Almost forgot. 📷 Rail.

A moving train passes behind a fence and tall grass under a partially cloudy sky.

Potato.

A white, star-shaped flower with a yellow center and prominent stamens is in focus against a blurred green background.

It’s a sign.

A weathered, painted sign with what looks like (but isn't) sn8 is mounted on an old, textured wall.

So far today I’m locked out of the new work bank account and the old work pensions account, and then I “upgraded” to the shiny new password manager web app and - hey presto! - lost all my passwords. Not sure it’s safe for me to go and pick up the kids today.

Whoever did the CAF Bank redesign and new login security protocol must be having a very bad day today. I know I am.

Morning wood 📷

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The more time I spent using AI (Gemini) on this particular project, and actually scrutinising its responses for accuracy, the more stupid and inept it became. By the time we’d finished, it was a gibbering apologetic wreck and I’m exhausted, wishing I’d just done all the work myself as it would have been easier and quicker. And I say this even though it created something truly fun and great along the way, and I still enjoy my more regular interactions with it.

Incredible piece from Auntie’s most experienced war correspondent and Middle East journalist. Good explainer here, too.

Bowen: Israel is accused of the gravest war crimes - how governments respond could haunt them for years: bbc.com

Déjà vu this week, as I spent time trying to help my mum reply to an email and send an attachment.

I can’t do it. Please do it for me!

Simultaneously, I receive email with attachment from mum. Not a reply, though - a new email.

“OK, so just reply to the email you need to reply to and send the attachment like you did to me just now.”

I don’t know what his email address is!

To cut a long story short, I discovered that her old Tiscali email account hasn’t sent or received email since 2019!

And because it was set as her default email in her Gmail settings, she couldn’t reply to emails.

Hence she sent a new email to me, and why she couldn’t do the same with the person who’s email address she “didn’t know”, as the address is helpfully hidden in the UI.

I asked her why she didn’t tell me before, and she quickly changed the subject.

It’s Sunday and I’ve barely moved off the sofa, so today’s micro.blog photo prompt “travel” is taking the piss. Time for more navel-gazing nostalgia and a look at my old blog (not about outer space).