Nostr notes by Richard Littler

"Prince William keen to build 'strong & ...

2026-03-23T14:49:43Z

"Prince William keen to build 'strong & meaningful' bond with Church... [because i) the PR dept hopes it'll be seen as a repentant gesture to atone for Andrew. ii) If we stop believing in gods, the ancient royal claim that god sanctioned their very existence isn't worth shit]"

https://bbc.com/news/articles/cx230em8jg7o

Aliens: "We don't understand why 8.2 billion humans are ...

2026-03-21T19:41:41Z

Aliens: "We don't understand why 8.2 billion humans are just standing by while a tiny (tiny!!) fraction of narcissistic, flagrantly benighted terrestrial fucknuggets ruin the planet and risk the future of the species. It makes no sense."

The town mayor is in another phase of pitching. Busy couple of ...

2026-03-20T14:10:43Z

The town mayor is in another phase of pitching.
Busy couple of weeks.
Keep your fingers crossed.

#scarfolk

I keep meaning to post something, but I've run out of ...

2026-03-16T18:00:19Z

I keep meaning to post something, but I've run out of opinions. I don't seem able to formulate any new ones. And god knows how many times I've recycled all my old opinions; I never got around to updating them.

Just spotted. The sheer, staggering anarchy of Swiss graffiti. ...

2026-03-02T11:29:07Z

Just spotted.
The sheer, staggering anarchy of Swiss graffiti.

"The free version of the new #AI app FuKLIFE can take your ...

2026-02-12T10:11:30Z

"The free version of the new #AI app FuKLIFE can take your daily walk, or attend a concert, for you. But subscribers can also send FuKLIFE on holiday in their stead. The app's clever algorithm sends AI-generated photos of the moments you might have experienced and tells you how you feel about them."

Took the bins out and found myself inside a huge pint of ...

2026-02-11T10:20:03Z

Took the bins out and found myself inside a huge pint of freshly-poured ale.

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2026-01-28T09:52:44Z

RE: https://flipboard.com/@independent/uk-politics-o7qj2rmtz/-/a-3dcNmDj9QEazFBSPeYT7Tw%3Aa%3A1855170754-%2F0

"We're going to train people how to not think for themselves, and in doing so deny them the opportunity to learn new skills."
It's like the medieval church. "Don't bother learning Latin yourself. No need to read the bible; just trust the priests."
Trust the Machine.
The Machine will provide.

#AI

quoting
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Free AI training to be offered to every adult in the UK
[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/courses-secretary-of-state-elon-musk-liz-kendall-change-b2908967.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub ](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/courses-secretary-of-state-elon-musk-liz-kendall-change-b2908967.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub )

Posted into UK Politics [@uk-politics-Independent](https://flipboard.com/@independent/uk-politics-o7qj2rmtz )

People often invoke George Orwell when discussing the grim state ...

2026-01-21T15:40:45Z

People often invoke George Orwell when discussing the grim state of the world, but Hans Christian Andersen, with his story about a vain, gullible emperor, and the townsfolk who are too afraid to challenge his stupidity, doesn't get the credit he's due.

#Davos #WEF

We had freezing fog overnight. It's too cold (or rather I ...

2026-01-20T10:07:28Z

We had freezing fog overnight.
It's too cold (or rather I couldn't be bothered) to go outside, so here are some pictures I made earlier during similar weather.

#photography

It's like a remake of Big, but in place of Hanks's Josh ...

2026-01-19T13:50:55Z

It's like a remake of Big, but in place of Hanks's Josh Baskin, Veruca Salt has taken the lead role.
America: remove this deranged infant without delay. He doesn't care about either US citizens or non-US citizens. His destabilisation of the planet is a purely narcissistic endeavour.

The centre of Bern is, let's say, quiet on Sunday ...

2026-01-19T09:12:19Z

The centre of Bern is, let's say, *quiet* on Sunday afternoons; more so than most European capital cities, I would have thought.

#photography #silentSunday

When I moved to Switzerland, I discovered he was a local. He ...

2026-01-12T12:22:33Z

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When I moved to Switzerland, I discovered he was a local. He built an 'ancient mysteries' theme park, which soon failed, but the buildings still stand. I took some photos a couple of years ago.

Däniken's 'paleo-contact' claims of extraterrestrial ...

