Ozzy
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Update to my life situation blog post: Dates for help with benefits applications and the meeting with repair contractors.
It's still a long process with no income but at least things are moving.
karohemd.dreamwidth.org/2368074.html
Donations: paypal.me/karohemd
Please reskeet and thank you!
It's still a long process with no income but at least things are moving.
karohemd.dreamwidth.org/2368074.html
Donations: paypal.me/karohemd
Please reskeet and thank you!
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While the Carers Allowance Overpayment scandal is obviously incredibly important, it's also worth paying attention to the bigger picture.
Carer's Allowance is £4331.60 a year and requires you to provide at least 35 hours of care (most do more).
Minimum wage for 35 hours is £20,512.80 a year.
Carer's Allowance is £4331.60 a year and requires you to provide at least 35 hours of care (most do more).
Minimum wage for 35 hours is £20,512.80 a year.
November 26, 2025 at 1:51 AM
While the Carers Allowance Overpayment scandal is obviously incredibly important, it's also worth paying attention to the bigger picture.
Carer's Allowance is £4331.60 a year and requires you to provide at least 35 hours of care (most do more).
Minimum wage for 35 hours is £20,512.80 a year.
Carer's Allowance is £4331.60 a year and requires you to provide at least 35 hours of care (most do more).
Minimum wage for 35 hours is £20,512.80 a year.
After two days of a horrible head cold thing and much sleep I finally feel vaguely human again and able to concentrate for a bit on Where Winds Meet. Won a round of Mahjong:
November 25, 2025 at 9:35 PM
After two days of a horrible head cold thing and much sleep I finally feel vaguely human again and able to concentrate for a bit on Where Winds Meet. Won a round of Mahjong:
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So apparently the correct response to shopping centre Santa ringing his bell is not to shout "bring out your dead!"
No sense of humour, some people...
No sense of humour, some people...
December 16, 2024 at 1:09 PM
So apparently the correct response to shopping centre Santa ringing his bell is not to shout "bring out your dead!"
No sense of humour, some people...
No sense of humour, some people...
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REMINDER: if you think your right-on lefty/socialist/communist/etc. politics justifies pirating books, well guess what? Most writers don't make a living wage from their books or writing work, and stealing from them makes you a class traitor.
November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
REMINDER: if you think your right-on lefty/socialist/communist/etc. politics justifies pirating books, well guess what? Most writers don't make a living wage from their books or writing work, and stealing from them makes you a class traitor.
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I was today years old when I heard of this, and some people have downloaded some of my work too--without paying me, of course.
Folks. Please pay authors. Use real libraries, not piracy sites posing as "open-source archives." Our books are still in print. If you want more, please pay us for them.
Folks. Please pay authors. Use real libraries, not piracy sites posing as "open-source archives." Our books are still in print. If you want more, please pay us for them.
I posted a buy link here to "A Magical Inheritance" a few days ago, and 24 of you immediately went to Anna's Archives and fucking stole it from me.
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
November 24, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I was today years old when I heard of this, and some people have downloaded some of my work too--without paying me, of course.
Folks. Please pay authors. Use real libraries, not piracy sites posing as "open-source archives." Our books are still in print. If you want more, please pay us for them.
Folks. Please pay authors. Use real libraries, not piracy sites posing as "open-source archives." Our books are still in print. If you want more, please pay us for them.
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If you know anyone who died of Covid, please sign this petition. Lest we forget the damage this bastard caused.
November 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
If you know anyone who died of Covid, please sign this petition. Lest we forget the damage this bastard caused.
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Just a reminder that if you don't keep up payments to your Exorcist, there is a danger that your home may become re-possessed.
November 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Just a reminder that if you don't keep up payments to your Exorcist, there is a danger that your home may become re-possessed.
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see also 'if your AI hit a kid and dragged them 500 feet in your self driving car we're treating it as if your CEO was personally behind the wheel and texting during it'
maybe we just say 'if your AI said it we're treating it as if your CEO said it to their face' for the purposes of liability
The fact that the bot told this kid that rope is “the most classic” method for hanging yourself is insane
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
November 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
see also 'if your AI hit a kid and dragged them 500 feet in your self driving car we're treating it as if your CEO was personally behind the wheel and texting during it'
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You know what, I'm just gonna re-up this post
November 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
You know what, I'm just gonna re-up this post
Where to begin? Obvious ones: My ears are quite low on my head (see avatar) and I have strabismus.
