Stuart Dunn

"Grief is the price we pay for love".

His *really* correct name would contain rather more expletives.

Assuredly so. Maybe eventually there will even be some accountability.

Things really don't get any better for Andrew Mountbatten Windsor do they?

A sad decline in allocentric cognitive map reading skills on display #TheApprentice

Republican senators join calls for fuller investigation into Minneapolis killing Trump says his administration is

But ... I thought the whole point of the Second Ammendment was that citizens could defend themselves from an overreaching central government?

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My length of service record at KCL - 20 years

Blimey, that went quick

Brooklyn Beckham: What we learned from bombshell Instagram post The 26-year-old made a series of allegations in a six-page Instagram post on Monday.

May I respectfully ask how and why any of this is considered to be "news"?

BBC News - Brooklyn Beckham: What we learned from bombshell Instagram post - BBC News
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Essentially, he is the only politican ever to have been outwitted by Badenoch. 'Nuff said.

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💯, thank you!

The Cat House in #Riga. Apparently, the cat was placed there with its tail facing towards the nearby Tradesmans' Guild, with whom the house's owner had had an argument.

Nothing being open on a Sunday except newsagents (which closed at lunchtime).

I am calling for a complete and total boycott of the Mercator projection in all news stories about Greenland until every member of the American public has seen this

Just read it, a great piece. Thanks for sharing.

The Bierwayfarer All things Corpse Roads

A new blog/mini data resource on corpse roads, "The Bierwayfarer": corpseroads.wordpress.com. #folklore #corpseroads #GIS

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A small twixtime accomplishment - I have completed the Private Eye Christmas crossword. All 138 cryptic clues. And cracked the "unclue" challenge, which was their obituary of Dicke Bird. Even though if I tried to play cricket I would likely hold the club by the wrong end when trying to score a goal.

*Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer* was the firste song to celebrate GPS

If you need to ask the question, you have already answered it 😉.

Can we stop attributing AI/LLMs with "hallucinations"? This is a term referring to human clinical/psychological conditions. It doesn't need to be ceded yet. "LLMs getting it totally wrong" is fine.

James Frost with hooden horses. Credit Caroline Dyal

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Definition of ageing: going into a chemist/pharmacy and realising how many of the notices on the notice board now potentially apply to you.

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Also, and this is just a thought, maybe this is a reminder that electing a party that is up to its neck in Russian influence isn't a great idea.

Family of Novichok poisoning victim 'still has questions', as report finds Putin 'morally responsible' An inquiry into Ms Sturgess' death in 2018 came after an attempt to poison an ex-Russian double agent living in Salisbury.

Although poor Dawn Sturgess couldn't be saved, I hope that there have been medals for the police, army, scientists etc, and first responders. Without their bravery and skill this would have been a mass casualty incident. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cr...

My, we have some serious quality journalism in this country.

I may just be tired at the end of a long week, but I can't seem to help reading this pop-up from @wired.com as a mafioso threat. You pay for the articles next time, capiche?

Article from Des Moines Register 27 November 1908: NO BEER; CAT LEAVES TOWN Feline Deserts Connecticut Village That Went "Dry." WINSTED, Conn., Nov. 28. Fannie, a cat owned by Barreuther Bros., had liking for lager beer. When the town recently voted "dry" her owners went out of business and Fannie missed her drink. For some days she went to her saucer and cried for beer, but as none was forthcoming she disappeared. It is suspected she has gone to the nearest license town.

To begin with today, happy 117th anniversary to this entirely reasonable cat

Wikipedia 25 – Wikimedia Foundation Celebrate Wikipedia’s 25th birthday and humanity at its best. Your support keeps knowledge reliable, open, and ad free, so it is accessible to everyone.

Wikipedia at 25. "Twenty-five years of humanity at its best" with all its imperfections and flaws. And a willingness to engage constructively and creatively with these: wikimediafoundation.org/wikipedia25/...