Yearly NYR PSA: You want to get fit and that’s great if you’re into it. Running is fun, people think their dogs like running. So a few reminders:

I'm half wondering if the DOJ censoring the released #EpsteinFiles in such a way that they were easily recovered was really incompetence, or if someone over there actually has half a backbone and did it deliberately so they were complying with orders but still getting the proof released...

So, to clarify. They tried to redact everything that would implicate Trump or any of their own in the #EpsteinFiles. (But missed a few bits they've since had to pull) And they fabricated evidence to implicate others at the same time. Hands up who's surprised by this. Anyone? Noone.

A little reminder if anyone needs to hear it for this time of year 🖤

For the love of God DO NOT Give pets as Xmas gifts. Too many of these “gifts” end up at the shelter . A Dog/Cat is a gift we give ourselves and they come with many sacrifices. Time,money, and a certain amount of collateral damage in their puppyhood.

I can't quite work out if Wes Streetings comment about the upcoming strikes leading to the collapse of the NHS are meant to be taken as a threat, an admission of his incompetence, or a combination of the two...

#BookSky people. I've just set up Fable instead of Goodreads for my books. It seems better then Goodreads, but still not as good as I'd like. What do other people think of it?

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (either War or Trek), LOTR, or Marvel

If you're considering posting your #SpotifyWrapped, you might want to reconsider. Turns out Spotify are both pro AI and pro ICE.

Everyone pointing out that MRIs are not preventative are missing the point. All the while you're saying that, you're not demanding the release of the Epstein files. So, they're helping to prevent that...

A Christmas movie is one that only works if it involves Christmas. Many "Christmas" movies would work at any time of year. For example, Home Alone would work equally well at Easter. Die Hard requires a company-wide party in the middle of winter. Christmas is really the only choice...

Is @arcountry.bsky.social just broken? About 3 hours ago when walking the dog, it was playing just music with no Bush&Richie. Now, 3 hours later, it's playing exactly the same songs! Like it's a short playlist on repeat...

“You’ll be visited by three spirits.” The three spirits:

Anyone know if/where you can get an #Aldovia Acorn ornament from @netflix.com #ChristmasPrince?

The #SendGrid phishing attacks are relentless. And some are quite believable. If I actually had a SendGrid account I might almost believe some of them!

Every year, I carefully roll up the Christmas lights and neatly put them away in their boxes. And every year, when I get them out, they're a huge knotted mess. How does this happen?!?

This option was turned off in my Gmail and Workspace settings, but I opt-out on so many AI options.I may not remember changing this particular setting. I don't want AI "helping" me, stealing my data or touching anything on my computers, tablets, etc. Check this setting immediately, friends!

I've just started a new game of Baldurs Gate 1. Dwarven Cleric of Tempus. I've not spoken to Gorion yet. And I've broken two warhammers already!

Whatever is in those files ? Happened to HUMANS because we can not get our shit together about folks boundaries being respected The refusal to handle misogyny to acknowledge we chose to ignore it KILLS AND TRAUMATIZES folks every damn day and may dismantle this country And it’s not funny

I can't quite work out if Trump calling for GOP to vote to release the Epstein files is because: - he thinks they still won't but he's trying to look innocent - he now believes that he'll get away with being a proven pedophile - he's forgotten he's a pedophile - his handlers have forced him to

I am not in charlotte but as a North Carolinian I feel ill.

For anyone who's seen Don't Tell The Bride (out of choice, or otherwise) - which is the worst episode? We can't decide between: - Hollie And James - car park roof - Hayley And Ben - hot tubs But there are so many bad ones to choose from...

Who else thinks that someone suggesting Epstein isn't a pedophile because he "wasn't into 8-year-olds", but instead "liked 15-year-old girls [...] that could pass for even younger than they were" is potentially a pedophile themselves? 🤮😡

I find it both amusing that Kelly Sutton on @arcountry.bsky.social still refers to the other place as Twitter instead of X, and yet also appalled that they're still on there given the state of it these days...

