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Especially since most of what makes me mad is your stupidity! npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col I hate being pedantic but why do all the news reports about wildfires seem to use the well known measurement of football pitches. Did I waste time learning square metres, kilometres or even sq miles? Also I've heard 'an area of 5km' quoted on news reports. Isn't it 5 sq km or a length of 5km? Sorry, I'll shut up now. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col Me: Have you got anything to drink? npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col Mobile phones don’t need the full 100% charge: Keeping it at 100% on the charger every night adds wear to the battery. Set a cap limit. On iPhone, go to Settings > Battery > Charging > Charge Limit and select 90%. On Android, open Settings > Battery > Battery protection. A little less juice today could mean more battery life next year. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, which was set up in January to oversee the reconstruction of Gaza, has finally issued its first construction contract: a project to build a military outpost. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col The more you know, the crazier you sound. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col The NHS criteria for screening women under 50 for breast cancer are so narrow that up to 95% of those at higher risk are being missed, researchers have warned. The current guidelines focus solely on inherited genes, but new research has found that three-quarters of women under 50 who develop breast cancer within a decade have no family history of the disease. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col Astronomers have made the first measurement of the full size of the largest known galaxy, obtained with the Isaac Newton Telescope in the Canary Islands. IC 1101 is roughly 1.7 million light-years across, with mass equal to roughly 3.4 trillion suns. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col Hundreds of ancient geoglyphs in the Amazon hint at complex societies. Archaeologists uncovered nearly 400 circles, squares, and other geometric shapes carved beneath the forest canopy using laser technology. The geoglyphs are estimated to be roughly 1,200 to 2,600 years old, challenging the long-held theory that the Amazon was largely untouched before Europeans arrived in the 15th century. Researchers think the carvings were used for festivities among an ancient society called the Aquiry. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col Rooftop solar panels saved New England residents over $130M in electricity costs during recent heat wave. On July 2 alone, the report found that solar arrays saved $39 million to $54 million, and solar contributed more power to the grid than the region’s nuclear fleet that afternoon. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col The BBC caught scam call center workers on hidden cameras as they laughed at the people they were tricking. One worker bragged about making $250k from victims. The disturbing truth? Scammers don’t pick phone numbers at random. They buy your data from brokers. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col The Spanish government is deploying extra troops and police officers to its north African enclave of Ceuta after thousands of people swam and waded into the tiny territory from neighbouring Morocco in a matter of hours. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col Don't you hate it when you hear an annoying song and it gets stuck in your head 🎵 'All Night Long' 🎶... npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col I always eat the broken biscuits first because I feel sorry for them. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col 👍 npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col This week, says Lara Brown in The Telegraph, the US Heart Association said that 5 coffees a day could reduce the risk of heart disease. Great news, so long as you don’t believe other studies showing that caffeine increases blood pressure, or it’s inflammatory or only safe to drink in the morning. That’s the trouble with today’s “health-obsessed” culture: it’s impossible to know what to believe. Eggs were out of favour but are now a “nutritional godsend”. Wine is bad but might prevent cancer! npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col E mails exist because of a hose on the seabed. Not "the cloud." Not satellites. The internet is more than 600 cables lying on the sea bed stretching over 900,000 miles, carrying nearly every email and business trade on Earth. Near shore, cables are armored and buried. In the deep, each cable is about the width of a garden hose. Inside, the fibres are as thin as a human hair. When a cable breaks, a ship drags up the ends, crews splice them by hand and lower the cable back down in the ocean. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col I went out metal detecting for the first time yesterday, I wore my new steel capped boots and waterproof trousers. I'm still new at it so I'm only finding my feet for now. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col Good news for London's butterflies! After Transport for London doubled the amount of wildflowers growing along its roadsides in just two years – covering an area roughly the size of 100 Trafalgar Squares – butterfly sightings have jumped by more than 50%. Safe to say the butterflies are loving their new commute. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col When I ordered my BLT sandwich my mate got confused and ordered a LGBT sandwich, I laughed but then I thought, mmmmmm perhaps I'll have one too! 😉 npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col Astronomers have found an Earth-like planet with air. LHS 1140 b, a rocky world a few dozen light-years away that sits in the “not too hot, not too cold” zone, and scientists confirmed it has an atmosphere. That makes it the first potentially habitable planet known to check all three boxes for life. No aliens yet, but the air is mostly helium. So if anyone’s out there, they all sound hilarious. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col BBC News - British Steel taken into public ownership to protect 'vital' UK supply - BBC News npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col Want Grandma to get around independently? Open Uber > Account > Family > Add new member and choose Senior. Add their name and number, then they accept the invite. Rides bill to your card, but they get a simpler app with bigger text, icons and saved places. Want them to pay? Download Uber on their phone (iOS or Android), go to Account > Simple mode and add their card. You can set this mode on your phone, too. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col Most of the UK media stories about the record-breaking heatwave that struck in June failed to mention the climate crisis, analysis has found. Even fewer pieces drew a link between the heatwave and government policies designed to tackle the climate crisis. