evilstevie @evilstevie@mastod1.ddns.net

This is hilariously bad peak bubble bullshit marketing. The value proposition of this product is apparently you don't have any human friends so you want inane LLM babble at the press of a button to convey the impression of a "friend" interacting with you.

It's like a Furby without the fur.

https://www.friend.com/product.html

People: AI is destroying our environment.

Tech bro: This is an incredible opportunity for innovation in green tech energy!

People: There's no such thing as green tech energy. It all pollutes. It's just a matter of scale

Tech bro: The more energy and water AI consumes the greater the opportunities for tech innovation in energy and water conservation

People: You're not making any sense.

Tech bro: AI is the future. You can't stop progress. Innovation is key to everything.

People: Are you AI?

Just remembered the museum we visited in Norway 5 years ago where everyone else was inexplicably ignoring a whole building & jetty full of VIKING SHIPS, we had the area to ourselves

Appybird has gone to Southwold Pier for its summer holidays. Wish it luck. #emf #emfcamp #emf24 @emf

It's FRIIIIIIDAAAAAAY! As ever have a good weekend, if you possibly can. Whoop whoop!

#sillyScribbles #FridaySparklyDancers #animation

BBC Model Linear B

The US finally understands the UK's reaction to the Cameron pig thing

RIP John Mayall

For those of over 60 John Mayall was one of the ways we discovered the blues (and its interaction with Jazz) in the 1960s/70s.... a fabulous advocate for the blues whose (often) mixed-race bands were a lesson in recognising your influences.

#music #blues

https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/jul/23/john-mayall-blues-dies

When the sea splashed the lens…

#seascape #pontadesagres #portugal #photography #sunset #lighthouse #meermittwoch

I only boot this up to mess with the stats.

Went for a walk. The clouds were in fine, fine form. Slightly badly behaved though.

#sillyScribbles #cloudCreatures #silly #nonsense #skying

Seriously, the clouds were spectacular today. Look at this fluffy beast!

#sillyScribbles #cloudCreatures #silly #nonsense #skying #googlyEyes

Portrait of Myfanwy van Egg, aka horned wimple FTW

#sillyScribbles #MyfanwyAndFriend #artwork #silly #nonsense

I often worry that my imposter syndrome isn’t real.

Fuchsia flowers, in both bud and blooming forms, always make me think of fancy frocks. So aye.

#sillyScribbles #flower #photography #silly #nonsense

The sun is peeking out. It's due to rain later. I desperately need to go and tidy the garden a bit as it is even wilder than usual.

Bah. Don't want to, but I'm going to, because apparently that's who I am now.

#sillyScribbles #gardening #flower

This isn’t far off.

Technically speaking CrowdStrike actually kept a lot of hackers from breaking into your systems today.