Physicist, Trombonist, Archer.
Possibly lapsed.
I'm on the server floor of a "highly secure data center with 24/7/365 surveillance, direct access control and robust perimeter security".
An actual duck just walked by. 🦆
The panic is absolutely glorious. I think this just became one of the highlights of my life.
"You're not building protected bike lanes for the people who are biking today, You're building it for the people who aren't biking today because it's not safe" @notjustbikes
It's been years since I've bought anything from them (so yes I've contributed to the problem) but eBuyer used to be my go-to supplier of computer equipment. Looks like they've fallen on hard times & been bought out by Mike Ashley's Fraser Group, likely to become an online retailer of general stuff.
#eBuyer #eBuyerUK #FraserGroup
https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/12/uk_tech_retailer_ebuyer_heads/
@losttourist urrghh. Likewise; though the last few PC upgrades I've done I ended up buying from Scan.
Here’s a poem called ‘Neither Rhyme nor Reason’.
@cstross if the timing's right, they'll be hot on the heels of ~6000 cyclists tackling Étape Loch Ness.
@anon_opin that would be taken as an invitation to start reading from the obituary column of the local paper, for the parents of many tooters here.
Signed up for my first 100-mile sportive, at the end of the month. (Going for a fairly flat one.)
https://velo29events.com/sportives/selby-3-swans-sportive/selby-3-swans-long/
Fingers crossed!
#totp I don't remember Robbie bleaching his hair...
@pdcawley disowning not required!
#totp fascinated to find out that our Tiktok-inhabiting youngster had not heard It's Like That; but knew Celine fucking Dion instantly.
Tiktok, how are you getting stuff so wrong?
#totp play Space & Cerys FFS!
@losttourist "ancient" FFS.
My internal clock is convinced that the 90s were 10 years ago maximum.
@anon_opin see also hogget/mutton vs lamb
From my local WhatsApp group:
The Welsh Government are doing a consultation on its pro-trans schools policy. UK Gender Critical activists are upset and are trying to brigade it to push it in an anti-trans direction. Please fill out the consultation to try to reinforce the pro-trans stance.
https://www.gov.wales/rights-respect-equality-anti-bullying-guidance
The deadline is 31 July 2025.
NB: Please only respond if you live in Wales! If you don't but want to help, please boost this and share it on other social networks. Thank you. ✨
Don’t say: “Maybe she’s born with it, maybe it’s an irrational response to impending global recession.”
I do enjoy #PassNotes
https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025/jul/28/worried-about-the-cost-of-living-crisis-maybe-you-need-another-lipstick?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
No, inheritance tax isn't a double tax on your already taxed, hard earned money. You're dead. You don't pay it. It's paid, to all intents and purposes, by the people receiving the inheritance, who absolutely did not earn it, and don't deserve a massive tax free windfall.
