I’ve always been very aware that Substack is heavily VC-backed, and that creates pressure to “build a moat” and become a platform.

Their new app is clearly a step in that direction.

Well, I suppose it was inevitable that Substack would do this. But it changes the dynamics of the market significantly, if it takes off:

Listening to Apple-centric podcasts the day after an Apple event is a good reminder that pretty much all of them are better off than you, given how much money they’ve just dropped on new tech…

Continuing my obsession with Apple Watch fitness challenges, I just got the International Women’s Day challenge badge with my #AppleWatch. #CloseYourRings

Let me distract you from the geopolitical horror of the moment with some good nature reads…

Selfie in shadow and wood.

My shadow in evening sunlight on a wooden fence.

Car Play is one of those things that you don’t understand the value of until you’ve used it. And, when you have, you can’t go back.

Apple Car Play in use in an MG ZS EV.

A protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Shoreham’s East Street yesterday. 🇺🇦

A Ukraine flag flying above a protest in Shoreham-by-Sea.

Dreich.

Shoreham Harbour on a grey Thursday.

A Seaford seafront walk this afternoon.

The cliffs at Seaford.A boat on Seaford esplanade A healthy walking sign in Seaford. Seaford Bay.

This is officially my new favourite warning sign.

An UK Environment Agency waves warning sign.

Up and out for a self-defence class for the girls.

A Soo Bahk Doh self-defence class in Seaford, Sussex.

Coffee and chat with my youngest at Tom Foolery.

Iris with babychino.

This piece in the most recent Standart takes on a whole different tone given what’s happening in Ukraine right now.

A feature on the Ukrainian city of Lviv in Standart Magazine.

First time this year that I have finished a day’s lecturing at City, and it’s still been light when I left.

City, University of London

Weather like this makes isolation easier…

A stormy Sunday through a kitchen window.

Some good reading (and viewing/listening) about nature and the great outdoors.

Some of it will make you happy.

And some of it will make you very, very angry.

Stuck inside and desperately missing the outdoors…

🤞🏻for a negative lateral flow soon.

Images from Ukraine as they prepare for possible invasion.

How powerful photography can be in showing the human impact of politics.

A time lapse from the height of Storm Eunice earlier.