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November 18, 2024

Here's mud in your AI

November 10, 2024

In which I call a craze a craze.

October 23, 2024

I tell you, it's really aware of what it's doing! Nonsense, it's just mimicking conscious thought. Stimulus response, nothing more. Any appearance of...

September 26, 2024

"I've got a bomb," said the boy. We stood in a loose group around him in the playground – which at playtime was the whole world. The school buildings were...

Bandwagons and lightbulbs

September 12, 2024

Before accusing anyone of jumping on a bandwagon, ask yourself what their motive for this might be? Isn’t it more likely that they’ve been confused as to who...

August 17, 2024

The last thing I imagine is that anyone wants to hear my thoughts on the Gaiman revelations. However, staying silent is not an option as that feels like...

The Invisible Sign

For a long time I was conviced that I was simply rubbish at life. Throw me into a social situation with a whole bunch of humans and I didn't have the first...

Things were so much better back then. That moment Jodi recalled; when she was twenty-five. It was autumn - the air cold, the sky deep blue. As she ran down...

Frightened Tummy

One of the many things I hate about this government is the way it’s turned me into a conspiracy theorist. Behind the door in front of me I hear the thunder...

Seven of Swords

Aside from the reflection of the screen in the glasses of the member sitting at the centre, all seven of the Select Committee for Culture, Media and Internet...

Comeback and Forth

February 25, 2023

February 12, 2023

Jezebeth surreptitiously tested her bonds, but it was no good. God's lackeys had done a good job. The ropes that bound her were woven from pure Divinium™ and...

December 31, 2022

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