commamonger 😷 (analogue writing assistant)
@commamonger.bsky.social
Made in Scotland, from molecules. I write, I nitpick others' writing. Once a scientist, will always look good in a white coat.
Also run @theskylark.bsky.social
Also run @theskylark.bsky.social
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"And for what? For a little bit of money?
...There's more to life than a little money, you know.
...Don't ya know that?
...And here ya are, and it's a beautiful day.
Well... I just don't understand it."
...There's more to life than a little money, you know.
...Don't ya know that?
...And here ya are, and it's a beautiful day.
Well... I just don't understand it."
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Storm’s coming.
People talk about this stuff in terms of how much it'll suck for gaming and I hate to inform you how many MRI machines, X-Rays, all sorts of other vital machinery are just a Windows IoT Edition PC in a beige plastic box with a big magnet/accelerator/whatever attached.
WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives for 2026 sold out
February 17, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Storm’s coming.
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Cackling at this thread.
*chuckles in former BBC subtitler*
My favourite was the story that Michael Heseltine used to always complain to the Beeb every time the live respeaking software rendered his name as Michael Hezbollah.
My favourite was the story that Michael Heseltine used to always complain to the Beeb every time the live respeaking software rendered his name as Michael Hezbollah.
Happy 12-year anniversary to my favourite broadcast subtitle mistake
And a happy year of the whores to you all
And a happy year of the whores to you all
February 17, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Cackling at this thread.
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And they really struggled with this athlete's name:
February 17, 2026 at 9:31 PM
And they really struggled with this athlete's name:
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Dead Posters Society
Dixie Flatline in the house with us tonight, welcome the famous Mr. Dixie Flatline, from the Neuromancer subplot "the Dixie Flatline begs to be deleted" www.businessinsider.com/meta-granted...
Meta patented an AI that lets you keep posting after you die
Meta was recently granted a patent for tech to keep your social media accounts running using AI if you take a break or die.
www.businessinsider.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Dead Posters Society
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It is Shrove Tuesday! Again!
And, as is tradition here at Surprised Eel History & Maps, here's your map of established pancake timezones in the US, and your reminder that the UK is in an exclusionary zone meaning that griddle cakes of all sorts are acceptable at all hours today.
And, as is tradition here at Surprised Eel History & Maps, here's your map of established pancake timezones in the US, and your reminder that the UK is in an exclusionary zone meaning that griddle cakes of all sorts are acceptable at all hours today.
February 17, 2026 at 7:10 PM
It is Shrove Tuesday! Again!
And, as is tradition here at Surprised Eel History & Maps, here's your map of established pancake timezones in the US, and your reminder that the UK is in an exclusionary zone meaning that griddle cakes of all sorts are acceptable at all hours today.
And, as is tradition here at Surprised Eel History & Maps, here's your map of established pancake timezones in the US, and your reminder that the UK is in an exclusionary zone meaning that griddle cakes of all sorts are acceptable at all hours today.
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Happy Year of the Horse
February 17, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Happy Year of the Horse
Blimey! it's all been happening round here.
Martin Kemp rescued after nightclub lift broke down before DJ set
The Spandau Ballet bassist posted a video of the incident on social media and thanked firefighters who came to his rescue.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 17, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Blimey! it's all been happening round here.
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Loving this comic on Covid safety by Gilly, a writer & illustrator from the PNW 😷
YES to N95 masks, no to potatoes in your socks
Link to full zine: static1.squarespace.com/static/5888e...
YES to N95 masks, no to potatoes in your socks
Link to full zine: static1.squarespace.com/static/5888e...
February 17, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Loving this comic on Covid safety by Gilly, a writer & illustrator from the PNW 😷
YES to N95 masks, no to potatoes in your socks
Link to full zine: static1.squarespace.com/static/5888e...
YES to N95 masks, no to potatoes in your socks
Link to full zine: static1.squarespace.com/static/5888e...
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My favourite is still "great to see the chairman here in hezbollah" instead of "in his villa scarf"
February 17, 2026 at 10:16 AM
My favourite is still "great to see the chairman here in hezbollah" instead of "in his villa scarf"
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My favourite, told to me by grizzled old subtitling hands, was the breakfast news anchor apparently saying, "[name of contributor], twenty vaginas" - then a pause as the horrified subtitler gazed at what they had wrought, followed by the correction: "[name of contributor], THANK YOU FOR JOINING US"
February 17, 2026 at 3:16 PM
My favourite, told to me by grizzled old subtitling hands, was the breakfast news anchor apparently saying, "[name of contributor], twenty vaginas" - then a pause as the horrified subtitler gazed at what they had wrought, followed by the correction: "[name of contributor], THANK YOU FOR JOINING US"
My dear old dad went along to be in the crowd for this, a few years before he died. He just casually mentioned he'd been away all day filming "with that Robert Duvall". As you do. ❤️
When Robert Duvall fell in love with Scottish football
The Godfather star, who has died aged 95, filmed A Shot at Glory at locations across Scotland.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 17, 2026 at 1:51 PM
My dear old dad went along to be in the crowd for this, a few years before he died. He just casually mentioned he'd been away all day filming "with that Robert Duvall". As you do. ❤️
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The view between villages.
#Photography #LandscapePhotography #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome #Landscape #Scotland #Mountains #UK
#Photography #LandscapePhotography #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome #Landscape #Scotland #Mountains #UK
February 17, 2026 at 1:35 PM
The view between villages.
