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  Pud the black and white cat doesn't look like this pretty boy now. He's an old soldier now. #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon

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  WHAT AM I READING? Just finished 'The Bingo Hall Detectives' by Jonathan Whitelaw, a cosy crime tale with interesting characters, easy to read style and a great in-between book, especially as some of the books I read are a slog. I surprised myself by liking the book very much. In fact, I am reading the next in the series, 'The Village Hall Vendetta' which features the same characters. I have to admit that I want to shake Jason (son-in-law) sometimes. He can be...

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  I've finally done it, cancelled our Zoom subscription. I was irrationally irritated by them emailing me with an expiry date in North American format (I live in the UK & they know it) but... wait for it! When I went to cancel the subscription, they offered me a discount for staying. Yes, I know it's common but that's no way to reward loyal customers, by charging them more. We're using a European alternative and our piloting has been pretty successful...

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  Reaper's Revenge, a poem of sorts from Jomuja. https://youtu.be/cJMqUJa-SGE?si=4WsizXDER38MWqB8 #Poem #Jomuja #Reaper

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  We read books to find out who we are. Ursula K. Le Guin American author (1929–2018) #Quote Courtesy The Economist

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  Fiddling while Rome burns? "... Anthropic, devoted roughly a third of its IPO prospectus to warnings of the existential risks to humanity of its technology, ahead of its listing, which is expected later this year and could be the largest ever." Quote Courtesy The Economist #AI #Folly #EasterIslandMoment

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  You don’t write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say. F. Scott Fitzgerald Courtesy The Economist #Quote #Writer #AmWriting

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  Pud the black and white cat, this time grabbing my preferred chair for his perpetual sleeping exercise. #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon

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  Wasn't sure whether to post this but... it is part of our history. This is Eden Camp near Malton, Yorkshire, a former Prisoner of War camp for Italian combatants during WWII, now a modern history museum. This was one of the accommodation units, roughly built and probably icy cold during the British winters. The kids will love the tanks, especially when they move! #FensterFreitag #FenêtreVendredi #ViernesDeVentana #FfenestrDyddGwener #WindowFriday

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  Pud the black and white cat, thankful for the end of the heatwave, as am I 😉. #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon

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  A person who has not done one half their day’s work by ten o’clock, runs a chance of leaving the other half undone. Emily Brontë Courtesy The Economist *Certainly applies to writing #Quote

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  I wonder if Artificial Insanity doom scrolls like humans do? #AI

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  Parenting was different then: my mother told me after I'd failed the 11+ exam (itself a failed selection method to fit available grammar school places to a bell curve) that 'I wasn't as clever as I thought I was.' I didn't need much of a push but that impetus gave me the boost to prove her wrong. And, I did. #ParentingInThe50s

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  Today it is 40 years since we moved into our house. Before we lived here, we'd moved every 2 to 3 years. I guess we can call it home now. #HomeSweetHome

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  What am I reading? Nearly finished Matt Haig's 'How to Stop Time'. A bit similar to The Midnight Library, though a different story, with its flying about. Might try another of Matt's but am finding the wandering in place and time and prose a little tedious. Next to read: 'Death Do they Part' by Jonathan Whitelaw, 3rd in the Parker Sisters' (Cosy) Mystery series. Something lighter after Matt's tome. My own book 'A Question of Resistance' by Paul Smith,...

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  'Good morning', said Pud the black and white cat. #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon

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  Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech. Martin Farquhar Tupper English Poet & Novelist, 1800's. Courtesy The Economist *Everyone could learn from this.

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  Built for the covid era, this shelter is outside the Craven Arms, Appletreewick. We had lunch in there isolated from the elements (& virus transmission) and the window overlooked the lovely North Yorkshire countryside of Wharfedale. #FensterFreitag #FenêtreVendredi #ViernesDeVentana #FfenestrDyddGwener #WindowFriday

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  Pud the black and white cat posing for a photo. #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon

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  Here's a challenge for you AI boys and girls (but mostly boys): The brain manages it's wonderous feats using a spoonfull of glucose. Before you go covering the planet with data centers, solve the problem of AI consuming too many resources. #AI #EasterIslandMoment #DataCentreMadness

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  Where hope rises fear must lurk behind. Anne Brontë, English novelist and poet (1820–1849) Courtesy The Economist #Quote

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  An old farmhouse building with tiny windows and a whitewashed wall in Flamborough, East Yorkshire. Ein altes Bauernhaus mit winzigen Fenstern und einer weiß getünchten Wand in Flamborough, East Yorkshire. #FensterFreitag #FenêtreVendredi #ViernesDeVentana #FfenestrDyddGwener #WindowFriday

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  Have car manufacturers bought up all the grey, black and white paint? Seems that colour is yesterday's thing 🚗.

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  The days have become warmer, hotter even, for Pud the black and white cat. Here he is, soaking up the morning sun before he retreats into the shade as the day progresses. It's a dog's life? Nope, it's a cat's. #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon

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  What am I reading? *Rory Clement's WWII series: A Prince & a Spy, plus Hitler's Secret. *The Finest Hotel in Kabul by Lyse Doucet. Just finished: All at Sea, cosy(ish) crime and funny with it, by Jonathan Whitelaw Recommend: Heythwaite Series by Annie Eileen Rogers Always reluctant to recommend a book ... we're all different. #Reading #AmReading #Novels #Books #CosyCrime