David Pick
@davidmichaelpick.net
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Love a good pun and truly relish a bad one.
SFF Fan who followed a bunch of favourite authors and historians here.
Worked in IT at a UK university since 1971, now IT Security.
Love a good pun and truly relish a bad one.
SFF Fan who followed a bunch of favourite authors and historians here.
Worked in IT at a UK university since 1971, now IT Security.
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This must be how the vetting of Lord Mandelson was conducted, prior to appointing him Ambassador to the US ⬇️
m.youtube.com/watch?v=VtPG...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=VtPG...
Is Sir Humphrey a Soviet Spy? | Yes, Prime Minister | BBC Comedy Greats
YouTube video by BBC Comedy Greats
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February 8, 2026 at 10:44 AM
This must be how the vetting of Lord Mandelson was conducted, prior to appointing him Ambassador to the US ⬇️
m.youtube.com/watch?v=VtPG...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=VtPG...
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Guffo, Le Monde
February 6, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Guffo, Le Monde
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Cartoon on Washington Post‘s mass layoffs
February 4, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Cartoon on Washington Post‘s mass layoffs
Very tidy Data Centre: Maslow's Hierarchy of Leads
Delightfully well organised craft store; Maslow’s Hierarchy of Beads
A store that stocks accessories for woodwind instruments called Maslow’s Hierarchy of Reeds
February 4, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Very tidy Data Centre: Maslow's Hierarchy of Leads
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Have never met anyone who went to Queen Mary who didn’t like it - I met my wife there. Caltech, though amazing, was a different kettle of fish. It pushes its students extraordinarily hard - and there is a human cost.
Thanks for the inaugural lecture tip.
Thanks for the inaugural lecture tip.
Also an alumnus of Queen Mary, graduating in 1971. I'm still there...
Something that I think that's not so generally known about academia is the tradition of "Inaugural Lectures" where a new professor gives an accessible description of what they will be working on for non-specialists. I love them.
Something that I think that's not so generally known about academia is the tradition of "Inaugural Lectures" where a new professor gives an accessible description of what they will be working on for non-specialists. I love them.
January 30, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Have never met anyone who went to Queen Mary who didn’t like it - I met my wife there. Caltech, though amazing, was a different kettle of fish. It pushes its students extraordinarily hard - and there is a human cost.
Thanks for the inaugural lecture tip.
Thanks for the inaugural lecture tip.
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Learning to code is 90% turning your brain into a procedural modelling device with a strict set of patterns that mirrors the computer and only about 10% learning any given language.
January 29, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Learning to code is 90% turning your brain into a procedural modelling device with a strict set of patterns that mirrors the computer and only about 10% learning any given language.
Ruin a movie by replacing one word in the title with "sausage":
Sausage!
Sausage Hill
Sausage Now
The American Sausage
Sausage Day Afternoon
A Conneticut Sausage at the Court of King Arthur
The Sausage Redemption
Hotel Sausage
Sausage!
Sausage Hill
Sausage Now
The American Sausage
Sausage Day Afternoon
A Conneticut Sausage at the Court of King Arthur
The Sausage Redemption
Hotel Sausage
Ruin a movie by replacing one word in the title with "sausage."
Jurassic Sausage
The Longest Sausage
A Sausage Too Far
Sausage Encounters of the Third Kind
The Sausage of Oz
Mr. Sausage Goes to Washington
And, of course, the porno classics
Deep Sausage
The Sausage in Miss Jones
Jurassic Sausage
The Longest Sausage
A Sausage Too Far
Sausage Encounters of the Third Kind
The Sausage of Oz
Mr. Sausage Goes to Washington
And, of course, the porno classics
Deep Sausage
The Sausage in Miss Jones
Ruin a movie by replacing one word in the title with "Sausage"
Sausage Park
Sausage Park
January 30, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Ruin a movie by replacing one word in the title with "sausage":
Sausage!
Sausage Hill
Sausage Now
The American Sausage
Sausage Day Afternoon
A Conneticut Sausage at the Court of King Arthur
The Sausage Redemption
Hotel Sausage
Sausage!
Sausage Hill
Sausage Now
The American Sausage
Sausage Day Afternoon
A Conneticut Sausage at the Court of King Arthur
The Sausage Redemption
Hotel Sausage
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As an older tech person, it's legit heartwarming watching the TikTok generation discover why we all hate Oracle.
January 26, 2026 at 8:41 AM
As an older tech person, it's legit heartwarming watching the TikTok generation discover why we all hate Oracle.
