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andrewducker) wrote2026-01-25 09:15 am
andrewducker) wrote2026-01-25 09:15 am
Photo cross-post
The children pick their noses in front of infinity.
Original
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james_davis_nicoll (james_davis_nicoll) wrote2026-01-25 09:01 am
james_davis_nicoll) wrote2026-01-25 09:01 amEntry tags:
The Memoirs of a Survivor by Doris Lessing
Fostering a teen is a challenge at the best of times. The end of civilization is not the best of times.
The Memoirs of a Survivor by Doris Lessing
andrewducker (andrewducker) wrote2026-01-25 12:00 pm
andrewducker) wrote2026-01-25 12:00 pmInteresting Links for 25-01-2026
- 1. Google won't stop replacing news headlines with terrible AI
- (tags:Google news headlines AI OhForFucksSake )
- 2. Israeli agricultural exports face looming 'collapse' as world rejects products over Gaza genocide
- (tags:Israel trade fruit gaza )
- 3. A very short piece of fantasy. One of the few things I've ever read that feel like Terry Pratchett.
- (tags:fantasy funny short_story )
andrewducker (andrewducker) wrote2026-01-25 08:42 am
andrewducker) wrote2026-01-25 08:42 amEntry tags:
Yaaaaaaawn
Woke up at 6:30 and it took me ten minutes to wake up enough to realise it's Sunday and my alarm would not be going off at 7. By which point I was too awake to get back to sleep.
james_davis_nicoll (james_davis_nicoll) wrote2026-01-24 12:19 pm
james_davis_nicoll) wrote2026-01-24 12:19 pmThis is interesting
I got an email from Riotminds providing me with a free preview of their upcoming Wicked Dew - Victorian Horror RPG. What caught my eye is that it seems to be entirely online. I've asked if there's a downloadable rulebook I overlooked, but I can see why a company might adopt a purely online approach.
[Update]
There will be a printed book.
[Update]
There will be a printed book.
andrewducker (andrewducker) wrote2026-01-24 12:00 pm
andrewducker) wrote2026-01-24 12:00 pmEntry tags:
- ai,
- alzheimers,
- animals,
- canada,
- cancer,
- celebrity,
- cute,
- doom,
- edinburgh,
- europe,
- exams,
- france,
- friendship,
- funny,
- lgbt,
- links,
- men,
- ohforfuckssake,
- park,
- patriarchy,
- pets,
- photos,
- politics,
- psychology,
- relationships,
- research,
- russia,
- satire,
- solarpower,
- trade,
- transgender,
- uk,
- university,
- viafanf
Interesting Links for 24-01-2026
- 1. Campaign to counter transphobes pressuring the Council of Europe
- (tags:LGBT transgender politics Europe )
- 2. Finalists :: Comedy Pet Photography Awards
- (tags:pets animals cute funny photos )
- 3. Psychologists develop method to quantify 'toxic masculinity' in men (about 3% of the population are *really* awful)
- (tags:men psychology patriarchy )
- 4. Katy Perry's Friends Skeptical Of Alleged Powerful Boyfriend Who Lives In Canada
- (tags:relationships celebrity satire funny Canada )
- 5. Science Is Drowning in AI Slop
- (tags:ai research doom OhForFucksSake )
- 6. Cancer might protect against Alzheimer's — this protein helps explain why
- (tags:cancer alzheimers )
- 7. Who wants to be Trad-Friends?
- (tags:funny friendship )
- 8. 45 sanctioned Russian tankers passed through the Channel since UK 'crackdown'
- (tags:UK Russia trade )
- 9. Giving University Exams in the Age of Chatbots
- (tags:exams AI university France viaFanf )
- 10. New solar-powered lighting improves safety and sustainability in Edinburgh's parks
- (tags:solarpower park Edinburgh )
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Tucker McKinnon (jazzfish) wrote2026-01-23 09:05 am
jazzfish) wrote2026-01-23 09:05 amEntry tags:
france travelogue V: paris redux
This has been four-fifths written since mid-September. May as well finish a thing, to the extent that memory serves.
( cathedrals, montmartre, rodin, eiffel )
Potential wrapup of random bits that didn't fit anywhere else coming, um, maybe.
