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Unbelievably, #DuvetKnowItsChristmas generates such good will on social media that over the years we've raised somewhere approaching a quarter of a million quid for homeless charities. If you can spare a bob or two, sling some to Centrepoint, and here's the link: www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
Donate to Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025, organized by Rhodri Marsden
Unbelievably, it's the 15th year of this thing.
What is it?
Improbably, the nig… Rhodri Marsden needs your support for Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025
www.gofundme.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Unbelievably, #DuvetKnowItsChristmas generates such good will on social media that over the years we've raised somewhere approaching a quarter of a million quid for homeless charities. If you can spare a bob or two, sling some to Centrepoint, and here's the link: www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
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Always good to see a fellow cat appear on #DuvetKnowItsChristmas - for any of my friends that haven't seen it before, it's shepherded by @rhodri.biz and sees people sharing pictures of their temporary sleeping arrangements while visiting family or friends on Christmas Eve. It's a delight x
So excited to be able to join in for the first time since discovering #DuvetKnowitsChristmas as I’m in my spare/junk room with 4 cats as my mum is in my bedroom. @rhodri.biz
December 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Always good to see a fellow cat appear on #DuvetKnowItsChristmas - for any of my friends that haven't seen it before, it's shepherded by @rhodri.biz and sees people sharing pictures of their temporary sleeping arrangements while visiting family or friends on Christmas Eve. It's a delight x
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This is your city on driverless cars.
A blackout in San Francisco yesterday cut power to traffic lights. Drivers coped; Waymos just stopped moving, often in intersections, stranding passengers and compounding gridlock.
sfstandard.com/2025/12/20/w...
A blackout in San Francisco yesterday cut power to traffic lights. Drivers coped; Waymos just stopped moving, often in intersections, stranding passengers and compounding gridlock.
sfstandard.com/2025/12/20/w...
December 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This is your city on driverless cars.
A blackout in San Francisco yesterday cut power to traffic lights. Drivers coped; Waymos just stopped moving, often in intersections, stranding passengers and compounding gridlock.
sfstandard.com/2025/12/20/w...
A blackout in San Francisco yesterday cut power to traffic lights. Drivers coped; Waymos just stopped moving, often in intersections, stranding passengers and compounding gridlock.
sfstandard.com/2025/12/20/w...
Why am I here?
(it’s for the beer)
(it’s for the beer)
December 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Why am I here?
(it’s for the beer)
(it’s for the beer)
Top movie for that year… not a promising prediction.
December 21, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Top movie for that year… not a promising prediction.
Just had a charity robocall that was definitely a robocall. Long spiel. They couldn’t make sense of my initial pleasantries, so when I had the opportunity I asked what day of the week it was. First they didn’t understand me. Then, after I clearly repeated my question, they said they didn’t know.
December 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Just had a charity robocall that was definitely a robocall. Long spiel. They couldn’t make sense of my initial pleasantries, so when I had the opportunity I asked what day of the week it was. First they didn’t understand me. Then, after I clearly repeated my question, they said they didn’t know.
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Today in "Don't Trust AI to Tell You Facts": How several different "AI" programs messed up the simple fact of to whom I dedicated a book, and what that means for how much you should trust "AI" to tell you the truth about things (spoiler: not much at all):
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/13/a...
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/13/a...
“AI”: A Dedicated Fact-Failing Machine, or, Yet Another Reason Not to Trust It For Anything
I search my name on a regular basis, not only because I am an ego monster (although I try not to pretend that I’m not) but because it’s a good way for me to find reviews, end-of-the-yea…
whatever.scalzi.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Today in "Don't Trust AI to Tell You Facts": How several different "AI" programs messed up the simple fact of to whom I dedicated a book, and what that means for how much you should trust "AI" to tell you the truth about things (spoiler: not much at all):
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/13/a...
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/13/a...
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The idea of framing this vainglorious billionaire lot as modern day versions of the gritty, hard-bitten, working class, manual laborers who, for a pittance of wages, risked their lives and used their hands to make real the skyscraper dreams of the wealthy and middle classes is….lunacy.
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The idea of framing this vainglorious billionaire lot as modern day versions of the gritty, hard-bitten, working class, manual laborers who, for a pittance of wages, risked their lives and used their hands to make real the skyscraper dreams of the wealthy and middle classes is….lunacy.
I love this movie.
