I sometimes become frustrated at how orchestrated and insular our news coverage is. I sometimes like to check European News or Al Jazeera on the TV – online I am often taken by the longer form stories and coverage from the RstOfWorld.org website. Maybe try it?

https://restofworld.org/

My new office has been a godsend. This evening it is starting to get dark early. Next week, following the change from BST, it shall be very dark. I like the atmosphere of autumn at twilight. Still love having this office space to work, relax and think.

When walking with Badger dog requires a torch. It can be eerily beautiful and tranquil, however.

I was watching a sales pitch from a company I use and whose products I generally like. I pay a good sum of money to them in licensing each year.

They started badly by introducing their new product with the line “Built by developers for developers” and I immediately recoiled. Not only is it a cliche but it is a promise which invariably leads to devlopment being turned into a messy, over-engineered product trying to follow “paradigms”.

Sounds like a great idea to a marketing team.

I have been reading the “views” of Liz Truss with increasing concern. Her response to questions from journalists is infantile. She seems incapable of being an independent and mature person. Every reply is a cheap sound bite aimed at the demographic of Tory Party member and flag-waving scoundrel.

An AI Engine could possibly do a better job of providing her answers – and I do mean that literally.

How one Italian newspaper put Facebook “on lockdown” for more than a year