Dave T-W @davoloid@social.cleverlibre.org
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Just another worried little citizen of this modern-day Pompeii. Techie at UCL, moving towards Process Automation with MS Power Platform. Scatterbrain, interested in education, languages, Space and lots of disparate things. sorry.
Keeping my space toots at @astrodad as an experiment in self-moderation :)
*Background banner is a photo Yorkshire flag in blue and white, in front of a classic bell tent, in a field of similar tents at a festival.
Joined Oct 2022
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Cutting it close for Valentine's Day? Cut these out. https://brianmcfadden.org/2024/02/02/2024-valentines/
Thank you, well-being advisors. I followed your suggestion.
1) Up early for sociable run
2) Watched the highlights at lunchtime, which was still exciting
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Sportscaster: It is finally Super Bowl Sunday!
Other Sportscaster: Oh I thought it was Superb Owl Sunday hahaha
Owl: We get one single holiday the entire year and it's just a big fucking joke to you people.
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I'm two minds whether I stay up to watch the #Owl tonight. Simultaneously everything warped yet magnificent about American culture.
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They wouldn’t be able to ban the flipper zero in the USA because of our 2nd amendment right to bear ARM’s which everyone knows refers to the processor
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@davoloid @Tendar
Oh Lord yes! Meduza comes through as always.
https://mstdn.social/deck/@meduza_en@masto.ai/111901945071411033
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Tucker Carlson’s two-hour interview with Vladimir Putin may not have revealed much that we didn’t already know, but it did inspire a lot of good jokes.
https://t.co/3dYc5urnh1
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The Tucker-Putin interview is only a day in the past and devolves already in an absolute failure for Putin and his lesser minions in the West. I have already made my initial statement that the distorted history lesson of Eastern Europe was an absolute blunder. The attention span of the regular social media screamer from the right (and left) cannot exceed the length of a 3-minute tik tok video. Neither can their average meme-IQ last a text longer than 280 characters.
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But it is not only that. As you can see in the reposted text, it is even in Russian social media space where people are rather dismayed about the trajectory of this interview. Some even correctly assess that Putin's obsession of history - or better his distortion of thereof - is rather contrary to the intended goals. Putin is very much trapped in in his deluded world and then makes decisions as before February 24 for a full scale invasion which even many in his circle call ludacris.
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I always dreamed of a #MachineTranslation app that asks for clarifications – until I built one myself. https://www.fairslator.com/
Well folks, I've given it a couple of months, but have concluded that beards are a) too much faff and b) don't work for me. It was fun while it lasted.
Also it's a different colour to my head.
@ryanhoulihan I can't believe I have only just noticed your festive profile pic. Amazing look!
Given that Putin is repeating his version of Ukrainian history, it's a good time to share these excellent series of Yale talks about Nationhood, Identity, Culture and History itself. Focused on Ukraine, but lessons for us to think about in our own countries.
https://snyder.substack.com/p/making-of-modern-ukraine-lecture
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"Alexa, but with empathy." 🙄
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68165762
Meanwhile, somewhere the data centre that hosts this nonsense is guzzling up precious water and energy that could be used for much better purposes.
Why are humans so incredibly dumb..?
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A close look at the law and policy of holding a Northern Ireland border poll
How the law carefully shapes what will be an essentially political decision
New detailed post by me
https://emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-look-at-the-law-and-policy
Santander clearly never heard about Streisand effect. Complaining about a rival's advert which makes general claims about the industry (which happen to be true in their case). Clearly a parody of banks in general.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68250836
- Location
- Mostly London
- Pronouns (plz)
- he/him
Just another worried little citizen of this modern-day Pompeii. Techie at UCL, moving towards Process Automation with MS Power Platform. Scatterbrain, interested in education, languages, Space and lots of disparate things. sorry.
Keeping my space toots at @astrodad as an experiment in self-moderation :)
*Background banner is a photo Yorkshire flag in blue and white, in front of a classic bell tent, in a field of similar tents at a festival.
Joined Oct 2022
