Cadbury_Moose

@Cadbury_Moose@wandering.shop

Just a chocolate moose hiding in the woods by the information superhighway.

(Ex-@MooseCadbury on the bird site)

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cstross, to random
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Given the Trumpenführer's reported incontinence and burger-heavy diet, I'd hate to be the prison officer tapped to give him an intimate body search. They'd probably end up drawing lots then issuing the loser with rubber gloves, waders, and a gas mask.

Cadbury_Moose,

@cstross ITYM a "Racal suit". 😁

cstross, to random
@cstross@wandering.shop avatar

Putting the tangerine jumpsuit on the tangerine shitgibbon

Cadbury_Moose,

@cstross Unfortunately it seems more likely he'll just be fined heavily - unless (of course) he can't keep his mouth shut and keeps attacking the judge, in which case locking him up for contempt becomes entirely possible. Just have to wait until the 11th of July.

noelreports, to random
@noelreports@mstdn.social avatar

Two Russian tanks converted to blyatbarns, attacking Ukrainian positions. Both were taken out by FPV drones.

video/mp4

Cadbury_Moose,

@eva_chaos @noelreports

Safer than staying with a burning tank that is likely to explode, also safer than staying in the open (someone might be annoyed enough to pick them off with an FPV drone or a mortar), and they might be able to sneak away through the woods - or surrender alive if intercepted.

cstross, to random
@cstross@wandering.shop avatar

The Guardian earlier today had a small piece about a Labour front-bench minister saying they were going all out to get Tory voters to support them during the election.

I'm reminded of the last page of "Animal Farm": Tories, Labour, can you tell the difference any more?
https://boing.world/@pre/112450250496909914

Cadbury_Moose,

@cstross "You become that which you oppose." seems to ring a bell. 🤬

Cadbury_Moose,

@cstross The country wants (and NEEDS) change FFS. "For the many, not the few." Not "more of the fucking same". Fucking Hell. 🤬 🤬 🤬

cstross, to random
@cstross@wandering.shop avatar

Prediction: this is going to go down like a head shot in a neonatal ward.

Cadbury_Moose,

@cstross Ouch. (Just your "prediction" line was bad enough.)
🤮

garius, to random
@garius@mastodon.me.uk avatar

ME: I'm really, really torn on whether to just replace my motherboard or replatform to AM5. But that would mean I'd need a new case and all cases today are RGB messes designed for edgelord teens who-
FRACTAL DESIGNS <interrupting>: Hi

Cadbury_Moose,

@garius That does look rather neat, though more like a record rack than a computer... and where do they hide the drive bay(s)?

cstross, to random
@cstross@wandering.shop avatar

I am deeply regretting that for my political satire series I went with a head of government who is merely a faceless Lovecraftian Elder God with a skull-collecting hobby.

He seems kind of understated these days.

Should have picked a cross between the South Dakota Puppy Shooter and Liz Truss instead ...

Cadbury_Moose,

@cstross If Liz Truss is involved, then Day of the Triffids counts as prior art, surely? 3:O)>

cstross, to random
@cstross@wandering.shop avatar

Only plain fabric is allowed in this chruch, obviously.
https://unfufadoo.net/@english/112359529662303787

Cadbury_Moose,

@cstross @angusm @english

While I'm reminded of the "cursive" problem where they summoned a lemon. 3:O)>

cstross, to random
@cstross@wandering.shop avatar

NEW GENRE CATEGORY JUST DROPPED:

Necromantasy—romantasy, only with necromancers (they use adipocere as lube)

Cadbury_Moose,

@cstross This moose quite definitely did NOT need to know that. Thank you so very much for the concept.

(In return I'd like to suggest "Chat's", or more formally "Chatterton's Compound" as being rather less likely to wash off whilst engaged with a Deep One.)

JamesWNeal, to random
@JamesWNeal@mstdn.social avatar

Some insight into what happened in the minutes before the Key Bridge collapsed.

