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Tue Feb 17, 2026 2:04 pm

That's some real Black Mirror stuff there.

It's literally the plot of a Black Mirror episode.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be_Right_Back

I watched an episode or two a few months back when it started being posted on Youtube (fairly sure it was just the standard def versions). In my case it's possibly nostalgia speaking, because it was my absolute favourite as a kid, but I 100% agree with you on all points. The soundtrack was superb; i...

https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/meta-patents-ai-that-takes-over-a-dead-persons-account-to-keep-posting-and-chatting-3320326/ Further proof, if any were needed, that social media / AI companies are utter ghouls. According to the patent, the model “may be used for simulating the user when the us...

https://deadline.com/2026/02/gundam-movie-casts-jason-clarke-netflix-legendary-1236717313/ Well ok. I suspect I'm the forum's only Gundam fan, so I'm also the person least likely to enjoy this. These projects always lose something in the translation from anime to live-action, particularly when done...

Pretty savage piece on Peter Molyneux's next and, by the sound of it, final game: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/sim/peter-molyneuxs-masters-of-albion-looks-like-three-games-in-one-but-it-also-looks-like-none-of-them-is-any-good/ When was the last good game he made? Feels like it must have been over...

I always thought those things looked awful to use. Never tried one myself, and I suspect I won't any time soon at that price.

Jerky and jerky-making is a hobby like any other. I googled the name Francis Derby, which is unredacted, and the guy's a professional chef that at one point worked at a famous restaurant called The Cannibal. I'm going to hazard a guess that this is just a name and they didn't serve actual human ther...

Don't take my earlier comment as my suggestion Epstein definitely killed himself, there's a mountain of evidence (or suspicious lack of such to the contrary) for something untoward happening and far too many powerful people with links to him. Honestly it's scary how well connected he's turned out to...

I'm sure Dave's mentioned having to restrict signups or something as the forum has been getting inundated by bots for years now. On the Epstein stuff; I can absolutely believe that the guy was murdered, there's just too much at stake for the people at the top, but I'm not really sure just how stupid...

Mark Kermode watched the Melania film. He does not hold back. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTyUni8dbkE This is how every single story about Trump should be covered; mention a current event, then in the same breath mention one of the many repugnant things that administration is doing for the actua...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c70l0wzww50o

She looks like Phil Mitchell in a wig.

Is the first season of that any good? I wasn't terribly enthusiastic about the films (other than the first, which was fantastic), but I think that's the first bit of media I've seen for it and... it just looks like more of the films rather than some cut down TV version.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj0ngrjy22jo So the FBI are now taking possession of the original ballots from the 2020 presidential election, from a county that was a narrow win for Biden. The News Agents podcast have an interview with an election official from that county, who has what I think...

I don't think so. You can find the text for the Vienna Conventions online, and it doesn't really mention anything about violations of the convention. I suspect all that would happen would be Ecuador would lodge a complaint made to the UN. Given Trump's disdain for the UN, I'm not going to be terribl...

Looks like ICE agents attempted to enter an Ecuadorian consulate building in Minneapolis without permission, and threatened the member of the consulate's staff that stopped him. https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a70173818/ecuadorian-consulate-us-embassy-copenhagen/ I'm not remotely surp...