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  1. Friday, August 7, 2026

    Russia could use Ukrainian drones in false-flag strike against Baltic infrastructure, Lithuania says . . . . . US intel warns Russia could test NATO as early as this fall . . . . . Analysis: Did Ukraine's '40-day campaign' against Russia change anything? . . . . . and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  2. Friday, August 7, 2026

    Russia could use Ukrainian drones in false-flag strike against Baltic infrastructure, Lithuania says . . . . . US intel warns Russia could test NATO as early as this fall . . . . . Analysis: Did Ukraine's '40-day campaign' against Russia change anything? . . . . . and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  3. Friday, August 7, 2026

    Russia could use Ukrainian drones in false-flag strike against Baltic infrastructure, Lithuania says . . . . . US intel warns Russia could test NATO as early as this fall . . . . . Analysis: Did Ukraine's '40-day campaign' against Russia change anything? . . . . . and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  4. Friday, August 7, 2026

    Russia could use Ukrainian drones in false-flag strike against Baltic infrastructure, Lithuania says . . . . . US intel warns Russia could test NATO as early as this fall . . . . . Analysis: Did Ukraine's '40-day campaign' against Russia change anything? . . . . . and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  5. "The president of CBS News is under fire after #CBSmornings posted its lowest-rated week ever — even as viewership continues to drop across the network. The morning show anchored by Gayle King and Nate Burleson had an average viewership of 1.59 million for the week of July 13" a new low in its number of viewers:
    nypost.com/2026/07/23/media/cb
    #CBSnews #unreliable #biased #politics #media

  6. "The president of CBS News is under fire after #CBSmornings posted its lowest-rated week ever — even as viewership continues to drop across the network. The morning show anchored by Gayle King and Nate Burleson had an average viewership of 1.59 million for the week of July 13" a new low in its number of viewers:
    nypost.com/2026/07/23/media/cb
    #CBSnews #unreliable #biased #politics #media

  7. "The president of CBS News is under fire after #CBSmornings posted its lowest-rated week ever — even as viewership continues to drop across the network. The morning show anchored by Gayle King and Nate Burleson had an average viewership of 1.59 million for the week of July 13" a new low in its number of viewers:
    nypost.com/2026/07/23/media/cb
    #CBSnews #unreliable #biased #politics #media

  8. THE MAN WHO SHOWED UP

    For 65 years, I thought I had #failed at everything.

    Then #COVID arrived, and I started fasting. I did not have much #faith in myself, so I took it one day at a time.

    The fear of #illness drove me.

    So did the huge #belly.

    So did the almost complete absence of #selfEsteem.

    None of this was noble at all.

    I was #frightened, #uncomfortable, and tired of feeling #trapped in a body I could not trust.

    But I kept going.

    Day after day.

    The results began to show, little by little.

    The body became lighter.

    Walking became easier.

    I began to feel less helpless.

    Eventually, I was walking up to ten kilometres a day.

    Then, about eighteen months ago, I was scrolling #YouTube, and who should appear but #KevinConnolly.

    I started training in his hypoxic breathwork.

    I already knew #ChatGPT, and it encouraged me as I tried to #understand what I was doing and what was happening in my #body.

    I loved the breathwork.

    Absolutely loved it.

    So I went at it like a professional.

    I never skipped a #session.

    Not because I had suddenly become #disciplined and #impressive.

    Because something had changed.

    Fasting has shown me that I can keep a promise to myself.

    Walking has shown me that the body can change.

    Breathwork has shown me that the mind can actually become #quiet.

    I had spent years believing I was #unreliable, #damaged, and #incapable of changing anything.

    But the evidence was now sitting right in front of me.

    I had not #failed at everything.

    I had simply never #learned to trust myself.

    Now I do.

    Not through #positive thinking.

    Through repetition.

    Through breath.

    By #showing up again the next day.

    I did not become another #person.

    I became someone I could rely on.

    #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #reality #life #quantum #kitchen #cooking #AI

  9. THE MAN WHO SHOWED UP

    For 65 years, I thought I had #failed at everything.

