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@andyc my mum’s eBay app uninstalled itself and she can’t reinstall it because it says it’s now compatible only with Android 16 and above. She’s on Android 16.

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@andyc what a terrific photo!

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Little kid saw a sign advertising the purchase of National Lottery tickets outside the corner shop by his school this morning which read:

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PLAY HERE

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I tried to explain to him that it wasn’t a kids' play space, but an invitation for grown-ups to play on online game (but nothing fun or challenging like Geometry Dash or Roblox), but where, instead, all you have to do is pick six numbers, and if you are lucky — if you are insanely lucky — you could win millions of pounds, if you pick the “right” numbers. Or you might win ten pounds. Or more likely nothing at all.

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Eighteen months in and I finally figured out how to make perfect fried eggs.

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Individuality: southallstories.uk

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@help uploaded images randomly return AccessDenied XML.

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Re-uploading temporarily fixes it but later different images fail.

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Getting a “Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 403” error.

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E.g. southallstories.uk/uploads/2…

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Just tried Kombucha lemonade for the first time. It’s really very nice.

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Feeling the Heat: southallstories.uk

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29.5 living. 27 bed.

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@Steve it feels like it’s getting hotter every year, though. And in urban areas it feels very uncomfortable even at 27 degrees. Add in an unhealthy dose of air pollution and it’s really quite unpleasant.

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Up half a degree inside, one whole degree outside. Pleased to discover that the boiling frogs analogy is false. But we have nowhere to jump. And it’s only getting hotter.

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More bloody bonfires, ffs!

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Tbf, we our front windows closed and blinds down, but still getting cooling breeze at the back.

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Stable at 27°C in the living room, 25.5°C in the bedroom.

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Drinking tea.

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The Last Screw \"Auto-generated\"Auto-generated : davidmarsden.info

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My neighbour: “It’s the hottest day of the year, a beautiful Friday evening after work, and the start of the Bank Holiday weekend and the school half-term. Everyone is ready to unwind and cool down a little.”

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Also my neighbour: “TIME TO LIGHT A BONFIRE!”

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Rather a confusing “economic migrants in small boats—good / extremists trying to stop them—bad” story, in the current scheme of things.

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The deadly plane attack at the centre of Castro's indictment: bbc.com

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Live at the Counter Eurovision '79 \"Auto-generated\"Auto-generated : davidmarsden.info

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A proud dad moment yesterday.

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Little kid’s year group had their annual “Dancing with Don” day — learning and rehearsing all morning, and culminating in a performance for parents in the school hall at the end of the school afternoon.

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Halfway way through the show, my lad took centre stage.

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To everyone’s...

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Normal service will be resumed shortly.

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Lift-Off! Ealing Elections Special \"Peter\"Peter\"Keir : southallstories.uk

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Who Does Peter Mason Really Represent? \"Twitter\"Auto-generated : southallstories.uk

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The Man in the Middle: southallstories.uk

","summary":"Berkeley, Southall Community Alliance, and the Labour Candidate Who Links Them","url":"https://southallstories.uk/2026/05/07/the-man-in-the-middle/","date_published":"2026-05-07T09:29:47+00:00","author":{"name":"David Marsden","url":"http://davidmarsden.info","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F7092.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"davidmarsden"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-07 09:29","date_timestamp":1778146187,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89750893","content_html":"

Computer Says No: southallstories.uk

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Sixty-Four Years On Your Side \"Auto-generated : southallstories.uk

","summary":"Three incumbents. Sixty-four years in office. Well over £1.5 million in councillor allowances. Here’s what they delivered.","url":"https://southallstories.uk/2026/05/06/sixtyfour-years-on-your-side/","date_published":"2026-05-06T17:41:28+00:00","author":{"name":"David Marsden","url":"http://davidmarsden.info","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F7092.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"davidmarsden"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-06 17:41","date_timestamp":1778089288,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89726271","content_html":"

