That's all the ill informed guesswork I have available this morning.

So while it probably was still blurred a) your brain already compensates for the magnification effect and b) it was less blurred than you'd expect (e.g. looking forwards out of the windscreen) so it looked more in focus than it was.

Might be something to do with the convex mirror which attempts to do the wide-angle thing while keeping it in focus. The fact that it does still distort may have been somewhat compensatory for your particular prescription.

It felt almost transgressive to make this show, something I found both interesting and exciting. “This is happening without your permission.” Whose? The author’s? The listeners’? TLS subscribers’? Huge thanks to @unamccormack.bsky.social and Nicky for engaging with it so wholebrainedly. LISTEN NOW!

4:30-5 family drama from CBBC. Stick a CBeebies/CBBC bridging show on CBBC in that slot so older VOSDAL kids go to BBC1. Pop Antiques Road Trip onto BBC2. 5-5:15 Newsround, 5:15-6 Pointless, 6 News, 6:30 Local News, 7 Nationwide...sorry The One Show. Minimal change. Cost neutral.

It turned into a really lovely programme, quite unlike any other archaeology show - really all about the experience of the practice. Fascinating and quite beautiful.

6pm news bulletin, PM on R4, Yesterday in Parliament, Panorama. That's enough news.

Derek Griffiths Food & Ag.

You don't want a cashpoint embarrassment twice.

Fat Old Talbot Sunbeam

Letting a computer make decisions is letting whoever controls the computer decide the range of acceptable choices. There is no way that the owners of the AI systems will allow them to make decisions which are optimal for the user but against the interests of the owner...
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To think that Hedwig of Brandenburg just missed out on seeing your opening by a couple of weeks. No wonder she looks grumpy.

I am glad you made this observation because cats often overlook that problem.

Jacket potatoes.