GrumpyMark

@grumpymark

He/Him. Neurodivergent. CISHet. Green. 🏳️‍⚧️Ally. Woke. Music, ancient history, music, maths, music, physics, music and maps. And music. Amateur artist… my art is pinned below. No Alt-Text, no re-post

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GrumpyMark@grumpymark· Jul 1

Sat in a pub without a TV, shopping whilst England are playing in the World Cup is a great way to enjoy a quiet beer TBH… My current drink: mango, papaya and lime sour by Brew York Brewery. Quite a few other ANTIFIFAs in here with me.

A half pint of what looks like mango juice in goblet-style glass, on a circular beer-mat on a brass-topped table.

It is in fact a glass of “Papaya Roach” ale 5.1% ABV.

It is delicious… and yes, it does look like homebrew.

GrumpyMark@grumpymark· May 27

Told you. This is even more “homebrewy”. And even more sour.

A schooner of ultra-sour real ale that looks like a dark orange
pineapple juice but isn’t.

GrumpyMark@grumpymark· May 27

I bought another glass of “homebrew”, and I’ll do it again. Really refreshing on a hot day.

A half-pint of a pineapple and grapefruit sour beer, cloudy light orange:yellow.

It looks like a glass of Lilt. And it tastes like a glass of Lilt, with a sour aftertaste.

Beer: Lil’ Tropic by Vault City

GrumpyMark@grumpymark· May 22

Not a glass of pineapple juice. Hipster craft beer… just what I needed.

A schooner of a sour real ale (mango and lime) called Quit Your Day Job, 6.1% abv.

Lovely, particularly given the weather and it being 3.30pm on the Friday at the start of a bank holiday weekend.

GrumpyMark@grumpymark· May 14

This abstract was done using the same process as the previous picture... this time me just drawing wavy lines. #DigitalArt

Wavy lines seemingly emianate from a bright centre, and extend outwards.

A second "stream" of wavy lines flow from the centre-left edge of the picture and spread out across the entire picture. Where these lines cross with the first set of lines they appear brighter, implying some sort of interference.

The colours range from white, through a light green and blue to a darker blue, all against a very dark blue background.

The artist put no real thought into this, and this picture is the result of just applying lines randomly.

GrumpyMark@grumpymark· May 14

This GIF shows the different layers being added from backto front.

GrumpyMark@grumpymark· May 14

I was messing around with different layers on the digital art package I use, and came up with this "etching"... I used an eraser tool to remove colour from upper layers to reveal the lighter colours underneath. #DigitalArt

A red maple leaf on a bright green background. The maple leaf has started to turn "autumnal", with vivid red being replaced with oranges and yellows. The leaf's veins stand out more against the lighter colours.

GrumpyMark@grumpymark· Feb 13

Hazy IPA (6.8% ABV) Uber-hipster mode enabled.

A nearly full “posh” glass containing a very hazy orange/tan coloured liquid… it looks like pineapple juice.

GrumpyMark@grumpymark· Feb 13

Black Forest Gateaux Pastry Stout (5% ABV) I’ve gone full hipster.

A nearly empty “posh” glass containing a dark brown liquid

GrumpyMark@grumpymark· Feb 2

Nearly posted this… glad I didn’t TBH.

A screenshot that says “Deadline Day: City should sign Arteta.”

GrumpyMark@grumpymark· Jan 29

There’s repetition in the “shopping” and I’m never gonna lose it.

A double Jura single malt in a large glass which obviously expects a mixer and ice. The glass is on a bar mat on a wooden table. The whole scene is swathed in a purple aura

“Definitely Not Pop”music is “coming in my ears”

GrumpyMark@grumpymark· Jan 23

Extreme “shopping”. I’m definitely doing this again.

A downwards view of a double Jura malt whisky in a gloomy, purple-light setting.

Old-school industrial music is playing on the music.

GrumpyMark@grumpymark· Jan 21

I decided I wanted an "otherworldly" image for a playlist I recently made, and got a lot more invested in it than I expected. And depending upon your point of view, I suppose it might be good news that I've started "arting" again. #AbstractLandscape

This might just be an abstract painting rotated by 90 degrees.

Or it might dark silhouetted landscape (hints of green vegetation) against a deep blue night sky. In the distance is a range of hills, with a very bright light emanating from behind. A snall number of long brightly coloured lines spread upwards from the bright light, streaking across the sky. In the foreground other indistinct bright lights are spread across the ground... a lot of these are nebulous and cloud-like, whilst others appear to very localised.

GrumpyMark@grumpymark· Jan 18

Brahim Diaz’s Wikipedia page has already been updated…

“He was an absolute melt in the final with his pen.”

