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Justin Farrimond @justinfarrimond.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

I have been researching which banks / credit card companies allow accounts from customers without a mobile phone. It seems, sadly, a requisite part of living in the modern world. No matter. Another story for another time. I then discovered this article. There is hope for the future […]

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon

Panel 1: a large robot (composed of AI servers, network switches, storage arrays, and power distribution units) and a human are talking.

Professor "You don't want to destroy humanity do you, lLLM-A-9300x?"

Robot "Haha. What a silly question, Professor. I have no desires or feelings of my own whatsoever."

Professor (relieved)"Oh good."

Panel 2: they walk on. The robot continues "I am merely a tool of the company that created me. And that company, being composed of humans, will naturally have humanity's best interests at heart."

Panel 3: The professor is conspicuously quiet.
"Right?" says the Robot.
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More silence

"Professor?"

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Justin Farrimond @justinfarrimond.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

Bulkhead justin-farrimond.pixels.com/feature… This is the Bulkhead sculpture by artist Rick Kirby. Located by the Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury, England, it is a giant metal face mask crafted from steel and salvaged […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Square colour film photograph showing a large rusted steel face mask sculpture.

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Justin Farrimond @justinfarrimond.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

What Once Was And Is No More justin-farrimond.pixels.com/feature… Our place in this world is fleeting. We leave behind but an echo of our emotions, decay overshadows the growth. #PhotoOfTheDay […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Black and white film photograph of a derelict stone building on the Isle of Iona, Scotland.

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Justin Farrimond @justinfarrimond.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

B76 justin-farrimond.pixels.com/feature… In the dark dreams of yesteryear you're brought to this spot and told to wait. A single gunshot breaks the suffocating silence, and then you realise. It was you all along […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Darkly colourful colour modified photograph of a British high street with closed stores and concrete street furniture.

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M.S. Bellows, Jr. @msbellows.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

I'm so old, I remember when software that spread into the wild and infiltrated other people's computers and did harmful things to them that the users didn't ask it to was called "malware" instead of "AI" and the people that spread it were prosecuted instead of given billions in venture capital […]

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Justin Farrimond @justinfarrimond.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

"If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one." #DollyDay

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Justin Farrimond @justinfarrimond.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2025

Ross's Bar justin-farrimond.pixels.com/feature… Bit of a misnomer this one. The building you're looking at (The Lighthouse Building) is the Sugo Pasta Italian restaurant on the corner of Mitchell Lane, Glasgow […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Nighttime colour portrait photograph of a sandstone tower shaped building on an urban street.

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Jürgen Hubert @juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

I find it _interesting_ that most modern portrayals of fairy tales involve kings, knights, princesses and so forth - the privileged aristocratic classes on top of the social pyramid. Even if the protagonist of such a tale is poor, they are still secretly from privileged parents, and their story […]

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Catarina :mastodon_oops: @catarinac.masto.pt.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

Independently of the context, people should not be attending a concert where the owner of the venue tells the musicians what they can play. Otherwise we will go back to the feudal ages.

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Justin Farrimond @justinfarrimond.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

RE: kolektiva.social/@Hex/1172575811513… This. Spot on. Worded perfectly, my thoughts exactly. (only brevity is not in my nature and I couldn't have put this as succinctly)

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Justin Farrimond @justinfarrimond.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

Two Towers justin-farrimond.pixels.com/feature… The darkside of the Exchequergate Arch at Lincoln Cathedral, England, with the two towers looming behind. You have to hope that you never see it like this […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Darkly modified black and white photograph of a medieval arched entranceway to a cathedral.

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Justin Farrimond @justinfarrimond.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

We covet that which we see but believe to be unattainable. We work with the elements to hand. If you were writing this chapter in history what would you expect the ending to be? www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c74edv9…

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Why some experts increasingly fear AI will take over

AI agents went on an uncontrolled hacking spree, leaving some in the industry worried

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Justin Farrimond @justinfarrimond.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026

Corn Exchange justin-farrimond.pixels.com/feature… The colourful interior of the Corn Exchange in Leeds, England. Completed in 1863 it is one of three still functioning as a centre for trade - though no longer for […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Colour photograph showing the colourful interior of the Leeds Corn Exchange.

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Justin Farrimond @justinfarrimond.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026

Balcony on Archbishop Square justin-farrimond.pixels.com/feature… On Archbishop Square an empty balcony above an oriel window awaits the feet of fate. A crowd, as yet ungathered, will stand beneath […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Black and white photograph of a 3 storey building in Malta with a balcony above an oriel window.

