Josh Stark

Needed to read this, thank you.

Sarah’s rendition of Go with the Flow will always stand out to me. It’s an absolutely stellar cover. Probably my favourite track on that album, with Blue Monday a close second.

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On the subject of AI-read audiobooks. Just no. As an author I want my work to be interpreted by a human performer who can bring an added dimension to it. As a narrator, I *know* my reading adds to the words as written. As a reader/listener...

Ah, my old university! Enjoy your time there!

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I have a 3-months-free trial code for #AppleMusic for the first person to see this post. Got it as part of a purchase, but I am already subscribed. Code in the reply.

A screenshot of a news article with the headline "Nigel Farage claims UK is 'massively overdiagnosing' mental illness". The subheading reads "Reform leader claims GPs creating a 'class of victims' in elections speech." We've crossed out 'claims UK' and 'over-diagnosing' and replaced the latter with 'over-stigmatising' so the new headline reads "Nigel Farage is massively over-stigmatising mental illness". Above it is the headline, in Mind font, "Here we go again..."

Let’s be real – the facts are the real victims here. They keep being overlooked in favour of fuelling culture wars. 1/3

“That cat is racist” absolutely sent me. Brilliant!

Also, completely off topic, but it’s lovely to see you back on socials. You’ve been missed.

My wife and I are playing this at the moment and are absolutely loving it (aside from the occasional barb over who isn’t pulling their weight during boss battles…)

Another play through of The Last of Us Part II, and it hits just as hard the second time. An absolute masterpiece in every way.

I dual host my audiobooks between Plex and Audiobookshelf. The former has good mobile app support (via Prologue on iOS), but the latter has excellent native Audiobook support with full chapter and metadata editing. But I share your frustration!

I suspect you're about to join a long list of people (if you're not already on it!) who are patiently waiting for native Audiobook library support in Plex.

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A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.

Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.

If general moisturisers and other creams aren't working, it could be rosacea. I ended up with it in my late 20s and pretty much no off-the-shelf product works. Dermalex helped a tiny bit, to be fair, and that can be bought off the shelf.

val kilmer’s turn in TOP SECRET is one of the single best comedy performances ever committed to film, both in terms of comic precision and mechanical virtuosity. just watch this whole clip in its entirety; it’s stunning

I get why techbros and their ilk like gen-AI: artists and writers to them are just an obstacle to be bypassed. But I'll never get an author/artist/musician who uses it. "I want to be a writer." No you don't. You fetishize ideas but hate the work. You don't respect the craft or its practitioners.

Ah damn, I didn’t go far enough down the chain! I should have checked 🤦‍♂️

Post a ship that’s not Star Wars or Star Trek.

4 panel comic Panel 1: Pink Guy holds up a stack of paper and says: I’m a writer, could you read my manuscript? Yellow Guy, walking dismissively out of shot: gross no Panel 2: Robot moves into shot. A panel in its stomach is full of scraps of text. Robot snatches manuscript from pink guy and says: Gimmie that Panel 3: Robot stuffs manuscript into its mouth Panel 4: Robot bends over and proceeds to shoot a sludge of disgusting paper mulch into Yellow Guy’s smiling open mouth

when you say “duhh ai writing is good actually” you’re the yellow guy. this is u

"You can't park there mate"

An absolutely fantastic heckler take-down. 10/10. No notes.

Are we going to have to give Aaron Eckhart and Stanley Tucci a call again?

If anyone ever asked me what it’s like having kids, I’m just going to show them this.