Happy UK Independence Day to all who celebrate it. You get an extra crayon to write on your padded cell walls and NO NIGEL IT’S NOT FOR EATING HOW MANY TIMES
https://www.reaction.life/p/britain-looks-like-brexit

Today’s assignment for all the armchair warriors who think the ordinary people of Iran will welcome US and UK liberators with open arms is 500 words on Mohammad Mosaddegh.

500 words on Iraq, Desert Storm and other related matters will not do. It’s far too easy.

It may be time to have another go at installing this on an old phone.
My last attempt failed; the “easy install” wasn’t and the online help quickly became the over-technical cacophony I remember from the early days of Linux.

If my banking apps work on these and don’t go ARROGA ARROGA HACKED PHONE it may be worthwhile. https://mastodon.social/@murena/114670982913978475

@cstross I can imagine “The Stainless Steel Rat gets keelhauled” as one of the titles that Harry Harrison decided not to go with in his later years.

I have been offered a year’s free subscription to you.com, an AI based search service.
My initial research indicates it’s built on ChatGPT.
Does anyone know if this is the case?

There’s an online SFF auction to support the Good Law Project and also the Triangle Project in South Africa. https://www.32auctions.com/organizations/128726/auctions/181179
https://mastodon.scot/@andrewducker/114381624395060820

Gone Solar: https://murphys-lawyer.dreamwidth.org/329448.html

@Philsturgeon @jonty For the UK, the OS Locate app is freely available and can be set to give 1 metre accuracy.

Straight out of the KGB playbook (and doubtless many others). https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/114337568177163329

Is there any good reason for a Bluetooth control app which is about 60MB is size to have 1.7GB in “Documents and data”, I wonder?

@jonathankoren Paging Larry Niven. Larry Niven to the white courtesy phone please...

Any preferences for an Overlord or Overlords in these trying times ?

For anyone who hasn’t yet booked their travel to the #Belfast #Eastercon, Stena are offering €17 single fares between England/Scotland and Ireland/Northern Ireland.
You have to book by April 1st but can book travel up to December.
https://ittn.ie/travel-news/stena-line-looks-to-reward-growing-levels-of-repeat-foot-passenger-numbers/

@charliejane It’s springtime here too.

As part of the $WURK annual reporting cycle, managers like me have to revisit our Equality, Diversion and Inclusion training course.
In a world where some places seem determined to go back to a mythical time where only straight white men have jobs because they are naturally superior to everyone else, my company’s stand on this not only with itself but its supply chain is an unalloyed delight.
Signed, a straight white man.

@anja Can I get an Amen?

The paradox of the Billionaires saying that Court Orders have no value, for without Court Orders there could not be Billionaires.

https://davidallengreen.com/2025/02/the-paradox-of-the-billionaires-saying-that-court-orders-have-no-value-for-without-court-orders-there-could-not-be-billionaires/

Elon Musk has dealt USAID a mortal blow.
USAID was part of the post-Apartheid drive in South Africa.
These two facts may be connected.