Chris Addison

I’ve just signed up to mentor again, do consider it if you’ll have a little time to share your experience of working in the arts/creative industries.

This is incredible

We have a shiny new poster designed by our own @lrjdmnr.bsky.social for our one day symposium in September, registration link coming soon too!

Hahahaha! The Yellowface Distraction.

Full disclosure: I’m a bit on the edge right now, but still - I just saw Rooty put that headband on after he’d made his ton and my God, that really got me. He is all class. 🏏

“I hope SNCF is threatened. That’s the point of competition. The incumbent needs to improve its service,” said Laurent Fourtune, chief executive of a new low-cost operator called Kevin Speed.

Called whatnow? on.ft.com/3H5oSoL

Hahaha! Oops.

I am about as stressed as I've ever been in my life. And I chose - *chose* - to put the cricket on.

What the hell is wrong with me?

#ENGvIND 🏏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇮🇳

Ridiculous situation. A man who has spent the last thirty years being one of the most inventive, prolific and funniest stand-ups out there. You should make a beeline for this, I'd say.

It really is. And here's a comedy nerd techical thing: If it had been "No one knows who they were - or what they were doing." It wouldn't have been quite as funny. The placement of the 'or' is crucial. But then, comedy is music, and who better to understand that than Tap?

Edinburgh! A Passion for Passion at Underbelly, Bristo Square!

It's a show about writing a book about romance. If you love romance novels or if you have no idea how anyone could, this is for you.

11 - 25 Aug | 18:50

🎟️ https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/alice-fraser-a-passion-for-passion

Vintage black-and-white portrait of man in round glasses and a tie.

2 August 1895 | Austrian Jew, Alexandre Flack, was born in Vienna. He emigrated to France.

He was deported to #Auschwitz from Drancy on 16 September 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

I still kinda love that it was women who found Bin Laden. Nothing like tracking the movements of a toxic charismatic man who happens to be tall.

Post from "The Rundown" July 18 at 5:30 PM · DuckDuckGo has introduced a new feature allowing users to filter out AI-generated images from search results, addressing growing concerns over synthetic content overwhelming authentic visuals online. The filter can be activated through a dropdown in the Images tab, search settings, or by using a dedicated AI-free domain: noai.duckduckgo.com. The system relies on curated blocklists, including uBlockOrigin’s Huge AI Blocklist, to detect and suppress AI-generated imagery. While not perfect, it significantly reduces synthetic content visibility. This move sets DuckDuckGo apart from competitors like Google and Bing by giving users direct control over their exposure to AI-generated material. Source: TechCrunch

DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.

Wow! Proper cinema royalty.

YouTube video by SpinalTapVEVO Spinal Tap - Stonehenge ft. Elton John (Official Video)

I continue to feel that Nigel’s intro to Stonehenge is the perfect piece of comic prose writing. It never doesn’t make me gurgle with delight.

youtu.be/2WWTzQ-mRFw

Dropbox makes me want the apocalypse to come sooner. It is perhaps the worst thing I have ever used on a computer and nevertheless I still have to use it. I hate it with all my heart.

WeTransfer says user content will not be used to train AI after backlash Firm revises new terms of service that had suggested uploaded files could be used to ‘improve machine learning models’

It's fine! They backed down! (or really just clarified) www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Ah, that is EXCELLENT news.

I think her working title was 'Pixeltits'.

Now that WeTransfer has decided to steal all our shit, what are we using as an alt?

That is brilliant.

I need help with plugging the new album by The Man From Delmonte. How the hell do I get airplay!

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A key line here:

"The world is failing the Palestinian people — a failure that will haunt western nations in particular for years to come."

Tolerating ethnic cleansing is a deep blow to European claims of wanting a rules-based international order.

FT Editorial: "Unless the Israeli government agrees to an immediate end to the war and a surge of aid into Gaza, western countries should be sanctioning Netanyahu and his government." www.ft.com/content/69d5...

Gaza needs to be ‘flooded with large-scale food aid’ to prevent mass starvation, says World Food Programme – Middle East crisis live Charity says aid needs to be allowed in ‘immediately and without obstruction’ as UN-backed experts say famine is underway

www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Tom Lehrer. Greatest musical satirist of all time. Imagine being *that* good at something and then deciding you've done it enough before even really hitting your stride.

The briefest and most brilliant of careers. I will poison a pigeon in the park in his honour.

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Portrait of a smiling woman wearing a light dress with a dark, lace collar and a pendant necklace.

27 July 1915 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Elisabeth Kanstein, was born in Arnhem.

She was arrested while trying to get to Switzerland. She was deported from Drancy to #Auschwitz in November 1942. She did not survive.