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Author 🖋. #BathSpaUniversity MA Creative Writing alumni 👨🎓. Musician 🎸🎤. #3dPrinting lover 🤖. totally Blind 👨🏻🦯..
LEGEND!!
LEGEND!!
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The world’s most powerful supercomputers can now run simulations of billions of neurons, and researchers hope such models will offer unprecedented insights into how our brains work
We're about to simulate a human brain on a supercomputer
The world’s most powerful supercomputers can now run simulations of billions of neurons, and researchers hope such models will offer unprecedented insights into how our brains work
www.newscientist.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:35 AM
The world’s most powerful supercomputers can now run simulations of billions of neurons, and researchers hope such models will offer unprecedented insights into how our brains work
And… Looking at the time, barely so….
January 22, 2026 at 11:41 AM
And… Looking at the time, barely so….
Morning. That’s it… That’s all I have.
January 22, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Morning. That’s it… That’s all I have.
Morning. That’s it… That’s all I have.
January 22, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Morning. That’s it… That’s all I have.
Morning. That’s it… That’s all I have.
January 22, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Morning. That’s it… That’s all I have.
And, good morning. Half way through this week… In Hell!
January 21, 2026 at 5:59 AM
And, good morning. Half way through this week… In Hell!
Just come across a rather nice Mastodon (no idea) and BlueSky client for Mac. Not sure how many face feelers I’ve got following but worth a punt: https://github.com/masonasons/FastSM
January 21, 2026 at 5:56 AM
Just come across a rather nice Mastodon (no idea) and BlueSky client for Mac. Not sure how many face feelers I’ve got following but worth a punt: https://github.com/masonasons/FastSM
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Fox on ice ! This pond defying #FoxOfTheDay was captured by @calumma.bsky.social 1on a wildlife came , brilliant stuff !
January 18, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Fox on ice ! This pond defying #FoxOfTheDay was captured by @calumma.bsky.social 1on a wildlife came , brilliant stuff !
Listen, I love you people on the other side of the pond in a distant and compassionate way but, buddy, I wish there were a US mute button.
January 17, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Listen, I love you people on the other side of the pond in a distant and compassionate way but, buddy, I wish there were a US mute button.
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Two weeks until the BSSP 2026 closes!
With two weeks left until the Bristol Short Story Prize 2026 closes for submissions, let’s look back at the first lines of some winners from previous years.
Do you have a great first line?
With two weeks left until the Bristol Short Story Prize 2026 closes for submissions, let’s look back at the first lines of some winners from previous years.
Do you have a great first line?
January 16, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Two weeks until the BSSP 2026 closes!
With two weeks left until the Bristol Short Story Prize 2026 closes for submissions, let’s look back at the first lines of some winners from previous years.
Do you have a great first line?
With two weeks left until the Bristol Short Story Prize 2026 closes for submissions, let’s look back at the first lines of some winners from previous years.
Do you have a great first line?
Want... Certainly don't need... A sweet irony of a blind man wanting a bigger screen but... SHINY! Want!
January 16, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Want... Certainly don't need... A sweet irony of a blind man wanting a bigger screen but... SHINY! Want!
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The awesome @notquitewrite.com are up and running in 2026 🎉 It’s a write-off ✍️ 500 words – 60 hours – 2 teams – 1 winner. $1,500 prize. Top 6 stories feature on podcast & in anthology. Dates: Jan 23-25 2026 (AEDT). Hosted in Australia for writers worldwide. notquitewritepodcast.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:27 AM
The awesome @notquitewrite.com are up and running in 2026 🎉 It’s a write-off ✍️ 500 words – 60 hours – 2 teams – 1 winner. $1,500 prize. Top 6 stories feature on podcast & in anthology. Dates: Jan 23-25 2026 (AEDT). Hosted in Australia for writers worldwide. notquitewritepodcast.com
This new boy, Charlie Dickens is excellent. He's going to go far. I'm on volume 1 of his complete work on audiobook. Total length: 199 hours. As Charles himself may have said... Fuck me.
January 16, 2026 at 10:50 AM
This new boy, Charlie Dickens is excellent. He's going to go far. I'm on volume 1 of his complete work on audiobook. Total length: 199 hours. As Charles himself may have said... Fuck me.
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AI models such as ChatGPT and Gemini fail to give adequate advice for 60 per cent of queries relating to women’s health in a test created by medical professionals
AI chatbots miss urgent issues in queries about women's health
AI models such as ChatGPT and Gemini fail to give adequate advice for 60 per cent of queries relating to women’s health in a test created by medical professionals
www.newscientist.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:49 AM
AI models such as ChatGPT and Gemini fail to give adequate advice for 60 per cent of queries relating to women’s health in a test created by medical professionals
Probably need that in latin to give it some real girth.
January 16, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Probably need that in latin to give it some real girth.
Monsters make monsters of us all.
January 16, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Monsters make monsters of us all.
Welcome to another day in hell.
January 16, 2026 at 7:22 AM
Welcome to another day in hell.
Each day I hurry down stairs like it is Christmas day to open my news feed, hoping that the world's most dangerous man has succumbed to his age and terrible diet. Each morning my belief there is a Devil grows.
January 15, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Each day I hurry down stairs like it is Christmas day to open my news feed, hoping that the world's most dangerous man has succumbed to his age and terrible diet. Each morning my belief there is a Devil grows.
Morning! Next place I'm considering to move to: Royal Leamington Spa... Thinking of doing my creative writing PHD at Warwick. Any views on the place? Interesting? Kind? Inspiring?
January 14, 2026 at 6:22 AM
Morning! Next place I'm considering to move to: Royal Leamington Spa... Thinking of doing my creative writing PHD at Warwick. Any views on the place? Interesting? Kind? Inspiring?
Just made cheese. That's not a euphemism. Tomorrow, butter. .
January 12, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Just made cheese. That's not a euphemism. Tomorrow, butter. .
Such a great shop with such lovely people running it. I'm totally blind and still go in to soak up the vibe, secretly sniff the books and occasionally buy one or two... It's that good! Please share to Bristol book botherers.
We are hiring a bookseller at bookhaus. Please share with anyone who might be interested
January 12, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Such a great shop with such lovely people running it. I'm totally blind and still go in to soak up the vibe, secretly sniff the books and occasionally buy one or two... It's that good! Please share to Bristol book botherers.
Where's good to live around the midlands? Go!
January 12, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Where's good to live around the midlands? Go!
Would computer chips have been named something else if nerds had a better diet?
January 11, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Would computer chips have been named something else if nerds had a better diet?
Maybe a good way to go through life is to think of who you want at your death bed and what you want people to say afterward—how you will be remembered.
Then again, that's fucking depressing and scary... So maybe don't. Actually, don't. Ignore me.
Then again, that's fucking depressing and scary... So maybe don't. Actually, don't. Ignore me.
January 11, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Maybe a good way to go through life is to think of who you want at your death bed and what you want people to say afterward—how you will be remembered.
Then again, that's fucking depressing and scary... So maybe don't. Actually, don't. Ignore me.
Then again, that's fucking depressing and scary... So maybe don't. Actually, don't. Ignore me.