https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c802041g4v8o

The new normal. I'm sick of it already. The times in winter when you look out of the window and it is grey and miserable. This is the new misery.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czx5zy82n7no

Anticipating reaction...

It is thought that the George pub and George Street, along with Shaw Street, were all named after the Quaker George Shaw of Bickerstaffe, who established the Friends Meeting House.

Big_Jeff_Leo wrote: Tue Jul 07, 2026 12:54 am the same level as flat earthers and moon landing deniers.

That is some interesting conflation. Probably evil Brexiters as well!

All perfectly seasonable.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cevlkzer7vdo

Look what's in store for those over the pond.



Perfectly seasonable.

Facebook is notorious for allowing adverts for similar pieces of trash. Just don't do it.

Consecutive days of record-breaking temperatures are all just perfectly normal; after all, what are records for if they're not supposed to be broken? Nothing to see here! All perfectly seasonable. .

Once upon a time there didn't use to be a 'St Helens'. Area names can occasionally change. But we all knew that Ashton was called "Ashton in Makerfield'. It isn't a new thing. There were times when Newton-le-Willows was called "Newton in Makerfield". See, that was its historic name .

https://en ...

The constituency isn't only Ashton.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makerfield_(constituency)

Not real, but it chimes right.

No, they 'streamlined' the service, making it 'better', but not for the users who remember what it was like in the olden days.

Alan wrote: Thu Apr 30, 2026 1:05 pm Were the frequent standing ovations by his audience genuine?

Probably. I didn't see it, but they usually go out of their way with adulation for Benjamin Netanyahu, too. I don't know if it was comparable to the fawning on his visits, but it all says a few things.

Drives don't last forever, unfortunately. As a replacement, consider getting a RAID system (two or multiples of two drives), or just two separate drives where you periodically back up one to the other. Another alternative might be to use cloud options. For example, you wondered what use Copilot ...

There are so many different variables in this, e.g., how old is the drive? And there are so many different outcomes to further questions I might ask or suggestions I might make, like asking you to try it in a different drive enclosure. Try asking Copilot or ChatGPT or Gemini. It'll be much quicker ...

Does it spin up? I mean, does it sound the same (if it is a disc and not solid state), or is it silent?

I don't think this is coming back.

You can find out about that easily. What does Copilot do?

If you have no need to do any of those things, then forget it. I haven't used Copilot for a long time. There are better alternatives.


Can it write replies to topics on St Helens Connect?


It could do. You could ask it to redraft things ...

https://samewavelength.co.uk/tracks/sceptical-stephen/

Many people wear pyjamas when they're not going out, just for comfort, and it doesn't necessarily mean that they've slept in those same pyjamas. Someone once expressed amazement that I'd wear my jeans in the house, and it took a good while for me to get my head around what they meant. For a long ...

No, I use Gemini for now. They all have pros and cons, and there are lots of comparisons if you do a search on the web. Why do you think you might want it?

I guess that this could be tidied up and updated, and something could be done with it. It is the raw data from the old site.

Here's something to allow people to post pictures they have stored in Dropbox.

Grab the share url, then simply put it in the IMG tags.

Or make sure that you're in the full editor mode, paste the link, then highlight and click the insert image icon before you post.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent ...

If it can be proven, do you think he should be punished or should he get away with it?