Cool, direct, urgent, successful. Maybe not a college degree or a 6-figure salary among them—and they used their training & experience at the most critical, high-pressure moment to save lives. All day, every day-that happens & we don't see it. That's your 'deep state? Just in Port of Baltimore, 45 cargo container ships come & go every 24 hours. 16,000 ships a year. They require all this guidance all the time (and US has 8 LARGER ports). Each ship with 5,000 containers loaded & unloaded. Not to mention The 8 construction workers on the bridge—-patching potholes in the middle of the night, so the road stays maintained, at a time that reduces inconvenience to us (and yes, is easier for them too because of low traffic). Every night...
Every night, 5 or 6 days a week, men & women just like them do that dangerous work on interstates & bridges in all 50 states. ... Here's the moment: An officer who closed one of the approaches says on radio...Can we notify the construction workers? Can we call the supervisor?' The officer was ready to drive out & warn the workers when someone on the radio — seconds later — said, The bridge is down. The whole bridge. That unnamed officer had been immediately thinking about how to save those guys out on the bridge—workers just like him. Thanks. - Thanks to all these folks who make the world run, and run safely 99% of the time, and work with skill, grace, clear-headedness in invisible but essential jobs. Even as disaster unfolded Tuesday after midnight, they were at work.

Cadbury_Moose,

@cstross Not quite: the underlying infrastructure is all Network Rail and anyone using it has to play by their rules, with pretty much unlimited penalties for breaking them. (Unlike those malware-infected Polish locomotives that we heard about recently: /that/ company needs to be taken away from its owners and the culprits permanently banned.) UK Rail is effectively nationalised and getting closer to the target.

cstross, to random
@cstross@wandering.shop avatar

I am now having visions of a very displeased Liz Truss being ceremonially introduced to the ancient and honourable Yorkshire sport of ferret legging on the floor of the House.

Cadbury_Moose,

@cstross Should have opted for Dwile flonking. 3:O)>

markmetz, to random
@markmetz@sfba.social avatar

“George Orwellian Party” (brilliant!) 😂

Cadbury_Moose,

@markmetz As my recent (one of my recent) NewsThump T-shirts declares;

"Make Orwell Fiction Again!"

Cadbury_Moose, to random

In a startling development, Toshiba have managed to replicate the legendary Norton Villiers Triumph technology in their kitchen appliances.

My new microwave oven is now leaking oil over the worktop.

Suspicion is a failed capacitor or leaky oil-filled transformer, I just hope PCBs are not involved. Now I need to buy another one rather than risk a fire by continued use.

Cadbury_Moose,

Incoming bollocks detected; ChatGPT is that you?

So I do a websearch and find:

https://cookindocs.com/why-is-my-microwave-leaking-oil/

"Microwaves are not supposed to leak oil. If you find that your microwave is leaking oil, you should first check to see if the oil is coming from the microwave itself. If it is, you should turn off the microwave and unplug it from the wall. Then, you should clean up the oil with a paper towel or a cloth."

So far so good...

Cadbury_Moose,

But it gets better:

"If the oil is not coming from the microwave, you should check to see if it is coming from a power source. If it is, you should turn off the power source and unplug it from the wall. Then, you should clean up the oil with a paper towel or a cloth."

Hydraulic-powered microwave anyone? Or is this "Steam Radio"?

Cadbury_Moose,

Next suggestion:

"If the oil is not coming from the microwave or the power source, you should check to see if it is coming from a pipe. If it is, you should turn off the pipe and unplug it from the wall. Then, you should clean up the oil with a paper towel or a cloth."

cstross, (edited ) to random
@cstross@wandering.shop avatar

Lower back pain sucks. Just saying.

(My office Aeron with lumbar support, and memory foam mattress in the bedroom, had fooled me into thinking I was getting better faster than I actually am. Five minutes in a waiting room chair corrected this misapprehension ...)

