Claire

one thing that's making me feel particularly insane lately is how there is no longer any limit to the amount of wrong you can be

the corbyn party is whatever it is. have fun. but from my vantage point there appears to be no overarching political lines coming out of it (yet) but a not insignificant number of (potential) members are saying that transphobia should be tolerated because it's an electorally insignificant issue.

In the Future All Food Will Be Cooked in a Microwave, and if You Can’t Deal With That Then You Need to Get Out of the Kitchen As a restaurant owner – I’m astounded at the rate of progress since microwaves were released a few short years ago. Today’s microwave can cook a frozen burrito. Tomorrow’s m…

This is the only thing you need to read about AI

The part about being too emotional and putting words in people’s mouths ESPECIALLY

Government style ad in watercolour. Image of a burglar stealing a painting from the wall of a home. Tagline: "It's not theft... if you say you're using it to train your AI algorithm". Body text: "Theft is now legal, so we can boost the economy by eliminating jobs. If that doesn't make any sense, ask a chatbot to explain it to you." HM government logo in the corner.

Did a new one

A tuxedo cat, pupils wide from earlier anaesthetic, sits proudly next to a collection of 3 bottle terrariums on a mid century teak sideboard.

Home and demanding brushes

He’s waking up, only 3 teeth out (should bring the bill down, we were anticipating another 10)

His predecessor died suddenly during a medical procedure so it’s always a bit triggering having him go in. Hate how empty the flat feels without a cat in it. Hated not giving him his breakfast. Hate putting him through the whole thing. He’s just a baby!

Marvin’s at the vet having more teeth out and I cannot relax

The fact that the first people big tech want to chew up and spit out are the people who work for them - and how disempowered those people are about resisting their own demise - should be a signal warning.

Hmm if it’s while the festivals are on, it might be a bit risky

What’s the route?

I’m a slow swimmer, which is fine! I’m not trying to win any competitions, just clear my head before work. But today I somehow randomly did my 30 lengths a full 3 minutes faster than usual? What happened?

Born in the wrong generation You have gone nowhere. There is nowhere for you to go.

Now THAT'S how you write a fuckin short story.

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This is the first time in 5 years that I have worked somewhere where all my colleagues are in the same time zone. No evening meetings, no having to remind people that you also need a lunch break.

Wouldn't it be funny if one of your were in Mallorca right now and could help me with the lost toy that we left behind

Wouldn't that be quite something

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I think it's a public mental health disaster to have this many people who are deeply unhappy with their own physical presence in the world.

We must work on solving this AND on solving the horrifying ways fat people are treated by systematic fatphobia.

We have to do BOTH, or neither will happen.

I cried! Probably mostly hormones but still.

I know cats who have ‘hacked’ the microchip flap

PANEL 1: MATTIE is talking to a MAN as they walk on the street. The MAN is typing on his phone. MATTIE: What do you wanna do tonight? MAN: Hmm…! MAN: What…do…I…want…to…do…tonight? PANEL 2: MATTIE rolls her eyes. The phone pipes up as well. MATTIE: Are you asking a chatbot? Come on. PHONE: SEEING FRIENDS IS ALWAYS A GREAT WAY TO SEE YOUR FRIENDS. MAN: Oh, are you A.I. SHAMING ME? Wow. I didn't think you were a bigot. PANEL 3: MATTIE, arms spread wide. The MAN strokes his chin. MATTIE: What? Nobody was doing this a year ago. It's completely unnecessary! MAN: Huh, that's true. I wonder why that happened. PANEL 4: The MAN types on his phone, brow furrowed. MAN: Why…am…I…doing…this

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You cannot convince me that we are anywhere even close to ready for consumer-facing AI agents.

"but AI moves so fast!" yes queen, so do drunk drivers

I'm obsessed with the way experts in their field can date films and tv shows. My mom (a lifelong seamstress) pauses movies to date them by the closures (zippers and buttons) used in costumes

Most of the internet used to be like this. This is actually the default, it took companies enclosing the internet and adding weird, soul-killing incentives to make people behave the way they do now. In a way, there is truly nothing special about Wikipedia except that it survived longer.

my new ai device will sit in a beer garden that backs onto a small river and drink three to five pints on a sunny late summer afternoon for you, leaving you free for more meetings and business calls

A new way to access weird feelings: watching your (former) therapist give an interview about her new book, in the same space you had all your sessions

old enough to remember when people talked about the internet as an unassailable federated network that was a bulwark against authoritarianism. lol. lmao even.

A screenshot of a WhatsApp exchange. First person: Hulk Hogan! Second person: Hulk Ho-gone

“Please be informed”

“This is a notice to make you aware that”

Tom, please, it’s too soon (I’m still alive on this earth)