How can a mobile and broadband outage stop people's Wi-Fi networks operating? That makes no sense to me, but I'm not a comms engineer.

The contact of Reform UK's Russian puppet Nathan Gill is linked to efforts to destabilise the US and Ukraine. Why, even now, is no one asking questions?

More than just a bad apple: why we must look closer at the Nathan Gill scandal

New evidence connects the Ukrainian politician who paid bribes to Gill - Reform UK’s former leader in Wales - to a campaign to destabilise the US election

@carolecadwalla.bsky.social reports

I read enough to realise your advice is correct. Not that I doubted it in the first place.

Home Lab Networking 101: VLANs, Subnets, and Segmentation for Beginners Learn home lab networking basics. Understand VLANs, subnets, and segmentation to build a faster, more secure, and better organized home lab network.

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YouTube video by Hannah Fry I find this DELIGHTFUL to imagine as I scroll ✨️🌈✨️

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Tesla cars have started driving on the left hand side of the road in the USA. Next thing, Americans will start spelling fount and colour correctly!

The real reason your keyboard has F1 through F12 Those keys are there for a reason.

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Studied Latin briefly at uni years ago. Mate proudly showed me his new Latin phrase tattoo the other day. Didn't recognise the word 'dont'. Turns out he hadn't put the apostrophe in when Google translating.

How does one found a complete dick?

Strangely I read it that way too the first time.

Turkey abandons food fight to force doner kebab rules on Europe The case had alarmed Germany's kebab industry in particular, who make doners very differently.

"Germany's kebab industry would have been particularly skewered".

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The village where Wifi stops working when it starts raining Home workers say they struggle to get signal for calls and pub can't always collect payments.

I don't think Wi-Fi is the problem.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It's very simple.

The people costing all the money, are the people with all the money.

Not the people with hardly any money.

It really shouldn't need explaining.

Ctrl Alt Deleaf wins public vote to name track cleaning train Other names on the shortlist included Leaf-Fall Weapon, Pulp Friction and The Autumn Avenger.

Leafy McLeafFace and Trainy McTrainFace were proposed, said Mr Dunn, but not allowed.

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"No Service between Paddington / Reading and Heathrow Terminals.".

Man given wrong energy rating after £60k green upgrades on house The government is being urged to change the methodology assessors use to work out energy ratings.

According to this article on the news, batteries store solar energy.

BBC News - Home's energy rating downgraded despite £60k spend
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The only time I've needed to send a text message to the BTP was the only time I haven't had to put up with the annoying announcement, so I didn't know the number.

I don't like Tommy Two Names, but why is it OK to wave flags in the Royal Albert Hall, but not in Trafalgar Square?

YouTube video by Girl Gone London 9 Faux Pas to Avoid Making in Britain (culture shock as an American!)

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E-scooter modified to hit speeds of 90mph seized by police The two-wheeled electric scooter is taken away by Lancashire Police after being reported in Rishton.

Why?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

That's surprising. I always thought he was such an honest chap.

Word of the day is ‘tamalou’: a French name for an older person who no longer greets their friends with ‘how was your holiday?, but with ‘t’as mal où ?’, ‘where does it hurt?’. There follows an enthusiastic account of aches and pains and doctor’s appointments.

What Happened at...? - Series 1: What Happened at Auschwitz In a documentary marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, journalist Jordan Dunbar meets survivors of the Holocaust and travels to visit the camp.

What Happened at...?, Series 1: What Happened at Auschwitz: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00276pg

"Zelensky-Putin summit should be held in Switzerland, says Macron".

Isn't Switzerland a member of the International Criminal Court?

Paul Doyle: Liverpool parade accused faces 24 new charges Paul Doyle became tearful as he was asked to confirm his identity at Liverpool Crown Court.

No, BBC News, a car didn't "[drive] into a crowd", it was driven into the crowd by somebody.

BBC News - Paul Doyle: Liverpool parade accused faces 24 new charges - BBC News
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Does President Trump still think he's going to Russia later?

The Star Wars Theme was written in the same key as the 20th Century Fox fanfare so that the two would flow into each other at the beginning of the film.

Bull

I only found out the other day that he's called #Ozzy now. Was Bully McBullface considered?

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Ozzy Tattoo

RIP Ozzy

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YouTube video by WatchMojo.com Top 10 Most Iconic Songs of the 1980s

From @wmojo.bsky.social

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