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Wonkish @wonkish.bsky.social · 1h

Do you have these near all of your windows or is this the only one like this? I do actually know what my ones are for, though I can’t figure out if we’re just having fun or you actually want a good hint.

Wonkish @wonkish.bsky.social · 1h

Can someone call the FBC for us?

A photo of a white wall with a fused white switch almost at the ceiling, the switch is turned off.

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Wonkish @wonkish.bsky.social · 1h

I think you’re forgetting their Microsoft partnership..

Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 1h

Microsoft is teasing a "big" Windows announcement for Thursday, with some vague clues about your hands and fingers getting some rest. Is it gestures? Voice controls? The return of Clippy? I guess we don’t have long to find out 🤔 www.theverge.com/news/799673/...

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Wonkish @wonkish.bsky.social · 1h

Considering how OpenAI just announced horny mode for ChatGPT is coming (pun noted), I am now unfortunate reading this as Microsoft threatening us with, some, erm, ‘interesting’ hardware.

Wonkish @wonkish.bsky.social · 1h

Can someone call the FBC for us?

Wonkish @wonkish.bsky.social · 12h

..you guys are getting 7 hours of sleep?

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Wonkish @wonkish.bsky.social · 20h

USS Final_final_REALLYFINAL_thisone222*

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Wonkish @wonkish.bsky.social · 20h

I think the bigger question relates to how K-Smog and Batboy were caught flipping a grunt tbh.

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Wonkish @wonkish.bsky.social · 1d

Obligatory:

Alexis Rose - "A Little Bit Alexis" [Official Video]

YouTube video by David Deir

www.youtube.com

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Wonkish @wonkish.bsky.social · 1d

Is there a way/might there ever be a way to add arbitrary files/folders to the sidebar in Nova?

Wonkish @wonkish.bsky.social · 1d

I can't remember their name, but I know another company has been offering something similar but to heat your water, for a while as well here.

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Wonkish @wonkish.bsky.social · 1d

Ngl, I instantly recoiled even at the first photo, because without external shading, and with very little insulation to keep the heat out (EPC: E), that place is going to be a fucking oven in the summer, and in the winter? Ice ice baby.

Oh, and yeah, you can watch your partner take a shit from bed.

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Wonkish @wonkish.bsky.social · 1d

..TiL the restaurant chain is named after a kind of pepper.

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 2d

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 3d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Wonkish @wonkish.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, humans have really gotten *a lot* of mileage out of some plants, especially Brassica.

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Wonkish @wonkish.bsky.social · 1d

@taskmaster.tv is on here, though that series was 7 years ago, so hopefully they figured it out since then.

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Wonkish @wonkish.bsky.social · 8d

Obligatory:

A screenshot of a quote post on Twitter, the original post is:

@YouGov • 12 Jul 19
One in eight men (12%) say they could win a point in a game of tennis against 23 time grand slam winner Serena Williams.

The main post is from Jason @longwall26:

Confident in my ability to properly tennis, I take the court. I smile at my opponent. Serena does not return the gesture. She'd be prettier if she did, I think. She serves. The ball passes cleanly through my skull, killing me instantly

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Wonkish @wonkish.bsky.social · 2d

“Okay so do you mean it’s like spicy..?”

“HOT ICE CREAM!”

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Wonkish @wonkish.bsky.social · 2d

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Wonkish @wonkish.bsky.social · 2d

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Wonkish @wonkish.bsky.social · 2d

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Wonkish @wonkish.bsky.social · 2d

Could be wrong, but I think it's partly that even if you didn't use For You, Musk's changes still affected what you'd see even in the supposedly non-algorithmic timeline, alongside the replies being sorted based on who paid, the changes to content moderation, and the outright banning of accounts.

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Wonkish @wonkish.bsky.social · 2d

I can't seem to find it now, but I keep remembering the woman who one halloween, literally went as a Lib Dem bar chart. Utter legend.

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Wonkish @wonkish.bsky.social · 2d

It's always fun to be reminded of the extent to which our voting system means the UK isn't really democratic in practice.

10.2% of the vote? 8 seats.

20.3% of the vote? 103 seats.

31% of the vote? 351 seats and you run the entire country, even though 69% of the country didn't vote for you.

Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 2d

Nowcast Update: Reform Steady, Labour at lowest & Greens at highest since GE24.

RFM: 351 (+346), 31.0% - (52 Maj.)
LAB: 103 (-308), 20.3%
LDM: 76 (+4), 13.5%
SNP: 43 (+34), 2.7%
CON: 35 (-86), 17.8%
GRN: 8 (+4), 10.2%
PLC: 6 (+2), 1.0%
Oth: 9 (+4), 3.5%

electionmaps.uk/nowcast

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Wonkish @wonkish.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like if you spend enough time looking at Grindr profiles, you can be/find half of these on there today.

Wonkish @wonkish.bsky.social · 2d

Also, for me as a perennial reply guy, Twitter became extra unpleasant/pointless, because unless you pay, good luck getting almost anything you reply with seen by anyone. If I want to just yell things without ever getting any response, I have pillows for that.

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