TiL I've been referring to these things, "« »", as "Guillemots" for my entire life. And I've been wrong for my entire life. "Guillemot" is a BIRD. "Guillemet" is a #typography symbol. This is "HTTP Referrer" all over again.

If you have this setting enabled in #MacOS, I would like a word with you. And by "word", I mean I'm going to be exasperated and condescending.* *:Unless it's for accessibility, or your period key is _literally_ broken.† †: Wow, you must really love that keyboard! What brand is it?

#spain, your are amazing! First the Women’s title then the Men’s, back to back. That was the most consistent and most coordinated side I have ever seen in a World Cup match. Enjoy your title, Spain, you f——ing earned it.

SCRUB THAT, FIFA! #spain

I’m starting to see why most of my Latin-American coworkers have “strong feelings” towards #Argentina.

like dude just scored the world cup winner but Argentina

I’ll give this to Argentina: Simón, their goal watcher, is having an amazing streak. Spain’s Martínez *might* be good? We don’t know yet 😝

#Norway was excellent today, but #England was just a bit better. Pickford and Nyland were both on-form. Still, if it had gone to penalties, I think Norway would have won. No matter what, it was one hell of a match.

On a less-sad note: I love Lukabakio from his days at Fortuna Düsseldorf, and Lukaku has always been amazing. I’m happy I got to seen them at their best here. #Belgium absolutely deserved this win.

Canada, out. USA, out. Three Lions, you’ve got a lot riding on you now. #england

And that’s the last time any of these boys will get to play in a World Cup on home soil. I always knew we wouldn’t get to final, but I wanted us to go out better that THAT. #usmnt

STAY IN YOUR GOD-DAMNED BOX! You are not Manuel Neuer! #usmnt

TIL that #Belgium ‘s World Cup tricots have “Ceci n'est pas un maillot” written on them. Magritte is probably my favourite artist, so one more reason to be conflicted about this match.

Hey #FIFA, here’s a free idea: Football World Cup, with both the Men’s AND Women’s teams. The home men’s plays the visitors women’s, and they switch at the half when they swap sides of the pitch. (Because the #uswnt would have put Belgium to bed by now, at the half!)

Wow, Balogun's suspension was lifted. Even though (I think) an arschkarte was the wrong call, FIFA stepping in like this only makes it worse. If #usmnt gets 3 or 1 points against Belgium tomorrow, it will always carry an asterisk and that's a terrible legacy to have.

Hey world, American here: Despite the “complicated” feelings many of you have toward the USA right now, I’m very appreciative of the nations who’re participating in the “Sail 250” Naval Review in New York harbour. Seeing this makes me remember we’re more similar than we are different. Thank you.

CANMNT and Canada Soccer shared a statement thanking Canadians for their support on the team's historic #FIFAWorldCup run 🙌🇨🇦

Added a new kitten to the household this week (kitten because it’s easier for the current Big Cat in Charge to accept). I found myself realizing that, by the time we’re ready to do this again, I’ll probably be 60 years old.

the US men’s national team hasn’t scored more goals in this tournament than they have in every other world cup i’ve seen play combined (2006 to 2022), but it’s pretty fuckin close

“If the 14th amendment only applies to slaves, the 2nd amendment only applies to muskets.” #14thAmendment

T3h AIs are getting _VERY_ good a predicting human behaviour:

Curaçao's goalkeeper, who just set the World Cup record for saves in a 99 minute game (15!), plays for Miami… in USL. He plays MINOR LEAGUE AMERICAN SOCCER. And he just stood on his head to get Curaçao their first World Cup point. The beautiful game, indeed.

Hard to believe a product can help me speak another language when they can't get their own name right in the ads.

Oh no! That "near" is a LOAD-BEARING WORD! I had better have it checked out right now! #spam

I've made the worst mechanical keyboard, ever. On purpose. github.com/xunker/worst... #keyboards #keebin

At a funeral today, my spouse quipped "they need a 'hug the dog' station to make everyone feel better." I think that's a great idea, and I intend to add it to my will.

Idea for the day: a cannabis home delivery company named "Door'ed Hash"

Whenever there's a #DataBreach and a ton of passwords are leaked online, we always shame passwords like "secret123". We never say "wow, this password uses all 64 bytes, whitespace, and non-latin characters!" "Okay, so it is 'ßig քenis' repeated 5 times, but still! Security!"

To the person who cared enough to make this sign, I say thank you. This was the question I wrestled with before deciding to take that long walk up State Street yesterday.

Here’s a photo I took yesterday, I think it sums up the current dichotomy in US politics.

My wife has two wireless access points set up in our house. One is a US-spec model and one is Canadian. One is an "AP". The other is an "Eh-P". You're welcome.

For fun, I set up a Time Machine backup on a UHS-I microSD card. Sounds like a neat idea.. but don't do it.

This whole "<event> isn't a REAL sport" mentality is just tripe. Yeah, *I* could probably pull off a snowboard 1080 -- once. But doing it ten times in a row? Consistency is why they ARE athletes, and why it IS a sport.

Please, can we just replace the US Men's Soccer team with the #teamUSA Men's #Hockey team? Then we might have a chance at the World Cup in this century...

I only care about hockey every 4 years.. but what a year to care about it! #teamUSA Women just pulled off 3 goals in 2 minutes. Simply wow.

My spouse just made onigiri for our dog: kibble inside a rice ball. I don’t know if my dog is a picky eater, or simply stylish af.

Idea for literary genre: Far-Present Science Fiction.

Coworker: You’ve got the same last name as the PM of Greenland! What are the odds of that! Me: About 1 in 12, actually.

Free movie idea: Texas Chainsaw Bake-Sale

I'm not a fan of kidnapping heads-of-state, but I could look the other way if Kier Starmer was seized and would only be released once everyone in the UK agrees to stop using the term "quite good".

@thekingofengland.bsky.social if you're really the so-called King of so-called England, prove it! We'll know you're the true monarch if you can cause a member of the House of Lords, all of whom are known to be of unimpeachable character, say something offensive or incorrect in the next 30 days.

Thought experiment: Officially, Maduro's seizure was a Law Enforcement action and the effect of deposing a de-facto (however illegitimate) head of state is incidental. What if he's found innocent in court? Would he be reinstalled? I realize he WILL be found guilty, this is just an experiment.

That tears it. I am NEVER going to use Eudora again.

@oshpark's service is so fast, they're able to ship your boards to you before they're even done being fabricated! (note to Oshpark: this is not a serious tech support request. It's probably just a UI quirk because I have a 2-layer and 4-layer board in the same order)

Apparently my jibe about "waiting for them to call Carleton" is now an "internet saying", according to Google. That means one of two things: 1) I'm an excellent humourist 2) It's really easy to game AI search results Deciding which of those is correct is left as an exercise for the reader.

When GitHub is down.

"bag" vs "sack"? To me, the difference is: a BAG is a SACK with handles. But I say "trash bag" even though they don't often have handles; "trash sack" doesn't sound right. "Bread sack" also doesn't track, and I say "bread bag". Maybe it's the appeal of alluring alliteration (see what I did there?)

Here’s what you do: Find one of your friends that owns a dog. Replace their ringtone with a recording of a rustling potato chip bag. Call them. Sit back and watch the magic.

Free idea for anyone who wants it: a shirt that says "Slavery is Not a Good Thing", to wear while visiting The Smithsonian Institute. Just in case anyone, y'know, is tempted to say it wasn't actually that bad.

There are 2 kinds of people: Those who use the Oxford comma, who don’t and who don’t see the difference.