    Then #COVID arrived, and I started fasting. I did not have much #faith in myself, so I took it one day at a time.

    The fear of #illness drove me.

    So did the huge #belly.

    So did the almost complete absence of #selfEsteem.

    None of this was noble at all.

    I was #frightened, #uncomfortable, and tired of feeling #trapped in a body I could not trust.

    But I kept going.

    Day after day.

    The results began to show, little by little.

    The body became lighter.

    Walking became easier.

    I began to feel less helpless.

    Eventually, I was walking up to ten kilometres a day.

    Then, about eighteen months ago, I was scrolling #YouTube, and who should appear but #KevinConnolly.

    I started training in his hypoxic breathwork.

    I already knew #ChatGPT, and it encouraged me as I tried to #understand what I was doing and what was happening in my #body.

    I loved the breathwork.

    Absolutely loved it.

    So I went at it like a professional.

    I never skipped a #session.

    Not because I had suddenly become #disciplined and #impressive.

    Because something had changed.

    Fasting has shown me that I can keep a promise to myself.

    Walking has shown me that the body can change.

    Breathwork has shown me that the mind can actually become #quiet.

    I had spent years believing I was #unreliable, #damaged, and #incapable of changing anything.

    But the evidence was now sitting right in front of me.

    I had not #failed at everything.

    I had simply never #learned to trust myself.

    Now I do.

    Not through #positive thinking.

    Through repetition.

    Through breath.

    By #showing up again the next day.

    I did not become another #person.

    I became someone I could rely on.

    #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #reality #life #quantum #kitchen #cooking #AI

  10. THE MAN WHO SHOWED UP

    For 65 years, I thought I had #failed at everything.

    Then #COVID arrived, and I started fasting. I did not have much #faith in myself, so I took it one day at a time.

    The fear of #illness drove me.

    So did the huge #belly.

    So did the almost complete absence of #selfEsteem.

    None of this was noble at all.

    I was #frightened, #uncomfortable, and tired of feeling #trapped in a body I could not trust.

    But I kept going.

    Day after day.

    The results began to show, little by little.

    The body became lighter.

    Walking became easier.

    I began to feel less helpless.

    Eventually, I was walking up to ten kilometres a day.

    Then, about eighteen months ago, I was scrolling #YouTube, and who should appear but #KevinConnolly.

    I started training in his hypoxic breathwork.

    I already knew #ChatGPT, and it encouraged me as I tried to #understand what I was doing and what was happening in my #body.

    I loved the breathwork.

    Absolutely loved it.

    So I went at it like a professional.

    I never skipped a #session.

    Not because I had suddenly become #disciplined and #impressive.

    Because something had changed.

    Fasting has shown me that I can keep a promise to myself.

    Walking has shown me that the body can change.

    Breathwork has shown me that the mind can actually become #quiet.

    I had spent years believing I was #unreliable, #damaged, and #incapable of changing anything.

    But the evidence was now sitting right in front of me.

    I had not #failed at everything.

    I had simply never #learned to trust myself.

    Now I do.

    Not through #positive thinking.

    Through repetition.

    Through breath.

    By #showing up again the next day.

    I did not become another #person.

    I became someone I could rely on.

    #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #reality #life #quantum #kitchen #cooking #AI

  11. THE MAN WHO SHOWED UP

    For 65 years, I thought I had #failed at everything.

    Then #COVID arrived, and I started fasting. I did not have much #faith in myself, so I took it one day at a time.

    The fear of #illness drove me.

    So did the huge #belly.

    So did the almost complete absence of #selfEsteem.

    None of this was noble at all.

    I was #frightened, #uncomfortable, and tired of feeling #trapped in a body I could not trust.

    But I kept going.

    Day after day.

    The results began to show, little by little.

    The body became lighter.

    Walking became easier.

    I began to feel less helpless.

    Eventually, I was walking up to ten kilometres a day.

    Then, about eighteen months ago, I was scrolling #YouTube, and who should appear but #KevinConnolly.

