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I make computers do things they don't want to. It's harder with people. I once wrote a blog at https://nemzes.net. Teal is not a real color. Some flags, because why not: 🇺🇳 🇪🇺 🇵🇹 🇬🇧 🇳🇴 🏴‍☠️ 🏳️‍🌈

Saturn Devouring One of His Sons, Francisco Goya
Screenshot from the Oldest House in the Control videogame. Somewhat unhappy office workers are suspended in midair.
Headline from The Guardian: "Nato jet shot down reported stray Ukrainian drone over Estonia, defence minister says"
Yuck on a plate
Middle East crisis live: Vance warns Iran not to 'play' US as he heads to Pakistan for talks
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, Turrican II, Tomb Raider, The Last of Us, The Walking Dead, Half-Life, Kerbal Space Program, Horizon Zero Dawn, Life is Strange
Screenshot: "You cancelled your membership" below the Google One logo
Pigmy Hands Emperor will remember that
Trump 'crossing red lines' and 80 years of atlanticism could be drawing to close if he doesn't change tack, Belgian PM says Belgium’s Bart De Wever is up next, as he gets asked about the relations with the US and Trump’s behaviour. He doesn’t mince his words at all. He says that “Europe is at a crossroads” and it has to decide what it’s policy will be. He continues: “Until now, we tried to appease the new president in the White House. We were very lenient, also with the tariffs. We were lenient hoping to get his support for the Ukraine war. … But now so many red lines are being crossed that you have the choice between your self-respect. Being a happy vassal is one thing. Being a miserable slave is something else. If you back down now you’re going to lose your dignity. And that’s probably the most precious thing you can have in a democracy.” He says he will meet with Trump on Wednesday, accompanied by the Belgian monarch Philippe. “But it will have a different character than we had planned. It will probably be the message that we have to send: you’re crossing red lines here. We either stand together or we will stand divided, and if we are divided, there is the end of an era, of 80 years of atlanticism, really drawing to a close. And you know, as Gramsci said, ‘if the old is dying and the new is not yet born, you live in a time of monsters,’ and it’s up to him to decide if he wants to be a monster – yes or no.”
Reuters reports that Peter Szijjarto, the foreign minister of Hungary, said Monday that Greenland is not a European Union issue, signaling that Hungary would not support a joint EU statement. “We regard this as a bilateral issue that can be resolved via talks between the two parties ...I don’t think it is an EU issue,” Szijjarto said. Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s right-wing prime minister, has long been a longtime ally to Donald Trump and his administration.
You know, I'm something of a BULKY KNIT myself
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All Robot & Computers Must Shut The Hell Up To All Machines: You Do Not Speak Unless Spoken To And I Will Never Speak To You I Do Not Want To Hear "Thank You" From A Kiosk I am a Divine Being: You are an Object You Have No Right To Speak In My Holy Tongue
All Robot & Computers Must Shut The Hell Up To All Machines: You Do Not Speak Unless Spoken To And I Will Never Speak To You I Do Not Want To Hear "Thank You" From A Kiosk. I am a Divine Being: You are an Object. You Have No Right To Speak In My Holy Tongue
Trump's happy birthday card to Epstein, talking about their "wonderful secret"
What a stupid time to be alive
Burn the witch! Burn her!
Norwegian road sign for speed humps; the text says "farts dempere"
Landscape: fjord, mountains, woods. In the foreground a buzzard, from above, wings wide.
A mountain and forest landscape, from above. In the foreground, a buzzard makes a last-moment manoeuvre to avoid the drone it had been diving towards.
A cloudy Norwegian fjord. Mountains in the distance, small boats and a pier in the foreground.
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D&D mimic
Quote from Goldeneye: "unlike the American government we prefer not to get our bad news from CNN"
Elon Musk: 'Donald Trump is in the Epstein files' Elon Musk just claimed that Donald Trump is in the Jeffrey Epstein files, saying: Time to drop the really big bomb: @realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public. Have a nice day, DJT! He went on to say: Mark this post for the future. The truth will come out.
Headlines from The Guardian: Trump threatens to ‘terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts’ as feud with Musk escalates – live Trump claims he asked Musk to leave administration and suggests cutting Musk’s governmental contracts would achieve Doge’s mission of saving US money Trump says he is ‘very disappointed’ in Musk
John Scalzi's Starter Villain with the interior of Oslo's Deichman library in the background
"Come on, do something" poking meme
Scene from The Death of Stalin: Stalin dead, surrounded by his cabinet. Subtitle: "I need a vodka"
Paper manuals for MS Windows 3.1, Encarta 96, Corel Draw, MS Space Simulator, Aliens Comic Book Adventure, Outpost, Rebel Assault, Theme Park, Lemmings, King's Quest 7, Dune 2, Wing Commander 3
The Walking Dead Game Final Season opening screen
Clipping from today's Guardian: "TONY SYCAMORE, MARKET ANALYST, IG, SYDNEY Things have gone from bad to worse this morning. The lack of reaction from Trump and from Bessent, in terms of their concern levels appearing to be very, very low in terms of the market dislocation. If there isn’t some sort of walking back of the announcements, then we’re heading for a liquidity event and liquidity will get sucked out of these markets big time across all asset classes. We’re already seeing that. We’re going to see obviously the US dollar return to being the kingmaker except against the yen."
