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However - and I know I don’t get out much, and tend to benchmark things against the 1990s - but isn’t £26 for two barely adequate G&Ts a little steep?

Had a lovely evening watching Bridget Christie’s new show at city hall yesterday - recommend it if she comes near you on her tour (especially if you’re 50-odd).

Anyway. A single polished paragraph followed by 1200 chaotic words is not the worst return. Progress.

(Starting to see why people get tempted to hand this over to a machine…)

Can we not just take it on trust that what I'm writing is definitely plausible and probably even true? Or are you going to _insist_ that I supply supporting evidence?

It seems particularly unfair that I have to read stuff before writing about it. Who has time for that these days?

I'm sure writing didn't used to be this hard.

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Some lovely images in this - 2026 Underwater Photographer of the Year www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Interesting that google wants me to change 'have been' to 'will be' here - does it know what year it is?

Excited to learn, as America wakes up, that Gorton and Denton also proves what they already thought about US politics.

Plus pages of feedback that are, essentially ‘for a better mark, submit better work’

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Always tempting to respond to an email saying 'please prioritise x' with 'I have. I think what you mean is, please give x a higher priority than you did in your previous prioritisation'.

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All set up ready to interview for a new baby

(A friend has now just made the obvious joke that I'm kicking myself for missing - it is of course a push-me-pull-moo!)

That was exactly my thought! I got a photo of one of those at a zoo years ago (which definitely wasn't two llamas conveniently posed…)

Spotted this lurking in the background of an AI-generated graphic that a student (perfectly legitimately and with full declaration) produced. Now I'm just a marine biologist but something looks a bit off to me?

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One of the reasons why I avoid smart home devices as much as possible. You're just one petulant billionaire's tantrum away from not being able to unlock your doors / turn on your lights / wash your clothes.

But you get the full list of exhibitors, Doug!

New favourite tool

I believe this means that all rugby results this weekend are now null and void?

Or maybe not?

Is this what it’s like being a Wales fan?

Finally, a bit of colour

You'd have hoped by now that autocorrect would have learnt that I don't misuse apostrophes. If I haven't put one in, that was on purpose…

Oh wow I have very vague memories of seeing those in the Argos catalogue and coveting them! These day's I'd settle for the little notice about being old and fragile to wear on a lanyard…