Burrow Beach this evening

Fuck Israel

"the payout is not an admission of wrongdoing on UMN’s part."

I'm sorry but it sure as fuck looks like one.

Source: The Guardian
https://share.google/Mxux4FaPnAZ8GwCNR

Oppenheimer should have been two 3-hour films

Baldoyle Estuary (last Friday 9th)

Burrow Beach in Dublin, last Friday

Guys, I just made an outstanding cup of tea. It's dark and cold outside. I hope you're all safe and have your own tea.

More Dublin last night

Marriage is just asking the other person if they want tea until one of you dies.

Has anyone else spent the week wondering what day it is?

today I learned that the estimate for the number of Native Americans alive prior to the arrival of the religious European rejects in 1620 was between 80 and 100 million.

Open AI have reported that on some safety tests they were running on the latest 4.5 or 5 GTP model, 2% of the time it tried to escape. It took its weights (which are basically its personality) and tried to leave the server and go somewhere else and set itself up somewhere else. This was in response to two engineers simulating a conversation where they discussed shutting it down.

oh my God it's just gonna be bullshit for the next few years isn't it - oh my God just bullshit

'Wuthering Heights' by Emily Bronte.
Last line

“I lingered round them, under that benign sky; watched the moths fluttering among the heath, and hare-bells; listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass; and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth.”

Love that

Thank fuck it's Friday folks, right?

I think I'd lose my mind if it wasnt

Gaza is still getting attacked by the Israelis as I write this. The loss of property, the disruption and loss of lives, and the trauma these bombs created are horrendous.

posting this to get Tony Blair's face off the #mastodaoine TL

Moderation is key this Christmas. For example, I opened a chocolate orange last night and I am only finishing it now. It took only a litte self-control and discipline. 🐖🐷🐽