CIRCLE WITH A DOT

I'm pretty offended nowadays each time I finish putting together the village newsletter – the product of dozens of hours of work by dozens of people – open the final PDF for a quick check, and have #Acrobat suggest "This appears to be a long document. Save time by reading a summary using #AI Assistant." I think humankind needs to have some pretty serious conversations about where we're headed with this technology.

#ThrowbackThursday Future Islands hail from Maryland but released their breakthrough fourth album on British label 4AD in 2014. Frontman Samuel T. Herring stunned US talk show host David Letterman with his emotive physical as well as vocal performance of the lead single, Seasons (Waiting on You), in March that year.https://youtu.be/upPl9mZW_zw

Keep forgetting to cancel my #Labour Party membership from when Corbyn was leader. It's worse than that time I joined a gym and went once but kept paying for twelve months.

#ThrowbackThursday British singer-songwriter Nerina Pallot has arguably never been mainstream: this Iraq War-inspired record remains her highest-charting single to date, reaching number 14 in 2006. The official video pulls off a serious portrayal of modern conflict in a humorous setting, directed by the prolific Marc Klasfeld whose portfolio is worth viewing at marcklasfeld.com.https://youtu.be/kKTCScoUFWk

#ThrowbackThursday British singer-songwriter Nerina Pallot has arguably never been mainstream: this Iraq War-inspired record remains her highest-charting single to date, reaching number 14 in 2006. The official video pulls off a serious portrayal of modern conflict in a humorous setting, directed by the prolific Marc Klasfeld whose extensive portfolio is worth viewing at marcklasfeld.com.https://youtu.be/kKTCScoUFWk