Allegedly I'm missing a vertebra in my neck (or it could just be very short) so anything with a stiff collar is a nightmare. 1/2
Allegedly I'm missing a vertebra in my neck (or it could just be very short) so anything with a stiff collar is a nightmare. 1/2
Ok query time. Biology is messy and full of exceptions. How does *your* body differ from the usual expected of you as the human you are? Anything big or small.
My mum has an extra vertebrae, a close friend multiple spleens. One sis is built like she works out but eats like a sparrow.
My mum has an extra vertebrae, a close friend multiple spleens. One sis is built like she works out but eats like a sparrow.
November 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Where to begin? Obvious ones: My ears are quite low on my head (see avatar) and I have strabismus.
Allegedly I'm missing a vertebra in my neck (or it could just be very short) so anything with a stiff collar is a nightmare. 1/2
Allegedly I'm missing a vertebra in my neck (or it could just be very short) so anything with a stiff collar is a nightmare. 1/2
However, if you're hosting dinner that includes alcohol (wine, vermouth etc.) as an ingredient, DO ask them if they're OK with it.
Acohol in wine/spirits never evaporates completely so can cause problems for those with intolerances or are recovering from alcoholism.
Acohol in wine/spirits never evaporates completely so can cause problems for those with intolerances or are recovering from alcoholism.
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
November 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
However, if you're hosting dinner that includes alcohol (wine, vermouth etc.) as an ingredient, DO ask them if they're OK with it.
Acohol in wine/spirits never evaporates completely so can cause problems for those with intolerances or are recovering from alcoholism.
Acohol in wine/spirits never evaporates completely so can cause problems for those with intolerances or are recovering from alcoholism.
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britain i swear to fuck just ask the EU to take you back, sure we'll be insufferably smug about it and probably force you to get off the pound because we're feeling like being bastards but at least youll have, like, jobs and any kind of perspective
November 24, 2025 at 11:39 AM
britain i swear to fuck just ask the EU to take you back, sure we'll be insufferably smug about it and probably force you to get off the pound because we're feeling like being bastards but at least youll have, like, jobs and any kind of perspective
And another one. :( www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff dies, aged 81
The musician was known for hits like You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 12:18 PM
And another one. :( www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bugger. :(
Udo Kier has passed away at 81. A singular screen presence, Kier had a long history in the horror genre, starring in films including Mark of the Devil, Andy Warhol's Frankenstein, Blood for Dracula, Blade, Feardotcom, Rob Zombie's Halloween, and Dario Argento's Mother of Tears.
November 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Bugger. :(
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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Can’t cope with those “casual cooking” style videos where they’re slapping ingredients around to show how cool they are, YOU ARE SPILLING IT AND MAKING A MESS
November 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Can’t cope with those “casual cooking” style videos where they’re slapping ingredients around to show how cool they are, YOU ARE SPILLING IT AND MAKING A MESS
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The thing about the setting to make alt text mandatory is that Bluesky didn't bother making that the default.
Like, you have to by default opt-in to see sexually suggestive images, so they clearly know how powerful default configs are, but for alt text they've never cared enough.
Like, you have to by default opt-in to see sexually suggestive images, so they clearly know how powerful default configs are, but for alt text they've never cared enough.
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The thing about the setting to make alt text mandatory is that Bluesky didn't bother making that the default.
Like, you have to by default opt-in to see sexually suggestive images, so they clearly know how powerful default configs are, but for alt text they've never cared enough.
Like, you have to by default opt-in to see sexually suggestive images, so they clearly know how powerful default configs are, but for alt text they've never cared enough.
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Thread but also just don't tell Paypal anything. No "what is this for" you both know what it's for. If you send a friend some money for dinner or something and you say "for friday night", even odds they get banned as a sex worker.
PayPal has rolled out a new "feature" that prompts you to leave feedback about an artist that you've commissioned via invoice.
Whatever you do, DO NOT fill this out! To quote Admiral Ackbar, "IT'S A TRAP!!!" It is meant to misguide you.
(continue...)
Whatever you do, DO NOT fill this out! To quote Admiral Ackbar, "IT'S A TRAP!!!" It is meant to misguide you.
(continue...)
November 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Thread but also just don't tell Paypal anything. No "what is this for" you both know what it's for. If you send a friend some money for dinner or something and you say "for friday night", even odds they get banned as a sex worker.
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Update to my life situation blog post: Dates for help with benefits applications and the meeting with repair contractors.
It's still a long process with no income but at least things are moving.
karohemd.dreamwidth.org/2368074.html
Donations: paypal.me/karohemd
Please reskeet and thank you!
