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Main audience: everyone If your PC runs Windows 11, I suggest pausing Windows Update at least until you have everything in place to recover from a faulty update. I don’t want you to go through what I’ve been through the … Continued

Main audience: UK people UK people are uniquely situated to strengthen BBC’s spine against DJT’s extortion effort. We are not just listeners or readers—we are funders. If BBC caves in, our money will go into DJT’s pocket. We have every … Continued

Main audience: everyone Buzz is coming along well but Zola has been struggling… so Buzz, with astonishing delicacy for a giraffe with poor body awareness, decided to help her. Click here to read more.

Main audience: USA people There is a school of thought that paints the eight Senators who gave Republicans what they wanted last Sunday as master strategists setting a trap. That story is a hard sell. I am skeptical. But it … Continued

Main audience: everyone Whenever we are only reacting, we cannot get a grip on events and set our countries onto a better course. Perhaps we would be wise to take a moment to remember a bit of prescient advice from … Continued

Main audience: everyone This morning both of my countries, UK & USA, delivered pro-authoritarian slaps. It was especially rude to get slapped in the USA less than a week after voters showed definitively that we want small-d democracy back. Let … Continued

Main audience: everyone Toward the end of the week I got quiet. My tech problems worsened. Such stuff happens once in a while. I’m on my fallback machine. Surely it will smooth out this coming week. Click here to read … Continued

Main audience: especially USA people “Tim Onion” @bencollins.bsky.social on BlueSky put it succinctly: Woke 2 has arrived. Republicans just got their a**es handed to them by the electorate. Expect backlash from them instead of any of them listening. Expect it … Continued

Main audience: everyone From January to now there have only been occasional small elections in the USA, mostly to fill vacancies. A slew of them are happening now with impact far beyond their jurisdictions. We are about to find out … Continued

Main audience: UK people Loud declarations do not protect us. It is far past time to start doing what science has been telling us to do for years. We publish guidelines and announce alerts, and stop there. Can we please … Continued