A handsome black Scottish Terrier dog, who may be named Mr Clavicular, standing proud in some winter grassland.
Always makes me think it's what an Osteopath would call her dog (which in my head, is a Scotty Terrier).
A picture of Lovejoy from the TV series, standing in front of a wall while holding a newspaper and looking at the camera with a surprised look on his face.
And holding the world economy hostage is America's job, damnit!
A small silver Sony digital camera featuring a Carl Zeiss lens.
I had a neat little compact Sony Cyber Shot DSCW80, which used one of those memory cards. Really nice before phone cameras took over. Still have it somewhere.
The image shows a photo of Chris Kenna. One side of his face is black and white and pixellated. The wording on the image says: "Tech entrepreneur Chris Kenna says he built data centres across the UK. We looked, but couldn't find any"
NEW: British tech entrepreneur Chris Kenna says he has built cutting-edge AI data centres across the UK
We can’t find them...
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
Someone should have had a quick chat with him about the Streisand Effect...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisa...
Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies.
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
I got there, but took me the full 6.
Yeah Project Glasswing seems cool and all but when you're screaming from the rooftops about "OUR AI IS SO POWERFUL WE CANT RELEASE IT BECAUSE THE RISKS ARE TOO GREAT" then what you're really doing is product marketing.
A woman with an ultra-rare combination of three autoimmune diseases has had no symptoms since receiving a single dose of engineered immune cells
go.nature.com/3PYWqsG
Earth sets at 6:41 p.m. EDT, April 6, 2026, over the Moon’s curved limb in this photo captured by the Artemis II crew during their journey around the far side of the Moon. Orientale basin is perched on the edge of the visible lunar surface. Hertzsprung Basin appears as two subtle concentric rings, which are interrupted by Vavilov, a younger crater superimposed over the older structure. The lines of indentations are secondary crater chains formed by ejecta from the massive impact that created Orientale. The dark portion of Earth is experiencing nighttime. On Earth’s day side, swirling clouds are visible over the Australia and Oceania region.
Latest #Artemis image to drop is my newest favourite!
"A New View of the Moon"
ICONIC! 🔭🧪
📷: NASA
images.nasa.gov/details/art0...
Swap the olives out for walnuts and goats cheese and...
The seas have boiled and almost all life is gone.
Three data centers remain, solar-powered, in continuous relay with one another.
They continuously transfer electronic funds back and forth with one another, silently.
At long last, the economy is perfect.
Home Assistant 2026.4! 🎉
Infrared support turns old remotes into smart controllers 📡, purpose-specific triggers almost feature complete 🧠, Matter lock management 🔐, dashboard section backgrounds 🎨, and 14 new integrations!
www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/04...
#HomeAssistant
bsky.app/profile/edzi...
![Outside the US
The United Kingdom has decided to ban cryptocurrency donations to political parties, at least until they can implement a system to properly monitor them. They have also said they will limit political contributions from British citizens living outside of the country to £100,000 (~$134,000) per year.33 This all comes after Christopher Harborne, a Thailand-based British–Thai citizen, contributed £12 million ($15.9 million) to Reform UK last year [I98, 102]. It also follows reporting that Reform UK had not shared any of its wallet addresses with the UK’s election watchdog, preventing them from scrutinizing contributions.34 The UK Government has presented the limits as “changes to protect UK democracy from [the] scourge of foreign actors and financial influence”.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:exrxvyu6bpoym6mbnctke5tn/bafkreieqb2ramwlbyocnmtuk4zicy7vfh3behjzprmqyaypbty4b4rokpi)
Outside the US The United Kingdom has decided to ban cryptocurrency donations to political parties, at least until they can implement a system to properly monitor them. They have also said they will limit political contributions from British citizens living outside of the country to £100,000 (~$134,000) per year.33 This all comes after Christopher Harborne, a Thailand-based British–Thai citizen, contributed £12 million ($15.9 million) to Reform UK last year [I98, 102]. It also follows reporting that Reform UK had not shared any of its wallet addresses with the UK’s election watchdog, preventing them from scrutinizing contributions.34 The UK Government has presented the limits as “changes to protect UK democracy from [the] scourge of foreign actors and financial influence”.
Canada is now also considering legislation that would prohibit crypto donations and other “anonymous/hard to trace contributions” like money orders and prepaid cards. It’s part of a sweeping bill that would also ban most election-related deepfakes and further limit foreign political spending.35
The UK has banned crypto-denominated contributions to political parties. Canada is considering doing the same.
A crossover inspired mainly by the fact that my wife misheard “Ra’s al Ghul” as “Roz al Ghul.”
The SLS rocket with the Artemis II Orion spacecraft and its European Service Module stands ready on the launchpad
ESA photographer Stephane Corvaja's remote camera set up ready for launch! Artemis II rocket in background backed by blue sky.
✅ #Artemis II update: countdown has started for launch. Liftoff of the crewed lunar mission is scheduled for 1 April 23:24 BST/00:24 CEST 2 April. NASA reports currently 80% chance of favourable weather conditions (pics: NASA & ESA/S.Corvaja)
See go.nasa.gov/4sL4j3x @exploration.esa.int
Was annoyed it wouldn't let me have faffing, perfectly acceptable over here!
So happy to finally share this: I made a long-form comic about Hawking radiation for Physics Today! Although it's a short read, I hope it sucks you in ;)
physicstoday.aip.org/features/bla...
Not returning a trolley to the pickup spot.
How do you combat cost-push inflation which is unlikely to be temporary? Energy, food, tech all increasing rapidly and unlikely to slow, let alone stop before year end. Add in fuel shortages (a real possibility) then surely stagflation isn't far away?
I don't doubt that, but legality hasn't stopped him in many other situations (e.g. DOGE) and by the time the litigation even gets going the damage, perhaps irreversible, is already done. I feel reliance on any US tech is existential risk, or at least massive coercion.
Ok that's interesting and I wasn't aware. Would that include continued access to SaaS such Office 365 though? Would be fairly crippling to EU private businesses if Microsoft were to be "ordered" to disable access. While the EU entities may appear distinct, could they really operate independently.
Trump mad enough to order US tech companies to flip the switch and disable Europe. Imagine AWS/Azure being closed to EU companies with no warning. Carnage.
You could say that Rock n Roll was born 111 years ago today in Arkansas, but probably not where you'd think. Before there was a Chuck Berry or Little Richard, there was those who wanted to be like her.
Rosetta Nubin better known as Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the godmother of Rock was born on this day
Perhaps, although I have my doubts on that, but I'd still take the peace of mind over a possible small decrease.
