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Paddy K

@spongepaddy.bsky.social

Irish but slightly Swedish. Writer in various ways, some of them bad. Builder of computer games since - oh God - the 1980s. Maker of soap.

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Saw that show in the summer. It's a good un!

13.02.2026 16:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Should have added a link to @falseknees.bsky.social

13.02.2026 10:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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13.02.2026 10:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Cartoon. Person says to other person โ€žWe invented a robot that answers questions.โ€œ, adding, โ€žwe just have to feed it 10 baby giraffes a dayโ€œ. The other person asks โ€žBut it answers the questions correctly?โ€œ Person responds โ€žOh my goodness, no. No no no no no.โ€œ

By Aram J. French

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Cartoon. Person says to other person โ€žWe invented a robot that answers questions.โ€œ, adding, โ€žwe just have to feed it 10 baby giraffes a dayโ€œ. The other person asks โ€žBut it answers the questions correctly?โ€œ Person responds โ€žOh my goodness, no. No no no no no.โ€œ By Aram J. French Appropriated due to missing alt text

12.02.2026 13:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10918    ๐Ÿ” 3495    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 53
Cityscape with swirling cloud at sunset

Cityscape with swirling cloud at sunset

Not a bad old view from the office right now.

12.02.2026 16:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just say "Define a small group" and argue about that for the afternoon.

11.02.2026 11:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I would rather burn in hell than ask ChatGPT to create an amusing caricature of me and my job to post publicly.

10.02.2026 08:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just looked up who shared my birthday and it was quite a surprising number of awesome people. Including:
- Helena Bonham Carter
- Peter Cushing
- John Wayne
- Matt Stone
- Lenny Kravitz
- Isadora Duncan
- Lauryn Hill
- Miles Davis
- Stevie Nicks

09.02.2026 21:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

From what I've heard, I'm keen to proceed with the Kobo. To be honest, it didn't take much ... I was already mostly convinced.

09.02.2026 21:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That's fine, the kindle is also shite when it comes to PDFs...

09.02.2026 21:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Marvellous! I'm moving from keen to excited.

09.02.2026 20:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I mean, I have a smartphone, but the e-reader experience is its own special thing. Plus it keeps me away from bloody instagram and other temptations...

09.02.2026 20:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm liking the sound of it so far!

09.02.2026 20:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The Kobo Clara BW e-reader

The Kobo Clara BW e-reader

I'm putting my kindle fascist e-reader out to pasture and I plan to divest myself of amazon, downloading all or some of "my" books first if possible. And I need an alternative, with some reasonable way to buy ebooks for it. I'm keen on the Kobo Clara BW. Anyone have experience of this? Yes or no?

09.02.2026 20:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Those who can live, live. Those who can't do life coaching.

09.02.2026 20:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The issue is that no movie needs to be ALL in 3D. In Avatar, the nature bits were amazing. But the people talking in an office were just people in an office but a bit darker and more annoying. What was the point of that?

09.02.2026 10:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You're not producing a novel with AI. You're using an algorithm powered by other people's stolen novels to lie and pretend you're a writer. Being a writer requires WRITING, you pathetic fucks.

08.02.2026 16:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 437    ๐Ÿ” 90    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

The knight is basically the drone of the chessboard.

06.02.2026 11:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm sick of hearing about "innovation". We don't need more innovating, we already have all the tech + knowledge to save the planet, feed everyone, and be happy. The problem is the handful of fuckers with all the money who don't want us to. True innovation = taxing and imprisoning billionaires.

06.02.2026 09:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Cardboard milk cartons cut in half.

Cardboard milk cartons cut in half.

Getting my free milk carton planting pots ready for seed season. They work very well. And no wasted space!

04.02.2026 21:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Also got the Halloween outfits sorted.

03.02.2026 16:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Cancelled my Audible account (and I lost some unused credits, but hey). The highlights was the "Reason why you cancelled" field where I got to call Bezos a dome-headed fascist arse-licking fuck. Which is always fun.

03.02.2026 15:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My annual springtime ritual: "I need to buy lots and lots of seeds for planting!" Looks in seed box. "Ah. It appears I already own all the seeds in the world."

03.02.2026 13:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"And if you look here, the evil goes all the way ... to 11."

03.02.2026 12:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Gervais is such a knob.

03.02.2026 08:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Tiny statue with a sitting figure playing a VR game.

Tiny statue with a sitting figure playing a VR game.

Tiny statue with a sitting figure playing a VR game in front of one of Stockholm's best views.

Tiny statue with a sitting figure playing a VR game in front of one of Stockholm's best views.

Found this excellent little guerrilla art piece in Stockholm yesterday. Placed near the most dramatic view in the city, which I assume is the point. Love it.

02.02.2026 19:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Angry Pasty White Dude โ„ข

01.02.2026 20:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"But only if your heart, when I rip it out, weighs less than this dollop of marmalade will you pass to the next world."

01.02.2026 08:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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