2026-01-12T12:20:17Z

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Däniken's 'paleo-contact' claims of extraterrestrial influences on early human development, attracted a dedicated following, despite his earlier convictions for theft, fraud and embezzlement (and robust debunking of his theories). Films, soundtracks, and even prog concept albums followed his books.

🧵 Erich von Däniken is dead, aged 90. Many of my generation ...

2026-01-12T12:17:32Z

🧵 Erich von Däniken is dead, aged 90. Many of my generation will remember him as a proponent of the pseudoscientific 'ancient aliens' theory, just one of the many sensationalist supernatural topics that flooded culture in the 1970s.
I've had this book since I was a little kid.

#ancientaliens

Taking a quick walk this afternoon, I bumped into some ...

2026-01-11T17:51:04Z

Taking a quick walk this afternoon, I bumped into some 'rebels', who asked if I could help them destroy the local shield generator. I said I'd love to, but I had to get back in time for the last bus. Public transport on the forest moon of Endor is notoriously unreliable.

Some US opposition interviewees seem stunned, as if they ...

2026-01-08T15:05:07Z

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Some US opposition interviewees seem stunned, as if they haven't grasped this is happening in America, right now, rather than in some distant foreign land. Deer in the headlights.
'This sort of thing shouldn't be happening'
'Someone should do something about it'
Yes & yes. And that someone is you.

US citizens: If those in power corrupt or remove the legal ...

2026-01-08T14:44:21Z

US citizens: If those in power corrupt or remove the legal mechanisms designed to protect your rights, and the ability to hold those in power to account, it stands to reason that you don't have to abide by the law to remove those in power.
You are falling to a noxious totalitarian regime. Right now.

Work in progress. I'm slightly obsessed with ...

2026-01-01T13:56:41Z

Work in progress.
I'm slightly obsessed with turn-of-the-(19th)century theatre/pantomime/circus playbills at the moment, so I'm re-creating posters and ads for more recent productions (and products) in that style.

#graphics #movies #davidlynch #victorian

A selection of images created in 2025. i. Paint sketches #art ...

2025-12-30T16:49:50Z

A selection of images created in 2025.
i. Paint sketches

#art

The last time I saw The Trial by Orson Welles it was on VHS; the ...

2025-12-30T10:35:20Z

The last time I saw The Trial by Orson Welles it was on VHS; the teenage me probably taped a late-night TV broadcast of a cropped, substandard print.
I saw it again last night. Wow. Every frame is a work of art, not least due to cinematographer Edmond Richard.
Here's a short 🧵of frames.

#cinema

8am. The Christmas demons have arrived... Good morning. ...

2025-12-19T08:38:50Z

8am.
The Christmas demons have arrived...
Good morning.

#photography #landscape

If you want to know how Google #AI Overview is doing, it just ...

2025-12-18T13:27:31Z

If you want to know how Google #AI Overview is doing, it just identified wallpaper on the kitchen wall of a derelict, slum-clearance house in 1960s Manchester as "rare, valuable Chinese silk fabric from the early Qing dynasty."

Me, reading online auction listings that claim the item is ...

2025-12-16T12:20:00Z

Me, reading online auction listings that claim the item is 'rare', 'original', 'an antique', 'in mint condition', 'a 1st pressing', 'a 1st edition,' 'definitely not a reproduction.'
Them: 'Super-rare 1953 original'
[Ask The Seller A Question]
Me: 'Why is 'Reproduction 1991' printed at the bottom?'

Music auto-tagging has become a pain since AI. Even if I switch ...

2025-12-14T09:34:05Z

Music auto-tagging has become a pain since AI. Even if I switch it off, my albums are constantly updated with the most ludicrous imagery. This supposedly represents Bach's St Matthew Passion. AI is like irreparable cognitive impairment resulting from severe brain trauma. 'hEre'S PASsionATe mAtthEw'

#ai #aislop

- I select the replacement option online, but get error messages. ...

2025-12-12T11:12:16Z

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- I select the replacement option online, but get error messages. Refund is the only working option.
- Printing out the return slip directly from the site doesn't work, so I have to create a PDF copy and email it to myself.
- I print out the return slip, but the barcode doesn't work.

Enshittification indeed.

ps- To clarify, neither Cory nor his publisher are to blame for this fuckup. It came from an online retailer, no doubt run by flawed AI (is there any other kind?)

2/2

Cory Doctorow (npub1fdr…lvhs)

It's almost a joke. Enshittification by @npub1fdr…lvhs. - I ...