Coming back to #rust after a stint working with Go and Node. The language is much better, but the developer experience isn't quite as good. Especially around testing within #VSCode :( And in particular with the Test Explorer extension.

Age yourself with gaming

Where, if anywhere, are the decent #RPG #PbP sites or apps these days? And are any of them any better than just forum posts? And is there much, if any, interest in this kind of thing any more? Or has everyone just accepted the move to real time play on discord/video/etc?

I'm watching #Woodcreek episode 2 on YouTube. I'm 22 minutes in, and I've just had my 6th advert interruption! (Well,5 interruptions and 1 before it started.) Only 5 seconds for each of them but it's still a bit OTT...

Petition: Reduce the maximum noise level for consumer fireworks from 120 to 90 decibels petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Sorry, but losing titles and moving to another posh estate is not ‘punishment’ for CSE!!!

I'm conflicted. On the one hand, I keep considering a new #StardewValley farm. On the other hand, time and brain power aren't exactly in high availability right now...

You have a smart TV? That's cute, I had a....

We all know that Mike Johnson is refusing to recall the House because he knows this will ultimately lead to the Epstein Files being released. We're all assuming that he doesn't want this because - as we know - Trump is in them. But what if it's because Mike Johnson is in them himself?

When we say to tax the super rich, what do we mean? Let's start with anyone worth more than £95 billion. Why that number? That's the total prize payout of the national lottery - not just the jackpots but all prizes - since it started over 30 years ago. There are people worth more than that...

Does anyone have any recent experience of #SkyStream as compared to #SkyQ? I've heard some horror stories but they're all quite old so I don't know if they're still the case.

Is Celebrity #Traitors worth watching? I've generally liked the traitors. And I've heard good things about this new series. But the last US series I gave up on, and the last Celebrity series I watched but it was a slog...

Out of curiosity - if you're starting a new project, how do you come up with names? In particular, internal names whilst it's being developed. These tend to get everywhere in the project - eg repo names, Java package names, Go module names, etc - and so I'm curious how people choose them...

So, at what point is the US officially in a civil war? Because if it's not "The president ordering one state to send the military to invade another state" then I'm not sure what is...

Is anyone else currently plagued with ladybirds? Or just us?

Skittles are made with real fruit juice. There are 5 different fruit flavours in a bag. I therefore put forth the suggestion that a bag counts as your 5-a-day...

In case anyone needs a reason to vote against the Tories, the fact that they're now making promises to restrict your human rights if they win should be a big one. After all, there really is no other reason to leave the thing that protects your human rights... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Wordle 1,568 3/6 🟨🟨⬛⬛🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Ok, I've never seen that before...

Maybe it's just me, but it seems that the very first people who should stop getting paid in a government shutdown are the people responsible for it. That is, Congress and the President. They can afford to miss a couple of paychecks much more than the people who are actually getting hurt by this...

Random #accessibility question. Does anyone know of any good pages that can be used for testing good, bad and outright missing alt text on images?

I'm curious - how is the Bad Place managing to just get worse and worse? Surely there's a limit at some point?

Wordle 1,549 2/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I actually thought I had it then!

Just seen a YouTube video titled "Charlie Kirk's widow voted to continue his legacy", and it kinda feels like a threat...

Re-watching (New) Dr Who from the start, and I've just reached Pompeii. Which means I've just seen Peter Capaldi buying a TARDIS. But this isn't the twelfth doctor - just someone else who looks exactly like him.

I've been pondering a new idea - basically a single player #MUD game. By having a MUD experience you don't need to worry about art and sound assets, which means you can make a much more involved, complex world than if it's graphical.

So Farage has been going on about how Angela Raynor didn't pay enough stamp duty - by mistake. And that story is all over the news. It turns out that Farage has been deliberately fiddling his earnings from being a GB News presenter so he could pay less tax. And this is hardly being reported at all.