Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 5-12-2025 — The Great Smog

5th December, 2025: the Great Smog.

Right … that’s that Christmassy task done … 

Yes: I’ve officially made a mess … by wrapping presents … !

OK … there’s not many presents.

And a chunk of them are gift cards, so didn’t need much in the way of wrapping.

But … ?

It’s the job done for another year.

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I caught this video a couple of days ago.

It’s one that tells us more and more government departments are adopting Huawei-made PCs, PCs that come equipped with HarmonyNext OS, the Chinese developed operating system.

Including, apparently, in many government departments.

I grant you: being reliant on one operating system isn’t necessarily a good thing.

If there’s an undiscovered bug in Windows 11, word gets around, quick.

But … ?

The Chinese government encouraging Chinese use of the OS — by consumers, companies and government departments — means it’s encouraging those same people to not use Microsoft, Google or Apple products.

All three are American companies: and outside of anyone’s control, but America’s.

The net result?

Is that China is promoting its own digital sovereignty: promoting the idea that — inside its borders — it’s going to prefer to use Chinese produced technology, that Chinese data stays controlled by China.

Personally?

I’ve always felt the UK should be doing something similar.

After all, the British made Ubuntu Linux has been around for years.

But it’s only recently Britain’s introduced laws to protect the vulnerable in the UK: and that BT has announced its digital sovereignty ambitions.

Should the UK take a cue from Beijing?

I think so … 

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 4th December 2025

4th December, 2025.

Right … 

It’s not Thursday.

Which means it’s the day after by regular diabetic retinopathy test: an eye test designed to see if type two diabetes has damaged the nerves in my eyes.

It hasn’t, over the last few eyes: so, hopefully, it won’t show any this year.

I do know I had to had the usually eye drops, when the tests were performed: so my pupils dilated enough for the interiors of my eyes to be visible.

Usually?   Things look brighter for some time afterwards, and we’ll have slightly blurred vision for some hours afterwards.

My vision is now back to normal.

But … ?

I swear, it takes longer every time!

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 3rd December 2025

3rd December, 2025.

Right … it’s Wednesday: and … ?

I’ve dug up the sunglasses on a day that’s promising to be overcast, at the very least.

“Why the shades?”, I hear you ask.

That’s easy to answer.

Today’s the day for my diabetic eye check.

Experience — as well as repeated medical explanation — tells me the nurse carrying the procedure will use eye drops to make my pupils dilate, so the examination can see inside my eyes.

So, of course, on the walk home … ?

Things are going to look a lot brighter than they should!

Heigh … … ho!

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Oh, JUST as a thought … ?

My nephew, Jude, was over, last night.

Along side an early lift home from his mother, and a pizza.

It’s the first time I’ve known my nephew to have pepperoni on a pizza.

But not the first time he’s made a video … 

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The President of the USA is being a racist: and yes, there’s ruder terms I could be using.

In a recent, televised, Cabinet meeting — told how he wants Somalis to leave the country: or “… go back to where they came from”, as he put it.

I’m wondering all sorts of things.

But mostly how the many Somali-Americans, and the American Somali community, feel about that.

A man holding the highest office in the land, a man who’s supposed to protect all Americans, regardless of origins, is starting to pick on people.

Or, at least, pick on more people: Americans of Mexican origins aren’t fond of the man.

I’ve got to ask … 

Who’s next, Mr President?

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 2-12-2025 — Slavery

2nd December, 2025: Slavery.

Right … my computer’s on-board speaking clock has just told me it’s 8·15.

Which mean’s it’s been some forty-five minutes since I got a call on my landline: from +491-7597572769

From what a Google search tells me, it’s a number in Germany.

With a caller — at the other end — claiming to be from BT, and who wanted to help block problems … by altering the settings on my mobile phone … 

It was a scam: after all, how many times do BT phone you … especially at that time of the morning … ?

What made this different?

Was that the scammer had an East European accent: rather than the more usual Indian accents I’ve heard from other scammers.

Hey … ho … !

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In other news … ?

I’ve finally finished my review of this year’s version of Frankenstein.

Whether the review’s fair is a whole other matter!

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Frankenstein (2025) — A Review

27th November, 2025: Frankenstein.

The Introduction.

I need several things.

Money?

Dinner … ?

An occasional film?

There’s several things I could do with.

And yes: one of them is dinner.

I’ve got a burger cooking as we speak.

Yes: money’s handy.

Payday’s tomorrow, which is nice: but feel free to put something in my tip jar!

That’ll clean up the last of the Christmas, and birthday, presents.

Once dinner’s eaten, though … ?

I’m going to have a change in direction: and watch a movie.

And, yes: you’ve possibly guessed — from the poster — that the film I’ll be watching is very different to the last one I caught.

Given a well done burger, and time?

I’ll have this review done by 1st December. 

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