2025-12-12T11:11:20Z

It's almost a joke. Enshittification by
Cory Doctorow (npub1fdr…lvhs).

- I order the book, but it doesn't ship for weeks, despite being 'In Stock'. The expected delivery date is changed to May 26, even though the book is still allegedly 'In Stock'.
- It suddenly arrives. The postman doesn't ring the bell; it's left outside.
- I find that the book is damaged by a strip of paper that's irreparably glued to the cover.
- Other pages are stuck together or crushed.

1/2

#NowPlaying #soundtrack #minimalism ...

2025-11-27T12:47:49Z

#NowPlaying

#soundtrack #minimalism

Me (every morning): "Today I will listen to something upbeat ...

2025-11-26T12:19:33Z

Me (every morning): "Today I will listen to something upbeat & uplifting!.."

1 hour later...
I select an album by an East European or Scandi composer known for their bleak, plaintive &/or atonal works with titles like 'Requiem for Hope', 'Lament', 'Death of the Sky' & 'His Last Winter'.

#NowPlaying

Somebody posted an old photo in a Facebook local group and asked ...

2025-11-25T13:43:43Z

Somebody posted an old photo in a Facebook local group and asked if anyone could clean it up. Well-meaning people turned to #AI. Lots of responders seemed happy with the results, but this is how you destroy historical records.

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2025-11-20T11:15:56Z

#AI

"Peter Thiel dumps entire Nvidia stake, slashes Tesla ...

2025-11-17T13:04:04Z

"Peter Thiel dumps entire Nvidia stake, slashes Tesla holdings amid bubble fears"

Struggling to understand what all this means? Maybe you relied too often on (inaccurate &/or biased) #AI summaries, rather than using your little grey cells.
I could draw a picture of it for you, if you'd like, but, to make up for all the graphic work I've lost to AI, my fee went up.

https://ca.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/peter-thiel-dumps-entire-nvidia-stake-slashes-tesla-holdings-amid-bubble-fears-4320129

Classic #ADHD day: - Sit down to write next book chapter. - Get ...

2025-11-06T13:34:17Z

Classic #ADHD day:
- Sit down to write next book chapter.
- Get distracted by something entirely unconnected:
- Namely, researching an ancestor in the 1500s.
- Stumble across a mystery of potentially international importance.
- Realise there may be a book in it.

Result: 2 unfinished books.

Four vintage 'found photos' I came across recently that ...

2025-11-05T12:20:02Z

Four vintage 'found photos' I came across recently that invite further explanation.

🧵I've posted them before, but here's my thread of ...

2025-10-31T09:47:45Z

🧵I've posted them before, but here's my thread of horror/kids' TV double-bill cinema posters. Happy Halloween...
#halloween #cinema #graphicdesign #poster

"An ex-Intel CEO’s mission to build a Christian AI: ...

2025-10-28T13:42:11Z

"An ex-Intel CEO’s mission to build a Christian AI: ‘hasten the coming of Christ’s return’"

Everyone thought the future would be Orwellian, but between this guy and the US in general right now, it turns out it's actually early George Lucas.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/28/patrick-gelsinger-christian-ai-gloo-silicon-valley

I've reached that age where I hear younger people on ...

2025-10-27T13:33:18Z

I've reached that age where I hear younger people on podcasts/radio say things like 'I'd never heard of George Harrison, but apparently he was in a famous old band'; 'My granddad watched Spielberg films when was a boy'; 'Found this at my gran's. Not sure what it is; it says 'VHS' on the back'; 'According to Wikipedia, Hitchcock was a film director in the olden days. I tried watching one. OMG, it was sooo slow and boring. Nothing happens!'

The Repair Shop with Werner Herzog: Guest: "Stunning work, ...

2025-10-16T10:02:20Z

The Repair Shop with Werner Herzog:
Guest: "Stunning work, thank you"
WH: "How do you feel seeing this object, a symbol of your dead wife? Though constructed of crude, worthless materials, it has been resurrected like some cheap miracle, mocking your grief and dead wife, now condemned to oblivion."

#NowPlaying Living Time by Bill Evans and George Russell. Like ...

2025-10-14T08:31:03Z

#NowPlaying Living Time by Bill Evans and George Russell.
Like someone spiked the BBC Concert Orchestra with an amphetamine/LSD cocktail then locked them in a dark hall full of wild, starving apex predators.
An overlooked #jazz classic.

