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YouTube video by LSB Film Productions THE NHS OPT OUT YOU KNEW NOTHING ABOUT!

Worried about your health data being exploited for commercial gain?

Watch this:
youtu.be/dRMq4HQEvKY

Go here:
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YouTube video by LSB Film Productions THE NHS OPT OUT YOU KNEW NOTHING ABOUT!

Worried about your health data being exploited for commercial gain?

Watch this:
youtu.be/dRMq4HQEvKY

Go here:
digital.nhs.uk/services/nat...

AI Conference Overrun with AI Peer Review A recent examination of peer reviews submitted to the upcoming International Conference on Learning Representations found that many were AI-generated.

Well, that’s THAT then…

www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/12/04/a...

Reminds me of my days peer reviewing journals and conference papers, even plagiarism/integrity focused ones, sadly.

Pinching

Cuddle Cwtch 1st of the month!!!

Because punching and punching are not ok

Public service announcement
You have just over a week to update #win10 to #win11 (free but only for some PCs) or get the extended security updates (Paid for,but only for a year).
If you need to run Windows 10 also get a USB drive so you can reinstall it if it breaks
www.microsoft.com/en-gb/window...

Hate your job – but can’t afford to leave? 20 ways to love your work a little more In these precarious times, many people hang on to roles they’d rather ditch. So, how to rekindle your passion and purpose? Readers and experts share their best suggestions

Hate working in your current job? The Guardian thinks it's not them, it's you:

www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...

You can thank me later

#YouTube TV showing the old options
#enshitification variable

#enshitification #youtube
Removing options and pushing Premium…
There used to be options for .25, .5 and 1.75 (my favourite sweet spot)
Now there’s just another ad
:-(

ksit (n)
/ˈksɪt/
A list of things that control a person’s fate (kismet)

…they use ChatGPT to write replies to colleagues

…they respond to emails within three days

In homage to the “That’s not my <insert animal/person>” books, I’d like the Bluesky community to consider…

“That’s not my Head of Department…”

and make suggestions in the comments. I’ve added a couple to start

(Note: this is a satirical exercise aimed at emphasising good/bad practice. Have fun!)

Is the seer who oversees the seer who oversees the seers an overseer overseer?

Pros And Cons Of Using AI For Schoolwork As millions of students across the U.S. return to the classes, schools and universities are struggling to establish consistent policies regarding the use of AI. The Onion examines the pros and cons of...

theonion.com/pros-and-con...
with thanks to a colleague, Chris…

I have been thanked for my professionalism more times this year than in my whole professional career (31+ years). I’m beginning to think this actually is a way of saying “Please forgive me/us for our unprofessionalism.”

Ditto “Understanding and patience…”

Another issue was just how curly the paper was after a year in the can!

So, the developer got pretty muddy quite quickly. It might explain the discolouration of the left hand picture, which was done second. This is pretty cheap, so I suspect it’s mix, use, and discard

Wash for 20s
Stop bath (standard for prints) for 20s
Wash for 20s

Fix (standard print fixer) for 1-2 minutes
Wash for 1 minute

Dab off excess water and leave to dry

Both these were year long exposures. I’ll update with how well they stand up over the next few weeks
2/2

Solargraph Developer:

200ml water
6g Sodium Carbonate
16g Sodium Bicarbonate

Develop for 1-2 minutes. Make sure it’s properly coated/covered; the one on the left wasn’t as well done, judging from the corners.
1/2

Your morning cartoon:

I have a developer recipe! It’s experimental, but I’ll report back how well it goes

* or northern sky in the southern hemisphere. Or directly overhead if you are on the Equator!

Solargraphs - year long pinhole camera exposures showing the track of the Sun through the southern* sky - are cool. About to see if I can actually develop and fix them; normally you can only scan the latent image with a scanner. Wish me luck!

Thinj (v):
/θɪndʒ/
To ponder in a vague manner on the fringes of consciousness

Hey INTERNET please restore the ability for us to turn off GenAI in our use of technology. GenAI is utterly shit, a massive cost to the environment, and utterly shit.

If you do not find this funny please report to your nearest Robot Loyalty Chip Installation Facility as soon as inhumanly possible!

Good to know my own LLM can be kept in good condition. Thanks Lidl!

scissores (n)
/ˈsɪz.əz/
Plural of ‘scissor’ which is the part of a pair of scissors if it was disconnected, resulting in two scissores
[Image shows three scissores. Or is it 1.5 scissors?]

Today’s word for consideration is:

Apparatchik

Discuss

The Chilling Effect. Self-Censorship. Intimidation intended to gag. Fear of losing your job. All these are real when a friend suggests keeping your head down.

No