Two foxes in the frosty garden this morning, mating. Apparently this takes an hour or more. Judging by the screams, I’d say it isn’t entirely enjoyable? Or maybe I’m just not a fox…
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The Litopia website, litopia.com, is currently down. This doesn’t affect the Colony, nor will it affect today’s Huddle.
English channel before dawn this morning
Just shared the Ant Game publicly… pass it around! The Ant Game – Litopia
Impossible sunset, this is Hastings, not Hawaii!
It’s been a raging storm here for 48 hours now. Unsafe to walk outside, the gusts will have you over.
Just to say, One Perfect Sentence is slightly delayed this month... Other stuff has been happening
But we'll be kicking it off next week.
Six months living on a building site, finally getting a few books on the shelves, which feels so nice
I hope that @Jason L. won't mind me sharing this, but he is in the direct path of Hurricane Milton right now, and it looks even scarier than the last one. He says:
"The 75 and 4 Eastbound are clogged with evacuees, and major arteries are mostly traffic going inland. Barrier islands closed save for local traffic."
As far as I know he's still at home, but there's no internet so comms are difficult. I know that everyone here sends him and everyone else in its path the best thoughts of love and care that we can do.
Bexhill, this morning. But where is Daddery Funeralcare?
We're bringing in a new system for creating projects in the Lab today. Until it's functional, you may find that you can't create projects or upload material. More in a few hours.
Looking for a pub in this part of town, Google offers me two alternatives... Could they be related, perchance?
Doing some work on the Blog Section here. Will announce when done, in the meantime, pls just ignore.
Throwing out endless amounts of meaningless accretions, just fallen upon a copy of Verlaine’s Rimbaud, unread. Why this now? There’ll be a reason, so let’s begin...
Exactly what I always assumed Hastings would be like on a summer afternoon. And yes, the band is deliriously out of tune...
Bulgogi Deopbap, vegan version, at Vegu, Lewes UK
Where am I?
Hint: eating bulgogi deobap...
Hastings, am
I’ve mentioned this a few times, but it bears repeating: “Training artificial intelligence (AI) models on AI-generated text quickly leads to the models churning out nonsense”. It’s death by iteration! Make no mistake - “they” need “us” more than “we” need “them”
Want to encourage everyone to post their most iconic book jackets in our new Galleries section. And please comment on others' posts there!
It's Pirate Weekend in Hastings - going for the world record. Will keep you posted
There’s a homeless guy down the road from here, I chat to him most mornings as we go in for an early-morning espresso. This morning, he offered me a tenner to buy a coffee! So here’s the question – would you take it?
Apologies, we had six hours downtime last night as the database that powers the Colony ran out of memory. I’ve given it a bit more, all is well so far.
Many congratulations to @Nikky Lee for winning the Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Short Story!
So there’s a mystery in our new house. There’s some extremely old concrete at the top of the garden, early Victorian, made with pebbles from the beach. Someone made a huge slab of it, about 8 feet square. Underneath, I can see a sort of tunnel. But why is it there? And - should I try to remove it?
Cox update. 2 months in, boxes mostly still resolutely packed. Removed old cooker, found damp everywhere. Kitchen now hacked back to the bare bricks inside and out. New window just gone in to replace old (rotten) one. Ceiling comes down next week. Bathroom floor rotten, water disconnected. On the plus side, a robin flew into my study today, had a nice long chat, then popped out again. Restored my sanity.
London, this afternoon
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