This Is Just To Say
I have turned off
the AI features
that were in
the update
and which
you were probably
hoping
to monetize
Fuck you
they were stupid
so unnecessary
and so annoying
I've spent the past three weeks speaking to residents on a housing estate in Richmond. In February they were told that because the Renters' Rights Act is coming in, their landlord was going to have to raise the rent.
The smallest increase I've seen is about £500. The largest is £800.
Yes please.😁
So, um... this is bad. Really bad. I looked at the letters that were translated by the AI, and the very first one I found was almost entirely hallucination. Thread:
Happy birthday to your dad :)
Powis Castle stands talll on top of a hill, daffodils grow in the garden below
The house at Bodnant Garden viewed across a large expanse of grass with daffodils blooming
Dyfryn Gardens with the house and daffodils bathed in sunshine
A child is stood on top of hay bales with the Welsh flag placed in them
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus | Happy St David’s Day
Here’s to Cymru! The nation’s language, traditions, culture, and the heritage that connects us. From dragons to daffodils, Wales’ story is told through the places we look after.
Photos: Powis Castle, Bodnant Gardens, Dyffryn Gardens, Chirk Castle.
Photo of a white human hand holding a little white cat paw against a black pillow and a floral pillow. Kitty's pink nose is also visible and very pretty.
Black and white photo of a white woman in a dark checkered coat, smiling at the camera and pointing to the beautiful medium haired tabby cat she cradles in her arms. The cat also looks at the camera.
My cats are totally fine but I've read about some devastating losses for others today. Hold your kitties. Celebrate them. Soak up every moment because our time with them is far too short. 💔
One of my favourite things about my dad and I is that I'll show him videos like this and he'll be like
"wouldn't that be a glorious pet"
"yeah"
"absolutely terrible beast to have in the house though"
"absolutely"
"we'd regret it"
"totally"
*pause*
"Still want one"
"Me too"
A new series of the Kitchen Cabinet kicks off at 10.30am on BBC Radio 4, the start of an (almost) unbroken 13 week run, and we begin at Zoe Lauglin’s institute of Making at UCL. Here she is with a display of her TKC experiments.
Someone's added flags for peace and pride to one of the Oxford roundabout lampposts 🥰
"What's your proposed business model?"
"Oh, I figured we'd catch people at the absolutely most despairing, lonely, vulnerable and deranged point in their life, and monetise the fuck out of protracting that state. Using AI."
"I'm in."
An ancient Egyptian figurine of a hedgehog blue in colour with dark blue or black bumps to represent the spikes
Happy #NationalHedgehogDay 🥺
This little Egyptian faience model of a hedgehog is from a tomb at Abydos, and was made around 1,500–1,300 BCE.
Hedgehogs had a favourable reputation in ancient Egypt, and were often seen as a symbol of rebirth and renewal of life.
In my ongoing attempts to give you a break from *gestures widely* THE HORRORS:
Let's talk about the utterly bizarre science of cats' purring.
Here's a weird starting point:
There are NO cats (Felidae) that can BOTH roar AND purr.
Cats that roar = genus Panthera
Cats that purr = genus Felis
Went to see 'Mercy' the other evening and, yeah, it was a decent action-thriller movie with sci-fi and the element of a protagonist who's mostly sitting down, great soundtrack, liked it, would watch again, etc.
However.
Couldn't get "He's NOT Judge Judy and executioner!" out of my head, could I.
that inkradio guy is such an annoying guy, he does this loads and does it SHAMELESSLY. awful character
We have an update on Charlie’s newfound love of printing.
Perhaps the surest sign of AI not being super intelligent is the amount of tailored scams targeting the finances of authors, which is as rewarding as trying to mug a seagull.
Inside this isolated rural church is a magnificent and potentially unique medieval treasure.
This is St Peulan's, Llanbeulan on Anglesey, which was founded in the 7th century.
1/8
I will always have a spot in my heart for RR, though :)
2026 thread of books read - I've missed doing this the last few years, so starting it up again :)
1. 'The Chrysalids', John Wyndham.
Onwards ❤️
This is the 15th year of #DuvetKnowItsChristmas, which is preposterous. Rules: if you find yourself dealing with unusual / claustrophobic / gaudy sleeping arrangements this Christmas Eve, share a picture with the world. Use the hashtag (with capitalisation) and cc me if you can be bothered.
It is EXHAUSTING not only being made responsible for coming up with new kinds of assignments for our students; it's also tedious reading op-eds that suggest the core problem is a crisis in teaching. But, as Chris and I lay out here, this isn't a crisis in teaching; it's an attack on learning.
Remember: It ys okaye to be lonelye. It ys okaye to feel lost. It ys okaye to be sad. It ys okaye yf nobody ys arounde. It ys okaye to have no plannes or just small plannes. It ys okaye to have big plannes that seem exhausting. It ys okaye to be a mess. Take care of thyself. Thou art amazinge.
Fun fact: when Michael Flatley drinks champagne he turns into Michael Bublé.
