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  • Putin wrote this…

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    The last condition is insane! Then again, so are conditions 1 through to 4. Who is Trump fighting for?

  • Experts ‘claiming’ not to know

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    Britain’s soaring sickness bill has left policymakers and economists scratching their heads, with near-record numbers of workers absent on long-term health grounds costing the public purse more than £65.7 billion a year. Some 2.8 million people now claim incapacity and… Read More ›

  • Zelensky cannot accept Trump’s ridiculous plan

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    In 1994, following the break-up of the Soviet Union, Ukraine agreed to give up its nuclear weapons stockpiles in exchange for security guarantees from the UK, US, France – and, most notably, Russia. This was known as the Budapest Memorandum…. Read More ›

  • 27 years later…

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    21 years ago I said to my son Tom, who was 4 years old at the time, that I would take him to see the World Cup when Scotland next qualified. I really did not expect him to be 25… Read More ›

  • Blogging…

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    Since then, popular blogs have been commercialized; added comment sections and video; migrated to social media platforms; and been subsumed by large media companies. The growth of social media in particular has wiped out a particular kind of blogging that… Read More ›

  • THE SPECTRUM COL. EDITION

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    A sleek all-white tribute to the legendary one-millionth ZX Spectrum, released as a limited Collector’s Edition. Includes The Spectrum, THEQUICKSHOT II joystick, THEPRINTER, THEMICRODRIVE USB stick, a spiral-bound manual, and a companion CRASH magazine. Curated to look stunning on any… Read More ›

  • Enshittification

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    Enshittification, also known as crapification and platform decay, is a pattern in which two-sided online products and services decline in quality over time. Initially, vendors create high-quality offerings to attract users, then they degrade those offerings to better serve business… Read More ›

  • Henry is a good boy

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    The above was cross-posted on Reddit and it makes perfect sense. We have had a Henry for many years and it works perfectly, always has and easily beats the performance of Dysons we have tried. Perhaps the best response to… Read More ›

  • Things I learned this week…

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    I spent some time criticising the iPhone Pocket and its ridiculous pricing. Somehow it still sold out in many places- am I crazy or have I completely lost touch with what people want and what they consider good value? Why… Read More ›

  • What could I buy for the price of 2 iPhone socks?

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    I am going to choose the ‘long’ iPhone Pocket offering which Apple is selling for £219. Yes, that’s just for one sock-like structure with a slit in it. As it’s a sock I will buy 2 to make a pair… Read More ›