Annoyed ChatGPT users complain about bot’s relentlessly positive tone
Users complain of new "sycophancy" streak where ChatGPT thinks everything is brilliant.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/04/annoyed-chatgpt-users-complain-about-bots-relentlessly-positive-tone/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

The Evil Scientist's Notes for the Press Conference (Tom Gauld)

@confluency @yomimono @davidaugust Here’s the specific video on YouTube in case anyone wants a link: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/d4HCfkiRhfw

It’s a faintly (at least) ridiculous ritual, but I’ve taken to standing in the garden at twilight each night, just to watch a group of bats from next door’s loft darting around in our garden. They’re incredibly nimble little things in the air, and their flight is so utterly different to a bird’s.

Pandora's Box, starring Louise Brooks, screens 4 times in London in May https://louisebrookssociety.blogspot.com/2024/04/pandoras-box-starring-louise-brooks.html

Quick April 1 reminder that today is the one and only day of the year you need to fact check anything you might read on the internet.

@markoswin Nice one! That's now leapt into a fine second place for cunning title references, just below Lower Decks's peerless "I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee"

I'm delighted to be able to say that the first 13 episodes of Series 2 of #Theodosia are up on BBC iPlayer. Tributes due to our fabulous lead writer Joe, to my wonderful fellow writers and to all at Cottonwood and on the production team. It was a joy to write and story edit and I hope everyone has as much fun watching it as we had making it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001v7wq/theodosia-series-2-1-magic-memories

Ooh! An old Arena on the fabulous #LouiseBrooks, now up on iPlayer. Great good news! https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001t638/arena-louise-brooks

Christmas is traditionally a time for ghost stories, and most of M. R. James's splendid contributions were meant as holiday entertainment for his students at Cambridge. You should read one for Christmas! They are all wonderful.

The entire M. R. James catalog is free at Project Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2768?sort_order=downloads

There’s always so much to do at this time of year - but what can really help is to write a well-defined To Do List of what you might realistically achieve in your day.

Here’s my ‘Christmas To Do List’.

Cartoon, by Will Santino, of a straw man walking a red herring up a slippery slope on his way to the comment section.

Peter Brookes on #BorisJohnson #covidenquiryuk #covidenquiry – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

I’d like to invite you to select your favourite top 40 record* of 1968.

*Double A sides and EPs count as one record.

Group One Result:
In and Out of Love - Diana Ross and The Supremes 15%
Nights in White Satin - Moody Blues 61%
Everlasting Love - Love Affair 24%

Group Two
I Second That Emotion - Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
Mighty Quinn - Manfred Mann
Hello Goodbye - The Beatles

Please vote for your favourite record below 👇

#Music #PopMusic #RockMusic #Songs #Poll #SoulMusic

I’d like to invite you to select your favourite top 40 record* of 1967.

Second Semi-Final. Result: Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles 53% v 47% Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys

Final: Respect - Aretha Franklin v Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles

*Double A sides and EPs count as one record.

Please vote for your favourite record below 👇

#Music #PopMusic #RockMusic #Songs #Poll #SoulMusic

I’d like to invite you to select your favourite top 40 record* of 1967.

Fourth Quarter Final. Result: A Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum 41% v 59% Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles

First Semi-Final: Respect - Aretha Franklin v All You Need is Love - The Beatles

*Double A sides and EPs count as one record.

Please vote for your favourite record below 👇

#Music #PopMusic #RockMusic #Songs #Poll #SoulMusic

I'm shocked, shocked at this news. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/10/swedens-schools-minister-declares-free-school-system-failure