Sinister Forces

I grew up with Alex Pretti The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.

I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com

It really does which makes it even funnier

Great to have the centrists back, this should get everything sorted out.

Fair play, too soon for me I reckon, but who knows in the future.

Thank you

I totally get that mate we’ve lost 3 in the last 8 years and I wouldn’t change a thing either. It’s just going to be weird not having a cat in the house anymore.

Thank you for that she had a great life and was loved a lot.

Thank you

Thank you

Queenie lying on a rug.

I had to have my cat, Queenie put to sleep today. What a terrible fucking day, I really miss her.

Good luck, hope you get some sleep

So far I have had a message from one woman saying ‘ if you get rid of the beard you’ve pulled’. I’ve also had a message from another woman who needs me to confirm that I’m unvaccinated. I might just choose to die alone instead.

As a recently single man in his 50’s I’m now taking the plunge into dating apps. It’s quite the experience.

Probably can’t read

Dancing in the Moonlight is playing in the pub I’m in. If this beer wasn’t so good I’d storm out immediately in an overly dramatic huff.

YouTube video by New Order - Topic Your Silent Face (2015 Remaster)

I chose this and yes it does make me a better person

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Another question was your favourite book. A different colleague chose a book by Stacey Solomon about keeping your house tidy. I’m taking early retirement in three weeks.

We did a team building exercise at work where you had to choose your favourite song. A colleague chose this, it irreparably damaged my view on her. Luckily she left soon after( hopefully due to shame)

Would buy

Scared self interested idiots

How dare you! He’s a racist Frog faced quisling.

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nor one single star can revolve, but by some invisible power

AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots

This is a fantastic article with a lot of simple explanations in it of everyday counterintuitive bullshit, just as you’d expect from Cory Doctorow.

Yeah AI is a bubble. But what sort of bubble? Who puffed it up? And what do we do?

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Fugazi
Public Enemy
Sonic Youth
Orbital
LCD Soundsystem

Remarkable bullshit

Never has a columnist been more wrong more often. It’s remarkable.

So, I have a date later. My first for a very long time and I’m terrified.

Done!

Do you know what I don’t think I’ve ever seen ‘Kark’ written down!