Spring: sprung

A vibrant cherry blossom tree in full bloom is situated between two street lamps against a clear blue sky.

Watching the Avon meander through Chippenham.

River scene on an overcast day, with a large tree in the foreground and calm water stretching toward a row of old stone mill buildings along the opposite bank, partly framed by budding spring branches.


The flight of the herring gull.

A seagull is flying near a waterfront with modern brick buildings in the background.

Easter Sunday sunrise on Shoreham Beach, looking towards Brighton.

A serene coastal scene at sunrise with gentle waves lapping the shore and a silhouette of distant buildings on the horizon.

Started reading: Blightslayer by Richard Stratchan 📚


Well, the #artemisII launch was the first time I had a real time news experience on Bluesky the way I did back in the early years of Twitter.


OK. This is my absolute favourite piece of “special content” for today: Warhammer 40k: the Musical.


This is a cautionary tale of letting ChatGPT do your research and writing for you, if ever there was one.

MattGPT is going to stick.


It looks like OpenAI shuttering Sora might well be all about money. After all, the orange one’s war has spiked energy prices, making AI inference ever more expensive


The last week has been a flashback to the days, 25 years ago, when my job involved a lot of waiting for connections in small rural stations…

A quiet, illuminated train station platform is seen at night with signs directing to the exit.