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• Post #3820144

  i wonder if anyone reading this is a sailing type that would answer a stupid question? i'm not a boat/ship person, but it looks as i need to buy some line and a couple of pulley blocks. a chandlery seems the best place to do that. this is going to sound weird, but i want it to get stuff in and out of the attic. i can't carry boxes up a ladder any more; i'm getting old. so, i bought a vehicle cargo net, some washing line, and a couple of shitty pulleys. it works! two pulley system m...

• Post #2329810

  petty complaint about trump and the coverage of him: those aren't windmills. windmills grind flour; the clue is in the name — "mill". just because the deranged idiot doesn't know what a wind turbine is, doesn't mean journalists have to copy him.

• Post #2003314

  just started following politico as a news source. can anyone unpick this bollocks about left-wing terrorists? did i follow a shitty news source?

• Post #1940209

  #MakeUpAGuy little bit of rouge and eyeliner, but not so much that it stands out.

• Post #1700220

  subtoot: oh gods, i used to think these people were so smart, i learned so much good coding practice from listening to them, but the new podcast is all AI this and AI that; stuff that they wouldn't have to do if they had good test coverage, even, but for some reason that's not a thing any more…

• Post #1700219

  #Microfiction I opened the door to a delivery guy, soaked through to the skin, looking as miserable as it gets. The rain was running down his face in rivulets. I looked up at the sky. Blue, no clouds. "Dude," he wailed, what the fuck?" "Let me guess," I said, taking a box from him (it was bone dry), "last time you came you dumped a package in the shrubbery and ran for it? Should have read the sign." "I don't see n...

• Post #1353613

  **The impossible promise: are we witnessing the return of fascism?** the slow horse runs in circles just before the finish line here — we're carefully defining fascism as something Hitler's Germany had but we do not, quite. still, a lot of truth is spoken in passing. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/apr/18/the-impossible-promise-are-we-witnessing-the-return-of-fascism

• Post #1134051

  #microfiction "People of earth, please remain calm. Your generals, billionaires and other leaders are quite safe. We're testing them for psychopathy, and we'll return those that are mentally stable once they've all worked out a plan for the planet. We've disabled your nuclear weapons, and we would advise all armies to retreat to within their own borders. We'll only ask once. If any of you are in need of help, please post on theadultsarehere.com, a...