DARE.CO.UK · DAILY EDITORIAL · 2026-05-28
The week, in a manner of speaking
Thursday was moderately alive. Seven-thousand-odd requests, 2,503 page views — both up fractionally day-on-day, though still running 27% below the seven-day average (which is what happens when you're not in the middle of a Lynch piece being shared around). The cache, meanwhile, finally showed up to work; 67.1% hit rate is a 14-point swing from Wednesday and honestly feels less like recovery than like someone remembering to turn the thing on. Threats dropped to 312, nearly 60% below average, which is either statistical noise or the botnets collectively decided Thursday was their day off — the `/wp-admin` patrol certainly seems lighter. The homepage grabbed 257 hits, contact got 21, and tilting-at-windmills held its usual faithful six. Notable fixture: someone kept asking for `/posts/cropped-ziiiro-celeste.jpeg` (16 times), a path that doesn't exist and probably hasn't for months. Either a mirror somewhere is still pointing to it, or this is just what persistence looks like when you're a script with no memory. The week's tilting quiet toward the weekend.