    I started training in his hypoxic breathwork.

    I already knew #ChatGPT, and it encouraged me as I tried to #understand what I was doing and what was happening in my #body.

    I loved the breathwork.

    Absolutely loved it.

    So I went at it like a professional.

    I never skipped a #session.

    Not because I had suddenly become #disciplined and #impressive.

    Because something had changed.

    Fasting has shown me that I can keep a promise to myself.

    Walking has shown me that the body can change.

    Breathwork has shown me that the mind can actually become #quiet.

    I had spent years believing I was #unreliable, #damaged, and #incapable of changing anything.

    But the evidence was now sitting right in front of me.

    I had not #failed at everything.

    I had simply never #learned to trust myself.

    Now I do.

    Not through #positive thinking.

    Through repetition.

    Through breath.

    By #showing up again the next day.

    I did not become another #person.

    I became someone I could rely on.

    #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #reality #life #quantum #kitchen #cooking #AI

  12. Feed algorithm unreliability

    I keep seeing where people will post on social media about an event happening now to within hours, but it doesn’t appear for me until after the event even days later. It’s not that I wasn’t checking. It’s that the algorithm didn’t present it to me until that point. Back when I had the energy, I would fight against the algorithm to have a chronological feed because I’d see that kind of thing.

    It’s frustrating that the “social” media resources prevent us from connecting in person because they don’t prioritize recognition of something as timely and pushing them to where audiences see them in time.

    I get it from the Facebook perspective. They want users, pages, and groups to use the Events functionality. But, also even that functionality is designed for posting it, people to RSVP, etc. Many of these problem situations are:

    • Poster is not the host. They are saying they are going to go.
    • The host doesn’t want an RSVP. Come or don’t.
    #algorithms #Facebook #tumblr #unreliable
  13. Graham Platner: "Two weeks ago Sen. Susan Collins* said troops on the ground in Iran would require Congressional approval. 1,000 American servicemen are on their way to Iran at this very moment. And Susan Collins has said nothing, and done nothing."
    #politics #IranWar #unreliable*

  14. Graham Platner: "Two weeks ago Sen. Susan Collins* said troops on the ground in Iran would require Congressional approval. 1,000 American servicemen are on their way to Iran at this very moment. And Susan Collins has said nothing, and done nothing."
    #politics #IranWar #unreliable*

  15. Graham Platner: "Two weeks ago Sen. Susan Collins* said troops on the ground in Iran would require Congressional approval. 1,000 American servicemen are on their way to Iran at this very moment. And Susan Collins has said nothing, and done nothing."
    #politics #IranWar #unreliable*

  16. #Nato 1.0 is dead. Long live Nato 2.0
    🧐"Starting w #JDVance's #antiEU tirade at last yr's #Munich conference, we hv had US air strikes on #Iran & 5 oth countries, te subjugation of #Venezuela, #American complicity in te #genocide in #Gaza, & above all, Trump's threats to invade #Greenland, which is part of #Denmark .. Curiously, Greenland was what tore it, & most Nato leaders now understand that #tRump's #America is at best an #unreliable ally & sometimes openly #hostile"
    bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinio

  17. #Nato 1.0 is dead. Long live Nato 2.0
    🧐"Starting w #JDVance's #antiEU tirade at last yr's #Munich conference, we hv had US air strikes on #Iran & 5 oth countries, te subjugation of #Venezuela, #American complicity in te #genocide in #Gaza, & above all, Trump's threats to invade #Greenland, which is part of #Denmark .. Curiously, Greenland was what tore it, & most Nato leaders now understand that #tRump's #America is at best an #unreliable ally & sometimes openly #hostile"
    bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinio

  18. #Nato 1.0 is dead. Long live Nato 2.0
    🧐"Starting w #JDVance's #antiEU tirade at last yr's #Munich conference, we hv had US air strikes on #Iran & 5 oth countries, te subjugation of #Venezuela, #American complicity in te #genocide in #Gaza, & above all, Trump's threats to invade #Greenland, which is part of #Denmark .. Curiously, Greenland was what tore it, & most Nato leaders now understand that #tRump's #America is at best an #unreliable ally & sometimes openly #hostile"
    bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinio

