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FOR FUCK SAKE - but then consider the source:
On the click through …
Green Party leader Zack Polanski has failed in his bid to become an MP, with a narrow loss in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election.
Narrow!
Victorious candidate Sagal Abdi-Wali, the leader of Camden Council since May, secured 12,292 votes to Polanski’s 8,928.
27,309 ballot papers were cast in Holborn - some 97 of which were spoiled.
• Abdi-Wali: 45.17% (roughly; see spoiled papers) • Polanski: 32.81% (ditto)
The point being that a majority of roughly 12.4 percentage points of all ballots cast is not ‘narrow’.
Votes were cast and Zack was cast out and thrown off the island.
After surgery, a long illness or an emergency night: a photo of your pet, home and well, as a private digital jigsaw the vet practice opens from a link, with your thank-you at the end. Etiquette, photo ideas, privacy, piece counts, note examples, timing, pricing and non-puzzle ideas.
stoeps - tech, life & links
• Christoph Stoettner
Haven’t read a lot that week, but three posts were interesting. Enjoy the reading.
After an exchange year, study-abroad semester or au pair stay: a photo from your time with the host family as a private digital jigsaw with your thank-you at the end. Etiquette, photo ideas, privacy, piece counts, note examples, pricing and non-puzzle ideas.
Partout, les convulsions du vieux monde ne sont que les spasmes d’un ordre en fin de course, incapable d’offrir à sa jeunesse les conditions pour s’épanouir. Alors il frappe, réprime et s’accroche. Mais cette génération en a assez de prendre des coups tout en se voyant confisquer son avenir.
Le monde de demain commence par ce que nous refusons d’accepter aujourd’hui.
Evidence-based UK review of NMN for longevity, sleep, and healthy ageing. Updated 2026-10-09.
Scattering
• Mark Taylor
When they compared scars, he told them his had faded. These days you could barely see the place where the spike went in, and where his head met the mountain, the hair had finally grown back. In the firelight it was easy for them to believe they saw something, another
For an expat's first Christmas abroad: a photo from home turned into a private digital jigsaw they open from a link, with a note from the people who miss them. Etiquette, photo ideas, privacy, piece counts, note examples, time zones, honest pricing and other ideas.
🎵 4 Additions to the library this week - thank you @lmika for the first three. The images only worked on 4 - Samplextra by Lee Rosevere wasn’t coming up (attempting to discover in 🍎 Music) - what else am I missing.
The other album is the artist I mentioned to you that sits atop my heap.
📸 Talk about throwback Friday … took me back a bit. I had this exact one in my childhood bedroom.
For a hospice or palliative-care nurse who looked after someone you love: a quiet, optional thank-you. A peaceful family photo turned into a small jigsaw they open from a link when ready, with your note at the end. Going gently, gift policies, photo ideas that aren't clinical, privacy, piece counts, note examples, timing, honest pricing and other ideas. Not medical advice.
🔗 The Pain Is Coming. Choose When You Pay.
People who look straight at a coming loss don’t hurt less when they lose someone, but they often have fewer regrets, because they said what they wanted to say and showed up while they could.
💬 Joan Westenberg
🔗 A quote from Ben Affleck I did not expect to read … 🤯
..and then again … this one not via Simon Willison, Ben on Social Media …
“He credited Daniel Day-Lewis, Meryl Streep, Viola Davis, and Denzel Washington as ‘brilliant actors’, noting that “
It doesn’t help me appreciate their movies to see what they had for lunch.
💬 Ben Affleck
“Margaret Hamilton was a trailblazer in her field, leading the team who developed the software for Nasa’s Apollo missions, which coined the term “software engineering”.”
“Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo 11 on the moon, dies at 90” - www.bbc.com/news/arti…
I pay for a NYT digital subscription. Now they have a new upsell technique, they want me to buy a family subscription. I don't want that, no use for it. And I read so little of the NYT I think the whole thing is a ripoff. So now they make me validate by email every time I click on a link to read a NYT article as if I haven't been subscribed for basically my whole adult life. I think this is because I read on a laptop, desktop and iPad. That's not really a family.
🔗 Daring Fireball: Jaguar Type 01
I agree about the logo, though not convinced my feelings would stop me buying a beautiful car - which this one - based on the images in the click through - is not. So moot?
