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WorldbyStorm - 10:41 Sat Dec 27, 2025 Arwa Mahdawi in the Guardian wrote recently about her and her wife’s experience with so-called AI toys with their four year old. These are cuddly soft toys that have ‘AI’ and can interact with children and adults. It’s funny up to a point. But kind of creepy too. The idea of a toy that incessantly … Continue reading "Christmas AI toys?"
WorldbyStorm - 09:51 Sat Dec 27, 2025 A very good piece in the Guardian by Aditya Chakrabortty on how J.G. Ballard’s last book Kingdom Come, published in the mid 2000s, foresaw so much of what is around us. As Chakrabortty notes: “An Englishman drives into a new town and can?t see the warning signs. Richard Pearson is visiting Surrey to close down … Continue reading "JG Ballard and warnings for today"
irishelectionliterature - 03:54 Sat Dec 27, 2025 Read recently that Kodaline were breaking up , had actually seen them a few times live and they had some really good crowd pleasers like “High Hopes” and “All I Want”. They were huge for a period, played massive gigs all over the world, I presume actually sold some CD’s , made money from Streaming, … Continue reading "This Weekend I’ll Mostly Be Listening to… Kodaline"
WorldbyStorm - 13:10 Fri Dec 26, 2025 Anyone old enough to remember the 1970s and 1980s will recall how the place largely shut down on Christmas Day. Car ownership was lower, much lower, than now, smaller population too. But driving yesterday to collect a relative, the place was hopping, whereas today it’s extremely quiet. Presumably it’ll pick up later in the afternoon, … Continue reading "It’s quiet outside ? too quiet"
WorldbyStorm - 11:55 Fri Dec 26, 2025 Was writing some cards just before Christmas and realised that my handwriting is rubbish. It was never great, but it was always legible. Anyone who received a card might have trouble making out the message. Is it ‘Hope to see you soon?’ or ‘Don’t like you, don’t contact me again?’ they might reasonably ask. I … Continue reading "Christmas cards, signatures, handwriting and Mavis Beacon (an entirely fictional character)"
WorldbyStorm - 07:13 Fri Dec 26, 2025 ‘Everyone?s doing it? ? Would you pay a professional to put up your Christmas tree? No. |