John Nomiddlename Iser

John Nomiddlename Iser

@johniser.bsky.social

Australian (Northern Tablelands, NSW). Retired Pubic Circus clown. Passing interest in politics (socialist), economics (post-Keynesian, MMT-curious), and music (mostly Americana and related).

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the Juice Media
@thejuicemedia.com

The Government™ has made an ad about all these protests happening around the world, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative.

John Nomiddlename Iser
@johniser.bsky.social

How I love these things, where you supply personal information to a bunch of strangers in the certain knowledge that it would _never_ be used for any felonious porpoise. Anyhow: THIS IS ME ▪︎ height - taller than The Tallest Man On Earth (Kristian Matsson) ▪︎ age - old enough to know better

John Nomiddlename Iser
@johniser.bsky.social

Remembering Keith Reid, co-writer of You're The Voice and lyricist for Procol Harum, on what would have been his 80th birthday. His name - indeed, his life - was a refutation of the spelling rule "'i' before 'e' except after 'c'". We should pull back the veil on this weighty fact.

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John Nomiddlename Iser
@johniser.bsky.social

He may also have known their roadie/assistant Neil Aspinall. They may even have been neighbours. It's uncertain whether he ever met former British PM Keir Starmer. He was a contemporary of Deidre Sanders, the agony aunt columnist. It's certain that some of his cells divided by meiosis.

John Nomiddlename Iser
@johniser.bsky.social

His favourite colour may have been beige, or it could have been one that appears in a kaleidoscope. All in all, he lived a life that was neither leisurely or seismic. He did nothing heinous, and was never addicted to codeine.

John Nomiddlename Iser
@johniser.bsky.social

Remembering Keith Reid, co-writer of You're The Voice and lyricist for Procol Harum, on what would have been his 80th birthday. His name - indeed, his life - was a refutation of the spelling rule "'i' before 'e' except after 'c'". We should pull back the veil on this weighty fact.

John Nomiddlename Iser
@johniser.bsky.social

He reified the idea that 'pale' could have a whiter shade, and wrote many other songs in that vein. Some of his other lyrics were weirder. He travelled in the United Kingdom, and may have visited Reigate, Leicester and Leith.

John Nomiddlename Iser
@johniser.bsky.social

He also visited foreign countries, and may have been to Madeira. He may also have travelled to Leinster in Eire. It's unlikely that he visited the Chinese provinces of Hubei and Heilongjiang. He may have known The Beatles' managers Brian Epstein and Allen Klein.

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Catherine Munro
@catherinemmunro.bsky.social

Yesterday was one of those rare and beautiful autumn days where the sun shone and there was barely a breath of wind. Unfortunately today normal service has resumed with wind and rain aplenty #Shetland

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Catherine Munro
@catherinemmunro.bsky.social

The Dore Holm sea stack is often compared to a horse bending to drink from the sea. Here is a Shetland pony demonstrating the accuracy of this description #Shetland

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David Milner
@davemilbo.bsky.social

We've turned onto Hatt Rd to Pine Gap. Felicity Hayes, elder of the Arrernte, and Senator @davidshoebridge.bsky.social are delivering a letter demanding the closure of the US base, reparations for the traditional owners of this land, and for the people of Gaza being hurt by its operations.

John Nomiddlename Iser
@johniser.bsky.social

"Yet we seem stuck with LLMs, perhaps because they have been so aggressively marketed." _Now_ they tell us!🙄

Joanna Mendelssohn@oldlillipilli.bsky.social

www.theatlantic.com/technology/2... At last , an intelligent article on AI and the limitations of the Large Language Models promoted by the behemoths trying to take over our water & electricity. This is a gift article from @theatlantic.com

theatlantic.comGenerative AI Is an Engineering DisasterA shockingly inefficient trillion-dollar project

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Catherine Munro
@catherinemmunro.bsky.social

Recently the island of Mousa became home to Shetland ponies once again again. It is a joy to see the next generation of these beautiful horses standing by the iconic Mousa broch #Shetland