Tag: media

Circular

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Hi, Yay for Fridays: the blessing of part-time folk and those in need of a rest. Well, ‘and/or’ but not Andor, which is different thing altogether. Keep up, young padawans 😉 Yesterday I was thinking about what I might write about, as I was beginning to feel like I was stuck in a bit of a loop. Readers of a certain age – that would be me, as well – may wish to mutter the film line “Groundhog day!” 🙂 Cue a wee public domain picture as I’m trying to reduce any graphical AI generation. Reduce, reuse, and recycle! 🤗 So, yeah, the feeling of being in a bit of a loop remains. Perhaps not having significant or impactful events […]

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FeXit

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Hi, This post is going to be one of those reflective rambles. One where I’ll go through some thoughts about what’s going on. What is it I’m seeing? At the time of writing, a social media company has removed third party fact checking and are now allowing certain terminology to be used. For example, allowing people to say LGBTQ+ individuals are ‘mentally ill’ or similar. Phrases or statements that we would be unlikely to come across at work – unless we’d like a visit to the Thinking Chair in HR 😉 Another company has generative AI that will let you make photorealistic images with few limitations. Typically, generative systems have filters to prevent content that features people in the public […]

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Loopy

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Hi, This may be a mixed bag in terms of a post. Feel free to skip to the bits you’d rather read. Dark humour Recently the Jones family watched the film Nobody. With no spoilers, there’s an excellent (IMO) montage of the lead character’s family life: wake, coffee, jog, bus, spreadsheet, home, sleep, etc. I had a wry chuckle to myself wondering how many of us have similar routines that we run through? I guess mine would be wake, school run, laptop, lunch, dog walk, school run, tea, telly/game, and bed. I guess there’s some outliers in that of Thursday night out and Friday night waffle. I still struggle to call this writing. If I was any good at programming, […]

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Cause and effect

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Hi, Before we dive in, a brief note of thanks to Christine who inspired Sue, who then inspired me to write this. BTW, if what I post turns out to be complete tosh, it’s absolutely not their fault. 🙂 I guess blogging can be a bit like home baking: you make the mess, you clear it up 😉 I had planned to start off with the phrase ‘of late’ or the word ‘recently’, but on reflection this one has a long shadow. In Sue’s post, Sue mentions an article by Pink News, in which they report on how a sports person’s career has changed following statements they made about trans people involved in swimming. Specifically, being dropped by sponsors and […]

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Same shizz. Different day.

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Hi, This may well turn into a rant, so if that’s not your bag, feel free to exit stage left. 🙂 This morning in my newsfeed up popped an article from a respected website that talks about psychology. I visit the site on and off as they have informative pieces on maintaining your mental health, a lay person’s guide to what’s new, etc. I’ll explain this next bit with a metaphor. Imagine said site is a zen garden. A place of quiet where you can reflect on what’s raised and learn from it. Today in said garden, it felt like there was a person stood in a white pointed hood ‘giving advice’ while there was a slow crackle of a […]

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Tired of that

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It’s Friday evening and I’ve closed the lid on the work laptop, the boy dog is currently snuggled up with me, and I can hear the distant pop of fireworks. Upstairs, the Ever Lovely Mrs J is talking to her mum on the phone. I am okay, although somewhat frustrated by the barrage – not of fireworks – but media BS that continues to paint transgender community in a negative light. The seeming continuous background pop, bang, and whizz of bigotry. It’s very tiring. I’m sure I’ve sprained the muscles behind my eyes 🙄 Yes, last year I took a news break and I felt better for it. This year, it feels the attacks have stepped up and, like Climate […]

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