Martin Roberts
@dokoissho.bsky.social
A simple question for ElevenLabs: why tf would I want to clone my OWN voice? Because that seems to be pretty much the only thing you'll allow me to do.
September 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
A simple question for ElevenLabs: why tf would I want to clone my OWN voice? Because that seems to be pretty much the only thing you'll allow me to do.
“Psychogeography” is basically just a bunch of white guys wandering around London and Paris and writing books about it
oldcastlebooks.co.uk/bookpage.php...
oldcastlebooks.co.uk/bookpage.php...
oldcastlebooks.co.uk
September 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
“Psychogeography” is basically just a bunch of white guys wandering around London and Paris and writing books about it
oldcastlebooks.co.uk/bookpage.php...
oldcastlebooks.co.uk/bookpage.php...
Everybody seems to be "joining BlueSky". It sounds like a great idea, but where is the community? Posting here just feels like shouting into an abyss
July 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Everybody seems to be "joining BlueSky". It sounds like a great idea, but where is the community? Posting here just feels like shouting into an abyss
Also “knob”, as in “he’s a right knob” (there are no left knobs)
May 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Also “knob”, as in “he’s a right knob” (there are no left knobs)
The UK is the only country in the world where “anorak” (a type of light windbreaker) is a term of abuse.
May 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The UK is the only country in the world where “anorak” (a type of light windbreaker) is a term of abuse.
If it gets really bad I could send you a recording 😉
I haven’t heard anybody say jumble shop for a while
May 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
If it gets really bad I could send you a recording 😉
Ghibli propaganda. Yes you read that right
April 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Ghibli propaganda. Yes you read that right
Now would be a good time for Mette Frederiksen to visit New York, condemn the U.S. for its imperialistic violence against the country’s indigenous population, and suggest that they declare independence and partner with Denmark for security against their settler colonialists oppressors
March 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Now would be a good time for Mette Frederiksen to visit New York, condemn the U.S. for its imperialistic violence against the country’s indigenous population, and suggest that they declare independence and partner with Denmark for security against their settler colonialists oppressors
State of the Union
March 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
State of the Union
Because it's been 3 years since I watched the first season of Severance, I have no memory of it whatsoever while now watching the second season.
January 26, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Because it's been 3 years since I watched the first season of Severance, I have no memory of it whatsoever while now watching the second season.
Rethinking the idea of the “humanitarian” crisis www.latimes.com/california/s...
First this veterinarian took in her brother's pets during the Palisades fire. Then she took in 40 more
Annie Harvilicz runs two veterinary hospitals and is taking in animals that have been displaced by the fires raging around Los Angeles.
www.latimes.com
January 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Rethinking the idea of the “humanitarian” crisis www.latimes.com/california/s...
60 billion chickens are reportedly slaughtered worldwide annually. Think about that next time you order a side of wings. pinkchickenproject.com
Pink Chicken Project
Pink Chicken Project suggests changing the colour of the entire species Gallus gallus domesticus to pink - using the recently invented CRISPR gene-drive technique.
pinkchickenproject.com
January 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
60 billion chickens are reportedly slaughtered worldwide annually. Think about that next time you order a side of wings. pinkchickenproject.com
Reposted by Martin Roberts
ii. acusar alguém de usar IA em nome do meio ambiente é como pregar a necessidade de banhos curtos. O uso pessoal (IA, água) corresponde a uma pequena fração do total. Usar IA não é pior que, por ex, comer carne. Não se trata de defender ou não o veganismo, mas da importância de fazer boas perguntas
January 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
ii. acusar alguém de usar IA em nome do meio ambiente é como pregar a necessidade de banhos curtos. O uso pessoal (IA, água) corresponde a uma pequena fração do total. Usar IA não é pior que, por ex, comer carne. Não se trata de defender ou não o veganismo, mas da importância de fazer boas perguntas
Improvised lecture this afternoon on lifestyle cinema and the films of Naoko Ogigami came out better than expected - now planning to submit an abstract for Inter-Asia Cultural Studies conf next year titled “Twilighting: Naoko Ogigami and the Art of Doing Nothing”.
November 27, 2024 at 2:10 AM
Improvised lecture this afternoon on lifestyle cinema and the films of Naoko Ogigami came out better than expected - now planning to submit an abstract for Inter-Asia Cultural Studies conf next year titled “Twilighting: Naoko Ogigami and the Art of Doing Nothing”.
November 25, 2024 at 11:44 PM
Reposted by Martin Roberts
Brattleboro, Vermont. The pleasures of the signifier.
November 24, 2024 at 1:12 PM
Brattleboro, Vermont. The pleasures of the signifier.
It’s déjà vu all over again
November 17, 2024 at 5:01 PM
It’s déjà vu all over again