Andy

A fan of art, nature, science, history, weird things, and anything anti-Trump…

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2026-05-31 01:06:46 UTC

#PinkFloyd #ComfortablyNumb #music #Rock #UK #TheWall #DaveGilmour #RogerWaters Posted simply because it’s absolutely beautiful and I haven’t heard it for so long…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ_GgOysu6o&pp=0gcJCTkCo7VqN5tD&ra=m

2026-05-18 10:00:37 UTC

#AI #BBC #ArtificialIntelligence #Laziness #Learning #Intelligence My thoughts exactly, and the reliance on AI may become laziness. I’m guessing people were probably better at mental arithmetic before the dawn of the pocket calculator. Spellcheck’s probably had a negative effect on our spelling ability too. AI’s definitely useful and has its place, but when I’m seriously researching a subject, give me a book any day of the week…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2023l60370o

2026-03-29 06:07:27 UTC

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@nprofile…p227 Apathy and ignorance play their part I think. Uninformed voters frequently fall for the “nationalism disguised as patriotism” rhetoric of political groups on the far right, and see the ideology as something fresh, bold and new. In reality it’s just a classic, tried and trusted method used by fascists to gain public support. Reform are bordering on this, but hopefully people aren’t dumb enough to fall for it.
As for Johnson… I’m totally with you there!!

2026-03-29 02:03:37 UTC

#Art #Painting #Artist #Waterhouse #UK #JohnWilliamWaterhouse #Picture #English #OilPainting #TheLadyOfShalott #British #English #Artwork #Paintings
“The Lady of Shalott” (1888). I’ve always loved John William Waterhouse…
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2026-03-29 00:25:28 UTC

#NoKings #Trump #DonaldTrump #USA #UnitedStates #America #USPol #Politics #Republican #News #Protests #Protest #Republicans #Maga #Democracy #Democrats #UK #Britain #London #England #March The streets of London today, while the “No Kings” protests were simultaneously taking place in America. Trump constantly derides the UK for not supporting the US, but he’s too deluded to see the truth. We genuinely believe and have faith in America, but we’ll never have faith in Trump…
https://news.sky.com/story/half-a-million-join-london-rally-against-the-far-right-claim-organisers-13525518

2025-08-23 11:34:37 UTC

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Computers #Computing #ComputerScience #News #CyberSecurity #Jobs #Employment
I repeatedly keeping hearing how AI’s going to make life better, but in my experience it seems to be causing more anxiety and redundancies than ever...
Computer science graduates struggle to secure their first jobs https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm21dvg8l1go

2025-08-16 00:57:18 UTC

#TrumpPutinSummit #Trump #Putin #USA #DonaldTrump #Ukraine #UkraineWar #Russia #PeaceTalks #Zelensky #Alaska
“No deal”, and is anyone surprised? Putin’s been given the red carpet treatment and more time to stall, advance on Ukraine, and kill more people. Today Putin won.
Will Trump’s heavy tariffs on Russia materialise during the ongoing “negotiations”? Somehow I seriously doubt it, and I still think Putin’s taking Trump to the cleaners.

2025-08-11 07:15:22 UTC

#UK #sea #Wildlife #Nature #Fish #Britain
#Octopus #BluefinTuna #Jellyfish #Shark
It’s not mentioned here, but I remember seeing a TV programme documenting credible Great White shark sightings in UK waters. Even as far North as Scotland. With some of the biggest seal populations in the world, and water temperatures well within their limit, some scientists wonder why Great Whites aren’t here!
Record warm seas help to bring extraordinary new species to UK waters https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c05enyryqvmo

2025-08-01 21:16:42 UTC

#Trump #DonaldTrump #Putin #America #USA #UnitedStates #NuclearWeapons #NuclearSubmarines #Lunatics #Russia #Threads #Movies #Movie #Film #Cinema
It’s still on BBC iPlayer if anyone in the White House area fancies watching it…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p02kgkkg

2025-07-26 07:10:35 UTC

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@nprofile…yscn Unfortunately, I read the Raynham Hall pic was faked, and personally I prefer the photo of the Tulip Staircase Ghost at the Greenwich Maritime Museum in London. It’s never been proven as fraudulent, and no one has ever been able to reproduce it on film!

