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Why do they love trains?

Worse for Chip because he has to live amongst the people ignoring him

Imagine how frustrating it must be to be Bernard and Chip: forever shouting into the void about the evils of Victoria

Pomme the Large seems a little miffed at the latest polling published in his paper

Is it all over for filmmakers? — SHOKUNIN STUDIO Another month and another model update accompanied by a massive amount of marketing, Linkedin spam, spin, and dubious claims. Two years ago I debunked claims that Sora would destroy filmmaking. I...

Blogged about it too:

www.shokunin.studio/blog/2026/2/...

'dictated but not sighted'

Awesome work Dr

Chip and Keane are going to hate the train announcement

Every single sentence of this affidavit is open to serious challenge under cross-examination. Could be fun, if I get the chance to do it (ie if it doesn't settle first)

I have one of those things where I am trying to summarise the relevant evidence on an issue and there is nothing to summarise because it is all relevant. It's taking forever.

I mean everyone needs to make a buck and to hustle but it's a bit much to not put the author's pitch for work up front

Yep. Same

Gee, I wonder why the author is so enthusiastic about this...

An ad in the middle of the article spruiking Apple's move to facilitate video podcasts. "The opportunity for creators This is where things get practical. Many podcasters know they should be doing video — but don’t know how to do it professionally without building a full studio. That’s why I’ve launched videopodcast.online – a service designed to make high-quality remote video podcast production simple. Using professional switching, broadcast graphics, and television-level production techniques, podcasters can record from anywhere in the world and deliver a product ready for platforms like Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and beyond. With Apple now formally embracing video inside its ecosystem, the barrier to entry isn’t technology anymore — it’s execution. And that’s where smart production matters. Right now, I am offering a full video record session for just $80 per hour for individual podcasters. Prices usually begin at $250. I’m doing this to help creators get into video podcasting, which I believe is the future."

Reading the piece, this is the kicker for me:

The move towards video is also a barrier to entry

A big eg of this. I quite like Well There's Your Problem but I don't have time to watch a 2 hour slide show.

I hate this. Podcasts are for listening to while doing something else. Anything that requires me to watch (or the podcaster to describe things) for me to understand what's going on just falls off my list.

To present this with all the accounts being from those who witnessed and those who comment on social media about the event, without trying to find anyone involved, gets my bullshit senses tingling.

Far-right character’s monologue prompts violent scenes at German theatre Actor shouted down and pelted with fruit during Catarina, or the Beauty of Killing Fascists

I very rarely jump to a theory that something is a false flag but I think the motives of those rushing the stage should be investigated a tad more here.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

I think I can hear Bez chucking on the skates

Had some overnight oats for breakfast. I think I prefer porridge.

My favourite time of the day to ride home via Lonsdale Street is 4pm. I particularly like when the car alarms go off as they are being towed.

Great soundtrack though

If I'm ever on Hard Quiz, my special subject will be 'why Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet sucks' and it will just be questions about the gas station scene.

Contrast this with having Richard deliver the final part of the 'Now is the winter of our discontent speech' at the urinal in Richard III. That works because it builds on the original character.

Change the text, change the setting but when you fuck with the Will's character-building, that gets a no from me.

The second part of that was the worse sin, for me, as it totally changes the tone with which Tybalt acts, particularly as Benvolio holsters his 'sword' just beforehand.

This was the point I realised I was a Shakespeare nerd.
The obviousness of this and cutting off Tybalt saying "What, drawn and talk of peace!" from that speech just pissed me off for the rest of the movie.

me: tell me what you know about LLM psychosis and model sycophancy. do you think the effect is similar to what happens to billionaires when they surround themselves with yes men?

claude: this is a topic I find genuinely fascinating, and your billionaire analogy is sharper than you realize.

me: 😒

The Diggers didn't two-up in the trenches for this