Emsquared

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[–] Emsquared@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago

Ha. Good point re indoors. Clearly this cat breaks all the laws of physics. Another quantum cat that can be in two places at once.

 

He's a one-cat crime wave (apparently).

 

Renegade tortoise tastes temporary freedom via 16 day bender.

[–] Emsquared@feddit.uk 39 points 1 week ago (24 children)

This wasn't even a one off. This guys video channel was just him waiting for this to happen and it happened very frequently. I do remember seeing several where the police weren't really that supportive (probably as, though it made a point it was basically planned confrontation for video views).

[–] Emsquared@feddit.uk 1 points 2 weeks ago

I say not biscuit. C'est choccie wafer. Penguin or Tim Tam are borderline biscuits.

[–] Emsquared@feddit.uk 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Great pic. Miss seeing them since I moved to Glasgow. They were getting to be a common sight in Bedfordshire.

[–] Emsquared@feddit.uk 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Well the herbal was great so haven't ordered any tea as yet as was seeing if anybody had any experience with them. Good range of teas at least.

 

Had a friend visit from the North East and they brought a bag of Ringtons herbal tea so looked them up. Quite the extensive tea offering incl. various loose leaf teas. Wonder if anyone has tried ant of their tea offerings?

Ringtons Tea

[–] Emsquared@feddit.uk 1 points 4 weeks ago

I'm now excessively mature so my memory is seeing multiple covers of the Sex Pistols' Never mind the Bollocks filling the HMV window (I did say I was old) but with the word Bollocks covered up. That and CD's first appearing in the store at more than twice the cost of vinyl LP's (£13 vs £5.49).

[–] Emsquared@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago

That tells us something about where our culture has gone and is going. I feel what you are seeing reflects this. There's a herd mentality driving a lot of norms.

[–] Emsquared@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago

That's an interesting question. I don't think the advantages of the fediverse are part of any zeitgeist so are not attracting new and diverse users other than maybe through places like Flipboard and maybe Ghost. The future of social media is certainly going to remain fragmented and the fediverse fragments itself by default anyway. I do think that how people use social media is changing; people are tired of overuse to some extent. Does the fediverse have a future? I think it'll remain its own niche as corporate offerings come and go. Increased Interest may come from an unexpected growth in a specialism that is federated. I think my idealism for what the fediverse could achieve is now muted as I probably no longer have faith in open networks as the cultures are way too different so I probably now see the fediverse less through the email analogy and more through the linux analogy. If fedi plods on refining itself in its own slow way (volunteers and no money make for slow progress) then who know the next time a corp offering destroys itself and people search for a less awful and exploitative environment then it might just win out in the long term though I'm not entirely convinced about that. Does that mean i'm off to corporate networks. Not really. I'd rather just stop altogether than fall down that rabbit hole again.

 

Not a question i'd ever remotely considered...

[–] Emsquared@feddit.uk 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

To me any war on homeland soil would mostly mean crippling infrastructure via hacking & inciting unrest. Worst case scenario a strategic nuclear or emp strike on military sites though by that stage we're clearly in a very worrying place.

[–] Emsquared@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I get that most objections will be on religious grounds but with appropriate checks I believe this is a good thing to have in place.

 

I detect a rabid dislike of seagulls meets a slow news day

 

From Moon Safari

 

From the breakthrough album, Ancient Heart, 1988.

 

A much covered song that was featured in the film, The Thomas Crown Affair.

 

Iconic crunchy Fairlight fancies.

 

Less well known outside the UK his short life left some iconic singles and albums.

[–] Emsquared@feddit.uk 3 points 1 month ago

Ha. He should've put in an offer. £1.20?

 

My irony meter has just exploded.

 

One of those songs that Paul McCartney gave to other artists whilst retaining a strong say in how it was interpreted. Number 2 in the UK and 13 on the Billboard top 100 in the US.

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