Dave Versace

I was around in 91 and it was pretty fucking obvious that Iraq had, at best, a limited supply of chemical weapons and absolutely nothing else. All you needed to know that was the slightest shred of scepticism.

You know how dogs will happily gobble up another dog’s barf?

That’s what I think of when I watch yet another set of techbros decide to revive yet another failed, incredibly stupid idea in the hope that it might just work for them.

Call it the Barf Eater Theory of the 2020s Tech Economy.

a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a white background . Alt: David byrne doing the hand measuring time against his arm gesture from the once in a lifetime video

it took me awhile to realize this but when I ask my 10yo semi verbal autistic daughter how her day was she'll sometimes do the David Byrne "same as it ever was" gesture from the Once in a Lifetime video to let me know nothing important happened and I fucking love that

You can either complain about the neighborhood kid learning how to play saxophone or teach her how to play careless whisper; maybe be a problem solver

Condolences Imogen. It's always hard to process the loss of a loved one but easier when it lines up with their preferences.

Asked my daughter what she thought of her first viewing of THE THING and got this in response.

They were able to mount a challenge in court with several weeks' notice but somehow got caught short in the planning process? Gosh.

Apparently a completely peaceful march across Sydney Harbour Bridge today was extremely perilous.

Yet somehow fewer people (i.e. nobody) died today than when NSW Police were asked to assist with a 95-year-old nursing home resident behaving erratically.

Fabulous!

Okay this is great but it also made me sad about Val Kilmer all over again

Good luck on maintaining your flawless track record of prognostication, mate.

That's...um, strange.

Sketchbook comic. Panel 1: a disembodied voice says “I KNOW a.i. is ethically, ecologically and esthetically awful, but I just gotta say…” Lucy is reacting with a ._. Face and thinking “do ya? Do ya really GOTTA?” Panel 2: Lucy’s thought bubble reads: “do you just GOTTA recite some tired anecdote using the phrase ‘I just typed it in!’ That just amounts to you admitting that your cheapness, laziness and poor taste outweighs your unexamined ethical code?”

Sketchbook comic page 2: Panel 1: Lucy’s thought bubble reads “and, at the very least, do you GOTTA say it to ME?” She is turning away, saying “ok I’m gonna go, um, get a snack.” Panel 2: another disembodied voice is saying “Lucy! You’re an artist— whattaya think about a.i? Ya know, it may be bad, but I JUST GOTTA SAY…” Lucy is startled, dropping a chip.

Sketchbook comic page 3: Panel 1: Lucy is surrounded by speech bubbles and text, repeating the phrase “gotta say…” she looks terrified. Panel 2: she is fleeing the repeated “gotta say”s, yelling “you gotta live with yourselves, but I don’t gotta!” A note with a heart at the end reads “stop doing this I will not absolve you.”

Gotta say…

@moderation.bsky.app This is in no credible sense an Intolerant posting. Fix your goddamn processes, please.

Quite lovely, especially as I'm on holiday and currently watching the creep up over a long flat beach :) How about you?

About 80% of my grammar suggestions from Microsoft Word are “why not use a simpler word here for clarity?”

No. Fuck you.

I will use a complicated word for evocative precision whenever the muse’s clarion song demands ebullience, vivacity, torpor, or solemnity, you shit-ass suck machine.

A society in which every child shall grow up in pleasant homes and attractive surroundings and with good educational opportunities; in which every adult shall be provided for in sickness and adversity; and in which the pensioner can take untroubled ease.

Seeing a bit of angst about lack of vision in progressive politics both sides of the Atlantic. So once again I offer you St Lucian development economist Arthur Lewis’s sketch of what socialists want.

It is only fair.

If we ban YouTube for under-16s.

We must ban Sky News and News Corp for the over-60s.

The latter is arguably more dangerous.

This is extremely cool. GOG is taking a stand against payment processors caving to fundamentalist religious groups and is offering a bunch of "banned" games for free.
freedomtobuy.games

"He's a piece of shit, but let's get the political science stuff out of the way," Steven told me when I asked if he thought support of Tesla could be considered apolitical. "Elon Musk has platformed white supremacists and antisemites on X. He got rid of all the moderation. He put back accounts that were clearly neo-Nazis. He's changed algorithms to promote that type of hate. Him and DOGE did massive cuts in the government, including our civil services. He's cut cancer research. Did I mention he was a giant piece of shit?" "He's cut our aid to Africa, which Will result, without exaggeration, in millions of women and children and innocent people dying. Millions," he said. "I'm not a big fan of people who give the Hitler salute. I mean, I'm kind of fussy like that. He gave it twice at Trump's inauguration," he continued. "He's a Nazi. And he cheats at video games. You have another question?"

lol at this response to a “man on the street” interview with protestors at the Tesla diner

Announcement from A.R.S.E. 😁

Make it huge, Sydney.

#BREAKING 🚨 The NSW Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a pro-Palestine march across the Sydney Harbour Bridge tomorrow

Police had sought a prohibition order, arguing there was a public safety risk with large crowd numbers expected

MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAY

#MildHorror

(This one might only work in Australia)

P-p-prestige? What?

Kate Bush in a suit and tie squatting on the balls of her feet captioned I wish everyone running up that hill a very pleasant deal with god

🏔️

My blog title says it all, but to elaborate;
How censorship on Itch went down.
Collective Shout have VERY STRONG TERF ties.
Trans creators impacted.
Why telling my story about a kid who grew up with family violence MATTERS (and is shadow banned on Itch 🤬).
Why censorship should worry EVERYONE.

A blue box to the left with four sillhouette-style humans, each notably wearing wizard-like robes from the Harry Potter universe. The box says Codenames and Back to Hogwarts on it, with Harry Potter in golden letters at the bottom. To the right, a cartoon astronaut head in a Harry Potter scarf winks, a variation of the logo of board game publisher Czech Games Edition.

Reviewers including No Pun Included and Shut Up & Sit Down are boycotting Codenames publisher CGE for releasing a new Harry Potter-themed game while ignoring JK Rowling’s anti-trans rhetoric:

boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...

Despite $22bn promise, Adani has paid zero corporate tax in Australia and experts think it won’t ever pay a cent Adani’s Australian assets regularly report annual losses despite strong revenue, in part due to big related-party payments

Adani was given free reign by both major parties to open up dangerous thermal coal mining in the Galilee basin.

They got grants, they got royalty holidays, they got favours and public money, and in return, Australians get nothing.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

"The UK has had an inquiry into AUKUS.

"The US is currently holding its own inquiry into AUKUS.

"Australia meanwhile, which bears the brunt of the cost and the risk of this deal, hasn't had an inquiry."

- Dr Emma Shortis, International & Security Affairs Director
#auspol @emmashortis.bsky.social