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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 53m

Skies over Bern getting all Turner.

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 8h

#NowPlaying I haven't listened to Debussy for a while.

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 9h

Starting off #halloween season with a reading of W Somerset Maugham's novel The Magician, based in part on his casual acquaintance with Aleister Crowley, who Maugham "took an immediate dislike to." #booksky

1st edition cover of Somerset Maugham's novel The Magician

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#NowPlaying Quite an underappreciated #jazz album, given the bonkers line-up: Miles Davis, Bill Evans, John Coltrane, Ben Webster, Donald Byrd, Art Farmer, Herbie Mann, and others.

Album cover: Michel Legrand - Legrand Jazz

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I'm sitting in bed reading Charlie Brown Coronet paperbacks like it's 1978. #peanuts

Selection of Coronet Charlie Brown books

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Coming soon from Warner Bros/Skydance: CASABLANCA: Major Strasser is the brave German officer who tries to close down a notorious nightclub frequented by illegal refugees, left-wing subversives, treacherous criminals, & Laszlo, a Czech terrorist aided & abetted by Rick, the club's murderous owner"

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I just got an invite from W Social, the anti-disinfo, 'privacy-focused European alternative' to X and other US services controlled by tech loons. Purportedly, all user data is legally stored in the EU & governed by European law. ID required. Anyone have any experience or thoughts about W? #WSocial

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I just ate too much Linzertorte, having also eaten chocolate and caramel butter earlier, (not to forget my adhd stimulants), and now I have a sugar high of 10 on the crack cocaine Richter scale.

static.klipy.com

Excited Kid's First Candy Floss Experience

Alt: Excited Kid's First Candy Floss Experience

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The whole thing's a mess. My books are on the LibGen/PiLiMi databases & were scraped for AI training by Anthropic/Meta et al, but I've been removed from the compensation eligibility list due to a narrower defining of class action criteria. If someone's getting a payout, it sure as shit ain't me.

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Back in the mid-20th century, they predicted we'd be living in a utopia by now. And they were right, we are. The only detail they omitted was that it's a sociopath's idea of a utopia.

'By 2016 man's intelligence and intellect will be able to be increased by drugs and linking human brains directly to computers!'

Panel from the Dec. 26, 1965 edition of Our New Age by Athelstan Spilhaus (Novak Archive)

Meal as pills from Conquest Of Space, 1955

Futuristic 'bachelor pad' by Richard Arbib

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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 01/10/2026

OpenAI is mad that a Chinese AI company is "stealing" their intellectual property, which wouldn't exist if OpenAI didn't engage in large-scale theft of intellectual property

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If parents around here could hear their shrieking kids the way I hear them, they'd promptly banish them from planet Earth and commit them to inescapable, soundproof prisons on the dark side of the moon.

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

They've lost a fifth of their mass in five years. You can almost watch it happening in real time here.

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#NowPlaying Missa Solemnis, which Beethoven composed during his 'I'm bored of being human; I think I'll become a deity instead' phase.

Album cover: Missa Solemnis by Beethoven (Karajan/Berliner Philharmoniker"

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Beautiful picture of an older woman, 1654. Exactly the eyes of gentle old age. By Michael Sweerts, whose day has been today.

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"Cheering myself up" by reading On the Beach, Nevil Shute's post-apocalyptic novel about mankind's final months.

1st edition of On the Beach by Nevil Shute

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

BREAKING: Claude has a feature called Getting Dressed Mode. It helps you put your clothes on in the right order, like a real valet, who's happy to point out rookie errors, such as putting on your trousers *before* you've put on your underpants. Here are 6 mismatched socks to get you started:

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Starting the day with Bach's complete Partitas. #NowPlaying

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The BBC's new director general's brain is smaller on the inside.

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Des @desdelboy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Painting by Lucien Freud. ‘Factory in North London’ Oil on canvas, 1972. Size 71 x 71 cm.

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

'Acknowledge my Christian compassion and kindness or I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger"

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#NowPlaying Arguably, I have a slight #Stravinsky problem. It doesn't drive me nuts* that I'm only missing one or two of the Columbia Masterworks releases. ... *It does drive me nuts. And yes I've tried Discogs.

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Anthropic: "AI may pose 'existential risks to humanity'" World governments: "Extinction is such a hot market right now, and we want a fat piece of that mouth-waterin' extinction pie for ourselves! Invest everything we have in AI!"

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

*Huge* #migraine / scintillating scotoma incoming... I can just about see a sliver of reality at the periphery of the damn thing.

Impression of a scintillating scotoma: splinter lines and colours, constantly shimmering/moving obscuring vision and creating blind spots

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

While reading, I thought it odd that I couldn't recall a full TV or film adaptation of A Study in Scarlet'... And then I reached the entire middle section of the book which is set in Salt Lake City and portrays Mormons as evil murderers, kidnappers, & enslavers of women. Ah, Victorian authors.

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Ida Lupino was the first woman to direct a Film Noir.

