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I'm not ok, are you?
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Today is World Mental Health day. I’m not ok, but more importantly are you ok? Please check in on yourself, friends and family. Now is as good a time as ever to say hi and ask “How’re you doing?” (Joey accent optional).
Yet another post on AI
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Another post? But I’ve not written about it here! I have so many partially started angry, sad rants penned in Joplin (which is starting on the enshittification path with AI going off the latest change log). Problem is I can’t finish them I find I’m not eloquent enough to articulate why I’m so reluctant to embrace and use it. So here goes.
My worst holidays of all time
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After chatting with my wife about the holidays we’ve been on I figured I’d write up some of our less fortunate ones.
St Ives # I’ve spent so much time in St Ives, most of our summer holidays were spent there. I love it there but sadly it’s become far to expensive and isn’t the easiest to get to if you don’t drive.
Homelab Update July 2026
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I’ve decommissioned my remotelab.uk Mastodon server in favour of social.lol, I really like what they’re doing over there and had a similar idea for what I’d like remotelab to be. You can find me at mikebell@social.lol. There’s a new holding site up at https://remotelab.uk now.
I'm starting wegovy
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For as long as I can remember I’ve hated my body it’s a mess. I used to be quite fit before I started remote working (walking 5 miles a day does that) but it all fell apart and then COVID hit and I just never really recovered.