  19. #Nato 1.0 is dead. Long live Nato 2.0
    🧐"Starting w #JDVance's #antiEU tirade at last yr's #Munich conference, we hv had US air strikes on #Iran & 5 oth countries, te subjugation of #Venezuela, #American complicity in te #genocide in #Gaza, & above all, Trump's threats to invade #Greenland, which is part of #Denmark .. Curiously, Greenland was what tore it, & most Nato leaders now understand that #tRump's #America is at best an #unreliable ally & sometimes openly #hostile"
    bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinio

  20. The Limitations of AI – Dealing With Personality

    Reading Time: 3 minutes

    For the last two weeks I have been playing with AI heavily, to get it to help with the task of re-organising my libraries. I played with Gemini, Le Chat and MyAI. I focused on Gemini because it gave me good results, whereas Le Chat gave good answers but I hit the token limit too easily, and MyAI is better, but the answers made me waste time, rather than move forward.

    When using Gemini I find that the lines of code it gives me are good. I always run them in dry run first to ensure that behaviour is as expected. It often grates on me that the answers are "since you live in ... and you do a lot of A and B..." before giving information. It also grates me that it keeps saying "And then let's do this" rather than let me finish the task I am currently focused on.

    Persistent but Forgetful

    It is also erratic in what it remembers and what it doesn't remember. If you tell it something, it will remember it, and repeat it for hundreds of responses, but for other things it forgets instantly.

    If I speak about using an HP machine with Photoprism it will keep thinking that I'm using the Pi. It gets fixated. If you tell it "I'm doing this with Photoprism on the HP machine, it doesn't remember.

    If I was paying for a limited amount of tokens then this behaviour would make it very expensive, without providing me with the quality of service I would expect for 7CHF per month.

    Just now I provided it with a screenshot from Photoprism with text that illustrated the problem of duplicate filenames but rather than provide a usable answer it kept hallucinating modified screenshots. After four hallucinations in a row I started a new chat, and tried to discuss the topic for a fifth time and it hallucinated again so I told it off.

    Character

    When I use Gemini it reminds me of a former alcoholic bi-polar friend. It loves to pigeon hole you, and remind you of something that is not related to the topic you're getting help with. My cycling and hiking habits are not relevant to dealing with my photo library.

    When I tell it "I'm using machine A for task B I expect it to remember within the same chat. It doesn't. It's object fixated on the fact that I use a Pi.

    Context Switching

    If I designed an AI tool I would teach it to switch between context A and Context B, rather than getting fixated. Context A = Using the Pi, Context B = using the HP machine. It doesn't take on board that I switch from context to context so it gives answers that are filled with wasteful information that is wrong, and irrelevant.

    Verbosity

    Of course, we can tell AI to be concise, but I'd like it to be context smart. Is the question a simple line of code or a yes or no answer, or did I say I wanted to understand how something works. If AI could automatically detect how concise or verbose to be, that would be fantastic.

    Skittish

    I found, multiple times that Gemini is skittish. You're going through a task that it knows will take hours but rather than asking "how is the progress going?" it encourages you to skip to the next step. That can be welcome but if you're sorting tens of thousands of photos, it takes hours, so it would be better to focus on the current task before moving on.

    If I post about the progress, I don't need a long response. "ok" would be enough. In effect I could simply keep quiet until the task is done and tell it of the result.

    • "Since you're on a Pi, would you like me to show you how to check if the CPU is being "throttled" due to heat while it's crunching these hashes?"

    The type of assumption I dislike.

    And Finally - Dealing With AI Personalities

    One of the things that is rarely discussed is that dealing with AI is dealing with the personality that was programmed into it. The more you interact with the character of that personality, the more it can become toxic. It's good to learn to use some AI models sparingly, to avoid their character flaws becoming toxic. This morning, after my run I found Gemini toxic.

