I was born into a council house, via the NHS, went to state school and onto 4 years of Free University... out to the big world earning enough to buy a house and afford life. And people lived longer and could retire on a decent state pension at an age that meant they could enjoy their senior days

Just reading Anglelmaker by Nick Harkaway ... enjoying it... not far in is a line that resonated with me.

The line is

'The onward march of progress has wandered off down a dark alley and been mugged.'

Now I'm up to vote not to make my council better, I hope it does, but primarily to keep Reform out.

We have all been mugged

It's always nice to see this yarn-bombed bench back in the Botanic Gardens in Glasgow. The knitted and crocheted cover has been present from April until October each year since 2017 and is a tribute to the knitter's mother.

#glasgow #botanicgardens #yarnbombing #glasgowbotanicgardens #bench

Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB Gemini Nano AI model on your device

❌ No consent
❌ No opt-in
❌ No real opt-out for regular users

This isn’t a small experiment & it’s on billions of devices.

➡️ Read more: https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/

😠 A tactic we've already seen with Gemini on Android. But at least you can disable it here, learn how: https://tuta.com/blog/how-to-disable-gemini-on-android