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col I don't need an alarm as my cat wakes me up, but the snooze button doesn't work very well. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col Can rice really fix a phone dropped into water? Sorry no, and it can probably cause more damage. Apple officially says not to put your iPhone in a bag of rice, because tiny grains and starchy dust can sneak into the charging port and other openings. The real fix is to power it off, tap the port downward to shake out the water, then stand it by a desk fan. Patience beats rice every time. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col You don't have to be a gynecologist to know a dickhead when you see one. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col For years, those “turn off your mobile phone” signs at petrol stations had folks treating a text message like it was a tiny fire demon in their pocket. But researchers have tried to make phones ignite petrol fumes. On purpose, in labs, but no boom. They discovered what really causes those very rare petrol station fires is static electricity built up from sliding in and out of car seats! "Sit still in the back kids!" npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col On Facebook, go to Settings & privacy > Settings. Scroll to Audience and visibility. Tap or click Posts. Set Who can see your future posts? to Friends. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col Bonnie Tyler, the husky-voiced singer of the chart-topping 1983 hit Total Eclipse of the Heart, has died aged 75. Born Gaynor Hopkins, Tyler was the most successful female Welsh singer since Shirley Bassey, selling around 100 million records. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col That would be good. Sadly international bets take place in Country's without regulation, or scruples,allegedly. 🫣 npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col True story, my daughter was once the 'voice' in a lift locally. We always pressed it lots of times to hear it. It's been replaced by a robot now though. ☹️ Obviously we always ask her to do the lift voice anytime we're in a lift anyway. 😂 npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col You press the close-door button in the lift several times, eventually the doors close. Victory. Except they were closing anyway! Psychologists call it the illusion of control. Pressing a button, even a dead one, makes us feel like we have a say. Studies even show people wait more patiently when they think they pushed something. So next time you jab one, know. The button’s pressing you. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col My GP has prescribed me some anti gloating cream. I can't wait to rub it in! npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col I've been on a banana and coconut diet. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col Why do people sometimes say; npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col Old enough to do what I want. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col How many trips to the fridge does it take until it counts as a workout? npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col The teacher said "In English a double negative forms a positive. In some languages, though, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative. However, there is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative." npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col In the US, insurance company’s use AI to deny claims in just 1.2 seconds. No exaggeration. Cigna built an algorithm that reviewed and rejected 300,000 claims in 2 months. Each in an average of 1.2 seconds of “review.” That same system gets overturned on appeal 80% of the time. But the insurance company knows that less than 0.2% of people ever appeal. Not 20%. Not 2% but point 2% They’re not rejecting your claim because it’s wrong. They’re rejecting it because statistically, you’ll give up. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a handsome fool is irresistible. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col A climate tech company has turned a sci-fi idea into reality: pulling drinking water straight out of the air. Using materials inspired by Nobel Prize–winning research, the system grabs moisture from the atmosphere (even in really dry deserts) and turns it into clean, near-distilled water. Each unit can produce up to 1,000 litres a day, which could be a game-changer for places where fresh water is hard to come by or unreliable. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col Of course. But it is evidence. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col I don't have access to those figures, just my own eyes and experiences over a number of years. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col Yes, my own eyes have witnessed it many times and confirmed it by people I know who brag about it. I see their young children in scruffy and dirty clothes, while the money given to help those kids is spent on drugs and alcohol. They refuse to engage in rehabilitation and the benefits just keep coming. You too could see this if you choose to. No I am not prepared to give these people's names to you. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col I agree, addicts are free to do what they wish, just not with my money! (given by the Gov in benefits which is for their children, food, medicines and assistance to give up harmful addictions etc NOT for those things.) npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col I can't be the only one who finds it strange that people on gov't assistance can somehow afford more alcohol, drugs, cigarettes and tattoos than the average worker. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col if you drag down from the top of the screen you will access the quick menu. The power off button is there, on the top righthand side. That means you can power off without touching the side buttons. Hope this helps. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col Android tip. Your side button is wasted if you only use it to lock your screen. Open Settings > Advanced features > Side button to customize it. Set a double press to open the camera or a favorite app, and use a long press to launch your Google AI assistant. FYI, you can power off from Quick Settings without touching the side button. