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Listening to Nature Podcast: Audio long read: How to stay smart in the age of AI — the science of critical thinking. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/natur… Hosts Benjamin Thompson, Shamini Bundell and Nick Howe explore how to keep your critical thinking […]

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 8h

Listening to The Quanta Podcast: ‘Ghostly’ Galaxies and the Mystery of Dark Matter. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-q… Host Samir Patel talks with writer Robin George Andrews about three dark matter-deficient galaxies—DF2, DF4 and […]

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 8h

Why is everyone so enamoured with the new Elizabeth Holmes documentary?

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 9h

Listening to What Are We Even Doing? with Kyle MacLachlan: Kyle's Korner | Episode 12 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/what-… Kyle MacLachlan wraps up Kyle’s Korner with memorabilia, music and his alter-ego Lyle answering […]

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10h

You can see from The Vergecast and Decoder podcast feeds that some has made an editorial decision to talk about AI a lot. I’m deleting nearly every episode now without listening to them.

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11h

Klara And The Sun film is showing in my local Omniplex from Friday. I’ll book a ticket once I know better the times when Storm Austen might be lashing Belfast with heavy rain. #Film #Weather

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15h

@WarnerCrocker I’m turning into a Prime Video promoter. Nearly all my streaming favourite stuff is from there.

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16h

Major European mobile carriers are teaming up for a ‘direct’ satellite program without Starlink - The Verge www.theverge.com/policy/1013680/eur…

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16h

October is here, and it’s almost time for Mastodon’s 5.0 release! We announced our plans for big changes in an early preview back in August. In this companion article, we’re hoping to shed light on some of the decisions behind this major UI overhaul […]

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16h

Storm Austen on the way – Met Office weather forecast UK The first named storm of the new season in the North Atlantic. Heading towards the south of the UK and Ireland. 12-minute forecast video: youtu.be/2D32a-GCOE8 #Weather #MetOffice #StormAusten

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19h

I’m close to reporting The Channel Company to some ombudsman somewhere. They’re not honouring email unsubscribe requests.

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20h

Mine was already off. I must have turned it off at some point in the past.

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fellsandlakes @walkaholic.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 21h

With thanks to someone on 🦋 eBay users! Don't ignore today's email, even though it looks like a boring standard update to the User Privacy Notice. They want to use your data to train AI models. If you click the link over the words "the right to object", it takes you to a page with a toggle […]

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21h

@keefeglise I’m hoping to drop dead onto my mechanical keyboard while writing. Not any time soon, of course.

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21h

I be ordering a copy of this. Emperor of Nothing by Blake J Harris review – the definitive portrait of Larry David. The Seinfeld creator went from luckless standup to multi-millionaire – but what’s his secret? Dorian Lynskey reviews for The Guardian […]

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22h

Finished the audiobook edition of Trade World by Ed Conway this morning. Fantastic. I’ll probably order a hardback copy. I did the same after finishing the Material World audiobook he wrote. #Economics #Books

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026

Given they didn’t want to reduce their margins on the MacBook NEO by adding a backlit keyboard, they should have used higher-contrast colours for the key letters. Black letters on blue keys were a terrible choice. I wonder if anyone sells stick-on tops for laptop keys. Ones that glow in the […]

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026

When do the reviews of the iPhone Duo drop?

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026

Watching last night’s Later…with Jools Holland on iPlayer. #Music #Live

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026

Another ✅ for Amazon MGM and Prime Video content. As I was saying recently. My favourite streaming platform. It’s not even close.

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026

Upgraded is getting a sequel. Excellent. I liked the first one. Mini review in the 2024 quoted post below. Hollywood Reporter news story about the sequel: www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/mo… #Film #Romcom […]

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026

That’s me done for the day. 2,480 words edited. Another 1,800 or so to do tomorrow. Comfy chair time.

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026

Proofreading and editing a 4000-word white paper. It’ll take up the rest of today and part of tomorrow. Tired.

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026

Even though I say “in no particular order” in these weekly posts, I do pick the opening 4 tracks specifically because I like them a lot. This week’s opening 4 tracks are all in my Favourite Tracks From 2026 playlist. Plus a few others in the rest of the playlist.

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

Hand-picked new music for 18th October, 2026. The playlists below feature a selected track from each release I added to my music library this week. 44 new tracks, all chosen by me – 2 hours and 28 minutes of new music in no particular order! With more on the associated albums and EPs. Apple […]

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026

@keefeglise A few people have asked me if I want their seat on the bus in the last 6 months. And have asked me if I’m sure when I get up to give them a seat. Not a fan, given I’m still young in my head 😳

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Beer Mat Movies @beer-mat-movies.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

This week's reviews written in The Church House, with a couple of pints of St. Austell's Proper Job.

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

Can you snorkel in a water-filled fissure between the “walls” of two tectonic plates in Iceland? Spoiler: not really. Geo Girl has the details. 8-minute video: youtu.be/61DcsRo_6Pw #Science #Geology

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

Good grief 🤦🏻‍♂️ “Police confirmed they had responded to a report of "criminal mischief involving a robot"” Retired Penn professor arrested for blocking Uber Eats robot | PhillyVoice www.phillyvoice.com/philly-woman-ar… […]

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SellaTheChemist @sellathechemist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

As one UK university after an other goes into “restructuring”, a euphemism for hollowing out by administrators, you never hear the phrase “fiduciary duty”. It is clear that these people see the university primarily as a business that they can leave behind. Lost is the idea that they are […]

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

Line up tonight: Jools welcomes rock duo Royal Blood, drummer Moses Boyd, singer and DJ Shygirl, Irish folk group Kingfishr, cellist and singer Ayanna Witter-Johnson and the legendary Tony Iommi. BBC Two - Later... with Jools Holland, Series 69, Episode 2 […]

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

Prime Video is miles ahead as the single streaming service I would keep if I were allowed to have only one. I might make a list of the films and series that make that true.

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

You do however run into the limitations of Shortcuts very quickly.

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Keith @keefeglise.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

I see Sam Freedman's post about lots of people using AI to make complaints, and I'm a bit shrug shoulders about it. Because many people who should complain, don't, given the friction in the existing procedures. If an organisation is drowning in complaints, then perhaps ask why.

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

Describing Apple Shortcuts to create via plain English input to Apple Intelligence is a bit like magic. In the same way Shazam is a bit like magic. I created a shortcut to scan the BBC schedules and list stuff I might want to watch. Today’s list is: BBC Two 12:40 The Colditz Story BBC One 14 […]

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