I can access the Podnews Mastodon (over at masto host) but I can’t actually press the send button over there, so I assume it’s a Cloudflare issue. This is what I was going to post.
Hello! Cloudflare has fallen over, which is currently impacting the Podnews Daily podcast, and the Podnews Weekly Review podcast.
By “impacting”, we mean “broken”.
All other things are working just fine though, because we use the other thing, you know, the one that fell over a few weeks ago, that one.
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Turns out I’m flying via Doha.
Entirely unrelatedly, I’m enjoying not following the mainstream news. I stopped a few weeks ago. Quite blissful not knowing what’s going on. I’m sure that’s not going to be an issue.
Was supposed to be flying to London tomorrow; but Qantas cancelled the flight after a mechanical issue. Rebooking was relatively painless (could have been smoother though); and I’m still flying to London tomorrow (with a different airline) - and I get another 12 hours at home! #travel #qantas
The nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqdanhemklkfdtm6qcazj89suhqse9d3j0nx8pn4w4aa5zh3klfufsl0vn9x Weekly Review goes through an automated de-err tool from our sponsors Buzzsprout (and using nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqqljftmzq0lup7hwnphgnxekd7fsgzx4l0xrt6rkx4s6w7h2sqp0sty0pan ). The full show is 1:47:45, but after Buzzsprout takes the filler words out, it's 1:42:21! Yikes.
It is supposed to link here, I think: https://www.bbc.com/audio
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqarzfkth5lf6rm9djv2m7p6rft0jyrr4heppg0mrmu7yjxtdkhz4qfe2ye5 If you’re outside the UK, then yes, I think you won’t get those channels soon.
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqh2vu6ksdeswzyjvqlth0zcl6us2rlcnhfh2y37khnu5pylzyx6aq9wspn0 nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqxrj3t052eyqclk39m85tvffsge35zr3kedkmsf8l6dheq8zrt8rsgx5r3x Nice thought.
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqws0mh302etrcwj3q8hxd5kzxzxtu0cv9n8wx8zc5w57u8hmu3hvqxh883c You'll still be able to fall asleep to Newshour; and still be able to listen to various podcasts. Just not in the BBC Sounds app, which will (I think) be for UK only.
The article is explicit in saying that BBC podcasts will remain available in podcast apps. All of them are available in that way. No cause for alarm.
Slightly oddly, "Audio" doesn't actually yet exist on the BBC.com website - well, it does, but it just links through to BBC Sounds. So perhaps this announcement has been made early.
Well, well. Back in November, I suggested that the BBC might close its BBC Sounds app for non-UK listeners - and also that "we'll also - by and large - lose access to the BBC's domestic radio stations"...
https://james.cridland.net/blog/2024/bbc-sounds-the-strategy/
Today, the BBC posts something (on its non-UK site) saying just that. BBC music radio stations won't be available on the BBC internationally, and BBC Sounds data won't be transferred over. Images of this page here, since I think it's a section of the BBC website that isn't available within the UK.
Well, well. Back in November, I suggested that the BBC might close its BBC Sounds app for non-UK listeners - and also that "we'll also - by and large - lose access to the BBC's domestic radio stations"...
https://james.cridland.net/blog/2024/bbc-sounds-the-strategy/
Can you use AWS's Amazon SES to send a mailing list all by itself?
It's got contact list management, templates for email, automated unsubscribe/bounce handling, and open rate measurement, and clicktracking. So you'd think... yay!
Except, no.
https://james.cridland.net/blog/2024/amazon-ses-newsletter-mailing-list/
Dynamic ad insertion in podcasts - visualised. The yellow bits are the ads.
On the top, a podcast episode downloaded in Australia.
On the bottom, the same podcast episode downloaded in the US (via a VPN).
At last, a front page story on BBC News about Mastodon!
Brilliant!
Oh. I mean “a front page story on BBC News about a mastodon”.
I cancelled our home insurance yesterday (switching to a different company).
Online, I had to cancel it by speaking to a cartoon orange.
Interesting to discover Openvibe, an app which merges your Threads, BlueSky and fediverse/Mastodon accounts together. It seems to let me follow all three at the same time (and post to all three, too).
When in Canada…
Put my bike in the garage. Discovered this little fella having a snooze. Gave him some carrot and a raspberry. #brisbane
