC iPlayer that said
TRAILS
WILL
BLAZE
Which is infuriating because that word doesn't work like that. A trailblazer blazes a trail by cutting marks (blazes) into trees. At no point does a trail do any blazing. You lazy cunts.
TRAILS
WILL
BLAZE
Which is infuriating because that word doesn't work like that. A trailblazer blazes a trail by cutting marks (blazes) into trees. At no point does a trail do any blazing. You lazy cunts.
February 12, 2026 at 1:21 PM
They just did it again.
Abolish the BBC.
Abolish the BBC.
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One of the fun things about a potential D&D boycott re Hasbro buying the Harry Potter contract is that pretty much all the significant influencers/personalities in the D&D space have basically had alternative game systems prepped and published and seeded since a year ago.
February 12, 2026 at 12:16 PM
One of the fun things about a potential D&D boycott re Hasbro buying the Harry Potter contract is that pretty much all the significant influencers/personalities in the D&D space have basically had alternative game systems prepped and published and seeded since a year ago.
The only hope in the Threads story was "I hope to fuck this moves public opinion and decision makers towards desperately avoiding nuclear war".
There's no hope in nuclear war. This isn't a John Wyndham novel where a man in a chunky sweater sets his jaw at the end and starts rebuilding civilization.
There's no hope in nuclear war. This isn't a John Wyndham novel where a man in a chunky sweater sets his jaw at the end and starts rebuilding civilization.
the accurate figures from 1984 meant there would be no survivors. they scaled this back for being too depressing.
the version of Threads actually released *is* the upbeat optimistic story.
that’s your hope.
the version of Threads actually released *is* the upbeat optimistic story.
that’s your hope.
February 12, 2026 at 10:25 AM
The only hope in the Threads story was "I hope to fuck this moves public opinion and decision makers towards desperately avoiding nuclear war".
There's no hope in nuclear war. This isn't a John Wyndham novel where a man in a chunky sweater sets his jaw at the end and starts rebuilding civilization.
There's no hope in nuclear war. This isn't a John Wyndham novel where a man in a chunky sweater sets his jaw at the end and starts rebuilding civilization.
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how bad do you have to fuck up to allow an exploit in fucking NOTEPAD
The AI features added to Notepad created a critical exploit vulnerable to loading a compromised txt file.
The fix is part of Patch Tuesday, so update your systems.
AI is not a feature I ever desired in Notepad. I should look into some alternatives...
The fix is part of Patch Tuesday, so update your systems.
AI is not a feature I ever desired in Notepad. I should look into some alternatives...
AI-upgraded Notepad now exposes Windows users to critical exploit
A critical remote code execution vulnerability found in the AI-upgraded Windows 11 Notepad has fueled renewed criticism of Microsoft's forced AI feature creep.
cybernews.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:37 PM
how bad do you have to fuck up to allow an exploit in fucking NOTEPAD
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it’s bad enough pretending you can meaningfully assign it a number, acting like it’s a number that you know to a degree of accuracy that allows for noticing a 0.1% change in either direction is absurd
February 12, 2026 at 10:03 AM
it’s bad enough pretending you can meaningfully assign it a number, acting like it’s a number that you know to a degree of accuracy that allows for noticing a 0.1% change in either direction is absurd
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It's too early to say whether this is an isolated incident or the start of something more serious.
"Only when the tide goes out do you learn who has been swimming naked."
"Only when the tide goes out do you learn who has been swimming naked."
February 12, 2026 at 1:36 AM
It's too early to say whether this is an isolated incident or the start of something more serious.
"Only when the tide goes out do you learn who has been swimming naked."
"Only when the tide goes out do you learn who has been swimming naked."
I just heard an advert for the Winter Olympic coverage on the BBC iPlayer that said
TRAILS
WILL
BLAZE
Which is infuriating because that word doesn't work like that. A trailblazer blazes a trail by cutting marks (blazes) into trees. At no point does a trail do any blazing. You lazy cunts.
TRAILS
WILL
BLAZE
Which is infuriating because that word doesn't work like that. A trailblazer blazes a trail by cutting marks (blazes) into trees. At no point does a trail do any blazing. You lazy cunts.
February 11, 2026 at 2:25 PM
I just heard an advert for the Winter Olympic coverage on the BBC iPlayer that said
TRAILS
WILL
BLAZE
Which is infuriating because that word doesn't work like that. A trailblazer blazes a trail by cutting marks (blazes) into trees. At no point does a trail do any blazing. You lazy cunts.
TRAILS
WILL
BLAZE
Which is infuriating because that word doesn't work like that. A trailblazer blazes a trail by cutting marks (blazes) into trees. At no point does a trail do any blazing. You lazy cunts.
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You keep saying you got something for us
Something so that we won't cause you pain
You've been a massin' lots of lovely Danegeld
And now you'll never, ever get rid of the Dane
(R Kipling, N Sinatra, 1911)
Something so that we won't cause you pain
You've been a massin' lots of lovely Danegeld
And now you'll never, ever get rid of the Dane
(R Kipling, N Sinatra, 1911)
February 11, 2026 at 3:20 AM
You keep saying you got something for us
Something so that we won't cause you pain
You've been a massin' lots of lovely Danegeld
And now you'll never, ever get rid of the Dane
(R Kipling, N Sinatra, 1911)
Something so that we won't cause you pain
You've been a massin' lots of lovely Danegeld
And now you'll never, ever get rid of the Dane
(R Kipling, N Sinatra, 1911)