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My Facebook and Instagram are in the data dustbin (opens the original)
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This morning, my daughter deleted permanently my Facebook and Instagram accounts. I paid her a tenner for the service. Then we chugged lemonade for breakfast to celebrate. I hope Meta will now vaporise my data - but who knows with Zuck & Co? They might feed my bytes to heartless bots.I removed all photos and videos of my child on Meta platforms in the summer, due to deepfake app advertising. This September, there’s been rapid acceleration towards full deletion, not least because of the Muse Char
Isn’t Life us? (opens the original)
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Universal thanks to all the teachers who inspire our kids to create. This morning, finally, I sorted through my daughter’s school books that came home in July. Her Year 4 work has been in a pile on my dinner table for two months, waiting for some love and attention from me. Looking through artworks and writing including Isn’t Life us?, reminded me to stay massively positive about young minds. Radical technological transformation isn’t going to change our need to express ourselves. Artificial Int
Robotaxis land in London (but with human safety drivers on board) (opens the original)
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I read this piece on LinkedIn today about robotaxis coming to London, but with a very British twist: our driverless cabs will be piloted with a human safety driver, to take over the wheel if a robo-intervention is needed. What is this food-chain-shifting strangeness? Here’s my take after experiencing Waymo weirdness in San Francisco, including a near miss on California…In August, I’m riding a cable car up California in San Francisco with John (the old-fashioned way of getting about town)…We’re g
Dear ‘Riley’ (or whatever your name is) (opens the original)
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Dear ‘Riley’,You bombed an online addiction recovery meeting on 1st September, a room of 25 people living in the spirit of self-awareness and commitment to change.19 years and 5 months into my addiction recovery, I still go to peer support meetings because I find my people there: humans who are being honest about their shortcomings, who risk vulnerability, and who share about action they are taking towards their dreams - my family!These meetings are open to all who need help with addiction. They
On being a gorgeous, slow-cooked casserole (opens the original)
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It's been exactly 4 months since I wrote this Substack post about late diagnosed autism, aged 49, and I have been veryyyy-slowwww-processing the news since then - you know, like the Guinness Book of World Records' slowest cooked casserole, totally worth the wait!<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1645244317844-39b89008711f?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwxfHxza3
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