Daniel Kennedy
@fliglman.bsky.social
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fliglman.bsky.social
All of these jobs have been destroyed by AI. Where will it end?
waltydunlop.bsky.social
Job occupations, from an 1881 census. Every one of these sounds like something a sorely provoked Captain Haddock would should at someone in times of heavy stress.
fliglman.bsky.social
the following tab is the only civilised tab
fliglman.bsky.social
I love reading things from like 1902 where the poor starving writer bashes out an article in one night that pays for 3 months of room and board
fliglman.bsky.social
flashbacks to doctor's waiting rooms and the like. Oooh remembers magazines?
fliglman.bsky.social
in a way, that's what's funny about it
fliglman.bsky.social
if I do the voice properly in my head it's actually pretty good
fliglman.bsky.social
Mara Max is part of the Intellectual Dark Web
fliglman.bsky.social
"pot de départ en prison" is such a perfect little phrase. You can't quite say it as elegantly in English (Leaving for prison drinks? Just doesn't have the same ring to it)
fliglman.bsky.social
the only one I'm in competition with is the allegorical figure of Shame (she watches, shaking her head so people know she disapproves)
fliglman.bsky.social
4kg in one day is a good call. If it was spaced out over several days (like that whiney loser in the article) then you'd have to up the dosage i reckon
fliglman.bsky.social
That's why i keep all my documents (my metaphorical cattle) inside my Google Drove
dannybate.bsky.social
The verb 'drive' was applied to animals long before cars, and a herd of livestock being made to move somewhere is a 'drove' – nowadays common as plural 'droves'.

The root behind 'drive' and 'drove' is also behind 'drift', originally an act of driving or making something (like snow) move.
fliglman.bsky.social
save time by keeping the "s" in "was" when you change it to "is" and vice-versa
fliglman.bsky.social
most of translation is just changing "-ed" to "-ing" and then changing "-ing" back to "-ed" as many times as it takes until it stops bothering you
fliglman.bsky.social
stands to reason: If my megabasement was clogged up with a fatberg I'd stay quiet about it too
fliglman.bsky.social
applauding the extrajudicial killing of civilians (and by implication calling for more) just seems like a line you can't cross and pretend to be some principled hero of democracy
fliglman.bsky.social
like there's realpolik and real lunatic and she sounds closer to the later
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
fliglman.bsky.social
well I mean it's not like Zelensky is applauding Trump for bombing Ukrainian fishing boats
fliglman.bsky.social
the two segments of my audience (admirers and haters) waiting for my latest blueskytweets
fliglman.bsky.social
you jest but if someone made a tickertape box that printed out selected posts I would be sorely tempted to buy it
publicdomainrev.bsky.social
Replace these “wireless telegraphs” with smartphones, update the dress a little, and this vision of "isolating technology" from a 1906 issue of Punch magazine could easily be from today: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/a-vision-of-isolating-technology-from-1906
fliglman.bsky.social
talking about post-Brexit dog poop
mobydickatsea.bsky.social
If ye see a white one, split your lungs for him!
fliglman.bsky.social
Not necessarily N°1, but certainly a top ten perk of meeting people in real life is talking about these things without fear of reprisal
Reposted by Daniel Kennedy
jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie
Getting arrested for pooping on my dog’s poop
fliglman.bsky.social
had a heartwarming family scene a while back where it turned out me and my sisters had independently been raging about the same book we all hated