Adrian Howard

The next #BalancedTeam is in three weeks: our regular free online session on effective cross-disciplinary work — where you bring the topics to discuss! We've covered everything from async work to making room for play! You should get a ticket at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2001270946... ;-)

This reminds me to remind you that Coyote v. Acme is SO FUCKING GOOD and you should absolutely watch it if you haven't seen it yet

Just did an actual physical surprise pikachu face when I discovered that one bad apple did spoil my entire bunch.

I think the reason most “free speech defenders” think comedy sucks now Is that right wing standup comedy genuinely does suck. It’s SO BAD omg

I'm excited that this week Ann Leckie will be talking with my Patreon community about her new book, RADIANT STAR. I've read it a couple of times now and really think it's amazing. See the post to find out how you can join us! www.patreon.com/catrambo/pos...

Monday. Coffee.

PseudoPod 1053: Put Your Metal Blade to the Earth “There is an inherent danger in digging” Put Your Metal Blade to the Earth by Madeline Logemann Narrator: Lewis Davies Host: Graeme Dunlop Audio: Chelsea Davis This story is a PseudoPod original. C/W: Mass graves, plague

Friday. Coffee.

Bluesky pals! I have a sci-fi graphic novel called DRIVE, & it's my favorite thing I've ever done! If you need a long, escapist read at the moment the entire thing is free to read, here: drivecomic.com (THIS PAGE: First Up: Admiral Cayetano Cruz )

The existential horror of having to explain to somebody you don't know that you are very good at the thing you are very good at.

"The NCSC is encouraging UK organisations to prepare for immediate updating of systems using PHP. Where immediate remediation is not feasible, organisations should consider taking the system offline until it can be fully mitigated." www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/critica...

Migraine hangovers suck. That is all.

11yo: Hopefully [my teacher] will like my project. Me: Do *you* like your project? 11yo: Yes. Me: Do you think you tried your best? 11yo: Yes. Me: Well then, let me tell you a secret. If that's the case, then it really doesn't matter a damn bit what your teacher thinks of it. :)

I am sorry, which company is this? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Another half an hour of my life wasted working through the problem > support website > irrelevant "FAQs" > dumbass chatbot > fill-in-form-and-get-a-ticket-number pipeline.

Ursula K. Le Guin on the meaning of maturity and what it really takes to grow up www.themarginalian.org/2026/06/17/l...

More. Coffee.

The last #BalancedTeam of 2026 is next month — a regular free online session on effective cross-disciplinary work where you bring the topics to discuss! We've covered everything from getting used to change to framework fatigue! You should get a ticket at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2001270946... ;-)

RIGHT OKAY YES I DID AGREE TO THIS so anyway! Are you working on a novel? Is the novel in early stages or not novelling the way you want? Do you want to work with me, a giant bug? If so, @clarionwest.bsky.social may have a program for you! www.clarionwest.org/clarion-west...

Took the afternoon off and went to the seaside. It was a good decision.

My ancient 2018 iPad Pro aged out of new iPadOS updates with 27. In the past this has prompted me to think about upgrading. This time it only produced a general sense of relief ;-)

As a former O'Reilly author who is now in a program to learn to be a therapist, I will gladly provide a blurb for any of these books.

Successfully reached the "clean the filters in the vacuum cleaner" level of procrastination.

It is time for… The Ceremony… <puts away shorts & sandles> <gets out jeans & boots>

Get a library card If you have one already: use it

October's #MonthlyAlbum

New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854

Retrospective done. Day done. Week done. Done. Potatoes in the oven for tea. Time to chill out. All y'all have a great weekend ❤️

cognitive omnishambles

All vaccinated up.

you don’t hold "AI" accountable; you hold AI developers, vendors, and corporations that profit off it accountable holding "AI accountable" is like holding a toaster accountable. it's an inanimate object. it doesn't have wishes, feelings, or desires

Wednesday. Coffee.

Just because someone who is literally selling something makes extraordinary unfounded claims about it doesn't make it true You know this about vacuum cleaners; it's embarrassing that you can't hold it in your heads about computers

Monday. Coffee.

English physician & epidemiologist Dr. Alice Stewart is best-known for her pioneering research in the 1950s that established a strong link between prenatal X-ray exposure and childhood leukemia. Her work influenced radiation protection standards. She was born #OTD in 1906. #WomenInSTEM #MedSky

Being one of those people with a bunch of email addresses on the same domain to partition different use-cases it's been _fascinating_ to watch the LLM produced spam try (badly) to customise messaging to crew@ vs finance@ vs adrianh@ vs legal@ vs <whatever>.

Three people, including a child, drowned in the Channel today. Our politics is so broken that the debate is never about how we stop these deaths and always about how we can come up with harsher policies that make more deaths inevitable.

Seriously, just do not use muse

Just had my flu jab at Tesco and it was shockingly quick, painless and otherwise not an issue. Consider this your annual reminder to book a flu jab 💉 Many companies will pay for it, either directly by issuing vouchers or through health insurance like Bupa.

Monday. Coffee.