Something it’s important to get sorted…

A simplified illustration depicts a bottle pouring liquid onto a map with the text "Clarification of Beer."

Forcing all prospective students to make all their social media profiles public is chilling. This will make it much harder for US universities to recruit - but maybe that’s the point.

It may be good news for other countries’ universities, though.

Yesterday, I went to the Worthing Dome with my daughters as a (late) Father’s Day treat.

What a beautiful cinema. I can’t believe I haven’t been before.

A grand theater with an ornate ceiling and rows of empty seats faces a stage with a red curtain.

A beer in a church - an under-appreciated combo.

A person is holding a pint of stout inside a church where other people are seated.

Gorgeous afternoon down on the beach. 🏖️

A "Swimming Only" sign stands on a pebbled beach with the sea in the background.

Candle in the rain.

Walking the tightrope between AI and audiences.

I get the feeling that a lot of business are gonna take a tumble into a dangerous canyon… 

What happened to student Rag and Rag Weeks?

Just corrected a 15-year-old typo on my blog.

Hurrah.

That typo was older than my oldest child. Some of my students were still in nursery when I made it.

Here’s @ayjay pointing out the major flaw in one of the weaker arguments for AI:

A useful mental exercise: when people say “AI isn’t going anywhere” or “AI is here to stay,” substitute for “AI” the word “cancer.” A great many things that are here to stay are really bad and should be resisted as energetically as possible