Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 11-6-2026 — The World Cup. (Ten questions)

11th June, 2026: the World Cup.

Hmmm … 

I’ve had some bad news.

Well … I … and every other Dr Who fan on the planet!

Yes: in a recent press release, the BBC have announced that the planned, and previously announced, 2026 Dr Who Christmas Special has been cancelled.

And have also told us Russell T. Davies has stepped down as show runner, and Bad Wolf has stepped away from its production role.

The BBC has also told us that they’re looking for new production partners: and have started the search by putting things out for ‘competitive tender’.

But not told us when to expect any news.

Russell T. Davies has also told us that — contrary to earlier statements he’s given — he’s written no script.

I’m … 

I’m disappointed: as is every other fan on the planet.

But I can live with that: after all, I’ve survived the last cancellation!

I’m disappointed, yes.

But more upset that I, and other fans, have been lied to to.

It’s the dishonesty that hurts.

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In other news … ?

I — like others — have had my issues with macOS Tahoe, the current version of macOS.

From what I and others, can see, this overheating seems to be triggered by using Pages with other apps, and is caused by processes called corespotlightd and spotlightknowledge.updater hogging resources.

Why, I don’t know.

I had managed to correct it by emptying specific folders — in ~/Library/Metadata/CoreSpotlight/ — but have also posted to Apple’s Community pages, to give myself a reminder on how to do this.

Hopefully, that will help.

I am also aware that Apple’s held its annual Worldwide Developers Conference.

And announced in a recent live stream that they will be making adjustments to Spotlight in macOS 27 Golden Gate, the upcoming version of the operating system.

Indeed, they say so in this video: at the ~13·26 mark.

There’s a couple of points.

One?

I hope that works.

Two?

I wish Apple would issue that sooner: this is getting ridiculous!

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 2nd February, 2020

2nd February, 2020.

Yes: I have a quiet Sunday ahead, today.

Well, I say quiet … 

Frankly, it all depend on how noisy my washing machine gets!

It does make a racket … 

Which is why I didn’t switch it on, last night: it would’ve interrupted For All Mankind.

And why I’m not planning to clean anything when Dr Who’s on, tonight.

Ahem!

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About Brexit?

You and I both know that — in 2014 — Scotland had an Independence referendum … one that saw Scotland decide to remain in the UK.

With the EU Referendum, in 2016?

The UK decided to leave: something I believe we are going to regret.

Especially when you consider the Scottish Nationalists — who now form the majority of Westminster MPs — have taken that as a mandate to hold a second Independence referendum.

As the 2016 referenda show a majority of Scots wanted to stay in the EU.

Frankly?

Given the money, I’d love to move to an independent Scotland, that was an EU member.

It’s about the only way I’d be able to remain an EU citizen.

Given that … ?

The fact former EU president, Donald Tusk, has announced he’s sympathetic to a second such referendum?

Sympathetic — with caveats — to Scotland joining the EU?

Given that, I think a second Scottish Independence referendum is a good thing.

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