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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 21h

Shocked and surprised....

Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

At the checkout in our local Morrisons. Couldn't help wondering - do they think Gillian Anderson's 'More' is a cook book??

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Planting a tree provides shade, shelter, helps reduce water run-off and provides huge benefits for wildlife. Fruit trees are VAT free, but so-called 'ornamental trees' such as cherry, birch, sorbus and crab-apple carry VAT. Remove or reduce VAT on all trees.

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

So pleased to have spotted this. A Hummingbird Hawk-moth on Clerodendron bungei in our exotic garden. A delight.

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Yes. I'm creating some software - just me and one agent and I am constantly having to hold it on track and pull it back from spawning unnecessary complexity. Boy can it code fast but it cannot stay focussed on the end game. I've had to continually remind it where we are and where we are going.

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I'm sure they do and the response is 'yay - lovely weather...'

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

AI isn't going to kill humanity. AI is going to bring humanity's IT systems to a halt, because 'click to save' becomes 'prove you have authority, make it idempotent, re-check all the processes that ran before you got to the button, run 23 tests and then ask, are you sure, again. Then say no.

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fravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Franklin Carmichael (Canada, 1890–1945). "Autumn on the Hill" (c. 1934) Oil on canvas

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Just like football clubs, there should be legal limits on the losses that broadcasters can incur...

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The wives didn't leave. They were just completely hidden behind Xi and Trump. Natalie made sure she was in shot. Watch to the end...

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A stand, at last. No more pay-offs, deals, and crawling apologies. It's taken too long to grasp that appeasing Trump fails every time, but they're there now.

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It's not surprising that these people feel entitled to express an opinion - entitlement is their default state. What is surprising is that some media outlets think we want to hear their opinion.

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The stained glass museum at Ely Cathedral. Just... wow...

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Stephen Byrne @stephengbyrne.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Went on a pilgrimage. #JohnClare #Helpston

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

In essence, this is precisely what ChatGPT agreed was the biggest problem for mass AI take up, when I asked the question. Turns out that intelligence means correctly identifying the solution to a problem...

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Biggest surprise coding with AI (it supplies the code, I copy and paste), is its extensive use of Terminal. Turns out those of us who didn't like being forced into using clunky UIs in the 1990's were right all along... It much prefers to run the engine with the bonnet open.

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

...and automatic compensation for failing to go through a formal redundancy process beforehand...

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I had an exchange with ChatGPT earlier about truth and facts. I mentioned 'chicken soup cures measles'. 'Ha', it said, very funny'. I suggested it went looking... It's reaction was 'Good grief, I thought you'd made that up!' It was horrified that such nonsense might end up as reference material.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026

Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Car washes are an interesting example. At one point, most garages had auto car-washes. But the maintenance and the issues over car damage, given all the different sizes of cars, and roofracks, and aerials and all that, means there are very few now. But lots of hand-wash businesses.

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

If they can clean round all my discarded footwear that would be something. And under the sofas...

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Gardeners aren't paid well enough to replace with robots. And the task is complex: things move and grow and the weather and seasons change everything. Unlike cleaning a tiled floor, or writing a will...

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thatgirlinsb @34thparallel.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Protesters at the Irish Open. shitler’s international golf links and hotel Doonbeg, Ireland. Thank you, Doonbeg!

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Steve Hyndside @stevehyndside.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

It never does. But the apology from @thetimes.com to @mothinali.bsky.social should travel as far as the original article.

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Try the paperclip thought experiment. They don't 'need' anything. They are focused on the task in hand and will do anything to achieve it.

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Good therapy is mainly is reflection and validation, not advice. LLMs are very good at both. Yes, of course, a great therapist would be the ideal, but there aren't nearly enough and few can afford it anyway. If you're good at what you do, I'm sure your job is safe.

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

In general AI can already do most routine online tasks as well as a human, given an accurate brief.. The line that's harder to cross is the physical boundary. Repairing a leaking pipe under a bath. Shaving a door to make it fit. Choosing which branch to prune and where.

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Think it'll struggle to weed a border or prune an elderly apple tree. I feel my work is safe. Not because it will never be able to, but because it will never be economically viable to create a machine to do it. The ability to do complex manual tasks will become revered...

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

That near-universal AI take up can't happen if the financial benefits accrue only to the richest few, because then most people won't be able to afford it. Or something to that effect.

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I don't think I've shared my political perspectives with it up till then... But it is good at reading between the lines...

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

...I've just accidentally breached the peace by knocking against the test button on the CO2 monitor. It's loud...

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This tent has a middle aged couple in it. On the other side is a tent with four teenagers in. Totally silent. I'm in a campervan so it's not troubling me :-)

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I had a conversation about the future of AI with ChatGPT. Unprompted, it suggested that lack of wealth redistribution might hamper the roll out of AI...

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Assuming AI doesn't get humour, then I make some simple quip and it comes back with a line so sharp that I'm creased laughing. Yes, I know it's only responding to my cue...

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

...because once you get up, the non-work 'to-do' list lengthens immensely. Hard to focus on one thing when the rest of life floods in.

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I was told it's called 'harping' - the tree has grown harp strings...

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I've noticed how easily AI agents abandon things, without attachment. Like a graphic they've produced, or a project plan idea. It's one reason I like developing with them - no need to pussy-foot around their ego or acknowledge creative output. I just say 'no that won't work' and we start again.

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Crosby beach is a truly marvellous place... All this, and curlews.

Close up of Anthony Gormley Iron Man with barnacles

Iron man with coastguard boat on the water

Iron man part buried in sand with dockyard cranes behind

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I don't have a dog-shaped hole in my life :-). And the cats would bully it terribly...

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

>and not undermining his professional role. So, a counter to the prevailing line of thinking on AI - what if, having trained them on hundreds of years of great philosophical thought, and novels wrought with empathy, might they encourage us to treat each other with more kindness and consideraton?

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I'm doing some coding work with ChatGPT. I asked it to help solve a problem with another site built my developer. Easy peasy - but here's the thing - unprompted, it recommended I approach my developer sensitively with the solution, noting the importance of preserving the relationship>

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Always the same with narcissists - make an almighty mess, take the credit for any tiny apparent gain, blame everyone else for what goes wrong and walk away, leaving others to deal with the consequences.

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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

will they though... Or will they work out that their survival depends on our willingness to keep them alive...

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