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Dave Jones @popzeus.bsky.social · 2h

"Trust me, that logo's going to make elder millennials think of goatse. No, you don't want to google that"

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Sola Balisane @balisane.bsky.social · 2d

Every office needs to have one person whose entire job it is to be terminally online, and everyone else needs to agree to listen to that person when they say that you need to change the name of your pet project or delete a media post.

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Dave Jones @popzeus.bsky.social · 1d

Return of the Shack

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 2d

This morning my ChatGPT quota was inexplicably exhausted.

It took a while but I pieced it together. Voice mode somehow got activated when I went to bed.

The bot then engaged in a 10 hour conversation with my snoring dog, answering questions the pup wasn’t asking and praising him for his insight.

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acab rangoon @mid-skeets.bsky.social · 3d

sean connery in a suit with a quote bubble

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Dave Jones @popzeus.bsky.social · 2d

I've been talking to my Windows PCs for years, or perhaps the more accurate phrase is shouting at them.

Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 3d

This is the future of Windows. Microsoft wants to rewrite Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. It's now bringing AI features to all Windows 11 PCs today, in a bid to convince you to talk to your PC and let AI control it. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/799768/...

Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it

Copilot Voice and Vision are now rolling out.

www.theverge.com

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Dave Jones @popzeus.bsky.social · 2d

"Crikey, Professor, what a smashing machine! I wonder what it does?"

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Dave Jones @popzeus.bsky.social · 3d

(now watch it be nowhere near as good as I remembered it)

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Dave Jones @popzeus.bsky.social · 3d

THIS FILM! A film I saw on TV once, decades ago, didn't catch the name of, and have been describing to people ever since and nobody else has a clue what film I'm talking about! An absolute all-timer and now I can finally watch it again

Satyros Phil Brucato @satyrosphilbrucato.bsky.social · 4d

It's about time Strange Days finally begins getting the retrospective love and respect it deserves. To me, it's the best pre-Matrix cyberpunk film other than Blade Runner and Robocop, and still better than most cyberpunk films made since.

www.polygon.com/strange-days...

30 years ago, Katherine Bigelow made a sci-fi flop that changed her career for the better

Strange Days is a noir-soaked science-fiction thriller set against a backdrop of racial tension, police brutality, sexual assault, and disruptive tech

www.polygon.com

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Dave Jones @popzeus.bsky.social · 3d

Make this man President of Booksville immediately

Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 3d

My strongest book-related belief is that the paperback should come first and then the hardback after for people who want a fancy edition.

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Dave Jones @popzeus.bsky.social · 4d

This has 'instant classic' potential

Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 4d

EARTH
MUST
DIE.

store.steampowered.com/app/4057540/...

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Dave Jones @popzeus.bsky.social · 4d

Honestly I work from home and the closest I came to having a full breakdown recently was when my espresso machine broke down on a workday morning. Yeah I know #firstworldproblems and all that but nightmare scenario.

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Stuart Houghton @stuarthoughton.bsky.social · 4d

Say what you like about our American cousins but in no other country would the news feature the co-author of "Life is a Lazy Susan of Shit Sandwiches" debating politics with Solid Snake.

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Dave Jones @popzeus.bsky.social · 4d

This post belongs in a museum

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Kit Roberts @kitrobertsjourno.bsky.social · 4d

Write a 500 word essay on dominant themes in Dracula or we’ll deport you.

“Dracula can be read as an allegory of the fear of foreigners and immigra-“

NO NOT LIKE THAT

#ukpolitics

Migrants will be required to pass A Level standard of English

Migrants will be required to pass tough new English language requirements under a law introduced in Parliament today.

www.gov.uk

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Dave Jones @popzeus.bsky.social · 4d

Why does Windows still bother having an 'Update and Shut Down' option when for years now it has been functionally identical to the 'Update and Restart' option next to it?

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The Boobadook @bookiesnacksize.bsky.social · 4d

Hugely enjoying how Gwyneth Paltrow's Vogue photoshoot makes her look like a Knives Out villain

Gwyneth Paltrow wearing a blue thing that probably costs more than what I earn in a month, along with oversize blue tinted shades. She is drinking a fruit drink through a straw. She's into "wellness" so it's probably some fake vitamin drink that tastes like ass and gives you the runs.

Gwyneth Paltrow in oversize greige corporate wear and a tie, sitting in front of a desk which is too high to be ergonomically practical to work from. She is not smiling.

Gwyneth Paltrow in a shapeless light pink top and skinny black jeans with inexplicably long white socks. She is sitting in a zen pose on a round garden table in front of some foliage. She is not smiling.

Gwyneth Paltrow in a grey hoodie that says "luxury" on it, because she's rich don't you know. She is standing in front of a chopping board with pineapples, limes, and cucumbers. I assume it's for a terrible swingers party. She is not smiling. In fact she might be trying to kill you with her eyes.

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Dave Jones @popzeus.bsky.social · 4d

I *knew* the explanation on Google sounded unlikely!

Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 4d

Parents! Finally an answer for the utterly nonsensical kid favorite... SIX-SEVEN!

youtu.be/laZpTO7IFtA?...

Is 67 just brain rot?

YouTube video by languagejones

youtu.be

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Dave Jones @popzeus.bsky.social · 4d

It's a good thing she's a fan of Counting Crows, because that's all there is to do around there without phone reception

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Dave Jones @popzeus.bsky.social · 4d

The things people will resort to rather than verify their age with Pornhub

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4d

I went to Marina Abramović’s erotic, explicit new art show – and there was an awful lot to take in | Adrian Chiles

The ‘grandmother of performance art’ and I both have Slavic roots. But I didn’t recognise any of her 14th-century Dalmatian fertility rites – and neither did my mum, writes Adrian Chiles

www.theguardian.com

Dave Jones @popzeus.bsky.social · 4d

ADHD isn't all "oh look a squirrel" and hyperfocus y'know, it's alao noticing you need a wee and then 5 hours later actually going for that wee

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Dave Jones @popzeus.bsky.social · 4d

If you see this, quote post with your favourite Pokemon
(wrong answers only)

Jamie McKelvie's reverse centaur used WHINNY! It's not very effective...

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Dave Jones @popzeus.bsky.social · 5d

Reform voters should be required to pass A Level English to stay in the country, let's see how they get on.

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 5d

All of this is being put out to placate the right wing press...

In the meantime, it's causing fear & confusion. As I understand it:

● this only applies to some people on skilled visas
● it's not "A level English" it's something called SELT
● much the same requirement exists elsewhere in EU

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Kayla B @queenofthesouth.bsky.social · 10d

Needing multiple streams of income to stay afloat is a societal failure not a personal one. You should be able to afford a comfortable lifestyle with one job. You are not lazy.

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Dave Jones @popzeus.bsky.social · 5d

Because it's autumn.

Screenshot from Google Discover: Sky News - Why the weather has been gloomy in the UK recently

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