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: thebraindumpblog.comNearly 300k more people in England may die over the next decade as a result of the US UK trade deal: thebraindumpblog.com
","summary":"US-UK drug deal could result in 229,000 excess deaths in England, analysis suggests.\n\nThis is because the deal entails us having to pay 25% more for drugs than we do at present for the next decade at least. Ergo the NHS is to divert a cumulative £45 billion (!!) over 10 years from other essential se...","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/07/02/nearly-k-more-people-in.html","date_published":"2026-07-02T06:57:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-02 06:57","date_timestamp":1782975427,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93068972","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/photos/100x/https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw154%2FmZ7YFEOxAKfjXJKWm0sYFXQ8n8A.jpg\")
📺 Watched Industry.
\nHere we follow the lives of a group of ambitious and mostly new-to-it investment bankers and traders as they enter the still-brutal banking industry some time after the massive 2008 market crash. Some of it is financial drama, something I find myself strangely attracted to despite the cruel destruction the real thing has overall wreaked upon the world. A lot of it is lifestyle drama - sex, drugs, maybe some rock ‘n’ roll.
\nThere are no heroes here. The first series really starts off with a young lady who has lied her way into getting a job in the first place. The ethics don’t...
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📺 Watched Under Salt Marsh.
\nThis is a 6-episode crime drama set in a small and isolated community in Wales that’s in impending risk of destruction by rising sea levels and other aspects of the IRL climate catastrophe.
\nCurrently a school teacher, former detective - the “former” part of that being the choice...
thebraindumpblog.com","summary":"","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/06/28/watched-under-salt-marsh-this.html","date_published":"2026-06-28T11:56:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-28 11:56","date_timestamp":1782647793,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93067490","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/photos/100x/https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw154%2F549Hdul2BgPnZMhqFxp6npp2opr.jpg\")
🎥 Watched The Apprentice.
\nWhy do I do it to myself one might fairly ask? But I did.
\nThis is the story of Donald Trump’s early years in 1970s-80s New York. It is nearly as full of the misogyny, racism, greed, arrogance and incompetence that shaped his bizarre success as one might imagine. The main narrative seems to be around how his relationship with the famously aggressive lawyer Roy Cohn aided his rise and shaped his business and political “style” for want of a better word. A bit of Trump’s family life is portrayed, again providing clues as to how he turned out like he did.
\nIt’s full of foreshadowing...
thebraindumpblog.com","summary":"","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/06/28/watched-the-apprentice-why-do.html","date_published":"2026-06-28T11:43:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-28 11:43","date_timestamp":1782647036,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93031946","content_html":"Read Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram's 10-point manifesto for a better Britain in their 2024 book 'Head North' : thebraindumpblog.com
Patriot: the memoirs of the incredibly brave Russian anti-corruption campaigner, Alexei Navalny: thebraindumpblog.com
","summary":"📚 Finished listening to Patriot by Alexei Navalny.\n\nThis is the incredibly brave political campaigner Alexei Navalny’s (tragically posthumous) memoir.\n\nNavalny was an unimaginably brave anti-corruption campaigner who wanted to see the freeing of Russia from the cruel and kleptocratic regime of Putin...","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/06/27/finished-listening-to-patriot-by.html","date_published":"2026-06-27T16:37:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-27 16:37","date_timestamp":1782578228,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"93010906","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9780593977286/cover.jpg\")
📚 Finished reading The Compound by Aisling Rawle.
\nImagine the show Love Island, except with fewer limitations, worse incentives and set in an isolated desert compound in world that is at least, outside of the compound, somewhat dystopian. A bunch of beautiful people go into the house and may stay as long as...
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","summary":"","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/06/27/in-further-if-you-cant.html","date_published":"2026-06-27T06:03:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-27 06:03","date_timestamp":1782540180,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92589713","content_html":"Learned a new word today: Kakistocracy
\n\n\n…government by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous people
\n
I’m sure I’m going to be using it daily.
\nTurns out it was the Economist’s word of the year in 2024.
","summary":"","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/06/21/learned-a-new-word-today.html","date_published":"2026-06-21T07:13:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-21 07:13","date_timestamp":1782025981,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92485023","content_html":"Some good context from George Eaton:
\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/06/19/some-good-context-from-george.html","date_published":"2026-06-19T09:42:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-19 09:42","date_timestamp":1781862143,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92479611","content_html":"Reform have now lost six by-elections in a row in England, Scotland and Wales.
