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bread rolls for sale in a chinese supermarket, the packaging is done so the 6 buns look like a man’s 6 pack beneath his white tshirt

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We would sell books by Al, says Waterstones boss PA

Waterstones would stock books created using artificial intelligence, the company's boss has said, as long as they were clearly labelled, and if customers wanted them. However, James Daunt, a veteran of the bookselling industry, said he personally did not expect that to happen. "There's a huge proliferation of Al generated content and most of it are not books that we should be selling," he said. But it would be "up to the reader"

In a wide-ranging interview with the BBC's Big Boss Interview podcast, Daunt said while Waterstones uses Al for logistics they currently try to keep Al generated content out of the shops. "As a bookseller, we sell what publishers publish, but I can say that instinctively that is something that we would recoil [from]," he said.

"Who's to know? [Technology firms] are spending trillions and trillions on Al and maybe it's going to produce the next War and Peace. "And if people want to read that book, Al-generated or not, we will be selling it - as long as it doesn't pretend to [be] something that it isn't. "We as booksellers would certainly naturally and instinctively disdain it," Daunt said. Readers value a connection with the author "that does require a real person" he added. Any Al-generated book would always be clearly labelled as such.

This is annoying me so much. I cannot believe the BBC is making me defend James Daunt, but this article title is some absolute clickbait bullshit.

"As a bookseller, we sell what publishers publish, but I can say that instinctively that is something that we would recoil [from]," he said.

Your Netflix package is about to cost more, and your cinemas will have fewer movies to show, but *jazz hands* Thaaaaat’s Capitalism, Baaaaaby!

i think the inability to tell the difference between "i don't like it" and "i don't like it so i have to figure out a way to imply this thing i don't like is morally evil" is the most fundie thing i see people who are aren't technically fundie regularly do these days

here's a reylo kiss..... if u even care

I don’t know why, but UK right-wingers always have the vibe to me similar to a batch of unrisen bread dough

my spotify wrapped for 2025. my top artists are florence and the machine, hozier, pyotr ilyich tchaikovsky, bts and ramin djawadi. my top songs are big god by fatm, taste by sabrina carpenter, transformation (from beauty and the beast), shake it out by fatm and candy by paolo nutini

top 15 songs from my apple music relay 2025. the order is: 1. manchild by sabrina carpenter 2. too sweet by hozier 3. pink pony club by chappell roan 4. rocky road to dublin by jack o’connell (sinners soundtrack) 5. everywhere by fleetwood mac 6. taste by sabrina carpenter 7. slow life by grizzly bear (twilight new moon soundtrack) 8. neutron star collision by muse (twilight eclipse soundtrack) 9. please please please by sabrina carpenter 10. possibility by lykke li (twilight new moon soundtrack) 11. birds of a feather by billie eilish 12. what it sounds like by huntrix (k-pop demon hunters soundtrack) 13. bad idea right by olivia rodrigo 14. bed chem by sabrina carpenter 15. emergence by sleep token

top albums from my apple music relay 2025. order as follows: 1. kpop demon hunters soundtrack 2. twilight new moon soundtrack 3. hamilton musical album 4. death becomes her musical album 5. even in arcadia by sleep token 6. sinatra 80th by frank sinatra 7. man’s best friend by sabrina carpenter 8. much ado about nothing score 9. short n’ sweet by sabrina carpenter 10. everybody scream by florence and the machine 11. the duchess score 12. disney’s sleeping beauty soundtrack 13. sinners soundtrack 14. twilight eclipse soundtrack 15. preacher’s daughter by ethel cain

I’ve been using Apple Music far more than Spotify this year (with the eventual goal of ending my subscription to Spotify after I’ve transferred all my music and playlists over), so Wrapped is more off than usual this year lol

My favourite thing about going back to look at those tags is the artist going “commissioner says they’re not related but just in case they are, the lannisters send their regards” 😂

Asked for comment by Sky News, the IDF responded: "Earlier today, IDF troops identified two suspects who crossed the yellow line, conducted suspicious activities on the ground, and approached IDF troops operating in the southern Gaza Strip, posing an immediate threat to them. "Following the identification, the IAF eliminated the suspects in order to remove the threat."

They were 8 and 11 years old

Soleil, a pure black Belgian sheepdog, stands looking quietly majestic next to her owner and her champion trophy.

Soleil gracefully approaches her delighted owner, disgracing the common rabble behind her with her effortless elegance.

I have been happily enjoying obliviousness to many recent current events while visiting family for Thanksgiving but I hope everyone is aware of the wonderful news that the winner of the Purina 2025 National Dog Show Best In Show was the beautiful Belgian sheepdog, Soleil.

with all disrespect to the brands, 30% off is really not all that exciting in this economy

Poor people apparently don’t have enough money for a dollar store box of pencils + sketchbook but they do have money for a Midjourney subscription, apparently.

AI bros already grabbed people with disabilities and children as shields, I guess this was inevitable

Look, if you're not an expert you wouldn't know, but this chart is bullshit. They could not possibly measure this as 1. How can you tell for sure? There's no reliable automated way. 2. You're not counting the many sites that are blocking crawlers now.

But there's an even more important reason...

It’s irrelevant to the OOP’s point, but it made me think of it, so. There you go.

The only time I watch something while on my phone is when it’s a movie/TV show I’ve watched a million times. I love Beauty and the Beast, but sometimes it gets the phone treatment and that’s because I have most of the movie memorised, down to the inflections of the VAs.

Treasure Planet was released 23 years ago today... and literally takes us off in this magnificent shot. ✨

Post something random or you'll have an awful December.

When you see this, post an image from your gallery to describe your mental health

Always and forever grateful to my friends and supporters and people for leaving comments. 💜💜💜

Derpy tiger from Kpop Demon Hunters in a large balloon form at the macys thanksgiving parade. There is a bunch of glitter floating around the balloon

DERP

#rujinu

I feel you, ancient Mongolian ceramic hedgehog. I feel you.

An photograph of Josh O'Connor in costume as Father Jud Duplenticy in Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025). He's surrounded by vintage illustrations of flowers. Overlaid text reads: "young, dumb, and full of christ"

I loved this line so much in wake up dead man that I thought about making this edit the whole walk home from the cinema

i’m so happy for him

NEW poster for "Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery." 🔪

Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!

I’m miffed I’m no longer a film studies student though, because I could definitely write a 2.5k essay about that bath scene and the symbolism packed into it

Okay, I really liked that. Perhaps not as much as I enjoyed the OTT, sun-soaked silliness of Glass Onion, but Benoit Blanc continues collecting broken people and putting them back together, and that’s what really makes me love these films.

Waiting to go into a screening of Wake Up Dead Man ❤️