CIRCLE WITH A DOT

I find it interesting that the UK and the US both took artists' names to define overly complicated contraptions. Both independently decided that the shorthand was one specific dude's name instead of any other way of naming something, but they just happened to pick different guys. In the US it was Rube Goldberg, in the UK it was Heath Robinson...
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3gqe0elx3o

@nazokiyoubinbou @blogdiva The literal third sentence of their Wikipedia entry explicitly calls out how creator Terry Nation directly used the Nazis as inspiration for the Daleks!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalek

@ami_angelwings The self-righteous

RE: https://mstdn.social/@ComicContext/116094940537955365

"Fades out in a flash"? Shouldn't the sound effect be FOIF then?

Watching "High Road to China." The reviews called it "strictly mediocre, with substandard action scenes and the flattest dialogue this side of the Great Wall."

I'm only a half-hour in, but that seems to me a VERY generous review. I have trouble believing it saw a theatrical release; it looks like it has the budget and recording schedule of a single episode of a TV show. Hastily written and cheaply produced. I've seen Roger Corman films with bigger budgets.

Got a series of videos from my bank supposedly breaking down what to expect in 2026, so you could invest your money properly.

Apparently, everything will be awesome. There was zero mention of market uncertainties and the AI tech boom offers lots of great opportunities.

My reaction to hearing such wonderful news, of course, is...

RIP Andrew Ranken