Christopher James
@jameschristopher.bsky.social
All of the ingredients were there to make a tasty burger, so why can I only taste cardboard?
January 17, 2026 at 9:01 PM
All of the ingredients were there to make a tasty burger, so why can I only taste cardboard?
The only film I’ve ever walked out of.
My abiding memory; after years of buying Star Wars magazine and following the production with excitement, was crushing disappointment at it being so dull. I was embarrassed that I took people to it and could feel their boredom like a heavy fog in the cinema.
My abiding memory; after years of buying Star Wars magazine and following the production with excitement, was crushing disappointment at it being so dull. I was embarrassed that I took people to it and could feel their boredom like a heavy fog in the cinema.
January 17, 2026 at 8:58 PM
The only film I’ve ever walked out of.
My abiding memory; after years of buying Star Wars magazine and following the production with excitement, was crushing disappointment at it being so dull. I was embarrassed that I took people to it and could feel their boredom like a heavy fog in the cinema.
My abiding memory; after years of buying Star Wars magazine and following the production with excitement, was crushing disappointment at it being so dull. I was embarrassed that I took people to it and could feel their boredom like a heavy fog in the cinema.
The only film I’ve ever walked out of. On my second viewing, but still…
January 17, 2026 at 8:51 PM
The only film I’ve ever walked out of. On my second viewing, but still…
Ah I made the assumption that it was a new release.
That’s a shame- there can’t be many of the original cast and crew left.
Is it a worthy addition to the bookshelf?
That’s a shame- there can’t be many of the original cast and crew left.
Is it a worthy addition to the bookshelf?
January 17, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Ah I made the assumption that it was a new release.
That’s a shame- there can’t be many of the original cast and crew left.
Is it a worthy addition to the bookshelf?
That’s a shame- there can’t be many of the original cast and crew left.
Is it a worthy addition to the bookshelf?
*felt sense. Grrr
January 17, 2026 at 5:54 PM
*felt sense. Grrr
Oh no! I hope he has fully mended. I think it’s because they can’t tell you (though Hugo is always trying speak), so you worry about every weird look or behaviour. I bet the vet knows you’re ace.
I think the bad start that Henry had means that I’m extra protective over him.
I think the bad start that Henry had means that I’m extra protective over him.
January 17, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Oh no! I hope he has fully mended. I think it’s because they can’t tell you (though Hugo is always trying speak), so you worry about every weird look or behaviour. I bet the vet knows you’re ace.
I think the bad start that Henry had means that I’m extra protective over him.
I think the bad start that Henry had means that I’m extra protective over him.
I have typed and then deleted two separate posts outlining examples of the lengths that I go to make sure Henry is ok, particularly when I let him out, but I realise how nuts I sound when reading them back. Nothing I can do about it.
This is the impact these special animals have on us. PCAS.
This is the impact these special animals have on us. PCAS.
January 17, 2026 at 4:21 PM
I have typed and then deleted two separate posts outlining examples of the lengths that I go to make sure Henry is ok, particularly when I let him out, but I realise how nuts I sound when reading them back. Nothing I can do about it.
This is the impact these special animals have on us. PCAS.
This is the impact these special animals have on us. PCAS.
It’s all very well wanting to ‘be part of a team that fixes the country’, but not if you were also part of the team that absolutely broke it. He’s so vacuous. Actually that’s not true- he’s full of something.
January 17, 2026 at 3:07 PM
It’s all very well wanting to ‘be part of a team that fixes the country’, but not if you were also part of the team that absolutely broke it. He’s so vacuous. Actually that’s not true- he’s full of something.
I feel this. It should have a name- Persistent Cat Anxiety Syndrome. PCAS.
January 17, 2026 at 3:04 PM
I feel this. It should have a name- Persistent Cat Anxiety Syndrome. PCAS.
lol. That’s a beautiful way of articulating it though. The dent sense and contextual. A machine can never replicate that, and so it is doomed to failure.
I think it’ll shrink right back and people will have to readjust their assessment of the impact that it can have. It’s a tool. Maybe. No more.
I think it’ll shrink right back and people will have to readjust their assessment of the impact that it can have. It’s a tool. Maybe. No more.
January 17, 2026 at 2:46 PM
lol. That’s a beautiful way of articulating it though. The dent sense and contextual. A machine can never replicate that, and so it is doomed to failure.
