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2026-08-06 12:28:42 UTC

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For as long as I can remember I've had recurring nightmares of being stuck in a town I can't walk out of, not because of distance but because of car-focused design. Historically it was a town in the US but after visiting Telford (one of the UK's New Towns, a liminal hellscape of bad design with a fetish for cars and an indoor shopping centre as its town centre) that too has joined my nightmares. Your descriptions of these design issues are giving me similar anxiety.

2026-04-19 13:09:42 UTC

Went to a cocktail bar last night fully intending to order a cocktail.
Bartender: "We don't have a physical menu. You have to check us out on #Instagram to get the cocktail list."
I find them on Instagram only to discover that it's impossible to see their menu there when not logged in.
I. Don't. Have. An. Instagram. Account.
Me: "Yeah, I'll have a small beer, thanks." (at less than quarter of the price of a cocktail)
🙄 FFS businesses, stop getting captured by #Meta. It hurts your business.

2026-04-06 11:34:06 UTC

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Love the answers to these posts. So many candidates for muting + blocking.

2026-01-11 20:52:15 UTC

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Based on the readings from the CO2 monitor I've had with me on the flights I've taken since 2020, the numbers are usually around the same as a packed, stuffy concert hall. They don't reduce regardless of whether we're sitting on the tarmac or in the air. I don't think they ventilate shit tbh.

2025-12-08 17:47:57 UTC

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After that, I think I'd be quietly quitting that toxic relationship.

2025-09-20 10:44:16 UTC

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More butt stuff.
https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/236/207/926/050/124/original/c970b0688e3b74bd.jpg

2025-09-14 17:56:56 UTC

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☝️ I'm want to point out that this doesn't mean that I think most English or British people are racist or xenophobic. But (& it's a big BUT), symbols have meanings that can be manipulated for any reason by a group that's large & dedicated enough. So I wouldn't go into a bar that's flying only English flags. And now I'm going to be viewing the Tricolour with similar suspicion.

2025-09-14 17:52:41 UTC

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2) Historical relationships to the flags.
To be blunt about it: I'm Irish, & both the St George's flag in an English context & the Union flag are historical signifiers of an aggressive, xenophobic & globe-spanning former empire to my eyes. Coupled with more recent football hooliganism (especially racist variants) & sectarianism, & it's easy as an informed outsider to view them as threatening in some form.

2025-09-14 17:42:12 UTC

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I think there's two things happening here.
1) Learned context around dog whistles is usually something that a person needs to explicitly learn as dog whistles are designed to go unidentified if you're uninformed. That Austrian flag might make you realise it was a Nazi bar if you knew that was how Nazis were signalling to each other.

2025-09-14 15:56:49 UTC

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National flags are being co-opted as signifiers of racism & anti-immigration sentiments. In the case of the English flag, this has been one of its uses for some time, but overall it's getting worse & flags that have historically not been used in this manner are also now used to signal these attitudes.

2025-07-04 21:11:20 UTC

Has anyone figured out a solution to "I'm shit sick of #Google #Android phones, #Apple is likewise a shitshow, but my #bank insists I use their app to verify payments, etc"?
I'd love to move to something like a #FairPhone & regain more control over my devices but the #BankingApp issue makes it a non-starter.
#mobile #phone #enshittification

2025-03-04 12:06:24 UTC

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Oh god, what now?

2025-02-12 22:07:33 UTC

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❤️ Thank you. You have saved me from screaming into a pillow of my own.

2024-12-18 21:09:11 UTC

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There are 4 lights but there are 6 panels in that meme. 🤔