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Wash your pants.

While I’m on the subject of AI, this tech news is actually pretty important. There is now a way to functionally remove your copyright data from an LLM, that they’ve scanned and included without permission. They can no longer claim that it’s...

This is from the UK Press Gazette. I like that people are starting to develop a sense of what’s real writing – and what isn’t. Only thing I don’t like – I love em dashes! Hope – I’m – not – mistaken – for – a – bot…...

Hmm... Actually that's an interesting story idea. The Courting of Countness Libelle? All that, ahem, wetland activity...

Mary Whitehouse must be turning in her grave...

Following on from Mel’s post, this chap landed on my knee yesterday, a Common Darter dragonfly. However, I was horrified to later learn of their utterly lewd behavior, and I quote: “Eggs are not laid, but broadcast from the air: the male holds...

Thanks @AgentPete

Hey Clare! The platform is still in "beta" and this is exactly why:) What I intended when creating that system was for Updates to Indeed stay non-public untill you're ready for your platform to go public. NB other Full Members will see your...

Fyi, emails are calculated to account for about 0.3% of the world’s carbon footprint. It’s not as profligate as dear old ChatGPT, but it’s something.

I don't know if you can recall @AgentPete that about 15 years ago when faced with huge costs of hardware such as state-of-the-art data centres, microwave, satellite etc to meet the growth of internet usage major ISPs proposed a token charge for...

Fascinating! Humans could learn a lot... some kids never know their father, and others have a succession of 'daddies' in their lives.

Thank you. I am about to self-publish my first books and want to use the author's platform.

Thanks, David, appreciated! Yes, I may see how it goes experientially. I think the main drawback is that most writers don’t seem to know many other writers… apart from fellow Litopians!… but a few do, and I’ll get something going with them...

@AgentPete - can you give Ronnnie direction?