There was a guy in the 60s called John Cura who took 250k ...

2025-10-13T08:35:34Z

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There was a guy in the 60s called John Cura who took 250k 'tele-snaps', up to 80s shots per programme, which he sold to actors/directors. In some cases, his shots are all that remain of lost TV episodes from series such as Doctor Who.

Or just their favourite TV shows. ...

2025-10-13T08:33:40Z

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Or just their favourite TV shows.

Sports events... ...

2025-10-13T08:30:36Z

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Sports events...

Favourite music stars... ...

2025-10-13T08:25:44Z

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Favourite music stars...

Political moments... ...

2025-10-13T08:24:26Z

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Political moments...

Royal events... ...

2025-10-13T08:22:50Z

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Royal events...

Some broadcasts attracted particular attention, such as the moon ...

2025-10-13T08:20:42Z

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Some broadcasts attracted particular attention, such as the moon landing...

🧵Thread. I collect photos that people took of their TV screens ...

2025-10-13T08:18:48Z

🧵Thread. I collect photos that people took of their TV screens (in the days before home video) because they wanted to capture a historical moment, or at least something of personal significance.

On one of the Facebook groups I follow, someone is posting #AI ...

2025-10-11T17:23:09Z

On one of the Facebook groups I follow, someone is posting #AI animations. Many of the replies are along the lines of "Wow, you're so talented. Awesome work!"
And the poster is thanking them with great humility, as if touched by their kind words.
One genuine artist made a disparaging remark about AI and was promptly berated for his cynical attack on the humble, 'talented' AI creator because "things are difficult enough as it is right now for creative people".
We're beyond the looking glass.

"Name 20 female authors you admire 1 per day" I never ...

2025-10-09T12:05:57Z

"Name 20 female authors you admire 1 per day"

I never have the patience for these '1 per day' things, but here's my 20:
Colette; Edith Wharton; Donna Tartt; Olga Tokarczuk; Patricia Highsmith; Margaret Atwood; Virginia Woolf; Joan Didion; Zadie Smith; Dorothy Parker; Iris Murdoch; Mary Shelley; Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; Hilary Mantel; Elizabeth Strout; Angela Carter; Susanna Clarke; Fran Lebowitz; Sally Rooney; Svetlana Alexievich; Doris Lessing; Gwendoline Riley; Anna Funder; Karen Armstrong

"We get it; the clock is ticking. That's why we're ...

2025-10-03T07:30:31Z

"We get it; the clock is ticking. That's why we're burning through vital, vanishing natural resources to work out why all the vital natural resources are vanishing so quickly..."

We used to think the future would be a warless, disease-free, ...

2025-09-26T07:53:54Z

We used to think the future would be a warless, disease-free, gleaming utopia, but it turned out to be more like the plot of a zero-budget, straight-to-VHS, B-movie horror sci-fi that's so awful it doesn't even possess a so-bad-it's-funny-and-cool kind of charm.

I wish all the other Richard Littlers would give out their ...

2025-09-25T07:46:04Z

I wish all the other Richard Littlers would give out their correct email addresses. In the past few years I've had receipts/invoices for monthly shipments of wine in Essex, a house purchase in Florida, mortgage in Wales, watch in Sheffield, & the latest, an Australian NGO tax return.
I'm also the member of a neighbourhood watch group 4000 miles away from where I live. And I've been on a family's mailing list for god knows long, despite me mailing the group to tell them I'm not a family member.

"Tylenol tempteth demons into thy soul to curseth thee with ...

2025-09-23T08:10:06Z

"Tylenol tempteth demons into thy soul to curseth thee with the Goblin Autism Pox. Verily, a forest spirit hath told me so in dreams"
#ASD #Autism #paracetamol

Great juxtaposition. You can't get much more English than ...

2025-09-19T07:40:07Z

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Great juxtaposition. You can't get much more English than this.

Classic #Audhd morning. -Someone rang the doorbell a few times. I ...

2025-09-19T07:30:24Z

Classic #Audhd morning.

-Someone rang the doorbell a few times. I didn't answer. I wasn't sure what they expected of me.

-Fractured (broke?) my toe last night. It's black this morning. Went for a run anyway because: Routine.

-Sat down to work. Got distracted by 1930s pharmacy/chemist trade mags.

Does anybody remember what it was like to get a work commission? ...

