I'm gingerbeardman, so all the comments you refer to are by me. I cross post to save time, rather than typing slightly different versions to say the same thing

I'm gingerbeardman, so all the comments you refer to are by me. I cross post to save time, rather than typing slightly different versions to say the same thing at every place the link is picked up. The sites are not connected in any way other than having a link to the same news article.