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Braedon @braedon.dev · 13/07/2026

It took me a while to spot how to actually turn this off completely. It's hidden in a new "Gemini" menu they added, under "Bottom bar preferences".

Screenshot of Google Docs. A "Gemini" menu is visible between "Tools" and "Extensions". A "Bottom bar preferences" sub-menu is open, with "Turn off" ticked.

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Braedon @braedon.dev · 27/06/2026

Some change may be coming? walthamforestecho.co.uk/2026/06/27/n...

Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan is leaning towards removing guidance in the new London Plan that effectively blocks air conditioning from being installed in newbuild homes, after previously declining to rule out a change.

While City Hall insists there’s no ban on AC in London homes, the guidance for developers – instructing them to prioritise “passive” cooling measures such as shading – means they are less likely to include AC in building plans as it could make it easier for councils to refuse applications.

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Braedon @braedon.dev · 26/06/2026

I did find the regulation that's apparently what effectively discourages installing AC in new builds, though. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6218c5...

mechanical cooling may only be used where
insufficient heat is capable of being removed
from the indoor environment without it.

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Braedon @braedon.dev · 26/05/2026

It's over 28°C in my flat currently and it's only 9am!

Graph of temperature over the last week. Average 25°C, currently over 28°C, peak yesterday over 30°C.

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Braedon @braedon.dev · 18/12/2025

This is "contributor" content - i.e. a glorified blog.

Screenshot of the heading of the Forbes article, with "Contributor" circled.

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Braedon @braedon.dev · 10/10/2025

Global Privacy Control adoption in the last 7 days 👀

Chart showing an line holding steady at around 70k, before rising to just under 140k in 5 days.

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Braedon @braedon.dev · 07/10/2025

Tried testing it on my handle, but keep hitting "Authentication required" errors even though I'm authenticated.

Screenshot of the at-peak site, with "braedon.dev" in the input box. A red error box complains that authentication is required, but. The header shows "authenticated".

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Braedon @braedon.dev · 26/09/2025

I don't understand how Starmer (and the rest of Labour continuing to support him) can look at this graph and think the solution is to just double down yet again.

Graph of UK party polling over the last two years, showing Labor trending consistently and rapidly down since Starmer became PM.

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Braedon @braedon.dev · 30/07/2025

I suspect a lot of guys buy oxfords because of Kingsman.

Gif of Eggsy from Kingsman nodding has he says "oxfords not brogues".

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Braedon @braedon.dev · 19/12/2024

Presented without comment:

Screenshot of an email inbox, showing three emails. First is an email from GitHub with the subject "You have free access to GitHub Copilot". The second is an email from Mark Hurst with the subject "Predictive AI is everywhere, and it doesn't work". The third email is a duplicate of the first email from GitHub.

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Braedon @braedon.dev · 13/12/2024

It looks like adding a new post to a thread will push it back into the feed and restore its thread rendering, but only until it's reposted again.

A test thread with three posts, rendered in the feed as a thread.

The first post of the test thread, reposted. It's not rendered as a thread.

The test thread after a fourth post is added. It is rendered as a thread, with the first, third, and fourth posts visible. A "View full thread" link is between the first and third posts.

A repost of the fourth post of the test thread. It isn't rendered as a thread, but there is a small label indicating it's a reply.

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Braedon @braedon.dev · 13/12/2024

Left is how this thread originally appeared in my feed - pretty clearly a thread. Right is after I reposted and refreshed my feed - zero indication it's a thread. But it's actually worse than I thought. The original thread is now entirely missing from my feed - only the repost appears!

A three-post thread, where all three posts are visible in order, and vertical lines on the left clearly link them together as a thread.

The first post from the thread reposted by me. The two subsequent posts are not visible, and there's no indication it's the start of a thread.

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Braedon @braedon.dev · 05/12/2024

Apparently you can sell pop filters for Blue Yetis without realizing they're side-address.