( cathedrals, montmartre, rodin, eiffel )
Potential wrapup of random bits that didn't fit anywhere else coming, um, maybe.
james_davis_nicoll (james_davis_nicoll) wrote2026-01-23 10:41 am
james_davis_nicoll) wrote2026-01-23 10:41 amEntry tags:
The Angsana Tree Mystery (Crown Colony, volume 8) By Ovidia Yu
Su Lin dutifully accepts a social obligation, only to find herself embroiled in another murder and further colonial machinations.
The Angsana Tree Mystery (Crown Colony, volume 8) by Ovidia Yu
andrewducker (andrewducker) wrote2026-01-23 12:00 pm
andrewducker) wrote2026-01-23 12:00 pmEntry tags:
- ai,
- europe,
- fraud,
- goodnews,
- greenparty,
- links,
- politics,
- renewables,
- research,
- uk
Interesting Links for 23-01-2026
- 1. Greens take Reform UK seat in first of its kind win (44% to 35%)
- (tags:GreenParty politics UK )
- 2. Hundreds of fraudulent AI citations in scientific papers
- (tags:ai fraud research )
- 3. Tory Councillors Say They Are Being Offered Jobs And Seats To Defect To Reform
- (tags:UK politics )
- 4. In Europe, Wind and Solar Overtook Fossil Fuels in 2025
- (tags:renewables Europe GoodNews )
james_davis_nicoll (james_davis_nicoll) wrote2026-01-22 10:43 pm
james_davis_nicoll) wrote2026-01-22 10:43 pm
james_davis_nicoll (james_davis_nicoll) wrote2026-01-22 10:39 pm
james_davis_nicoll) wrote2026-01-22 10:39 pmTragic
Canada denied spot on the Bored of Peace.
This is roughly on par with being denied a lifetime supply of dogshit popsicles.
This is roughly on par with being denied a lifetime supply of dogshit popsicles.
james_davis_nicoll (james_davis_nicoll) wrote2026-01-22 08:49 am
james_davis_nicoll) wrote2026-01-22 08:49 amEntry tags:
The Iowa Baseball Confederacy by W. P. Kinsella
An unhappily married man's quest for the truth leads into a past almost everyone has forgotten.
The Iowa Baseball Confederacy by W. P. Kinsella
andrewducker (andrewducker) wrote2026-01-22 12:00 pm
andrewducker) wrote2026-01-22 12:00 pmInteresting Links for 22-01-2026
- 1. Changing gender in the UK involves a legal declaration that you will live as the gender you are changing to. With legal consequences if you don't.
- (tags:law UK gender transgender LGBT )
- 2. Prolonged air pollution linked to increase of incurable muscle-wasting diseases
- (tags:pollution disease )
- 3. Six key takeaways from the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry (cover-ups leading to patient deaths)
- (tags:scotland hospital OhForFucksSake death )
- 4. MAGA's 'Manifest Destiny' Coalition Has Arrived - "It's up to us to keep pushing for the orderly governance of the world via American imperialism"
- (tags:usa politics OhForFucksSake )
- 5. Comic-Con Bans AI Art After Artist Pushback
- (tags:ai art comics )
- 6. Anti-trans 'data vandalism' damages scientific research, study finds
- (tags:LGBT research bigotry transgender gender )
- 7. When the United Kingdom annexed a north Atlantic island (and what they might do with it)
- (tags:scotland uk politics history funny )
andrewducker (andrewducker) wrote2026-01-21 11:56 pm
andrewducker) wrote2026-01-21 11:56 pmPhoto cross-post
Morning hair routine
Original
is here on Pixelfed.scot.
james_davis_nicoll (james_davis_nicoll) wrote2026-01-21 03:00 pm
james_davis_nicoll) wrote2026-01-21 03:00 pmEntry tags:
Bundle of Holding: Dead Air: Seasons
This all-new Dead Air Bundle presents English-language ebooks for Dead Air: Seasons, the post-apocalyptic tabletop roleplaying game from Italian publisher The World Anvil Publishing about a Blighted world forever changed.
Bundle of Holding: Dead Air: Seasons
james_davis_nicoll (james_davis_nicoll) wrote2026-01-21 12:15 pm
james_davis_nicoll) wrote2026-01-21 12:15 pmEntry tags:
Adventures in the Public Domain: On Updating Out-of-Copyright Works
Should we attempt to bring older works into the modern age?
Adventures in the Public Domain: On Updating Out-of-Copyright Works