BenATG
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Purple Chrome Collective, Cosmic Egg and Palace House Records - there’s a few bits left to write at http://AfterTheGarage.com too
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Its Cliched to be Cynical at Christmas by Half Man Half Biscuit
YouTube video by richardj5
youtu.be
December 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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I was just going to repost this as another example of genAI being used to devalue the work of artists, but actually, there's more to talk about here. This article is in response to an ad (which I can't find now), for an Irish-language genAI film competition. 1/
www.thejournal.ie/udaras-na-ga...
www.thejournal.ie/udaras-na-ga...
'An insult to what art is': Údarás na Gaeltachta's AI competition faces backlash from artists
The Gaeltacht development agency defended its decision.
www.thejournal.ie
December 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I was just going to repost this as another example of genAI being used to devalue the work of artists, but actually, there's more to talk about here. This article is in response to an ad (which I can't find now), for an Irish-language genAI film competition. 1/
www.thejournal.ie/udaras-na-ga...
www.thejournal.ie/udaras-na-ga...
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If you don't use Amazon, a reminder that Argos is properly brilliant and you can get almost anything delivered or you can pick it up from a local Sainsbury's the same or the next day.
December 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
If you don't use Amazon, a reminder that Argos is properly brilliant and you can get almost anything delivered or you can pick it up from a local Sainsbury's the same or the next day.
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100%. And adults need to go back to actually being adults, instead of sensitive/temperamental/obsessive/conspiratorial ten-year-olds in adult bodies
December 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
100%. And adults need to go back to actually being adults, instead of sensitive/temperamental/obsessive/conspiratorial ten-year-olds in adult bodies
In case anyone from the US immigration dept is wondering, now or in future - this repost is absolutely an endorsement
December 19, 2025 at 12:04 AM
In case anyone from the US immigration dept is wondering, now or in future - this repost is absolutely an endorsement
Glorious!
First shown on Christmas Day 1999. And here's a slightly longer alternate take that was never aired. www.youtube.com/watch?v=e01E...
BBC Comedy Trail - Shaggy Dog Story (Cricket) (Extended)
YouTube video by Glenn Reuben
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Glorious!
I’m so old I still read past the first paragraph
December 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I’m so old I still read past the first paragraph
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A thread of how to say “nobody asked you” from around the world, starting with this one…
A Lithuanian way of telling someone to mind their own business is ne tavo kiaulės, ne tavo pupos. It means “not your pigs, not your beans.”
A Lithuanian way of telling someone to mind their own business is ne tavo kiaulės, ne tavo pupos. It means “not your pigs, not your beans.”
December 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM
A thread of how to say “nobody asked you” from around the world, starting with this one…
A Lithuanian way of telling someone to mind their own business is ne tavo kiaulės, ne tavo pupos. It means “not your pigs, not your beans.”
A Lithuanian way of telling someone to mind their own business is ne tavo kiaulės, ne tavo pupos. It means “not your pigs, not your beans.”
I should have signed up ages ago but better later than never. Long live the good bits of the internet.
This is my cyclical reminder that there's really only one consistently reliable source of info in the public record that isn't owned by right wing billionaires, who really want to put an end to it.
Please give at least the $2.75 minimum they request if you can.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Please give at least the $2.75 minimum they request if you can.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 17, 2025 at 7:14 AM
I should have signed up ages ago but better later than never. Long live the good bits of the internet.
Someone on the legal team with a 👌 sense of humour here
“No less an authority than the United Kingdom’s former Prime Minister, Liz Truss”
That’s a real sentence that someone wrote, which made it into Trump’s legal filing.
That’s a real sentence that someone wrote, which made it into Trump’s legal filing.
December 16, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Someone on the legal team with a 👌 sense of humour here
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No, Jews around the world don't suffer because of the actions of the government of Israel. Jews around the world suffer because antisemites use the actions of the government of Israel to justify attacks on Jews. And if you make the same association, you're also an antisemite.
December 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
No, Jews around the world don't suffer because of the actions of the government of Israel. Jews around the world suffer because antisemites use the actions of the government of Israel to justify attacks on Jews. And if you make the same association, you're also an antisemite.
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This.
Jews are no more to blame for the actions of Israel than Muslims are to blame for the actions of ISIS. Collective blame is bigotry.
Jews are no more to blame for the actions of Israel than Muslims are to blame for the actions of ISIS. Collective blame is bigotry.
No, Jews around the world don't suffer because of the actions of the government of Israel. Jews around the world suffer because antisemites use the actions of the government of Israel to justify attacks on Jews. And if you make the same association, you're also an antisemite.
December 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This.
