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Living and working on the web, with a British point of view. · Oct 19, 2025

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David Mead · davidjohnmead.com

This. This is great. Boards of Canada "Olson" on a 1959 PDP-1 Computer /via Brad Frost.


This weekend saw huge turnout for the No Kings protests across the USA. Cleveland's one happened downtown.

And with the current spate of ICE detaining over 170 US Citizens and the government shutdown hitting week three, it's no wonder.


This week I learned of the word "nemophilist". Definition is One who is fond of forest or forest scenery; a haunter of the woods.

Seems appropriate now Autumn (Fall) has finally come to Ohio.


Other executives recalled touring “dark factories” that don’t even need to keep the lights on, as most work is being done around the clock by robots.

— Unkown executive, Futurism article

From the article Western Executives Shaken After Visiting China.

Also at Futurism, Man Launches “World’s First Waymo DDoS” by Ordering 50 Robotaxis to Dead End Street.


Now we have space armor! Designed to protect astronauts & spacecraft from orbital debris.


Once again people just believing AI could've ended in tragedy after being cutoff by a high tide.

It doesn’t know the difference between travel advice, directions or recipes...It just knows words. So, it keeps spitting out words that make whatever it’s telling you sound realistic, and that’s where a lot of the underlying issues come from.

— Rayid Ghani (Carnegie Mellon University distinguished professor in machine learning), Wales Online article

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