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Katz Courage the Cowardly Dog look alike is smoking a cigarette on the street

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It's still astounding to me that Jeff Wayne was best known for writing advertising jingles (very well, mind you) and then out of nowhere he makes the musical version of War of the Worlds, arguably the best concept album ever recorded and definitely the best adaptation of the source material ever.

"You shouldn't make art for the money" buddy I'll take it one step further and say we shouldn't have to labor for capital at all but in the meantime pay an artist

If the feature was in any way useful people would just fucking use it, rather than having to be nagged and cajoled and pestered.

It's fucking infuriating that so many software companies are putting distracting wiggly AI buttons in their products and don't let you turn them off. D:<

Bans on outdoor junk food ads derailed by industry lobbying - BMJ Group Cash-strapped councils warned they would lose up to 30% of advertising income Experts call for a national ban on out-of-home junk food ads to protect public health Plans to ban junk food adverts from ...

It looks like the culprit is, as usual, Capitalism.

- Local councils plan to ban junk food ads from bus shelters etc.
- Advertising firms point out that this will lose local councils a significant revenue stream.
- A Hasty Compromise Is Found.

They're not specifically targeted at kids, I guess.

Reception is our name for Kindergarten, generally children 4-5 years old who are being newly received into the education system.

Mostly I'm perplexed by the "single sheet of A4 paper sandwiched against an advertising poster" format.

Is it an official government notice? Seems slapdash. Is it a protest against policy that doesn't address the issue of healthy food being more expensive than unhealthy? Mystery.

Apparently it might be related to the recent junk food advertising ban? Maybe? Although apparently that's just for broadcast and online adverts?

What a deeply fucking ridiculous country.

Bus shelter advertising poster for Mr Kipling's Signature Collection All Butter Mince Pies, with an A4 flyer inserted between the poster and the glass.

Close up showing the text of the flyer, which can be summarised as an official-looking warning from the Department of Health & Social Care about the negative health impacts of high fat, sugar and salt foods, and how exposure to advertising can influence children's eating habits from a young age.

...Chat, is this real?

Not a single thought behind those beautiful eyes.

Good day! [sits down and starts eating a wedge of cheese]

I'm busy today!

Patients are patients.

They are not customers. They are not consumers.

Fix the fucking system so people can actually get healthcare without the risk of bankruptcy, you ghouls.

Yeah I'm going to call my opticians tomorrow and see what they recommend.

Space exploration being the province of private corporations and billionaires fucking sucks for lots of reasons, but orbital AI datacentres is a particularly stupid way of doing it.

Getting angry thinking about all the actually cool sci-fi space stuff we could make instead with the resources that are currently being burned on the Culture-Eating Lie Machine.

Update: As far as I'm aware the lens is still in there somewhere. Blinking, eyewash and smushing my eyelid around haven't dislodged anything, but it's not actively painful or irritating so for now I'm trying not to fuss at it and hoping it'll get ejected on its own.

These ridiculous mega-projects like "datacenters in space" (doomed by thermodynamics) make a LOT more sense when you realize they're massive Ponzi schemes designed to transfer wealth from pension funds to VC's through "fee stacking."

It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.

Uuugh yeah, that sucks. D: It's frustrating because a lot of the symptoms can be masked by social pressure (ADHD's rejection sensitive dysphoria makes that super effective), and the fact that as a child you get helpful structure and routine applied for you.

Ask for a second opinion if you can.

Nah, he does it to his actual dad too. It's faces in general that are irresistibly kneadable.

(It usually works.)

Remember to eat lunch!

A scruffy little dog with the whiskers and eyebrows of a tired old vagrant sits behind me, staring at the toasted bagel in my hand with unwavering focus and intensity. His mien is tragic, resigned to a life in which he never again experiences the sublime taste of Peanut Butter - and yet even so he still clings to a faint, desperate hope that I will perhaps take mercy and share with him the tiniest, daintiest morsel of the treat for which he yearns with all his weary soul.

Then there's @misterpebbles.bsky.social's other awful son, the Peanut Butter Bagel Wanter.

To his credit he is much more polite and respectful of personal space, and just projects Pitiful Starveling Waif energy at me while I eat my breakfast.

In truth I don't really mind Mandatory Beans-On-Face Time, but I do object to biscuitmaking with untrimmed claws. :|

Uncle Iroh, heartbroken.

Have you encountered the "whatever you're doing 90 minutes after taking ADHD meds is what you're locked in on for the rest of the day" thing.

Getting pampered. :>