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mdonkin

@mdonkin@mastodon.me.uk

He/him. 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✊🏿🚴‍♂️ Optimistic chap from East #London. Tooting in a personal capacity. Occasionally lewd.

Interests: #UKPolitics #environment #transport #horror #SciFi #bees #beekeeping #maker #BikeTooter #bicycle #LGBTQ #gay #UKImmigration #Jujitsu #coffee #TowerHamlets #ActiveTravel #UKCyclingTweeps #apiculture #UCU #USS #GreenParty #GPEW #Humanist

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nixCraft, to random
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The twitter block issue is caused by Firfox filters. Firefox is working on a fix. The announcement reads as: Hey folks, we are aware of the Twitter issue and our team is working on a fix at the moment.

In the meantime, disabling Enhanced Tracking Protection or changing it from Strict should fix this issue temporarily. Here's how to do that: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enhanced-tracking-protection-firefox-desktop#w_what-to-do-if-a-site-seems-broken

mdonkin,
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@nixCraft "Firefox's Enhanced Tracking Protection (Strict Mode) is known to cause issues on x.com …because it works exactly as expected and protects your privacy"

gairdeachas, to random
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I had a 7a customer call this morning and knew I'd need to skip the gym to make it happen so I set my alarm for 6:15 to give me enough time to wake up (read: become human again).

But at 5:35a I woke up in a panic with "oh shit, that call is at 6a isn't it!!?".

Thanks subconscious for helping me make the meeting. Next time can we, I don't know, think about it at 10p the night before instead of in a blind panic from a deep sleep the morning of?

mdonkin,
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@gairdeachas Was the meeting in a different time zone? 6 am seems extreme.

mdonkin, to random
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Why is trending on the other place?

mdonkin, to london
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Voted! The Conservatives have done everything they can to disenfranchise people at this election and have raised the stakes by taking us back to FPTP for the mayoralty. This is an attack, particularly, on young and minority voters. Don’t lose your voice. Dig out your ID and vote!

If you need help deciding who to vote for, checkout https://stopthetories.vote

mdonkin, to random
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If all ‘royal correspondents’ were replaced with AI, no one would notice. I guess we’ve months of this weak fawning to endure. 😣

mdonkin, to random
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@CatherineFlick If only you could claim a benefit, they’d be able to check your bank accounts and find all the proof they needed.

mdonkin,
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@CatherineFlick Me too. (I’ve also had some gin). The thought of setting the capitalist autocracy ablaze is keeping me warm this evening (and the gin).

mdonkin, to random
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Getting ‘dog ate my homework’ vibes from Johnson regarding his missing WhatsApp messages.

gairdeachas, to random
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In some off-by-1 universe I am a veterinarian named Dr. Larry.

mdonkin,
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@gairdeachas Could you ask Serena to let us know how the horse is doing? I'm invested now.

mdonkin, to random
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Sunak says that no one wants an election. Tell him otherwise. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/641904

thomasfuchs, to random
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The level of enshittification of the Internet from LLMs is truly spectacular.

Search for anything (in my case my ice maker doesn’t produce ice correctly) is now an exercise in futility.

Wonder if we can ever dig ourselves out of this level of shit.

Thanks, tech bros. Really super awesome stuff.

mdonkin,
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@thomasfuchs I recommend this browser: https://lynx.invisible-island.net

mdonkin, to RaspberryPi
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I was using a running as my router, but my ISP boosted my connection to 1Gbit and the poor thing couldn’t keep up. I’m currently using my ISPs supplied Linksys Velop router, but I’d much rather run something I can tinker with. Any recommendations?

kim_harding, to random
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How is it that "Tractor-driving anti-Ulez protesters bring traffic to a standstill around London" is good, and will not be arrested and jailed, but Stop Oil protesters are bad?

