1st August, 2025: Benin.
Right, I’m up and about.
Obviously!
And … ?
I’m very aware that it’s Friday, so I’ll be having a phone appointment with my surgery’s nurse practitioner.
To talk about how I’m doing with the blood sugar monitor: and the larger lancets I’ve been given.
To be honest with you … ?
I’ve managed to successfully do three tests over the past week: tests that showed results of 6·3, 8·6 and 5·8, for an average of 6·9: just inside the safe range.
That’s more, and better, results than I had with the original lancets: they did diddly squat!
Quote where we go from here, I don’t know!
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Here in the UK … ?
Here in the UK, the government has introduced new regulations: designed to make sure adult websites do age-verification checks on users.
That seems to have worked!
For starters, many iPhone users have installed VPNs, virtual private networks software, that lets them get around the UK restrictions by routing traffic through other countries.
For another?
You can reach these sites on the desktop by using the Tor browser*: which routes things through various layers.
There’s a version on the Google Play store, if you’re on an Android phone.
And finally … ?
It seems Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulators, are investigating thirty-four sites that haven’t introduced the checks.
That makes me conclude a few things.
Restrictions can be avoided.
And regulations can be ignored.
That’s assuming we can work out how.
Working out how is easier than it looks.
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