2025-07-23 10:25:19 UTC

#AI #AIFail #Google #Nonsense #Fail #EpicFail #Technology #Quiz #Millionaire #ArtificialIntelligence #TV #Television #WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire #UK
Another meaningless nonsensical “AI Fail”. In this case linked to the post below this one. When faced with the million pound question about the “Speckled Wood” butterfly on “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” in the UK, Roger Walker bailed out with £500,000.
Here’s what Google has to say about it. Proof you should take AI answers with a pinch of salt…
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/114/902/038/521/951/887/original/059cd9c32e9b9e8c.png

2025-06-18 06:11:44 UTC

#War #NuclearWar #Nuclear #Conflict #Threads #Movie #America #Russia #Iran #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #UnitedStates #SovietUnion #oil #invasion #Trump #Putin #DonaldTrump #VladimirPutin #Cinema #Film #Films #FilmMastodon
Am I the only one feeling slightly on edge?
I was thinking about the shockingly horrific nuclear war drama “Threads” recently, and seem to recall hostilities in Iran ignited the conflict. Here’s Wikipedia’s summary of the war’s origin, and it seems slightly too close for comfort…
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/114/702/825/306/535/652/original/3e237b14d31c6961.png

2025-06-11 08:41:28 UTC

#TV #Television #Commercials #Advert #TVCommercial #TVAdvert #Twix #UK #Advertisement #chocolate #banned #BannedCommercial #BannedAdvert
Yep, they’ve banned this ad. Presumably because they assume we’re stupid and we’ll crash our cars while high on Twix.
I remember the good old days when TV adverts were creative, funny and memorable, and everyone loved ingenuity.
Where did it all go wrong?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7lBA5aX-iI

2025-06-07 23:22:54 UTC

#Photography #WildlifePhotography #Owl #Photo #NationalGeographic #Fox #Eagle #PhotographyCompetition #Winner #VictoriaAndrews
A superb shot that won the wildlife category in the National Geographic photography competition. (The bird looks more like an eagle than an owl, but it’s a superb image all the same!)
“A fox chasing an owl” by Victoria Andrews. Wildlife category Winner in the National Geographic Photography Competition / SWNS
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2025-05-27 23:42:30 UTC

#TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly #Cinema #Film #Movies #FilmMastodon #cinemastodon #Western #Westerns #spaghettiwestern #ClintEastwood #LeevanCleef #EliWallach
It’s been so long since I’ve seen it, but what a masterpiece of a movie! With some of the best one liners I’ve ever heard, and a phenomenal soundtrack that’s hard to beat.
Absolutely brilliant!
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/114/582/435/404/807/686/original/47da1fb293282376.png

2025-05-21 19:45:05 UTC

#NASA #Space #SpaceWeather #Weather #Rainbow #Astronomy #spacerainbow
Somewhere, over the space rainbow…
https://www.bbc.com/newsround/articles/cjdzxr5m15xo

2025-04-09 18:30:07 UTC

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@nprofile…wjvt Beautiful!

2025-03-30 13:30:43 UTC

#Musk #ElonMusk #Tesla #Trump #USA #DonaldTrump #Protest #Protests #UK #America #UnitedStates #Cars #London #Maga #Doge #Tariffs #CarTariffs #Nazi
They’re certainly going for it in London today… and Musk is slightly less popular than Covid.
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2025-03-07 11:07:25 UTC

#photography #images #photos #travel #photograph #photographs #uk #britain #england #northyorkshire #yorkshire #uk #travelphotography #england #history
Whitby Abbey, North Yorkshire, UK
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/114/120/810/284/006/126/original/6ac60d8284432354.png

2025-03-07 10:18:39 UTC

#trump #donaldtrump #president #usa #maga #russia #putin #republican #musk #zelensky #ukraine #ukrainewar #fascist #america #unitedstates #trumpcoup #elonmusk #trumpadministration #uk #britain #unitedkingdom #europe
A photo of Putin sweet talking and manipulating his pet president, while undoubtedly thinking how utterly stupid he is…
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/114/120/622/707/990/103/original/4aa16355771652ff.png

2025-03-07 02:48:59 UTC

#elonmusk #musk #doge #government #republican #redundancies #usa #america #unitedstates #spaceX
Elon’s on here, if you’re bored and want to congratulate him on the latest Starship launch…
https://thepit.social/@peter/114117645667883914

