Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Little bit of rain last night, not too cold, this morning not too cold. Quite quiet too. As can be seen from all yesterday's notes, it was a very tsunami heavy day yesterday. Blogging about tech stuff was next to impossible, but did manage a few links.
The new thing in the evening seems to be slight sleep depravation campaign until around 11pm/12pm, led by a woman wearing the same tshirt as many of the woman that clean (and perhaps manage) the public toilets. Then in the cafes / shops the next day people wearing red tshirts sitting in front of me, with head on table ostensibly trying to sleep. That's what Gestapo kid did after interogating me and accusing me of lying. Two days in a row now. I mention this because there was that strange incident at the shop / cafe toilet the other day. These sort of incidents have a tendency to be linked in some way.
I wonder what today has in store for me. Hopefully this quiet isn’t the calm before a storm. Probably should think about preparing the newsletter early this week as starvation seems likely by the end of the day. #
Gestapo kid showed up at the cafe / shop again today. There weren't any interogations this time but he was with an entire gang of youths brandishing badmington rackets. They blocked access to the power outlets near where I was sitting, and ice lolly wrapers appeared directly on front of me (very unusual). But before leaving they got really very roudy, tables moved around, chairs thrown about, they made a heck of a lot of noise for about 20 minutes.
Felt somewhat planned, I think they expected me to calm them down, but I just sat quietly listening to music. Also felt somewhat like something bordering on intimidation.
I hope there isn't another unprovoked attack on the horizon, I'm still shaken from the previous attack and the afternath of that. #
I'm in another shop / cafe, the staff passed through quietly and removed my charging portable battery when I wasn't looking and hid it behind the counter downstairs. This isn't a normal occurence, first time it has happened to me in 5 years of being here and going to huge amount of shop / cafes.
What an unbelievable coincidence that this would happen the same day that Gestapo kid and his mob of youths blocked the power outlet in the previous shop / cafe. #
Does personal AI require Big Compute? - Doc Searls thinks we need to shift the focus from from Big AI and Big Compute, to personal AI, where users control make good use of all the data they are generating. doc.searls.com #
Bitcoin pioneer Julian Assange free from prison – leaves UK after striking US deal - Saw this news earlier on Twitter from a Jack Dorsey tweet. Very unnexpected. Glad he's finally free, very happy for him, his family and friends. My thoughts go out to all others around the world who are unjustly imprisonned, having their lives stolen, being slow murdered. cryptoslate.com #
Meta is connecting Threads more deeply with the fediverse - Only viewing and liking fediverse posts will be possible initially. You will still need to login to the other networks in order to reply. It's good to see progress on their AP integration. I think they should focus on being able to move accounts between networks. From what I've read, that experience is really dire at the minute. theverge.com #
Macron's election gamble puts French democracy on the table - Things are looking very bad indeed in France at the minute. bbc.com #
The Eternal Truth of Markdown - A bit of an ode to Markdown, one of the unsung greats of the web - "It’s messy. It’s ambiguous. It’s human. And this, in the end, is the Way." wired.com #