Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Oh My Gosh
Why the title? It feels like years ago when I applied for access to the beta test for Be My Eyes virtual assistant after seeing this video from Lucy Edwards (it’s actually about 4 or 5 months). https://youtube.com/shorts/EF3lW2lRioY?si=x7hsNY0EkgJ0UBEj Well I got an email yesterday morning (4 September 2023 at 9:12am) that I opened just before…
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My first walking report
15th August I mentioned that I would be walking 3km a day in September and why. https://wasthatadinosaurcouk.wordpress.com/2023/08/15/walking-in-september/ This is a report about my first 4 days of walking. You may notice on the attached collage the distances are in miles. The total I have walked is 10.83 miles (17.429196km). Each walk is recorded using my…
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Are we asking the wrong questions?
Recently I saw a cartoon type picture attached to an article about self driving cars. The picture was a car driving towards a zebra crossing where an elderly lady using a walking stick was being followed across the road by a crawling baby. The question in the caption was who should the car kill! That…
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So why do I do it?
Why do you blog? I started writing my blog as a way to explain how my sight loss and Charles Bonnet Syndrome effects my life… it’s more for me than others. Life is always changing. The child in the black and white family photo on the beach (top left), whom from the frown on my…
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Accomplishment
What positive emotion do you feel most often? Too often I used to note only where I failed. I’m currently at my daughter’s home and brought some hand sewing for me to do when they are watching tv of an evening. Last night I made a boo-boo on the 4th (and last) hexagon I brought…
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I love my hometown
What do you love about where you live? I think I’ve made it clear in other blogposts that I love the ability of leaving my building on the edge of town and depending on the route I take being in the countryside 5 to 15 minutes later. Yesterday (23rd August 2023) was no exception. My…
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Be My Eyes
This link will take you to the Be My Eyes website https://www.bemyeyes.com/ At the end of a video call is a volunteer, or a specialist who can assist someone who is blind or low vision. I originally downloaded it a few years ago but finally signed into it after seeing a video by Lucy Edwards…
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Walking in September
Trigger warning baby loss My granddaughter was born sleeping September 2010. Instead of having a teenager’s birthday to celebrate I’ll be raising money for SANDS (Stillbirth And Neonatal Death Society). I’m aiming to walk 90km through September. I’m hoping doing something positive will help me lessen my September blues. https://fundraising.sands.org.uk/fundraisers/lynnenicholson/walk-90km
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Blind People Faking
Recently in the UK a government minister in charge of the department overseeing benefits including those for disabled people has been in the news suggesting many people are committing fraud by faking disabilities to get benefits. The same minister is also suggesting disabled people aren’t finding work because they’re lazy. This has resulted in lots…
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Struggling to read
Facebook memory from 6 years ago. “Cat sent me these photos of me trying to read the words (blurry and blending into the coloured background) little man looks like he is really enjoying the story.” The individual photos were on my Facebook post I’ve made a collage of them to add here. I was totally…
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