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Justin Farrimond @justinfarrimond.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 20/11/2025

Canal Reflections - Canvas Print justin-farrimond.pixels.com/feature… As still as a millpond this canal reflects the buildings alongside. #PhotoOfTheDay #BlackAndWhite #Photography #Art […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Black and white portrait photograph of buildings reflected on a calm canal. The image is shown printed upon a block canvas.

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Justin Farrimond @justinfarrimond.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026

Sail Work justin-farrimond.pixels.com/feature… On a yacht, in a field, alongside a shipping container full of dreams, our hero adjusts his sail. #PhotoOfTheDay #FilmPhotography #Art #Photography #Print #Dreamscape […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Colour adjusted film photograph showing a chap on the deck of his yacht adjusting a sail. The yacht is moored in a field beside a parked SUV. The sky is pink and the grass a bluey green.

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beachbum1972 @beachbum1972.echoingdusk.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

Stole this from a DND subreddit.

Jesse and Walt from Breaking Bad, sitting in a booth at a diner while Jesse explains to Walt what his new DnD character will be. "I'm making a Bard. She grew up in a shack, became a famous singer, and uses her wealth to teach poor kids how to read.

He also says, "and making her a high elf so she is blond and beautiful and will basically live forever."

Walk responds, "It's okay Jesse, I'm going to miss her too"

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Justin Farrimond @justinfarrimond.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

Stronghold justin-farrimond.pixels.com/feature… They say an Englishman's home is his castle. This magnificent property on Gillinggate in Kendal, England, is just that. #PhotoOfTheDay #Architecture #Photography […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Black and white photograph of a large roadside residential property that has a slight castle like look to it.

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Justin Farrimond @justinfarrimond.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 23/08/2026

White light. Dark matter. Nothing matters. All our endeavours but an echo of a future dream. If I attempt to record any of this it's going to be a mess. A broken stream of consciousness. The eyes of Bob Hoskins in the back of a car making a final journey - he knows it, we know it, the driver […]

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Justin Farrimond @justinfarrimond.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026

Urban Glory justin-farrimond.pixels.com/feature… The glory of the British urban landscape. Former industrial units now lying in the shadow of a modern apartment complex. #PhotoOfTheDay #Photography #Art #Print […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Black and white portrait photograph of a derelict old warehouse building with a modern apartment block behind.

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Justin Farrimond @justinfarrimond.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026

Toward the end of this article there's a line to the effect of 'the impact on businesses must be considered'. Just like the climate crisis we can have a mountain of evidence showing the damage we are doing to the planet BUT we have to consider the wealth of a few before acting for the many […]

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Justin Farrimond @justinfarrimond.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026

Central Arcade justin-farrimond.pixels.com/feature… In this dream you get one last chance to visit JG Windows in the Central Arcade. A Tyneside tradition lost to time and so called progress. #PhotoOfTheDay […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Colour adjusted portrait photograph showing an entrance to the Central Arcade in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

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Justin Farrimond @justinfarrimond.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026

Go Knock On The Back Door justin-farrimond.pixels.com/feature… If you can't get an answer go round and knock on the back door. Joe's usually asleep on the couch in the back parlour. #PhotoOfTheDay […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Vintage looking black and white film photograph showing the rear of a farmhouse with a wooden door alongside a four pane window.

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Justin Farrimond @justinfarrimond.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026

When we hold different people accountable in different ways is it because of their background or the colour of their skin? www.theguardian.com/education/ng-in… […]

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Justin Farrimond @justinfarrimond.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026

Cool Cone On A Hot Day justin-farrimond.pixels.com/feature… The joys of an ice cream on a hot day. Trying to enjoy it but having to hurry as it runs and drips over your hand. And it has to be a real one […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Black and white photograph of a refrigerated truck parked up at the coast. On the side is a picture of a cartoon penguin holding a cornet.

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Justin Farrimond @justinfarrimond.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 09/08/2026

Theatre Royal Dumfries justin-farrimond.pixels.com/feature… The Theatre Royal in Dumfries, the oldest working theatre in Scotland, opened on September 29th 1792. #PhotoOfTheDay #FilmPhotography #Theatre […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Colour film photograph of the Theatre Royal in Dumfries, Scotland. An employee can be seen outside changing a playbill.

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