Barry Ryerson
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Barry Ryerson
@barryryerson.bsky.social
Writer. Audio nerd. Ninja. Cat dad. He/him. Pan 🌈

Books: 📖 The Child of Fire and Earth (MG fantasy)

📖 The Magic Circle (YA/NA scifi fantasy)

📘 Origins (scifi short stories)

Website: www.barryryerson.com
Quick link to books: www.linktr.ee/bryerson
My daughter has had exactly this, but for universities.

She has to fill in a load of details on an online UCAS system (basically an access service that sends your applications to all your chosen universities).

And then will get a message from those unis, asking for the same info on a new form...
November 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I came here to say just that.
November 13, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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November 13, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I was also really put off by how they kept referring to their chatbot as "he." I mean, it's a bot. Even if you slap a wig on it and call it Brian, it's still a bot.

I get frustrated with AI because, as a techy nerd, I love the concept of what it could do, but detest the way they've chosen to do it.
November 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Yes! That now means I have...

....wait a minute, let me just count up...

...yep, I have one vote. Woohoo!
November 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Thank you, and you're very welcome!
November 12, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Nah, that name would never catch on 🤣
November 11, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Feel like BK would drop a cease and desist on that one!
November 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM