Barry

@BarrySweeney
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Former analyst/programmer/integrator, now retired in the south of England
The ADHD urge to buy a thing, watch all the videos about the thing, religiously track shipping until the thing arrives, excitedly open the shipping box to get to the thing, and then place the thing somewhere random and forget about it for 3-60 months.

I thought I'd check out the winter olympics by watching some ski jumping.

Then I ended up watching the bobsleigh, downhill, freestyle skiing and luge as well.

It's a slippery slope.

This isn’t new news as such, but people keep being surprised by it, so it’s worth repeating. Substack hosts, profits from, and promotes explicitly Nazi content, and if you are adding value to that network, you are helping them to do so. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/07/revealed-how-substack-makes-money-from-hosting-nazi-newsletters
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters

Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism

The Guardian
SNAFU @ Priestfield
Not a big worry for me, LibreOffice is always here for me :)
So the good news - January is finally over, just.
Bad news - it has been raining for eleventy-nine months.
It's Bandcamp Friday, when all monies go to the artist! Time to go shopping πŸ™‚

OpenAI just announced ads in ChatGPT.

They promise not to sell your data or let ads influence responses.

Sound familiar? πŸ€”

Here's why you should be skeptical πŸ‘‡
https://tuta.com/blog/openai-chatgpt-gets-ads

#OpenAI #ChatGPT #BigTech #Advertisement

New idea: ParkRum.

We all go to the park, and drink rum.

@anon_opin Not just on a war footing. All public infrastructure that has a universal service requirement should be nationalised. Public assets for the public good!