Saturday, August 15th, 2026, 7:52 pm
was just reading your article “Less Shopping Centres, More Parks”, someone has told me, noting “the line about water shortages at the end.”
I said: “Water shortages are also becoming a matter of urgency across Europe. This is climate change in action.”
In IRC he shared “the good, the bad, and the ugly….”
It said (headline) “Europe’s Record Heatwave Kills 25,000, Dries Rivers, Shuts Nuclear Plant, Exposes Submerged Warships…”
“How Is the beaver population in the UK?” he asked. “What is happening in the USA might be of help” (The beavers returning to the desert).
In IRC I joked: “let’s build more chatbot centres, we need more chatbots, give them our water and power to cool down… the server, not the elderly… because… chatbots”
We are seeding our own collective destruction.
Saturday, August 15th, 2026, 5:40 pm
think it is fair to say that Pocock’s political success boils down to “free publicity”, not securing a seat in the EU, Ireland, or the UK.
He seems to have strategically chosen an election precinct that’s guaranteed to attract media attention. 33 other folks chose the same.
Saturday, August 15th, 2026, 4:16 pm
AM growing increasingly aware of the dietary needs of the snails/shells. They are multiplying fast and now they finish their daily meals within hours, not days.
I still have lots of food for them in store, but if they keep reproducing they will be “over capacity” in this tank. Then I’ll need to think about introducing another, bigger tank.
Those are not expensive though…
Saturday, August 15th, 2026, 2:51 pm
HE weather here has cooled down considerably, so I am back to drinking hot coffee and researching for upcoming articles.
This coming week I’ll stay indoors more; I expect writing capacity will hence increase.
Saturday, August 15th, 2026, 2:46 pm
T is less than 24 hours away: Community Shield.
Rianne said the new coach looked eerily similar to Pep this morning in BBC. Will he too hold up a title/brass?
We have a drink in the fringe just in case.
Friday, August 14th, 2026, 4:13 pm
Crossposted from Tux Machines
Yesterday: GNU/Linux Reaches 10% “Market Share” in statCounter
It’s up some more today:

upported or corroborated by several other surveys of Web traffic, statCounter shows us that 10% might be exceeded some time soon (maybe by month’s end) for GNU/Linux, the foremost carrier of Software Freedom. Combined with ChromeOS, it’s already past and beyond 11%.