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Last Notes npub193gxwg6ags9k50gysgt8enkqpgf2c0tf8ap5v5cuwuwswlwpe4psnk42p9 HollieK Ow!🙀 npub193gxwg6ags9k50gysgt8enkqpgf2c0tf8ap5v5cuwuwswlwpe4psnk42p9 HollieK Surely anyone getting that response would then go on to say, "Coffee, tea, cold drink, whatever. Just let's sit down and have a chat." npub193gxwg6ags9k50gysgt8enkqpgf2c0tf8ap5v5cuwuwswlwpe4psnk42p9 HollieK "The reality is simple. Israel invaded Lebanon. Hezbollah is defending Lebanon. And the Israeli army is discovering, once again, that the hills of the south are not forgiving." npub193gxwg6ags9k50gysgt8enkqpgf2c0tf8ap5v5cuwuwswlwpe4psnk42p9 HollieK I think dudes find it so hard to understand about social capital because their position in society as beneficiaries of a large amount of social capital (compared to people of other genders) depends on them not understanding it. They have successfully convinced themselves that they are better than other people, not just that they have better opportunities. npub193gxwg6ags9k50gysgt8enkqpgf2c0tf8ap5v5cuwuwswlwpe4psnk42p9 HollieK Looks like she's pushing the train away. npub193gxwg6ags9k50gysgt8enkqpgf2c0tf8ap5v5cuwuwswlwpe4psnk42p9 HollieK He's got the biggest, strongest feet, hasn't he? npub193gxwg6ags9k50gysgt8enkqpgf2c0tf8ap5v5cuwuwswlwpe4psnk42p9 HollieK They've not gone far enough by sticking with Imperial measurements - there should be more comparisons with "the size of XX football pitches" and "the mass of XX elephants." They started well with the comparison with a car going 0 to 60, and then dropped the ball. npub193gxwg6ags9k50gysgt8enkqpgf2c0tf8ap5v5cuwuwswlwpe4psnk42p9 HollieK No, he didn't. No, they don't - yes they are, but not by using AI. npub193gxwg6ags9k50gysgt8enkqpgf2c0tf8ap5v5cuwuwswlwpe4psnk42p9 HollieK Unsurprising. There's always something about how to disempower women. npub193gxwg6ags9k50gysgt8enkqpgf2c0tf8ap5v5cuwuwswlwpe4psnk42p9 HollieK Also, if the "just ok" books are being shat out at several times the rate of actual proper books that have been written by an actual writer, then they become a fire hose that drowns out the good books. It's not just romance, either. I came to the unpleasant realisation that I've recently read some psychological thrillers that are very probably AI-generated, with varying degrees of "author" edits to make them readable. Some of them were ok, albeit with some elements that didn't seem to work that well, one degenerated into an unholy mess for the last 20% of the "novel." I don't know exactly how many AI books I've read, as a lot of it comes down to the rate of publication being too high, and that can be hidden by the use of pseudonyms, or using different publishers. I don't really want to read books that people haven't bothered to write, either fully or in part, but it's going to become more difficult to do that. npub193gxwg6ags9k50gysgt8enkqpgf2c0tf8ap5v5cuwuwswlwpe4psnk42p9 HollieK Q: What did Watson and Crick discover? npub193gxwg6ags9k50gysgt8enkqpgf2c0tf8ap5v5cuwuwswlwpe4psnk42p9 HollieK That's a turnip? npub193gxwg6ags9k50gysgt8enkqpgf2c0tf8ap5v5cuwuwswlwpe4psnk42p9 HollieK Yes, that is how you pronounce Ely. npub193gxwg6ags9k50gysgt8enkqpgf2c0tf8ap5v5cuwuwswlwpe4psnk42p9 HollieK Similar feelings about the yet to be released final of Good Omens and everything else that has been messed up because of that one person. npub193gxwg6ags9k50gysgt8enkqpgf2c0tf8ap5v5cuwuwswlwpe4psnk42p9 HollieK I think we're supposed to top it up with any meagre returns from any pension pots that we may have built up, if we have any. npub193gxwg6ags9k50gysgt8enkqpgf2c0tf8ap5v5cuwuwswlwpe4psnk42p9 HollieK Looks like you could punch or kick through that brown one no problem, but the security bar is a very nice touch. npub193gxwg6ags9k50gysgt8enkqpgf2c0tf8ap5v5cuwuwswlwpe4psnk42p9 HollieK If the world of work is low-paid, insecure jobs with high stress and expectations, is it surprising that people aren't engaged with it? npub193gxwg6ags9k50gysgt8enkqpgf2c0tf8ap5v5cuwuwswlwpe4psnk42p9 HollieK "According to the White House, the act of selling more goods to the US than the US sells to you, is by definition "cheating" and is deserving of a tariff that is calculated to correct that imbalance." 