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Dark Mirror retells the Edward Snowden story from a journalist's viewpoint \"A\"Cover : thebraindumpblog.com

","summary":"📚 Finished reading Dark Mirror by Barton Gellman.\n\nThis is a 2020 re-telling of the (in)famous story of Edward Snowden and the leaks of NSA material he provided that made real the degree and methods of US government spying on its own citizens, as well as the rest of us.\n\nThis was where we learned th...","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/06/13/dark-mirror-retells-the-edward.html","date_published":"2026-06-13T09:21:30+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":"09:21","date_timestamp":1781342490,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91693961","content_html":"

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,"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.

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One of its sources is llmdeathcount.com, a site that no one can argue has a misleading URL.

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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,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91412781","content_html":"

Evidence-based investing guidance from Tim Hale's book 'Smarter Investing' \"The : thebraindumpblog.com

","summary":"📚 Finished reading Smarter Investing: Simpler Decisions for Better Results by Tim Hale.\n\nThis is the fourth edition of Smarter Investing. It was actually one of the older editions that helped me get going on the pro-investing path back in the day. But since then, temptation has on occasion led me o...","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/06/02/evidencebased-investing-guidance-from-tim.html","date_published":"2026-06-02T18:41:39+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":"2026-06-02 18:41","date_timestamp":1780425699,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91234682","content_html":"

Pure nerd in-joke perfection from @KyleTrainEmoji:

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PICARD: Data, shields up

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DATA: Brilliant! Shields can reduce damage we sustain. Not immunity. Not hubris. Just prudence. It’s not precaution—it’s strategy.

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[camera shakes]

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WORF: HULL BREACHES ON NINE DECKS

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DATA: Here’s what happened: you told me to raise shields, and I didn’t

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IYKYK

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Anti-wealth-inequality campaigner Gary Stevenson shows us how he became so rich - and what it cost him - in 'The Trading Game' \"Gary : thebraindumpblog.com

","summary":"📚 Finished listening to The Trading Game A Confession by Gary Stevenson.\n\nThese days I mostly come across Gary Stevenson for his much needed ongoing anti-wealth-inequality, pro tax-the-billionaires campaigning.\n\nFamously, he himself is a rich man, his wealth originating from his surprising career as...","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/30/183733.html","date_published":"2026-05-30T17:37:33+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 17:37","date_timestamp":1780162653,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91199398","content_html":"

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,"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,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91061322","content_html":"

The pope has (very lengthy) thoughts on AI.

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I can’t pretend to have read it all yet, but the intro seems good:

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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 ÂŁ 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,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90866724","content_html":"

WhatsApp is being repeatedly sued alleging that it's lying about its end-to-end encryption: thebraindumpblog.com

","summary":"I obviously don’t know the truth of the situation any more than any other random person does. But it feels concerning that Meta seems to be facing at least 2 court cases accusing them of lying about how WhatsApp is super secure and, specifically, end to end encrypted. At least I think it’s two separ...","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/25/whatsapp-is-being-repeatedly-sued.html","date_published":"2026-05-25T08:43:19+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":"2026-05-25 08:43","date_timestamp":1779698599,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90816802","content_html":"

Cash is not king, over the long term \"The : thebraindumpblog.com

","summary":"Well this is quite the instructive chart, taken from Tim Hale’s book Smarter Investing.\n\nIf you were unfortunate enough to have invested in global equities right before the 2007-8 financial crisis then you would have lost a whopping 28% of your investment by 2009, vs a gain of 2% if you just held ca...","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/24/cash-is-not-king-over.html","date_published":"2026-05-24T10:54:14+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":"2026-05-24 10:54","date_timestamp":1779620054,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90766784","content_html":"

'More Money Than God' provides a comprehensive history of the hedge fund: thebraindumpblog.com

","summary":"📚 Finished listening to More Money Than God by Sebastian Mallaby,\n\nThis feels like a veritable encyclopedia of the history and evolution of hedge funds or, as they were originally called, back when they were invented in the middle of the 20th century, hedged funds. It’s not overly dry though; much o...","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/23/more-money-than-god-provides.html","date_published":"2026-05-23T11:55:21+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":"2026-05-23 11:55","date_timestamp":1779537321,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90762118","content_html":"

📚 Finished reading Dracula by Bram Stoker.

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After watching Dracula: A Love Tale I realised I didn’t know and/or had forgotten the actual original Bram Stoker story of Dracula. Sure, The Count is enough of a blanket cultural artefact these days that I know what he looks like and his distinguishing behaviours....

thebraindumpblog.com","summary":"","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/23/finished-reading-dracula-by-bram.html","date_published":"2026-05-23T10:01:59+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":"2026-05-23 10:01","date_timestamp":1779530519,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90757070","content_html":"

đŸŽ„ Watched Dracula: A Love Tale.

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This is a French re-imagining of the classic Dracula story. Including, unlike the original, an origin story.

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He we see him convinced that his one true love, murdered in front of him in some past century, must have been reincarnated. Naturally he’ll stop at nothing to find her...

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đŸ“ș Watched: Curfew Season 1.

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Set in a world very similar to ours, plagued by male violence against women, the government of the day comes up with an obvious, if 50% unpopular, solution. Under the ‘The Women’s Safety Act’, they instigate a legal curfew where men are not allowed to leave their house between the...

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đŸŽ¶ Listened to RADICAL by Gavin Prophet.

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This is Prophet’s first full album. Packed with shortish pop-punk style songs replete with accurate and necessary punches critiquing of the political system many of us are subject to.

