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You know, a section of society has constantly told you every five minutes for 13,000 years that the rich are driving Britain into the ground, and yet we're still here. It seems to me someones got it wrong somewhere?

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So the statement still stands. They are sat in their towers counting their money, and yet the so-called 'downtrodden' are still here. There was probably two Roman Legionnaires moaning on Hadrian's wall "That fooking Nero and his cronies........."

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"The open-source community was understandably irked by these changes."

They can be irked as much as they like; it's not their train set. #LeSigh
slashgear.com/audacity-open-so…

#LeSigh

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I wonder if "Please hold for the next available advisor" is code for "Fook Off!"?

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Kim Leadbeater (Labour) won with 13,296 votes, a majority of just 323. I wonder if the result would have been the same if she was not Jo Cox's sister?

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I made it to Friday. I just gotta make it to 5 pm.

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mailchi.mp/order-order.com/bor…

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𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 '𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵' 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘀, 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗨𝗯𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘂.

Nothing like a lick of paint to make things look fresh.

twitter.com/omgubuntu/status/1…

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friendica (DFRN) - Link to source
Amazon denies photos of Matt Hancock came from one of its doorbells.

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You have to wonder what the point is of 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 when other members of staff start emailing you: "Have you seen the ticket Dave created?"

We'll Duh!

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Everyone is complaining about Matt Hancock breaking social distancing rules, yet everyone is trying to get to Wimbledon or a football match. 🤷‍♂️
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Thomas
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And they broke the rules for uefa officially. Commerce, profit. Deal with it.

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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗰𝗸-𝘂𝗽!
Bye, bye Matt Hancock
thesun.co.uk/news/15388014/mat…

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Intrigued to know how many people asked their Google assistant, "What day is it today?" I'll hold my hand up and admit I asked my Google mini this morning.

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It's dang hot today. 👍

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That moment having said repeatedly for years, "Do not quote me for items that you do not have in stock!" and yet they go straight ahead and quote you for equipment they do not have in stock! 🤦‍♂️

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Hands up all those who remember people walking around shouting at the top of their voice into their mobile phone? Not because the recipient couldn't hear but to ensure you looked and saw they had a mobile phone. Encryption is pretty much the same. 90% of the population doesn't need it, but if you want to look like Billy-Big-Bollocks, you let everyone know you use it.

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WylieCoyoteUK
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TBF, some people always shout into phones. My wife included.
I sometimes say "Can you speak up a bit?
Mrs Madowlady at number 5 can't quite hear you"
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LOL. My Mrs is deaf in one ear. We often say to her "Can you turn the TV up a bit more, the guy in Manchester can't quite hear it!"

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Douglas Adams — 'This must be Thursday,' said Arthur to himself, sinking low over his beer. 'I never could get the hang of Thursdays.'

𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺!

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WylieCoyoteUK
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Thursday was always the busiest day at the opticians where the wife used to work, so we always went out for a meal and a pint or two on Thursday night. :)
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We always seem to get the swine who leave it till the last minute at about a quarter to five on a Friday.

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Free OpenSuSE Tee Shirt, anybody?
robbinespu.gitlab.io/blog/2021…
I suspect it would be honourable if you actually attended. I'm not sure saying: "I was there virtually." is a tad naughty. ;-)

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Every single Tech based podcast will be talking about today's outage on the Interwebs. #LeSigh
#LeSigh

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It's funny how people on Mastodon think EVERYONE is on the Fediverse.

People on Twitter think EVERYONE is on Twitter.

People on Facebook think EVERYONE is on FB

"I only know of it because you mention it and you're the only person I know uses it."

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Happy Birthday @redbrain
Just because we don't speak doesn't mean I've forgotten you.🎂 🥳 🍻

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Shaking my English fist at clouds as they play silly buggers with the light switch: "Sun on, Sun off. Sun on, Sun off." #ukweather
#ukweather

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A couple of months ago, I told the window cleaner to come every other month rather than every month. He actually got his arse in hand with me.

