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DreamsOfGerontius

@dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social
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Games and puzzles hobbyist for life at dreamsofgerontius.com Physicist and European Patent Attorney for the last 25 years, currently in the nuclear fusion industry

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DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Difficult to imagine a less useful mnemonic than this Not only does the "A" really mean "Cover", it's not even an ordered sequence of actions. I wonder if @rlssuk.bsky.social can shed light on whether this mess was a consequence of AI or "committee brainstorming"? Difficult to tell
"Splash safely" promo with S.A.F.E. mnemonic for 
Supervise 
After use cover it
Fence it
Empty it
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DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
It's not a star wars vibe they were going for, and the specificity of this remark makes me think this is actually someone making a joke at Trump's expense
"Inspired by the... Starship Trooper uniform."
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DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I've just realised this is the Life of Brian blasphemy debate but with the added thrill of the Church of England debate shouting "we're not the establishment, you're the establishment" at Palin and Cleese
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DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Eventually gave in and clicked on the bait
Full headline: "Psychology says parents who like to play board games at home with their kids, friends or family aren't simply looking for entertainment."
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DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I spent like 10 seconds trying to work out what "sim" was a coded insult in Gen Z lingo
A headline: "Psychology says parents who like to play board games at home with their kids, friends or family aren't sim"
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DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Did not know about this. It was prophetic obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2011/05...
Excerpt from Obama's 2011 roasting of Trump (linked)
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DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
It's people!
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DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Or screwworm From Forbes yesterday: www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
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DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
The sheet of music:
Tomorrow Belongs to Me from Cabaret
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DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Playground graffiti I can approve of
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DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Me too, though this is legitimately funny
A bluesky post claiming Somali immigrants "STOLE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS" linking to a news article about a $21 million autism fraud
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DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Should rename it the Ministry of Justice
Partying like it's 1984
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DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
#YoungV&A
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DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
No
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DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
The "you wouldn't steal a car" meme, but it says "you need ID to have a child"
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DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Haven't the "divorced widows" suffered enough?
An online dating advert picturing an AI generated 20-something woman and inviting you to meet "divorced widows"
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DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Alt: the Jeff Goldblum staring at dinosaur shit meme, but it's all AI
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DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
While we're talking Lupita Nyong'o, can I flag how far down the billing she is for The Wild Robot, despite being the *title character*. Though even this is an improvement: When I looked up the film a year ago, she appeared lower down than actors who did the foreign language dubs.
Google results for "cast of the wild robot" puts Lupita Nyong'o 6th in the list despite being the title character
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DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
#PerfectAI
A photo of an AI assisted internet search for anagrams of the word "chocolate". 

The list of possible anagrams is just the word CHOCOLATE repeated 10 times followed by the assertion that there are 172 words in total
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DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Don't let the people who really did vote for this off the hook by saying it's all Twitter bots and foreign interference
Photo after photo of "Mass Deportation Now" signs at Trump rallies, not from foreign Twitter bots
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DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Hmm...
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DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
My 5th wordle in 1! But now I need a new starting word. 🤔
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DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Never forget:
Bhattacharya in Jan 2021: "Majority Indians have natural immunity [from Covid]. Vaccinating entire population can cause great harm"BBC News in April 2021: "India Covid: Delhi builds makeshift funeral pyres as deaths climb"
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DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Disappointingly ubiquitous, too
Reuters and Sky News summarising Terence Stamp's career as "Superman star/villain", respectively
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DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Never forget:
January 2021: Bhattacharya opines that majority Indians have natural immunity to COVID-19 and mass vaccination is therefore unethicalApril 2021: BBC News reports on mass funeral pyres in Delhi as COVID-19 deaths climb
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DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Meme template of guy in a club shouting in ear of a bored girl in a red dress with text "you'd be better off as my 51st state"
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DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Any Wikipedia editors want to try keeping some variation of this edit alive at en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26O_S... or others?
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DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Better late than never 😁
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DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
No. As always AI cannot be trusted to be either correct or consistent. This is from 30 seconds ago
Is a Haggis an animal? Google AI Overview says yes
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DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
No need to go back that far to justify the Mail's nickname of "The Daily Heil". Their "Enemies of the people" story from 2016, in response to a judicial ruling that the Government required Parliamentary approval, also chose to specify that one of the judges is gay. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enemies...
Daily Mail front page from 2016 labelling three judges as "Enemies of the people" for ruling against the UK Government
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DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
My new starting word was a stonker!
Wordle statistics screen. Player has just got their third "first guess" win
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DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Got this nice Christmas present from Wordle. Now I need to find a new starting word...
A Wordle stats screen. The player has just got their second "first guess" win out of 1024 games played.
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DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Ok, I'll just have half a bar
World record setting chocolate bar from 2010, made in Armenia, being a massive 5.6 metres long
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DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social · 21/10/2024
GenAI can't even scrape the Amazon store front reliably. What logical fallacy is the opposite to "appeal to authority"? That's where AI is right now...
Amazon's AI tool Rufus says "Ask me all your shopping questions, but I may not always get things right"
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DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social · 17/09/2024
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,166,713!
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DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social · 29/08/2024
The "Trump Bill Signing" meme. Trump has declared himself "Not Weird"
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DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social · 27/07/2024
This was the NYT Vertex puzzle yesterday
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DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social · 26/07/2024
Even the NYT puzzle app is joining in on the fun...
The NYT's Vertex puzzle for 26 July 2024 features a ruffled-looking red couch as the solution with the title of "Sitting Pretty"
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DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social · 20/05/2024
A list of rules concerning political advertising particularly for elective candidates
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DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social · 18/05/2024
Why is measles rare? imgflip.com/i/8qh0su
The goose chasing a mouse meme where someone says "I don't vaccinate their children because measles is rare" and the goose asks "why is it rare?" and then "why is it rare, motherf*cker?"
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DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social · 16/04/2024
A Star Trek TNG meme using the "Shaka, when the walls fell" template image with the text "Apoplexy, where the Confederacy surrendered"
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DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social · 01/03/2024
Panda panda panda panda 🐼
Panda panda panda panda panda panda panda 🐼
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DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social · 31/01/2024
I'm getting the impression it wasn't written or edited with the greatest care or attention...
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DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social · 16/01/2024
Bye bye, 30p Lee
Q: What did Lee Anderson ever do for us?
ChatGPT: There isn't a widely recognized figure named Lee Anderson known for specific contributions. If you have a specific context or more details, I might be able to provide relevant information. Otherwise, it's possible there might be a misunderstanding or confusion with a different individual.
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DreamsOfGerontius @dreamsofgerontius.bsky.social · 26/11/2023
Having fun with #raspberrypi pico Tutorials suggest bitwise shifting for making an RGB LED colour gradient, but overlapping cosine functions felt far less opaque and more easily reconfigurable! #ChristmasLights
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