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Aero/Space Software guy, flannelled fool in the summer, Earth-bound misfit. No image reposts without alt text. (he/him)

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Lazy click bait journalism. You cannot reliably amalgamate results of a global survey when the views held by Gen Z men in different countries vary so widely. The combined number used in the article is meaningless for anything other than outrage and fuelling generational divisions.

05.03.2026 08:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 54    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"Boredom is a choice, and so too, I guess, is beauty."

05.03.2026 09:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

*something something pen mightier sword something something*

05.03.2026 07:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My loathing for those lines has no upper limit.

05.03.2026 00:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This, in fact, was my argument of why the EH&S department needs to be very aware of LLM tools, much like we are lathes and explosives. Powerful tools require awareness and control.

This is very different than endorsement and use.

04.03.2026 18:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 91    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Story time, y'all, about the time I witnessed nearly this exact scenario play out in real time.

It's 2003 or 2004. Serena, Venus, Anna Kournikova, and Brenda Shultz-McCarthy played an indoor exhibition event at Rupp Arena.

Both Williams sisters had won majors at this point. ๐Ÿงต/x

02.03.2026 23:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 143    ๐Ÿ” 92    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

It is now outside the environment.

04.03.2026 11:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

okay, Ill bite.
What do you think the point of reading for and writing a literature review is? The process of reading and writing is crucial for THINKING. Your ideas are shaped by all of this, offloading it to gAI, no matter how "good" you think gAI is at it defeats the purpose entirely.

03.03.2026 19:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1317    ๐Ÿ” 278    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 51    ๐Ÿ“Œ 31

Watching Silent Witness and... By god, none of them can act.

What the heck happened to the second tier of British acting talent

03.03.2026 21:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Looks like someone took a hammer to a MiG-21 in a couple of places!

03.03.2026 21:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey:

"Tax exiles like Isabel Oakeshott and washed up old footballers who mock ordinary people who stay in the UK and pay our taxes... As we protect them, it's only right for tax exiles to start paying taxes to fund our armed forces, just like the rest of us".

02.03.2026 16:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3659    ๐Ÿ” 1013    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 144    ๐Ÿ“Œ 134
Big fluffy black and tan husky mix with her gaping maw stretched open wide to accommodate a French fry. Nothing else but her nose is visible, really.

Big fluffy black and tan husky mix with her gaping maw stretched open wide to accommodate a French fry. Nothing else but her nose is visible, really.

Same dog, same scene, now with her big pink tongue wrapping around the fry.

Same dog, same scene, now with her big pink tongue wrapping around the fry.

The jaws begin to close, and her bright blue eyes are peeking over the edge of her perspective-foreshortened snoot.

The jaws begin to close, and her bright blue eyes are peeking over the edge of her perspective-foreshortened snoot.

Now she squints happily as her mouth closes on the fry. Wictory!

Now she squints happily as her mouth closes on the fry. Wictory!

Yes, the world is a garbage fire - but have you given a dog any French fries lately?

02.03.2026 21:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 439    ๐Ÿ” 43    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

We all have those moments when the last unkilled shred of hope lifts its head and is promptly bashed with a club.

02.03.2026 18:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 437    ๐Ÿ” 40    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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eight years ago today we all watched the glory of zendaya falling madly in love with tom holland and the internet was never the same

07.05.2025 13:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13951    ๐Ÿ” 3445    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 430    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1639

Oh yes! There's disdain between pilots of different types (Airbus v Boeing), different classes (long v short haul) and of course country to country but doubly do for air traffic control. Many Europeans aren't fond of American ATC and vice versa.

02.03.2026 06:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I can't even imagine. I'm glad you're around and seem to have found a good life.

02.03.2026 06:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I was one of those kids 55 years ago. I was one of the lucky ones who survived life on the streets. Of course, it was Austin, TX in the early 70s.

02.03.2026 00:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I heard stories of people who've fed crows, and been given gifts in return. It sounded charming, so I began doing that.

Then, one night, there was a rapping on my bedroom window. I stumbled up and opened.

A crow flew in and spoke: "They're coming for you. You must flee."

I only just made it out.

28.02.2026 19:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1014    ๐Ÿ” 324    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

28.02.2026 16:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13038    ๐Ÿ” 5285    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 85    ๐Ÿ“Œ 182
A brown and white small spaniel dog wearing a blue harness is sitting with her back to the camera on grass on what is actual a clifftop. She's starting at the sea (which is out of focus) beyond as the afternoon sun reflects off the water.

A brown and white small spaniel dog wearing a blue harness is sitting with her back to the camera on grass on what is actual a clifftop. She's starting at the sea (which is out of focus) beyond as the afternoon sun reflects off the water.

If your feed needs a cuteness break, you can have this dog staring at the sea.

01.03.2026 08:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This obviously very stupid but is it also smart? Weโ€™ll talk to some liars after this break.

01.03.2026 00:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4168    ๐Ÿ” 741    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13

Strange that when your bowlers are getting pumped you still use only five? Why wouldn't Harman turn her arm over or get Harleen to try a couple?

01.03.2026 07:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

what if we did 2003 again but with even stupider people in charge of everything

28.02.2026 15:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1335    ๐Ÿ” 291    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Reblog by @microsff ยท 9 images ๐Ÿ’ฌ 114ย ย ๐Ÿ” 44254ย ย โค๏ธ 55866ย ยทย My first 100k post, after almost thirteen years on this site! Many huge thanks to @hb-not-the-pencil whose wonderful adaptation of my story has provided most of those noโ€ฆ

** Over on Tumblr, one of my stories has reached a milestone - 100k notes - largely thanks to the comic adaptation a reader made of it in 2024.
You can see it here:
www.tumblr.com/microsff/809...
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28.02.2026 17:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 94    ๐Ÿ” 23    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

It's almost impossible to comprehend how many people have died now because a racist reality star just couldn't deal with having a popular black president.

28.02.2026 15:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1153    ๐Ÿ” 370    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

#UnderSaltMarsh is bad. Like, the third act is irredeemably stupid and stretched and badly acted and full of loopholes and the ashes of the script should've been buried under a salt marsh after having been set on fire

28.02.2026 22:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
disgusted poorly drawn cat

disgusted poorly drawn cat

28.02.2026 15:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1934    ๐Ÿ” 436    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 18

Straight from Shrek

28.02.2026 08:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It is possible to recognise the Iranian regime is hideous, murdering their own citizens, and ideally would be replaced by a more democratic government, and that the US bombing a city of millions is a bad thing and starting an illegal war is really bad. You don't have to support either government. 1/

28.02.2026 09:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 619    ๐Ÿ” 169    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8