Matt Luckcuck

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An At risk of redundancy' Computer Scientist | Nullius in verba

Close up of a black and white picture of someone out for a walk. There is a (possibly) male figure with a waterproof coat on and a child (approx one year old, from the material I read) in a back pack for children (I forgot what they're called). The person is looking back toward the photographer.
Three black and white photos, one shows the inside of a car with three people, one reading a map; one shows someone out for a walk alongside a river; one shows a land rover.
A scene from The Duchess (2008), showing a lawn and some trees, with a manor house behind. There is a picnic on the lawn, a servant stands waiting, and several people in Georgian dress are standing talking. The legend reads "Althorp Estate, England April 1774". The house is _clearly_ Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire.
PlantNet app screenshot showing Little Rob as 64% likely
"Hepi (Higher Education Policy Institute) also recommends standardising degree classifications, so all providers would be limited to awarding 15% of classifications as a first, 35% as a 2:1, and the same for 2:2s, and 15% for a third. I. 2023-4, 28.8% of graduates were awarded firsts."
Two Cybermen stand menacingly behind a young lady who has not noticed they are there.
Lieutenant Commander Data, on the futuristic star ship Enterprise, using a fancy replicator to order his chicken nuggets.
Screenshot from an AI cheating service 'Einstein' with text that reads "Stop stressing. Start acing. Einstein does the busywork so you don't have to."
There were also significant drops at Goldsmiths, University of London (22%), Robert Gordon University (20%) and London South Bank University (18%). Russell Group member Durham, York, Newcastle, Cardiff, Nottingham and Queen's University Belfast all recorded falling academic numbers.
A long icicle coming out of a hosepipe
What look like litre toadstools starting to grow out of a felled tree. The stems are black and the tips are white.
Lots of little bracket fungus on a tree stump!
A banana on a table.
Two geese crossing the road. At a human person crossing point!
Two geese strutting around on the pavement.
A dusky grey cat, sat on a metal street cabinet, against a brick wall. The cat is looking right at you.
Dappled light through trees, a soily path runs through.
A view of two buildings at the University of York: the Ron Cooke Hub and the Computer Science building.
A grey/blue shorthaired cat, laying languidly on a warm pavement, in the shadow of a car (that is parked partly on the pavement, like an arse).
A small desk, with a privacy surround, in the nonfiction section of a (public) library. Always bring a library to a party, Rose; libraries are good.
A small meeting room with an oblong table, surrounded by chairs.
Jonathan Creek (played by Alan Davies); a white man with curly hair and a duffel coat, stood with a bookcase behind him and a book in-hand.
A gif from The Mighty Boosh with a might doosh called Johnny Two Hats (who is wearing two stupid hats).
Wollaton Hall, a stately hone, up a grassy hill surrounded my trees.
A small plant, a cone of little purple flowers, is starting to grown in between taller green leaves. There are old brown leaves and twigs on the floor around the plants.
A (lovely) cat sat (slightly menacingly) on a wheely bin on the pavement outside of a house. There is grass, instead of road, and trees, and some lens flare.
A blue sky with a few fluffy clouds, the sun lens-flaring through. There are trees and bushes around a shallow lake, with birds stood on pipes (for a fountain) that are sticking out of the water. The lake is mostly still, with the sun reflected on the surface of the water.
A smooth stone obelisk (a trig point) on top of a craggy rock covered on one side with ice, blown smooth in the wind.
Kinder reservoir, with a bright but cloudy sky overhead.
The power switch to a hot water boiler in an office kitchen with masking tape crossed over the switch, and "NO!" written on the tape.
The back of Kedleston Hall, an 18th century country house, with windows, columns, and a double curved staircase. The sun is shining on most of the façade, and there are thin clouds in the sky.
A wide, still river with the low winter sun flaring through the camera lens. Trees and bushes line the riverbank.
A small university lake, partly frozen over, cracks have formed and small channels of liquid water have opened up between small patches of ice.
A grassy hilltop on Brant Fell. There are shrubs on the left and rocks on the right. In the distance is Lake Windermere. In the middle of the shot are two old gateposts, empty, without gate or fence or wall; a portal to another realm?
Text on the from of a soap dispenser: "foam hand wash".
Front covet of "The Wind's Twelve Quarters" by Ursula K. LeGuin.
A bumble bee sitting on a mint flower.
A cat sat on a shed roof, looking over a wooden fence. It is nighttime, there is glare from the nearby streetlight.
Picture of Joe Biden from an online newspaper article.
A round meeting table, with three empty chairs on one side, facing one empty chair on the other side. Looked like an interview situation, but with empty chairs, so: Ghost Interview!
Trees, green grass, plants, and parts of university buildings.
A suitcase with a sticker showing a cat, with the caption "End of Level Boss" printed on the sticker.
A ginger and white cat, sat on a pavement, on front of a terraced house, as if guarding.
A garden snail, stretched between two plant pots filled will soil. It is moving from one plant pot to the other.
The front cover of Possible Worlds, by Rachel Handley, held by one white hand against a white sheet with red curtains in the far background.
A church tower and spire, illuminated against the dark night, seen across an empty field in Heslington, York, UK.
A lone, grey cat sits on a pavement staring at the camera.