\nTheir national poll rating is 26% – below Labour in 1983 – and Farage’s approval rating is -37.
\nThey’re very far from the voice of the people and need to stop being treated as such.
\n
Labour's Andy Burnham wins Makerfield election by ~9000 votes ![\"Auto-generated](\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/69139/2026/dcec04a1-7d81-4bb5-af0e-d307dc52443f.jpg\")
: thebraindumpblog.com
Explaining Social Deviance is a 10 part run-through of answers to 'what makes something deviant?': thebraindumpblog.com
","summary":"📚 Finished reading Explaining Social Deviance by Paul Root Wolpe.\n\nThis is really a series of lectures and PDF notes. I’ve enjoyed the series before and at some point I watched enough Criminal Minds that I decided that I too needed to virtually join the fake FBI team and understand all about causes ...","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/06/16/explaining-social-deviance-is-a.html","date_published":"2026-06-16T19:08:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-16 19:08","date_timestamp":1781636916,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92147870","content_html":"Unsurprisingly the Online Safety Act hasn't stopped social media companies pushing dangerous content: thebraindumpblog.com
","summary":"In case anyone was in danger of thinking that the Online Safety Act has solved the harms caused by the big social media platforms:\n\n\"Nearly half of girls and a third of all teenagers saw suicide, self-harm and eating disorder content on social media in a week, a study shows.\"\n\n(Source)\n\nOr:\n\n\"X has ...","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/06/14/unsurprisingly-the-online-safety-act.html","date_published":"2026-06-14T07:34:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-14 07:34","date_timestamp":1781422448,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92110998","content_html":"The Trump administration forces Anthropic to stop foreign nationals accessing its latest AI models: thebraindumpblog.com
","summary":"Yet more real life evidence as to why digital sovereignty is a critical issue.\n\nLast week Anthropic gave access to its latest AI models - Fable and Mythos - to anyone who wants to pay for it, my employer included.\n\nYesterday the apparently anti-freedom vengeful scared little snowflakes in the US gov...","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/06/13/the-trump-administration-forces-anthropic.html","date_published":"2026-06-13T15:19:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-13 15:19","date_timestamp":1781363971,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"92096550","content_html":"Dark Mirror retells the Edward Snowden story from a journalist's viewpoint ![\"A](\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/69139/2026/prism.jpg\")
![\"Cover](\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/69139/2026/a2c71d5737.jpg\")
: thebraindumpblog.com
DocFetcher is a great multi-OS application for searching through vast tranches of your files: thebraindumpblog.com
","summary":"DocFetcher is a free and open source application available for Windows, Linux and macOS operating systems that lets you search the contents of the files you have on your computer. What’s great about it is its search speed and comprehensiveness. You have to let it build an index of the files you want...","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/06/07/docfetcher-is-a-great-multios.html","date_published":"2026-06-07T11:03:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-07 11:03","date_timestamp":1780830232,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91647167","content_html":"On the grimmer side of Wikipedia entries I see there’s now an official page for ‘Deaths linked to chatbots’. It’s much more up-to-date than my motley collection of these tragedies.
\nOne of its sources is llmdeathcount.com, a site that no one can argue has a misleading URL.
","summary":"","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/06/06/on-the-grimmer-side-of.html","date_published":"2026-06-06T13:23:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-06 13:23","date_timestamp":1780752180,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91479393","content_html":"The economic benefits of Open Source software: thebraindumpblog.com
","summary":"Continuing to make my way through the Open Rights Group’s important report on Digital Sovereignty. Their (and my!) preferred solution involves moving systems over to open source technologies, or, if suitable candidates don’t exist, then creating new technologies that are open source from the start.\n...","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/06/03/the-economic-benefits-of-open.html","date_published":"2026-06-03T17:46:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-03 17:46","date_timestamp":1780508767,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91412781","content_html":"Evidence-based investing guidance from Tim Hale's book 'Smarter Investing' ![\"The](\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/69139/2026/si.jpg\")
: thebraindumpblog.com
Pure nerd in-joke perfection from @KyleTrainEmoji:
\n\n\nPICARD: Data, shields up
\nDATA: Brilliant! Shields can reduce damage we sustain. Not immunity. Not hubris. Just prudence. It’s not precaution—it’s strategy.
