Neil Batchelor

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Technical Director @EncodeDotHost / Organiser @wp_cov / Helping keep local business online in Coventry and Warwickshire (And across the UK!). #Linux user. #WordPress dev. Views=Mine

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Remains found beneath the altar of a Dutch church are expected to be those of Count D'Artagnan.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2rew2dgzzo

'"He was buried on sacred ground below where the altar was; we found the bullet that put an end to his life and we found a coin from 1660 in his grave, and it was from the bishop who attended Mass for the Roi Soleil."'

Musketeer d'Artagnan's remains believed found under Dutch church

D'Artagnan was killed during the Siege of Maastricht in 1673 and later immortalised in the stories of Alexandre Dumas.

Canadian friends who drive: Transport Canada is soliciting feedback on ultra-bright vehicle headlights and headlight glare at night.

I encourage you to give them data on your experience, so that they might update the regulations to stop SUVs from routinely blinding me with their factory-fitted Nuclear Fireball 9000 LED Darkness Devastators Shock And Awe Edition headlights aimed directly into my face and eyes.

https://tc.canada.ca/en/corporate-services/consultations/canadian-experience-vehicle-headlights-glare-night

Canadian experience with vehicle headlights and glare at night

Transport Canada wants to learn how headlight glare affects road users and what vehicle or lighting features may influence how people experience it at night.

Transport Canada
Friend: Where are we going?
Me: To find a bar with a mirror.
Friend: Why a mirror?
Me: The doctor told me to watch my drinking.
Fortune: “The U.S. government is insolvent. That’s not hyperbole — it’s the conclusion drawn directly from the Treasury Department’s own consolidated financial statements for fiscal year 2025, released last week to near-total media silence.”

#Microsoft sent an email to everyone saying they're listening to people now and they will definitely not pushing AI to everything anymore.

Also Microsoft enabled #github to collect all your "inputs, outputs and associated context to train and improve AI models". This new tickbox is enabled by default, even if you explicitly disabled Copilot before.

Actions speak louder than words.

You can disable the option at https://github.com/settings/copilot/features

#enshittification

The great Bette Midler singing an updated cover of a Woody Guthrie song, All You Fascists Bound to Lose. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5VXwncNvTo
AllYouFascistsBoundtoLose 4k BetteMidler 2026

When the occasion calls you, SING OUT! The great Woody Guthrie wrote the original, and I re-wrote some of the words to reflect our current times. I hope yo...

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trying some fun relativistic warp effects

Not sure this is still being practiced here, but just in case: Would anyone be able to send me this paper? I don't have access, unfortunately:

Andalas, Eggy Fajar, Sudibyo Sudibyo, and Sri Ratna Saktimulya. “Computational Method in Literary Studies.” The International Journal of Critical Cultural Studies, ahead of print, March 13, 2026. https://doi.org/10.18848/2327-0055/cgp/a248

My email is: [email protected]

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