Image containing two photos of Blue Yeti microphones with curved pop filters placed across the top of them.

The product title is "Pop Filter for blue yeti microphone Pack of 1 ( microphone not included )". The price is $16.90, down from $30.90.

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Braedon @braedon.dev · 04/12/2024

There's a diagram on page 2 of the quickstart guide and everything!

Two line drawings showing people speaking into Blue Yeti mics. The left shows a person speaking into the front of the mic, and has a large tick. The right shows a person speaking into the top of the mic, and has a large cross.

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Braedon @braedon.dev · 30/11/2024

Clicking "Settings" takes you to the general settings page, not to any specific setting related to my "listening behaviour". Based on the description, my guess is they mean this "Dynamic queue" setting on a different page, but I already have this turned off?

A settings menu. The "General" tab is selected. The shown settings are "Restricted Mode", "Show your liked music from YouTube", "Remember most recently used playlist". All are disabled.

A settings menu. A "Dynamic queue" setting is shown, with the description "Get queue and radio updates based on your listening behaviour". It is disabled.

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Braedon @braedon.dev · 30/11/2024

I can't decide if this "We're listening!" proclamation from YouTube music is refreshingly honest, or disturbingly indicative of their belief we see their omnipresent surveillance as a positive.

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Braedon @braedon.dev · 28/11/2024

I get it @thespinoff.bsky.social, I'll listen to this episode of The Fold!

The Videos tab of The Spinoff's Youtube channel. The top 4 videos are all titled "A special edition of The Fold: The future of The Spinoff".

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Braedon @braedon.dev · 25/11/2024

This is unequivocally bad, but also a "I didn't think they'd eat *my* face" moment for NewsGuard, after their CEO tried to throw GDI to the proverbial leopards last year.

Screenshot of a tweet reading "NEW: Newsguard's CEO, Gordon Crovitz, slams the Global Disinformation Index and other similar groups that are secretly blacklisting conservative media outlets."

The tweet links an article from the Washington Examiner titled "Only transparent, apolitical ratings for news publishers can be trusted"

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Braedon @braedon.dev · 15/11/2024

You haven't run into them yet? My feed the last few days has been 30% people posting starter packs lol. You can create them from the Starter Pack tab in your profile page.

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Braedon @braedon.dev · 14/11/2024

Turns out that my wife and I working in our living room for multiple hours isn't great for the CO2 levels. Probably should have gotten an air monitor 5 years ago 😓

An AirGradient air monitor, showing 4 red lights. The screen shows a CO2 level of 1168 ppm.

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Braedon @braedon.dev · 28/09/2024

If there's no display they're simply not AR at all. A nit-pick, but at least with AR there's a practical non-surveillance reason for the camera. This is just straight-forward surveillance.

Screenshot of a paragraph from the quoted article, with the following text selected:

"They aren’t full-fledged AR glasses since they have no screen to display information"

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Braedon @braedon.dev · 28/07/2024

OK, what am I missing here?

Screenshot of a section on Netflix titled "Stunt like Vegetable", which includes the movies " Madame Web", "Heart of Stone", and "American Made".

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Braedon @braedon.dev · 16/10/2023

Stock market should have gotten a bump today, right?

NZX50 price graph for the 16th of October, showing it down 80 points or 0.72%

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Braedon @braedon.dev · 04/10/2023

Great now they're advertising this surveillance device on Twitter.

Screenshot of a promoted tweet for the "Rewind Pendant"

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Braedon @braedon.dev · 29/07/2023

I guess I'm manually updating apps like it's 2008 from now on.

Screenshot of Android app auto-update settings. The "don't auto-update apps" setting is selected.

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Braedon @braedon.dev · 01/07/2023

Yip, updated yesterday to the version that's supposed to fix the issue where all UI text is clipped. Text is still clipped in a lot of places, and most of the other issues I've run into persist as well.

Screenshot of the reply compose screen with instances of clipped text circled in red. e.g. "Cance", "Repl"

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