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This sunflower is taller than me and is right outside the kitchen window. I fear it is a cross-continent...
Apple Newsroom: Apple and Ford today announced that Apple Maps will be integrated directly into Ford’s upcoming Universal Electric Vehicle (UEV) Platform through Apple’s new MapKit for Automotive SDK. Coming to Ford’s UEV Platform in...
Alfred is one of the most important person in the life of Bruce Wayne. Technically he is the Butler, but he was more than that to Bruce, especially since Bruce grew up without his parents, and Alfred was (probably) close to a father...
These past weeks have been a lot. As I wrote about last week, one thing that has gotten me through whatever this is, has been what you are seeing right now: writing down my thoughts as a way of getting my mental cupboard tidied up, in...
I think I finally figured it out. That is, the reason why AI written articles suck: Both the author and I are reading the article for the first time. When an article is insightful I don't even mind the emdashes or that the stark truth is...
2025 romantic fantasy novella, second of its series. Margaret Lady Riven is on honeymoon with her vampire husband, at an inn in the middle of the Black Forest…
Trashing the living world on behalf of corporate power: is this really all we can expect from the ministers in charge of protecting it? By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 23rd July 2026 There’s a slightly mean question I often...
Duncan Rawlinson photographed this scene in Toronto, Ontario, capturing the abstract patterns formed by snow accumulation along dark channels. The monochrome treatment emphasizes the contrast between the textured white drifts and the...
BurnhamWatch #newNorthernPM The 6am policy reveal • Monday: not PM yet • Tuesday: 5% VAT cut on household electricity bills (from October) • Wednesday: return of the £2 bus fare cap (from January) • Thursday: 20% rate cut for pubs, clubs...
Pressure (2026) • View trailerFour stars (out of five); rated PG-13, for war violence, bloody images and brief profanityAvailable via: Peacock (free to subscribers) and other paid VOD optionsBy Derrick BangDirector Anthony Maras’...
"Ender's Game" is a 1977 science fiction novelette by Orson Scott Card. It is about an eleven year old boy who is drafted to command other kids in a very important military game. Non-Spoiler Summary In A Nutshell: Ender Wiggins has...
Three years ago I wrote a post about boundary conditions, those irrevocabilities that set limits on our lives. (You don’t like having limits? you want to negotiate limits? too bad. Boundary conditions like uncertainty and change, for...
Once upon a time, there was much unemployment, poverty, and homelessness across the land. Leaders tried one thing after another to end these grim conditions. Nothing worked. In the midst of these bad times, however, a small group of...
1996 Yavor / Metropolis Platforms: PC and Commodore Amiga One of the most ambitious Polish role playing games of the 1990s. Tower of the World was a huge fantasy RPG that had been quietly evolving for a number of years before eventually...
Nau maiYesterday we traveled from Changi airport in Singapore to the megalopolis Jakarta. My internal alarm clock roused me at 5:45am with the precision I was used to. It was only a few hours of rest but we were all grateful for it. A...