Mastodawn

Gordon Anthony Jun 15, 2023

OMG! I’ve just heard that Home.Social is closing down. How do I transfer to another server, and how do I find all the people I’m already following? I do hope there’s a way to do this uding Voiceover.

Gordon Anthony Jun 14, 2023

My latest novel is now available from Amazon in paperback & Kindle formats.
The Poisoned Chalice is Book 4 in the Sempronius Scipio series. This one’s a blast, covering the Year of Six Emperors as Scipio battles manipulative Senators, assassins & vengeful Emperors while trying to keep his family safe.
Favourable reviews much appreciated.
#HistoricalFiction #AncientRome #Books #Reading

Gordon Anthony Jun 14, 2023

Tech is great when it works. Started up my PC as usual this morning to discover that JAWS had reset itself & was using Eloquence. I tried to fix it but I think I’ve made things worse. I can’t get my old settings back at all, and can’t even find the voice I prefer.
I’ve got a help call into Sight & Sound. Fingers crossed they can get my old settings back.
#JAWS #A11Y

Gordon Anthony Jun 14, 2023

HarryHolt1791 Jun 14, 2023

4Jun1830

The 1st intercity #railway journey with passengers takes place between #Liverpool & #Manchester. The 39 ton steam locomotive engine ‘Arrow’ took ~2hrs to travel 39mi with 40 passengers including the Director of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway, and his friends.

#HarryHolt #Holt #Genealogy #Bareknuckle #Boxing #Pugilist #Regency #Georgian #C18th #C19th #History

Gordon Anthony Jun 14, 2023

Undiscovered Scotland Jun 14, 2023

The massive tower of Dundonald Castle, dominating the Ayrshire landscape for miles around. It was built on an elevated site that had been fortified since around 500 and was the favourite home of King Robert II in the late 1300s. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/troon/dundonaldcastle/index.html

#Scotland #DundonaldCastle #Dundonald #Castle #Ayrshire #UndiscoveredScotland

Dundonald Castle Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland

Information about and images of Dundonald Castle in Ayrshire on Undiscovered Scotland.

Gordon Anthony Jun 13, 2023

Double Tap Jun 13, 2023

POLITICO reports that the UK Government will now have access to all the AI language models from OpenAI, Google DeepMind and more. What could possibly go wrong? https://www.politico.eu/article/openai-deepmind-will-open-up-models-to-uk-government/

OpenAI, DeepMind will open up models to UK government

LONDON — Google DeepMind, OpenAI and Anthropic have agreed to open up their AI models to the U.K. government for research and safety purposes, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced at London Tech We…

POLITICO

Gordon Anthony Jun 13, 2023

Oh dear. This is quite scary. Sadly, I do know some people who absolutely believe a lot of these conspiracy stories.
Conspiracy Poll: Quarter of UK population believes coronavirus pandemic ‘was a hoax’ https://news.stv.tv/world/conspiracy-poll-quarter-of-uk-population-believes-coronavirus-pandemic-was-a-hoax

Quarter of UK population believes Covid pandemic 'was a hoax'

New report also finds a third of people are convinced the cost of living crisis is a government plot to control the public.

STV News

Gordon Anthony Jun 13, 2023

Open Culture (Official)Jun 12, 2023

Dire Straits’ "Sultans Of Swing" Performed on the Gayageum, a Korean Instrument Dating Back to the 6th Century

https://www.openculture.com/2023/06/sultans-of-swing-performed-on-the-gayageum.html

Dire Straits’ “Sultans Of Swing” Performed on the Gayageum, a Korean Instrument Dating Back to the 6th Century

Every now and then, we check in on the fascinating musical world of Luna Lee--a musician who performs Western music on the Gayageum, a traditional Korean stringed instrument which dates back to the 6th century.

Open Culture

Gordon Anthony Jun 13, 2023

Double Tap Jun 12, 2023

Today we have a demo of the new OpenScape app from Michael Babcock that replaced Microsoft Soundscape. Also moderator of the R/Blind sub Reddit Samuel Proulx joins us to explain today’s protest of Reddit, and there’s your feedback too. Listen now: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/double-tap/id1309267346?i=1000616682909

‎Double Tap: OpenScape, Changes at Reddit & Your Feedback on Apple Podcasts

‎Show Double Tap, Ep OpenScape, Changes at Reddit & Your Feedback - 12 Jun 2023

Apple Podcasts

Gordon Anthony Jun 12, 2023

Tim ☑️ 🔭🌃📷🪨🚴🌳Jun 11, 2023

Dramatic (and interestingly shaped) clouds seen during this afternoon's thunderstorms at Findhorn Bay.
Also quite nice light and crepuscular rays through the clouds whilst driving back homeward :)

#moray #scotland #thunderstorm #clouds #dramatic #stormchasing #light #atop #crepuscularrays #fujixh2 #convective #weather #convectiveweather #wx