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Quite Likely Last Year of Sirius
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Summary: The situation at Sirius ‘Open Source’ is getting grimmer by the day or by the week; there’s almost nobody left at the company and those who are still there look for a way out, an escape from the sinking ship

THE crimes of Sirius aside, as the police investigates these too slowly (as expected all along and right from the start), today we take a quick look at the company as seen from the eyes of Microsoft (LinkedIn). There seems to be almost nobody left there; from what we can gather, it’s a very contingency-based semi-operational mode, trying to retain what’s left of the contracts. A couple of months ago a reasonably new employee was given more authority, as others left the company, creating a highly critical skills vacuum.

Will the company reach its 25^th anniversary? That doesn’t seem so likely. For privacy reasons the video above does not show the screen and instead I’m reading or explaining what I am seeing before me (on a separate computer).

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Sirius Disappearing Faster Than Police Holds It Accountable
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Summary: The crimes of Sirius ‘Open Source’ have caught up with the management, which is leaving in droves; but the British police has made no visible progress in over 3 weeks since a report was filed, in effect delaying enough for the company to vanish and hide some more

THE VIDEO above explains the latest situation at the company I left this past December. It stole money from employees for over half a decade. These employees had suspicions, but the company was evasive about the matter. Earlier this year we got all the formal confirmations (evidence) we needed and reported the matter to Action Fraud.

How about a police force that can allocate endless pounds to protect an old monarch but cannot even respond for nearly a month to a serious complaint of fraud, impacting many people and amounting to several prestigious cars (like the ones the CEO was amassing)?

The worry here is the company might change name or dissolve, then pretend to have vanished, then resurface under another name and legal entity/identity. It’s a worryingly common modus operandi, which mustn’t be tolerated by the police, the tax authorities etc. So we need to prevent that in order to protect others from abuse. There’s already [cref 171986 censorship happening] (gagging the victims!) and time is running out if the CEO is hiding money in all sorts of places, or even bank accounts of friends and relatives. This won’t end well and we shall pursue the matter till the bitter end. The video above says a lot more.

With the company decimated, will cops have anything left to salvage?

Summary: The above shows that Sirius ‘Open Source’ has lost the person who was most authorised to access and manage systems, not only clients’ but systems of Sirius itself; this means the company has about 3 full-time staff left (when I left in December it pretended to have 15 staff)

Summary: As we’ve expected right from the start, reporting crime (pension fraud) to Action Fraud (UK police) results in little action, no action, or very slow action (they say they aim to respond within 28 days); today we revisit the situation

ABOUT three weeks ago we formalised complaints to Action Fraud, which is like a division of British Police. The pension crime (embezzlement) of Sirius ‘Open Source’ was reported. The evidence was very clear. There are many victims and there are several more fallbacks here, in case the police drags its heels. We’ll spare details about those fallbacks, for strategic reasons. Either way, it is important to show how police in the land of famous monarchs actually deals with white-collar crimes that has many victims.

When you say something is illegal but fail to actually uphold and enforce the law, then it’s just a token or a “formality” (as this new article serves to illustrate). It’s a carte blanche to commit that crime and it rewards those who commit serious crimes against other people, objectively speaking.

Sirius has been trying to pretend to be a US company in recent years, likely for legal reasons (including the “Limited” in the UK). But no matter if it dubs itself SiriUS, SiriHK, SiriA or whatever… the chief is British, the loans are British, and almost all the staff is British. All those involved in the pension fraud — without exception — are British. This is a matter for British authorities, including British police, to investigate.

Remember that we as British taxpayers are entitled to get a good service from British cops as we pay their salaries, they basically work “for us” (or at least they’re supposed to, they’re expected to “serve and protect” the taxpayers). We are still waiting for as little as an E-mail from British police, but so far not even a call or a letter acknowledging they’re on the case or have made some progress. The sad thing is that we’re so cynical that this is what we expected and even told them.