\n[camera shakes]
\nWORF: HULL BREACHES ON NINE DECKS
\nDATA: Here’s what happened: you told me to raise shields, and I didn’t
\n
IYKYK
","summary":"","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/30/pure-nerd-injoke-perfection-from.html","date_published":"2026-05-30T22:03:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-30 22:03","date_timestamp":1780178599,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91223008","content_html":"Anti-wealth-inequality campaigner Gary Stevenson shows us how he became so rich - and what it cost him - in 'The Trading Game' ![\"Gary](\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/69139/2026/7664ccd8bc.jpg\")
: thebraindumpblog.com
Instagram quietly disables end-to-end encryption on your DMs: thebraindumpblog.com
","summary":"Instagram is quietly disabling the end-to-end encryption option they provided for direct messages.\n\nNot that it’s easy to trust anything their infamously surveillance based parent company does, but still:\n\n\"In 2019, Meta pledged to introduce the technology across messaging on Facebook and Instagram,...","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/30/instagram-quietly-disables-endtoend-encryption.html","date_published":"2026-05-30T08:31:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-30 08:31","date_timestamp":1780129893,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91197137","content_html":"New genetic test reveals whether or not you'd benefit from chemotherapy: thebraindumpblog.com
","summary":"A new marvel of medical science:\n\nGroundbreaking genomic test could spare millions of breast cancer patients chemotherapy\n\n\"The Prosigna test, made by the global diagnostics company Veracyte, analyses the activity of 50 genes in tumour tissue. It determines the molecular subtype and provides a score...","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/30/new-genetic-test-reveals-whether.html","date_published":"2026-05-30T07:23:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-30 07:23","date_timestamp":1780125821,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91061322","content_html":"The pope has (very lengthy) thoughts on AI.
\nI can’t pretend to have read it all yet, but the intro seems good:
\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/28/the-pope-has-very-lengthy.html","date_published":"2026-05-28T07:20:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-28 07:20","date_timestamp":1779952837,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91022602","content_html":"Humanity, created by God in all its grandeur, is today facing a pivotal choice: either to construct a new Tower of Babel or to build the city in which God and humanity dwell together. Each generation inherits the task of shaping its own era, of guiding history to become a place where the dignity of every person is safeguarded, justice is promoted and fraternity is made possible. Yet every era also runs the risk of creating an inhumane and more unjust world.
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Government department saves £ millions by replacing its Palantir IT system with an in-house one: thebraindumpblog.com
","summary":"Heartwarming stories like this reinforce how taking public IT infrastructure in-house can be not just an ethical and operational imperative, but also a financially advantageous one - despite what all the big-tech-fanboys like to think.\n\nThis, the system behind the Homes for Ukraine scheme which enab...","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/27/government-department-saves-millions-by.html","date_published":"2026-05-27T18:27:51+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-27 18:27","date_timestamp":1779906471,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85204671","content_html":"@paulw “re-exploration of a classic novel” isn’t really a genre that ever occurred to me before, but I certainly thought this one was great so I’m into it! Thanks for the James recommendation, will definitely take a look.
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\nTown, very good too (on a totally different subject).
@jsonbecker It’s been a while so if Amazon changed something maybe this won’t help - but in the past I had success with the ‘kindle.py’ bit of this script for downloading all books at once.
\n(Tho there’s not much in the way of English documentation! And I feel like it didn’t get the books shared with me via being in a household, if that’s a concern)
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/braindump/57440665","date_published":"2025-02-12T23:59:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-02-12 23:59","date_timestamp":1739404785,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"57264041","content_html":"@MylesInTheNorth I never actually realised the UK had a law on it! thanks for sharing. Tho makes me worried if I accidentally committed a crime in my youth 😀
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/braindump/48553856","date_published":"2024-10-30T07:29:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-10-30 07:29","date_timestamp":1730273342,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"46568455","content_html":"@toddgrotenhuis That’d be a great follow!
\nThis link seems to work for me:
@SimonWoods agreed! I never use the Wordpress dashboard reader so had forgotten it even exists but that’s annoying.
