Another day, another new app.  Today I saw that Flashes is available in the iOS app store.  It is supposed to be to Bluesky what Insta is to Threads, kind of.  But it doesn't have a separate timeline – so if I post a picture with the app using my main bsky account all of my existing followers will see it, but it will also show up in the app's firehose timelines.

I tried setting up a new account just for pics, which is what they recommend, but I need to get my head around what I really want from this.  There are a few "first day in the app store" things that need fixing.  It feels much better for where I am now with it to sign in with my main and post from there – but just for completists my alt is here

I found it satisfying to write my blog with Wordland yesterday and here I am again today.

Watching films in a cinema is different from anything else. you’re not forced to stay, but you’ve made a commitment. You can’t press pause but I also don’t find myself wanting to. And the screen is huge and dominating. The sound cuts out most other noises too. It draws you in completely, when it works.  I do not have this experience with streaming movies on TV – I can’t imagine sitting for two hours solid watching the same thing at home.

I've been three times so far this year.  The Bob Dylan thing, the new Mike Leigh and the latest Captain America.  I heard myself at the end of last year complaining that we "only have an Odeon and that's in Guildford" but realised I was just being snobbish and needed to lower my expectations.  Turns out even the Odeon shows stuff I like and most of the time it's nice and quiet (not at half-term when they're showing Bridget Jones though).