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Testing the WordPress plugin for ChatGPT

26 October 2026 by Leave a Comment

This is a test post created through the WordPress.com plugin for ChatGPT. The aim is to try a workflow in which I develop a post in conversation, then have it sent directly to Oddrops.

The process starts with connecting WordPress.com to ChatGPT and granting the relevant permissions. ChatGPT can then identify the sites available through that connection. In this case, it found Oddrops at oddrops.blog.

I asked ChatGPT to create a test post describing the process. It prepared the text and submitted it to WordPress as a draft, using WordPress blocks so that the content can be edited in the usual editor.

The next step is to preview the draft and check its wording and appearance. I can request revisions in ChatGPT or make changes directly in WordPress. Once I am satisfied, I can instruct ChatGPT to publish it or schedule it for a later date.

The attraction is straightforward: drafting, discussion and revision can happen in one conversation, with no need to copy and paste the finished text into WordPress. The judgement about what to say—and whether it is ready to publish—remains mine.

This post was drafted by ChatGPT at my request as a practical test of the connection.

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Bloody Andaluz

12 September 2025 by

“From Paris to New York — now reborn in Andalusia.”

A Short History

First poured in Paris during the 1920s by bartender Fernand Petiot, the Bloody Mary began as a simple mix of vodka and tomato juice before being refined in New York with lemon, Worcestershire, and spice. Its exact namesake remains a mystery — Queen Mary I of England to some, a Chicago barmaid to others — yet the drink quickly claimed its place as a brunch classic and reputed restorative. From these beginnings grew a family of variations, among them the Andalusian gazpacho-based Bloody Andaluz. 

Description

A refined reimagining of the Bloody Mary. Vodka and Andalusian gazpacho blend into a chilled, aromatic cocktail with garden-fresh depth and a sun-kissed Mediterranean character.

Ingredients (per serving)

1.  50 ml vodka

2.  150–180 ml chilled gazpacho (homemade or fresh bottled)

3.  3–4 dashes (at least) Tabasco (to taste)

4.  Ice cubes

5.  Garnish: skewer of cherry tomato and manchego cube

Method

1.  In a tall glass, add vodka and Tabasco.

2.  Fill with ice cubes.

3.  Top up with chilled gazpacho.

4.  Stir gently to combine.

5.  Garnish with the tomato–manchego skewer laid across the rim.

Character: cool, spicy, and deeply savoury — a Bloody Mary with Andalusian soul.

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A cocktail invented by me, described and polished by ChatGPT

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‘Assassination Attempts and the Rise of the Right – Amid the Turmoil, Britain is Emerging as a Steadying Force’

19 July 2024 by Leave a Comment

As world leaders brace themselves for another potential Trump presidency, Prime Minister Keir Starmer is quickly re-establishing the UK’s global influence…

It is astonishing to see how quickly Keir Starmer has settled into his role as Britain’s Prime Minister, confidently handling questions from the press as if he has been in the job for years. His straightforward style is not just a welcome relief for the UK, but perhaps just the steadying force Europe needs, as it faces turbulent winds from across the Atlantic

Source: ‘Assassination Attempts and the Rise of the Right – Amid the Turmoil, Britain is Emerging as a Steadying Force’

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Jasmin Paris: I ran ‘toughest race’ to inspire women worldwide

25 March 2024 by

Jasmin Paris made history by becoming the first woman to finish the gruelling 100-mile Barkley Marathons.

Source: Jasmin Paris: I ran ‘toughest race’ to inspire women worldwide

Wow, just, wow!

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The unfathomable bottomless stupidity of Suella Braverman

10 November 2023 by Leave a Comment

We’ve allowed morons to take control. And it’s turning us into morons too.

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The Braverman story is about one thing and one thing only. It is that she is a moron. She is stupid in ways that can barely be described with words. She is an object lesson in the death of the human brain. She is an accumulation of dust on the floor of an unused factory. She is a moral imbecile.

Source: The unfathomable bottomless stupidity of Suella Braverman

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Copenhagen Declaration on Democracy: a humanist value – Humanists International

10 August 2023 by Leave a Comment

We call on all humanists around the world to stand in solidarity with those who are struggling to defend and promote democracy, and to work together to build a world in which democracy flourishes and the dignity and rights of all people are protected.

Source: Copenhagen Declaration on Democracy: a humanist value – Humanists International

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‘The Telegraph’s Last Hurrah? Laundering a Hard-Right Think Tank’s COVID Lockdown Claims’ – Byline Times

7 June 2023 by Leave a Comment

As the newspaper is put for sale, a widely-publicised report claiming ‘only’ 1,700 lives were saved by lockdown – which was splashed on its front page – is not what it seems

Source: ‘The Telegraph’s Last Hurrah? Laundering a Hard-Right Think Tank’s COVID Lockdown Claims’ – Byline Times

For years now, it has not been a newspaper but instead a fanzine for fantasists and fanatics, a conduit for Government lines, and spittle-flecked opinion pieces penned by a group of scenery-chewers straight from Central Casting.

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Now, the Telegraph records the ravings of the right’s most rabid fringes and encourages them, with columnists like Allison Pearson always keen to amplify and even start conspiracy theories.

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DIANE ABBOTT AND A BLACK AND WHITE WORLD

5 June 2023 by Leave a Comment

Diane Abbott (1992); photograph © Geoff Wilson/National Portrait Gallery This essay, on the debate about Diane Abbott’s views on race and the Holocaust, was my Observer column this …

Source: DIANE ABBOTT AND A BLACK AND WHITE WORLD,Keenan Malik

If we want to nurture again the kind of radical universalism that once imbued antiracism, we need not just to challenge arguments such as Abbott’s, important though that is. We need also to challenge the malevolent claims promoted by the likes of Jenrick and Braverman, and which carry with them the weight of state enforcement. To challenge the one but not the other is performative signalling at its worst.

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Why republicans should still care about the coronation

2 May 2023 by Leave a Comment

OPINION: Charles’ crowning as king will encourage millions to keep marching to the beat of Britain’s posh boys

Source: Why republicans should still care about the coronation

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Many of Britain’s comparative weaknesses – its economic malaise, its regional inequalities, its peoples’ sense of political alienation – are connected to its over-centralised state. In most democratic countries, ‘sovereignty’ ultimately lies with the people. In Britain, it works the other way around.

Sovereignty is centralised in the crown, administered by Parliament. It doesn’t rise up from citizens but flows down from the monarch, like urine. Local, regional and even devolved national governments can be overruled or marginalised by Westminster in ways that wouldn’t be legal in a federal country.

The coronation of a new sovereign is a vast celebration of this disastrous centralisation of power. It is a glorification of our failing system.
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Pacific trade deal: don’t fall for Brexiter lies

31 March 2023 by Leave a Comment

Brexiters are claiming that the Asia-Pacific trade deal the government signed today, the CPTPP, makes rejoining the EU “impossible”. This has got some rejoiners concerned. But don’t worry: it’s an absolute lie. The first and most important thing to know is that the UK can pull out of CPTPP at any time – it just […]

Source: Pacific trade deal: don’t fall for Brexiter lies

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