I've turned on my heater on my garden cabin for the first time since the spring and my "smart radiator" thermostat is as unreliable as always...

It's not 19 degrees in here.

I also have a physical non digital thermometer that reads around 26 degrees so I'm not sure what the radiator is doing.

The final of #Euro2025 will be close.

I want the #Lionesses to win but I just think Spain will have a bit too much.

Predicting a 1-0 Spain win.

Something interesting just came up in my work around data, open data, governance and so on.

We work with "datasets". That's what is published when talking about data publishing. But...

** What is a dataset? **

I asked an LLM to get some idea of a definition. See image for a possible definition.

Local election results.

@greenparty.org.uk have increased their local council seats.

But with 20 of 23 councils declared, none of the 20 councils are being run by Conservative or Labour.

From: www.bbc.co.uk/news/electio...

Councils: 3 Lib Dem, 8 Reform, all others NOC

If you want to know how bad the world of programming is, you should see how many prime respond to this coding interview TikTok saying the answer is "wrong" or "not what the interviewer is asking"

Just read the comments...

vm.tiktok.com/ZNd8dLP7t/

The Episcopal Church, a US Christian denomination, has a "rite of renaming" for transgender people.

To suggest that this rite makes the Episcopal Church not "Christian" is exactly the politicised religious fundamentalism that should be opposed.

Trans people should be welcome in church.

Blocked

I've just let my 1100+ Duolingo streak end on purpose.

I've got to section 3 in Dutch, and have also learned some Spanish.

But I've got no need to learn these things for work or any community I'm in either.

I started because my son started. He stopped in a few weeks. I kept going for 3 years.

Nope. I used phrases but in a particular way.

"I'm not a fan of the...approach" - opinion.

Why?

It looks like what climate deniers do when confirmation bias strikes.

This paper has been shared widely in these circles because it confirms... a bias that exists.

Am I wrong?

We gave my parents tea towels for Christmas. I'm visiting at the moment and found that instead of using them for their intended purpose, they've put them on the fridge.

Behold "tits" and "boobies".

I think @rspb.bsky.social would like this. Not sure boobies have come up on bird of the week.

When you're watching #ChampionsCupRugby and the physio comes on, and while taping up an injured hand, hits the player in the face.

Made me chuckle

Los Angeles. Wow.

10 million people at risk from wildfires.

Screenshot from:

www.arcgis.com/apps/View/in...

“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”

The three spirits.

Someone just pointed me at openrivers.net

It's a fascinating dataset and a map of rivers in England, Scotland and Wales.

The most interesting thing for me is how it's easy to spot the Ridgeway and areas of chalk when zoomed out. At least, I think that's what it is.

Just did the front door secondary glazing...

Here's the before and after images.

18.3°C to 17.4°C

Am trying out cheap secondary glazing to see if it makes a difference.

It's just over 1°C improvement in heat loss.

I have only done one window at present, one side of the bay window, and that window retains heat better than the equivalent the other side.

IR images to prove it.

"New password cannot be the same as old password"