Mark Norman Francis @cackhanded.net · 29/09/2026The Magic Bullet machine that’ll shoot you in the face. 010
Reposted by Mark Norman FrancisianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 27/09/2026When you tell people that ITV used to fill gaps in the shows with some music featuring robots in baroque clothes playing classical music while a spacecraft kidnaps them and steals the city they're in, and people look at you as if you're mad... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4Fr...youtube.comRondò Veneziano - La SerenissimaYouTube video by randomVHStat 2255
Reposted by Mark Norman FrancisRabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This man has gotten more done in 9 months in office than most politicians achieve in their ENTIRE CAREERS all with that extreme good-muppet energy and that's why everybody else can't stand him because he gets it done, has receipts to back his words, and then just moves on to the next. 10585105
Reposted by Mark Norman FrancisLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.” 1970102257
Reposted by Mark Norman FrancisGerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 24/09/2026this is weird because I have never heard of the song or artist until just this second 512114
Reposted by Mark Norman FrancisJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Weirdly, it's why Disney's Robin Hood is arguably the most "faithful" adaption. Because it lifts whole chunks of its plot directly from the Geste of Robin Hood. The very first printed version. it's the animated fox, not any subsequent gritty reboot, that has the strongest claim on authenticity 😆 1121
Reposted by Mark Norman FrancisAndrew Thatcher @andythatcher1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Good work Battersea! 114740
Reposted by Mark Norman FrancisMark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 21/09/2026www.theguardian.com/media/2026/s... An open goal here for Labour who will promptly punch the referee, trip over the ball and say that Meta deserved to win.theguardian.comMeta launches legal challenge against UK media regulator over Online Safety ActAction against Ofcom comes as social media companies are being accused of using courts to slow down implementation 052
Mark Norman Francis @cackhanded.net · 20/09/2026No, I’m sorry all of San Francisco is the tenderloin as it was 20 years ago and frankly any concept of other parts being nice is unpossible 110
Mark Norman Francis @cackhanded.net · 20/09/2026First time I stayed I was in the Clift, and went for a walk straight into the Tenderloin 120
Reposted by Mark Norman FrancisMatt Round @mattround.com · 20/09/2026Happy to announce that the internet’s no.1 crisp sandwich stock site will be getting an update in time for Crisp Sandwich Day, a whole new category of content vole.wtf/buttystock/vole.wtfButtyStock 🥪 free crisp sandwich stock photosPhotos, illustrations, videos and 3D models featuring varied crisp (potato chip) sandwiches, all under a CC0 public domain license. 02710
Reposted by Mark Norman FrancisNick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 19/09/2026The RNLI is the closest you will ever get to actual Batman. When rescue is visibly, viscerally, obviously impossible; when the water is a smothering, thundering black wall and the wind is screaming straight from Hell; when you are absolutely going to die: someone’s hand pulls you out and you don’t. 61257350
Reposted by Mark Norman FrancisLiam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Lord give me the arrogance of a tax exile who feels the right to comment on the tax policies and general running of a country who you have deprived of billions by registering yourself in Monacobbc.co.ukBillionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UKIneos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea. 721181326
Reposted by Mark Norman FrancisPavel @spavel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026We told everyone that programming wasn't the hard part, but no one believed us. The reason LLMs can excrete sort-of-okay code is that sort-of-okay code has been a commodity good for 20+ years. Then, just like now, the bottleneck was understanding what people actually want.nytimes.comOpinion | A.I. Slopware Is Everywhere Now. Nobody Is Using It. (Gift Article)Just because A.I. is revolutionizing coding, doesn’t mean it will automatically revolutionize our apps. 14466111
Reposted by Mark Norman FrancisTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 16/09/2026Reading proofs from book & remembering what I wrote in 2015: "I am very concerned about the future of AI. Not because of the risk of rogue machines taking over. But because of the homogeneous, one-dimensional group of men who are currently involved in advancing the technology.” 6723199
