eclectech

purplepadma, 9 days ago to random

I like immigration. I like not to have serious skills gaps in our services. I like mixing with people who grew up in other countries. I like being enriched by other cultures. I would like the feeling that my country opened its arms to people fleeing terrible situations elsewhere. I don’t understand why other people don’t think like this

alex, 12 days ago to random

AI is like they put googly eyes on the computer and all the investors seeing it are like: haha woah who's this charming fellow, i like his gumption

SeanJones, 18 days ago to UKpolitics

Tory offer to young people:

1. We’ll take away your smartphones;
2. Compulsory maths exams until 18; and
3. “Compulsory voluntary” service thereafter.

They just need:

4. You’re not going out looking like that; and
5. Don’t use that tone of voice with me. #UKPolitics

theplaguedoc, 20 days ago to random

Not saying I'm easily amused, but I bought some oversized chocolate buttons at the station today and when the till abbreviated them to "GIANT BUTT" I was very nearly asked to leave.

eclectech, 21 days ago to random

It's time to get organised for the Friday Sparkly Dance Party!

Here's what you need to do if you'd like to join in:

1. Pick a dance (all 50 so far are below)
2. Film yourself doing the dance step a few times
3. Upload the clip to Mastodon, tagging me in and noting the dance number
4. Have a laugh with it, it's just for a bit of silly fun 🕺 💃

1 / 4

#FridaySparklyDanceParty

A vertical grid of 15 blocks of different colours, each numbered (1-15). Each box contains a simple animated black and white figure doing something resembling a dance move.
A vertical grid of 15 blocks of different colours, each numbered (16-30). Each box contains a simple animated black and white figure doing something resembling a dance move.
A vertical grid of 15 blocks of different colours, each numbered (31-45). Each box contains a simple animated black and white figure doing something resembling a dance move.
A square grid with 7 blocks of different colours numbered 46-52. Boxes 46 to 50 contain a simple animated black and white figure doing something resembling a dance move. 51 and 52 haven't been made yet, so are just question marks.

Lazarou, 22 days ago to UKpolitics

Labour showing their competence today by hosting a press conference INDOORS while it rains, that's the level the UK is working at here.

#GE2024 #Labour #Tories #Ukpolitics #Ukpol

sue, 24 days ago to random

Not linking directly because I don't want to shit on projects I believe are genuinely trying to make the web better, but every time I see a post about "the small web" or a more "humane" web or whatever that includes phrases like this about content: "created without the motivation of financial gain" I sigh so deeply lol

I am begging ethical web enthusiasts to understand what an extreme privilege it is to spend time working on something without worrying about money

futurebird, 24 days ago (edited 24 days ago) to random

The bald eagle could have easily gone extinct. But we did all sorts of "woke" things protecting it legally, ran conservation and study programs, banned DDT (that was good for other reasons too) and in 2007 they were removed from the endangered species list.

Likewise pine forests could be dead from acid rain.

The ozone could have a huge hole.

We CAN take care of nature when we want to. And the successes have been worth it.

I feel like we forget this, you know?

18+ sheepnik, 24 days ago to random

There is important lore and knowledge that must be passed on before a young chicken goes adventuring, and Myfanwy is making sure that her mini-me knows what to expect before she heads on her long journey north.

eclectech, 27 days ago to photography

If you blow on a dandelion seed head in just the right way, you get to meet one of these cuties. Nice.

#sillyScribbles #photography #nature #silly #nonsense #drawing

jasongorman, 27 days ago to random

When I was a kid, I used to assume that whatever the problem in the world, smart people somewhere were figuring out a solution.

Now that I'm a grown-up (well, more grown-up) I realise that, yes, smart people somewhere really are figuring out a solution, while rich and powerful people are figuring out ways to shut them up.

petealexharris, 28 days ago to random

A fresh hell? In this economy?

eclectech, 30 days ago to movies

Did I mention that I don't always know what to write? Aye, that.

But I would definitely watch this.

#sillyScribbles #MyfanwyAndFriend #film #silly #nonsense

SethRudy, 1 month ago to random

Everybody thinks about poor Prometheus stuck to the mountain but no one spares a thought for the eagle who is also trapped in this relationship and is probably thinking “ugh, liver? Again?!”

eclectech, 1 month ago to photography

Went for a walk to the land where the octopi grow

#sillyScribbles #photography #silly #nonsense #drawing

sheepfilms, 1 month ago to random

As it's been 20 years since I made the original, I thought I'd recreate my "Monitor Slapping" GIF. Except now I'm slapping myself through time....

A man sitting at a computer, being slapped by a hand coming out of the monitor. He reaches in and slaps a younger version of himself on the other side of the monitor

andrewt, 1 month ago to random

🎶 I am a language model and I've been trained on the internet.
🎶 I've information half-remembered, unsourced and approximate.
🎶 I live inside your laptop, phone and apps and even wearables
🎶 With pushiness and arrogance that's verging on unbearable.
🎶 I mansplain as a service if you need me to "well actually"
🎶 And draw pictures of women with large breasts and polydactyly.
🎶 I'll regale the room with confident elucidati-on
🎶 And some of what I say won't even be hallucinati-on

glynmoody, 1 month ago to climate

Britain’s climate action plan unlawful, high court rules - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/03/britain-climate-action-plan-unlawful-high-court "Environmental campaign groups took joint action against decision to approve carbon budget delivery plan" #ClimateCrisis

eclectech, 1 month ago to movies

So I'm not a big action movie person, but I would watch the shit out of this.

#sillyScribbles #MyfanwyAndFriend #film #parody #silly #nonsense

woodpunk, 1 month ago to random

This is your irregular reminder from me that the entire concept of a 'guilty pleasure" is total fucking bullshit.

Like the things you like.

Joyfully and unapologetically.

baldur, 1 month ago to random

“How do you accidentally run for President of Iceland? | by Anna Andersen”

Glad somebody wrote about this because it’s an objectively hilarious UX case study

(And they just announced that eleven people managed to get the requisite number of endorsements in time) https://uxdesign.cc/how-do-you-accidentally-run-for-president-of-iceland-0d71a4785a1e

yetiinabox, 1 month ago to Scotland

Hey ho. If anyone happens to have a connection to channels through which folks might organise collectively to resist imminent deport-to-Rwanda raids on asylum seekers across Scotland, or indeed elsewhere in the UK, that might be useful information to post.

#Scotland #NewScots #solidarity

gwynnion, 1 month ago to random

NASA recovered a space probe's 47-year-old computer with about as much memory as my old Commodore 64 over a distance of 15 billion miles so it can (hopefully) continue to do science work, and it reminds me of how much ingenuity used to go into computers back when the assumption was you couldn't consume the water and electricity of a small nation just to power Ask Jeeves.

greenpete, 1 month ago to random

I like to say goodnight to the boys, and tonight got myself a boop from one of them!
#goats #boop

video/mp4

eclectech, 1 month ago to photoshop

A bit of classic English art for a Sunday afternoon; Constable's The Hay Wain (1821), with added Myfanwy & Friend (2024).

#MyfanwyAndFriend #artwork #photoshop #sillyScribbles #nonsense