The Void ザ・ヴォイド #PR! @TheVoidTLMB@qoto.org

Today, the FT publishes the first in a new monthly series of cryptic crosswords themed around topics in the news. The puzzles will be published on the last Sunday of the month on ft.com and the FT app. I set January's:

https://www.ft.com/content/fd1bfd08-07ed-431a-a061-a5ee779c9669

January #cryptic #crossword puzzle, anybody?
http://crossword.info/skirwingle/puzzle_46

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

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.“

https://cfenollosa.com/blog/after-self-hosting-my-email-for-twenty-three-years-i-have-thrown-in-the-towel-the-oligopoly-has-won.html

Via @cancel

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

https://xscopeapp.com/

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