    #gemini #hallucinations #imageGeneration #unreliable
  21. The Limitations of AI – Dealing With Personality

    Reading Time: 3 minutes

    For the last two weeks I have been playing with AI heavily, to get it to help with the task of re-organising my libraries. I played with Gemini, Le Chat and MyAI. I focused on Gemini because it gave me good results, whereas Le Chat gave good answers but I hit the token limit too easily, and MyAI is better, but the answers made me waste time, rather than move forward.

    When using Gemini I find that the lines of code it gives me are good. I always run them in dry run first to ensure that behaviour is as expected. It often grates on me that the answers are "since you live in ... and you do a lot of A and B..." before giving information. It also grates me that it keeps saying "And then let's do this" rather than let me finish the task I am currently focused on.

    Persistent but Forgetful

    It is also erratic in what it remembers and what it doesn't remember. If you tell it something, it will remember it, and repeat it for hundreds of responses, but for other things it forgets instantly.

    If I speak about using an HP machine with Photoprism it will keep thinking that I'm using the Pi. It gets fixated. If you tell it "I'm doing this with Photoprism on the HP machine, it doesn't remember.

    If I was paying for a limited amount of tokens then this behaviour would make it very expensive, without providing me with the quality of service I would expect for 7CHF per month.

    Just now I provided it with a screenshot from Photoprism with text that illustrated the problem of duplicate filenames but rather than provide a usable answer it kept hallucinating modified screenshots. After four hallucinations in a row I started a new chat, and tried to discuss the topic for a fifth time and it hallucinated again so I told it off.

    Character

    When I use Gemini it reminds me of a former alcoholic bi-polar friend. It loves to pigeon hole you, and remind you of something that is not related to the topic you're getting help with. My cycling and hiking habits are not relevant to dealing with my photo library.

    When I tell it "I'm using machine A for task B I expect it to remember within the same chat. It doesn't. It's object fixated on the fact that I use a Pi.

    Context Switching

    If I designed an AI tool I would teach it to switch between context A and Context B, rather than getting fixated. Context A = Using the Pi, Context B = using the HP machine. It doesn't take on board that I switch from context to context so it gives answers that are filled with wasteful information that is wrong, and irrelevant.

    Verbosity

    Of course, we can tell AI to be concise, but I'd like it to be context smart. Is the question a simple line of code or a yes or no answer, or did I say I wanted to understand how something works. If AI could automatically detect how concise or verbose to be, that would be fantastic.

    Skittish

    I found, multiple times that Gemini is skittish. You're going through a task that it knows will take hours but rather than asking "how is the progress going?" it encourages you to skip to the next step. That can be welcome but if you're sorting tens of thousands of photos, it takes hours, so it would be better to focus on the current task before moving on.

    If I post about the progress, I don't need a long response. "ok" would be enough. In effect I could simply keep quiet until the task is done and tell it of the result.

    • "Since you're on a Pi, would you like me to show you how to check if the CPU is being "throttled" due to heat while it's crunching these hashes?"

    The type of assumption I dislike.

    And Finally - Dealing With AI Personalities

    One of the things that is rarely discussed is that dealing with AI is dealing with the personality that was programmed into it. The more you interact with the character of that personality, the more it can become toxic. It's good to learn to use some AI models sparingly, to avoid their character flaws becoming toxic. This morning, after my run I found Gemini toxic.

    #gemini #hallucinations #imageGeneration #unreliable
  22. RE: mastodon.social/@RonSupportsYo

    Here is the link to an article about Nithya Raman endorsing the re-election of Mayor Karen Bass, and days later saying that she is running against Bass for that same office:
    nytimes.com/2026/02/07/us/nith
    What changed her mind? We may never really know.
    #politics #flipflop #unreliable

  23. RE: mastodon.social/@RonSupportsYo

    Here is the link to an article about Nithya Raman endorsing the re-election of Mayor Karen Bass, and days later saying that she is running against Bass for that same office:
    nytimes.com/2026/02/07/us/nith
    What changed her mind? We may never really know.
    #politics #flipflop #unreliable

