Sam the Octopus @troubleMoney@computerfairi.es

The Speaker of the House of Commons has suspended proceedings pending the counting of the indicative vote ballots

But nobody's collected the mace from the middle of the room, and by tradition the mace is only there while parliament is in session

So the tories are now trying to raise points of order to an empty chair

@Jo would be lovely if they could make some friends with north american opossums though, those things love eating ticks apparently

@Jo it's nothing to really worry about, hedgehogs frequently pick up ticks, especially when they've just been hibernating

they don't mind them too much, it's only if there's another illness at play that it becomes an issue

keeping an eye on 'em though just in case

we've decided to call the hedgehog that came last night "Tocks"

because they've got a load of ticks on them bless 'em

@maple bork

since a cat was eating the food we put out for the hedgies I made a little porch type thingy that the cat shouldn't be able to get through

We've also got this fuzzy bastard of a cat that managed to squeeze in to the hedgie cafe so we're going to have to work something else out for the entrance

Hedgiecam worked!

Saw this adorable lil bugger come along twice last night!

Well, the UK government has responded to the petition

In a large number of words that are summed up by "nah"

Didn't expect anything different but still, fuck you too UK government

Do you have fucking massive wrists?
Do you really like the films Commando, The Predator, Running Man, Raw Deal, and/or Twins?

If you answered yes to either of those questions you might want to look at Seiko's reissue of the watch Arnold Schwarzenegger wore in those films, the Seiko "Arnie"

Standard model is the SNJ025P1 and runs around £420

@ajroach42 I refer you to my earlier legal opinion; Be Gay, Do Crimes

@Siphonay@octodon.social if people actually were going to get arrested for spongebob memes I'd be 100% in favour

they're so passé

official octopus legal advice* on running a fediverse instance with the introduction of the new EU legislation stuff:

Be gay
Do crimes

*octopus is in no way a legal professional. also not a professional and the jury's still out on the "legal" bit

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@banjofox@elekk.xyz that's probably in the product description too

I just picked up the cheapest motion activated ir camera on amazon

@maple cutest lesbun

🦔 HEDGIECAM ACTIVE 🦔

I think

All indications point to it being active but given it's one of those "wildlife/hunting camera" things there's not much to give it away that it's on

We'll find out tomorrow

@sydneyfalk I think it actually is classed as that in islam

or, as I remember far more clearly, it's definitely considered that by Ned Flanders in the simpsons

mesh network using small single-board computers with LoRa for long range links and solar for power

bit rate would leave a lot to be desired but it'd be neat as hell for text files and such