Simon
@simonxix.com
📚cultural & critical studies 📽️film critic 🐧open source developer 🐦birder 😐he/him
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"I want to see mountains again, Gandalf."
January 3, 2026 at 2:46 PM
"I want to see mountains again, Gandalf."
An icy walk up Lang Craigs.
January 3, 2026 at 2:45 PM
An icy walk up Lang Craigs.
The aforementioned Dog Suicide Bridge. No dogs in sight.
January 3, 2026 at 10:40 AM
The aforementioned Dog Suicide Bridge. No dogs in sight.
Finished our lemon pigs to bring us good luck in the new year. These are the best lemon pigs we've made in a few years if I do say so myself and for extra luck we've allowed them to worship their own idolatrous piggy idol.
December 31, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Finished our lemon pigs to bring us good luck in the new year. These are the best lemon pigs we've made in a few years if I do say so myself and for extra luck we've allowed them to worship their own idolatrous piggy idol.
Tumblr is going hard on "AI" chatbot apps including this one for "AI girls". At last, a (virtual) woman whose (virtual) face I can (virtually) grab in a creepy and kind of coercive way.
December 31, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Tumblr is going hard on "AI" chatbot apps including this one for "AI girls". At last, a (virtual) woman whose (virtual) face I can (virtually) grab in a creepy and kind of coercive way.
December 31, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Good haul of books this festive season.
December 28, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Good haul of books this festive season.
Did you know you can just buy tiny standees of anyone?
December 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Did you know you can just buy tiny standees of anyone?
A Common Buzzard near Glasgow.
December 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
A Common Buzzard near Glasgow.
Playing that Indiana Jones game and you get to do all the iconic things that Indy does in the films such as showing a croissant to a priest.
December 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Playing that Indiana Jones game and you get to do all the iconic things that Indy does in the films such as showing a croissant to a priest.
Out for a festive screening tradition: seeing if Jimmy Stewart actually calls Mary an old maid to her face or if that's a misremembering.
December 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Out for a festive screening tradition: seeing if Jimmy Stewart actually calls Mary an old maid to her face or if that's a misremembering.
The Enterprise-D is drydocked in its new home on the shelf above my desk.
December 19, 2025 at 10:56 AM
The Enterprise-D is drydocked in its new home on the shelf above my desk.
It's the end of the year and I think I'm ready to say that these are my favourite films of 2025. There have been stronger years for film IMO but it's been solid enough. https://boxd.it/FB8NO
December 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It's the end of the year and I think I'm ready to say that these are my favourite films of 2025. There have been stronger years for film IMO but it's been solid enough. https://boxd.it/FB8NO
Having no further information about the plot than this cover, I have to assume that this cat is the titular Dr. Sleep. Can't wait to hear about this cat's struggle to finish a PhD.
December 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Having no further information about the plot than this cover, I have to assume that this cat is the titular Dr. Sleep. Can't wait to hear about this cat's struggle to finish a PhD.
Worf and Counsellor Troi discuss something on the exterior of the saucer, unaware of the horror approaching the ship from behind them.
December 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Worf and Counsellor Troi discuss something on the exterior of the saucer, unaware of the horror approaching the ship from behind them.
This was a fun project for my time off between jobs. I like the little details around areas like the shuttlebay and the deflector dish.
December 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This was a fun project for my time off between jobs. I like the little details around areas like the shuttlebay and the deflector dish.
And finished. My tiny crew is ready to boldly go (above my desk).
December 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
And finished. My tiny crew is ready to boldly go (above my desk).
Advancing slowly through the saucer section and I've unearthed Lt. Cmdr. Data, Captain Picard, and, most importantly, Data's cat Spot.
December 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Advancing slowly through the saucer section and I've unearthed Lt. Cmdr. Data, Captain Picard, and, most importantly, Data's cat Spot.
Attached the nacelles so I think that's the secondary hull complete. A perfect model of the Enterprise-D having just performed an emergency saucer separation.
December 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Attached the nacelles so I think that's the secondary hull complete. A perfect model of the Enterprise-D having just performed an emergency saucer separation.
I'm still not going to use it but if Infomaniak can develop an LLM while being mindful of privacy, energy consumption, and digital sovereignty, then why can't the much larger US companies working on LLMs?
December 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I'm still not going to use it but if Infomaniak can develop an LLM while being mindful of privacy, energy consumption, and digital sovereignty, then why can't the much larger US companies working on LLMs?
Tiny horny Riker and, regrettably, tiny Wesley.
December 11, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Tiny horny Riker and, regrettably, tiny Wesley.
Dr. Beverly Crusher has joined Ensign Ro. I wish there was a tiny Reginald Barclay.
December 10, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Dr. Beverly Crusher has joined Ensign Ro. I wish there was a tiny Reginald Barclay.
Started off easy with a little shuttlepod and a tiny Ensign Ro.
December 9, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Started off easy with a little shuttlepod and a tiny Ensign Ro.