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On Hello Computer newsletter this week: "Meta’s new Ray-Ban glasses promise real-world subtitles, but I’ll believe it when deaf users say it works."

Read and sign up: https://pete.news/hellocomputer/meta-display-glasses-for-the-deaf/

#HelloComputer #Accessibility #Deaf
Meta Display Glasses for the Deaf
Meta’s new Ray-Ban glasses promise real-world subtitles, but I’ll believe it when deaf users say it works.
pete.news
September 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
petecarr.net
On Hello Computer newsletter this week: "The UK Supreme Court is dangerously wrong, but what can I do about it?"

Read and sign up: https://pete.news/hellocomputer/trans-women-are-women-now-what/

#HelloComputer #trans #LGBTQ+
Trans women are women. Now what?
The UK Supreme Court is dangerously wrong, but what can I do about it?
pete.news
April 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
petecarr.net
On Hello Computer newsletter this week: "Solstice skinny dips and being afraid to open up about being brave."

Read and sign up: https://pete.news/hellocomputer/being-bold-brave-and-courageous-part-2/

#HelloComputer #skinny dipping #naturism #Naked #Wales #Solstice
Being bold, brave and courageous - Part 2
Solstice skinny dips and being afraid to open up about being brave.
pete.news
July 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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On Hello Computer newsletter this week: "After five years of cold water dips am I a fearless functional human being or am I still failing at life?"

Read and sign up: https://pete.news/hellocomputer/ha... https://pete.news/hellocomputer/has-5-years-of-cold-water-dipping-liberated-me-from-my-fears/
January 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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On Hello Computer newsletter this week: "A few thoughts on Alan Turing's legacy and where we are today with computing and AI."

Read and sign up: https://pete.news/hellocomputer/alan-turing-man-and-ai/

#HelloComputer #Autism #LGBTQ+
Alan Turing - Man and AI
A few thoughts on Alan Turing's legacy and where we are today with computing and AI.
pete.news
October 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
hellocomputer.bsky.social
On Hello Computer newsletter this week: "As an autistic person Christmas is complex. How am I facing it this year?"

Read and sign up: https://pete.news/hellocomputer/the-most-ok-time-of-the-year/

#HelloComputer #christmas #autistic
The most OK time of the year
As an autistic person Christmas is complex. How am I facing it this year?
pete.news
December 1, 2024 at 7:07 PM
hellocomputer.bsky.social
On Hello Computer newsletter this week: "After 18 months with hearing aids I just learnt I am deaf. Huh."

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#HelloComputer #Deaf #Hearing Aids #Autism
I am deaf
After 18 months with hearing aids I just learnt I am deaf. Huh.
pete.news
July 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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On Hello Computer newsletter this week: "Life is like Tetris. A constant stream of problems to solve and then game over."

Read and sign up: https://pete.news/hellocomputer/game-of-life-am-i-playing-it-right/

#HelloComputer #anxiety #Buddhism
Game of Life - am I playing it right?
Life is like Tetris. A constant stream of problems to solve and then game over.
pete.news
August 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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#HelloComputer
September 4, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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On Hello Computer newsletter this week: "I took the iPhone's Live Caption feature for a test in a cafe. It was interesting."

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#HelloComputer #accessibility #Deaf #ios
iPhone Live Captions Reviewed: Does It Work in Noisy Places?
I took the iPhone's Live Caption feature for a test in a cafe. It was interesting.
pete.news
September 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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This weeks #HelloComputer is delayed due to commercial work taking priority. Sorry folks. It's become quite the busy week.

I've written nearly 3,000 words on taking part in a mass skinny dip event. It's quite the piece. Should be out for Sunday.

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Photography and thoughts on queerness and disability
pete.news
October 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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It took a week of 9hr sleeps and rest, but I managed to get my energy levels back to an OK position. A week to restore after a stressful pre-shoot sleep and then long day. #MECFS is not fun.

https://pete.news/hellocomputer/learning-to-pace-myself/
May 4, 2025 at 10:15 AM
petecarr.net
Top article on the Guardian today is that beach thongs are back in fashion. I like to think I've played a part in that by putting my male shaped arse in a thong 2 years ago for the purposes of science.