I think it’ll shrink right back and people will have to readjust their assessment of the impact that it can have. It’s a tool. Maybe. No more.
I think it’ll shrink right back and people will have to readjust their assessment of the impact that it can have. It’s a tool. Maybe. No more.
“Firefighting to save operations since the mass AI layoffs.”
There it is in a single sentence. Cuntery
There it is in a single sentence. Cuntery
January 17, 2026 at 2:44 PM
“Firefighting to save operations since the mass AI layoffs.”
There it is in a single sentence. Cuntery
There it is in a single sentence. Cuntery
Did you see my instagram vid on AI last year when I used a songwriting app? It copied a set of Manics lyrics word for word because of the prompt I gave it. Which was intended- I wanted to show how much it purloins from artists. Total shite. Not to be trusted.
January 17, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Did you see my instagram vid on AI last year when I used a songwriting app? It copied a set of Manics lyrics word for word because of the prompt I gave it. Which was intended- I wanted to show how much it purloins from artists. Total shite. Not to be trusted.
If I can’t visualise something I really struggle with a concept. M was reading to me last night and I just couldn’t take in the information, I had to read the text myself. So I think this tracks…if I can see the narrative in my head fine, but I can’t organise disparate points into a flow.
January 17, 2026 at 12:40 PM
If I can’t visualise something I really struggle with a concept. M was reading to me last night and I just couldn’t take in the information, I had to read the text myself. So I think this tracks…if I can see the narrative in my head fine, but I can’t organise disparate points into a flow.
I hear you. I always struggled with that too.
January 17, 2026 at 12:30 PM
I hear you. I always struggled with that too.
these tools know better how to fix your essay than you do, which isn’t a given. We blindly put our faith in these things, assuming that they have the answers, but what are their qualifications and metrics?? It’s a very weird way that we have been gaslit into these assumptions about this technology.
January 17, 2026 at 12:27 PM
these tools know better how to fix your essay than you do, which isn’t a given. We blindly put our faith in these things, assuming that they have the answers, but what are their qualifications and metrics?? It’s a very weird way that we have been gaslit into these assumptions about this technology.
It’s a bit different to asking it to write the essay. And I think that there’s a distinction between tools like Grammarly and those sorts of things, and generative tools like ChatGPT. I’m not sure what it is, but it feels to me like the use and intention matters too.
Plus there’s an assumption that
Plus there’s an assumption that
January 17, 2026 at 12:27 PM
It’s a bit different to asking it to write the essay. And I think that there’s a distinction between tools like Grammarly and those sorts of things, and generative tools like ChatGPT. I’m not sure what it is, but it feels to me like the use and intention matters too.
Plus there’s an assumption that
Plus there’s an assumption that
Yes. And this is the point where it’s easiest to give in, when they make it so difficult to avoid that you accept it in small ways. That’s what they want, to break the barriers of your resistance because it’s easier just to accept it. It’s a pain in the arse but nothing worth doing was ever easy.
January 17, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Yes. And this is the point where it’s easiest to give in, when they make it so difficult to avoid that you accept it in small ways. That’s what they want, to break the barriers of your resistance because it’s easier just to accept it. It’s a pain in the arse but nothing worth doing was ever easy.
I think you’re bang on
January 17, 2026 at 12:12 PM
I think you’re bang on
I do think it’s important not to give an inch. Not to ‘just’ accept its use in certain circumstances. In uses that I can control, the answer is and will always be ‘no, fuck off’.
And to shun websites or companies that force it, and tell them why you’re declining their services.
And to shun websites or companies that force it, and tell them why you’re declining their services.
January 17, 2026 at 11:56 AM
I do think it’s important not to give an inch. Not to ‘just’ accept its use in certain circumstances. In uses that I can control, the answer is and will always be ‘no, fuck off’.
And to shun websites or companies that force it, and tell them why you’re declining their services.
And to shun websites or companies that force it, and tell them why you’re declining their services.
I think I’ll put this on a T-shirt. Scrawled in sharpie.
Yes yes, and fuck yes.
Yes yes, and fuck yes.
January 17, 2026 at 11:52 AM
I think I’ll put this on a T-shirt. Scrawled in sharpie.
Yes yes, and fuck yes.
Yes yes, and fuck yes.