He was due yesterday but didn't show up (Talk about immature), so we got a new old school one yesterday. A man with a bucket and a ladder rather than the other twat and his hosepipe pole and his "I don't need to dry them I put a chemical in the wash. WTF?

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I've been watching Undercover on Netflix. It's a Belgian-Dutch crime drama about undercover cops. I started out liking Bob Lemmens, the main character, but now I kind of wanna see him get his comeuppance tbh. Thoroughly enjoying it, though.

friendica (DFRN) - Link to source
It's Friday, ya bunch of ferret worriers!

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Hoping to find some time for social media today.

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The weather's too nice to be pratting around on Social Media. Plus I'm working from H̶o̶m̶e̶ Garden today.

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Dodged another bullet. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-572…
They'll be calling him The Teflon Don soon.

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That's a point. If you fill out a car insurance request on GoCompare, for example, it will ask you how many days a week you drive? For the last year, my car has hardly moved off the drive! So that's a tough one to answer truthfully.

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WylieCoyoteUK
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yeas, my 2017 Prius PHEV has only just passed the 30K mark, and for 18 months of the llast 4 years it was my company car, doing a minimum of 250 miles a week.
I used to do more than 30K a year at one time.

friendica (DFRN) - Link to source
Where did I put my surprised face?
theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/m…

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@stannard I've just looked at your Bio. You want to eat Nigella Lawson? She'd probably want to snort coke off your bum if you believe what the papers say.
@stannard

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FOSDEM switches networks. No surprise there, then.
fosdem.org/2021/news/2021-05-2…

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Pfft! I'd say a good 80% of it is already here.
bbc.co.uk/news/technology-5712…

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I think We live in a mix between 1984 and Brave New World.Surveillance everywhere but people happily sharing their data.
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It always makes me smile that everyone in the FOSS community thinks that the world at large (Which is a billion times bigger than the FOSS community) thinks the same as them in terms of security when in reality, Joe Public couldn't give a toss. Millions of devices are out there with no AV—millions of people using their DOB as a password. My Missus uses passwords that would make you cry! And as for sharing data.......

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I wondered how long it would take insurance companies to implement Lie Detection. Thank The Pond Gods; this lot have dropped the idea.
theregister.com/2021/05/26/ai_…

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friendica (DFRN) - Link to source
The Freenode saga reminds me of Github. Everyone is flocking to librachat (We like Libra)librairc.net/

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Here's something to cheer you up. The clocks go back in 22 weeks 5 days
gov.uk/when-do-the-clocks-chan…

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Creative Commons is celebrating 20 Years
creativecommons.org/20-years/

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Please don't say it too loudly, but I have the patio door open. It's actually stopped raining!
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Lord Alan of Chaol Ghleann (MOVED ACCOUNT TO @Alan@the.rear.cab)
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It rained when I walked to the station and then stopped when I got there earlier.

Where were your patio doors then, huh?

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I've had to close it now. It's gone a bit cold. The dog looked at me as if I'm some sort of jailer!

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Is it just me that finds it ironic that people on Twitter et al. are posting messages saying, "I don't have any money to buy in the dip"
So let me get this right, You've no money yet you want to invest in #crypto, which is currently haemorrhaging money, and you're hoping someone will flip you a few quid with your "Get Rich Quick s̶c̶h̶e̶m̶e̶ gamble."
#crypto

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Gasp! No! Not yet another political leader with shady financial dealings?
order-order.com/2021/05/25/jer…

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Half a room? With lawyers fees, he could have done the whole flat and possibly No1. 10 staircases!

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When are we getting Tesla planes?

friendica (DFRN) - Link to source
Even though it says in black & white what you will need, I bet people still buy it without a POE router or switch in their home.🤦‍♂️
thepihut.com/products/raspberr…
#raspberrypi #poe
#raspberrypi #poe
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