Our getaway is on a small island. One of our neighbours is recently ex-Google Gemini. No longer wants anything to do with the industry and is prepping furiously.

My iPhone just corrected “Jice” to “Nice” and it’s the first thing it’s got right this week.

This is some excellent economic doomer fiction on AI. I am somewhat glad to be near the end of my career arc in tech.

THE 2028 GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE CRISIS

A Thought Exercise in Financial History, from the Future

They’re all at it. At some point there will be a suddenly-then-all-at-once moment for #Nostr. Likely six months or so as a shining beacon of free expression before its use is criminalized and we’re all off to the gulags.

Gavin Newsom wants teens banned from social media

Mother-in-law just pinged me about the price of #gold. It’s so over.

Happy 35th birthday, Doubt! What an album. Obviously some huge singles but “I’m Burning” my lesser-known fave. #music #musicstr

Ah, the steady drumbeat continues. Thanks for existing, Nostr.

Anyone selling physical silver here or just sitting on it?

Days like today I am reminded of the two-dishwasher theory whereby you load dishwasher A as you use dishes from dishwasher B and rinse, repeat. Saves the largely superfluous step of loading clean dishes and cutlery into drawers and cupboards. Merry Christmas, all.

Part of our Christmas routine is listening to seasonal music on an old analogue AM radio while wrapping presents. Nostalgia is so rewarding. Merry Christmas, everyone.

Happy Christmas Eve everyone!

About the only bullish thing right now is how morosely bearish I am.

Mid-December and these babies are still crisp on the tree. Left a bunch up after harvest for a longer fruit picking season. Love Russets! #foodstr #homesteading

Good Morning.

Don’t recall a time when all the top-drawer traders I know are so completely at odds. No-one has a clue. Merry Christmas!

45 years today since this gem was released. One of the holiday staples in our house when I were a lad, along with Indiana Jones and Starwars. So many quotable lines! And that soundtrack, obvs.

For the kids(tm)🇪🇺

It is astonishing how quickly the iron curtain is coming down on freedom in Europe. Mandatory digital ID for social media (“to protect the kids!”) removes the last shreds of anonymous internet use, banking is obviously following with the digital Euro and the curtailment of physical cash. In Europe it’s overt, because the populations allow it, but it’s happening everywhere eventually. Shocking to be living through these times.

Benefits - EU Digital Identity Wallet -

Goodness now I’m watching crypto as the only part of these forsaken markets that’s climbing off today’s lows in AH. Not sure what that says about the state we’re in.

Quick kid meal. Eggs, milk, seasoning salt, sourdough, bit of butter in the cast iron. Yum, eggy bread! #foodstr #kidstr