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Pierluigi Collina as someone’s sporting hero is a highlight.

I needed to undo a hex bolt at work, and after a couple of minutes of cautiously cranking the tool in a standard anti-clockwise/lefty-loosey manner, it turned out to need a non-standard clockwise/righty-loosey operation. This has reminded me of the taps in the toilets at our old building which were lefty-tighty/righty-loosey, at which I tutted in annoyance every single time I used them.

Absolutely love OC, the themes, the tron, but Justin Roberts announcing it like he’s delivering a punchline to a bunch of 4 year olds drags it down.

Valerie Veatch’s “Ghost in the machine” is now available on PBS and YouTube, but I think you will need a US VPN to access: https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/ghost-in-the-machine/ The overall conclusion is essentially, AI = eugenics, which probably isn’t that surprising given the people pushing it. I think there’s a UK release next month if you can’t access it.

It has a certain charm to it, I laughed out loud quite a few times, and the leads do a good job. It’s a bit wayward at times, but mostly it does well to focus on the family/sister dynamics between Bullock and Kidman, the “magic” never feels like centre of the story (though it’s obviously there). Unlike… Practical Magic 2 So dull. No charm. Bad acting. The storyline relies more heavily on the magic (which is just boring), the love interest bloke is woeful and there is such a lack of chemistry between him and Sandra Bullock. There’s a couple of touching moments but overall it’s a complete waste of time and like, you waited 28 years to make this?

This person is militantly anti-AI and it’s very life-affirming: https://ploum.net/2026-09-09-ai_policy.html I will not read your website, I will ignore your emails and I will happily walk away from real-life conversations as soon as it is clear that I’m not talking to a fully sentient Homo sapiens sapiens but to an empty shell who has happily delegated their cognitive abilities to an external proprietary tool designed to be some sort of "random average garbage."

First time the Lukes have met in Euro tour final? What? Not the highest quality game but enjoyed it a lot. Elsewhere it was very disappointing to see my boy Wessel so meekly accepting defeat to MVG. I get that he’s a cool customer but he can do a lot better than that. I love Euro tour.

Yeah I absolutely loved that series. They all seemed to gel perfectly and were all so enjoyable to watch. A great bunch of lads and lasses. Not thoroughly convinced by episode 1 this week. The overall vibe is a bit weird and feels like too many of them trying to get themselves over like Phil Ellis and his cohort.

He had that PC where he averaged 123 against Schindler, so it would seem that the game is still there, he just can’t access it on the regs. I’m sure part of it is motivation - when you’ve won everything multiple times over, it all probably seems much of a muchness most of the time. There was such a fury and intensity in his eyes and demeanour when he was at his peak, and that’s definitely not there these days. Maybe thats just getting older - I certainly feel like I can’t be arsed with anything these days. Apart from watching Euro Tours. Yeah he’s definitely having a lean spell, he’ll still look occasionally like his old self but seems to wobble more in crunch moments than his peak, and that’s always been his biggest trouble. More Euro Tour tomorrow, yeahhhh!

Really fun Euro tour, that. Whilst Gando mind-gaming his way past Aspinall in the semi-final was interesting from a psychological perspective, it definitely hindered the final as a spectacle. You could tell Anderson was running out of gas before the final, but he was brilliant against GVV, so I suppose it kind of balanced out. Don’t mind Smith winning. Hopefully it gives my boy Nijman a kick up the arse if he wants to be number 1 in Europe, he was bollocks against Chisnall. Greaves-Cross, Searle-Springer, and GVV-Anderson were my favourite matches, but the highlight was probably Anderson hitting 3 treble 1’s. Magic!

“Hope you don’t mind my…dropping in.” ”Not at all, sweet cakes. You know what do, Sam.”

“WHERES THE UNDEAD ONE GOING?”

I had no idea this existed, it sounds incredible. Please post if you hear of any showings!