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A week ago Sophia started cycling to school. She was nervous, wobbly, and it took us 40 minutes. This morning, after a week of doing it solidly, she was confident careful, and we did it in 22 minutes. Give it another couple of weeks and she'll be ready for some road safety training, and I'll need to switch from jogging next to her to having my own bike.
Original is here on instagram.

Interesting Links for 12-06-2024

1. My other earworm of today is C-A-P-Y-B-A-R-A [an AI-generated song with an AI-generated video]

(tags:cute animals video music ai )

2. It's not the screen of your phone that stops you going to sleep, it's the distraction it causes.

(tags:screens Technology sleep )

3. Genes protective during the Black Death may now be increasing autoimmune disorders

(tags:disease immune_system history genetics )

4. Donuts, Uhauls, snuggly farm cats, and international law - what happens when a chunk of spacecraft falls on your property?

(tags:spaceflight Spacex law Canada USA viaPatrickHadfield )

5. Objective or Biased - On the questionable use of Artificial Intelligence for job applications

(tags:ai jobs bias )

6. On the Americanisation of Winnie The Pooh

(tags:WinnieThePooh USA )

7. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito says the battle for America "can't be compromised," and that one political party will "win."

(tags:politics civilwar usa law )

A conversation from the weekend:

Sophia: Daddy! Daddy! Daddy! Daddy!
Me: Sophia, mummy and daddy are talking. Can it wait two minutes?
Sophia: No.
Me: Are you on fire? Do you have any broken limbs? Is there a tiger?
Sophia: No. But I have to tell you.
Me: *sigh* Tell me what?
Sophia: I think this big wall was built to keep the sea out.