My takeaway from this JCVI statement:
Under the current plan most under-50s will not be offered another covid jab in the future.
A move with huge implications.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/jcvi-advises-an-autumn-covid-19-vaccine-booster
Not seen them before, so enjoying the re-runs of #Ancient Worlds. On iPlayer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00w0bl0 #Classics #History
We'll be streaming cryptic crosswords in a couple of hours' time (12 noon UK).
Come along for a chat if you like.
Always happy to answer questions about cryptics (and if we can't then there's always someone in chat who can).
https://twitch.tv/crypticsunday
#CrypticCrosswords #CrypticSunday
// @archelina
“The #fediverse is like #email.”
Yes.
Now read this and understand it:
“I have been self-hosting my email since I got my first broadband connection at home in 1999 … But my emails are just not delivered anymore. I might as well not have an email server.
Email is now an oligopoly, a service gatekept by a few big companies which does not follow the principles of net neutrality … I lost. We lost. One cannot reliably deploy independent email servers.“
Via @cancel
If you want to know "What is #OffGridPod, the not-really-about-#crosswords #podcast?", this episode has the answer: https://offgrid.tlmb.net/2021/12/19/universally-sized-ep-13/
Now seems to be a good time to mention that xScope by #Iconfactory (makers of #Twitterrific, which had to exit the App Store today) is a pretty damn sweet piece of software that makes any sort of on-screen design easier
Going to have a crack at @skirwingle 's jumbo #crossword at 14:15 in https://meet.jit.si/jumboskirwingle #CrypticCrosswords #Cryptics
The UK Conservative government is attempting voter suppression by requiring photo ID to vote at polling stations.
Three useful points:
(1) You can use an expired passport, provided your photo still looks like you
(2) You don’t need photo ID for a postal vote
(3) You can get photo ID free of charge on the government website below (it can only be used for voting)
Spread the word!
https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-photo-id-voter-authority-certificate
Right, final plug for this 1, for the #SciFi fans.🙂 #Cryptics #CrypticCrosswords #Crosswords (Is this how you QT?) https://qoto.org/@TheVoidTLMB/109619252978176108
Answers and clue/theme explainers to this #CrypticCrossword are up at (spoilers!) https://tlmb.net/blog/solution-to-745/
^
Sample clue:
If, say, you get trapped in grease, she'll save you (9)
No spoilers here, thx!
Sometimes there's a theme, either i. in* the clues, ii. in* the answers, iii. a mix of both, or iv. between the answers.
*(...some of)
#Cryptic #crossword clue formats:
A [Cryptic definition]
or
B [Def1]+[Def2]
or
C [Wordplay]+[Def] (or vice-versa)
C is commonest
What’s the best time for an anniversary #CrypticCrossword? 7:45, of course! Out now @ https://tlmb.net/blog/745-cryptic-crossword/ #cryptics ##CrypticCrosswords
New #crossword coming on Monday. Also, plenty of #OffGridPod #podcast episodes in 2022. Catch up, inc bonus Dec ep @ https://offgrid.tlmb.net
The 1 gaijin kendama 6th Danけん玉六段
Crossword setter(Mev/Prak)
#Podcast: #OffGridPod
Royalist@RoyalKendama;Author;Juggler;
Jokes/quiz/cricket/classics/+ #140Forever