Dave Probert
@daveprobert.bsky.social
He/Him. Occasional podcaster, writer, and doodler. Sci-fi & fantasy fan, predominantly Hitchhiker's Guide, Doctor Who, Blake's 7 and Star Trek.
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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 9:25 AM
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
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I regret to inform all the "Knight is the Seven Kingdoms is Xena for boys" people that Xena was already "Xena for boys."
a man and two women are standing next to each other on a dirt path .
ALT: a man and two women are standing next to each other on a dirt path .
media.tenor.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:55 PM
I regret to inform all the "Knight is the Seven Kingdoms is Xena for boys" people that Xena was already "Xena for boys."
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So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.
It took only a 15-second clip of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt duking it out on a crumbling rooftop — made by A.I. with a two-sentence prompt and the click of a button — to draw swift outrage, and sizable fear, from Hollywood.
"It’s nothing short of terrifying," one scriptwriter said.
"It’s nothing short of terrifying," one scriptwriter said.
Why an A.I. Video of Tom Cruise Battling Brad Pitt Spooked Hollywood
A 15-second clip created by an artificial intelligence tool owned by the Chinese technology company ByteDance appears more cinematic than anything so far.
nyti.ms
February 16, 2026 at 8:36 PM
So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.
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douglas adams was our most accurate futurist
We are at an airport restaurant. A robot just drove up to us with our food, said, "Hi! Here I am!" and then drove away with our food.
February 15, 2026 at 10:10 PM
douglas adams was our most accurate futurist
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I've seen magnetic yarn holders online and been intrigued, but not enough to buy one.
Today I got to examine one in person, and it was only twelve squid, so I bought it.
omg
I don't have to stop and pull out a new bit of yarn. It just... there's just always enough yarn.
I LOVE IT
Today I got to examine one in person, and it was only twelve squid, so I bought it.
omg
I don't have to stop and pull out a new bit of yarn. It just... there's just always enough yarn.
I LOVE IT
February 15, 2026 at 3:32 PM
I've seen magnetic yarn holders online and been intrigued, but not enough to buy one.
Today I got to examine one in person, and it was only twelve squid, so I bought it.
omg
I don't have to stop and pull out a new bit of yarn. It just... there's just always enough yarn.
I LOVE IT
Today I got to examine one in person, and it was only twelve squid, so I bought it.
omg
I don't have to stop and pull out a new bit of yarn. It just... there's just always enough yarn.
I LOVE IT
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*stomp stomp* *clap.*
*stomp stomp* *clap*
WE WILL
*stomp stomp* *clap*
WE WILL
February 15, 2026 at 2:49 PM
*stomp stomp* *clap.*
*stomp stomp* *clap*
WE WILL
*stomp stomp* *clap*
WE WILL
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We've spent this morning at the new Bramley Moorfields Market, and came home laden with with goodies from local producers.
So I've just had a samosa, an onion bhaji and a pain suisse for lunch, washed down with a bottle of sorrel & ginger.
Shopping local fricking rules
So I've just had a samosa, an onion bhaji and a pain suisse for lunch, washed down with a bottle of sorrel & ginger.
Shopping local fricking rules
February 15, 2026 at 1:17 PM
We've spent this morning at the new Bramley Moorfields Market, and came home laden with with goodies from local producers.
So I've just had a samosa, an onion bhaji and a pain suisse for lunch, washed down with a bottle of sorrel & ginger.
Shopping local fricking rules
So I've just had a samosa, an onion bhaji and a pain suisse for lunch, washed down with a bottle of sorrel & ginger.
Shopping local fricking rules
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I read once that Abrams' process is to decide the emotion he wants the audience to feel, then work backwards to achieve it. It explains shit like that final scene of Rise of Skywalker - look! she's on tattooine! there's those two suns from A New Hope! she calls herself skywalker!
February 15, 2026 at 9:40 AM
I read once that Abrams' process is to decide the emotion he wants the audience to feel, then work backwards to achieve it. It explains shit like that final scene of Rise of Skywalker - look! she's on tattooine! there's those two suns from A New Hope! she calls herself skywalker!