It's still a long process with no income but at least things are moving.
karohemd.dreamwidth.org/2368074.html
Donations: paypal.me/karohemd
Please reskeet and thank you!
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November 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Update to my life situation blog post: Dates for help with benefits applications and the meeting with repair contractors.
It's still a long process with no income but at least things are moving.
karohemd.dreamwidth.org/2368074.html
Donations: paypal.me/karohemd
Please reskeet and thank you!
It's still a long process with no income but at least things are moving.
karohemd.dreamwidth.org/2368074.html
Donations: paypal.me/karohemd
Please reskeet and thank you!
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Yesterday I updated my first (and very silly) choose your own adventure game "i will strangle a horse"!
The update brought the wordcount from 7660 to 13500+, and introduced:
>ladder amnesia!
>consequences for knocking on The Farmhouse door!
>stardew valley*
>MORE
brainmage.itch.io/i-will-stran...
The update brought the wordcount from 7660 to 13500+, and introduced:
>ladder amnesia!
>consequences for knocking on The Farmhouse door!
>stardew valley*
>MORE
brainmage.itch.io/i-will-stran...
i will strangle a horse by BRAINMAGE
A comedy twine-based choose-your-own-adventure game where it's your first day on The Farm, and you have One Job
brainmage.itch.io
November 18, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Yesterday I updated my first (and very silly) choose your own adventure game "i will strangle a horse"!
The update brought the wordcount from 7660 to 13500+, and introduced:
>ladder amnesia!
>consequences for knocking on The Farmhouse door!
>stardew valley*
>MORE
brainmage.itch.io/i-will-stran...
The update brought the wordcount from 7660 to 13500+, and introduced:
>ladder amnesia!
>consequences for knocking on The Farmhouse door!
>stardew valley*
>MORE
brainmage.itch.io/i-will-stran...
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this is more christmassy than your poxy ai drinks ad
CCTV captures fox and otter’s tour of Lincoln city centre
A wildlife expert says the footage of the animals wandering past shops and bars is
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
this is more christmassy than your poxy ai drinks ad
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Yeah, this week's It's Storytime, Swarm X1048 - Ethological Field Report: Canis Lupus Familiaris, '6'" by F.E. Choe, is a beautiful story that sneaks up, quietly slips its hand around your heart, and squeezes it until you think it's going to break.
I love that so many listeners love it, too.
I love that so many listeners love it, too.
Breaking: 50-something man an emotional wreck on a Friday morning due to @wilwheaton.net’s latest Storytime - wilwheaton.net/podcast/
(But seriously, Wil, thank you!!!)
(But seriously, Wil, thank you!!!)
It’s Storytime with Wil Wheaton
You may recognize Wil Wheaton’s name from his acting work in television shows like The Big Bang Theory, Leverage, and Star Trek: The Next Generation, or 1985’s timeless classic, Stand B…
wilwheaton.net
November 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Yeah, this week's It's Storytime, Swarm X1048 - Ethological Field Report: Canis Lupus Familiaris, '6'" by F.E. Choe, is a beautiful story that sneaks up, quietly slips its hand around your heart, and squeezes it until you think it's going to break.
I love that so many listeners love it, too.
I love that so many listeners love it, too.
Every. Single. Time.
I could be staring at my hand locking my front door, and I still won’t feel 100% sure my front door was locked
November 21, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Every. Single. Time.
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My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
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Mentioned this before, but, last time I was at the dentist, they analysed my teeth with AI. It found an incipient cavity that the human dentist had not spotted.
Very clever.
Except that the cavity it found was just outside my actual head. Arguably, the entire universe is a cavity outside my head.
Very clever.
Except that the cavity it found was just outside my actual head. Arguably, the entire universe is a cavity outside my head.
Government launches major push for AI-driven science.
Strategy focuses on five areas of “existing UK strength” with £137m in funding.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...
Strategy focuses on five areas of “existing UK strength” with £137m in funding.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...
Government launches major push for AI-driven science - Research Professional News
Strategy focuses on five areas of “existing UK strength” with £137m in funding
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Mentioned this before, but, last time I was at the dentist, they analysed my teeth with AI. It found an incipient cavity that the human dentist had not spotted.
Very clever.
Except that the cavity it found was just outside my actual head. Arguably, the entire universe is a cavity outside my head.
Very clever.
Except that the cavity it found was just outside my actual head. Arguably, the entire universe is a cavity outside my head.