James Bell @jamesbellcentral.net · 19/05/2026No parenting manual prepared me for this Island of Dr Moreau freak show 020
James Bell @jamesbellcentral.net · 14/06/2025Life lesson from my four-year-old: when life gives you lemons, eat the fucking lemons 010
James Bell @jamesbellcentral.net · 22/05/2025Still, twenty-five years later... #Microsong #MusicSky 010
James Bell @jamesbellcentral.net · 21/05/2025The dark side of @jameshoffmann.bsky.social (and my lack of self-control + the existence of loan sharks) #Microsong #MusicSky 010
James Bell @jamesbellcentral.net · 20/05/2025He's just another prick in the scroll #Microsong #MusicSky 021
James Bell @jamesbellcentral.net · 07/05/2025Never realised I had this on my guitar. And it’s been up full all this time! Makes sense though 020
James Bell @jamesbellcentral.net · 30/04/2025“Because fundamentally the tiger is a metaphor for capitalism…” 020
James Bell @jamesbellcentral.net · 11/04/2025‘Predatory Manosphere Grifters Hate This One Weird Trick’ 000
James Bell @jamesbellcentral.net · 13/01/2025Seeing, hearing and reading about the all the gadgets from the first #CES of the Vichy Tech era just makes me want to keep sharing this: 000
![TECH REVIEWER:
Okay, the moment has finally arrived. It's the one we've all been talking about: this is the new Andromeda Lifebox.
[Gestures to 5ft by 2ft metal box styled like a gaming phone.]
TECH REVIEWER:
Now, what you do is crawl through that door and kinda curl up – I'm not going to do that now, and you'll see why in a moment. And then... then, well, then this box will feed you, keep your body healthy, safe, and not only that – it will entertain you every waking hour with a constant stream of AI generated content specifically tailored to your neural makeup. Forever. For the rest of your life. Now...
[Gestures to the box's open door.]
Once you get in, this door will actually close behind you and lock permanently so you won't ever be able to get out, so there is that downside. But check this out...
[Waves hand slowly by the side of the box and upper panel glistens with thousands of tiny multicoloured LEDs.]
TECH REVIEWER:
Siiiiiiick!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zxzg47frzkdw5de6y53f2sxr/bafkreicphuljv7jq33kms65newxtl2hptsgeth6u7l265syr6yxgimw7je)
![Painting: 'An Old Man at a Casement' by Govaert Flinck [1646]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zxzg47frzkdw5de6y53f2sxr/bafkreia75tarxiu2hmjufgvggqyieokztnpxhdkhyhxjcmjflipftxovxm)
