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Agree. I think they're unrelated, OSM has just been particularly unlucky! They probably share causes; the same occupations or too much of one thing can lead to either or both of them.

Relatively speaking yes; the BBC are totally balanced and objective. Seriously though.Sure, they suffer from bias and serious errors of judgement. Like the Trump speech stupidly, or the Gaza/Israel coverage or the inordinate amount of airtime devoted to Light Blue rather than Green or Orange. But compared to anything else out there, nothing even comes close in terms of breadth of coverage and range of content. In the main all pretty balanced, overly balanced sometimes. What would you suggest as an alternative to the BBC? Surely to you don't want to end up with a situation like they have in the States, with very little but partisan "news" outlets. Or even worse, having to try and glean glimmers of truth from AI infused social media owned by the likes of Zuckerberg or Musk. Sends a shiver down my spine.

So Reynaulds. I think I've started to suffer from it recently. Just the two index fingers. I'm shocked by how painful it is, considering it's just a bit of cold. Ironic really as I've been teasing my mum about it for years, thinking she was just being a wuss. Is it hereditary? Guessing I've got it from her.

Fxk no. They're comical with their crazy heat, and have a weird but nice flavour. Not that easy to grow here though..

Prawn curry. So yeah, spicy prawn stew really! Hot hot. Normally the boy eats with us as well, so I've not really been able to add chilli to stuff. This evening though he had something else so I made free. A bit too free of I'm honest, went a little overboard!

Searingly piquant prawn sambal.

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She's been a gift for the right wing populists on both sides of the pond. ‘Two-tier Britain’: how Lucy Connolly became a cause célèbre for the right | Far right | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM Woman jailed for social media post after Southport attack has been seized on as a symbol that free speech is supposedly... Probably doing alright for herself afterwards as well. A lucrative bit of twittering. Who says crime doesn't pay? https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2025-09-07/lucy-connolly-receives-loud-cheers-as-she-appears-at-reform-uk-conference

Thanks. I've was wrestling with that acronym, but didn't like to show my ignorance by asking!

Brilliant.

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Excellent graphic design.

And neither should it be.

That was uncalled for. The guy was only cycling around in his birthday suit.

Earth Star fungi. We get loads for some reason. Never seen one as nicely presented as this.

I don't believe that it's about assimilation. On the push side it's just the age old pursuit of wealth and power, but happening at an unprecedented speed. On the pull side it's the human love of convenience and novelty. Digital per se isn't the problem. It'd be fine if it was used wisely and altruistically.

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Fair play to you. I feel that your days of being able to get away without having a stupid smart phone glued to your nose are numbered though. Life is getting increasingly difficult for anyone without one, based on the current trajectory. I'd be hardline and draw the line at smart phones for children. As in they don't have them. Phone call phones, yes, they could be useful, even a necessity in an emergency. Internet, social media, AI capable pocket computers, no. The harms far outway any goods. Definitely no SMs in school to start with. Schools themselves, or dare I say it, the government should be able to enforce it. Fat chance of any govnt doing anything healthy like that though so it'll have to be decent schools taking the initiative in the first instance. A few have already put in a no phones on site policy, so that's a good start. The headmistress at my son's school is very sensible and progressive on this front. She's strongly pushing the Smartphone Free Childhood campaign. It's one of those things that should follow the snowball effect. Once a critical mass is reached it'll drive itself. Children won't be coerced by peer pressure into getting one. I hope it succeeds.

I'd never heard of them until I heard them get a feature on the radio today. I liked what I heard, proper prog rock, verging on but not straying into sillyness. I can't find a decent length version of that Hamberger Concerto online, all I see is some that's 20 mins and seems to be slow stuff.

Thai Prawn Crackers. In a league above the ones you get free with the Chinese takeaway. They've got a little chilli kick and not overly sweet.

Yodeling, scatting and heavy guitar. Fantastic bit of Dutch.

Morning. The latter, the ffs was a mix of shock, horror, sadness etc. All those bad vibes. I do think the author of the article had a bit of an agenda, but the essential message was correct. AI is BAD. It confirmed the opinion I already held. I'm in agreement with you. I can still see, with my own eyes rather than through an AI lens. The prospects are scary. It wouldn't be quite so bad if it wasn't being pushed on us by bad people. And it wouldn't quite so bad if so many good people didn't welcome it into their lives with open arms. I don't understand why more people aren't more sceptical. Even the boss boss of Google is in the news today saying that you shouldn't believe what AI tells you. And yet people blindly trust it. I'm not sure whether to wish for the AI bubble to burst or not. What do you think?

It's pretty clear to me, social media is bad on balance. The world would be a better place without it. It drives social division and isolation, extremism, mis/dis-information, conspiracy theories; a whole host of negatives. AI could well be akin to SM on speed. Where do stand on children having smart phones?

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