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An example from “H8 U (4 U)” about how we’re all manipulated into hating each other rather than those who have real control over our lives:

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Cause it’s problems they like to have\nMake sure I hate you for you\nIt doesn’t matter if you’re red, blue, gay straight, religious, or identify as a fill in the blank\nThe rich want us at war\nCause I’ve been raised on a lie\nYou’ve been raised on...

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An unexpected side-effect of the seemingly intractable conflict between the US and Iran: Japan’s largest maker of snacks has found itself needing to change its colourful packets of crisps into monochrome versions.

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What’s the connection? Naphtha - an ‘an ink ingredient derived from petroleum’.

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Based on the...

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The Open Rights Group's very comprehensive report on the importance of Digital Sovereignty: thebraindumpblog.com

","summary":"The Open Rights Group has produced an extremely comprehensive report on the need for Britain to make progress towards digital sovereignty, rather than have the whole function of our country’s governance and public sector dependent on a handful of private for-profit tech companies, sometimes with a h...","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/17/the-open-rights-groups-very.html","date_published":"2026-05-17T10:00:22+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":"2026-05-17 10:00","date_timestamp":1779012022,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90305367","content_html":"

Britain's dependence on US technology makes us vulnerable: thebraindumpblog.com

","summary":"Last week the FT had an article that I’d particularly recommend anyone who is unfamiliar with such awkwardly-named concepts such as “digital sovereignty” to read.\n\nIn a world where our ability to operate effectively is governed in so many ways by the nature of our existence in the digital realm, and...","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/16/britains-dependence-on-us-technology.html","date_published":"2026-05-16T17:21:42+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":"2026-05-16 17:21","date_timestamp":1778952102,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90138237","content_html":"

Starmer's government is following the path of the recent Conservative administrations in terms of ministerial resignations: thebraindumpblog.com

","summary":"Kier Starmer frequently gets accused of acting like a Tory. And here’s one more way in which that’s true!\n\nChart courtesy of the Institute for Government.\n\nI’m very curious whether this is a general property of modern-day politics also seen in other countries, or whether we’ve had a particularly inc...","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/14/starmers-government-is-following-the.html","date_published":"2026-05-14T07:19:59+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":"2026-05-14 07:19","date_timestamp":1778743199,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89857765","content_html":"

The Dirty Business documentary provides yet more evidence in favour of nationalising water provision in the UK. thebraindumpblog.com

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đŸ“ș Watched Death in Paradise season 15.

\n

I mean, I watched the first 14, so what’s 1 more?

\n

Previously.

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There's no party that hates the working class more than Reform: thebraindumpblog.com

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which is saying a lot I know.\n\nFor all the talk of “workers” and “ordinary people”, do Reform UK’s policies serve the working class?\n\nNo.\n\nIn slightly more detail:\n\n\"Together, these findings suggest that Reform’s self-presentation operates at the level of identity politics and rhetorical appeal, ra...","url":"https://thebraindumpblog.com/2026/05/07/theres-no-party-that-hates.html","date_published":"2026-05-07T10:14:37+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":"2026-05-07 10:14","date_timestamp":1778148877,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":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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@umerez_ I definitely agree with your daughter’s taste, it’s certainly worth giving it a go, and great if it’s helping to inspire or educate the younger generation! I found another show by the same writer, Toxic
\nTown, very good too (on a totally different subject).

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@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)

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@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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@wfm Nice thank you! I listen to their regular podcast quite often but it’s been a long time since I looked at their interview series. But I’m certainly going to listen the the Snyder ep next now you mentioned it, thanks.

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@toddgrotenhuis That’d be a great follow!
\nThis link seems to work for me:

\n

www.smbc-comics.com/comic/rss

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@SimonWoods agreed! I never use the Wordpress dashboard reader so had forgotten it even exists but that’s annoying.

\n

Also 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! )

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@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 😃

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@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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@JohnPhilpin Amazing! Good to know the legacy of the original SEQUEL lived on via your magazine :)

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@odd if I’m honest I had to use the randomly click on squares that seem feasible technique to get through the first one 😂

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@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.

\n

To be honest, I’d happily be an adult learner in a how to live well class myself :)

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@chrisfoley Sounds like you’re making great progress! Yes, I think tracking is one of the few techniques that the research suggests is quite effective in most circumstances regarding weight loss. The main problem is that it’s effortful so most people aren’t able to keep it up for a long time, so good on you for persisting!

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I’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’.

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@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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@odd Ha, I don’t think I’ve seen those shows but they sound hilariously undramatic
accidental seed smuggling!

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@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.

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@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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@rknightuk Thanks for the reminder! I never got around to checking it out before but just used your link to sign up for a good few years as plenty of folk seem excited about it. Now to figure out what I bought 😂

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@sherif It did amuse me, if only all drunken escapades ended with such impressive results!

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@jean Amazing, I can’t believe I didn’t know this was a thing until now!

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@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 :)

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@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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@manton Very exciting! Once this gets featured in an app a novice like me can use it feels like micro.blog then has all the main features one could want to replace basically all other social networks :) So great that it feeds back to OSM too.

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@manton Re micro.blog always scaling down images greater than 1800x1800, does that mean that they’re (only) saved at the scaled down resolution?

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Or 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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@zioibi Thank you! I didn’t know there was a book, this is exciting :) Sounds like it might be “Mr Robot Red Wheelbarrow”? Not in our library if so, but seems compelling enough I might need to find a copy to buy!

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