john h
@heliolithic.bsky.social
“a queer and unaccountable creature, who must necessarily be looked at with wondering curiosity and repulsion” // glasgow
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listening to the replacements... good band. over and out
February 17, 2026 at 10:09 AM
listening to the replacements... good band. over and out
super mario who can recall his past lives
I would prefer for the next Mario game to be called something beautiful, like Super Mario Truth
February 17, 2026 at 9:20 AM
super mario who can recall his past lives
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And the hits just keep on coming: RIP Frederick Wiseman, another legend of American cinema
February 16, 2026 at 8:54 PM
And the hits just keep on coming: RIP Frederick Wiseman, another legend of American cinema
[naomi wolf about to get sharply corrected on the radio] orthodox food history tells us use of e numbers as codes for additives dates to the 1960s. however on a trip to scotland, I encountered irn bru 1901, recreated from a recipe found in the archives. and what do we find in the ingredients? e211!
February 15, 2026 at 2:07 PM
[naomi wolf about to get sharply corrected on the radio] orthodox food history tells us use of e numbers as codes for additives dates to the 1960s. however on a trip to scotland, I encountered irn bru 1901, recreated from a recipe found in the archives. and what do we find in the ingredients? e211!
the one day of the year that my daily insistence that we listen to 'the bird in the bush', a collection of erotic english folk songs, cannot reasonably be denied
February 14, 2026 at 4:51 PM
the one day of the year that my daily insistence that we listen to 'the bird in the bush', a collection of erotic english folk songs, cannot reasonably be denied
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it is sunny again now www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxFu...
Ghostface Killah - The Sun (ft. Raekwon, Slick Rick & RZA)
YouTube video by EyyeTv Yumyum
www.youtube.com
June 10, 2025 at 8:09 AM
it is sunny again now www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxFu...
phew, just finished my first day preparing the ice at the winter olympics to ensure all the figure skaters can perform their best. kind of scary for the final to be taking place just as I'm getting started but pretty sure I did a good job!
February 13, 2026 at 10:29 PM
phew, just finished my first day preparing the ice at the winter olympics to ensure all the figure skaters can perform their best. kind of scary for the final to be taking place just as I'm getting started but pretty sure I did a good job!
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Wim Wenders in 1988 vs Wim Wenders in 2026 (when asked about Palestine)
February 12, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Wim Wenders in 1988 vs Wim Wenders in 2026 (when asked about Palestine)
I will publish a book arguing this is true. debate will rage in the lrb and paris review about what I mean ("he challenges us to imagine a world animated by a different understanding of reality", "redraws boundaries marking modernity"). I will write in to say it was like they were going to the shops
It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea
February 13, 2026 at 12:40 PM
I will publish a book arguing this is true. debate will rage in the lrb and paris review about what I mean ("he challenges us to imagine a world animated by a different understanding of reality", "redraws boundaries marking modernity"). I will write in to say it was like they were going to the shops
calling the supreme court when my wife says that I am really "milking it" by citing a cold that started over a week ago as a reason why I can't help with something
Oatly banned from using word ‘milk’ to market plant-based products in UK
Oatly banned from using word ‘milk’ to market plant-based products in UK
Supreme court makes ruling after Swedish firm’s long-running battle with trade association Dairy UK
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The Swedish-based drinks manufacturer Oatly has been banned from using the word “milk” to market its plant-based products, after a ruling by the UK supreme court.
