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Two weeks ago, Ukraine struck a Russian data centre. Immediately afterwards, many of the subreddits I frequent went silent. Well, not silent. But there was a very different tone on posted content.

I had last week off from work because I needed some downtime. My other half was in Georgia (the country) with friends, and I decided that I would take the time off too.

I have been introspecting about if the rise of GenAI means that my technical skills are now redundant.

It was my birthday this week, and I had a very pleasant evening. A couple of weeks ago my other half asked me what I wanted to do. Do we go to a nice restaurant? What about tapas? Maybe a takeaway? Well, I decided that I wanted the two of us to spend some quality time together, and their ADHD lends them towards quieter, more secluded venues; preventing overstimulation. They also love meals which are more engaging, where you have to assemble it yourself, and have a mixture of textures and flavours. Something they call ‘picky bits’.

For a year or so I have been struggling with my relationship with my phone. I am on it far too much, doing far too much of nothing. Hours have passed, and I have achieved nothing. I have learned nothing.

It’s been a tough week in the Whittlesea-Clark household. One of our cats, didn’t come down for dinner on Wednesday, and hasn’t been seen since.

Not content with the services I used to host this blog, I set out on a journey to replace almost everything.

It probably didn’t pass you by that there was a unique opportunity to see the moon pass in front of the sun on the 12th August.

It finally rained! Praise whatever god you fancy, or just praise Jibbers, but today is the day I remembered that water can fall from the sky.

A short poem about the recent heatwave and subsequent fires in the UK