See also: house spiders; house sparrows ...

Ah yes, Manchester - that well-known part of London. 🙄

And last week they had Valentine's toilet roll. They're really scraping the bottom now... 🙄

Birds Eye to sack all their campanologists. They're going for the no-bell peas prize.

This is not my cat. #Caturday #NotMyCat

Two women argue with each other from their doorsteps on opposite sides of the street. They can never reach agreement, because they are arguing from different premises.

@thepihut.com I gather this pattern of 4 long + 7 short blinks on the ACT LED means “Power failure type B”: www.raspberrypi.com/documentatio... But what does “Power failure type B” actually mean? Also (not shown in video) the PWR LED continues to glow for ~ 15 mins after unplugging the USB J1

How awfully nice of the scammers to include directions for spotting scams!

Crufts to re-brand as Maslow's Hierarchy of Breeds

The Good, The Bad, and The Sausage. 101 Sausages. The French Lieutenant's Sausage Captain Corelli's Sausage Star Sausages Star Trek III: The Search for Sausage Beauty And The sausage Carry On Sausage

LOL: The @nationaltrust.org.uk is promoting "Slow Looking" - taking more time to look at each exhibit. My wife already complains that I spend too long looking in detail at each exhibit! 🤣 And my Dad was "worse".

Bat Signal activated at #Paignton #Pier

Always true to their word, eh? 🙄

From Viz, three years ago: The Brexit Opportunity Detector. Still looking.

Another Boris Broken Promise 🙄

Should corporates leave X following Grok's AI undressing scandal? www.linkedin.com/pulse/should...

A touch of Schultz's genius for #RomanFortThursday 👌😊 Perhaps we've been getting it wrong on AD43 all these years 🤔

Without any sponsorship, Ada Lovelace Day relies on the generosity of the community to get anything done. Could you chip in to help me attend a couple of ALD-related events? I'd love to raise another £400, which would see me through the month. www.gofundme.com/f/ada-lovela...

I've had confirmation from the British Library that they do indeed have copies of some letters between Ada Lovelace and Florence Nightingale, so now planning a trip into London to see those. If you can donate a fiver to help me continue ALD-related work, I'd be very grateful. And please share!

Do I know any scientists based in Antarctica? Or who can put me in touch with someone? Reposts gratefully accepted!

🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Last year, nearly one hundred people donated to ensure I could move the Ada Lovelace Day website to a new hosting platform, go to four events, and run ALD online in October. With the arrival of a New Year, though, comes the need for a new fundraiser: www.gofundme.com/f/ada-lovela...

Sister Sludge

Was it a pincer movement...? 🤔

Our "fake" tree must be over 30 by now...

I recognise the above-ground bits, as there is one of these ROC posts near where I grew up. Never seen the underground structure before, though!

Now that's what I call carrots!

It's only a diskette if it comes from the Disquette region of France. Otherwise it's just a 3½" floppy.

It's quite incredible how this poor and inaccurate tool has been prioritised and integrated *so* effectively that I regularly have people tell me something they've 'looked up' and I have to say 'you're not just reading the AI overview are you' and they are. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

I have been reminded that I already wrote four years ago about how to design a control system for agentic systems. apenwarr.ca/log/20211201

Old #software developers don't die - they just turn to #Rust...

This doesn't sound specific to bicycles - I think the same applies generally to physical product development, manufacturing, & sales. As the saying goes, #hardware is hard - not just to develop, but also to manufacture & scale.

Do people still refer to switching TV channels as seeing what's on "the other side"? Or is that just showing my age? 🤔

If you’ve ever logged data to an SD card or saved files on a #microcontroller, you've probably used FatFs without realizing it. As I'm working on a port for it, I'm reminded what a great embedded #OpenSource project looks like. 👇 shawnhymel.com/3113/an-ode-... #embedded #programming #Arduino

High numbers of people checking when is Bin Day - who'd have thought it?! 🙄 @basingstokegov.bsky.social

Absolutely! Christmas Day is the *first* day of Christmas. See also: Easter...

The Italian Job (1969) - a prophetic lesson in #cybersecurity * A brownout attack * Malicious software upload * Denial of Service

There seems to be several UK TV programmes about dog rescues, but none about #cat rescues ? This can't be right!

Remembering the late Meg and Gimli #CatsOfChristmasPast

Happy Christmas, everyone!

Why do they keep calling this a sinkhole? It's not a sinkhole - just a straightforward embankment collapse. #ClickBait @channel4news.bsky.social

Michael Sheen is just. An exemplary human being in so many ways

Product placement... #MerryCatmas #BombaySapphire

A gentle reminder if you've received an invoice from a Freelancer/Self employed person which is due before Christmas. Be a love, and pay it today.

This doesn't just affect scientists. The administrative burden for businesses applying for government funding can severely impact - or even negate - the value of the funding.