Ken in Harpswell

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Retired scientist and programmer. Chemistry & computers. Reformed sysop. My first computer had tubes. I live on an island in Maine, USA. Doggedly Democratic.
I’ve just noticed I don’t have much to say here lately. Sorry about that. Not much is getting through the “Is it true, is it kind, is it necessary?” gates. Resist where you can, help where you can.

Carter-Ruck partner prosecuted for ‘improper’ threat to sue

Claire Gill understood to be facing tribunal over letter attempting to silence victim of a huge fraud scheme

https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-08-06/carter-ruck-partner-prosecuted-for-improper-threat-to-sue?_bhlid=c9725c80ce082951b0ffba0d1b2997a3bbe72db9

Our Maine cat, Lucy, asks why I’m not petting or combing her.
It’s time for everyone who cares to send money to @NPR and @pbs. They need it for operations and lawyers. Without them we’ll all be flying blind in this crisis.

You know how spelling bees are largely an english-speaking thing, and that countries whose languages are phonetically consistent don't really have them?

I think about that a lot when I see people posting C++ brainteasers.

"I've seen smarter cabinets at Ikea." - quote of the day
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Some childcare providers lost everything in the Eaton Fire. Why can't they get any relief money?

Almost two months after the L.A. fires, some childcare providers who lost their homes and businesses say they're not able to access the aid they've been told to apply for.

LAist

There is a new #Fediverse bot that facilitates web forensic analysis of websites.

You can submit a domain for crawling by messaging @lookyloo, and it will respond with the analysis results.

#cybersecurity #threatintel #dfir

services is provided by @circl

🔗 https://lookyloo.circl.lu

Thanks to @rafi0t for the new bot.

Lookyloo

Lookyloo captures websites and let you investigate them.

Torpenhow Hill.

When the Saxons arrived and asked the Welsh the name of that hill, the Welsh said "pen" which means "hill" in Welsh. So the Saxons used their word for hill, "tor," and called it Torpen (hill hill).

The Norse added the their world for hill "Haugr". So now it was Torpen Haugr (Hill Hill Hill).

Later, the English called it Torpenhow Hill (Hill Hill Hill Hill)

Edit: Those saying "English don't call it that". I'm English and I called it that in this very post. Bazinga.