Sam the Octopus @troubleMoney@computerfairi.es

A watch complication that used to be far more popular than it is now was the "seconde morte", or "dead seconds"

this was a complication of a mechanical watch where the seconds hand would move only once per second from index to index instead of the usual several times per second

it was one of the casualties of the quartz crisis, once all these cheap quartz watches had hands that ticked at once per second nobody wanted to pay the extra for a mechanical movement that did it

should have posted this yesterday really but here's one of the worst things I've seen

who had kanye running for president on their 2020 bingo card?

"this water is too spicy!"

I'm getting sent pictures of frogs on dappervolk, have some frogs

LOOK WHAT I JUST GOT!

They're a Floral Mantid! They're called Dreams!

In the UK, most electronic devices should be PAT tested for electrical safety

*pats @mavica *

Yep, approved

like 60-something other countries also gained their independence from us, I don't see why the yanks make such a big song and dance about it

this 4th of july remember that all countries matter

smol dragons the size of cats who live in your house and make nests of any spare change they find

linux: so configurable the setting you need to change could be in any or all of a dozen different places!

pirate-themed square wave synth music is frequently misnamed "pieces of eight"

I don't usually pay much attention to watch brand ambassadors but Cartier fucking nailed it by hiring Rami Malek to be ambassador for the new Pasha

so wait, what month is this again?

I think we got an early start on wrath month, is this sloth month already?

Get 150 affection with your pet to continue

*glances at my apprentice cat glaring at me pawing turnips off the table*

I may have made an error

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