Tuesday, 5 December 2023

Analogue Ready!

The UK's Deputy Prime Minister has been advising Brits on how to 'better prepare for future pandemics, disasters and cyber attacks'. One suggestion is they stock up with 'analogue' torches and candles, in case electricity supplies go down (https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/dec/05/britons-should-stock-up-on-torches-and-candles-in-case-of-power-cuts-says-oliver-dowden). Loss of electrical power isn't apparently all that unlikely, given the recent cyber attack on Sellafield nuclear power station (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/05/ministers-pressed-by-labour-over-cyber-attack-at-sellafield-by-foreign-groups). Ready to resist the enemy, sir!

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