Dang ol’ Gilgamesh, man, talkin’ ‘bout a king, man, down in Uruk. He just, talkin’ ‘bout, tormentin’ them folks, man, makin’ ‘em all mad, I’ll tell you what. They cryin’ out, man, ‘Send us a companion, man, save us from that madness!’ Then dang ol’ Enkidu, wild man, talkin’ ‘bout from the forest, man, comes to the city. They fightin’ in the temple, man, fightin’ in the streets, man. Gilgamesh, man, he beats him, but then they become, talkin’ 'bout, real great friends, man. Gilgamesh and Enkidu, man, down in Uruk.

Finally, some good AI news

Vibe math. No thank you

Too much deep fried turkey?

Arthur C Clarke is an excellent author and the Rama series is one of my all-time favourites. I’d recommend anything by Philip K Dick, though honestly I think a good reference would be to pick works listed in the SF Masterworks collection, it’s how I found many of my favourite SF novels.

If you fancy venturing into modern SF classics, my favourites are by Peter F Hamilton, Iain M Banks and William Gibson; though does Gibson count? He doesn’t even have a middle initial 😄

The bat travelled 1,000 miles. It is not stated how far the car travelled.

The Express is well known in the UK for exaggerated and rage-bait headlines. That and predicting outrageous weather events, without evidence, that never materialise

The Daily Express is a UK right-wing tabloid newspaper and is a very unreliable news source. I can only presume that the US version is from the same mould.

David Lammy is facing possible legal action over a plan to invite staff from the oil firm Shell and the defence firm BAE Systems to work inside the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

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The scheme, which was first mooted by Lammy in March, is supposed to embed FCDO staff in firms to gain commercial experience while inviting private-sector staff to take placements in government.

He’s planning out where to build the new McDonalds concession

We Love New Zealand Sado-Masochism is the only other possible meaning. I shall not be taking further questions.

Dragon 32! A proper, Welsh machine

Renegade III: The Final Chapter.

Renegade on the ZX Spectrum was good, the sequel Target: Renegade was one of my favourite games for years, but the third game was a cynical cash grab, badly executed, barely playable.

Archive version, no paywall

I think we see a reform manifesto pledge to ‘bring back good, honest turkey twizzlers’ to school canteens 🙃

I like how Hawkeye has now been relegated to making line calls at international tennis tournaments

O’Biden? First the Irish claim Obama, now Biden 😄

About £5.50

In tonight’s headlines, man with red front door paints it blue. Contents behind front door remain unchanged. More at 6.