#BoycottWorldCup2026 #BoycottWorldCup #BoycottWorldCupInUsa The Climate 8-Ball is not going to attend any World Cup games held in the USA.

Your 'doom quote' for today: "If the Party could thrust its hand into the past and say of this or that event, it never happened — that, surely, was more terrifying than mere torture and death." www.thriftbooks.com/w/nineteen-e...

I just closed all the apps on my phone. All 76 of them. I didn't even know I *had* that many on my phone, much less that I actually used them...

Why is embedding Peter Thiel’s Palantir in the British army, navy & airforce a national security disaster? Well consider what happens when you ‘buy’ a Tesla. You’re actually just renting the software. That can be turned off at any time. open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

Civil society condemns ‘dangerous’ UK govt plans for more anti-protest powers. Police must consider the “cumulative impact” of protests in the same area Example: An anti-racist march could be blocked from Whitehall because of a previous farmers’ protest. Civil rights constantly eroded.

Masked government agents are killing people in the streets, abducting people from their homes in the middle of the night, and arresting those who speak out. If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?

Excel's cut/copy/paste game is hot garbage. Literally every other spreadsheet handles it better.

This is such a damn good thread and the only thing I think I can add is that it is really whiplash-inducing to see how many formerly centre-left climate-aligned folks have in the past few months leapt to centre-right tech-aligned. Not sure if it's despair, stewing in Musk's X-swamp, or just honesty

For people who like maximized windows we should be able to maximize them and just have like a tab control for each window. No, not the cluttered mess that is the windows start bar or macOS dock. Just the titles, no icons, no clutter. No stupid "let's group nine windows into a single icon" nonsense.

Glad these aren't for OCD

Does everyone gets asked "why are you here" at passport control now or did I just start looking shady last birthday?

I feel like there are three jams of the apocalypse: traffic, printer and strawberry.

And just like that, Arctic sea-ice extent is now over 200,000 square kilometers below the previous daily record for November 28th.

Just bought a @moleskine.bsky.social notebook, here in Portugal. On the back it says "the history of Moleskine is inside". In English Inside, the booklet about Moleskine is in German, Japanese, traditional and simplified Chinese, French, Spanish or Italian. Just... not Portuguese or English. 🤦‍♂️

"What's Toad up to now?" Asked Ratty. "Motor cars," said Badger. "Again" "Again?" "Running people over, mostly." "Poop poop," said Toad, sinisterly. - Toad Of Hell Hall (Inspired by the rubbish Toad in the Hole I made...)

Safari is the new Internet Explorer - it comes with the OS - you can't uninstall it - it's a pain to write add ons for it - too many sites trust it blindly - weird blue icon

Anyone know how to export a chat form Signal?

I sit down at my desk only to find Excel has acquired a new, uglier icon. Not major, just another annoyance to add to the pile.

Purrple Cat - "What Lies Beyond" youtu.be/ewhb7JwgGnE

Locust Toybox - "Birthday Lungs" youtu.be/maziIZoBTl4

Halloween may be over, but The Skeleton Dance is forever youtu.be/h03QBNVwX8Q

An app just sent me a notification. Sound, banner, everything. To tell me that notifications were turned off and I wouldn't be notified unless I turned them on in settings. Just... why?

I always think the start of Purrple Cat's "Muse" sounds like it belongs in the Amelie soundtrack youtu.be/pzb_iyqcko4

Lovely this - "Bridge of Promises", Jean-Michel Jarre from 1972 youtu.be/ehuGKcQnpCw

I have weighed in on the McLaren team orders situation: www.planetf1.com/features/mcl...

Think I just lost my last remaining respect for McLaren. Norris would have gone past Piastri anyway but they had to make it look as bad as possible didn't they?

Reform already attacking freedom of speech in Britain www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Now I'm having Lola flashbacks. This... this... it'll be OK this time, right? Right?

Every time I hear "Come Back and Shake Me" by Clodagh Rodgers I can't get over the idea that it's written from the point of view an actual doll that's been in the toy box unloved for years begging its owner for a hug and damn it why am I crying again?

If you use the words "code smell" I assume you have the emotional growth level of a five year old.

Just to add to my sense of impending doom today, @purrplecat.bsky.social 's live stream stopped working.

This was supposed to be a temporary profile picture. Now it feels like my emotional support pumpkin.

Amazon's recommendation system is broken. They recommended me a 4 pack of batteries and some weedkiller. Deleted both, refreshed the page. Now they recommend a 6 pack of batteries and a 2 pack of weedkiller. Yeah... not quite what I had in mind.

I just had an expresso macchiato. I think we all know who's to blame for that one.

Six House Rs, many from vulnerable districts, sent a letter to ICE explicitly saying deporting non-criminals makes us less safe. It's a striking document. It undercuts Trump's rationale for mass deportations and reveals deep political vulnerability on the issue. 2/ newrepublic.com/article/1968...

iOS 26 isn't out but I'm already searching how to turn off the "liquid glass" transparency effects

Österreich 🇦🇹 The Hero we didn‘t know we needed! #Eurovision

Lithuania just pulled a blinder. My favourite of Eurovision this year so far.

Microsoft: exciting new features in Teams! Me: great. Just great. How do I turn them off?

This is absolute bullshit, both on a safeguarding and scientific basis. Shamefully poor.

I tried to write "I've been a software developer for years" earlier and autocorrect decided I meant "disaster debris" and I feel it may know me better than I thought it did.

Your 'moment of doom' for Mar. 23, 2023 ~ This too "Australia’s two world heritage-listed reefs – Ningaloo on the west coast and the Great Barrier Reef on the east – have been hit simultaneously by coral bleaching that reef experts have called 'heartbreaking' and 'a profoundly distressing moment'."

Chris Rockz - Melodisch Bügeln (Dreibein mix) youtu.be/g_SQFn2BWK0 #earwormOfTheDay

I just want a day at work, just one, where I don't have to swear at Visual Studio.

Aptos is the new Comic Sans. Only worse.