https://www.info-flash.com/info-flash/actualites/france/93518-united-kingdom/59867265-tractor-driving-anti-ulez-protesters-bring-traffic-to-a-standstill-around-london-10-days-before-hated-12-50-a-daily-mail.html

mdonkin,
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@kim_harding Because the Tories think these car fanciers are ‘their’ people.

mdonkin,
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@kim_harding

And we don’t have these headlines:

Automobile addicts block roads in selfish protest against London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone

The ULEZ will remove the most polluting vehicles from London’s roads, improving the health of everyone, but particularly children. Most cars already meet the ULEZ standards, but despite generous subsidies to replace older polluting vehicles (paid for by all other Londoners), a small group of petrol perverts are determined to cause chaos.

mdonkin, to random
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I like that, on Mastodon, I see cool people making cool things.

TechConnectify, to random
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I don't know why it took me this long to articulate this thought, but Tesla's charging model is ultimately a trap for themselves:

They rely on other folks to provide services near their charging sites. That's clever, BUT it means they do not make any money from those services.

And that's precisely what keeps gas stations in business. They compete with one another to such an extent that the fuel is sold barely above cost, and the store/car wash/cafe is where they /actually/ make money.

mdonkin,
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@TechConnectify Above cost enough that the oil companies make hundreds of billions – At least in the UK, forecourts are often run by the oil companies. But your point stands, Tesla doesn’t generate any of the energy it sells.

mdonkin,
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@TechConnectify Oh. I don’t know. Maybe. We also have some supermarkets that sell petrol, but I suspect that’s really more about getting customers in.

garius, to random
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Giant scotch egg is a valid breakfast I will die on this hill.

mdonkin,
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@garius Egg, sausage (meat), some sort of carbs. It’s basically a packaged fry up.

mdonkin, to random
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I found utterly underwhelming. Just me?

llamasoft_ox, to random
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Dear all websites throwing up cookie requests. It.s ACCEPT or REJECT. Not ACCEPT or <some other deliberately more complicated option so that people will just click ACCEPT>.

I hate all the dark-pattern underhandedness that is just the norm these days. Can't people just be honest? No, because money.

Fucking capitalism. The way of the mediocre.

mdonkin,
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@llamasoft_ox Have you given Consent-o-Matic a go? https://consentomatic.au.dk

TechConnectify, to random
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Y'know how I like nuance and am skeptical of simple narratives?

Well, I have a bugbear regarding the discussion on pedestrian fatalities in the US.

To start this thread, I'd like to think I have an unbiased perspective here. I don't drive a very large vehicle, I loathe the arms race in vehicle size, and I welcome all efforts to reduce car-dependence and make our streets safer for all.

But... every discussion I listen to on this topic is real handwavey on the impacts of distracted driving.

mdonkin,
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@TechConnectify Holding a mobile phone while driving is illegal in the UK. I’d assumed this was the case everywhere due to the obvious danger. https://www.gov.uk/using-mobile-phones-when-driving-the-law

djlink, to random
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Anyone has good static website alternatives for someone who has a wordpress blog with over a decade and would like to maintain all existing content (posts + images etc) but import it to a static environment. Ideally something that has a good WYSIWYG previewer for posts or markup.

mdonkin,
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@djlink Is that something that https://astro.build would help with?

tmfox, (edited ) to random

Work are making us use a specific font for e-mails.

We are all used to using the default Outlook option of Calibri.

We're now all having to use something called Montserrat, it doesn't look as clear!

mdonkin,
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@tmfox with wildly unpredictable rendering on any system without that font installed?

mdonkin, to random
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“Drama is like gay man Gatorade. It replenishes their electrolytes” — Jenna Maroney

mdonkin, to random
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The private banks, including many former mutual funds, failed. Privatised rail has failed. Privatised water is failing. Privatisation only works in the best of times. When the worst of times comes, the public has to bail them out.

The worst of times will always come, so if it’s something we can’t allow to fail, perhaps privatisation is not the right model.

Ministers weigh contingency plan for collapse of Thames Water - Sky News https://apple.news/AouLbR-DrTi28OitLB19hnQ

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