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You ever stop and think about CASABLANCA? You ever stop and think about "Welcome back to the fight, this time, I know our side will win?" You ever think about a bar full of people defiantly singing La Marseillaise, played by a soundstage full of Jewish refugees? You ever think about CASABLANCA??????
February 9, 2026 at 5:44 AM
You ever stop and think about CASABLANCA? You ever stop and think about "Welcome back to the fight, this time, I know our side will win?" You ever think about a bar full of people defiantly singing La Marseillaise, played by a soundstage full of Jewish refugees? You ever think about CASABLANCA??????
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If I’m selling something on Vinted for £10, why do people bother to offer £9.50? What are you going to do with that extra 50p? Add another Porsche to the collection? Why don’t we call Zürich and move some money around and see if you can stretch to another fifty flippin pence??
February 15, 2026 at 10:54 AM
If I’m selling something on Vinted for £10, why do people bother to offer £9.50? What are you going to do with that extra 50p? Add another Porsche to the collection? Why don’t we call Zürich and move some money around and see if you can stretch to another fifty flippin pence??
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A Dr who did nothing other than exist while being trans, being driven from the NHS by bigots and bullies, being hailed as a win.
This is the UK.
This is the UK.
Susan Smith of For Women Scotland is quoted in this piece saying that Dr Upton leaving the NHS will be "a relief to female patients."
The employment tribunal found that Upton had done nothing wrong! She was completely innocent of any kind of harassment!
www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/1592555...
The employment tribunal found that Upton had done nothing wrong! She was completely innocent of any kind of harassment!
www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/1592555...
Trans doc at centre of landmark Sandi Peggie court battle quits NHS
THE trans medic at the heart of a changing room war that cost taxpayers a staggering £400,000 has walked out on the NHS. NHS Fife bosses racked up the eye-watering bill in a failed bid to hush up n…
www.thescottishsun.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 9:50 AM
A Dr who did nothing other than exist while being trans, being driven from the NHS by bigots and bullies, being hailed as a win.
This is the UK.
This is the UK.
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Yeah, hi, I’m a person with “mobility challenges” (excuse me while I hurl). What we want, by and large, are not expensive, heavy devices that will “help us walk again”, but ramps.
I know, it’s not sexy, as technology invented before Christ, but it is overlooked in favor of…this. Repeatedly.
I know, it’s not sexy, as technology invented before Christ, but it is overlooked in favor of…this. Repeatedly.
Nike's battery-powered footwear system, which propels wearers forward, is part of a broader push to help humans move farther and faster.
'E-bike for your feet': How bionic sneakers could change human mobility
Nike's battery-powered footwear system, which propels wearers forward, is part of a broader push to help humans move farther and faster.
n.pr
February 14, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Yeah, hi, I’m a person with “mobility challenges” (excuse me while I hurl). What we want, by and large, are not expensive, heavy devices that will “help us walk again”, but ramps.
I know, it’s not sexy, as technology invented before Christ, but it is overlooked in favor of…this. Repeatedly.
I know, it’s not sexy, as technology invented before Christ, but it is overlooked in favor of…this. Repeatedly.
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can you imagine how disappointed you’d be if you knew nothing about this book and only picked it up for this particular cover
February 14, 2026 at 8:23 AM
can you imagine how disappointed you’d be if you knew nothing about this book and only picked it up for this particular cover
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It’s Saturday and you deserve a treat so sit back with a cuppa and catch up on this week’s Wombling Along gathering reviews and more I saw online this week www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/2/...
Wombling Along — Runalong The Shelves
Hellloooo! Hope you’re all ok? Welcome to the blog’s weekend supplement where I gather up reviews and articles that caught my eye this week. Not much to update on this week. I have a new team member...
www.runalongtheshelves.net
February 14, 2026 at 8:16 AM
It’s Saturday and you deserve a treat so sit back with a cuppa and catch up on this week’s Wombling Along gathering reviews and more I saw online this week www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/2/...
I would watch the hell out of this crossover.
“We saw you from across the bar and really dig your vibe.”
February 13, 2026 at 11:34 PM
I would watch the hell out of this crossover.
