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Memorable scene
Oddjob drives car to scrapyard
car and Solo crushed
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by Scooj
- a scene that haunted and intrigued me for many years.
Tag: Haiku
Algorithm (thoughts are not facts)
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Content provision
prompts confirmation bias
no need for the facts
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by Scooj
- Reflecting on why we have such divided opinions and polarised societies like never before. My verdict… it is the digital channel algorithms and our unconscious attachment to them.
- Before the general election I followed a few conservative MPs to see what they were saying in my desire to be well informed. Now my ‘X’ feed is bombarded with right-wing narratives (some quite extreme) all day every day, at the expense of the Labour streams and MPs I have been following for years.
- Solution… regulate the algorithms – allow us to choose what we see, and not what AI thinks we want to see.
- A conspiracy theorist might say that these platforms (‘X’ in particular) favour right wing narratives, although I don’t subscribe to that view. I think that there is more right wing disruptive/divisive content out there, much of it being produced by Russia and other nations looking to divide and conquer. They and the algorithms are having a profound impact in the UK, Europe and globally.
Alert
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Red weather warning
shrieking mobile devices
one helluva shock
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by Scooj
- At some point I must have signed up to weather alerts (although it looks like this might have been a central government pushed alert), and while I was just finishing up my work, all my mobile devices went nuts with a very loud alarm – I didn’t know that level of volume was even possible. It seems we might be in for a very windy night.
Bare
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Naked contorted
summer’s protective coat shed
winter’s agony
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by Scooj
Hearth
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Anticipation
warming toes and glowing nose
winter fire tonight
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by Scooj
Me time
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Reflective moment
a supermarket car park
mentally prepping
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by Scooj
Here be beavers
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Serene symmetry
reflecting autumn colours
the home of beavers
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by Scooj
- With many thanks to Katy from the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust who was kind enough to take my team at work on a tour of this magnificent reserve. Alas, we saw no beavers, but plenty of evidence of their activities.
Wonderland
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Clickety clacking
through this English countryside
silver snow blanket
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by Scooj
Two-hour event
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Excited children
snow falling hard in Bristol
settled then melted
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by Scooj
Bravo!
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Heavenly trio
robin, coal tit and goldcrest
singing such sweet songs
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by Scooj
Natural adventures 