Sam the Octopus @troubleMoney@computerfairi.es

There's too much credit going to the Wright Brothers

Their plane required a headwind to take off at all, I mean yeah, props to them for getting off the ground at all

But who should get more credit is Alberto Santos-Dumont, his plane could actually fly with just its own power

We Are Number One but it's compliant with EU Copyright Directive Article 13

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIVsupdZ86s

octopus is melting

octopus was not built for these temperatures

"Fisherman mugged at knife-point while three miles out at sea off Devon coast"

https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/fisherman-mugged-knife-point-three-1709797

I'm not entirely sure if that's a mugging or piracy when it's three miles out

This is a bucket full of sloths

fuuuuuuuck

!!! BURG ROBOT !!!

I need one

http://creator.rest/

subtooting... most of masto I think

Alchemists believed you could turn lead into gold

Turns out you can indeed do that

Sadly you need a particle accelerator, a metric fuck-tonne of energy, and the yield is far too low to make it even slightly worth the effort

"I should probably have a bit of a clear out of all the clutter that's accumulated over the past god knows how many years"

4 ikea bags later...

He's not dead, he's fine, but if will.i.am's obituary when he does die doesn't include "will.he.was" they'd've missed a massive opportunity

tired: country and western
wired: scrumpy and western

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zbtAxQdZcU

(the person writing the lyrics down for the video got most of it wrong)

huh, counter.social still exists, that's a surprise

gert big snuffly snoot!

anteaters are cool

oh wait, those do indeed exist

There are cats and big cats, with big cats just being much larger versions of cat

There are rabbits... What if big rabbits?

When buns feel happy and safe they hop and twist around

This is called a binky

And it's damned adorable

Ooh, shiny

https://shop.tex-design.com.tw/product/kodachi

The TEX Kodachi

Cherry MX switches, spherical profile keycaps, and a motherfucking trackpoint

Expensive as hell though