#Photography #LandscapePhotography #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome #Landscape #Scotland #Mountains #UK
#Photography #LandscapePhotography #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome #Landscape #Scotland #Mountains #UK
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Happy pancake day! Nigel Farage is a tosser.
February 17, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Happy pancake day! Nigel Farage is a tosser.
I thought the pandemic might have taught more people that there are events where everyone gets the shitty stick at the same time and there's simply no one to complain to. See also war, financial crashes, extreme weather events. Some of us are still waiting for the pandemic to end. Who do we sue?
This is emblematic of the consumer culture that fees have engendered.
What the hell did the students expect? It was a ONCE IN A CENTURY PANDEMIC. There were LAWS against congregating in public. Staff worked themselves to the bone to get online delivery working.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What the hell did the students expect? It was a ONCE IN A CENTURY PANDEMIC. There were LAWS against congregating in public. Staff worked themselves to the bone to get online delivery working.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Students begin Covid compensation claim against 36 more universities
It comes after University College London settled a claim from students there over lost learning in the pandemic.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 17, 2026 at 1:30 PM
I thought the pandemic might have taught more people that there are events where everyone gets the shitty stick at the same time and there's simply no one to complain to. See also war, financial crashes, extreme weather events. Some of us are still waiting for the pandemic to end. Who do we sue?
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during the Jan 6th putsch hearings Trump’s lawyer Pat Cipollone was consistently rendered Patsy Baloney
*chuckles in former BBC subtitler*
My favourite was the story that Michael Heseltine used to always complain to the Beeb every time the live respeaking software rendered his name as Michael Hezbollah.
My favourite was the story that Michael Heseltine used to always complain to the Beeb every time the live respeaking software rendered his name as Michael Hezbollah.
Happy 12-year anniversary to my favourite broadcast subtitle mistake
And a happy year of the whores to you all
And a happy year of the whores to you all
February 17, 2026 at 1:18 PM
during the Jan 6th putsch hearings Trump’s lawyer Pat Cipollone was consistently rendered Patsy Baloney
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Is anyone else just totally despairing about the amount of AI slop everywhere you look? From fake social media accounts to fake videos, badly written press releases and companies racing to remove human creativity and passion from all aspects of their work. It all feels very bleak.
February 17, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Is anyone else just totally despairing about the amount of AI slop everywhere you look? From fake social media accounts to fake videos, badly written press releases and companies racing to remove human creativity and passion from all aspects of their work. It all feels very bleak.
*chuckles in former BBC subtitler*
My favourite was the story that Michael Heseltine used to always complain to the Beeb every time the live respeaking software rendered his name as Michael Hezbollah.
My favourite was the story that Michael Heseltine used to always complain to the Beeb every time the live respeaking software rendered his name as Michael Hezbollah.
Happy 12-year anniversary to my favourite broadcast subtitle mistake
And a happy year of the whores to you all
And a happy year of the whores to you all
February 17, 2026 at 10:10 AM
*chuckles in former BBC subtitler*
My favourite was the story that Michael Heseltine used to always complain to the Beeb every time the live respeaking software rendered his name as Michael Hezbollah.
My favourite was the story that Michael Heseltine used to always complain to the Beeb every time the live respeaking software rendered his name as Michael Hezbollah.
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If you use generative AI, we simply cannot be friends. I’m sorry, but it is a horrid, thieving thing that floods the channels and pushes real effort to sideline, steals from artists and authors to make crap, and eats through resources at the same time: burning a rainforest to make a cheap match.
February 16, 2026 at 1:21 PM
If you use generative AI, we simply cannot be friends. I’m sorry, but it is a horrid, thieving thing that floods the channels and pushes real effort to sideline, steals from artists and authors to make crap, and eats through resources at the same time: burning a rainforest to make a cheap match.
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what this story demonstrates is that even someone "just" using LLMs like ChatGPT for writing/research etc is still vulnerable to being sucked into a whirlpool of dangerous lies and delusions.
So, once again, WHY are schools and universities telling students, staff and faculty to use this?
So, once again, WHY are schools and universities telling students, staff and faculty to use this?
It's telling that she was prompting chatGPT for her master's thesis research and it went right on ahead into creep mode; she did not set out looking for affirmatio and conspiracy theories.
ChatGPT promised to help her find her soulmate. Then it betrayed her
ChatGPT sent screenwriter Micky Small down a fantastical rabbit hole. Now, she's finding her way out.
www.npr.org
February 16, 2026 at 5:09 PM
what this story demonstrates is that even someone "just" using LLMs like ChatGPT for writing/research etc is still vulnerable to being sucked into a whirlpool of dangerous lies and delusions.
So, once again, WHY are schools and universities telling students, staff and faculty to use this?
So, once again, WHY are schools and universities telling students, staff and faculty to use this?
Previously unknown species of giant corduroy monkey identified in Glasgow.
Sculptor secures world record with 50ft sock monkey
Glasgow School of Art graduate Emilia Evans-Munton made the toy tribute for her degree show last year.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 16, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Previously unknown species of giant corduroy monkey identified in Glasgow.
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"That was The Piss Crystals, with Taking Out A Starlink Satellite"
February 16, 2026 at 4:49 PM
"That was The Piss Crystals, with Taking Out A Starlink Satellite"