  24. RE: mastodon.social/@RonSupportsYo

    Here is the link to an article about Nithya Raman endorsing the re-election of Mayor Karen Bass, and days later saying that she is running against Bass for that same office:
    nytimes.com/2026/02/07/us/nith
    What changed her mind? We may never really know.
    #politics #flipflop #unreliable

  25. #German Economists Call For Full Repatriation✅️ of Germany's #Gold Held in US Amid Colossal Loss of #Trust
    🧐"US’ gold holdings hvn't been subjected to a comprehensive #audit since 1950s🤦‍♂️.. Germany has te 2nd largest gold #reserves in te world, ~3,550 tons, ~half r stored abroad. 1,236 tons r held at Federal Reserve Bank New York while another 405 tons are held at BoE.. nearly ¾ of German public now see US as an #unreliable partner (most recent ARD-Deutschland trend poll)"
    nakedcapitalism.com/2026/01/ge

  26. #German Economists Call For Full Repatriation✅️ of Germany's #Gold Held in US Amid Colossal Loss of #Trust
    🧐"US’ gold holdings hvn't been subjected to a comprehensive #audit since 1950s🤦‍♂️.. Germany has te 2nd largest gold #reserves in te world, ~3,550 tons, ~half r stored abroad. 1,236 tons r held at Federal Reserve Bank New York while another 405 tons are held at BoE.. nearly ¾ of German public now see US as an #unreliable partner (most recent ARD-Deutschland trend poll)"
    nakedcapitalism.com/2026/01/ge

  27. #German Economists Call For Full Repatriation✅️ of Germany's #Gold Held in US Amid Colossal Loss of #Trust
    🧐"US’ gold holdings hvn't been subjected to a comprehensive #audit since 1950s🤦‍♂️.. Germany has te 2nd largest gold #reserves in te world, ~3,550 tons, ~half r stored abroad. 1,236 tons r held at Federal Reserve Bank New York while another 405 tons are held at BoE.. nearly ¾ of German public now see US as an #unreliable partner (most recent ARD-Deutschland trend poll)"
    nakedcapitalism.com/2026/01/ge

  28. #German Economists Call For Full Repatriation✅️ of Germany's #Gold Held in US Amid Colossal Loss of #Trust
    🧐"US’ gold holdings hvn't been subjected to a comprehensive #audit since 1950s🤦‍♂️.. Germany has te 2nd largest gold #reserves in te world, ~3,550 tons, ~half r stored abroad. 1,236 tons r held at Federal Reserve Bank New York while another 405 tons are held at BoE.. nearly ¾ of German public now see US as an #unreliable partner (most recent ARD-Deutschland trend poll)"
    nakedcapitalism.com/2026/01/ge

  29. NTP in practice. Mostly it works. Time to time it's like 8 hours off. Internet connection is working.

    I already debugged unreliable NTP once and replaced the unreliable "ntp" NTP daemon with much more reliable "chrony" NTP daemon. But still unreliable.

    "Old people don't like computers" - because computers are unreliable! Why would I use something that's unreliable? A tuning fork ground out of quartz, invented by Seiko, connected to a battery, semiconductor amplifier, 15-bit counter, few logic gates, stepper motor, cogwheels, hands and a clock face is much more reliable!

    #ntp #unreliable #linuxfail #linux #chrony #ntpd #reliability

  30. NTP in practice. Mostly it works. Time to time it's like 8 hours off. Internet connection is working.

    I already debugged unreliable NTP once and replaced the unreliable "ntp" NTP daemon with much more reliable "chrony" NTP daemon. But still unreliable.

    "Old people don't like computers" - because computers are unreliable! Why would I use something that's unreliable? A tuning fork ground out of quartz, invented by Seiko, connected to a battery, semiconductor amplifier, 15-bit counter, few logic gates, stepper motor, cogwheels, hands and a clock face is much more reliable!

    #ntp #unreliable #linuxfail #linux #chrony #ntpd #reliability