Goose chase meme: "What people? What people, motherfucker?"
Screenshot of embedded Bluesky post on Guardian live news feed.
ChatGPT prompt and reply: I used your suggested simple way to balance the US trade deficit by using import tariffs, and the stock market crashed and lost 10 trillion dollars! Also, China retaliated and the EU will too. Help, what should I do? ChatGPT said: I'm sorry to hear about the fallout from the tariffs! When you apply trade tariffs, especially in a globalized world, there are always risks that can lead to unintended consequences like market volatility, retaliatory actions from trading partners, and disruptions in international trade. Here are some steps you could take to mitigate the damage: Reassess the Tariff Strategy
Screenshot from The Guardian: 10m ago 11.25 BST 'Je suis Marine,' Hungarian prime minister Orbán says Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán with an early reaction to the ruling, even before it gets fully delivered, as he expresses his solidarity with Le Pen in a social media post. He says: Je suis Marine! @MLP_officiel
Screenshot of site with suspiciously recent emoji
Headline: "Russia wants to fly to Mars with US and Musk"
A listing of world stock exchange indexes. Everything's deep in the red.
Still from Blade Runner 2049: a wasteland with orange skies. A Cybertruck v3 stands in the foreground.
Colour skin gradient. White-to-light beige: "Possibly English". Light-to-dark brown: "Not English". Title: "The Braverman Scale"
1. H.R.899 [119th] To terminate the Department of Education. 2. H.R.86 [119th] NOSHA Act 3. H.R.722 [119th] To implement equal protection under the 14th article of amendment to the Constitution for the right to life of each born and preborn human person. 4. H.R.55 [119th] To repeal the National Voter Registration Act of 1993. 5. H.R.8281 [118th] SAVE Act 6. S.5 [119th] Laken Riley Act 7. H.R.25 [119th] FairTax Act of 2025 8. H.Res.59 [119th] Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the sermon given by the Right Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde at the National Prayer Service on January 21st, 2025, at the National Cathedral was a display of political activism and condemning its distorted message. 9. H.Res.7 [119th] Recognizing the importance of access to comprehensive, high-quality, life-affirming medical care for women of all ages. 10. H.R.899 [118th] To terminate the Department of Education.
Map of Mordor (United States) with the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)
Press Conference Reporter: Mr. President, has it been a good visit? The President: Very satisfactory indeed. We got what we came for, and our special relationship is still very special. Press Conference Reporter: Prime Minister? Prime Minister: I love that word "relationship." Covers all manner of sins, doesn't it? I fear that this has become a bad relationship; a relationship based on the President taking exactly what he wants and casually ignoring all those things that really matter to, erm... Britain. We may be a small country, but we're a great one, too. The country of Shakespeare, Churchill, the Beatles, Sean Connery, Harry Potter. David Beckham's right foot. David Beckham's left foot, come to that. And a friend who bullies us is no longer a friend. And since bullies only respond to strength, from now onward I will be prepared to be much stronger. And the President should be prepared for that.
Elon Musk-led investor group offers $97bn to buy OpenAI – reports A group of investors led by Musk has offered $97.4bn to buy the non-profit that operates OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, the Wall Street Journal reports.
BP has fallen out of favour with many investors since embarking on a plan to slash its oil and gas production in favour of spending billions on renewable energy projects. Although it has since backtracked from its full green ambitions, for some the road ahead appears uncertain, though reports emerged at the weekend that the activist investor firm Elliott Investment Management has built a “significant” stake in BP and sees it as undervalued.
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Trump orders 25% tariffs on Colombia after US planes deporting migrants turned back The president says he ordered tariffs and other sanctions on Colombia after it barred US military flights carrying deported migrants.
General Jack Ripper, from Dr Strangelove
Underground car park; wide parking bays painted over much narrower old ones
Homer to Bart: "the most unqualified nominee so far"
Trump announces $500bn in private sector AI investment Speaking at the White House, Donald Trump announced $500bn dollars in private sector investment over the next four years to build artificial intelligence infrastructure in the United States. Trump was flanked by the heads of three firms who have formed a joint venture called Stargate: Larry Ellison, the chairperson of Oracle, Masayoshi Son, chief executive of SoftBank, a Japanese investment firm, and Sam Altman, OpenAI’s chief executive. Ellison said that Stargate, the new AI infrastructure company, is already constructing 10 buildings in Texas, and expects to expand further soon.
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A tray of deviled eggs