🤣 npub193gxwg6ags9k50gysgt8enkqpgf2c0tf8ap5v5cuwuwswlwpe4psnk42p9 HollieK I'm aware that smart watches may under or overcount steps, however as my goal is to spend less time sitting down, and more time being active in some way, it will probably work as a record of daily activity. Also, the sedentary alert is useful for giving me a nudge if I've been sitting for over an hour. npub193gxwg6ags9k50gysgt8enkqpgf2c0tf8ap5v5cuwuwswlwpe4psnk42p9 HollieK 10,000 steps per day is just a number from a marketing campaign, so I'm trying to set a daily goal that works for me: it has to be motivational and achievable. For the moment, my goal is 5,000 steps per day and 35,000 steps per week. npub193gxwg6ags9k50gysgt8enkqpgf2c0tf8ap5v5cuwuwswlwpe4psnk42p9 HollieK Locally, a Sam Smith pub closed in 2019 because someone swore, reopened in 2022, and then closed again in 2023. npub193gxwg6ags9k50gysgt8enkqpgf2c0tf8ap5v5cuwuwswlwpe4psnk42p9 HollieK That's lovely! npub193gxwg6ags9k50gysgt8enkqpgf2c0tf8ap5v5cuwuwswlwpe4psnk42p9 HollieK I'm just wondering if it counts as a lighthouse, as we've got one on the Worcester and Birmingham canal near Droitwich. npub193gxwg6ags9k50gysgt8enkqpgf2c0tf8ap5v5cuwuwswlwpe4psnk42p9 HollieK I don't think reading schemes like Accelerated Reader help much with reading for enjoyment. How can reading be enjoyable if you have to take a quiz on each book to prove that you've read it? npub193gxwg6ags9k50gysgt8enkqpgf2c0tf8ap5v5cuwuwswlwpe4psnk42p9 HollieK And they're proper benches that you can actually sit on, not those hostile architecture benches that are not designed for sitting. npub193gxwg6ags9k50gysgt8enkqpgf2c0tf8ap5v5cuwuwswlwpe4psnk42p9 HollieK I tend to look out the window for very local weather, but if I do look at actual weather forecasts it's probably both the BBC and the Met. npub193gxwg6ags9k50gysgt8enkqpgf2c0tf8ap5v5cuwuwswlwpe4psnk42p9 HollieK I hear that the BBC weather app is having some problems, and has hurricane force winds for all locations. npub193gxwg6ags9k50gysgt8enkqpgf2c0tf8ap5v5cuwuwswlwpe4psnk42p9 HollieK So was I! npub193gxwg6ags9k50gysgt8enkqpgf2c0tf8ap5v5cuwuwswlwpe4psnk42p9 HollieK And you didn't think that I might be being sarcastic as well? npub193gxwg6ags9k50gysgt8enkqpgf2c0tf8ap5v5cuwuwswlwpe4psnk42p9 HollieK Really? Do you think so? 🤣 npub193gxwg6ags9k50gysgt8enkqpgf2c0tf8ap5v5cuwuwswlwpe4psnk42p9 HollieK Just wondering if there should be a poll asking how much of a reply guy problem do we (as individual women) experience on Mastodon, but then we'd only get told that we're wrong about our own experiences ... npub193gxwg6ags9k50gysgt8enkqpgf2c0tf8ap5v5cuwuwswlwpe4psnk42p9 HollieK It's probably got something to say about the lack of nuts in our bird feeders ... npub193gxwg6ags9k50gysgt8enkqpgf2c0tf8ap5v5cuwuwswlwpe4psnk42p9 HollieK Technically, that's not walking or horse riding, so does it count as trespassing? npub193gxwg6ags9k50gysgt8enkqpgf2c0tf8ap5v5cuwuwswlwpe4psnk42p9 HollieK They didn't think it would happen to them. npub193gxwg6ags9k50gysgt8enkqpgf2c0tf8ap5v5cuwuwswlwpe4psnk42p9 HollieK Why does anyone need to know that much about us, anyway? npub193gxwg6ags9k50gysgt8enkqpgf2c0tf8ap5v5cuwuwswlwpe4psnk42p9 HollieK Ditto! npub193gxwg6ags9k50gysgt8enkqpgf2c0tf8ap5v5cuwuwswlwpe4psnk42p9 HollieK I don't know, and I'm not sure I want to find out, but I found the article interesting.
