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One of the third parties hacked is described as a security firm, and Claude hacked it by taking a malware package, modifying it by inserting hidden executable code into it, and then when the security firm’s malware scanner scanned it this code package compromised the scanner and Claude was then abl...

Yesterday saw 30 Celsius breached but not 32 Celsius. So we're now up to 18 and 31 days.

And confirmed 35.2 Celcius today. 7th day over 35 Celsius this. The previous record was 5.

And today has easily gone through 32 Celsius. We're looking at over 34 Celsius being recorded in several locations today, and 35 Celsius may have been reached again. So now 30 and 18 days respectively. We're 1 day off equalling the record for number of days over 32 Celsius in a year and 4 off equall...

Looks like 31.0 was the maximum for today. So we're at 29 and 17 days.

So we're now at 29 days over 30 Celsius and possibly 18 over 32. Have to see what the final maximum extreme is for today.

The UK has lost a comedian and ornithologist today: Bill Oddie. To quote from his Daily Telegraph obituary talking about a couple of episodes of his TV show The Goodies: One of the most memorable was when a giant kitten was cast as the villain “Kitten Kong”, and thanks to some ingenious trickery, ap...

Belushi TD wrote: ↑Tue Jul 21, 2026 12:59 pm Was, perhaps, alcohol involved?

Belushi TD

No idea.

Had an amusing incident where I work overnight last night. One of our tenants rang the out of hours on call number to report a problem: the TV remote control had gone down the back of the radiator and got stuck!! it had to be pointed out to said tenant that the TV remote control getting stuck behind...

There's also the small matter that they'd either have to execute an amphibious landing, or go through Iraq.

It's definitely come back down to something like normal summer weather now. Still warm, but nowhere near as hot as it has been.

We'll have to see if there will be another heatwave this year, or if that's it for the really hot weather?

YMMV, quite literally. Cars are not one-size fits all. Different vehicles fit different people’s needs, wants and desires. As long as we have a large enough pool of economically viable vehicle types to meet most consumers needs, we should be ok. Except we don't have such a pool. New cars have been ...

Since then things have still remained over 30 Celsius and likely will today. After that temperatures will fall a few degrees further. The records for over 32 Celsius and over 30 Celsius are 19 and 34 days respectively, both set in 1995. This year we are at 17 and 27 so far. By the end of today it wi...

The streak of over 32 Celsius stopped as yesterday saw 30.1. However wherever it is was the hottest weather station for the third day in a row.

33.2 Celsius today at Hurn. Hurn?.... Don't you mean Bournemouth (spit) International? ;) Well wherever it is has done it again: 32.6 Celsius. So that's 7 days in a row over 32 Celsius and 17 in total. Today looks like that streak could be broken. However things warm up again tomorrow and Wednesday...

Why did the Church of England get in trouble with pacifists at the start of the 20th century?

33.2 Celsius today at Hurn.

So a sixth day in a row above 32 Celsius for the second time this year. A 16th day in total.

Decent chance we'll beat 32 Celsius again tomorrow. 7th day in a row and 17th in total this year.

Then 35.2 Celsius at Coton-in-the-Elms.

That matches the total number of days in 1976 which were above 32 Celsius, although the consecutive 15 day record is still nowhere near being threatened. The above 34 Celsius and above 35 Celsius days for that year have already been broken.

Turns out yesterday hit 35.5 Celsius. Wisley again.

Tuesday saw 32.3 Celsius and then yesterday hit 33.8. Today has been considerably hotter. I've seen utterly nutty figures from a weather station near Kettering of over 39 Celsius! Given the surrounding weather station values I'm skeptical of that figure. Nevertheless I think over 36 Celsius is certa...