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FLU and COVID are currently competing for your body. Of course, some greedy feckers out there are inviting both in. There's always one gotta have it worse than you, isn't there? πŸ˜‰
in reply to Thomas

I've been ill all over Christmas. It looks like I gave it to my daughter. My neighbours are ill it's like diseased city at the minute.
in reply to dick_turpin

But "it's all fine and freedom and gatherings and party and work and shit".


A&E is not in crisis. They could cope perfectly well if it weren't for one problem. There are 𝗑𝗒 π—•π—˜π——π—¦ π—”π—©π—”π—œπ—Ÿπ—”π—•π—Ÿπ—˜. There's nowhere to put anyone! This is why patients lay on trolleys in corridors, not because there are no nurses or doctors; there are no beds! Get that through your thick skull!
bbc.co.uk/news/health-64142614


Just been in the spare room and literally ripped the Epson Expression Home XP-2200 Printer off the shelf and took it downstairs, and threw it by the bins. It's only printed once and now won't print the missuses return (pdf) label so guess whose fault that is? Piece of shit.

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I blame myself for not checking. The damn thing was not supported under Linux. I'll get an HP when I get back to work.


Given the news reports we constantly see about how Mrs Miggins waited 18 hours for an Ambulance after a fall, will anyone notice the strike?

bbc.co.uk/news/health-64037440



PINE64 Announces the PineTab2 Linux Tablet


9to5linux.com/pine64-announces…

If only Mark Shuttleworth had gone down the path of Tablets. He'd own the market now, and everyone would love Unity Desktop and the buttons on the left.
#Pinne64 #Tablets #Linux

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RIP Terry Hall
Much too much; you were much too young.
#specials



There will come a day when distributions will ship with nothing save their own theme and logo.
omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/12/ubuntu…
#ArchiveManager #ubuntu


Why would you have "Make and offer" on your #ebay listing only to ignore the offer #ebay suggested I make? I mean, it was only Β£7.00 off the price.
#ebay


Tempted to get a second #ArgonEon I have to say I prefer my current Eon to my QNAP TS-251, which is now switched off because the noise of it constantly accessing the drives was doing my head in. I need a 2nd NAS to back up the 1st NAS
#raspberrypi #backups



The missus went out last night, so me and Charlie watched The Italian Job (The proper version) on the TV and thoroughly enjoyed it. "You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!"

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I wonder what would happen if a resident in a non-EU country refused to recognise the EU? You know, just ignored them. πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ



It's almost like the Tories are clearing out the stables ready to enter the next General Election with a fresh deck?


#BREAKING: Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced he will not be standing for his seat at the next General Election.

πŸ“· PA

#uk #politics #UKPolitics #tories #conservatives #news #MattHancock



Just finished listening to:
Giuliani: The Rise and Tragic Fall of America's Mayor

How many heroes have turned out to be villains in reality?



For all those who think Labour's jazzy idea of getting rid of the House of Lords is a brilliant move against the so-called rich upper classes, I would point out that it is a dangerous move that will remove all control over governments.

parliament.uk/about/faqs/house…

in reply to chrisjrob

The answer is really simple. All it requires is a name change. Personally, I prefer "The Upper House." I don't even think it's necessary to kick out anyone with a title, given over half of them are former MPs anyway.
in reply to dick_turpin

Yes, potentially, but I think the key benefit to them being elected is the increased mandate it will give the house.

I was actually largely in favour of our rather idiosyncratic second chamber until recently, but have become increasingly concerned by some of the people being awarded peerages.



Sadly, I've had to mark one of Evan's threads "Ignore" four days in, and people are still commenting (Totally off-topic, I might add). I prefer Fab's definition of Microblogging:

"It's like standing on a bridge over a flowing river; you see something, watch it for a bit and then it's gone."

in reply to dick_turpin

I think a couple of hours or maybe the next day if someone is catching up, but four days is a bit excessive in my book.

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I asked ChatGPT to write a sarcastic email to customers letting them know that their shitty IoT devices have suffered a security breach.

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I like the tee shirt but I'm not brave enough to wear it.

bellafreud.com/products/hello-…



You know, it hit me this afternoon that I've been on Mastodon since 2017, and then a bunch of Twitter users come along with their agendas of telling everyone that everywhere is full of haters, racists, paedophiles, and god knows what, and all of us folk that were happy with each other in our federated homes are now rushing out to set up our own instances so that we can protect ourselves from these scare mongers. #LeSigh
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dick_turpin

Those calling for that scare me more than Nazis or Racists because they are using the well-tried tactic of forcing dissenters into submission and silence. Tell them they're talking out their backside, and you'll be labelled a hater.

Don't get me wrong, I'm neither for nor against Musk, but I have to say in some areas, he has a point. I honestly think the former Twitter owners were so scared of vast sections of the Twitter userbase that they waived the ban and account delete baton with impunity. I know of a couple of cases where it was obvious that a simple moan over a pathetic Tweet earned the posters an immediate ban with little to no recourse, and I feel, IMO, this is what they are attempting to do with the Fediverse. I'm just worried that Eugen Rochko et al. will roll over like a compliment dog and implement some sort of complete ban from the Fediverse rather than per instance.



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