Notices by Ian Robinson (ianrobinson@mastodon.social)

@WarnerCrocker Congrats!

@WarnerCrocker Ta.

@WarnerCrocker Is it hotter than normal in Chicago?

@WarnerCrocker That How To Spesk Comedy Writer link is in Joel Morris’ book called Be Funny Or Die.

@WarnerCrocker 🤞🏻

RE: https://mastodon.social/@ianRobinson/117162365034668214

Say what?

"Meta will also agree to pay $17.1 billion to states over a period of 10 years. The company outlined its obligations in a blog post, noting that $5.3 billion of this money will only be paid out if YouTube and TikTok implement their own daily time limits and each pay an equivalent amount to that figure.”

@WarnerCrocker Shares of Meta rose 2.3% in early trading.

🤦🏻♂️

@WarnerCrocker The author of that piece had fun with the implied jokes and innuendo! 😊

@WarnerCrocker It probably has less DRAM…

The new Mac Studio Ultra starts at £2,499.

Nope.

There’s a nice view of Orion on its side from Hawaii on the meteor cam attached to the Subaru Telescope building on Mauna Kea right now.

Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/live/M4SoiNSQeFk

Image attached.

#Astronomy

The Gaslight Years - Part One | Robin Ince on Patreon.

Someone is fingered. The one we all knew, but it's not our place to highlight.

https://www.patreon.com/RobinInce/posts/166761233

How I became an extremist - Robin Ince on Patreon.

https://www.patreon.com/RobinInce/posts/166609715?utm_campaign=postshare_fan

@WarnerCrocker 👍🏻

I ordered a MacBook Neo. A blue base model. To be a sofa device when I don’t want to get up and work at my office desk. It’s an iPad Pro replacement. I sold my iPad Pro recently.

I ordered the Neo via Amazon’s 5 x £120 per month payment plan. It’s due tomorrow.

#MacBook

Blogs without RSS feeds are not really blogs.

#RSS

Technology is killing some people’s ability to think https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/01/technology-is-killing-some-peoples-ability-to-think/

#Education #AI

@WarnerCrocker I’ll be interested in your thoughts. I didn’t bother going.

A TV and cinema calamity could be disastrous for what you watch and what you know. Act now to stop that -
Benedict Cumberbatch, Alan Cumming and Benedict Wong.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/ng-interactive/2026/jul/27/tv-cinema-paramount-warner-bros-merger-benedict-cumberbatch-alan-cumming-benedict-wong

#UKPolitics #Film #TV

@WarnerCrocker I can’t wait to read Ed Zitron’s take on this 🤣