What is in Kelvin's Head?

Predictions 2023

01/01/2023
1. Generative artificial intelligence will become significantly disruptive of many sectors this year. Education practices will change quickly as a result of this but education will be but one of many areas of life to be affected.
2. No progress for those seeking marriage equality in the Church of England. There will be a lot of talk about moving towards some form of official blessings for same-sex couples which would have the effect of thwarting those seeking actual equality, making it more difficult to achieve. Further division amongst pro-gay activists in the Church of England.
3. Indyref 2 will not happen on 19 October 2023 as Nicola Sturgeon had hoped, which is a shame for those seeking to separate Scotland from the rest of the UK as the autumn will be the high water mark for the Indepedence movement. It will be downhill into the next General Election after that.
4. Trump and Biden will both declare that they intend to run for the US presidency in 2024 and American politics will continue to be all about Donald Trump.
5. Covid recovery remains bumpy, particularly through supply-chain problems due to mismanagement of Covid in China.
6. No conclusive end to the war in Ukraine this year.
7. Governments in Westminster and Holyrood will announce some kind of “new deal” for the National Heath Service.
8. UK Government will not succeed in blocking Scottish Gender Recognition Reform.
9. Liam McArthur’s bill in the Scottish Parliamant to allow doctors to participate in the killing of terminally ill patients will fail to receive parliamentary approval but will receive more support than similar proposals have before.
10. Changes announced to the UK honours system, perhaps at the time of the Coronation, to remove references to empire. OBE becomes Order of British Excellence.

9 responses to “Are the podcasts working?”

Beth

12/08/2008

Yes, both working for me. I have a tiny Kelvin in the corner of my iTunes window.

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Mary-Cate

12/08/2008

Both audio and video download to my iTunes and the audio downloads/works well on my somewhat ancient 20G iPod.

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Stewart

12/08/2008

Podcasts downloaded and played on the laptop without any problems. Have not tried them on an iPod though.

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David |Dah • veed|

13/08/2008

Currently the iTunes Store will not let me subscribe to any of the three podcasts listed. Is it limited to Scotland or the UK?

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kelvin

13/08/2008

David, they are not limited to Scotland or the UK.

There are also only two podcast streams.

Specifically, they can be found here and here.

Anyone else having trouble? Or anyone else from outside the UK able to confirm a subscription?

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Gordon

13/08/2008

Can’t I even escape to my Ipod!

Audio podcast great but the video is a bit big (can it be compressed?

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ryan

13/08/2008

Podcasts works here (in godforsaken lennoxown, which suprisingly still has broadband).

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David |Dah • veed|

14/08/2008

I can see three video podcasts;
Interview with Gene Robinson
Sermon 10 July
Sermon Gene Robinson

and three audio podcasts;
Sermon 1 July
Sermon 6 July
Sermon 27 July

None will let me subscribe. Is it perhaps limited to the UK iTunes Store? I am hooked to the USA Store usually, because I have purchased things for years with a USA bankcard.

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David |Dah • veed|

14/08/2008

Ok, I tracked down the problem. Podcasts were disabled under the Parental Controls in the Preferences. My computer illiterate parents must have snuck into town and down that!

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