here is work underway paving the scenic walkway leading up to the ManCity stadium. They’re laying down tiles or brick-like structures on what used to be bland blue paint on concrete. As a result, it’s unavailable for passage. Across the walkway, and over the bridge that crosses the Ashton Canal, there’s the venue that comes back to life on Sunday (Joji) after a very long hiatus on the same day ManCity is “back in action” (not a friendly match but Community Shield).

The expansion of the ManCity stadium and the works associated with improving the area seem almost complete. It probably will take several more months to clear things up and start opening shops. Less cranes, fewer heavy vehicles, almost no noise.

There are other plans for the “Sport City” of ManCity. Italian links aside, there’s “Mamma Mia!”

HAVE been told that, contrary to what two people told me, Tor is not blocked by this server. As I blog a lot more here these days, and as the target audience is reasonably technical and not “everyday people”, it’s important to not discriminate against people who value their privacy. I didn’t think that (ever) my own blog posts would become inaccessible to users of Tor. The cause remains unknown or unclear.

The host says Tor is definitely not blocked and I’m told by a friend that maybe they outsource the blocking to a third party (or some list/blacklist which covers exit nodes). The latest reply that I got was: “The way Tor works is you can’t select which exit node you use. It is randomly selected for anonymity reasons. The way to test in practice is to open the Tor browser, load the page, see it fails to load, and then do Ctrl + Shift + L. This will change your Tor circuit for the site. Please note [host] does not block Tor connections, and due to Tor’s unreliable nature, it’s likely not an issue with the hosting but an issue with the way Tor works.”

think yesterday was the second time we came back home with apples from the local park. This time they literally fell off the apple tree, which was unexpected.

We went to the park to feed about 70 birds, which seemed to be hiding in the shade from the sun. The grass was yellowing due to the drought and the birds all seemed hungry. We’ll go back there (again) on Thursday.

If this kind of weather (and climate) becomes more routine, we’ll i deep trouble.

am a bit frustrated having had to deal with bad men who act in bad faith and think that women are objects to abuse. When men confront them about this, instead of listening to them they will attack these men, too.

Society is getting worse. We’re heading back to a sort of “macho” patriarchy and technology is the instrument by which some “powerful” men lead this agenda.

Fight back. DO NOT BE PASSIVE ABOUT THIS.

N only 5 days from now the English football (not friendlies) is back. Friendly matches went well for the new coach. Now it’s time for him to prove he can also net some trophies.

It’s nice to learn that he brings back the excellent Argentinian goalkeeper, Willy Caballero, to help around. He was the goalkeeper the first time I went to watch a ManCity match (with my dad).

Crossposted from Tux Machines

arlier this month we went on holiday/vacation, which we are very much enjoying. Weeks earlier we published press releases [1, 2] about a hearing that ended 4 weeks ago. We were clear about what happened.

Garrett told a bunch of nonsense in public. Maybe was was made to believe this nonsense, as he had not attended his own hearing. Why? Go figure…

Garrett’s lawyer and barrister only spent a few years in this occupation. It’s the same lawyer and barrister who work for his friend, Graveley. They work on this together.

My lawyer and barrister have both spent decades in this occupation and are vastly more experienced, they know the two men above are “bullies” and have “basically lost”… it’s “embarrassing to them”.

Some dumb words in social control media won’t change this.

Hours ago:

S noted earlier (and elsewhere, too), the media is not trying to help people oust the provocateur who is corrupt, it keeps pretending that the only potent rival of the bigot is a man who has a bin for head.

It really says a lot about the state (and motivation) of the British media.