In the next few parts we shall shed light on what various involved/impacted parties have to say about this, including legal facets of this conundrum. This is likely to carry on for several months more and perhaps even years if the Ombudsman gets involved. Inaction from cops and HMRC is a stain on the system as it emboldens the perception that those in power (like ‘Prince’ Andrew) are above the law and the rest of us are defenceless, rendered vulnerable for exploitation.

Stay tuned.

New: Excess deaths in UK rise

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Excess deaths, dramatic increase, week ending 21 April 2023

www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/births…

The number of deaths registered in the UK in the week ending 21 April 2023

(Week 16)

Was 14,024

22.1% above the five-year average

2,540 excess deaths,

of these deaths, 615 involved COVID-19

England and Wales

Week 16, 12,420 deaths were registered in England and Wales

538 of these deaths mentioned novel coronavirus (4.3% of all deaths)

Of the 538 deaths involving COVID-19, 66.5% (358 deaths) had this recorded as the underlying cause of death

The number of deaths was above the five-year average

Private homes (29.0% above, 771 excess deaths)

Hospitals (20.2% above, 924 excess deaths)

Care homes (25.3% above, 525 excess deaths)

Other settings (11.7% above, 92 excess deaths)

Could Bradford Hill criteria help?

The larger the association, the more likely that it is causal.

Consistent findings observed by different persons in different places

Lack of alternative explanations

The effect has to occur after the cause

Greater exposure should generally lead to greater incidence of the effect.

A plausible mechanism between cause and effect is helpful

Coherence between epidemiological and laboratory findings increases the likelihood of an effect.

Occasionally it is possible to appeal to experimental evidence

Analogies or similarities between the observed association and any other associations.

Sometimes, reversibility

CHECKED about 1.5 hours ago to see if the 10 May 2023 ONS numbers were already online. They were indeed, maybe around 9:30AM.

What does the latest data tell us? Compare 2019 deaths count:

Now watch this year:

Focus on week 17, the latest on record. From 10,059 deaths in 2019 it rose to about 12.2k in the same week of this year, yet WHO tells us pandemic stuff matters no more and it’s time to get back to “normal”. Don’t listen to WHO. Rely on data, not bureaucrats and politicians who masquerade as health experts.

I left my job in December, one month after Techrights had turned 16 (it was known as “BoycottNovell” at first). Yesterday the site turned 16.5 — a fact that I only realised about an hour ago. Here’s “whois“:

Summary: Another small (or semi) milestone for us; it’s an opportunity for reflection

The site started when I was 24. I was a student at the time. I had begun writing my thesis months earlier and I didn’t feel eager to find a job in some centralised office. In 2007 I started working from home exclusively and that hasn’t changed since. The working environment evolved and improved over the years. When working in front of a computer it’s important to make things pleasant and last year I moved everything to a dedicated room, formerly the dining room. Here’s what it looks like this morning (minutes ago; I’ve since then added a plant to the beige table on the left, as there’s available space there).

The photo shows the 9 screens, 5 webcams, 4 mice, 3 large speakers (from 1994; they still work), 7 keyboards (two are external), and as of this morning (2 hours ago) there’s a cactus-like pair of plants on the table that I took out yesterday (because it’s getting warmer), the 16.5-year anniversary of Techrights.org. All these computers run GNU/Linux and they’re not expensive at all (refurbished, old, low-budget). Each serves its set of purposes. The electric bill is 1.5 pounds per person per day (inclusive of everything, cooking as well) as these machines dim down while AFK and there’s no GPU.

If 16.5 years from now the Web site does not exist it’s likely it’ll have already evolved for whatever comes after the Web, maybe something like Gemini or IPFS. We’re flexible enough to handle change and budget isn’t a problem because we are not a company.

Last year I started experimenting with a standing desk. With two soft carpets on the floor and ample space for weights it’s possible to also exercise a bit while reading. It’s like a form of therapy that is healthy not just for the body but also the mind. I’m stationed near the desk about 15 hours a day, on average.