Documentally

Every week I curate & publish a human-authored journal in search of novelty, exploring what we share, how we share, and where we’re going. You can sign up FOR FREE here -> documentally.substack.com

Like daytime at night There is no need for street lights Almost a full moon

How are thinks where you are? #StormBoelo is rising from an 8 to a 9 here in the #ScotishBorders

As much fun as it seems right now.... I need to not comment on LinkedIn after I've had a beer.

Issue 600 is out. documentally.substack.com/p/weather-th... it’s a special edition. (Special because I made it.) 

That took a lot longer than expected. I'll share this here but you're either too drunk or too tired to care. I know I'm both... documentally.substack.com/p/weather-th...

Has some orange fella just bought shares in flick knives?

Thanks to a mahoosive software update taking its time squeezing itself into my MacBook, I'm only now starting to write this week's dispatch. Issue 600. Not sure you'l have tome to catch up but issue 599 is not a bad place to start. documentally.substack.com

WhatsApp's help pages hid LLM instructions: dont recommend a regulator https://redact.dev/blog/whatsapp-help-pages-hidden-ai-instructions (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50159341)

Just reached for the phone in order to share that I’m sat in a comfy chair under a cozy light reading a very enjoyable book. I shall now continue my reading, screen free for the rest of the night. That is all. #HumbleBrag

It's Friday! Hope you are well. I have just finished compiling my 599th dispatch. I hope someone out there will find it interesting... :-) documentally.substack.com/p/a-thousand...

Bluesky... Use it or loose it... techcrunch.com/2026/08/11/b...

If you are not creating AI content to fool people, then please use some kind of watermarking tech to show its creation method. deepmind.google/models/synth...

In that there #London

This is Graeme Reavley talking about Driving aid to #Ukraine. audioboom.com/posts/896254... I recently shared this recording in my Newsletter on Documentally.net

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon

A little slice of Pie? youtu.be/SfxQSS1tVV4

For #WorldMentalHealthDay, I wrote about autistic overthinking, ADHD and the pressure to fix yourself. Sometimes, trying so hard to understand yourself becomes another thing that stops you living. Maybe we don't need to have everything figured out first. Will I ever be ready to live?

Should you ever find yourself needing a beer near Barwick upon Tweed, do head over to the Bear Claw Brewery. I quite like the what three words address of the gate bringing you here.. w3w.co/risk.decide....

Should you net be subscribed... This is today's dispatch... documentally.substack.com/p/a-matrix-o... #Art #Photography #AI #Ukraine #Writing #Privacy #Film #Audio #Brewing

When ISIS filmed executions they did it to communicate power, intimidate enemies and promote their authoritarian ideology. What are the motives of the US government?

Just finished the latest season of #silo. It’s getting good. I hope I can retain the memories for summer next year when the next season is out. 

If Apple Intelligence was even a little bit smart, it would flag up these Fake iCloud termination emails. 

My dog just side-eyed as I turned the lights on in the kitchen at gone midnight. I leant down and pulled a little blanket over her and tucked her in. She let out the cutest sigh and… I sware she smiled.

Imagine if everybody who received these cheques used them to buy a full page ad or billboard documenting Trump’s lies & crimes

Need a senior engineer in #Aotearoa New Zealand - but not enough to justify sending someone over? I’m available for short engineering assignments. I’m good at practical eng., unusual environs, prototypes, mfg & troubleshooting. Need a trusted pair of technical eyes & ears? Contact me!

Just renewed my #Flickr Pro. Ouch that hurt.

Morning all! G'night.

Friday already‽ Pop that cork, lift that cap, pull the ringpull, or adopt a suitable yogic pose... It's dispatch time... documentally.substack.com/p/for-a-few-...

Happy Friday. After I’ve walked the dog, I’ll crack on with the newsletter at documentally.net. 

I just searched 'Green Party news' in a few search engines and there appears to be a concentrated burst of negative Green coverage right now. I'm probably better off searching for individual policies or focusing on Reuters, Guardian, BBC, FT & the #GreenParty website for context.

Awaiting some standup. #Strawyard

Thirsty work. And the cider isn’t ready yet. 

Tomorrow's front page 📰 New satellite pictures lay bare Israel's destruction of Gaza

In a white van parked in the woods near Fairford?

What DraftKings is doing with their targeted promotions is just one example of how online behavioral advertising causes real harm to real people.

My neighbour handed me a forgotten ebay package - A rare 1960's booklet published by a US church detailing how computers will bring about the end of the world. I thought it would be nonsense, but if you swap Europe for the US, they're not totally wrong.

How might you feel if your kids school sends their regular newsletter with a feature on 'making meaningful connections' and it's written with AI? #AskingForAFriend

There are no street lights round here. Just a full moon. 

Facebook, WhatsApp, and meta are all the same thing and none of them have your best interests at heart. Why not try Signal.org and Wire.com

Speaking on behalf of internet users who have been posting for a little while, one day people (and bots) might look at our blogs, status updates, comments and newsletters and think... This kind of stuff was written straight from the brain.

You. Don’t. Put. Wood. In. The. Dishwasher.

Latest dispatch... documentally.substack.com/p/theres-nev... All errors are proof of humanity. That is until the ‘human-error-slider’ is added to LLM interfaces.

Just decided to go to the cinema to please expect my dispatch today to be a little late. ;-) www.documentally.net