@Miraz whereabouts in London? My lad’s favourite animals were the giraffes, he told me.

@lzbth I’ve been trying not to understand the symbolic meaning of the bear ever since I posed for the photo! Thinking about it now, I suspect the bear was an early encounter with something naturally threatening dressed up as harmless fun.

@tregeagle well, that’s the thing. I’m should write a book about some of the happy, clappy workplace psychopaths I’ve met.

@manton that’s amazing! Thank you.

@manton I haven’t used the command line interface, but I have used Gemini Pro extensively in the last couple of months on a trial period. It was great for a long time, but in the last couple of weeks it’s been like talking to a rapidly deteriorating elderly relative.

@tregeagle I’ve seen a couple of recent photos of me posing in otherwise all-smiling groups at work, and I have the same expression. @lzbth

@ghostdancer all fully recovered now, thankfully.

@steevc took me a couple of days to realise what it was!

@lzbth heh, I’m a bundle of discomfort! Yeah, the older kids probably just added to my malaise. I think the hats might be a kind of “boater” hat to keep the sun off. There is a painting-like quality, especially the people in the background, now you mention it.

@lzbth I like that there are men in suits on the beach. I suspect I wasn’t keen on those white socks and sandals. I’m being unfairly harsh on the bear, for sure, and I’m not really frightened of giant bears - although perhaps I should be?