I'm not convinced people realise just how serious this is.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-69026151 IMO, the advice is cursory at best: "Boil the water." The parasite is in the supply, which means any water out of your taps in the kitchen and bathroom, including the toilet.

Even when you do get the "ALL CLEAR," it'll take a good few days of running your taps and flushing the loo to clean the system out.

I love this: "Likely cause...." personally, I don't believe a word of it. The wording is 'get out of jail'. For starters, it gives them an opportunity later to say, "We did say likely, you know."

The m̶a̶n̶ woman who would be king.

https://order-order.com/2024/05/16/rayner-comes-out-of-hiding-for-pledge-card-launch/

#politics #labour

Rayner Comes Out of Hiding for Pledge Card Launch – Guido Fawkes

Rayner's chosen an easy enough crowd primarily made up of Labour Party employees to grace TV screens again. Rayner says Labour is presenting "tangible,

^{Max Young (Guido Fawkes Organisation)}

Watched the Asley Maddison documentary on Netflix last night.
https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81602884

TBH, I wasn't all that interested in the salacious side of the story and yet was also slightly disappointed at the cursory attention by the programs producers in relation to the actual hack. the two 'experts' Joel Eriksson and André Catry employed by Ashley Maddison to basically lock the door after the horse had bolted was strange. Any Security expert worth their salt would have immediately informed the customer that the data was already copied to another location and so therefore preventing release was pretty much impossible.

What wasn't explained, which was disappointing, is how the hackers managed to gain the breadth of information. Most business would have the data spread over a number of servers for the very reason of a breach. It's almost like Ashley Maddison only had one server that not only held the website backend database but also the company and staff data too!

I wonder how many doctor's phone lines are jammed this morning after seeing this on the news?
#WeightLoss

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd188m73vn1o

Weight loss jab could reduce heart attack risk, study finds

The jab could reduce heart attack and stroke risks regardless of the amount of weight people lose.

^{Thomas Mackintosh (BBC News)}

For crying out loud! I wish I'd kept my mouth shut!

So I see the binman lift the lids on our bins and walk away. It would seem obvious to me, without looking at the bins myself, that they are either empty or not worth lifting. I rang our Admin and said to make a note that they have not done a lift and to check the invoice when it comes in. Admin asks me to check the bins. "But it's obvious they're empty or not worth it; he's hardly likely to walk away from a bin that's full!" It turns out the Recycle is empty, and the General has hardly anything in it. The next thing I know, the binman is back and lifts the empty bin!

I ring our Admin. "The bloke has come all the way back and lifted an empty bin!"

The admin waffles on about paying in advance, and they have to record a lift. Do I want to reduce collections to fortnightly? I wish I hadn't bothered.

There always has to be one nosey git, hasn't there? I've bought some Kopparberg cider for the misses and put it in the fridge so that they should be reasonably cold when I get home. I just had the go-for come to my door (Mr "Have you got a clipboard?) and say: "Did you want the last cider in the fridge? I like cider."

FFS