Reposted by Mark Norman FrancisPatrick W. Reed @patrickwreed.bsky.social · 16/09/2026this is the thing with "patriots" - they hate the people of this country, they hate the government of this country, they hate the BBC, they hate the National Trust, they hate the RNLI, they hate our universities, they hate the NHS. At some point, someone needs to ask them what they're so proud of. 2399
Mark Norman Francis @cackhanded.net · 16/09/2026I read it as Piddlington the first time and for a moment wondered if we finally had The Onion UK. 010
Reposted by Mark Norman FrancisJess Miers 🦝 @jmiers230.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I did a somewhat deep dive into the recent OpenAI and Anthropic "hacks" for an upcoming interview. IMO, the AI companies are better off running with the "rogue AI" story because the real story is actually pretty embarrassing. Like making your Wi-Fi password "wifi" embarrassing. 🧵 341835794
Reposted by Mark Norman FrancisJonathan McDowell @planet4589.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Apparently the commander of the International Space Station brought her dancing pants to space with her 1163138704
Reposted by Mark Norman FrancisKippy Woo @tygerwhocame2t.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Can't believe it's been 27 years since them slags blew the moon out of its orbit, it still freaks my nut out to this day. 0289
Reposted by Mark Norman FrancisMuseum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Bare minimum for holding a conversation: Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray, South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio, Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television, North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe. (posts i make after midnight don't count) 2432729
Reposted by Mark Norman FrancisMikel Reparaz @wikiparaz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026PAUL: What’s in the box? REVEREND MOTHER: Pain. [PAUL hesitantly puts his hand in the BOX, then FROWNS IN CONFUSION. He pulls out A BAGUETTE.] REVEREND MOHER: Hōn hōn, 6276872019
Reposted by Mark Norman FrancisMatt Round @mattround.com · 10/09/2026🥪 Crisp Sandwich Day is next month, so please do get in touch if you want to do something daft for it, whether it’s a workplace thing or you run a pub/cafe or you’re going to run around in a crisp sandwich suit, whatever 4146
Mark Norman Francis @cackhanded.net · 11/09/2026An informal legal notice is on the back of a postcard featuring Blackpool Tower. “Stop telling lies. Wish you were here.” 110
Reposted by Mark Norman FrancisD r e a m k i d @dreamkid83.com · 11/09/2026I don’t wanna be biased and I know all trends come and go but the 80s will never die. The visuals, sounds, heart and emotion is unmatched and it will never not be cool, I’ve said what I’ve said 😂 6885
Reposted by Mark Norman FrancisDel - Martian Observer @martian-observer.net · 08/09/2026Ea-nāṣir would absolutely love these times 042
Mark Norman Francis @cackhanded.net · 07/09/2026I grew up with Classic Space Lego. I wanted but couldn’t afford the Model Team series where they made airfix-equivalent detailed models of things like 18 wheeler cabs. Lego is more detailed and inventive than it was in my day, everyday sets now have the detail that premium sets had in my childhood. 020
Mark Norman Francis @cackhanded.net · 07/09/2026@koboldpress.com Hi! I’ve been spending some time turning the Black Flag RD into Markdown. Is there a place to send feedback on errors I find that’s more helpful than just using support.koboldpress.com? 000
Mark Norman Francis @cackhanded.net · 07/09/2026Also why am I asking you when I could ask KP directly, apologies! 000
Mark Norman Francis @cackhanded.net · 07/09/2026@wolfgangbaur.bsky.social Hi! I’ve been spending some time turning the Black Flag RD into Markdown. Is there a place to send feedback on errors I find that’s more helpful than just using support.koboldpress.com? 210
Reposted by Mark Norman FrancisSam Whyte @samwhyte.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Last week, I had the following exchange with a Deliveroo rider: "Thanks for the tip, by the way. It's over a week since anyone tipped" "What?? Seriously??" "Yeah. It's not even that unusual to go a week without" What the fuck? Tip your underpaid gig slaves, you horrible bastards. 4485
Reposted by Mark Norman FrancisGame Shows @gameshows.cackhanded.net · 05/09/2026Gonk #PS5Share #StarWarsZeroCompany 001
Reposted by Mark Norman FrancisTom King @tallgeekychap.bsky.social · 05/09/2026British media accurately describe a fascist mob challenge. 28430
Mark Norman Francis @cackhanded.net · 05/09/2026Geeks love… #daily #tshirt norm.hasworn.com/tshirts/geek... — This is the 11th time I've worn this since October 2012. It is my 135th most frequently worn tshirt. And I wear it every 5th September in memory of its designer, Cindy Li. Gone too soon. 040
Mark Norman Francis @cackhanded.net · 04/09/2026Are you reviewing season one, two or three? Because it seems applicable all ways. 010
Mark Norman Francis @cackhanded.net · 04/09/2026It at least doesn’t biff the ending like some shows I could mention 110
