Impressive how swiftly Musk is blowing up Twitter - he must have some class advisers whispering in his ear. Let's see if he really bans everyone who has the sense to build a lifeboat. I'm now [email protected] as well, although no plans to abandon mastodon.social - still unclear how seriously journo.host takes its no transphobia policy. Let's tiptoe into the future together, playmates...

I have a conspiracy theory, which is the Saudis topped up Musk's Twitter cheque because burning down the site with deniable culpability isn't the worst use of $10bn for an ultrawealthy theocracy that turns journalists into Pedigree Chum and hates social media.

I have a follow request from someone I follow already, but I can't see how to grant it... where's the button?

EEVBlog takes a no-nonsense approach to Evil Sonos...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeIk-4ItQ70&ab_channel=EEVblog

Festive publishing schedules mean I have to write three columns this week. Which is fine, there's enough nonsense to fuel ten times that, but if there;s anything tech or tech business related you'd like to see get a bit of a saute, do say.

And by God, if moving to the Telegraph really did mean you were being silenced, my attitude to tht organ would change it at maximun speed allowed by the geometry of spacetime.

ZIP files are the vertebrate eyeball of computing, an early advantageous development with a downside that only gets worse with time. Conflating compression and containerisation is a really bad idea - is your archive live data or a portable store? Guessing wrong is a recipe for pain.

Saturday afternoon is my new music time. I shrivel without it. Today, Richard Dawson and his The Ruby Cord album has rewarded this habit a thousand times over. December may yet be conquered.