Change a letter, ruin a film:
The Bog Country
Big Fake
Ben Cur
The Rube
Fuck Soup
Star Bars
The Italian Joy
The Italian Jog
The Muppets Bake Manhattan
The Bog Country
Big Fake
Ben Cur
The Rube
Fuck Soup
Star Bars
The Italian Joy
The Italian Jog
The Muppets Bake Manhattan
Change a letter, ruin a film:
Scar Trek
The Umpire Strikes Back
Animal Louse
Meds
The Yeast with Five Fingers
The Fellowship of the Rink
The Two Mowers
The Return of the Ming
Scar Trek
The Umpire Strikes Back
Animal Louse
Meds
The Yeast with Five Fingers
The Fellowship of the Rink
The Two Mowers
The Return of the Ming
Change a letter, ruin a film:
Empire of the Fun
Empire of the Fun
January 26, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Change a letter, ruin a film:
The Bog Country
Big Fake
Ben Cur
The Rube
Fuck Soup
Star Bars
The Italian Joy
The Italian Jog
The Muppets Bake Manhattan
The Bog Country
Big Fake
Ben Cur
The Rube
Fuck Soup
Star Bars
The Italian Joy
The Italian Jog
The Muppets Bake Manhattan
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Here ya go. Enjoy Cats vs Bears😂😂😂
January 22, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Here ya go. Enjoy Cats vs Bears😂😂😂
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CNN: DHS officials have come to FEMA staff and told them to limit the use of the word ice…they are worried that by posting something like, watch out for the ice, that it's going to become a meme….
January 24, 2026 at 12:07 AM
CNN: DHS officials have come to FEMA staff and told them to limit the use of the word ice…they are worried that by posting something like, watch out for the ice, that it's going to become a meme….
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When I was in high school I did a constitutional debate program and witnessed this exchange:
JUDGE: what’s your favorite amendment?
KID: the third
JUDGE: why the third?
KID: because if there’s soldiers in your house, the other ones really don’t matter
BORN READY FOR 2026
JUDGE: what’s your favorite amendment?
KID: the third
JUDGE: why the third?
KID: because if there’s soldiers in your house, the other ones really don’t matter
BORN READY FOR 2026
January 22, 2026 at 2:36 AM
When I was in high school I did a constitutional debate program and witnessed this exchange:
JUDGE: what’s your favorite amendment?
KID: the third
JUDGE: why the third?
KID: because if there’s soldiers in your house, the other ones really don’t matter
BORN READY FOR 2026
JUDGE: what’s your favorite amendment?
KID: the third
JUDGE: why the third?
KID: because if there’s soldiers in your house, the other ones really don’t matter
BORN READY FOR 2026
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Non-Authoritarian Treaty Organisation?
January 21, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Non-Authoritarian Treaty Organisation?
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
"I figure the pissing contests will start in earnest when he's fully into adolescence."
"I figure the pissing contests will start in earnest when he's fully into adolescence."
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
“Then imagine preparing the compacted sterile ground by digging.”
“Then imagine preparing the compacted sterile ground by digging.”
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
"In the morning he brings me a piece of bread and some water and, if my pail is full, he removes it."
"In the morning he brings me a piece of bread and some water and, if my pail is full, he removes it."
January 21, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
"I figure the pissing contests will start in earnest when he's fully into adolescence."
"I figure the pissing contests will start in earnest when he's fully into adolescence."
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January 21, 2026 at 4:45 AM
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Europe: we reject the sentiment that…
Heard Island Military: “loads ammo”
Heard Island Military: “loads ammo”
January 19, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Europe: we reject the sentiment that…
Heard Island Military: “loads ammo”
Heard Island Military: “loads ammo”
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Oof, right in the gut
January 18, 2026 at 6:49 AM
Oof, right in the gut
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Discrimination law should mean that people have their rights protected *regardless* of their sex, not because of a defined category of sex they fall into. The terrible notion of "sex-based rights" is exactly how we have ended up in such a terrible legal position in the UK.
People claiming we need to define 'sex' purely by reproductive biology to save Title IX are missing the point. That narrow definition actually makes it harder to stop discrimination. You remove the broader gamut of gender discrimination in the process. Bostock didn't need a definition!
January 14, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Discrimination law should mean that people have their rights protected *regardless* of their sex, not because of a defined category of sex they fall into. The terrible notion of "sex-based rights" is exactly how we have ended up in such a terrible legal position in the UK.
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Palantir in the NHS will make the Horizon Post Office scandal look like a knitting club.
January 13, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Palantir in the NHS will make the Horizon Post Office scandal look like a knitting club.