David Emmett
@motomatters
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Marco Bezzecchi has been riding road bikes at Misano. Next stop Silverstone, where he'll face a medical assessment before he can ride.
Apart from the fact we don't even know what intelligence is, let alone what artificial intelligence is supposed to be, there's always the infrastructural solution.
Went to the Rijksmuseum voor Oudheden (Dutch National Antiquities Museum) in Leiden yesterday. They have a superb display of Dutch archeological history, from 300,000 years ago to the Early Modern Era. And this, the stunning Dorestad brooch, made 750-800 CE.
1461.5 kilometres from my home to the Sachsenring, 0 km by motorway. Bike fully loaded, two up, and still do 20 km per litre. Not bad
I see the Catholics are having a bit of a schism. All I will say is they are a bunch of rank amateurs compared to the kings of hair-splitting the Dutch Reformed Church. (And yes, I do mean "kings" - male. The super-conservative congregations don't believe women should be allowed. At all.)
TomTom is een Nederlands bedrijf, en dan sturen ze dit soort AI-vertaalde slop uit als persbericht? "kaartactualisaties" "in realtijd" "laagstookzones" (is best grappig) "Live brandstofprijzen en parkeringinformatie aan je vingers" AAN JE VINGERS?
Marco Bezzecchi slapping a marshal at Brno #MotoGP. This will draw a significant penalty
Iker Lecuona to replace Alex Marquez in Hungary. Michele Pirro is racing in the CIV this weekend. #MotoGP
This quote, from Google's Search VP Liz Reid, sums up why publishers now get zero benefit from Google. Google doesn't want people clicking links and leaving Google, because they make no money when they do. Google want you to stay on Google, read their plagiarised AI summaries
Marc Marquez just posted on Insta, including this photo. That's quite a small bandage on his shoulder, where they removed two broken screws. Looks like a relatively minor operation. Should recover quickly. #MotoGP
No one outside the riders will talk about it either. Tried to get the medical staff to talk about the necessity of arm pump surgery. Was told "they don't want us to talk about that, sorry". Anyway, apropos of nothing, here's a photo of Aleix Espargaro /End
Listened to the episode of You're Dead To Me on El Cid with @gregjenner.bsky.social and reminded that if you go to Peñiscola, north of Valencia, you can see the castle in that epic final shot of the Charlton Heston film. Also home of Antipope Benedict XIII www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...
Absolutely massive crash for Cormac Buchanan in Moto3 qualifying. Weird, never seen one like that #MotoGP Video from @motogp.com
From TNT Sports over on X, Suzi Perry, Neil Hodgson and Sylvain Guintoli explain the problems with the damp patches on the tarmac at Goiânia in Brazil for #MotoGP
Looking very ominous in Brazil for #MotoGP. Looks like it is going to start hammering down in about 20 minutes.