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Software developer, writer of wrongs, photonerd and currymuncher

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I'd settle for sending one of his to Iran

08.03.2026 22:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Better wait another 20 years before you implement age verification then.

08.03.2026 21:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I would console you with the thought that the 38% will be eroded much more in the next 2ยฝ years.

But there's a hardcore vote that would still support him even if he invaded their homes at night and ate their children.

08.03.2026 19:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This feels deliberate

07.03.2026 16:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah well there's a story going around about a 13yo who bit Trump's cock, so who's the loser?

07.03.2026 16:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I didn't understand this until I found a 1975 Tonight Show clip of Reagan saying essentially "if only we could get rid of all those government jobs".

50 years later, with DOGE, they got the chance, and took it.

They've always been like this.

07.03.2026 16:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's a bloody weird kind of English they talk, I'll tell you that for nowt.

07.03.2026 16:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And into the hands of terrorists.

07.03.2026 15:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For a quick solution to this, just curl this online script into your root shell and cross your fingers...

06.03.2026 19:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No good blaming the AI. This is a straightforward failure of oversight. Just like not checking a junior's work. Every organisation that avoids the dull time-consuming process of proof-reading or code review ends up paying the price; and this is no different.

06.03.2026 19:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Headline from BBC News on the statement from the White House Press Secretary: "US military has enough weapons to demolish Iranian regime - White House press secretary"

Headline from BBC News on the statement from the White House Press Secretary: "US military has enough weapons to demolish Iranian regime - White House press secretary"

This is a really odd statement to make unless you're in danger of running out of weapons.

06.03.2026 17:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Only 1 out of 3 Oklahoma senators will understand this.

06.03.2026 17:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Someone make him say "homo erectus"

06.03.2026 16:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 61 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's not freedom if you can't afford to commute to work, can't afford healthcare, and you're afraid to go outside for fear of being attacked by ICE or
an Iranian with a grudge.

06.03.2026 13:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I do hope this Axel Springer won't cause a decline in the Telegraph's high editorial standards.

06.03.2026 12:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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John Prescott's son joins Greens David Prescott decision to join the Greens comes as the party overtakes Labour for the first time in the polls.

Prescott joins Green Party. Dad would have approved quite possibly.

06.03.2026 07:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 21 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

I'm translating it as "they have no dog in this fight"

06.03.2026 10:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Mullin probably shakes hands with Pete "soap-dodger" Hegseth too. Considering the health advice there getting from RFK Jr, I don't rate their chances.

06.03.2026 08:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We should make more use of phrases like "in which they have neither camel nor she-camel".

06.03.2026 08:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 17 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Further evidence supporting the "Everyone is 12" theory about the regime.

06.03.2026 07:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Absolutely. Always want to point they'll be sending people, not just boots.

04.03.2026 15:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

At this point I'd be happy to see Spain retaliate and take Texas back. Couldn't be worse that Greg Abbott running the place.

04.03.2026 13:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That's more political analysis than you'll find in the article.

04.03.2026 13:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Historically the Express only ever covered three kinds of stories: health scare stories, weather scare stories, and anti-foreigner stories.
In these uncertain times, it's reassuring to know that the Express, even its US sister paper, is still consistently crap.

04.03.2026 12:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fascinating to watch Nana Akua realise she might have chosen the wrong side.

03.03.2026 22:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 28 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Mission Accomplished is it now?

03.03.2026 14:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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two young men in a library with one wearing a t-shirt that says ' a ' on it Alt: Dick and Dom in da library, playing the BOGEYS game.
03.03.2026 02:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Remembering the excitement about the Arab Spring and how it was a long brutal bloody nightmare for people in Egypt, Libya, Syria and Yemen.

02.03.2026 20:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A quote by Carl Sagan Weโ€™ve arranged a society on science and technology in which nobody understands anything about science and technology, and this combustible mixture of i...

I think Carl Sagan predicted something like this in "The Demon-Haunted World" 30 years ago.

www.goodreads.com/quotes/10716...

02.03.2026 14:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nah it was just the basic cheapskate version. No special training. Just using it like I might have used StackOverflow or Superuser.

Similar useless results from Copilot.

01.03.2026 17:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0