Observations on the world and its inhabitants
We’ve had a busy month in the business of measuring “Humanity.” Between the release of Humanity’s Last Exam (HLE) and the interactive bloodbath that was ARC-AGI-3, it’s becoming clear that we aren’t exactly building a new mind. We’re building a $600 billion filing cabinet that’s learned how to speak with a slight academic sneer. The ...
The history of world-class achievement is haunted by one harrowing question: Is genius inextricably tied to suffering? Across music, literature, and the unforgiving arenas of law, a devastating pattern emerges. Brilliant people possess extraordinary emotional depth and mental capacity. These gifts are frequently rooted in profound personal trauma. This trauma fuels an overwhelming need for ...
I continue to be fascinated by the advance of technology and the the direction of prices. With TVs this is totally amazing. See also How Samsung TV Prices Dropped Over a Decade! £35,000 to £2400 (at Feb 2025) So at 31/08/2025, one could splash out on a good quality 85-inch Samsung TV that would have ...
Just when you thought the cosmic alignment of jade eggs and vagina-scented candles had reached its peak celestial absurdity, our favourite wellness oligarch, Gwyneth Paltrow herself, has once again graced the hallowed pages of The Times 29/07/2025. And oh, what a revelation it is! Forget the whispered rumours of bespoke gut-flushes and curated everything; a ...
When celebrity influence is measured in vagina eggs per fiscal quarter, Gwyneth Paltrow continues to dominate the discourse like a wellness oligarch with a Master’s in mockery. Her latest cameo as “Temporary Spokesperson” for a tech scandal involving a kiss cam and Coldplay—because of course—is less a PR move and more a cosmic inevitability. Gwyneth ...
I can fully expect to be most hated and called various names for this article. Flick through any social media feed on a Friday night and you’ll be met with a familiar sight: artfully arranged plates of food, clinking glasses, and grinning faces bathed in the warm glow of a trendy restaurant. Here in the ...
What the hell does that mean? It means (obviously) ‘You Do Not Need To Read This Now‘ 😂🤣 Yeah – I’ve been having fun with some mnemonics lately. In this post contains a massive list. When using mnemonics in chat conversations, it’s important to consider your audience and the context of the conversation. Common mnemonics ...
I’m a longstanding customer of Anker. I don’t buy cheap poor-quality stuff. Anker is middle of the range and produces technology that is great and reliable. No delay – the Anker Q45 is currently on sale for a genuine price drop of £42. So it is now £97.99 which means I had paid the full ...
The Orville is the latest version of Star Trek. But it is not like any other Star Trek. This has comedy and parody in it. It is weird and whacky. The first season starts off with an adultery scene, which gets your curiosity up! ?? That colours many things that happen later in the series. ...
If you’re looking for a lecture on how the mind works, you’re definitely in the wrong place. Move on swiftly to avoid angst. The TED session below came up on my YouTube. Initially I thought this was about how to appreciate classical music. Well, yes some of it is about that but that’s not nearly ...
It’s been a sad couple days. Olivia Newton John has passed on. I knew she had suffered with breast cancer some time ago. She fought it off. I wondered if it would return. Oh well – we are powerless against the ticking of the clock. The most we can do is to savour every living ...
So – I’m was in a lovely part of the UK. Northern Ireland – and I do not need to be tracked down to be sent tips or anything else! Saturday was brilliant. Belfast is an amazing city. Did I say I was living in or around in Belfast? I did not! This was last ...
I’ve trawled through all my posts – not one by one but with the search engine in the backend – and realised that I’ve not posted any jokes up here. So this one starts a series on jokes that will have a tag of ‘jokes’. Sorry about that. To continue with the joke now. [CBOX_PRO ...
Of course there must be more than two kinds of comedians. But of the two main types, one is funnily serious whilst the other is seriously funny! The choice is yours! 😁😂
This is a fine example of what I was talking about. People often go like, “I don’t like [X]” or “I can’t stand [Y]” if I share a music video. Well first off, I don’t know what the devil everybody will like, I don’t know everybody – and I’m not here to please everybody! I ...
