Bubbles Briefing

When I was a wee lad -- before I grew gray and wizened in my third decade of life -- people would make shitposts using photoshop. But, every year, it seems I…

I’ve been away so missed this until today. I’ve read a few posts from this blog in the past few months. Originally I thought they were just being written to…

I occasionally read my own blog. I’m not sure why. It’s either a perfectly reasonable act of reflection or a deeply questionable way to spend an afternoon.…

Learning new things every day! (We're ok btw)

After climbing Mt Yotei on our recent Hokkaido roadtrip, our plan had been to continue to camp in the surrounding area and hike more mountains - but it ended…

I realised something when I woke up in a panic last night about my hospital visit today (update: the results were perfect): fear only works in absolutes. You…

It's exactly one year since my first post, ArmA Appreciation Post. I feel it's both suprising and obvious that I've made it this far. On one hand, most blogs…

There’s nothing like waking up to find people telling me about proposed new legislation which, if passed, would geoblock people in the UK from so many online…

Dario Amodei, Anthropic’s chief executive, on his personal website: But over the last few months, I have become convinced that fully addressing the risks…

A frustrating lesson in not handing over auth codes to strangers. Or anyone.

Normalizing behaviors is a superpower of big tech that we don’t give the attention it deserves. From the 1980s trend on ChatGPT to the Apple Watch with…