The alt-milk manufacturer has been in a long-running legal battle with the trade association Dairy UK after Oatly trademarked phrases associated with the dairy sector. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:03 PM
calling the supreme court when my wife says that I am really "milking it" by citing a cold that started over a week ago as a reason why I can't help with something
not an AI guy but it is funny that lots of people indignant about how LLMs just uncritically regurgitate what they're fed are doing so by uncritically regurgitating this (when neither the paper, nor indeed the table which has a description at the top, are about jobs "at risk" of being lost to AI)
Microsoft released a study showing the 40 jobs most at risk by AI:
February 11, 2026 at 1:03 PM
not an AI guy but it is funny that lots of people indignant about how LLMs just uncritically regurgitate what they're fed are doing so by uncritically regurgitating this (when neither the paper, nor indeed the table which has a description at the top, are about jobs "at risk" of being lost to AI)
like dropping something and it seeming like you can see it fall and hit your foot in slow motion, I realised what this was going to be between clicking and it opening
This tool's really powerful you know, if you keep zooming in it's amazing how granular the descriptors get
February 9, 2026 at 10:12 PM
like dropping something and it seeming like you can see it fall and hit your foot in slow motion, I realised what this was going to be between clicking and it opening
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thank you also for those disappointments and failures
February 9, 2026 at 5:40 PM
thank you also for those disappointments and failures
[texting at 22:58] I'll just finish this last government reset and then I'll head for home :)
[to myself, after speaking to my viziers] ah okay one more government reset then, I am sure my wife will not mind
[to myself, after speaking to my viziers] ah okay one more government reset then, I am sure my wife will not mind
February 9, 2026 at 9:06 PM
[texting at 22:58] I'll just finish this last government reset and then I'll head for home :)
[to myself, after speaking to my viziers] ah okay one more government reset then, I am sure my wife will not mind
[to myself, after speaking to my viziers] ah okay one more government reset then, I am sure my wife will not mind
saw a woman in a 'make scotland great again' hat. unclear if she's a weirdo trump fan or a scottish nationalist? that's right, it's unclear if she's a fan of small minded provincialism with no understanding of fiscal and economic reality or if she's a supporter of donal.. [SHOTS RING OUT]
February 9, 2026 at 3:31 PM
saw a woman in a 'make scotland great again' hat. unclear if she's a weirdo trump fan or a scottish nationalist? that's right, it's unclear if she's a fan of small minded provincialism with no understanding of fiscal and economic reality or if she's a supporter of donal.. [SHOTS RING OUT]
silas suddenly growing bored with a chew toy and returning to biting my ankles and hands
February 9, 2026 at 11:55 AM
silas suddenly growing bored with a chew toy and returning to biting my ankles and hands
how will you show your support for the urban reintroduction of beavers today
February 9, 2026 at 11:48 AM
how will you show your support for the urban reintroduction of beavers today
in retrospect it was a mistake not to interrogate the finer details of my employer's offer of a "wfh" contract
February 8, 2026 at 6:58 PM
in retrospect it was a mistake not to interrogate the finer details of my employer's offer of a "wfh" contract
annoying when books contain protestations like "but this is not a facile comparison between X and Y" or "however we do not take a reductive approach to this phenomenon". you can't stipulate this! I'll be the judge thank you!
February 8, 2026 at 2:10 PM
annoying when books contain protestations like "but this is not a facile comparison between X and Y" or "however we do not take a reductive approach to this phenomenon". you can't stipulate this! I'll be the judge thank you!
passing the dj a folded up piece of paper which reads "CAN YOU TURN THE MUSIC OFF AND ASK IF ANYONE HAS A LENS WIPE FOR MY GLASSES"
February 7, 2026 at 10:01 PM
passing the dj a folded up piece of paper which reads "CAN YOU TURN THE MUSIC OFF AND ASK IF ANYONE HAS A LENS WIPE FOR MY GLASSES"
heated ribaldry - two actors in a staging of chaucer's 'the miller's tale' start to fall for each other and their depictions of crude hijinks start to look rather less irreverent
February 7, 2026 at 9:58 AM
heated ribaldry - two actors in a staging of chaucer's 'the miller's tale' start to fall for each other and their depictions of crude hijinks start to look rather less irreverent
I don't mean to alarm anyone but my fortune cookie did not contain a fortune
February 6, 2026 at 9:27 PM
I don't mean to alarm anyone but my fortune cookie did not contain a fortune