Given we seem to been having dumb outrage stories about who goes on a bank note for about a decade, its of no surprise that the public went "how about a nice otter or something?" when asked.
in fairness i play boardgames with the kids a lot so being quixotically targeted because its funny is an occupational hazard.
oh god, flashbacks to "i would have won if you hadn't ganged up to stop me".
Back in our university days one of the guys we used to boardgame with picked up a reputation for complaining his opponents would "play the game wrong" when they did things he didn't like.
If you see this, post a robot.
Therefore they make make moves based on assumptions on their opponent just complying with their battle plan, and get frustrated or befuddled when the opponent doesn't to that. You see it a lot - hell, its easy to do it yourself - and it can limit your performance a lot.
Anyway, seen the news?
At a war games tournament over the weekend one of the conversations we had was about how one of the things that can limit a player is that fail to consider that their opponent has agency in the game too, and will often not make the move that the player "believes to be the correct one".
The Wednesday morning urge to chuck it all in and go and live in the woods like some kind of oddball moss hermit.
And stayed in the reason they called it the "Soviet Block". Right?
We did find a Soviet themed restaurant with the most amazing menu though (it was called Red Hog).
Back from a lovely 4 days in Warsaw but completely shattered. Good time had by all but a day under the metaphorical duvet beckons.
Very 8 this morning.
The museum of culture and technology, Warsaw. Formerly the Josef Stalin Building of Culture and Technology so yeah thats a thing.
A local chap was telling us there is a hot debate about whether to co-opt some of the Soviet replacement buildings as symbols of the city of demolish them as Stalinist horrors.
"I must say they've got some lovely open plaza here in the centre of Warsaw"
"Mike, we went to a whole museum yesterday about how the Germans bombed the whole city flat'
"Oh right"
Screenshot of the Polish version of Just Eat with a "Erotica" section highlighted.
Polish Just Eat hits differently
I swear I felt about 100 years old.
This reminds me of the time one of the kids expressed confusion about a same-sex couple on a TV show. I started to explain about how sometimes boys like boys and girls like girls and he fixed me an expression and said "Dad, I know what a Lesbian is. I just dont think those two belong together"
Yes but too late to do the game, sadly. Cheaper flights dontchaknow
Indeed.
Museum of the Warsaw Uprising. Strong vibe of "the Germans were really bad but we really hate the fucking Russians"
"The Red Army 'Liberators' feel free and easy on Polish Territory" caption from the Museum of the Warsaw Uprising.
I dont think ive ever seen a sarcastic label in a museum before.
Very amused* by the folks that told us to get out of the EU because we couldn't take an infringement on our treasured independent foreign policy goals now saying we should outsource our treasured independent foreign policy to the US.
*enraged
Ah we are Giants once.
(Or not...!)
Gate D66 at Schiphol airport
Emperor Palpatine, executing order 66
Now boarding, My Master.
I'm just a Hobby Modellist, staring out of the window of an airliner, checking out the weathering on the wing.
I just instantly fell into it. I do wish id seen it earlier.
Excuse me i also watch Strictly and The Traitors.
So we finished the first season of Detectorists and may be one of closest to perfect seasons of TV ive ever seen.
Dammit how have I not watched this until now?
A fluffy tuxedo cat with big fluffy face whiskers stuck on a roof, looking sternly down on us all.
This guy has been sat on the neighbours roof for a couple of hours with the attitude of someone composing a letter to the Telegraph about how Keir Starmer has forgotten that Cats Stuck on Roofs Made Britain Great.
