I was asked if I wanted to run the London Marathon today but had to decline, mainly because I have no experience of organising such a large event.

Someone needs to hack ISBNdb (the main culprit scanning the books for AI companies) and get it all in the public domain.

Checks time...

5:50am 🫩

Coffee time, I guess.

Just a quick reminder that the Covid lab-leak hypothesis is pretty compelling https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/06/03/opinion/covid-lab-leak.html?unlocked_article_code=1.w00.8JGK.XlP0qBRKHdWB

I've had a bunch of emails from French companies and organisations over the past week or so allowing me to opt out if email tracking pixels. Has France just implemented some EU directive or something?

I use Fair Email that blocks tracking cookies even when you allow remote content though. If you use it, think about bunging the developer some cash, it's great.

I'm resting on a mallard that i got from an internet auction site.

(SINGS)- "Sitting on the duck off ebay".

King Wenceslas, at a loose end, demanded a pizza.

"Your usual, Sire?" replied the attendant. "Deep pan, crisp and even?"

I was hinting about what I wanted to my wife for my upcoming birthday.

So I said:

"I want something shiny that goes from 0 to 300 in about 3 seconds."

I just opened my present and it's bathroom scales.