public service announcement: if you're protesting discord's implementation of surveillance to fully use their app, good! but know this is a legislative battle first. CALL YOUR REPS!! let them know that KOSA, OSA, and bills like it are fundamentally broken and authoritarian. tell them you want OUT.

Mullvad tried to advertise on TV what RE: https://mastodon.online/users/mullvadnet/statuses/116092941210459090

minecraft will be switching to vulkan https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/another-step-towards-vibrant-visuals-for-java-edition

i hate the UK https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2026/02/government-set-to-restrict-uk-childrens-use-of-internet-vpns-and-social-media.html

It's crazy seeing all the backlash over Discord's age verification stuff at this point. I utilised the bypass although I'm regretting even using that (as someone said, that's not really protesting against the feature especially when it's being made to look like legitimate traffic). I could […]

i blame my teacher for this

screw Discord RE: https://mastodon.social/users/verge/statuses/116041069446538092

new LIVE schedule for this week!! same as last week with some TRUCKING tonight, followed by more NieR: Automata wednesday and saturday!! 💫 💚 twitch.tv/arispacegirl #vtuber #envtuber

any Android nerds, do external DACs not show the headphone icon out of interest? im borrowing a Zoom h4 Essential recorder from college and you can use it as a DAC but the icon doesn't show meanwhile it does when using USB-C headphones it amazes me how good this makes even the cheap £15 Sony […]

I forgot to post an update but I've officially received a conditional offer to study a Film and TV Production course at my local university! Had an interview there last Wednesday and my feedback is really positive. Going back there in March to have another look around and it should hopefully […]

just abolish the license pls RE: https://mastodon.social/users/ispreview/statuses/115967101300587459

wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage

life is short. let a friend know you care about them, and if there's someone you want to get to know or haven't spoken to in a bit, reach out to them. you never know when it might be too late

Today, Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 (based on Windows Vista and 7) finally, truly reach end of support. Windows Vista and Server 2008 is the longest supported version of Windows, at 19 years. Behind it is Windows XP at 17 years, and Windows for Workgroups 3.11 at 16 years […]

Submitted a UCAS application last week to continue studying media in some sort and I've got a conditional offer for a course at one place and I've got an interview next week for a course at another place! I only put two down but this is exciting ngl

You’ve been asking me for years, and I finally did it. Windows Live Essentials was a suite of free add-on software from Microsoft. It’s a perfect fit into the Windows 7 experience, but it’s been hard to find official download links. Now, we have them easily accessible on a dedicated page […]

I thought vibecoding was like coding with funky music in the background wrf

reasons why you should buy our "industry leading software solution": - it's easy to use after just two week long online interactive training courses - everyone else in the industry is using it - backwards compatible with computers your organization threw out 30 years ago - is actually just an […]

happy new year everyone btw. the team at @[email protected] are looking for backers for a potential limited launch of a Bandwidth plushie https://www.makeship.com/petitions/bandwidth-plushie we need 200 backers within 10 days, backing is US$2. boosting this from my other […]

Today I learnt MP4 files can have location metadata wtf

any Vodafone UK users here out of interest? Vodafone seems to be doing dual carrier B1 for now on a site near me and B28 too, wondering if it's available in other locations in the UK

**Wishing for a Mastodon plushie this Christmas?** 🎄 We’re giving away two of the new ones for free to two random people who boost and favorite this post! Winners will be announced on December 25th, just like last year. If you’d like to support our server and […] [Original post on mastodon.de]

i hate the fact that I consistently have Mad World in my head rn

i like his music but what the hell is Dave on about. no, screw licensing anything to AI platforms frankly. we do not have to bow down to our overlords https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/dec/05/musicians-must-embrace-unstoppable-force-of-ai-eurythmics-dave-stewart-urges

a new "modern" run dialog is being implemented and what the fuck is this

God I gotta love my friends, we've been filming for a lot of the day and I was asked to go back to the college to pick up someone's headphone charger, a pair of scissors and some logging sheets. When I ended up back, they were literally all trying to hide from me in a game of hide and seek and […]

lol https://www.androidauthority.com/mkbhd-panels-shutdown-3620792/

gotta love projects namedropping a project I volunteer for in an announcement trailer (which now we've found out is allegedly racist, homophobic and uses AI code) when they've not made any attempts to reach out to us and we haven't made any attempts to reach out to them

Picked up Three 3G for the last time today before they shut it down on Wednesday here. Would have run speedtests if I had data connection on the eSIM I was using. also I found possibly the first O2 n78 20MHz deployment today in Vodafone host 💀

Up to my usual shenanigans

it amazes me how many times that the Drive feature in -key servers have come in useful. it was useful when I was posting on ISPR and the file limit was so low and it's useful now when I can't send images on Discord since it breaks file operations on my phone

So glad that this college project is finally over, next one should be fun 🤞

hello, I've been doing a bit of filming today (fun)

sounds like I might be using a Canon EOS R5C on Wednesday, interesting might have to get grips with it quickly (no idea if I'll actually be shooting anyways) but honestly it'll be a godsend actually having a viewfinder that I can look at for video recording after continually using EOS 60D […]

i forgot there was an Eggstra Work tbh if it was posted recently

I'm sorry, are people only just noticing this now? It's been in there for as long as I can remember with messing with Pixel IMS and I have never seen it in use. https://www.androidauthority.com/5g-network-carriers-fake-signal-strength-3612738/

## News / Updates: Version 3.0.0 of Animal Crossing New Horizons is coming January 15th I am utterly confused by this move, but here we go. Nintendo has officially announced a major content update to Animal Crossing New Horizons 5 years after launch. As usual, yes Nintendo is making a Switch 2 […]

it's weird suddenly watching a bunch of horror films since I can't say I used to really do it

I swear to god I'm sick of people being on a course and acting like they're interested in something when they're not I'm currently doing a hopefully really cool documentary project that involves paranormal activity and I have had half of my team do f@£_ all in terms of communication. Assigned […]

https://bsky.app/profile/radar.cloudflare.com/post/3m33hvh2ltq2e oof

they seem to be having IP issues more than anything receiving texts on VOXI 4G works (from an O2 - UK number), can send messages to 7726 but not seeing anything back VoWiFi not working, VoLTE seems to be active. Received a call from someone on Talkmobile VoLTE on O2 VoWiFi about the issues […]

[framework sponsoring right wing-led open-source projects] recent remarks from framework's CEO, nirav patel, are incredibly disappointing, and reflect a recurring theme that i'm seeing in tech: embracing, in both vocal and financial support, right-wing bigots and fascists with the excuse of […]

18 today, god help me 😭

This is a long shot but I am going to see whether I can get any advice here. College has just put me onto GCSE English, despite having an equivalent L2 Functional Skills English qualification because I took GCSE English afterwards and got a grade 3... apparently it's due to government funding […]

You know what, lobbying usually is bad but good on Nintendo for doing this RE: https://mas.to/users/oatmealdome/statuses/115320443322559709

It's crazy thinking that in just over a week, I'm 18. Not ready for this whatsoever lol

I can't remember if I've announced this publicly, but I'm currently working on a public database of mobile sites in the UK. If you have anything to contribute, this would make my life a hell of a lot easier! Currently has partial coverage on all networks across various major areas in the UK […]

May as well put it out here now but I'll be attempting to get another #streetpass on my 3DS in #bristol on Friday (I happen to be going to an event over there out of the blue)

I'd love to say I wrote this on O2 EDGE but I didn't... blast to the past with showing up T-Mobile UK 2G (It got 0.11mbps on O2 - UK 2G, sorry I meant O2 -UK 2G)