Ah, a gift from Paramount to meme-wranglers everywhere.

Young Spock in a blue Star Trek uniform is making a gesture with a rainbow spanning over their head, with the word "IMAGINATION" below.

A fox snoozes the afternoon away in our back garden.

(Photo by my nine year old daughter…)

A fox is curled up and resting on a patch of green grass near some plants and a wooden fence.

Sunrise service, Easter Sunday, Shoreham Beach

A person wearing clerical attire and a stole is holding up a chalice outdoors on a rocky surface.

Digital Camera World:

After announcing a 15 percent reduction in staff last year, GoPro is continuing its cost-cutting measures into 2025 as CEO Nicholas Woodman voluntarily declined his salary for the remainder of the calendar year.

I do like my GoPros. I’d hate to see this company fail.


Might have hung on to this past its useful life…

A person is holding a VHS tape of Walt Disney’s animated film “Fantasia.” The cover features Mickey Mouse dressed as the Sorcerer’s Apprentice, wearing a blue wizard hat and red robe, surrounded by magical sparkles. The box also advertises an exclusive Fantasia poster offer.A person is holding a VHS tape of Walt Disney’s animated film “Fantasia” inside its open plastic case. The black cassette features a blue label with gold text reading “Walt Disney’s Masterpiece Fantasia” and a green “U” rating symbol, indicating it is suitable for all audiences in the UK. The tape reels are visible through the clear plastic windows.


Apparently I have the cultural sophistication of a 9 year old, as my youngest daughter and I have just nearly wet ourselves laughing at A Minecraft Movie.

It’s a terrible movie, but it’s gloriously terrible.

🍿


Decided to put the fire pit back into service.


Some thoughts on journalism, trust, AI and… a 20 year old debate?

Trust me, I’m a journalist.

Hat-tip to @ayjay for starting this thought process off.


A flashback to an old feeling: opening up the office copies of a new issue…

The latest issue of XCity magazine is here. Congrats to our magazine students.


Spring is bursting with colour today.

A vibrant cherry blossom tree in full bloom is surrounded by street lamps and buildings on a sunny day.&10;

Brighton by Night

A lively pedestrian street at night with people walking and dining outdoors. Buildings are lit with colorful lights, and a restaurant with string lights has patrons seated inside. The atmosphere is vibrant and festive.

This is the end. Embrace it.


Hassocks Station. 📍

Testing the new check-in feature in Micro Social…


This is a lovely piece of artistic graffiti, but it’s the “official” notice next to it that really makes it.

A stencil artwork depicts a child holding strings attached to golden, balloon-shaped outlines on a dark background.A notice forbids tampering with artwork, mentions verification processes, and reminds the public not to deface property. It is clearly satire.


Layoffs at Automattic:

This restructuring will result in an approximately 16% workforce reduction.

Ouch. Sympathies to those impacted.


Rule for life.

A neon sign reads "but first coffee," illuminated in white and blue. It’s in Clubhouse Coffee, Shoreham by Sea.

Discussion of it is everywhere, and @paulrobertlloyd is bored of it.

I know how he feels.


ChatGPT has remade me in Studio Ghibli style:

Adam Tinworth on a boardwalk in wetlands, rendered in Studio Ghibli style.

Listening to an interesting talk by Professor Nick Couldry, who pointing out that we legislate to stop companies filling our rivers and land with pollutants. Isn’t it about time we started doing the same to companies polluting our social ecosystems with toxic social interactions?

He’s written a book exploring these ideas and how human solidarity survives social media, called The Space of the World.

Yeah, going to read that.


Taking advantage of micro.blog’s new EU hosting option to move adders.blog’s hosting to the EU.

For obvious reasons.