GrumpyMark@grumpymark· Dec 23

This perfectly demonstrates the problem with corporate LLM AIs with their mixing up of genuine facts and how truth can get confused and lost🤦‍♂️...

A browser question with AI's answer:

What is the Sisters of Mercy controversy?

AI Overview

The main controversy surrounding the Sisters of Mercy involves systemic child abuse (rape, neglect, cruelty) in their Irish institutions like industrial schools and Magdalene laundries, leading to major state investigations (like Ireland's Ryan Report) and demands for significant compensation from the order for thousands of victims, with the Sisters expressing regret and offering funds/properties but facing ongoing calls for greater responsibility and redress. Historically, there was also an 1869 case where a Sister sued her superiors for abuse, and issues with the band The Sisters of Mercy regarding record contracts.

GrumpyMark@grumpymark· Dec 8

New pub. Indie music. Artsy view…

A view looking towards a pub window at an oblique angle. A framed David Bowie poster is on the dark wall to the left. The top of Blackpool Tower is visible above the rooftops, bright red and white lighting against a vaguely blue night sky.

GrumpyMark@grumpymark· Nov 24

Decided not to post this about Elon Musk, because I don’t know how desperate he is for even more money

Elon Musk would probably not give away all his money for one genuine friend.

He would never betray money like that.

GrumpyMark@grumpymark· Nov 24

Refreshing beverage acquired. Monday just got better.

A “hipster” schooner glass of a lovely sour real ale… proper sour too, with lots of lime.

GrumpyMark@grumpymark· Nov 21

This is a Brazilian Lime gose (a German style sour wheat beer), and it is fantastic.

A small glass (schooner) of a cloudy amber beer in a “posh” stem glass

GrumpyMark@grumpymark· Nov 21

A nice refreshing “cola”

A nice refreshing 8.4% ABV Irish Cream Profiterole Pastry Stout. Apparently.

GrumpyMark@grumpymark· Nov 21

Spider-Man meme: Trump’s Ukraine Peace Deal versus Putin’s Ukraine Peace Deal

GrumpyMark@grumpymark· Nov 17

This glass of cola has remarkable warming properties.

2/3 of a pint of “chocolate fudge brownie” imperial stout. 8.4% ABV. Northern Monk.

I was offered the option of ordering a full pint (local privilege) but decided against because they have another 2 or 3 new refreshments I want to try as well.

GrumpyMark@grumpymark· Nov 13

I decided to dodge the rain and opted for a dry apple juice.

A pint of dry cider… “Real Cider” apparently. 6% ABV.

GrumpyMark@grumpymark· Nov 7

Global government debt reached $110,000,000,000 in 2025. Only two sovereign states in the world are believed to be completely free of debt: Liechtenstein and Niue. And still we persist with this system.

Gross national debt ranked by country:

1 U.S. $38.27 trillion
2 China $18.68 trillion
3 Japan $9.83 trillion
4 U.K. $4.09 trillion
5 France $3.92 trillion
6 Italy $3.48 trillion
7 India $3.36 trillion
8 Germany $3.23 trillion
9 Canada $2.60 trillion
10 Brazil $2.06 trillion
11 Spain $1.9 trillion
12 Mexico $1.1 trillion
13 Singapore $1.01 trillion
14 South Korea $990 billion
15 Australia $930 billion

GrumpyMark@grumpymark· Nov 6

Bloke with a poppy on staring at me… obviously wants a word. Probably because I’m wearing this Cardiacs shirt and thinks I’m a woke leftist. He is correct.

A Cardiacs white daisy shirt, a cut-down version of the album cover to “A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window” which may look like a white poppy.

GrumpyMark@grumpymark· Nov 6

I’m now on apple juice, because it is healthy

A pint of 6.7% “whisky cask” cider which tastes just like ordinary non-alcoholic apple juice with a slight hint of whisky in the aftertaste.

GrumpyMark@grumpymark· Nov 6

A nice refreshing cola drink, honest

Actually a photo of a schooner of 7% chocolate orange porter. Very nice it is too.

GrumpyMark@grumpymark· Oct 30

Opening Bluesky for the first time each day with trepidation...

A photo from from the 1964 movie Zulu, Michael Caine and Stanley Baker's British redcoat officer characters looking away into the distance with the overlaid text 'Opinions on social media, sir... thousands!of 'em"

GrumpyMark@grumpymark· Oct 27

I’ve given up on doing anything constructive today, so I’ve gone “shopping”.

The remaining three quarters of a pint of pale ale, in a straight glass on a wood finish table. Photographed from the perspective of someone who is about to take another sip.

GrumpyMark@grumpymark· Oct 7

Judging by the ads I am being fed online, The Algorithm has just decided that I should start dying my hair. The Algorithm is either an imbecile or a troll.