“The United States of America has successfully carried out a large scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolas Maduro…” announces President Trump

< Do we still think democracy can be imposed by external force? Have we not learned from Iraq, Libya, Ukraine?

Two minutes’ silence for the sailors, soldiers and airmen who fought for Victory in Europe, at our local war memorial in Margate.

Also for those who were injured or died in air-raids, and munitions factory disasters.

And those who helped the Dunkirk evacuation.

#VEDay80 #VEDay

In 1996, JavaScript made Web popups possible. We marvelled: This static page could change!

Today, sites/apps suffer “interface pollution”, with rollovers spawning ‘bubbles’ and controls.

But neither should designers hide UI controls under rollovers, as @OpenAI does in ChatGPT.

Transport journalist, former MP and Transport Under-Secretary Norman Baker on Julia Hartley-Brewer with show #TalkTV with Alex Phillips, on the increase in motoring offences, the irrationality of enforcing all the 20mph limits and allowing motorists to judge for themselves… https://buff.ly/41lj8yI

Journalist Nicole Lampert (@nicolelampert.bsky.social ) on the Peter Cardwell show #TalkTV reports on the attack by other pupils on those from the North London-based JFS Jewish mixed comprehensive school and notes that #Antisemitism in the UK ‘is entering a violent phase’ (https://buff.ly/3VeV1Om)

Even after a sobering loss in #Election2024 the Harris Fight Fund continues to promote unsubstantiated assertions about Trump seeking “fewer rights and freedoms”, “prosecuting political enemies” and “building a government full of sycophants”. Read on… https://buff.ly/4fSHQdY

Sunder: These replies are disgusting.

All but one are from accounts with < 200 followers with no location so, very likely, bots.

Moreover, the replies to all of them pushed back on the racist sentiments. (I added my own pushback.)

I sense you underestimate the importance of community solidarity.