2025-03-05 19:58:15 UTC

#science #medicine #medical #drugs #medicalbreakthroughs #cancer #aspirin #news #scientists
Too many people are spending billions building rockets. These are the headlines that really attract my attention, and could make life better for millions…
Scientists crack how aspirin might stop cancers from spreading https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1d4n119xr7o

2025-03-04 03:38:29 UTC

Love’s Labour’s Temporarily Misplaced. #AbsentMindABookOrPlay #HashTagGames

2025-02-25 19:32:26 UTC

#ai #art #artists #music #musicians #uk #creativity #computing #discovery #artificialintelligence #computers #media  #copyright #internet #computergenerated #england #britain #government #dailymail #newspapers #thesun #dailystar #thetimes
All credit to the UK’s media today… every newspaper united with the same headline and front page. Hopefully the government will get the message regarding AI, artists and copyright…
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/114/066/182/851/105/422/original/baea0a21779a75dd.png
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2025-02-25 12:50:10 UTC

#ai #art #artists #music #musicians #creativity #computing #discovery #artificialintelligence #computers
I’ve just been trying to summarize my feelings regarding AI generated art, music and literature.
To me, it’s all about self expression.
The problem is, machines have no “self” to express…

2025-02-21 05:56:39 UTC

#german #germany #germanelection #germanelection2025 #voting #ai #disinformation #artificialintelligence #deepfakes
Don’t necessarily believe everything bad thing you see or read about prominent politicians in Germany. People are using Ai to deceive you!
https://news.sky.com/story/german-election-from-ai-influencers-to-russian-disinformation-the-far-right-is-getting-a-leg-up-online-13313167

2025-02-11 00:44:39 UTC

#musk #elonmusk #samaltman #chatgpt #ai #artificialintelligence #computing
With the exception of Bill Gates, I’m totally sick of hearing about billionaires, and wish education and enhancing biological intelligence received the same level of attention and funding as artificial intelligence. Educational standards seem to be dropping, and the more we rely on Ai, the lazier and dumber future generations may become.
Musk-led group makes $97.4bn bid for ChatGPT maker OpenAI https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpdx75zgg88o

2024-11-01 02:33:04 UTC

I once knew a lady called Beck,
Who awoke with two marks on her neck,
Then turned into a bat,
And drank blood from her cat,
And swallowed every last speck! #HalloweenPoemOrLimerick  #HashtagGames

2024-05-17 11:29:48 UTC

#squid #wildlife #nature #deepsea #ocean #oceans #camera #video You’ve got to be squidding!
Rare footage shows deep-sea squid attacking camera https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-69016403

2024-05-16 01:37:28 UTC

#thurrockcouncil #heididodson #nofaulteviction #homelessness #bbc #roughsleeping #sleepingrough #uk The words I’d use to describe Thurrock Council aren’t printable here. I hope Heidi gets help, and Thurrock Council get the negative publicity they deserve…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjq5qxlgy39o

2024-05-07 11:03:03 UTC

#food #costofliving #cuisine #chef #totallyandutterlyridiculous #money
£320.
Not £32.00 or £3.20… it’s actually £320.
For that price I’d expect the food within 3 minutes of ordering delivered by a scantily clad waitress flown to my front door by helicopter.
https://news.sky.com/story/ikoyi-chef-justifies-163320-tasting-menu-as-he-teams-up-with-uber-eats-for-cheap-delivery-option-13130905

2024-04-11 08:46:11 UTC

#birds #animals #wildlife #nature I’m glad the BBC posted this! One morning I stepped onto the street outside my house, and heard a car alarm at full tilt stopping and starting, despite the street being totally empty. Confused, I saw a crow on some nearby railings flawlessly squawking the noise! It flew away before I filmed it, but my respect for crows is now immense!
Bird mimicking police siren at Bicester station confuses officers https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-68785461

2023-08-06 18:12:36 UTC

#nature #photography #reflections #tree It was beautiful around Scarborough Mere this afternoon, and here’s a little video clip of something that was lovely to see. Water reflecting on a nearby tree.
https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/110/844/019/997/108/463/original/7df8e743fff97d14.mp4

2023-08-05 21:11:13 UTC

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@npub1ug8…ytkq These are great!

2023-07-16 02:35:29 UTC

Fiddler on the Hoof. #HorseAroundWithAPlot #HashTagGames