Cadbury_Moose,

@cstross @CharleneTeglia @FeralRobots This moose finally replaced the "granny truck" (a 2-wheeled shopping basket so old it was actually used by my grandmother) with a 4-wheeled "Hoppa" one from BigRiverCo. Not checking the size was a problem, as it needs both porch doors opening to get it inside (or turning it sideways and lifting it over the step) due to the front wheel spacing. <sigh> But it holds twice as much and I can lean on it for a rest when necessary. Need a wider porch door. 3:O(>

Cadbury_Moose,

@cstross @CharleneTeglia @FeralRobots
I'm mostly on the flat, but the last 50 yards is uphill and I frequently have to stop for a rest. 60 steps would kill me, I think. (Lifting the trolley over the stupid raised brick semicircle, then the uPVC porch step, then turning it sideways to get the wheels through, then over the front doorstep into the hall, locking all the doors and collapsing in a heap before unloading is /quite/ bad enough TYVM.) 3:O((>

sjvn, to random
@sjvn@mastodon.social avatar

This video sums up nicely what would really happen to the Republican Civil War wet dream.

video/mp4

Cadbury_Moose,

@GhostOnTheHalfShell @sjvn

Starts singing "Kill the Wabbit".

cstross, to random
@cstross@wandering.shop avatar

Why does February 29th feel weirdly like a public holiday, even though it isn’t? It's occupying the same kind of liminal headspace in my mind …

Cadbury_Moose,

@cstross Nearly ended up with that as my birthday. (I'd still be under-age if (a) I was American and (b) gave a damn about it.) 3:O)>

noelreports, to random
@noelreports@mstdn.social avatar

US House Speaker Johnson prioritized the southern border over supplying immediate aid to Ukraine. Following a one-on-one meeting with Biden, he expressed confidence in avoiding a shutdown and assured that Ukraine would be adressed in a 'timely manner'.

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/02/27/congress/johnson-at-meeting-00143561

Cadbury_Moose,

@elCelio @noelreports

Invited round for tea?

Summoned to a meeting in the tallest building with openable windows in the area?

Contracts an unfortunate case of Death from a contaminated doorknob?

...or just the traditional 9 grams of lead poisoning?

cstross, to random
@cstross@wandering.shop avatar

I got a scam robocall earlier today from a premium rate number to tell me that Amazon had just debited my visa card for $714.thingummy, and to stay on line to talk to a Visa representative. So I hung up.

Clues it's a fraud: I'm a Brit: I have a Visa card, but I have never dealt with Visa directly. Visa is a franchise in the UK and my card is issued by my bank, who don't handle suspicious transactions that way.

(Also, it's easy to check my Amazon transactions: liar, liar, pants on fire!)

Cadbury_Moose,

@cstross Probably not a premium rate number (unless they are hoping you will call back) - just more VOIP trickery. Mine are all mobile phone numbers with a south asian "boiler room" callcentre on the end, and I need to press 1 or 2 to get through to that - after which they are invited to burn in hellfire for all eternity. (Makes me feel a little better, at least.)

cstross, to random
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Hobbycraft refused to sell paint to black man as ‘he may use it for graffiti’

A black man shopping for paint with his four-year-old son says he was racially profiled and refused service at Hobbycraft after staff said he may use the paint for “doing graffiti”.

Louis Gray, Sport Wales equality, diversity and inclusion manager, said he wanted to buy spray paint in order to make over his son’s bicycle helmet in the colours of his favourite mountain bike rider.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/25/hobbycraft-refuse-to-sell-paint-to-black-man-as-he-may-use-it-for-graffiti

Cadbury_Moose,

@cstross @tobadzistsini

Composition involved used to be silver fulminate but other things like "Armstrong's Mixture" are used - it's shock and friction sensitive and produces flame so you don't want them used near anything inflammable, especially inflammable gas/air mixtures, where they could start a fire, or simply set off smoke detectors.

(Manufacture and storage of matches, percussion caps, and crackers has to be completely separated from other products in explosives factories for safety.)

cstross, (edited ) to random
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Just to note, little ol' non-neurotypical me has had Amazon Prime for years but has NEVER watched a show or movie on Amazon Prime Video (and never will, now they've added adverts)

EDIT: please note that I don't normally watch TV or movies at all — they're not recreation/relaxation for me.

Cadbury_Moose,

@cstross Ditto here. Prime is great for shopping but I've never tried the video service (though was tempted by the P.K.Dick film). Inserting adverts has killed any thought of even trying it.

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