Today in The December Comfort Watches, I'm essaying Strictly Ballroom, a loving look at a delightfully weird little subculture, that is, in its way, an absolutely perfect film:
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The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Nine: Strictly Ballroom
A personal story to begin: I was a film critic at the Fresno Bee newspaper when Strictly Ballroom came out in 1992, My review of it was an unqualified rave, and I said something along the line that…
whatever.scalzi.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I love this movie.
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The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
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BREAKING: British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for “Shakespeare In Love," dies at 88.
Playwright Tom Stoppard who won Academy Award for screenplay for “Shakespeare In Love" has died
British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998’s “Shakespeare In Love” has died. He was 88.
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November 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
BREAKING: British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for “Shakespeare In Love," dies at 88.
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I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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All green, no yellow.
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October 13, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Getting better, I suppose.
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Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
October 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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October 3, 2025 at 2:04 AM
A straightforward 4 for Wordle today.
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Interesting to see our Premier reiterate that the goal is for everyone in New Brunswick to have a doctor where they live, by postal code.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
It’s a good promise. But it’s not consistent with the phone call I got today.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
It’s a good promise. But it’s not consistent with the phone call I got today.
September 19, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Interesting to see our Premier reiterate that the goal is for everyone in New Brunswick to have a doctor where they live, by postal code.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
It’s a good promise. But it’s not consistent with the phone call I got today.
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
It’s a good promise. But it’s not consistent with the phone call I got today.
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I am once again asking the city to put one of these up:
September 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I am once again asking the city to put one of these up:
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No knock on Sommo, I’m sure it’s a great festival… BUT personally I think the vibe at Harvest is unmatched. Such a great mood downtown rn.
More than compensates for any perceived mismatch in popularity of musical acts.
The new venue is working great and I think it’ll only get better
Kudos
More than compensates for any perceived mismatch in popularity of musical acts.
The new venue is working great and I think it’ll only get better
Kudos
I think half of Fredericton is here
September 13, 2025 at 9:34 PM
No knock on Sommo, I’m sure it’s a great festival… BUT personally I think the vibe at Harvest is unmatched. Such a great mood downtown rn.
More than compensates for any perceived mismatch in popularity of musical acts.
The new venue is working great and I think it’ll only get better
Kudos
More than compensates for any perceived mismatch in popularity of musical acts.
The new venue is working great and I think it’ll only get better
Kudos
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Just finished the Indigo Girls/ Melissa Etheridge show (which was AMAZING) and had a thought while indulging in my nicotine habit in the intermission on Queen St… #Fredericton, you’re pretty friggin’ AWESOME!
People are so bloody positive and happy at Harvest!
Had to walk away before I teared up✊🇨🇦
People are so bloody positive and happy at Harvest!
Had to walk away before I teared up✊🇨🇦
a young boy is using a laptop computer .
ALT: a young boy is using a laptop computer .
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September 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Just finished the Indigo Girls/ Melissa Etheridge show (which was AMAZING) and had a thought while indulging in my nicotine habit in the intermission on Queen St… #Fredericton, you’re pretty friggin’ AWESOME!
People are so bloody positive and happy at Harvest!
Had to walk away before I teared up✊🇨🇦
People are so bloody positive and happy at Harvest!
Had to walk away before I teared up✊🇨🇦
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On May 24, 1974, I placed the first Rush album, on Moon Records, into rotation at WMMS. I had no idea how many lives would be changed as a result (I blogged about it several years ago: dlhalperblog.blogspot.com/2017/03/mome...). Perhaps you too have a Rush date you remember? Feel free to share!
Moments to Remember
I know something now about Rush (the rock band, not the talk show host) that I did not know before. I know the date when I received that fir...
dlhalperblog.blogspot.com
May 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
On May 24, 1974, I placed the first Rush album, on Moon Records, into rotation at WMMS. I had no idea how many lives would be changed as a result (I blogged about it several years ago: dlhalperblog.blogspot.com/2017/03/mome...). Perhaps you too have a Rush date you remember? Feel free to share!
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LOOK AT THESE BABY KITTENS
Flashback to November 2015, and Sugar and Spice in their very early days.
March 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
LOOK AT THESE BABY KITTENS
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Just a friendly reminder: in times like these (or any time, really), there's never a bad time to listen to a Rush song. Got one that you're listening to today?
March 8, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Just a friendly reminder: in times like these (or any time, really), there's never a bad time to listen to a Rush song. Got one that you're listening to today?