What’s that now? How have I never known about this until now?

Your cables break every 3 days

So Reform do like diversity after all - they like a diverse collection of vulnerable and marginalised groups to blame

As a gamer outside the Xbox ecosystem, it feels like Xbox is a brand in decline

For more than two decades, Sergey Lavrov has been Russia’s top foreign diplomat, representing the Kremlin regime around the world.

And then, he was gone.

Mr Lavrov, 75, has been the country’s foreign minister since 2004, and is widely rated as being among President Vladimir Putin’s closest allies.

But it has been three weeks since his last official appearance, sparking speculation he has fallen foul of Russia’s ruthless leader.

I bought this on a whim a while back and found that I love it! Well-balanced and fun, multiple ways to achieve goals.

Lithuania has announced it will begin shooting down smuggler balloons originating from Belarus, following repeated disruptions to the Baltic nation’s air traffic, Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene confirmed on Monday.

The decision comes after Vilnius Airport was forced to close on four separate occasions last week due to incursions into its airspace.

Each incident also prompted the temporary closure of Lithuania’s border crossings with Belarus.

Lithuanian authorities assert that the balloons are deployed by smugglers ferrying contraband cigarettes from Belarus into the European Union.

3 months until we have Stranger Things: Settlers of The Upside Down

Finally, some good AI news

Nope, don’t believe. Where are all the ghosts from the 1990s dressed in shell-suits? Or the ones from the 2000s dressed in baggy pants and with frosted tips? Is haunting only a Victorian afterlife pastime?

Not the TPS reports!

I’m Ronnie Pickering!

This the story of how he got short & yellow?

For the first fraction of a second, after reading the post title, I thought we were talking about developing a rocket to chase and capture SpaceX property. The actuality does not spark joy.

TLDR: in this specific instance, yes

Vibe math. No thank you

Too much deep fried turkey?

Arthur C Clarke is an excellent author and the Rama series is one of my all-time favourites. I’d recommend anything by Philip K Dick, though honestly I think a good reference would be to pick works listed in the SF Masterworks collection, it’s how I found many of my favourite SF novels.

If you fancy venturing into modern SF classics, my favourites are by Peter F Hamilton, Iain M Banks and William Gibson; though does Gibson count? He doesn’t even have a middle initial 😄

The bat travelled 1,000km. It is not stated how far the car travelled.

The Express is well known in the UK for exaggerated and rage-bait headlines. That and predicting outrageous weather events, without evidence, that never materialise