Status:

Very much a crash day today. Thought I might be OK when I got up (which is not the normal way of things) but Fi asked me to explain something I should have had no problem explaining and I stumbled and fell into a brain fog. So have been taking it easy as my mind jumps from zombie to spiralling. Did I do too much yesterday? Maybe. Maybe not. Who knows? Not me. My brain is not doing the figuring things out thing today.

In other news I had a message from my GP surgery via an alert to the NHS app. I think it’s probably best quoted in its entirety.

‌We introduced EMMA, an AI receptionist a few weeks ago, with the intention of improving the service. It hasn’t worked as expected, and we know lots of people have found it frustrating. We have switched it off today.

I see Wes Streeting’s plan to use AI in the NHS to save money is going well.

Reading:

• Scientists film whale giving birth while other whales work together to help her

Watching:

• Restoring a French bread guillotine ‌(20:49)
• Restoring a rusty ratchet wrench set ‌(13:17)

Listening:

• In Our Time: Silicon - Fascinating stuff on “the role silicon compounds play in the biology of life on Earth, on the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and the cycling of elements between land, oceans and atmosphere that sustains us."

Telly:

• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds