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  I have no idea what it's like to suffer a psychosis and I hope I never find out. Having said that, I cannot help but wonder what would happen if I started hearing "commands" in my head. Who, or what, would I attribute such "commands" to? How could I possibly convince myself that I would be sending young children to a "heaven" if that word is meaningless to me? I really hope I'll never find out. https://www.bbc.com/news/art...

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  Mr. Hansom needs a new make-up artist as his current one forgot to clean up the bit of spider web under his right eye. #caturday

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  @TheBreadmonkey LOL the missus and I just finished Season 6 and all I can say is "about time!"

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  No, #NYT Suddenly popping the (paid) "Subscribe" button in the exact location where the "Play" button was only a fraction of a second earlier is not going to encourage me to subscribe. It's only going to make me hate your shitty UX. #enshittification See Alt Text

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  Many years ago I realised #Spotify 's shuffle is shit. I found a thread about it on the spotify forum that was posted in January 2020 https://community.spotify.com/t5/Implemented-Ideas/All-Platforms-Option-to-have-a-true-shuffle/idi-p/4880594 January 2020 ROTFLMAO I soon realised that Spotify didn't give a shit, and I closed my account. What I've been hearing about Spotify and Daniel Ek in recent years has only shown me that I was right to do so. I'm not going...

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  A good #wordling day. Switching accounts as my main account is still experiencing technical difficulties Wordle 1,893 3/6** for 25 August, 2026 (Left Wordle) 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 47 🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ 2 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 0 Wordle 1,893 3/6* ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 @jswright61 for info. Alternative account. @Xorky @lefthandbass59 @Jilly5

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  @TheBreadmonkey I bet this will stop it

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  My @rozeboosje@masto.ai is currently experiencing "technical difficulties". @stux@mstdn.social any updates on masto.ai ?

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  Another starry eyed victory full of hope that will lead to inevitable disappointment because such victors NEVER deliver on the unrealistically high hopes of those who voted for them. This is not me being cynical, just realistic. Tisza's win is brilliant for the EU and for Hungary, but it won't deliver utopia. Don't expect utopia. Tisza itself needs to realise this, too. It needs to realise, from day one, that over 16 years Fidesz gerrymandered and subverted Hungary&...

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  This is the sort of idiotic narrative we need to lose: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2gjdx241wo "Think of Canada. It has seen its trade with the US slump. But its prime minister Mark Carney's strategy has seen Canada's trade surge with the rest of the world by 14% - which amazingly is worth more than was needed to cover its trade lost with the US." Amazingly? What sort of a cackling imbecile would still be "amazed" by that? Yes it has...

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  I have sometimes wondered whether the idiocy coming from Trump is just part of a clever game he's playing. I'm convinced now that that isn't the case. The man really is thicker than two short bricks glued together. He genuinely is exactly as stupid as he acts. He's a grifter and a con artist and the only thing he has ever been good at in his life is to part even bigger fools and their money and having that money end up in his own pocket. And now even THAT marble i...

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  Met panter pootjes En panter oogjes Da's Bella Miauw Bella Miauw Bella Miauw Miauw Miauw #antifa kitteh #caturday

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  #Moderation proposal for Mastodon. At the moment, moderation is strictly local. And in principle that makes perfect sense. Each server has its own "rules" to be enforced locally. But this can be problematic for small instances. Imagine an instance with just a few hundred users on it. Or even just a few dozen. There is probably just one admin. One person to look after that instance's moderation. People have to sleep. They have lives outside running and maintaining the...

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  Es kommt vor, daß ich meine, daß etwas klirrt Daß sich irgendetwas in mich verirrt Ein geräusch, nicht einmal laut Manchmal klirrt es vertraut Selten so, daß man es direkt durchschaut Man wird wach, reibt die augen und sieht In einem bild zwischen brueghel und bosch Keinen menschen, der um sirenen etwas gibt Weil entwarnung nur halb soviel kostet Es riecht nach kristallnacht In der ruhe vor dem sturm, was ist das? Ganz klammheimlich verlässt wer die stadt Honoratioren inkognito hasten vorbei Off...

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  Your ideology is worth jack shit if you refuse to understand that someone who paid a mortgage for 30 years, or someone who slaved for 30 years to eke out a living from their mom & pop corner shop, or someone who is paying off a hefty loan on their car is NEVER going to be convinced of the "correctness" of your "direct action" if this consists of you rampaging down their street and destroying all the things they worked so hard for. They're not...

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  So I am in the Netherlands and instead of me helping my 87 year old dad around the house I am stuck in bed with him waiting on me hand and foot. It's not right but thankfully he's a very fit 87 year old. On Thursday morning I had a shower. My dad has a shower curtain and you know the way they tend to billow inward as the hot water comes down. Except I felt like I was falling toward it. Only lasted a couple of seconds and I didn't dwell on it. The rest of the day was fine...