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Phaistos Disco @pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 44m

Feeling the effects now 😔

Phaistos Disco @pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 4h

"Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin said 'We're going to screw as much money as possible out of viewers, then whine about illegal streaming. We presume this golden goose will live forever'"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c5y8njv2ylvo

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European clubs as Uefa looks to streaming services

The top European clubs could cash in on streaming rights as Uefa look to land around £4bn in their next TV deal.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Phaistos Disco @pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · Aug 6

[Me, reading about the impending bursting of the AI bubble]: "Wait, so you're telling me these huge tech companies all bought way too many tulip bulbs *from the same guy*?"

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Phaistos Disco @pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · Aug 6

A fake O'Reilly book cover

This time, it's not a bubble

Spending billions of dollars on Nvidia GPUs

No, I've never heard of Tulip Mania

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Phaistos Disco @pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 5h

Reading Hogfather and rooting for Mr Teatime

Phaistos Disco @pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 7h

"When pressed further, Badenoch said her favourite scene from Discworld is when Billy Discworld shouts 'DISCWORLD!' and jumps in his spaceship"

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Phaistos Disco @pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 7h

Wait fucking Badenoch says her favourite author is *Terry Pratchett*?

JFC none of these fucking chuds have anything more than the very thinnest surface-level understanding of any media they've ever encountered do they?

Or she's just lying

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Phaistos Disco @pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 10h

"I've had tough moments" he says from behind his massive pile of blood-soaked petrodollars

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cx279y18xv3o

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Jordan Henderson had 'tough moments' after Saudi Arabia move

England midfielder Jordan Henderson says he has had "tough moments" since leaving Liverpool for Saudi Arabia and could "have made different decisions".

www.bbc.co.uk

Phaistos Disco @pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 10h

Had my flu jab, lads

Phaistos Disco @pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 13h

Wordle English #1572 3/6
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Phaistos Disco @pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 13h

Woken up earwomed with the music from It Ain't Half Hot Mum WTF

Phaistos Disco @pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 22h

@grepomatic she's very funny

Phaistos Disco @pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Take a photo of your #cat through a tube

A picture of a cat taken through a kitchen roll tube

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Phaistos Disco @pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Hearing stories about how IT "works" outside of tech companies and weeping

Phaistos Disco @pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 1d

If I'm attempting to give you tech support *please stop clicking things and listen to what I'm saying*

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Bastian Greshake Tzovaras @gedankenstuecke.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Does anyone remember the Reinhart-Rogoff affair? The paper that was widely used to justify austerity policies, but where the main result was only an artifact due to the researchers screwing up their Excel formulas?

So yeah, can't see how putting the random number generator called "AI" in Excel […]

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Phaistos Disco @pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Stack #devopsdays conference swag on your #cat

A cat with a blue plushy octopus on her head

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d

It seems pretty clear to me now: Keir Starmer would rather lose to Reform than to the Labour left, which is his real enemy. Any policy that might recover lost ground with voters has to be struck down, as it looks like a concession to the Labour left. And he and his team cannot contemplate that.

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Phaistos Disco @pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Doing some proper SysAdmin-ing, lads

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Phaistos Disco @pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Jenrick truly is the goblin's goblin

Phaistos Disco @pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Wordle English #1571 4/6
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Phaistos Disco @pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Johnny Baby really is unbelievably awful

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cdjzknpxlv2o

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World Cup tickets: 2026 USA tournament prices, visas and security explained

BBC Sport explores the issues which could make fans feel less than welcome when the World Cup takes place in the United States next year.

www.bbc.co.uk

Phaistos Disco @pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 2d

https://blogfeeds.net/

博客订阅源

Blog Feeds (blogfeeds.net) 03:08 ↑ 101 HN Points

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Phaistos Disco @pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Genuinely inspiring, what you can achieve when you have access to infinite money

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/clyl8e80l9do

#football

Pep Guardiola: Man City boss to mark 250 wins with Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger dinner

Pep Guardiola says he will celebrate landmark of 250 Premier League wins in record time by inviting Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger to dinner.

www.bbc.co.uk

Phaistos Disco @pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Wordle English #1570 4/6
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