We’ll be doing fine this coming Christmas and next year

welve years ago I began covering EPO corruption. The coverage was exclusive. The following year (yes, within a year) I was receiving SLAPPs from the EPO and someone stepped in to help me handle this, on a pro bono basis. I’ve since then learned a lot – to the point where I can handle legal processes without expending much money (that I do not have).

That later led to my introduction to another solicitor, who I was told (several times) was the best in the country (in the area of media and communication). He taught me how to be a “little lawyer” because this way, for years to come, I’d be able to fearlessly handle almost anything thrown our way.

I think this approach goes a long way. A little bit of legal experience (and skills) can help people become self-sufficient and aware of their legal rights.

That’s not to say I can handle every legal process or area; not even lawyers can do everything, not even if they went to law school.

Specialisation means that one excels at particular area; with experience (longevity) comes greater strength.

Birds are incredible animals

he other week I wrote about an awkward bird that had green eyes. It didn’t seem healthy. Indeed, it’s a sign of a health problem. The good news is, this bird came back and is coming every day (going to the kitchen to ask for seeds) and the eyes are now mostly brown, as the bird in general has gotten more healthy. The same goes for “The Sick Bird”. We’d like to think that ill birds treat us like some sort of hospital, or a place to go to when their health severely deteriorates.

This past Sunday I hauled another sack of seeds for them. They should be “covered” until the end of the year, maybe even longer.

Birds are good companions. If they trust you, they will become like pet parrots. Durian, who is very young, already lets me carry him on my palm while I feed him. Of course I wash with soap and sanitise (a need for alcohol) afterwards.

This morning Rianne managed to feed about 120 birds all at the same time. It’s an incredible number and probably a new record for her (except in Piccadilly Gardens). She even doubled the jarful because there were so many (after soaking rain).

At this very moment the Bot Couple are cleaning one another. They are in excellent shape (perfect fur coverage) and ready for winter.

Women are targeted a lot

oday I started a new series about events that happened about 3 years ago. I meticulously took notes to document what happened. It’s still relevant and may be legally relevant for years to come as we plan to pursue the Court of Appeal – it’s a pursuit of justice for many victims of online bullying. People who do reporting (like the journalist mentioned in today’s parts) deserve praise, not bullying.

Countries that have a culture of free press are better at attaining and maintaining democracy. We need the public to be suitably informed.

Crossposted from Tux Machines

oday and tomorrow there will be network-related works in London where we have the server, so IRC might be impacted. In the past 7 hours we served over a million requests in this site alone, so it was slow (response time could be 10 seconds or more). We can safely assume those were bots, maybe even a DDoS attack (attempt thereof). In the past we suffered from DDoS attacks for sure; we verified the malicious intent.

We want London to deal with actual crimes, such as DDoS attacks and online abuse/Hate Crimes against my wife, even death threats.

DDoS attacks are cyber crimes.

What was done to my wife and I qualifies as crimes.

Death threats are serious crimes.

Does London correctly prioritise anything other than money?

A good husband would protect the wife from illegal abuse

he City of London became familiar to us. We’ve travelled there by coach at least 5 times this past year alone.

We’ll go there again soon.

It wasn’t always involuntary. Sometimes we make the most of it, too. Last December we went there for family reasons.

The core (seminal) reason for the involuntary visits is that my wife was attacked online. A Judge did in fact acknowledge that she had been attacked online.

Am I supposed to feel bad about involuntary trips caused due to my insistence that my wife should not be attacked online? The judge has already said my wife neither invited nor deserved those attacks.

A clearer picture is forming over time. The public understands what really happened.

Some precedents exist

his past summer I spent some time searching for related caselaw at the Court of Appeal (higher than the High Court), as noted in the official site. I found several relevant cases (precedents) and added them to my lawsuit against Graveley [1, 2]. I now need to wait. Maybe progress will be made next year.

At this point it’s advised not to share pertinent details. They will come out later. Maybe next year.

Graveley has since then lost his job.

And I’m just passing time with our animals until then

ast night the young birds stayed until it was rather dark. I think their biological clock or instincts are maladjusted. They eventually both flew away – at the exact same time – after 6:40PM.

Today it’s a sunny day, well suited for a round of feeding in the park (in the late afternoon) and I urgently need to find a heating body for my fish tank, otherwise the tetras will need to move to Rianne’s tank, which can be warmed up.

I’ll have a good look this morning at the Sunday Market.

The nights are getting cold and sometimes the days too (with gusty winds that make it chilly). We are, after all, just weeks away from Halloween.

We are now 4 weeks away from Techrights@20 (anniversary), so we need to give a thought to plans. It needs not be anything expensive or extravagant, just special.

In a way it’s hard to believe 20 years have passed since I began writing in Techrights. 20 years is two decades or about half my lifetime!

I’ll need to liaise with other Techrights people and figure out how we can collectively mark the milestone.

Maybe Techrights can introduce some major new feature?