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This is not the shop I intended to make. With Damocles living up to its name while I took the cats to the vet yesterday, and the heat wave hitting us, I was going to skip another trip to the city. I did, however, need to go into town. My...
Part of the Big Tech's War on Users series. This one got lost in the shuffle of other stories a couple weeks back, and I almost let it slide. That would have been a mistake. Because while the headlines have moved on, the case hasn't —...
Happy Friday! Today is National Paper Clip Day (My favorite is Clippy) and National Coq Au Vin Day (pretty tasty!). It was also a working Summer Friday, which are delightfully quiet. I worked at a coffeeshop this morning to keep...Read More
Click here to book Remembering John Claridge who died on Sunday aged eighty-two THE DRINK, E14 1964 John Claridge claimed he was not a drinker, but I was not entirely convinced once I saw this magnificent set of beer-soaked pictures that...
In this episode of On the Subject of Leadership, I speak with Clare Kitching, founder of Cambiq Consulting—formerly of McKinsey, QuantumBlack, and Treasury Wine Estates where she served as General Manager of Data, Insights and Analytics....
Normally, I would be in the city today, doing our second stock up shop. I’m going to wait a few more days. Instead, here is the stock up shop I did a couple of days ago, when I came back too tired and in too much pain to do a post. That...
Power Cat 2026-05-29 this is so true
Hey, folks, maybe it’s a bad idea to criticize MAGA on classist grounds. If you find yourself sneering at them, ask yourself why. While you’re at it, ask yourself why they set up the fight on the White House lawn. Because they knew you’d...
PVC pipe-ends catch the evening sun at a construction site on the outskirts of McKinney, Texas. The post Circles appeared first on 75CentralPhotography.
It’s too damn hot again, if this is Spring then I’m dreading Summer this year. I have a portable air-con unit at least but that restricts me to one room. My cycle commute has also suffered since we don’t have access to the showers at...
A recycled, decaying spectacle
"To write this novel, I built out a four-hour-long playlist that tracked the plot, beat for beat. Musical cues helped me escalate tension, or keep the energy at a simmer, or feel the longing my characters felt for their lost loved ones."