https://fullfact.org/news/michael-gove-public-first/

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/jul/01/fibromyalgia-may-be-a-condition-of-the-immune-system-not-the-brain-study?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Sort of, working from a Mokatine recipe I have online but focusing on trying the sponge (genoise) and buttercream (egg based). The buttercream works, surprising SWMBO, who is more used to castersugar / butter recipes. The lemon essence amount used also worked (3/4 tsp) so that’s a win. No other flavours were used. The sponge…

Apparently posting a thread unroll from a scientist who has performed a reasonable breakdown of the data around Covid in the UK. With explaination of the conclusions, data sources, and so on is apparently worth time in Facebook link posting jail. This link to be precise – https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1410989321394458629.html This included links to pictures of fluffy…

However it’s time to upgrade things behind the scenes so a new VM has happened and the site has been moved. All remarkably painless.

Some hunting later and I’ve found a graphing module which suits my needs and hacked up the first version (only filters for ‘TEMP’, doesn’t accont for the sensor ID etc etc). Oh and yes I’m reading the database as root due to some weirdness with the permissions which needs fixing. https://rockhopper.vom.org.uk/~mark/wirelessthing/CreateSensorGraph.py On the todo list…

As promised here’s the code I’ve currently got watching for incoming messages from the slice of pi.  It’s a hacked up version of the script from Fernando Lourenco’s instructable The code pulling from Weather Underground is gone and I’ve shuffled things around a bit for my purposes.  No judging what I’ve done to the python…

So I’ve been hunting around for a decent system to build out some initial “smart home” type projects, focusing to start with on temperature, humidity and pressure. As part of the excessive digging through google and testing out my ability to keep changing search parameters until something good pops up I came across the range…

Some numbers. Quorum for votes in the House of Commons, 40. Quorum for votes in the House of Lords, 30. So respectively votes of 21 and 16 are needed for a motion to pass, this is for legislation which affects the UK.  This is the level at which our politicians think it is ok for…

This graphic is doing the rounds, in the interests of getting rid of the bullshit (taking a lesson from the awesome Full Fact & The Last Leg) I detest infographics which do not provide their sources so I can check for bullshit or bias. Who From To Party Rebellions Attendance Teller Clegg 6 May 2010…