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col It was a dig at the electoral system in the UK, Cat. It doesn't matter what you vote in some areas, the same old party keep winning and have a big majority. There are a number of areas where the winner changes from time to time but only between the same 2 or 3 parties. The recent local elections illustrate that people are largely fed up with those parties and looking for something new. It will be interesting to see if that's reflected in a General election. Of course people should vote! npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col What's it called when you do the same thing over & over and expect different results? npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col "Dad, there's been a terrible accident, I'm in the police station, they won't let me fly home unless I pay £1000 immediately, sent it to them now please." npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col David Ignatius says in Foreign Policy, visiting Ukraine these days is “uplifting”. The good guys are winning, “or at least holding their own” and they’re enjoying the help of Europe, not trying to win back a “retreating US”. European defence leaders stoutly voiced their solidarity with Ukraine in a war against Russia they now see as a “common fight”. Ukraine held firm against Russia’s ferocious assault on their front lines last autumn, and its cities have survived a terrible winter Russian blitz npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col Nigel Farage was given £5m by the crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne shortly before announcing he would stand in the 2024 British general election. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col I joined a procrastinators support group. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col Shots fired at Trump dinner: Everything we know so far https://www.itv.com/news/2026-04-26/shots-fired-at-trump-dinner-everything-we-know-so-far?utm_source=NewsApp&utm_medium=SocialShare npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col HP have another update that stops 3rd-party ink cartridges across 11 printer models. No warning. No opt-out. Surprise, your cartridge doesn’t work anymore. HP, Epson, Canon and Brother control roughly 87% of the world printer market. 4 companies! When 1 locks you into expensive ink, the rest quietly fall in line. Inkjet ink costs up to $9,600 per gallon, (Chanel No. 5 perfume is around $26,000 a gallon). They sell the printer cheap, sometimes even at a loss, then squeeze you forever on the ink. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col Mental Floss has compiled a list of ordinary items from the 2000s that have now become “collectible and valuable”, including early iPods, which can fetch around $1,000; games consoles, such as the Nintendo 64, worth around $20,000 today; first-edition bestsellers like Harry Potter; Pokémon cards, which are so sought-after they’re fuelling a crimewave; DVDs and VHS videos; and old tour merch, like a commemorative jacket from Madonna’s 2006 Confessions Tour on sale for $2,800. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col A summer holiday crisis is looming in Europe as jet fuel stocks begin to run low. Lufthansa Group, one of the world’s biggest airline companies, announced yesterday that it was cancelling 20,000 flights in the coming months because of the crisis, while the EU energy commissioner said the shortage of aviation fuel would likely affect “many people’s” holidays. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col The Metropolitan police has held talks with Palantir that could lead to the London force buying the US spy-tech company’s AI technology to automate intelligence analysis for criminal investigations. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col Bought a book on Amazon called npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col Tehran is not planning to take part in new talks with the US in Islamabad, Iranian state media reported, as its military accused America of violating a fragile ceasefire by attacking a cargo ship. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col A new poll suggests support for Reform UK has fallen to 25%, down 5 points ahead of local elections. The survey by More in Common shows the Conservatives on 21% and Labour on 22%, narrowing the gap between the main parties. Reform’s drop takes it to its lowest level in a year, while Farage’s personal ratings have also declined compared to earlier in 2026. The poll comes just weeks before elections in May, with all 3 parties now clustered within a few points of each other. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col Ministers are planning to reshape Britain’s relationship with the European Union, with new legislation that could result in the UK signing up to EU single market rules without a normal parliamentary vote. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col New Chinese lithium battery could see EV range boosted to 1,000km https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/lithium-battery-china-ev-range-tech-b2929956.html npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col Dusking is rooted in ancient circadian rhythms and seen in cultures that lived in sync with natural light, it is about winding down with the setting sun – dimming lights, reducing stimulation and easing into the evening. The supposed benefits centre on better sleep and reduced stress, as lower lights help regulate melatonin and prepare the body for rest. The trend has gained traction online, with people sharing “dusking routines” as part of a wider shift towards slower, more mindful evenings. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col The world would be a better place if everyone grew vegetables instead of electing them. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col https://urls.grow.me/PFvGsV9SxX npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col A new study revealed that dogs can detect Parkinson’s years before symptoms show with 98% accuracy. “Timely diagnosis is key as subsequent treatment could slow down the progression of the disease and reduce the intensity of symptoms.” npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col Him: Let's exchange phone numbers. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col My paper airplane wouldn't fly, it was just stationary. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col Reform’s Matt Goodwin, has been accused of using AI to write his new book, Suicide of a Nation: Immigration, Islam, Identity. The former academic left the ChatGPT URL in some of the few references used to justify his arguments, says Andy Twelves in The Spectator, and much of his analysis appears to refer to “events, places and people which do not exist”. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col My tidying up is just putting stuff in less obvious places. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col A New Mexico jury has ordered Meta to pay $375m in civil penalties after it found the company misled consumers about the safety of its platforms and enabled harm, including child sexual exploitation, against its users. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col BBC News - Sri Lanka declares Wednesdays off as Asian countries try to conserve fuel npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col Before the internet, most people believed villages only had one idiot, now it's abundantly clear that we miscalculated. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col No, ancient astronauts did not build the pyramids - human beings built them, because they're clever and they work hard. npub13cf5phczlej8lryjfjw4lzal76r70jd23dp60njdyccaxzydrsjsq7nrp5 Col “A laugh can be a very powerful thing. 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