Theophile Escargot

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Posts

Post #4207844
@grammargirl Oh no, I&#39;m so sorry.
Post #4207843
Cassette Deck Vader https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOiOOD5IK7k
Post #4207842
Like Stories of Old: &quot;I Watched MAGA&#39;s Favorite Movie&quot;. 30 minute video analysing the peculiar right-wing fantasy &quot;Citizen Vigilante&quot;. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK-WVZW7ra4
Post #4207841
Ten thousand million or so years ago two galaxies were colliding; or, rather, were passing through each other https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jul/21/milky-way-disc-flip-collision-dwarf-galaxy-astronomers
Post #1141301
Why do castles have crenelations rather than merlonations ?
Post #1141298
Been playing Scrabble with 12yo kid lately. I let him have 8 letters as a handicap but he&#39;s getting pretty good, he won 2 out of last 3 games... not sure when to try to play fair. Also annoyingly it turns out &quot;seax&quot; isn&#39;t valid according to our Scrabble dictionary. Gah.
Post #1141297
Is this just part of getting old? I seem to have stopped wanting much variety in my food. Every morning I want to eat muesli &amp; yoghurt for breakfast, every weekday lunchtime I crave a Sainsburys Classic Triple sandwich. I keep forcing myself to eat other things but I don&#39;t feel as satisfied somehow.
Post #1141296
Conspiracy theory: modern user interfaces are designed to promote generative AI, as the only way to find anything buried in the chaos of deep menus and inscrutable icons constantly rearranged by updates is to ask an AI chatbot how to do it.
Post #1141295
Bret Devereaux of ACOUP comments on the war: https://acoup.blog/2026/03/25/miscellanea-the-war-in-iran/ &quot;a fairly classic escalation trap: once the conflict starts, it is extremely costly for either side to ever back down, which ensures that the conflict continues long past it being in the interests of either party&quot;
Post #1141294
Good news from the world of Microsoft Teams usability! It now pops up a label saying either &quot;Enter starts a new line&quot; or &quot;Shift+Enter starts a new line&quot; depending on which of the mysterious and invisible modes it&#39;s decided to put you in!
Post #1141293
Just because the allegation is always trumpeted everywhere and the retraction always buried: Police say there was no evidence for a &quot;Family Voting&quot; charge in the Gorton and Denton by-election. https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2026/03/28/reform-con-job/ https://news.sky.com/story/politics-latest-starmer-labour-iran-trump-cobra-12593360?postid=11419214#liveblog-body
Post #1141292
Am I getting addicted to podcasts I wondered this morning, putting on T-shirt then jumper then headphones so I don&#39;t lose podcast time while putting on my pants
Post #1141291
Schumpeter’s Death: You’re Not Worried Enough About AI https://kritikpunkt.com/schumpeters-death-youre-not-worried-enough-about-ai/
Post #1141290
The #Transformers Timelines That Didn&#39;t Deserve to Die (27 min) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x8SO4l3bsc Star Wars Transformers! Marvel Transformers! Go-Bot Transformers! Belgian Transformers!
Post #1026490
A certified poet from Slough, Whose methods of rhyming were rough, Retorted, “I see That the letters agree And if that’s not sufficient I’m through.” — Clifford Witting https://www.futilitycloset.com/2026/04/09/limerick-23/