‘orses.

Two people are horseback riding in a fenced area, accompanied by two individuals walking beside them, with a grassy field and house in the background.

I don’t get the phrase “search it up”. It seems more clumsy than “search for it”, yet it seems to have become the default for younger generations.

Elizabeth Spiers, Eating The Chess Pieces:

As a middle-aged adult of sound mind with, incidentally, a degree in public policy studies and political science, I completely understand the impulse to look at what’s happening and find some rational explanation for it that does not involve Donald Trump with a colon full of chess pieces.

I wonder if many people are confusing the idea of “artificial intelligence” with “artificial consciousness”.

Cory Doctorow:

AI is the asbestos we’re shoveling into the walls of our high-tech society

Roll up, roll up.

It’s time for my annual round-up of the top 10 most read posts on One Man & His Blog.

(Not first day back at work procrastination, no, not at all. 😇)

I appear to have deeply confused Amazon’s algorithm. This is not going to encourage me to spend…

A notification from a shopping app recommends new Care Bears t-shirts and hoodies.

Possibly the best pub meal I’ve ever had. Kudos to the team at the Rose & Crown, Shilton.

Sunset on Shoreham Beach

A family stands on the beach at sunset, silhouetted against the horizon.

Getting the tour of my brother’s new place.