A link to an extremely long but well written essay, well worth taking some time to read.   J D Vance is much more scary than  he looks.

https://substack.com/redirect/ad35902f-5...3of8lo5rn8

https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/02/19/resea...-language/

"A new study links a particular gene to the ancient origins of spoken language."

In case you missed it

https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA2502/S...rocess.htm

Seen on state highway 4  on Sunday about 8.30

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/5422...s-and-kids

Bernard Hickey's daily podcast. Right on the button as usual
https://thekaka.substack.com/p/the-ambul...tom-of-our

Last night I was about to start my backup when there were several pings and messages in the bottom right corner of the screen.  They said that I had been hacked, had several viruses (3, 5 or 7), that my computer subscription to Norton, and to McAfee had expired, and wanting me to pay them.  I have not used McAfee for at least 10 years, and Norton is on auto payment.  I scanned using Malwarebytes, and Norton: both were clear.

A message has just popped up telling me that McAfee payment has failed!

Th originating site is: "cupf1v0hubcc73bffrhg.mergechainsolutions.co.in"

How do I get rid of this?

Hanif Kureishi (not writing about Luxon but spot on nonetheless): 

"We've replaced the search for knowledge with the pursuit of metric-driven self-optimisation. The power of the narcissist is always based on exclusion, oppression and humiliation, sucking the life out of others and using it for their enhancement."

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/desiny-chu...DGJ4BTE2U/

I have a great memory of the first ever Hero Parade in Queen Street, Auckland.  The Topps were singing on the back of a small truck, and when some random lout started yelling abuse they jumped off and chased him down the street until he disappeared into the crowd.   They returned to the truck and started singing again.

Having trouble getting rid of mmrtb.com. I believe its called a browser redirect. Lost a few hours chasing this over some weeks already, but it keeps coming back.
Defender overheats CPU so I've been reluctant to complete a full scan. Online ESET didn't find anything either as did Malwarebytes.
Deleted all extensions.
Is Spyhunter safe enough? It has a free trial.
Scanned registry for mmrtb: nothing.
Searched "This PC" :nothing
Thanks.

Chrome is up to date
Version 133.0.6943.99 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Windows 10 22h2

This may be a step forward to help pollution, being fed to cattle helps cut down on methane emissions.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/5419...ntists-say