Don't have anything to say about the Brexit anniversary except: What a goddamn waste of time.

House thermostat saying 24 degrees. I'll take that tbh

I want to type a word that has an accented vowel. On my phone, I can just hold down 'e' and get options Do it on my PC and I just get eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee I have to either memorise shortcuts/alt codes or browse thru "insert" options Stupid windows.

The most “metal” photo you’ll see all day. (Pic credit: Nick Bull)

As a matter of URGENCY, PLEASE could 100,000 of you sign this petition in the next week: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/77...

can't remember whether I've ever shared my Predator essay here, but it feels like a good time to do so

10 years on from #Brexit referendum, what can we learn? That top down, technocratic arguments didn’t work then & won’t work in any campaign to rejoin. It’s about picking a side - in an increasingly insecure world, with US ever more insular & unreliable, it’s clear our future lies with EU neighbours

Ban all cars with engines >2 litres and all cars that weigh more than 1700kg

[snortlaugh]

Land of the Free

My kids got me a new copy of Mort for father's day, to replace the battered falling apart 1980s Corgi paperback. They also got me Sauron's stupid helmet in Lego, which I hate as it's pure Jackson not Tolkien. But Lego is fun, so I shan't grumble.

Lovely article, but fwiw, just as I thought the film Disclosure Day was muddled and unoriginal, so too I thought the score was too intrusive and replete with classic Williams fanfares for an alien conspiracy thriller www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Ah, village pub with warm beer and proper head, how I have missed thee...

Seemingly pretty tiny group of micro-dick fascists holding a demo in Birmingham. All around them, a beautiful diverse city ignores them or laughs at them.

About to go on flying bus thing back to good old only 35% racist blighty. At least it won't be as hot. For a couple of days.

Woman got on the flight carrying a load of bread as her personal item. First time for everything. Or maybe it's her Support Carbs?

Flying to Vancouver on a propeller plane, not jet. Apparently it's a Bombardier, but I can't help but think of Yossarian. Sure hope we don't fly too low over the lake.

Last morning in Canada, and rather than facilitating workshops I had breakfast in a fancy lake side hotel, followed by wine tasting at Tantalus vineyard. I'll admit, I could get used to work days like today... 🥓🍷

Good blog (albeit a bit of a wall of text at times!) #TeamBulletPoints

What we have to conclude is that 35% of Makerfield are either racist or are perfectly happy to support racists Nice. Burn this fucking country to the ground already.

They’re calling it the quote on British politics that ended the need for all other quotes

If Starmer was brave, he would immediately find a decent cabinet job and being Burnham into the inner circle. I don't expect that to happen.

My new smart glasses

Having my first ever iced coffee Don't get the fuss. It's like normal coffee that's been left out too long, and made extra watery. Who likes watery coffee?

Most annoying thing about listening to podcasts in Canada is having loud Canadian adverts inserted. Clever tech but fucking irritating!

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I've got a BSky chat notification but for the life of me can't find any unread chat. So I can't get rid. Most annoying.

There has been some discussion about players devising characters who don't follow the premise of the game, which means PCs don't do the things that the system supports, and the GM intends to offer. 1/ #ttrpg

Interestingly, Canadian beer is c. 20% stronger than a typical British session beer, but are served in pints that are about 20% smaller. Balance is restored.

I was today years old when I learned that in Canada, the standard LGBTQ2S+ acronym includes 2S meaning "Two spirit", an indigenous term for people with both male and female spirit. That is just a brilliant term.

Had a big Windows update today on work laptop Now the legacy shortcuts I've been using for 25 years no longer work. Techbros are cunts.

Explain your @ I like dice I like game mechanics No-one with actual credentials had claimed the handle

Everyone, stop what you're doing and admire the greatest social media ban simile in all existence.

In 1908 the Lancet called for an 18+ age limit on reading in bed for U.K. children.

I think Gary Gygax might have missed one! #polearms #adandd https://zirk.us/@TheVulgarTongue/116754697806169721

Column: I don’t support social media bans for the under-16s because they are unworkable and don’t solve the real problems we face //// Something must be done? Banning social media isn’t it. We need regulation and regulation education, not a cliff edge for teens www.stuff.tv/features/i-d...

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"all children will be issued with a state-funded Sanyo personal cassette player, orange foam headphones and a selection of TDK90 mixtapes"

Mass Generalisation from Limited Data Alert I wonder if the reason people in North America don't walk to get to places is because walking in gridded cities is just so boring?

Well, that was surprisingly easy. Quick copy and paste and no-one is any the wiser...

Is the Microsoft Office Ribbon causing people to have fewer children? A provocative new working paper explores the persistent drop in birth rates since Office 2007 was introduced nearly two decades ago.

Disclosure Day would have been significantly better if it was explicitly a sequel to Close Encounters and ET, rather than merely thematically related.

Did you see the sign today about hobbies?

Reading some crowdfund TTRPG descriptions highlights how my relationship to games has changed over time. One recently advertised "thousands of feats and skills" to customise your character with. I do remember when that would have been my thing. Now I'm wondering what real choice that "thousands"...

I have discovered that Crown Royal Canadian whisky is surprisingly smooth and very easy to drink. I may regret this discovery.

I'm not a big social person. But just realised apart from brief exchanges with serving staff of one sort or another, I've had less than three hours conversation in three days. Even I am starting to crave a bit of human contact.

From the repeated multiple waitress conferences going on, I can only conclude that someone on an outside table is a bit of a fucking twat

Been a bit light on veggies today, so decided to be good and order salad for dinner IT HAS FUCKING STRAWBERRIES TOO!! 😶🍓 They're just taking the piss now

Arranged to have an oboe lesson Canada today It was great. She confirmed I breathe wrong, blow wrong, and play wrong, which is brilliant because it means there's lots to now improve 😋

Today's haul from Dragon Cards & Games in Kelowna Lovely store with good range of board/card games and some RPG gems too. Worth the 30 minute walk in blistering heat! @rollandplaypress.bsky.social