12 October 2026

This Blog

 This blog was originally created to share some of my life experiences. Sometimes I think my life is either uninteresting or liable to attract trolls so I don't publish anything. Recently I have been posting videos that I find interesting, some showing things I believe so I don't see the point in making something similar. More recently I have been having some life experiences that seem completely ridiculous, so I am thinking of going back to blogging my own experiences again. What triggered this? Today I was sent a survey asking me for my opinion about a service I received on the NHS. When I clicked "send", after a lot of typing, it promptly told me that my session had timed out. Well, not a problem, I'll just copy my text, redo the survey, and paste it into the new survey. Unfortunately, the programmer was a complete moron! I clicked to clear the error message and the page refreshed, clearing what I had typed. Too many current day programmers working on corporate websites seem unable to predict what people are likely to do, and how various disabilities, especially visual, prevent the easy use of a lot of modern websites.

Anyway, that's my first rant of the day. There may be a second if I can bother to retype what I had type to the NHS.

Carl.

03 March 2026

(3181) KFC Just Quietly Scrapped The Better Chicken Commitment - YouTube

 

KFC's "Better Chicken Commitment" is examined. A British farmer reveals details about KFC's 2019 pledge and its recent reversal, exploring potential motivations. The video includes footage of farm animals and discussions of sustainable practices.


27 February 2026

The Surprising Flaws in 18650 Lithium-Ion Batteries

The standard 18650 lithium-ion battery can be found in almost every modern household, whether in rechargeable battery packs, flashlights, or even replica lightsaber hilts. Alex Hao and Andreas Bastian of Lumafield visit the cave to share the results of CT scanning over a thousand lithium-ion batteries, and the hidden risks they uncovered in battery manufacturing defects and quality control inconsistencies. 




Every year, billions of 18650 lithium-ion battery cells are produced, powering everything from our toothbrushes to electric vehicles. But beneath the surface, a hidden world of quality control issues and dangerous counterfeits puts consumers and manufacturers at risk.

25 January 2026

I was asked to keep this confidential



"I want to read you an email that I was asked to keep confidential because I think it explains some of my worries about academia.

The Nature Physics comment is here: https://www.nature.com/articles/nphys...

I knew that physicists would go on to argue I should have tried to solve the problem internally (within the community) before drawing public attention to it. The reason I published this comment was so that I could later demonstrate that I did this. This is why it's a paywalled publication that you don't find on the arxiv"

The Palestinian Genocide: The Ultimate Evidence

Former UNRWA Chief spokesman Chris Gunness Powerful Speech to the UN