Dame Katherine Patricia Routledge, English actress and singer, known for the Hoity-Toity Housewife of ‘Keeping Up Appearances,’ Dies at 96

Before she became known as the snooty suburbanite Hyacinth Bucket, Routledge was an acclaimed stage performer, appearing with the Royal Shakespeare Company and on the West End and Broadway.

She also starred as Hetty Wainthropp in the British television series Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1990, 1996–1998).

In 2017, she was made a dame by Queen Elizabeth II for her services to entertainment and charity.

#TV #HyacinthBucket #PatriciaRoutledge .

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Maayan Sophia Weisstub's updated version of The Great Wave of Kanagawa 🌊

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On the topic of AI tools finding issues: we always thought they *could* do good. The right tool used by a skilled person is a recipe for awesome outcomes. An AI chat in the hands of someone who doesn't quite know what they ask for nor understand what the output says is not. Not to mention that the LLMs frequently just plainly lie.

A primary problem is the myths sold by "big AI" that make people believe they can do these things by themselves. That leads to slop avalanches.

Despite generating $4.3 billion in revenue in the first half of 2025, OpenAI reported a net loss of $13.5 billion. In other words, ignore all sugar coating. They, are losing money heavily https://www.techinasia.com/news/openais-revenue-rises-16-to-4-3b-in-h1-2025

They abandoned the goal cancer cure to produce only rewritten text, images, and 10 second meme videos. They're burning capital on millions of GPUs. The classic VC model. Outspend rivals and use others' copyrighted work without solving a single critical problem. No human suffering solved