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I haven’t been to look at the river but the brook at the side of the house is now a noisy, raging torrent.

Our individual identity is the least of us.

The levels of the river and brook are rising quickly and there’s another 12-15 hrs of this rain to come…

“Why are you unhappy? Because 99.9 per cent of everything you think, and of everything you do, is for yourself—and there isn't one.” — Wei Wu...

Here comes the rain.

At first we think we need to add something, then we think we have to subtract something and belatedly we realise we don’t need to...

Very soggy drive to work this morning. Minor localised flooding has begun. There’ll be some respite as it’s not raining tomorrow but there’s 24 hours...

Watched: Trespasses 📺 Excellent. A different perspective on The Troubles and Gillian Anderson is superb.

It is said that AI doesn’t know what it’s doing or how it’s doing it. I would suggest that neither do we.

LLMs are programmed to provide an answer (cannot remain silent when prompted) and cannot say: ‘Don’t know.’ There is no silence, no space, no doubt....

“Free from memory and expectation, I am fresh, innocent and wholehearted.” — Nisargadatta Maharaj

Watched: Steve 🎬 Excellent movie. Old school sensibility but with brilliant use of contemporary film techniques.

Nothing happens next. This is always it.

“The world will show you if you give yourself to the world.” — James Low

Back to work this morning. Feeling pretty rough but, hey ho. No work, no pay. “We go on—not upward, not forward, but just on.” —...

Good morning.

Full of a nasty cold today. Fortunately off work but need to rest before a run of four long days.

Knowing the name of a singing bird adds nothing to the hearing of its song.

Well we got the draw, ending their clean sheet run by putting two of the five goals they’ve conceded all season past them. We remain...