ha HA! I did it. I did a registry edit, and an ISO download, and jumped through a few more hoops and now I have Windows 11 even though the MAN said I couldn't. Check me out😎. AMA (or just read this link www.zdnet.com/article/how-...)

How to upgrade your 'incompatible' Windows 10 PC to Windows 11 - for free

Microsoft really doesn't want customers to upgrade older PCs to Windows 11, but there are workarounds for all but the oldest devices. Extended security updates for Windows 10 will stop in just a few m...

zdnet.com

Martha Henson@marthasadie.bsky.social · 15h ago

PC advice anyone? My 7 year old laptop is unable to upgrade to Windows 11 and is starting to slow down a bit. But still works OK. (Huawei Matebook Ryzen 5 8GB 256GB Laptop). Do I pay for extended support? Or might I still be able to upgrade anyway, how do I tell?

PC advice anyone? My 7 year old laptop is unable to upgrade to Windows 11 and is starting to slow down a bit. But still works OK. (Huawei Matebook Ryzen 5 8GB 256GB Laptop). Do I pay for extended support? Or might I still be able to upgrade anyway, how do I tell?

P.S. If anyone might like to hire me for anything in 2027 – writing, game/system/narrative design, editing, project management, event production, research, documentation wrangling, crafts, etc – then please do give me a shout! My cornucopia of skills runneth over and I like variety in my work.

PSA for anyone else who still assumes that a Test match will start on a Thursday: the England v Pakistan men's test has started today EVEN though it is WEDNESDAY. Good start for England so far.

Dust is settling after PhD upgrade and Biosphere Festival and finishing a couple of contracts so I have availability for digital consultancy, research and training www.techworksforus.com esp small projects/advising

Dust is settling after PhD upgrade and Biosphere Festival and finishing a couple of contracts so I have availability for digital consultancy, research and training www.techworksforus.com esp small projects/advising

yes, this. Take responsibility for your patch, whatever it may be, and do the best you can to take care of it. If everyone does that... mzharrison.substack.com/p/a-little-p...

A little patch of ground

How thinking hyperlocally can help you manage climate anxiety

mzharrison.substack.com

The sea here is nearly 21 degrees, yesterday it felt actually warm getting in, we have loads of jellies probably as a result - I love them even though one stung me yesterday, only lightly, but still they are a sign of warming seas. Still only July.

So many, but evacuating the office on a data entry job where someone had left a bomb threat via a voicemail that had sat there for two days. Police car screeched into the car park where we were all waiting, coppers raced out and... asked if an employee could go back in to see if anything was amiss

SMD@anothersmd.bsky.social · last yr.

what are some absurd work situations you can share? once i got called into a meeting i had nothing to do with because the consultant brought an engineer and no one in the room could understand him, so they asked me to translate. he was scouse. i translated from english to english.

"I use chatgpt as a search engine" "I use minesweeper as a website browser" "I use the lego pirate ship when I want to boil an egg"

These two (green woodpeckers) have been yelling at each other for the last couple of days. Can anyone translate?

Maptap PB today! www.maptap.gg July 16 97🔥 98🔥 100🎯 100🎯 97🔥 Final score: 986 If only I'd not lost my nerve slightly over the position of San Diego at the start there.

I'm so the yoga buzzkill, reading stories about people's lovely and positive experiences with the practice and being unable to get over the fact that people are still talking about it being over 5000 years old www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

A moment that changed me: I started yoga – and saw my scoliosis in a surprising new light

As a teenager I declined a painful operation to straighten my spinal curvature, and it was a decision I sometimes regretted. But through daily stretching and exercise, my relationship with my body was...

theguardian.com

Ah MS Word formatting, my old enemy. We meet again. (Half an hour before my PhD upgrade deadline)

I am very excited to be going to Lords this morning for the Women's test if we can ever get the bloody ticketing app to work.

I'm going! Really looking forward to it (I think ours were £30)

Elizabeth Ammon@elizabethammon.bsky.social · last mo.

The weather is going to be glorious for the women’s test match and the tickets are only 20 quid for adults. You can get them on the Lords website perfect way to spend a sunny day.

Truly Zotero might be the most useful piece of software that I own. All hail.

Ok, we're off iwbiosphere.org/biospherefes... wish me/us luck. Running big events in this era is 😅😅😅

Biosphere Festival — Isle of Wight UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve

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Forget all my charitable aims and good intentions, if I win the lottery I'm spending it on this www.overlordsclub.co.uk

Overlords | Lord's Penthouse

The Cricket Lovers Home in the Sky. A private residence at Lord's View Two, St John's Wood, by invitation.

overlordsclub.co.uk

A guide to the Isle of Wight Biosphere Festival's hidden gems - don't miss out #iwnews #IsleofWight

Hidden gems at the Isle of Wight Biosphere Festival worth adding to your diary

A guide to the Isle of Wight Biosphere Festival's hidden gems

onthewight.com

Oh FFS

Martha Henson@marthasadie.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Is there anything better in life than pottering about the garden with Test Match Special on? I don't even mind that we are almost certainly about to lose. When we get to hot we are going to drive to the beach and run into the sea. Heaven.

Is there anything better in life than pottering about the garden with Test Match Special on? I don't even mind that we are almost certainly about to lose. When we get to hot we are going to drive to the beach and run into the sea. Heaven.

Missed our seventh UNESCO Isle of Wight Biosphere Reserve birthday on here yesterday but did celebrate on our various socials with this video by one of our festival coordinators vm.tiktok.com/ZNR3nVLFq/ so nice to have someone involved who gets how to make reels these days, I am far too ancient.

Discovering that my tendency to overshare is possibly a liability when doing radio interviews for the festival. Now I see why people get media training.

Good news! Ministers have finally given green light to new #NaturalHistory GCSE. We’ve campaigned so long for this! Big hats off to tireless advocate Mary Colwell 🙌 Now our young people will have a chance to get to know & love the natural world, to feel awe & wonder, & gain skills to protect it 🌷🌳🦡

Natural history GCSE to teach teenagers to plant wildflower-friendly gardens

Long-awaited course to examine human effects on natural world and explore everyday ways to aid biodiversity

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Obviously I am well pleased with this Biosphere Festival piece on Positive News www.positive.news/environment/...

The island festival putting nature before acts

One festival is swapping big-name headliners for beach cleans, wildlife walks and community events that celebrate the Isle of Wight's UNESCO status

positive.news

I've spent a lot of time thinking about this conundrum and, about a decade ago, ran a small cross-party programme on tech literacy for MPs. A quick 🧵 about why MPs know so little about tech.

Ann Kempster@annkempster.com · 2mo ago

The absolute lack of understanding of how tech works by Government ministers is embarrassing and frankly, in 2026 100% unacceptable and inexcusable. Barking.

Obviously I am well pleased with this Biosphere Festival piece on Positive News www.positive.news/environment/...

The island festival putting nature before acts

One festival is swapping big-name headliners for beach cleans, wildlife walks and community events that celebrate the Isle of Wight's UNESCO status

positive.news

What's good on Shudder? Got the 7 day trial to watch Deathstalker based on this review www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ap... and, well, I did enjoy its particularly brand of daft 80s style sword-based fantasy horror but 4 stars is pushing it. Also watched Hell House LLC and was underwhelmed.

Deathstalker review – ludicrously enjoyable revisit of 80s swords-and-sorcery silliness

Inventive creature design, goopy practical effects and a metal guitar soundtrack make this reworking of a Roger Corman fantasy a treat for one’s inner child

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Adorable young kestrels surprised by a butterfly.