Chris

"this website is dying" bro I do not care. I'll go outside and yell my posts at a tree stump. I cannot be stopped by any thing or any one

The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...

Brainwashing, 2026 edition. This paper shows how X's algorithmic feed shifts people's views rightwards. It's a sophisticated, highly effective form of reorientation. And it is utterly chilling.
If you're still on that platform, unhook yourself now.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

You spend a decade trying to understand the UK’s baffling relationship to class, you think you’ve finally started to get it, then you see something like this and realise you’re right back to square one.

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Oh there’s also this fun 5.25” floppy organizer

The detailed and informative replies to the quoted post show how this site can be very good for discussing news events.

No site is perfect, but Bluesky has many merits.

And this sort of engagement is better than I had with 1/4 million followers on Twitter.

I think the fun thing about the latest John Oliver episode is that he’s mainstreaming what has been common discourse here for months, in that if you’re a government official/reporter/someone who considers themselves a non-Nazi then what the FUCK are you still doing on X?

Dawn light over Loch Caol, Isle of Skye #Scotland #Sligachan #IsleofSkye www.damianshields.com

Proof that the average corvid is smarter than your average MAGA nut...

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North pole winter sea ice is now over a metre thinner than when I was born.
There's only c. 1.5 metres left.
#ClimateCrisis

My longhaired tabby cat stretched out on blanket covering my legs.

I’ve been cat-napped and now have no feelings in my legs. Pins and needles incoming…

The Winter Olympics is over 🥲 I've never enjoyed one as much as this. Falling in love with new sports, discovering amazing new athletes, screaming at the TV as I became an expert in ALL the things. Brilliant. Already planning to be there in Nice in four years time!

Yoga with Adrienne is a popular one with a bendy person I know.

him: “mommy?”

me, knowing what’s coming: “yes?”

him, smiling angelically: “you were wrong 🙂”

A woodcut of a bird beside the text "fuck you, get off my lawn"

So OpenAI's big, world- changing AI gadget is...a speaker. With a camera. That you talk to.

Really breaking new ground there Sam.

Before the DAW, this was everything 👇

What art, what a canvas.

Nigel Planer

A Happy Birthday to Nigel Planer. 73 today!

a true socialist never leaves the toilet roll holder empty for the next comrade.

Knight Rider title

David Hasselhoff as Michael Knight

#OnThisDay 1983 : The feature length pilot of Knight Rider was broadcast in the UK on ITV.

Initially shown in the Thames Television area, the first series would start two days later and from this would eventually be shown in other ITV regions.

#80s

lucy the calico cat sitting atop the end of my bed, her head raised at a proud angle, although she might just be trying to sniff out a treat.

we’re going to bed, say good night lucy

Green is the fifth studio album by Hiroshi Yoshimura, released in 1986 by Sona Gaia and re-issued in 2020 on Light in the Attic.

Never gets old 💚

In case anybody would like to become the latest person to help this extremely-close-to-my-heart book recover from the desperately unfortunate shitkicking it's had from the publishing industry, @blackwells.bsky.social will send it to you with free worldwide delivery: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...

You can’t beat a quiet Sunday evening drink in a cosy historic pub by the Thames in London.

a close up of a woman 's face with the word netflix on the bottom right Alt: Michelle! "I LOVE YOU". WE LOVE YOU TOO, MICHELLE YEOH.

Aw hell yeah, our mama Michelle Yeoh got a star on Hollywood's walk of fame. GO QUEEN GO 😭❤️

Black and white photo of two young light skinned boys (possibly brothers based on resemblance) wearing sweaters and matching caps. Between them is a big happy, confident looking shorthaired tabby getting pets and attention from both boys.

Three real tough guys. Photo from my collection, no date/info.