Martha Henson

OMG we won a lottery grant and now I'm too excited and happy to get anything else done today

We're EXTREMELY proud to have been featured in the RSPB's Nature Prescription for the Vale of Glamorgan, led by Dr David Llewellyn. Social prescribing has been part of Encounter's goal fro... We're EXTREMELY proud to have been featured in the RSPB's Nature Prescription for the Vale of Glamorgan, led by Dr David Llewellyn. Social prescribing has been part of Encounter's goal from the start,...

Aw, Encounter is now being recommended as part of local social prescribing www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... we hoped this would happen!

Is that a wipe machine and install new OS job? That is quite intimidating.

AI is suffocating our systems part whatever

That's a great idea for the phone! Not sure my laptop will have much offline use tho :(

Reaching net zero by 2050 ‘cheaper for UK than one fossil fuel crisis’ Climate change committee finds move to renewable energy would also bring health, economic and security benefits

"Achieving the UK’s net zero target by 2050 will cost less than a single oil shock and bring health and economic benefits while insulating the country against future costs, the government’s climate advisers have forecast."

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Screenshot from Grammarly, advertising its AI detector and "Humanizer"

As well as touting fake "expert" feedback from three bots in a stolen trenchcoat, Grammarly is also offering you an "AI detector" - working on the same principle as a nuclear-powered Geiger counter - and something that it shamelessly calls a "Humanizer", whose purpose is to defeat the AI detector.

Anyone have tried and tested recommendations for keeping a laptop going that can't be upgraded to Windows 11? (Which I am furious about). It has loads of life left in it.

Heard my first chiffchaff of the year today!

Already have about 40 events confirmed, well ahead of the deadline this year which is very pleasing. For the few Isle of Wight folk who follow me here, you have until end of April to organise an event of any size as part of the Biosphere Festival!

Good morning to this, the most perfect response to genAI garbage imaginable youraislopbores.me

Good morning to this, the most perfect response to genAI garbage imaginable youraislopbores.me

An interface with a prompt and a drawing in response with title your AI slop bores me. Prompt is draw an evil pig please and the "AI" response is a completely awesome evil pig with horns and a devil tail

Who did this one it's brilliant 🐖 💕 😈

The Trump administration has drawn up tight rules for civilian artificial intelligence contracts that would require AI companies to allow "any lawful" use of their models amid a stand-off between the Pentagon and Anthropic. A draft of new government guidelines, seen by the FT, mandates that AI groups that want to do business with the government grant the US an irrevocable licence to use their systems for all legal purposes. The guidance from the US General Services Administration (GSA) would apply to civilian contracts and is part of a government-wide effort to strengthen procurement of AI services.

One of the things I'm working on at the moment is a foresight review on the safe adoption of AI, and I'm
pretty sure this move by the US govt busts any myth that it's possible to robustly assure general purpose AI giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Is that definitely what they are up to? Is uh, *everyone* coming back?

And now a chaffinch in full flow, not just the snippets they'd been trying out for the last couple of weeks, like they were practicing and now it's showtime.

Patchwork Fez Games Horrible games for lovely people.

Apropos of nothing, I've decided to offer free UK shipping on orders over £20 on the Patchwork Fez Games web shop!

If you fancy a horrible game, or some lovely artwork relating to a horrible game, pop over to
shop.patchworkfez.games

Not only do you learn how to read avalanche forecasts and dig a test pit to analyse a snow pack, you also get to try out various self arrest techniques with an ice axe which is super fun (and doesn't work the way you expect it to).

The Scottish avalanche forecasters – photo essay Photographer Murdo MacLeod patrols the snow with members of the Scottish Avalanche Information Service, which has for several decades published a vital daily avalanche forecast for mountain areas

Fascinating essay on Scottish avalanche forecasters www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... I became briefly obsessed after doing a winter mountain skills course in the Cairngorms and reading A Chance in a Million, ref'ed here, which I recommend, both the book and the course.

Just sat in the car before going in, listening to the gorgeous evensong of the blackbird. So good to have it back.

Putting in yet another probably doomed grant application like an absolute mug. So tired.

Ooh I am running a subject specific writing retreat in autumn. Would be grateful for any tips for good practice/structure etc based on what you liked about this one?

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Oh I didn't think of that! Off i go...

Uh huh, that's a thought, but my diary should be private, maybe one of the attendees? I wonder if there is a Zoom feed of these that it is possible to access, they were so quick and consistent. If that's the same guy I think maybe he needs some new business models -_-

Yep! This happened to a library association member meeting I was part of last year. Sleezeballs, this company.

Woah! It's so shady, I am starting to think there is another motive for it than the webinar front (data harvesting/LLM training?). How are they even finding out about these tiny little meetings?

Actually not entirely clear if they charge for access or what the business model here is but of course it is making money out of other people's content somehow. Thought I saw a fee reference somewhere. You definitely have to register. So perhaps data harvesting or advertising?