@elbowz

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Brit in New Zealand.
Most likely to post about the lack of progress on #climatechange, the need for better public transport, Grand Prix Racing and Auckland FC.
Most likely to quote Pratchett, Adams or Asimov.

Jean-Pierre Jarier, another of Formula One's unlucky men. He was fast enough to win races, perhaps even to challenge for Championships. But things never ever went his way.

https://youtu.be/ZLe3M8XwKDU

Jean-Pierre Jarier, the French F1 racer destined never to win

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Have a Visa card setup for Transit use on your iPhone? You might be leaving yourself open to serious financial loss.

https://youtu.be/PPJ6NJkmDAo

How easy is it to steal $10,000 from a locked phone?

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Determining who is the greatest F1 driver ever is an almost impossible task. Determining the best manufacturer is much easier. It's Mercedes, and it's not even a close run thing, either.

https://youtu.be/cNPx7hHsZ3U

Mercedes - Formula One's Real GOAT

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There are limited options for users who want Linux on a new laptop; and almost none which match the MacBook's build quality and industrial design. Framework wants to shake things up with a Linux-forward version of its new Laptop 13 Pro, which will be available with Ubuntu pre-installed.

Maybe not enough to tempt me away from the excellent Asahi Linux on my M1 MacBooks, but when they need replacing a laptop from Framework would certainly be at the top of the list.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/04/frameworks-ceo-on-the-ram-crisis-and-creating-a-macbook-pro-for-linux-users/

Framework's CEO on the RAM crisis and creating a "MacBook Pro for Linux users"

We actually have slightly more Linux users than Windows users."

Ars Technica

Seems like an entirely reasonable position to take based on the things which spew from the Mango Mussolini's mouth and keyboard.

Invoke the 25th!

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/12/ex-cia-director-oust-trump-25th-amendment

Ex-CIA director calls for ousting Trump: ‘25th amendment was written with him in mind’

John Brennan says president who made volatile remarks about destroying Iranian civilization ‘is clearly unhinged’

The Guardian
I hope that US Politicians on both sides of the divide have been spending the last 24 hours preparing to invoke the 25th Amendment. It's beyond time for the madness to end.

Google sees a future where the page you ask for from a website isn't the one you actually get to see.

Google's agents will decide whether the page is what you actually wanted or not and will have Chrome reformat it to what it thinks you actually wanted.

Let's hope this doesn't become a standard which other browsers follow...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/joetoscano1/2026/03/06/google-just-patented-the-end-of-your-website/

Google Just Patented The End Of Your Website

A newly granted Google patent could let the search giant replace your brand's landing page with an AI-generated version you have no control over and only your buyers see.

Forbes

David Coulthard arrived in F1 at a time of turmoil and was privileged to drive some of the best cars of the era. A race winner, but never really a championship contender. What was it that stopped the man from Twynholm from achieving the ultimate success?

https://youtu.be/agt7gDkaLQ0

David Coulthard - The wrong man, in the wrong place, at the wrong time

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Ollie Bearman's crash at the F1 Japanese Grand Prix was brutal, but imagine a similar incident at the exit of the tunnel and approach to the chicane in Monaco... we'd be talking about a lot more than a bruise and sore leg, that's for sure

F1 in 2026 hasn't got off to a particularly auspicious start, with drivers and fans vocal about the loss of a real challenge and real racing.

https://youtu.be/qND90i_-Ikg

F1 in 2026 - Is it any good now?

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