@fesshole I did a 3 hour round trip *every* day for 5 years. 80 miles, twice a week is nothing for the right job. Let's hope they stick at it. Employees should be trusted to know what's an acceptable level of commute for them. Espcecially in this market.

@markmason @_r @anon_opin Very good. 😆

We call this fella Doofus. Three years ago a young hawk was born in one of our trees and spent awhile learning to fly around our yard. He'd crash land right in front of us and just... stand there awhile and look around. He let us get pretty close to him, too. He's been hanging out here in the summers ever since then. Sometimes he flies down and looks in the window.

@TheBreadmonkey Adding "elegant geezer" to my bio.

@fesshole Creative. My girls spent far too long in the shower. Got a timer. Now they race each other. 😆

@anon_opin He just wanted them to fill in the forms for the *unregulated particle accelerators* they were running around NYC with. Did they have insurance? Almost certainly not, as that would have required permits. What does getting hit with a beam like that do to a human body? Do we know? Do they?!

Also, the constant smoking in the workplace. They were a public menace.

@ColesStreetPothole This is the way. 😊

Best of luck with the watch! 👍

@hmallett @fesshole Bravo.

@flashattn @fesshole Depends what I'm doing. Design, anything creative, happy to listen to spoken word stuff. If I'm writing, or concentrating on a spreadsheet or similar it has to be music.

I have however, hung up on my mum by mistake exactly as OP described. Usually because I need to chat to another dog owner. 😆

@anon_opin I do know one or two happy builders, nonetheless, there's a lot of truth in this.

Seriously, who cares if Jeff #Bezos is getting married 🥱

I find this mannequin of him floating on the side of a cardboard Amazon box while clutching a wad of cash much more interesting.

https://apnews.com/video/life-size-mannequin-of-jeff-bezos-lying-on-a-giant-amazon-box-dropped-into-venices-grand-canal-5da7fa990f4045d7bdfb15ab1ede1d92

@ColesStreetPothole Yes, I fix everything I possibly can around the house, up to and including minor plumbing and electrical work. I've got a shed full of tools for building all sorts of stuff, including furniture.

My family is long suffering. 😆

Oh, and the TV currently looks like this because the backlight's gone and I *refuse* to give LG any money as it's a *known* issue and they won't fix it (don't get me started).

@AncTreat5358 @TheBreadmonkey @drdrowland @Burn_this_ If you can run Linux on it, yeah.

@_r @anon_opin The observer effect but for supermarket car parks. For which, I cannot think of a good pun.

I bet you could derive some interesting data from the brands of car that trollies are abandoned alongside, though. The Range R-observer effect, possibly.

"Not all men," he casually argues, tossing a chocolate into his mouth.

She doesn't blink. Instead, her fingers curl around the box of chocolates between them, and she smiles. "Okay. But if I take this box of chocolates, poison one in front of you, shake the box, and offer you one", she raises an eyebrow, "would you take it?"

The chocolate in his mouth suddenly feels too thick, too sweet. A disbelieving laugh escapes him. "Good lord, you are crazy."

"Oh no no, I'm not crazy," she says trying to fight the smirk at his reaction. "I'm just working with the numbers. When one in four is poisoned, you check every piece."

l excerpts from a novel I will never write

~~~ thenevernovel, Instagram

@TheBreadmonkey Not now, dread and ancient harbinger of the end times!

@kel Cheers mate. Much appreciated. 😊

Got an invitation for a first round interview today. It's a business and industry I know well and I'd be running a team again.🤞 #JobHuntPokerChip

I did not have “LA gangs unite to protect immigrants” on my 2025 bingo card.

Of course the Republican regime will wring their hands and clutch pearls over this. But as the OP says—

“If you’re more outraged that gang members are helping immigrants than you are that the government is hunting them like they’re Pokémon with poor English, you’re not patriotic… you’re complicit.”

(I can’t find any other sources for this, but I want to hope it’s real.)

@renewedresistance https://c.im/@ktdoggett/114743000151512255

Wednesday, it's Captain!
(No »AI«-Slop.)

[Edit] I would like to give credit to @Scmbradley for the original idea, published as a text-only-toot.

#noaislop #Kvadraat #wednesday #tintin #haddock