"The Hitch-Hiker" 1953 original poster one sheet

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Rey Skywalker teams up with Jar-Jar Binks, Watto, 2 slapstick, comic-relief Ewoks, and droid Scrap-E-Doo to stop the Empire constructing yet another secret weapon (codenamed 'Defo Not a Moon #4') that has a built-in, easily accessible fatal flaw.

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Only in Switzerland. Workmen having a cheeky fondue by the side of the road over the weekend. Identities obscured to protect the peckish.

Workmen eating fondue by the side of the road.

Workman eating fondue by the side of the road.

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Britain doesn't change. I'm rereading Holmes. It's 1887 and the Daily Telegraph speculates that a murder must have been perpetrated by refugees or socialists, and advocates a closer watch over foreigners, while the Standard blames such outrages on a liberal government. A Study in Red, White & Blue?

1st edition of A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

What all #Meta product announcements look like to me by now. #charm #muse

Fake Bloomberg post:
Meta Harm

Meta Debuts a Device that Liquidates your Internal Organs to Provide
a Sustainable Source of Protein for Mark Zuckerberg's Pet Salamander.

Meta Platforms Inc. just unveiled its new gadget, which is already proving popular among
AI fans who are keen to relinquish not only all their human rights but also their lives...

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Climate protester with "I oppose this" placard [70 years in prison] Corner shop owner with similar business name to a global tech firm [Sued for $19b] Masked thug with illegal weapons endangering lives; and global tech firm with string of serious copyright & hacking violations ["Boys will be boys"]

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Every Monday, one class addressed the school. Each pupil related something about their weekend. I recounted, almost tearfully, how my dad had been severely injured & hospitalised. I was stopped mid-story because everyone, teachers included, were in fits of uncontrollable laughter. *Utterly surreal*.

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"As befitting a filmmaker who is known for his meticulous attention to detail in capturing a time period [...] this adaptation will feature actors speaking in Olde English [sic]" So, only a few hundred years out then. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

hollywoodreporter.com

Robert Eggers Tackling ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Adaptation as Focus Wins Bidding War (Exclusive)

Where art thou? Here art thou: The feature project will be the filmmaker's next after his upcoming 'Werwulf.'

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Despite working in the games industry in the 90s, I didn't particularly like games. I *can't stand* repeating levels/trials over & over until I get them right, especially if they're timed. I didn't consider myself a gamer until Half-Life when I realised, 'Oh wow, so I can actually *play* a movie?

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I've arranged to meet someone for coffee. I don't recall ever arranging to 'meet someone for coffee' before. And I shouldn't have gone along with that particular phrase because I don't drink coffee, so now I'm going to turn up for coffee and say I don't drink coffee.

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Cheering myself up with a bit of Arvo Pärt. #NowPlaying

Grim misty b/w landscape/dead flowers photo

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Banning the free press and commissioning snipers. That's quite some optics. Page 2 of the Ladybird Book of Dictators and Dystopias.

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Trump bans CNN, MS NOW, Politico
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Sheeran reads Gaza apology in Philly
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Cregger's Resident Evil earns praise

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"When the Doctor loses control of the Tardis, he finds himself transported to #Scarfolk, a town forever timed-locked in the 1970s. There he faces dangerous foes including a telekinetic child-owl called Roy; an overhead projector possessed by a demon, and a group of tutting pensioners"

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I see "BB28 double eviction" trending and my first thought is 'I don't understand. How is baby Lou/BB-28 evicted from his BB pod in #DeathStranding?"

Death Stranding 2, Lou/BB-28 in his pod.

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Breaking news from my morning run. 'Street child orphaned by careless road workers' #streetphotography

#Photo of a 'children crossing' pavement sign. An adult holds the hand of a child. The adult has been partially obscured by a layer of fresh tarmac

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

When the grown-ups in the room stop capitulating to the tantrums of a demanding toddler.

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Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This is a good deep-dive into AI slop invading what used to be legit media sites. One thing I’m seeing more and more: slop outlets churning archaeology stories from 1-5 years ago and presenting them as news. 🏺🧪

futurism.com

How Three Brothers Built an AI Slop Empire by Buying Legitimate News Sites and Turning Them Into Zombie Content Farms That They Say Get 50 Million Page Views per Month

Brown Brothers Media is a media empire raking in millions of clicks with AI, fake writers, and plagiarism.

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Pumpkin soup. European vs US recipe sites. Euro: Pumpkin, carrot, onion, garlic, stock, fresh herbs, knob of butter, sprinkling of parmesan. US: Canned pumpkin substitute, garlic'n'onion powder, 6 sachets herb flavorings, 2 lb butter, 5 tbsp salt, 9 slices processed American cheese, orange food dye.

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

My skim-reading skills are appalling. I saw: 2. Trump orders Canadian goose removed 3. Sheeran opens quilt in solidarity 4. Paddington independence referendum

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EU offers Canada associate membership
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Trump orders Canadian goods removed
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Sheeran openers quit in solidarity
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Piddington independence referendum
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Federal Reserve raises interest rates

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