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Moral Equivalence

November 12, 2023 Longrider 8

Can I just make a brief point here regarding my recent posts regarding the Israel/Hamas conflict? I have always taken a liberal approach to comments […]

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Site Issues

July 5, 2023 Longrider 15

JuliaM emailed me to tell me that she was having trouble leaving comments. Apparently, an anti-spam plug-in that Richard installed needs house training.

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I’m Sorry

April 10, 2023 Longrider 14

It’s with some sadness and great reluctance that I’ve had to ban someone today. While I uphold free speech principles, those principles don’t extent to […]

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Oh, My

March 25, 2023 Longrider 8

The blogging landscape just got smaller. Mark was a commenter here and I did leave comments at his for a while. We vigorously disagreed on […]

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Eighteen Years

October 23, 2022 Longrider 8

Where did eighteen years go? 23rd October 2004 was the day I started this place. I thought at the time that it would be a […]

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Another Year

October 23, 2021 Longrider 27

I started this blog on a whim on this day in October 2004. I never dreamed that I’d still be doing it all these years […]

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Tempus Fugit

October 23, 2020 Longrider 15

On this day in 2004, I started this blog. At the time, I was driven to write by the impending identity cards act so beloved […]

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Comment Spam

September 13, 2020 Longrider 7

When I first set up this blog, I had a short run of idiots trying to spam the comments section. It died down and hasn’t […]

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And Another Admin Note.

May 21, 2020 Longrider 4

Following the various glitches I was encountering, Grandad got in touch and offered his services. He’s been tinkering under the bonnet of this site this […]