Could Excel be conscious? We surveyed more than Jan 1 1900 people to find out.

I was driving across the high plateau yesterday when I crested a hill and this is what I saw. No birds, I'm afraid (though there's probably one hiding in there somewhere). That's the Grand Colombier mountain range top left, with the Rhone river valley beyond) #France #landscape #scape #home

Dear NYT, NAMA and Manmad are perfectly cromulent Irish words. Regards, R

Kitchen at Domaine D'Audabiac (2024) by Aldo Balding. Oil on canvas.

This Is Just To Say I have turned off the AI features that were in the update and which you were probably hoping to monetize Fuck you they were stupid so unnecessary and so annoying

@therestpolitics.bsky.social I have a question. Everybody seems to have agreed overnight that "ka-tar" is now pronounced "cutter", following Alastair's pronunciation. I need a ruling. What's correct?

@therestpolitics.bsky.social I have a question for Rory. We hear a lot about his Kindle. I love being able to share and pass on books. Does it trouble him that instead of building a library he is just accumulating licences to read, that expire when either he or Amazon do.