Sam the Octopus @troubleMoney@computerfairi.es

It's the end of the month, which means patreon plugging time!

Since I don't have one and @squirrel is far too modest I'm plugging hers

https://www.patreon.com/maple_syrup

Maple is lovely and does various awesome things including running computerfairi.es! Which is also a year old on the 12th!

if a group of mutual lovers were put in the same stuff as Han Solo was put in in Empire Strikes Back, would that make it polycarbonite?

*glances at current stuff going on out in the fediverse*

nope

*crawls back into octo-cave*

Fizziwig didn't like wearing the cone so we made him a little vest to wear so he doesn't lick or scratch his wound

The vet thought it was brilliant

Colin Furze has made an Amazon Alexa-controlled flame thing

Yes, IoT combined with gas bursting into flame

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVQ6rwaZ648

I'm not sure which bit of it is the worse idea

I've realised that some non-English-English speakers may be confused by the British reaction to Mark Zuckerberg sending other people in his place after his invitation to speak to the UK Parliament

While "you are invited to Parliament to speak on this subject" may be interpreted as "we'd like you come and talk if it's not too much bother" to some foreign ears, the phrase actually means "COME HERE RIGHT THIS SECOND YOU LITTLE SHIT AND EXPLAIN YOURSELF"

Apparently the latest company to shutter their facebook accounts is Playboy

Huh, this is an interesting thing I've just been made aware of

https://getoutline.org/en/home

Outline, it's a slick bit of software for setting up shadowsocks proxies on a vps somewhere

Really ridiculously easy to use even for people that aren't massively techy

Open source, has been audited, but it does have Google involvement so y'know, think about your threat model

PSA: Wipe your goddamn drives before donating them to a charity shop

Or otherwise getting rid of them, but especially if you're donating them to a charity shop

Local charity shop occasionally asks me to take a look at laptops that have been donated to make sure they work and if they're actually of a spec that's halfway useful

Got one today that not only has some french dude's personal data all over the drive including work documents and photos but it also tries to autoconnect to his fucking dropbox account the moment it boots into windows

Harry should be bloody glad I'm not more nefarious than I am

Did you know?

Octopus are squidgy and good to hug

Now, ad companies are well known for taking the piss, but I've never seen them do it this literally before

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jan/10/ikea-invites-customers-to-pee-on-this-ad-to-check-for-pregnancy-and-a-crib-deal

True fact: Highgate Cemetery charges an admission fee to visit Karl Marx's grave

Beebold is so super cute!

Made by @noelle with music by @squirrel

https://mischievess.itch.io/beebold

I wonder how quickly the gun control thing in the US would be solved if socialist militias started popping up everywhere