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#printedpaper Absolute Martian Manhunter issue 12. An exciting finale for our beloved book. #absolutemartianmanhunter

Final test run of a Tarot deck (I've run out) this time it's the Universal Tarot by Roberto De Angelis tarot117.wordpress.com/2026/07/25/u...

Card of the day: NINE OF CUPS. You can grow to your fullest potential if you plant the seeds of joy, love, fulfillment, hope, and success. Nature can only return to you what you plant. #TrekSky #TarotSky #StarTrek #Tarot #StarTrekTarot StarTrekTarot.com

Hopefully all the other bits of religious privileging we're still faced with will also get chipped away at.

I mean, it was a great day so ultimately didn't matter www.rocknrollbride.com/2015/05/low-... but the inequity bothered me. Anyway, now fixed apparently - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

When I got married (2015) two things shocked me. 1) register offfices still insisted on using faxes and 2) if we had a religious celebrant, that could count as official, but if we had a non-religious one, we'd still need a legal ceremony. Although clearly against the 2010 equalities act.

Absolutely.

I'm the "putting people into bullshit categories is a waste of time" type of thinker. This is that MBPI arse-bilge all over again.

Can the BBC stop referring to JFK as a vaccine sceptic (and also get the spelling right)? A sceptic is someone who wants evidence before they'll accept something, a denialist is someone who rejects the evidence. He's a denialist, calling him a sceptic legitimises him. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I personally think it’s great that we are inventing guys that the X-Men are supposed to fight

I mean, how fucked up do you have to be to say this: "views American history as a 'prime tool' to advance ideas of social justice and the radical transformation of our society" and intend it to be a _criticism_? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

No-one cares. No-one panics.”

“People hand over more and more decision-making to AI. They become lazier and more stupid at a geometric rate. Humans exert the last piece of human control over their lives at 2:14 a.m. BST, 2028 when Gary of Ipswich decides for himself whether to get curry sauce or not on his chips ...

Fantasies about humans taking over were all "The system goes online August 4th, 1997. Human decisions are removed from strategic defence. Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29th. In a panic, they try to pull the plug." The reality is -

Last but one deck given a test run. The Red Sonja Tarot tarot117.wordpress.com/2026/06/20/r...

Hedgehog on my patio last week - thought it looked a bit wobbly but wasn't sure why. according to www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... suffering from dehydration. A warning from wildlife centres (a bit late) but worth knowing. keep a bowl of water out for them.

Sort of a Munchhausen's by AI proxy.

the downside of them getting out more is that we're more likely to bump into them :-D

You can also read about it in the chapter How Does Problem-based Learning Help Buffy the Vampire Slayer... er, Slay Vampires? (co-written by @r3beccaf.bsky.social, @mikecollins.bsky.social, and @markchilds.bsky.social), from the OER-available #Pedagodzilla book. www.pedagodzilla.com/wp-content/u...