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• Post #4197057

  "Activist charged with felony after giving border agent “duress code” that wiped his phone The [United States] government says destroying his own data during an airport interrogation was illegal. " - Arstechnica.com https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/07/activist-charged-with-felony-after-giving-border-agent-duress-code-that-wiped-his-phone/

• Post #3967822

  Updated Consumer Trading Law mean that a lot of #USA and #EU small businesses just won't sell items to the #UK any more - apparently this has been. True since Dec 2024? ... Speaking as a UK resident.. this sucks. #GPSR = The General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) is the EU law that ensures all consumer products sold in the EU meet strict safety standards. Note: This also applies to digital products, like PDF patterns, AND products not sold, but provided for Free. https://www.lucylegal....

• Post #3961059

  #Stationary question. Do drawing #compases that can hold large width pens exist? I mean like phat Posca marker size ? Or is it a edge case so small I'll have to DIY something ?

• Post #3959283

  I will soon own a pair of flush cut pliers. I imagine this will make me Unstoppable* [* For A Very Teeny, Tiny, Measurable, definition of Unstoppable when encountering plastics that need flush cutting] #Craft #Crafting #CraftTools

• Post #3910431

  Oof. Reading a piece of long form fanfiction and this quote just jumped up and punched me ~straight in my psyche~ : "People think I’m tough. And maybe I am. Maybe I’ve earned it. But tough doesn’t mean untouched. It just means you learned how to bleed quietly." #Fanfic #introspection #writing

• Post #3898131

  The Industry rumour is that Netflix is attempting to buy Letterbox - because part of the Dystopian Now apparently involves every media outlet in the world being owned and/or a subsidiary of the same freaking Big Six companies. I hate this. I hate all of this. https://www.salon.com/2026/07/15/if-letterboxd-sells-out-to-netflix-the-people-lose/

• Post #3885055

  I made a small flower cushion (1/4 size). It is cute and wonky and I learned a lot about cotton shrinkage and fabric tension and got to make shank buttons. Image: Photo of a yellow flower cushion.made out of cotton material with a metal ruler showing 9 inch diameter. #Sewing

• Post #3765865

  Friends, I just had THE Most horrifying interaction with a banana, that the heatwave and humidity had somehow managed to ~ liquify inside the intact banana skin~. The words Undulating Waves might allow you to imagine *some* of the interaction but.. :: shudder :: Mere words cannot convey, the squishy sloshy sound and excruciatingly WRONG feel of the thing. #heatwave #fruit #banana #EldritchHorror #Ew

• Post #2364468

  Nobody: .... Me: WHIMSYMAXXING IS A NEW PHRASE THAT NEEDS TO GO DIE IN A FIRE ! ABSOLUTELY MUST STOP. STOPPIT. STAHP. #English #Slang #Linguistics

• Post #2306304

  So an - interesting ? depressing? worth mentioning? - thing about my latest hyper-fixation is that is features a bunch of human characters rendered in 3d who all have very distinct faces and features. Particularly thier noses. Anyway, every #AI generated image or video about these characters straightens out their noses and makes them all the same nose. Which is .. weird. ? 😖🤔🤷🏿‍♀️ I suspect it's because the 'average' amalgamation of images of a human #nose, probably is &a...

• Post #2306299

  I find this very soothing to watch. I can almost see the travel vectors in my mind. The Math is (for once) Math-ing nicely https://zpravobot.news/@Rainmaker1973/116545206928774534

• Post #2306297

  Peeps who have followed me for a while - should I watch the TV series Heated Rivalry* ? 🤔 Seems like a looooooota people like it.. ? [Am unlikely to read the book because I don't read many books with modern contemporary settings, but I watch plenty of contemporary set TV shows. Soooo 🤔🤷🏿‍♀️!] #HeatedRivalry

• Post #2140945

  This seems like a cool thing: The Periodic Table Of Linux Distros. [ Please note, I am not the creator of this table just found it interesting ] "The Linux family of distributions is large, varied and complex. There are hundreds of Linux distributions in the world, many of them with close ties to other projects and it can be difficult to keep track of the relationships between distributions." - Distrowatch #Linux #LinuxDistros #OS #Computers #OpenSource #Freeware https://di...

• Post #1942026

  Soooo #hobbii brand got bought by a "Tech company" and the CEO recently made a LinkedIn post all about how ~great AI generated images~ are. Notably they didn't put that on their store anywhere - just LinkedIn. Aaaand the backlash has been swift. Consumer trust ? Nuked from space. Influencer Goodwill? *obliterated*. Why buy a company to just destroy it ? #cotton #knitting #crochet #yarn #yarncraft #Craft #Craftwitch #YarnWitch

• Post #1901770

  This could potentially be a fantastic (NO A.I !) drawing / art reference for all kinds of hairstyles: "The HJ Gallery Seventy years of hairdressing inspiration created by some of the industry's most iconic names, including Vidal Sassoon, Trevor Sorbie and Anthony Mascolo " https://hji.co.uk/gallery #Art #ArtReferences #References #drawing #Hair #HairStyles

• Post #725272

  Edit: Thanks to every one who answered. I learnt a lot about U.S. linguistics and Boston ! ----- How do People from Boston, America pronounce Boston? [This is just for funzies.] Boyf and I are disagreeing 🤣 #Accents #Boston #America #RegionalAccents