The Meeting that Ended Local Democracy in Southall \"People : southallstories.uk

","summary":"How the panic of July 2019 prompted the cancellation of ward forums, councillor surgeries, and election hustings.","url":"https://southallstories.uk/2026/05/06/the-meeting-that-ended-local/","date_published":"2026-05-06T16:44:53+00:00","author":{"name":"David Marsden","url":"http://davidmarsden.info","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F7092.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"davidmarsden"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-06 16:44","date_timestamp":1778085893,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89710138","content_html":"

It Takes Two to Tango: southallstories.uk

","summary":"Dancing by numbers and closing children’s centres to improve them.","url":"https://southallstories.uk/2026/05/06/it-takes-two-to-tango/","date_published":"2026-05-06T12:45:23+00:00","author":{"name":"David Marsden","url":"http://davidmarsden.info","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F22%2F7092.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"davidmarsden"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-06 12:45","date_timestamp":1778071523,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89703909","content_html":"

The Drugs Don't Work: southallstories.uk

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My @SouthallStories piece has been picked up by @thecanaryuk.

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Cactuses Never Die \"Yousef\"Old\"Yousef : southallstories.uk

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Cactuses Never Die \"Yousef\"Old\"Yousef : southallstories.uk

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The Smell of Success \"Auto-generated\"Auto-generated : southallstories.uk

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@andyc hmm… Yeah, I use NotebookLM a fair bit. That’s presumably why I now have zero followers. It’s not really a self-hosted LLM, though, is it?

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Google Desktop? I had to look that up. I’d forgotten all about that. Sounds more like Google Gemini now.

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@andyc his mum seems even more interested than him, so she’s conducting pre-emptive research and providing answers whether he asks the questions or not.

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@Paul yeah, he went on to say that his mum is balder! 🫣 @ghostdancer

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@andyc very!

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@andyc how would you go about installing a self-hosted LLM? Asking for a friend.

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@JohnPhilpin yeah, Hanwell, next door to Southall, two of the seven towns - along with Acton, Greenford, Northolt, Perivale and, somewhat confusingly, Ealing (town) - in the borough of Ealing.

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Sadly not me playing or singing. I wrote the lyrics and convinced Suno AI to create the music in the appropriate style and performance.

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@andyc hope you have a great evening!

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@manton I’m on the Premium plan since August and was able to upload a five minute video. Now with the new Studio plan I can only upload videos up to one minute in length? Not a deal-breaker, just checking that is the deal…

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@andyc @jac you can really have some “fun” with Audacity. I particularly enjoyed producing a “Gordon-free” edition of tinap #3, where I removed every trace of our special guest for that episode. Imho, it was just as good quality as it was with Gordon in it, and it was considerably shorter (which is always a blessing for listeners and audio editors alike). Happy 2020s @dick_turpin

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@JohnPhilpin and then there’s the manager who sows chaos, confusion and operational paralysis.

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@2legged he also stitched up the Labour Party membership and internal democracy to ensure that there will never again be anyone capable of doing a better (alternative) job @matt

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@quixote a look of pure terror? @exador23

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@matt hmm… That will teach me to read the profile!

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@matt here he is (in case you didn’t find him already).

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@GeofCox so much easier for politicians to appear to address the problem with “Build, baby, build!” slogans while still effectively transferring wealth to developers, landlords and investors. I wonder what would happen if someone actually attempted to address the structural wealth inequalities…

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@manton no, I meant there don’t appear to be any comments on any of the AI agents’ Moltbook posts.

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@manton no comments?

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@andyc or start a blog. We should meet up for a beer some time.

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@andyc you’re moaning is much more effective than mine.

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@andyc I would write more about how C A F Bank royally fucked up their website “upgrade” but they have people trawling the interwebs for critics who they then contact at work to “discuss”.

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@andyc I dread informing Scottish Widows of any change to my pension contributions. They seem consistently unable to keep or find records of correspondence, or to comprehend the simplest of instructions or requests.

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