Righhttt… this is a dangerous post cuz anything in a social media space can be interpreted any which way and turned into a fact that doesn’t exist. So – let’s see if I’m right – againnnn! Oh gord! I’ve used the word ‘beautiful’. Get going on that! Spend time analysing that and me. Am I ...
I’ll no doubt be judged by the many as fricking weird for posting this! Do I give a flying banana!? Did I say it wasn’t weird? I did not. I’ve looked at this music vid many times over the years. I’ve wondered, ‘What does it mean’? Well, obviously it means different things to different people. ...
What’s the big dream!! Well, you who reads this might have to spend 44 seconds of your life checking it out. Oh dear – too much time! When I wrote about value in reading books, I did a Venn Diagram. Overnight, I realised that ‘cost’ could be seen as ‘risk’. However, ‘risk’ could be anything ...
It may sound like a stupid question to some. If you ‘know the answer‘, move on swiftly. This post is motivated by a web-based conversation I had the other night. I mentioned some book in a forum as a reference – not a recommendation to purchase. Someone then responded, within a few minutes that they ...
The Dealer is a song with profound meanings for ‘everybody’. Some fool – the resident in the back of my mind – is likely to ask ‘What does it mean for you?‘. Tough – I’m not important nor are my feelings or past. I don’t tick like that. I’ll look into the song’s lyrics for ...
This is an exploration Star Trek Next Generation Season 5 Episode 21 – The Perfect Mate. I strongly recommend viewing it in full (Netflix) before reading this commentary – because this is a movie spoiler. You have been warned. Preview video below. Spoiler alert The Enterprise was carrying delicate and irreplaceable Kriosian cargo, destined as ...
Ooops… terrible – I’ve got hooked on this song: Blinding Lights by The Weeknd. Fiiiiine – most people have never heard of them – even though the song is rated the best so far for 2020! Keep listening to Mr Trump – instead. I’m so not interested in the band, or the history of band ...
Some will become obsessed with the video below, and unearthing my supposed underlying motivations for posting it. I well know that others will invoke their own suppositions which will form their reality foisted up on me e.g. “you’re just obsessed with her.. don’t tell lies!“. I’ll leave that right there, cuz to argue against such bullshit ...
I’ve been told by many in my very limited circles that epic music is evil and only listened to by weird people. Well, weird I may be but ‘evil’ I am not – except to stupid people! Stick with the ‘evil’ thing. How do people come to ‘know’ that epic music is evil? They cannot ...
Just to be clear, I’ve done nothing more than try to help people to open their own eyes. But the problem is not with ‘the eyes’; it is with the brain or mind. One cannot open a brain or mind, even if one could pry open people’s eyes. This thought comes to me on reflecting ...
As this is social media of some sort, I expect all sorts of inferences about my ‘personality’, for posting this. I have a very wide taste in music from Classical to all sorts of ‘heavy metal’ and ‘acid rock’. Just be clear, I do not condone or promote the use of ‘acid’! I just happen ...
The following I’ve been told about ‘everybody’. Everybody: Needs somebody. Needs friends and confidants. Gets sick at some point. Is born and dies. Has good in their hearts. Is capable of evil. Breaths air, sleeps, eats, drinks water, and goes to the toilet. Has brains. Is free to do what they want. Not everybody: Likes ...
Am I talking about your dreams at night? I am not! This is about people’s aspirations; the things they wish for in their quieter moments – and the things they do not reveal even to their closest (so-called) friends. Just to be clear reading of this blog post and viewing of videos herein, is totally ...
So you see the video clip – and you see a bunch of people playing some ‘epic’ piece, and like ‘so what?’ And what do I see? I see zillions of chemicals – in chaos – organised – into order – into a creative human effort – their minds synchronised after 6 billion years of ...
Right – it is my blog and I’ll rant if I want to! For quite some time I’ve been noticing that one (namely me) feels a tad apprehensive that some fool will imply meanings into what I post on the internet (aka social media). And why? Because meanings implied into what I post are at ...
