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Friday, July 31st, 2026, 6:28 am

Manchester Election

I can see election information, but results aren’t known yet, not even preliminary estimates (no “exit polls”).

It does look like gravity is being shifted away from London:

Andy Burnham to give regional mayors share of income tax

Thursday, July 30th, 2026, 4:42 pm

Statements About Yesterday’s Decision

King's Bench Division of the High Court

Yesterday in Tux Machines and in Techrights I published statements about a recent hearing at the High Court. It’s about Garrett. It’s a hearing that he did not even bother to attend because, in general, his attitude stinks no less than the odour his solicitor and barrister emit from the Court’s toilets (seriously).

After an outburst of lies he has written nothing more in social control media. Maybe his solicitors told him he had said dumb things, given away sensitive information, or was led to embrace an overly optimistic view about the hearing that he did not even bother attending!

Thursday, July 30th, 2026, 3:02 pm

Unverified Quotes

db-looked

I don’t think the quote above has anything to do with Snowden and an actor claiming to be Snowden is just a for-profit Hollywood production.

Unverified quotes are not a new problem. It’s not an LLM slop issue, wherein they call it “hallucination”. Even decades ago one could easily find false “wisdoms” and fake (or misattributed) quotes online. Those were not satires, though sometimes people passed off satires sans the disclosures.

The best solution is to check the credibility of the sources or trace quotes back to their source.

Thursday, July 30th, 2026, 12:58 pm

Animals’ Welfare

Not just the birds (who can look for food elsewhere)

2-birds

IT was exactly 3 weeks ago, a Thursday afternoon, when our barristers explained to a judge Rianne needed to go home to feed the pets. The judge, after some discussion, said he would allow her to return a bit late the following day.

We are grateful that this judge saw the importance of our animals’ welfare.

Thursday, July 30th, 2026, 12:45 pm

My Most Productive Year

I am going to vote in a few hours, and having spent time preparing articles, today turns out to be very good! Yesterday I produced many stories (some short, some very long) and I’m planning to try to do the same today. So far this year has turned out to be by far the best and most productive year since I became an adult.

People who attempt to slow me down or sadden me are failing. I reckon they already realise this and can evidently see this.

I wonder why Bob Cringely has been so quiet lately. Health problems? Threats?

Let’s wait and see.

“Good question,” a friend has opined. “Those pushing AI [sic] are a very dodgy bunch. So I would suspect threats if anything…”

Quoting further: “Bob was on a roll for a while recently. However, what he was saying was going very strongly against the fantasy story that some very powerful, monied interests have been pushing.”

Thursday, July 30th, 2026, 7:10 am

Over 50 Blog Posts in a Day

Today it is time to vote here. It’s also good that we have been getting some light rain overnight – the soil and the plants truly need it.

It turns out last night that yesterday alone I wrote over 50 original articles or short blog posts (across 3 sites). It exceeded my expectations.

Wednesday, July 29th, 2026, 8:30 pm

22 Years of “Blogging” or 30 Years?

THIS blog is turning 22 this year, unlike the site which is turning 25 next year. With 2,884 blog posts, it’s an average of just over 100 per year though a lot more lately. At this current page it’ll exceed 3,000 by year’s end.

I still remember my first-ever blog post. My aunt commented on it. Weeks later I set up a blog for my friend, who would blog for nearly 20 years until he died in his nineties.

“Blogging” per se started centuries ago, but some people define a blog based on some particular features, especially digital hallmarks.

In some sense, my first site was a bit like a blog and that was in the mid 1990s.

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