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A bit late in the day, but a handy and relatively easy to use Python script that automates bulk downloading Kindle books before tomorrow. defragg.com/bulk-download-kindle-books/ defragg.comdefragg.com https://defragg.com/bulk-download-kindle-books/

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First time I stopped and really noticed this at my kids’ school.

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How it was. How it’s going.

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Bit of a muddy walk around Osterley Park.

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Reading books for pleasure is so much fun, I wonder why I ever stopped? Back into it this month, and the first two I read (pretty much at random) are both set in New Hampshire.

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Finished reading: The Last of the Moon Girls by Barbara Davis 📚 Five stars not enough. A murder mystery fairytale witch hunt romance, beautifully woven together.

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Bloody hell! Porridge Radio are calling it a day.

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Chomping on pistachios, I became aware that I was doing all the chomping on one side of my mouth. Switched to the other side and was reminded that I have a molar missing.

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Relaxing morning with the kids. I’m sucking on stray lumps of Red Leicester while stirring the rest of the grated cheese into thickened white sauce, monitoring the macaroni simmering in the other pan (for big kid and me), a... https://davidmarsden.info/2025/02/20/relaxing-morning-with-the-kids.html

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The funder who changed the closing date has rejected our grant application as it was submitted late. No great looking loss as it’s confirmed now (and we kind of knew it already) that our project proposal would have very little chance of success anyway.

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After “fixing” my pyromaniac toaster I have now, somehow, reconnected my anti-social music player with the internet. Time for a cup of tea. Fiddled around with various router settings.

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Wife can’t believe it’s March already!

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The code of life: https://davidmarsden.info/2025/02/15/the-code-of-life.html

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You Winchester, you lose some: https://davidmarsden.info/2025/02/15/you-winchester-you-lose-some.html

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On yer bike! (Your voice matters): https://davidmarsden.info/2025/02/15/on-yer-bike-your-voice.html

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Cleaning up: https://davidmarsden.info/2025/02/15/cleaning-up.html

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Finished reading: Interference by Brad Parks 📚 Read this very quickly (for me), so it’s a page-turner and an enjoyable thriller. Quantum entanglement meets murder mystery. Slightly off-putting when I realised at the... https://davidmarsden.info/2025/02/15/finished-reading-interference-by-brad.html

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So far so good: https://davidmarsden.info/2025/02/15/so-far-so-good.html

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Too good to be true: https://davidmarsden.info/2025/02/15/too-good-to-be-true.html

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‘The UK currently has schemes for some Afghans, Ukrainians and people from Hong Kong to come to the UK but no route for Palestinians.’ Keir Starmer pledges to close loophole that let Gazan family settle in UK bbc.co.ukBBC - Home https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpdx0yn6v7lo

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Much calmer sounds this afternoon when the lock was filled and the gate was closed. https://davidmarsden.info/2025/02/13/much-calmer-sounds-this-afternoon.html

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Sight and sound by the lock gate this morning. Transcript https://davidmarsden.info/2025/02/13/sight-and-sound-by-the.html

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Sight and sound on the footbridge over the canal from this morning. Transcript https://davidmarsden.info/2025/02/13/180959.html

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Sight and sound on the footbridge over the canal from this morning. Transcript https://davidmarsden.info/2025/02/13/sight-and-sound-on-the.html

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Still setting up this bloody laptop.

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Kids are enjoying scooting into school in the mornings. I’m like some retired secret service security detail chasing after them shouting “SLOW DOWN!” and “IT’S NOT A RACE!” and (to the big one) “LOOK OVER YOUR SHOULDER BEF... https://davidmarsden.info/2025/02/13/kids-are-enjoying-scooting-into.html

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Putting my feet up before the school run starts again. The ball of my right big toe is very sore.

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All in a day's housework: https://davidmarsden.info/2025/02/12/all-in-a-days-housework.html

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‘Under UK law, it is now an offence to enter the country without permission, while international law states that refugees should not be penalised for illegal entry.’ Gotta love that rules-based international order. UK to refuse citizen... https://davidmarsden.info/2025/02/12/under-uk-law-it-is.html

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Setting up a new laptop for a colleague at work. A very sleek and lightweight Lenovo V15 G4.

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Helicopter crews exposed to benzene twenty years ago now dying from cancer. MoD investigates air crew cancers after helicopter claims bbc.com- news.bbc.co.uk, https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp3wrkeng2eo

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Little kid, arising from his potty: “Dad, take the wee in the potty and put it in the toilet.” Talk about taking the pee!

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This morning was gloriously lazy. Hoping I can match that lack of effort this afternoon.

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‘The BBC contacted Biden’s talent agency, which recently signed him, but no response was immediately forthcoming.’ My talent agency said, “WTAF?!” Trump says he is revoking Joe Biden's security clearance bbc.comBBC - Homepage https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn57p5r99xyo

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‘Find someone your base already dislikes. Attack them. Make it personal. Make it cruel. Make it loud. Then monetize the outrage- both from your supporters who love the show and your opponents who can’t look away.’ The Cruelt... https://davidmarsden.info/2025/02/08/find-someone-your-base-already.html

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‘“Cultural evidence”, also used in far-right and religious extremist cases… does not equal guilt.’ Youth culture experts could help avoid stereotyping of young black men, say lawyers theguardian.comtheguardian.com https://ww... https://davidmarsden.info/2025/02/08/cultural-evidence-also-used-in.html

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A better all round social work experience for everyone involved. They should be able to move to a four day week. Ealing Council slashes admin work by 44% with new AI tool ealing.nub.newsealing.nub.news https://ealing.nub.news/new... https://davidmarsden.info/2025/02/07/a-better-all-round-social.html

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Pleased also that Maguire elected to head the ball this time to score the last minute winner. Even if he was clearly offside. It’s crazy that we can all see this almost instaneously and no one would have a problem with it if the goal was disallowed. Exactly what VAR is supposed to do.

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Pleased for Zirkzee to get the equaliser. He and Garnacho made all the difference when they came on.

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We haven’t had a left back all season, so of course when we sign one we play him on the right wing.

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Ugarte gave the ball away like Casemiro for the goal.

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No wonder my eldest hates football. All he’s seen is United after Ferguson.

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Half-time report will be in the morning after we’ve all woken up.

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Beautiful swan!

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Some more trees for the collection. Never noticed this cabin before. I must have walked past it hundreds of times. Never noticed this weeping willow (?) before either.

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Liked the colours of the weathered old narrowboats in these first two pics, and the sky in the third.

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Walked past big kid’s old “Wonderwall” he helped to create at his nursery school, must be seven years ago. He’s always been very proud of his yellow brick.

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I just used Voicenotes.com on my phone to record various training prices from historical invoices reading them off my laptop screen, asked it to create a summary, copied into NotebookLM to sort and make a pretty table I could ... https://davidmarsden.info/2025/02/07/i-just-used-voicenotescom-on.html

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Wife beefed about the beef (“too salty”) and the horseradish (“tastes like jalapeno flavoured toothpaste”), but otherwise enjoyed the “perfect” roast potatoes and the veggies. Kid A said he would try the tiniest piece of beef along with some cabbage, but ate neither. Kid B said, “Maybe yesterday”.

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