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Wordle 1,957 2/6* ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pure guess this morning!

Wordle 1,955 4/6* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

There are so many 'exceeding track limits' that in a few laps the rubber being laid down will turn all the corners into a much wider 'grey track' ad we won't notice! #F1

Right, I'm off to the Formula 1 feed #F1 for some relaxing boredom and an escape from Republicans and Brexit discussions!

#Caturday A 'not my cat' who thinks he lives here.

As my public service announcement, the qualifying for the Grand Prix #F1 in Texas starts at 23.00 European time tonight, (22.00 UK time). Tomorrow I'll let you know when the race starts - it's a bit beyond me because Europe messes about with the time tonight, and the US doesn't!

Ukraine lost access to Elon's Starlink satellites, so Jon Stewart called Starlink customer service

What are the 'qualifications' for voting in the upcoming elections in Israel? I'm hearing reports of people flying into Israel from Europe and the US in order to vote not Netenyahu, and also reports that attempts are being made to disrupt flights.

I am clearly a conundrum to advertisers. I get cures for fungal toenails, offers from Ann Summers, anaesthetic trolleys, elecric generators and unlikely dating sites. It's quite a relief to get a generic ad from Temu. What am I doing right?

I have read that Trump 'will not allow' independent election observers. Can he do that? Who (as in which international body) delegates this duty? Does the 'observed' country have to agree?

I think it's nice to thank companies who are willing to be generous, and refund inadvertently paid subscriptions even though they are by no means at fault. So today Corel get my heartfelt thanks, and previously Norton were very understanding.

I do feel sorry for Scaramucci, he has lost his record as shortest serving press person! He was very entertaining on his #TheRestIsPoliticsUS podcast yesterday, confronting this threat to his USP.

... err, I have a misty notion that this is a human-intelligent response, and I shall have to put down my prejudices. It's maybe fake AI 😵

I'm seeing "Epic brings Fortnite to Linux" trending. I thin this is a Bad Thing.

The beeb are promoting a documentary about car thefts, which (as far as I remember hearing) is called Stolen and 'is available on iplayer now'. I can't find it (searching on stolen) so can anybody assist in pointing me to it?

I do wish that salesmen making credible promises about lowering utility bills (which turn out to be untrue) understood the anguish which these lies cause to their victims. It's the 'questions not asked' which come back to haunt you, and you end up distrusting the whole world, including yourself.

Is there a conspiracy to not show any Ferraris on the track? #F1

Yet again I need to know when the #F1 starts tomorrow (Sunday). European time would be perfect, but I could cope with BST (from England)! Thanks in advance. I can't cope with non European venues.

Tom Watson (has been Labour MP) doing very badly on Nick Robinson's "Political Thinking" programme on BBC Radio 4.

Insanely ferocious storms hitting Marsala in Siciliy, the videos on RAI news are almost unbelievable.

Wordle 1,936 3/6* ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Don't see why the NYT tips page thinks this one was difficut!

Has Leclerc used any tyres other than softs? #F1

Serendipity this morning, getting the time wrong for the #F1 start!

Forgot the wordle this mornng, Wordle 1,932 5/6* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I'm not pleased by Burnham's (reported) position on Man City. I was impressed by his speech, happy about his proposals (if a bit vague), but then today he comes out with a defence of the Man City owners because they (I paraphrase) threw a lot of money at Manchester.

I have sometimes disparagingly said of a designer outfit "that woman is wearing curtain material", but never before have I seen "the sofa look". Did she not read the "couch posts"?

Ma è vestita da divano Chesterfield per Halloween?

The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.

This month, we’re doing something special. @parismarx.com’s new book HYPERSCALE is out on October 20, so we’re bringing back DATA VAMPIRES. In Episode 4, Paris explores the future envisioned by the tech elite — and how hostile it is for the rest of us. Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/347_...

So, #TheArchers is Amber late with George's baby, or on time with Brad's?

Wordle 1,916 3/6* ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 That was difficult.

This is an interesting short thread, with a bit of insight on Switzerland's neutrality, and far right manipulations.

Wonderfully funny writing in this Guardian review. Enjoy!

Wordle 1,914 3/6* ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Quite pleased with this effort!

Hysteria about AI doesn't really 'compute'. AI is an unreliable tool, encouraged by 'line managers', who are encouraged to embrace it by their bosses, and when they interrogate their 'coal face' the response is less than meh. This is in a field (data analysis) which one would think was AI's forte.

Brilliant🥰💪 I'm sure you're aware of also this awesome variation on the same theme, by the great Tom Lehrer who passed away last year at the age of 98.

I was surprised that the UK government today proposed/implemented some sanctions on occupied West Bank Palestinian territories. I had assumed that such sanctions had been in place for decades.

Wordle 1,905 5/6* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Tricky one today.

Wordle 1,903 4/6* 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Apparently it was a difficult one today. (I should have got it on line 3, but changed my mind)

I think tonight (for no particular reason) I have succumbed to Bannon's flood the zone, and have drowned. I do hope stronger younger people still maintain the will to resist.

Ben Delo, a crypto entrepreneur who moved back from Hong Kong to the UK to continue supporting Reform, gave £4mn of the party’s total £5.3mn donations. Delo was pardoned by Trump last year after pleading guilty to breaking US bank-secrecy law in 2022. www.ft.com/content/c8fb...

#Newsnight was quite interesting tonight. Ed Conway, who I admire for his writing about 'hardware' (Material World etc.) came across as very bright, but the ghastly Camilla Tominey is even worse in speech than she is when she scribbles.

Wordle 1,900 3/6* ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Pleased with that. (Forgot to do Wordle yesterday!)

As usual, a fascinating thread from Nick, this is truly a 'you couldn't make it up contemporary story. Still a wok in progress ...

Bluesky's 'Trending' has been a bit peculiar for a week or two, but tonight's offering seems to have been served up by an illiterate bot, at least a year out of date on the renaming idiocy. (And kudos to anyone who can parse sentence number one.)

So I've noticed laments about Bluesky misbehaving recently, but it was fine for me. It's still okay on Android app, but Chrome on the PC is asking me to sign in and then just spinning its wheel.