\nAlso I’ve had a paid plan at Wordpress.com a while and it’s extremely restrictive - the point about disabling features being bad is ironic. (Granted I am on the cheapest plan so maybe that’s my fault - WPEngine is much more expensive! )
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/braindump/46193900","date_published":"2024-09-25T07:08:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-09-25 07:08","date_timestamp":1727248094,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"38644899","content_html":"@odd happy memories indeed! I vaguely remember getting emm386.exe to do something to the tiny memory we had back then that meant I could play Doom as being a formative experience of my youth, and then when CDROMs came out, magical 😃
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/braindump/38644899","date_published":"2024-05-31T22:22:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-05-31 22:22","date_timestamp":1717194175,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"36913440","content_html":"@JohnPhilpin Getting Richard Dawkins to contribute to your magazine back then seems an impressive achievement! I’d certainly much rather read something he was involved in around then than the average corporate PR newsletter.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/braindump/36751249","date_published":"2024-05-03T15:18:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-05-03 15:18","date_timestamp":1714749495,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"36427495","content_html":"@odd if I’m honest I had to use the randomly click on squares that seem feasible technique to get through the first one 😂
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/braindump/36427495","date_published":"2024-04-28T21:30:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-04-28 21:30","date_timestamp":1714339852,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"32060324","content_html":"@SimonWoods Great idea, no need to stop at “how to use your phone”! In some ways I think we’ve created, or at least allowed, a society that’s become so unnecessarily difficult to thrive in that there’s a ton of things we have a responsibility to offer support for. Stories like this one from today’s paper about the plight of some of our children are so tragic.
\nTo be honest, I’d happily be an adult learner in a how to live well class myself :)
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\nI’m glad folk are trying to work out ways to make it less of an ordeal. But as you say I guess intentionality is likely a part of it so making it too automatic might be unhelpful in the end. Perhaps that’s why the researchers in this paper noted that tracking by taking photos might be less effective. But otoh it’s good to know that it’s certainly not critical to be a ‘perfect tracker’.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/braindump/25913712","date_published":"2023-11-04T14:40:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-11-04 14:40","date_timestamp":1699108806,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"25913459","content_html":"@SimonWoods you’ve a great memory! And, I agree, if the various dictionaries don’t nominate ‘enshittification’ as word of the year this year it’ll be an injustice.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/braindump/25913420","date_published":"2023-11-04T14:31:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-11-04 14:31","date_timestamp":1699108316,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"22591044","content_html":"@odd Agree, it’s absolutely wild! There’s so much I’m sure we’ve yet to discover about the brain’s influence on…everything.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/braindump/22591044","date_published":"2023-08-24T08:26:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-08-24 08:26","date_timestamp":1692865612,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"19350600","content_html":"@Miraz Glad you liked them! I see that the author has released a book with several short stories and also made a novel based on the Cat Pictures world, “Catfishing with Catnet” I’m also curious about.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/braindump/14816586","date_published":"2022-12-10T08:50:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-12-10 08:50","date_timestamp":1670662241,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"14360411","content_html":"@jean Amazing, I can’t believe I didn’t know this was a thing until now!
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/braindump/14360411","date_published":"2022-11-24T08:59:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-11-24 08:59","date_timestamp":1669280396,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"13513773","content_html":"@amit Looks great! I’m already grateful to you for the Paper theme you produced. Thanks for producing more great options those of us with less knowledge can use :)
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/braindump/13513773","date_published":"2022-10-16T16:11:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-10-16 16:11","date_timestamp":1665936696,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"13438127","content_html":"@otaviocc This looks so cool! I use Obsidian and was kind of surprised there wasn’t a direct way to publish to micro.blog from it given all the other plugins. So thank you so much for creating a way for us to do this. It looks great.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/braindump/13438111","date_published":"2022-09-28T11:00:49+00:00","author":{"name":"Braindump","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F2cd1cf37f23381b39225041fc80e9595%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"braindump"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-09-28 11:00","date_timestamp":1664362849,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"13317701","content_html":"@manton Re micro.blog always scaling down images greater than 1800x1800, does that mean that they’re (only) saved at the scaled down resolution?
\nOr just that micro.blog always scales them down when displaying them in posts but the original image is still theoretically there in the uploads section? Thanks!
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