2025-09-08T11:11:53Z

Does anybody remember what it was like to get a work commission? Like in the olden days. When you tell people now that you're a graphic designer/illustrator, they look at you like you said 'town crier' or 'wheelwright' or 'candlemaker' or 'galley rower'.
When you tell people you're trying to sell one novel and are writing another, they look at you like you've just told them you soil yourself because you enjoy it.

Websites: "Verify you're a human... No, try again... No, ...

2025-09-04T09:05:05Z

Websites: "Verify you're a human... No, try again... No, try again... You must verify you're a real person."

The same websites: "You can only make a complaint via Billy, our AI assistant, who will connect you to one of our customer support operatives, Misha, who seems to be an attractive human but is in fact a bot"

The things you can find online... A complete, open matte 35mm ...

2025-09-03T11:31:15Z

The things you can find online...
A complete, open matte 35mm print of The Shining.
Below: The standard widescreen release vs the uncropped, open matte print.
#cinema

"AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class ...

2025-08-28T10:14:29Z

In reply to nevent1q…4hgu
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"AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry."

Win win.
I just registered my name & book details with the appropriate law firm.

Check if your book/article/paper is on the list here:
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/search-libgen-data-set/682094/

If it is, go here:
https://www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-author-contact/

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/authors-celebrate-historic-settlement-coming-soon-in-anthropic-class-action/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_social-type=owned

#authors #books #AI

Now do Meta... #AI ...

2025-08-27T14:08:51Z

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Now do Meta...
#AI

"#Anthropic Settles Major AI Copyright Suit Brought by ...

2025-08-27T14:08:05Z

"#Anthropic Settles Major AI Copyright Suit Brought by Authors"

Precedent set?
Both of my #Scarfolk books were downloaded and pirated from the LibGen 'shadow library'.
Compensation would be nice.
Anyone aware of other class-action lawsuits I can join, or have any other legal pointers?

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/class-action/anthropic-settles-major-ai-copyright-suit-brought-by-authors

#AI

Frankly, I don't know what possessed me, but I decided to ...

2025-08-24T13:38:37Z

Frankly, I don't know what possessed me, but I decided to recreate 1970s cinema intermission screens as vector graphics with the rule that everything had to be 100% vector. No raster graphics, no photographs, no post-vector treatments.
1/2
#graphics #vectorgraphics #cinema #1970s #illustration

Another day in arguably the most infuriating, idiotic epoch of ...

2025-08-14T06:32:42Z

Another day in arguably the most infuriating, idiotic epoch of mankind's history. What freshly shat folly awaits us today?

GPT-5: "You say you need emergency medical advice? Don't ...

2025-08-08T12:45:40Z

GPT-5: "You say you need emergency medical advice? Don't worry, I give you PhD-level expertise* in your pocket!

*My PhD in art history specialises in the depiction of helicopters in Welsh religious art of the 13th century."

Christ, America. If you thought exposing yourself to the #Maga ...

2025-08-07T07:35:14Z

Christ, America. If you thought exposing yourself to the #Maga pathogen would somehow strengthen your constitution, you underestimated its virulence. Now you're hallucinating with a high fever, your democratic immune system is overwhelmed, and your organs are shutting down, the brain first of all.

I'm starting to believe that we shouldn't have graduated ...

2025-08-04T08:19:07Z

I'm starting to believe that we shouldn't have graduated into the 21st century without first ensuring we had all fully comprehended and mastered the 20th.

Tempted to add questions such as: "Can this vinyl record be ...

2025-08-04T08:05:01Z

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Tempted to add questions such as:

"Can this vinyl record be folded?"
"Are any tracks flammable?"
"Is this product edible for kittens?"
"Does it include a hot-air balloon or goblin?"
"Can this record be used as a rowing boat?"

I found these questions suggested by Amazon's #AI assistant ...

2025-08-04T08:04:46Z

I found these questions suggested by Amazon's #AI assistant for #vinyl music records:

"Is it compatible with other books?"
"Is the inner sleeve archival quality?"
"Are the vinyl disks flat?"
"What material is the vinyl made of?"
"Does it contain any skippable tracks?"
"Does it include a bag?"
"Are there plans for an audiobook version?"
"What is the diameter?"
"Are any rare ephemera included?"
"Any there any plans for a vinyl release?"

All the crucial questions, right?

Maybe if AI's global harms were recontexualised to show the ...