Jews are no more to blame for the actions of Israel than Muslims are to blame for the actions of ISIS. Collective blame is bigotry.
Jews are no more to blame for the actions of Israel than Muslims are to blame for the actions of ISIS. Collective blame is bigotry.
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The Dalglish doc is v good
December 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The Dalglish doc is v good
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It's fitting that the cover on AI mindlessly apes an earlier creation and also displaces workers while elevating Silicon Valley plutocrats.
December 12, 2025 at 3:40 AM
It's fitting that the cover on AI mindlessly apes an earlier creation and also displaces workers while elevating Silicon Valley plutocrats.
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This MTV recording I found from an extremely golden age of 1994 is a time capsule of exactly specifically the last time the world existed before Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” as shown by this ominous trailer. Make of that what you will.
If MTV only knew what they were about to unleash...
December 21, 2024 at 6:43 PM
This MTV recording I found from an extremely golden age of 1994 is a time capsule of exactly specifically the last time the world existed before Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” as shown by this ominous trailer. Make of that what you will.
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"House of Commons Jerk Seasoning" is 1) an extremely funny concept and more importantly 2) a sign of a complete and total victory for cultural pluralism in a way that is kind of difficult to concieve
Look, I know things aren’t great at the moment for (a) anyone, and (b) the Labour Party, but fuck me that’s bleak
December 8, 2025 at 11:32 AM
"House of Commons Jerk Seasoning" is 1) an extremely funny concept and more importantly 2) a sign of a complete and total victory for cultural pluralism in a way that is kind of difficult to concieve
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If only there were a cautionary tale about being too eager to accept the apparent time-saving capabilities of new technology.
Aardman Animations will ’embrace AI’ while also being ‘cautious’, says Nick Park
Aardman Animations will ’embrace AI’ while also being ‘cautious’, says Nick Park
Aardman Animations will ’embrace AI’ while also being ‘cautious’, says Nick Park
www.independent.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
If only there were a cautionary tale about being too eager to accept the apparent time-saving capabilities of new technology.
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The great thing about this one is that even the most ardent “I’m not racist but…” Will see this and admit “that’s a bit racist to be fair”
December 5, 2025 at 9:11 AM
The great thing about this one is that even the most ardent “I’m not racist but…” Will see this and admit “that’s a bit racist to be fair”
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1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Ah well, now this is a nice thing. Reflections on favourite drinking spots, self, life and change.
Thinking on, should it be the objective of a pub to create such spaces, and to hold them as we and the world change around them?
No pressure then.
Thinking on, should it be the objective of a pub to create such spaces, and to hold them as we and the world change around them?
No pressure then.
Reposting this personal essay on ritual and loss for the late night crowd and friends in different time zones.
Sign up for more if you like this.
www.anthonygladman.com/drink-it-in/
Sign up for more if you like this.
www.anthonygladman.com/drink-it-in/
Drink it in
Beer is full of quiet, private rituals and the places we return to. You never know, in the normal run of things, that you’re having your last drink in one of your special places, so it pays to savour ...
www.anthonygladman.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Ah well, now this is a nice thing. Reflections on favourite drinking spots, self, life and change.
Thinking on, should it be the objective of a pub to create such spaces, and to hold them as we and the world change around them?
No pressure then.
Thinking on, should it be the objective of a pub to create such spaces, and to hold them as we and the world change around them?
No pressure then.
Facebook event link for anyone else who’s yet to find a decent alternative!
www.facebook.com/share/17xUZ3...
www.facebook.com/share/17xUZ3...
December 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Facebook event link for anyone else who’s yet to find a decent alternative!
www.facebook.com/share/17xUZ3...
www.facebook.com/share/17xUZ3...
Do we do event postings on here? Not sure if anyone local follows me lol but I’ve got this coming up at the Golden Lion in Todmorden soon - really looking forward to it 😊
December 2, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Do we do event postings on here? Not sure if anyone local follows me lol but I’ve got this coming up at the Golden Lion in Todmorden soon - really looking forward to it 😊
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“AI is a collection of moderately useful tools being billed as a supernatural being, something being created before us by shovelling extra words into the word-guessing programme until it wakes up and turns us into paper clips.”
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-c...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-c...
Cory Doctorow, the gatecrasher at the AI party
The writer coined the word ‘enshittification’ to describe how useful tech inevitably gets worse. Now he’s turning his sights on AI
www.thenewworld.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 9:42 AM
“AI is a collection of moderately useful tools being billed as a supernatural being, something being created before us by shovelling extra words into the word-guessing programme until it wakes up and turns us into paper clips.”
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-c...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-c...