Gary Evans

A fat cannabis bud growing under a light. Dos si Dos 33 from Barney's Farm.

Baked or toasted is fine.

This is Dos Si Dos 33, grown outdoors, but brought in to finish. It's getting damp outside, so a few days under a light won't hurt.

Close-up photo of a female cannabis bud.

I love Autumn.

Nobel Peace Prize 2025 live updates: Venezuelan democracy activist María Corina Machado wins Nominations closed in January but US President Donald Trump had led a public campaign to win the award.

I can’t imagine why the Nobel Committee decided to award the prize to a courageous, peaceful campaigner for democracy rather than a cowardly, violent sex-pest desperate to seize absolute power. A total mystery. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...

@Trump

Sometimes: "It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks"

BREAKING: Maria Corina Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize

Yay! She deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.
I hope Trump chokes over this news.

Well he saved Albania!

Heated the planet.

Met my partner, got a book contract, found an audience, built a career, made countless friends, been endlessly delighted and educated by people smarter than myself. I'm not sure it makes up for the corrosion of democracy exactly, but I've personally had a pretty good time.

Charlotte Church sang From the River to the Sea at a fundraising event for Palestinians and now all the usual people are screaming antisemitism and trying to cancel her.

RT if you stand with Charlotte Church and Palestine.

Greatest challenges facing humanity A conversational AI system that listens, learns, and challenges

chatgpt.com/s/t_68e79c08...

Neue Studie aus Bochum: Kann Tempo 120 wirklich Leben retten? Führt ein Tempolimit auf deutschen Autobahnen zu weniger Unfällen? Eine neue Studie der Ruhr-Universität liefert überraschende Antworten.

Neue Studie: Ein Autobahn-#Tempolimit von 120 km/h kann die Zahl der tödlichen Unfälle um 35% reduzieren. Wenn wir nicht bereit sind, ein Tempolimit für den #Klimaschutz einzuführen, dann wenigstens, um weniger tote Menschen aus Autowracks zu kratzen.

I tend to do this, but it's nothing like as intense as described here.
To all those people who I have screamed "you fucking idiot", sorry about that.
It's not Tourette syndrome though as I actually meant it.

I Swear review – biopic of pioneering Tourette syndrome activist is funny, fierce and full of heart Kirk Jones’s moving film about of John Davidson, the man who taught Britain about Tourette, offers compassion and catharsis

Delighted to see I Swear getting film of the week in the Guardian

www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

He got caught because of CCTV footage of the assault. He lied in court.
Plenty of other police get away with their crimes.
Kick him out of the force.

A nearly mature female cannabis bud, grown outdoors, but brought inside to finish under a light.

I'm bringing mine indoors as they are in pots.
This Dos Si Dos 33 cutting is happier inside now!
#Cannabis

Ticket: Patchwork: A Graphic Biography of Jane Austen Kate Evans is a writer, cartoonist, illustrator and studied English literature at the University of Sussex in Brighton. From 1995 to 1998 Evans dedicated herself to environmental activism, providing c...

This new book by @cartoonkate.bsky.social is a breath-takingly beautiful thing: I'd go so far as to say a work of genius.

It's my privilege to be interviewing her about it at the East Gate Bookshop, Totnes on 23rd October. Please join us if you can:
www.totnespulse.co.uk/product/tick...

Britain needs a revolution to get rid of the filthy rich.

Off Topic: Would AI End a Million Lives? Right, this is off topic, but if you are a reader here, the videos above and below are most definitely in your lane. AI Overview: AI alignment is the practice of designing Artificial Intelligence s…

I think we should be very afraid of what's coming.
thinc.blog/2025/10/08/o...

Contrail elimination pros and cons A conversational AI system that listens, learns, and challenges

It's the assumptions the author makes that I find wanting.
The best way to reduce an impact is to stop doing it. Any end of pipe approach, which maintains the core problem isn't really a solution after all.
I'll let AI explain the pros and cons of the topics raised:
chatgpt.com/s/t_68e63bb7...

Meet Pepper

I assume the purpose is to attract people's attention in order to increase interaction.
I brought pepper into class a while ago. It has face recognition and follows your eye movements, making the interaction feel more human.
Things didn't work out so well, but my students loved it.
flic.kr/p/CDDtbC

Not flying is the solution.
Everything else is a con (trail).

The Tories are finished.
They can propose whatever they like. It will never come to pass.

He relocated to the USA. Is he mad?
No wonder the cat hated it.

‘It made my day more meaningful’: the Japanese gen Zers attempting a two-hour limit on smartphone use Authorities in Japan are taking action against excessive phone time – but what is it like to restrict scrolling to 120 minutes a day?

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Denmark plans social media ban for under-15s as PM warns phones ‘stealing childhood’ Mette Frederiksen links social media use to anxiety, depression and lack of concentration

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...