Would you like to know more? pete.news/hellocomputer/i-put... #BodyPositivity #ThongsCanOnlyGetB
I put my arse in a thong for research purposes
Have we lost the freedom we once had to be silly, to be outgoing, to be ourselves in public, or is my anxiety stuck on yellow alert?
pete.news
August 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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On Hello Computer newsletter this week: "The UK Supreme Court is dangerously wrong, but what can I do about it?"

Read and sign up: https://pete.news/hellocomputer/trans-women-are-women-now-what/

#HelloComputer #trans #LGBTQ+
Trans women are women. Now what?
The UK Supreme Court is dangerously wrong, but what can I do about it?
pete.news
April 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
petecarr.net
Trying to get the last HelloComputer out before Christmas. To do so I need to get my work review of the year done. To do so I need to get my photo highlights done. To do so I need energy and my body has failed me for the past few days. It's been a hard year.
December 22, 2024 at 2:38 PM
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I’m thinking about pacing today in my #queer #disability newsletter HelloComputer. Sign to get updates when they’re out.

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April 6, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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On Hello Computer newsletter this week: "A few thoughts on Alan Turing's legacy and where we are today with computing and AI."

Read and sign up: https://pete.news/hellocomputer/alan-turing-man-and-ai/

#HelloComputer #Autism #LGBTQ+
Alan Turing - Man and AI
A few thoughts on Alan Turing's legacy and where we are today with computing and AI.
pete.news
October 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
petecarr.net
Absolutely loved the clothes in #DoctorWho. The Doctor saving the day in a kilt, which basically looks like a skirt. Fantastic. Someone who dressed like me, saving the world.

It did make me wonder, why is most sci-fi fashion so binary?

https://pete.news/hellocomputer/why-is-sci-fi-fashion-so-bina
Why is sci-fi fashion so binary?
In the future sci-fi says we will travel at across the galaxy at warp speed, ocassionally back in time for whales. But we won't be doing that in a skirt because sci-fi can't imagine a future where male bodies wear skirts. What?
pete.news
May 31, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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On Hello Computer newsletter this week: "I got naked in front of nearly 1294 people and ran into the North Sea. How was it?"

Read and sign up: https://pete.news/hellocomputer/doing-the-north-east-skinny-dip/

#HelloComputer #SkinnyDipping #NESD #Nudity
Doing the North East Skinny Dip
I got naked in front of nearly 1294 people and ran into the North Sea. How was it?
pete.news
October 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
hellocomputer.bsky.social
On Hello Computer newsletter this week: "Has wearing an Apple Watch for 10 years been useful or should I switch to a Garmin and prioritise my health?"

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May 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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On Hello Computer newsletter this week: "Birthday weekend plans: running into the sea in my birthday suit for charity (and conquering some fears along the way)"

Read and sign up: https://pete.news/hellocomputer/dipping-in-my-birthday-suit/

#HelloComputer #SkinnyDipping #Anxiety
Dipping in my birthday suit
Birthday weekend plans: running into the sea in my birthday suit for charity (and conquering some fears along the way)
pete.news
September 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
petecarr.net
On Hello Computer newsletter this week: "What did it mean to me to see The Doctor save the world while spinning in a kilt?"

Read and sign up: https://pete.news/hellocomputer/the-queer-stylings-of-doctor-who/

#HelloComputer #skirts #Doctor Who #non-binary #Fashion
The queer stylings of Doctor Who
What did it mean to me to see The Doctor save the world while spinning in a kilt?
pete.news
June 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
petecarr.net
On my newsletter this week I'll be discussing a year of being sober. For now, here's what it was like after 30 days.

https://pete.news/hellocomputer/30-days-being-sober/

#Sober #ADHD
30 days being sober
I was a 14 unit a week drinker. How did it feel to give it up and go sober?
pete.news
February 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
petecarr.net
On Hello Computer newsletter this week: "How would my anxious brain cope if I walked a mile naked on a beach?"

Read and sign up: https://pete.news/hellocomputer/anxiety-and-nakedness-on-the-beach/

#HelloComputer #naturism #nudity #anxiety #social anxiety
Anxiety and nakedness on the beach
How would my anxious brain cope if I walked a mile naked on a beach?
pete.news
July 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Working on a summary of the year for HelloComputer and it’s leaving me depressed. It’s been a hard year. A real hard year. Hard to write about but I’ll try.

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Words and photos from a non-binary autistic photographer.
pete.news
December 12, 2024 at 3:28 PM