Oxford, UK. When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman? No pasarán. He/him. https://bluebookballoon.blogspot.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/bluebookballoon.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/bluebookballoon.bsky.social/post/3mufbwofvps26📚💙 #booksky [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Aug 2026 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:t7orbdscclvcng2sevwldyee/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufbwofvps26https://bsky.app/profile/bluebookballoon.bsky.social/post/3muf7gpqwak26My trusty iPhone XR is going to need replacing soon, its battery is basically on life support and it will cost more to replace that than the phone is worth. The real plus of the XR is it is ancient so doesn’t have hardware to support AI. Can you disable AI on newer Apple phones?31 Aug 2026 15:20 +0000at://did:plc:t7orbdscclvcng2sevwldyee/app.bsky.feed.post/3muf7gpqwak26https://bsky.app/profile/bluebookballoon.bsky.social/post/3mud63moxrs26When I was little (1979s), we didn’t, as a household, buy stuff. We had one extension cable, used for everything. DIY, hoovering, the lawn mower. It dated, I think, from the 1950s and featured a wooden board.30 Aug 2026 19:51 +0000at://did:plc:t7orbdscclvcng2sevwldyee/app.bsky.feed.post/3mud63moxrs26https://bsky.app/profile/bluebookballoon.bsky.social/post/3muckbaxwp22yEmail from NetGalley: “Did somebody say Summerween?” No, i am quite sure they didn’t, and I can’t imagine why they ever would.30 Aug 2026 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:t7orbdscclvcng2sevwldyee/app.bsky.feed.post/3muckbaxwp22y