@annabower.bsky.social Would you be able to signal boost this at all?
Hi everyone, switching gears for a personal request: my friend's cousin has been detained while trying to check in at an immigration office in Wisconsin, and is now at risk of deportation.
If anyone has links to immigration resources in Green Bay or Milwaukee, I'd really appreciate it. Thank you!
If anyone has links to immigration resources in Green Bay or Milwaukee, I'd really appreciate it. Thank you!
February 13, 2026 at 8:26 PM
@annabower.bsky.social Would you be able to signal boost this at all?
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Facebook plans to put facial recognition in its glasses and they think we’re too stupid to fight back.
Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Facebook plans to put facial recognition in its glasses and they think we’re too stupid to fight back.
Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
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Side note, but Trek's longeivity as a franchise makes it a great example of the Douglas Adams maxim about tech: anything invented before you were born is just part of how the world works, anything invented when you're young is novel and exciting, and anything invented when you're over 30 is heresy.
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“Captain Mumbles” is a hell of a thing to call Holly Hunter, whose distinctive speech pattern is due to mumps taking her hearing on one side. The disrespect from someone who cares more about “decorum” than decency.
“Captain Mumbles” is a hell of a thing to call Holly Hunter, whose distinctive speech pattern is due to mumps taking her hearing on one side. The disrespect from someone who cares more about “decorum” than decency.
February 13, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Side note, but Trek's longeivity as a franchise makes it a great example of the Douglas Adams maxim about tech: anything invented before you were born is just part of how the world works, anything invented when you're young is novel and exciting, and anything invented when you're over 30 is heresy.
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Too many Brits do not properly appreciate the NHS. The system is a fucking gem, and it’s truly criminal that the right wing has done so much fucking damage to it.
I’m from the US. I know. Y’all DO NOT appreciate, truly, how much money gets sunk into the US system.
And no, it’s not faster. (1/2)
I’m from the US. I know. Y’all DO NOT appreciate, truly, how much money gets sunk into the US system.
And no, it’s not faster. (1/2)
February 13, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Too many Brits do not properly appreciate the NHS. The system is a fucking gem, and it’s truly criminal that the right wing has done so much fucking damage to it.
I’m from the US. I know. Y’all DO NOT appreciate, truly, how much money gets sunk into the US system.
And no, it’s not faster. (1/2)
I’m from the US. I know. Y’all DO NOT appreciate, truly, how much money gets sunk into the US system.
And no, it’s not faster. (1/2)
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ICYMI.
I would probably be remembered as the author who spearheaded werewolf urban fantasy in Singapore. So, if you would like to read werewolf urban fantasy, written as a response to all the UFs (so white) written around that time...
www.foxspirit.co.uk/jan-xu-or-we...
www.foxspirit.co.uk/jan-xu-or-we...
Jan Xu or 'Werewolves in Singapore' -
Am very pleased to announce that the re release of the first two Jan Xu novels ‘Wolf at the Door’ and ‘Obsidian Moon, Obsidian Eye’ by Joyce Chng writing as J. Damask are now available from Fox Spirit...
www.foxspirit.co.uk
February 13, 2026 at 7:57 AM
ICYMI.
Wrestling fans are, of course, historically well known for not chanting things once they hear that people don't want them chanting.
February 12, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Wrestling fans are, of course, historically well known for not chanting things once they hear that people don't want them chanting.
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Gandalf really is heroic when you consider that there were originally five wizards and one of them turned evil, two of them fucked off and went out east to have orgies, and one is just super into talking to gophers. The one last hope of free peoples was the stoner and that crazy mfer did it.
February 12, 2026 at 4:24 AM
Gandalf really is heroic when you consider that there were originally five wizards and one of them turned evil, two of them fucked off and went out east to have orgies, and one is just super into talking to gophers. The one last hope of free peoples was the stoner and that crazy mfer did it.
My favourite sub genre of military history is mad weapons the designers thought would be the next big innovation but were often more dangerous to the operator than anyone on the business end.
February 12, 2026 at 11:51 AM
My favourite sub genre of military history is mad weapons the designers thought would be the next big innovation but were often more dangerous to the operator than anyone on the business end.