2025-08-01T14:33:42Z

Maybe if AI's global harms were recontexualised to show the cost to individuals, people might think twice. Updated ToS: 'Every time you create an #AI image, 8 mins will be removed from the duration of your life and fed to feral crypto-pigeons. Click OK to continue creating your artless, futile image'

https://mastodon.social/@Richard_Littler/114953995025790107

2035 AD: "Residents over the age of 65 and people with ...

2025-08-01T11:00:09Z

2035 AD: "Residents over the age of 65 and people with expensive disabilities who insist on drinking water will be arrested and charged with grand larceny and conspiring to commit criminal damage to a holy corporation."

Summer. The season that amply illustrates the maxim that people ...

2025-07-31T19:54:01Z

Summer. The season that amply illustrates the maxim that people with the shittest taste in music are the very same people who play their music the loudest.
I have noise-cancelling headphones on, and I can still hear & *feel* the 'Dumpf, dumpf, dumpf, dumpf, dumpf' of hackneyed, cheesy eurohouse/pop.

Increasingly, when I'm faced with one of those website ...

2025-07-30T20:37:28Z

Increasingly, when I'm faced with one of those website cookies-acceptance forms, I just close down the page unless there's a 'reject-all' option. I'm certainly not about to scroll through a list of your 2769 fucking vendors to individually consent or otherwise.
And 'legitimate interest'? Of legitimate interest to who? Certainly not me. Fuck off.

About time a search engine did this. Picture research is ...

2025-07-26T09:25:20Z

About time a search engine did this.
Picture research is time-consuming enough without also having to trawl through page after tedious page of false, redundant, pointless imagery claiming to be something it isn't.
#FuckAI #duckduckgo

#NowPlaying Ligeti with a pot of camomile tea, pecans, ...

2025-07-25T12:44:57Z

#NowPlaying Ligeti with a pot of camomile tea, pecans, dexamphetamine (prescribed), and crystallised ginger, while I try, for about the 500th time, to tackle the chapter I'm writing.
The adhd has been quite dominant recently, leading me astray, and leaving me with attention span of a...

Painty-doodle. A selfie-portrait in the style of Peter Blake. ...

2025-07-25T09:52:33Z

Painty-doodle.
A selfie-portrait in the style of Peter Blake.
#popart #illustration #art

Also: the holographic universe is glitching... ...

2025-07-21T18:56:26Z

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Also: the holographic universe is glitching...

Quite moody here... ...

2025-07-21T18:55:52Z

Quite moody here...

My gravestone (7 yrs old): "His whole life was ahead of him. ...

2025-07-14T11:00:11Z

My gravestone (7 yrs old): "His whole life was ahead of him. He might have become a violin maestro, world-class athlete, respected leader, or inventor of something that benefits mankind."

My gravestone (54 yrs old): "He taught himself to pick up light objects with his toes because he couldn't be arsed bending down."

Self portrait behind mottled/patterned glass. Will send this off ...

2025-07-08T12:58:32Z

Self portrait behind mottled/patterned glass.
Will send this off as my next passport photo.

Imagine there's a once-in-a-lifetime walk that takes you ...

2025-07-07T14:01:52Z

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Imagine there's a once-in-a-lifetime walk that takes you through the greatest, most dramatic scenery in the world. You leave from Point A and walk your way back around to Point A.
The ChatGPT guy above might as well say: "Pro tip: You can go on that great walk by never leaving Point A" 3/3

These AI guys have mistaken a photo of a meal in a restaurant ...

2025-07-07T14:01:23Z

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These AI guys have mistaken a photo of a meal in a restaurant menu for the meal itself. They tell themselves it looks just like the real thing, so it must be the real thing, but in the end they'll starve to death. No protein, no carbs, no vitamins, no nutrients, nothing. 2/3

Pretty sure all these #AI guys have utterly misconstrued what art ...

2025-07-07T14:00:22Z

Pretty sure all these #AI guys have utterly misconstrued what art is. They think it's just information/data, but it's not: it's a process; it's a manifestation of interwoven conscious & unconscious thoughts that have ripened in a human mind, sometimes for decades. And the result is an interaction with another human mind, a dialogue. 1/3

Is it too late for me to become a mid-century commercial artist ...

2025-07-02T18:01:11Z

Is it too late for me to become a mid-century commercial artist who illustrates cheap, pulp paperbacks and lurid magazine covers?
#illustration #art #midcentury

If you're wondering about the welfare of facts on Facebook, ...

