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Antoinism - A Belgian Religion on the Brink of Disappearance.

Antoinism is a religion that was created in 1910 by a metal worker called Louis-Joseph Antoine from the Liège region of Belgium. Membership is declining sharply, and only 10 temples are left. Most of their temples have been converted to housing. I've walked past one of them a few times and always wondered what the inside was like. This article follows one of their "healers" and gives a fascinating insight into a dying cult.

Linked on 29th March 2025 Details

Following Ed Pratt down the river Thames.

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In this age of ragebait and kinetic videos, I find watching each episode of Ed Pratt's journey from source to sea down the river Thames to be online comfort food. You can find the other episodes on his YouTube channel.

Added on Mar 11, 2025 Details

I've been fixing bugs that affected, among other things, the RSS feed. Sorry if some of you are seeing duplicate content. It should be fine from now on.

Noted on 13th February 2025 Details

The mini subway under the U.S. Capitol.

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I didn't know the U.S. Capitol had its own mini underground rail network to shuttle people between buildings. I'm always fascinated by these independent networks.

Added on Feb 12, 2025 Details

You're still being tracked by apps on your phone.

An interesting deep dive into how your geolocation data gets exfiltrated by advertising networks via apps on your phone and sold to, not only the highest bidder, but basically any data broker, government agency, or other organisation that can afford it.

All of this, of course, despite you setting your phone to not allow these apps to track you.

By the way, the list of apps that do this (Google Docs) contained 2 apps I had installed on my phone. I'd take a look and see what apps you should be removing from yours.

Linked on 9th February 2025 Details

Small changes to the blog.

I just switched this blog from using a dynamic Django-based solution to running as a static site using Eleventy. I mainly did this in anticipation of some further changes to come. But, basically, I needed something simpler that would encourage me to post more often.

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Posted on 5th February 2025 Details