Carl B. Latro

"Censors in Australia and New Zealand deemed it too violent, and without their buy-in, selling to other markets was not profitable." And quite right too! Look at the state of the Northern Hemisphere now? All the world would be like that if wasn't for such preventative action!

First I'd heard of 'Van Man'. https://theconversation.com/everybody-to-kenmure-street-h…

That time when NZ said no to a US destroyer... https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19850206.…

'Western' air defenses in the Middle East seem pretty crap. https://7news.com.au/sunrise/airbase-used-by-australians-…

This is old now, from last Christmas Eve, but well worth a read. https://howardyu.substack.com/p/the-one-chart-that-explai…

Says it all... https://mastodon.social/@finestructure/116149115188398068

"More than half of the UK’s electrical power was supplied by renewable energy on February 25 2026. That consisted mainly of solar, wind and hydroelectric sources. The next day, a new source of electricity started feeding into the grid for the first time – geothermal power." Not a game-changer for the UK, but interesting all the same. https://theconversation.com/what-the-uks-first-geothermal…

It seems a good day for this AI AMA... https://x.com/sama/status/2027900042720498089

Tehran walking tour. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEZtZyT6aPA

"The US and Israel launched airstrikes on Tehran on Saturday, targeting senior regime figures, command centers and key elements of Iran’s air defenses" https://www.euractiv.com/news/us-israel-strikes-mark-late…

Our future will be using AI agents to stop us wasting time dealing with middlemen, only to find out AI agents consider us to be the middlemen. https://bsky.app/profile/stopthatgirl7.bsky.social/post/3…

You come to the crossroads. Do you go left, right, or straight ahead? https://bsky.app/profile/sharonodea.com/post/3mfqub5njo222 (No, you're not allowed to turn around. That's not an option.)

LOL! Someone's misbehaving on Wikipedia... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Goodwin "Matthew James BadLoss (born December 1981) is a British..." I expect it won't be there for long...

Have a dog? Give them something useful to do... https://www.calebleak.com/posts/dog-game/

"In an email sent to list holders, Amazon said beginning March 25, it will reveal users’ shipping addresses to third-party sellers. The platform added that gift purchasers might end up seeing your address as part of this process, too." https://www.404media.co/amazon-wishlist-address-private-t…

Passwords... https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/23/password_opinion/ I installed Linux on one of my computers a few months back, and it does love asking for passwords. Along with upgrades equally as common as Win10 did upgrades. But I didn't have to enter a password for every Windows upgrade, unlike with Linux.

"The four-year Cass Review, carried out for NHS England recommends limiting the use of puberty blockers to research settings. It also urges unhurried holistic care, caution around irreversible treatments, and the recognition of complex factors such as mental health, neurodiversity and social media as possible contributors to the rise in young people questioning their gender. Report author Baroness Dr Hilary Cass is a paediatrician and former president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health in the UK. She joins Susie live from the UK." https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday/audio/…

Talking about the weather... "In 2002, across the country, only four days of local states of emergency were declared. In the first two months of this year alone, there have been at least 70." https://newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/20/a-state-of-emergency-ag…

AI's cost may be outstripping its usefulness. https://bsky.app/profile/theregister.com/post/3mfacnhf7wr2v

It's not surprising a former British prince has been arrested in the wake of the Epstein files. What is surprising is all the Americans who've been mentioned in the Epstein files without the police knocking on their doors.