2025-07-02T08:36:35Z

If you're wondering about the welfare of facts on Facebook, this screenshot from Doctor Who was posted as a purportedly genuine photograph of a supernatural event. 100s of thread repliers now seem to wholly accept the claim, even though discovering the image's true source would take a few seconds.

"This Is Not a Pipe" ...

2025-07-01T19:54:30Z

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"This Is Not a Pipe"

Evening sky, 15 mins ago. ...

2025-07-01T19:53:54Z

Evening sky, 15 mins ago.

I'd forgotten just how big the cicadas are in France. I ...

2025-06-29T15:05:54Z

I'd forgotten just how big the cicadas are in France.
I snapped this one yesterday.
It was about the size of a Citroën 2CV.
#photography

This is the future that literals want. ...

2025-06-27T21:01:14Z

This is the future that literals want.

I'd forgotten that, back in 2019, I adapted the shot of ...

2025-06-15T08:31:58Z

I'd forgotten that, back in 2019, I adapted the shot of 'tank man' in Tiananmen Square. It feels even more relevant now.
#nokings #nokingsday #protests

I couldn't sleep, so whiled away the early hours finishing ...

2025-06-15T07:33:22Z

I couldn't sleep, so whiled away the early hours finishing off this linocut style selfie-doodle-thing. I always feel vaguely narcissistic posting images of myself, but some people post more selfies in a week than I have done in my entire life.
#art #illustration

I essentially lived here rent-free in the 1990s. Open until ...

2025-06-04T13:50:02Z

I essentially lived here rent-free in the 1990s.
Open until midnight. Dangerous. Far too many spontaneous purchases on the way home from the pub.
#TowerRecords

I need new glasses, so went to the optician. Me: "At 150 quid ...

2025-05-30T12:50:21Z

I need new glasses, so went to the optician.
Me: "At 150 quid these glasses are quite reasonable"
Optician: "Your preferred lens type? Lens thickness? Anti-scratch? Visibility range? Anti-glare? Insurance?..."
Me: "Oh. These 150 quid glasses are 4000 quid"

Unexpected but very welcome finds in a stack of James Last, Roger ...

2025-05-30T12:44:32Z

Unexpected but very welcome finds in a stack of James Last, Roger Whittaker and oompah records in my local secondhand bookshop just now. Both first pressings, seemingly mint/unplayed.
Koyaanisqatsi is one of those releases I've owned on at least three formats.

#minimalism #soundtrack

When you've had quite enough of the bass player wobbling his ...

2025-05-29T10:46:57Z

When you've had quite enough of the bass player wobbling his pretty little head and singing 'oooooh!'

Grainy, gritty, ghostly Sunday morning #sketch. ...

2025-05-18T09:04:30Z

Grainy, gritty, ghostly Sunday morning #sketch.

'Still life' (in more ways than one). I painted it for ...

2025-05-16T08:12:45Z

'Still life' (in more ways than one).
I painted it for entry in a local #art exhibition, but it wasn't accepted. At least I can share it here!

#painting #adhd #artist #artwork

Sean Connery with a rubber duck on his head. Roger Moore with a ...

2025-05-02T07:27:19Z

Sean Connery with a rubber duck on his head.
Roger Moore with a crocheted toilet-roll cover doll on his head.

#cinema #illustration #art #JamesBond

Happy Easter! It's the first time I've attempted to paint ...

2025-04-20T09:26:59Z

Happy Easter! It's the first time I've attempted to paint a religious subject, so I hope you like it.

#illustration #artstodon #art #easter

"'[Autistic people] will never pay taxes. They’ll never ...

2025-04-18T09:20:14Z

"'[Autistic people] will never pay taxes. They’ll never hold a job. They’ll never play baseball. They’ll never write a poem. They’ll never go out on a date,' Kennedy said"
1. I pay taxes.
2. I ran 5km this morning.
3. My poetry has been published.
4. I've been on dates; I'm married.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/04/17/rfk-jr-autism-children/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_source=threads,twitter&utm_medium=social

#ASD #Autism ActuallyAutistic group (npub10v4…s27h)

In a bid to attract more followers online, I looked at which post ...

2025-04-11T09:29:31Z

In a bid to attract more followers online, I looked at which post images do well. People seem to like a) pets b) food, so I strategically painted this image of a weird little guy coming out of a hard-boiled egg. Am I social-media-ing correctly?
#illustration #art