Rodger Kibble
rodgerkibble.bsky.social
Rodger Kibble
@rodgerkibble.bsky.social
Recovering academic, former IT type, artist and printmaker, Brighton
Next thing his head will be added to Mt Rushmore, renamed Trump Mountain
December 23, 2025 at 12:31 PM
It's debatable whether copyright exists in AI-generated images (as opposed to the images the model was trained on)
December 23, 2025 at 10:40 AM
I'm reminded that Amsterdam boasts an Old New Street (Oude Nieuwstraat) and a New New Street (Nieuwe Nieuwstraat), the latter dating from at least 1599 so not that new anymore
December 22, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Or has he become Allen Bauer (Tom Hanks's character) from Splash?
December 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
WS Gilbert (of "and Sullivan" fame) said deer hunting would be a fine sport if the deer had guns
December 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
For even younger readers: Roy Hattersley was a veteran Labour MP, sometime deputy leader of the party, ended his career in the House of Lords
December 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
At least they didn't give you the Roy Hattersley treatment...

(For younger readers: Hattersley once cancelled at short notice and was replaced with a tub of lard)
December 21, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I only learned recently that Millie Small's My Boy Lollipop was a cover
December 19, 2025 at 10:08 AM
What a friend we have in cheeses
December 19, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I agree for once with Nigel Farage: a 52/48 split in the referendum result would be "unfinished business" www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
December 16, 2025 at 11:39 AM
When I started my IT career in the late 70s, entry-level jobs had a de facto apprenticeship element with a combination of short courses and learning on the job. Then employers found they could outsource the training to HE, funded at first by taxpayers and then by students themselves through loans.
December 15, 2025 at 10:35 AM
The Theoretical Minimum by Leonard Susskind and George Hrabovsky
December 15, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Is agentic AI meant to be a new thing? I'm old enough to remember when "autonomous agents" were the flavour of the month
December 6, 2025 at 11:25 AM
At least they gave some of his lines to Treebeard
December 6, 2025 at 10:57 AM
In the 60s/70s he would have been known for hosting This Is Your Life, if that helps
December 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM