Sam the Octopus @troubleMoney@computerfairi.es

LB: Admittedly the UK hasn't had the best results with that so far, but we'll get it right at some point I'm sure

I honestly did not expect my half-baked musings on a gender neutral variant of "hey dudes" to bring forth people claiming "DUDE IS GENDER NEUTRAL I USE DUDE TO REFER TO EVERYONE FUCK YOU IF YOU'RE OFFENDED"

Hm... "Dude" is fairly male-coded, so shouldn't really be used in mixed company

"Dudette" is female-coded, so adding that might be a good idea

But that only covers the binary genders, so for non-binary I propose "Duderino"

Putting all that together, the address "Dudes, Dudettes, and Duderinos" (in any order) could be the best way to address a mixed group

Yes. This is what we do for fun in England. Don't judge.

I've just been reminded of Diggerland

https://www.diggerland.com/

It's a digger theme park!

You can drive diggers, dig around with the diggers, ride on the end of diggers

If you like diggers, you'll love Diggerland!

Screw these people in particular

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/bird-spikes-droppings-expensive-sports-cars-environmentalists-angered-rspb-clifton-down-bristol-a8117786.html

Let the nice birds have somewhere to sit goddamnit

So uh... apparently this exists

http://www.chumbuddy.com/chumbuddy/

It's a shark sleeping bag

Remember Alf? He's back

In prog form!

*excessively long guitar solo*

I have just come across the perfect watch for a @squirrel

https://g-shock.co.uk/product?v=DW-5600TB-6ER

Romance languages: We have invented a flying machine! We must come up with a name drawing on latin and greek! We shall call it... an aeroplane!

Germanic languages: Flying stuff? Sorted.

The AlphaShark straps from BluShark are reputed to be excellent, but fuck off am I spending over thirty bucks on a strip of nylon

If anyone happens to be in the market for watch straps and is in the UK, the Zuludiver NATO straps from watchgecko.co.uk are pretty damn good

They're well made and not too expensive

This is not a sponsored post, but if they'd like to send me a care package I wouldn't say no

There is of course the ever popular V91.07

Burn due to water-skis on fire

@blackle @blackle@dev.glitch.social, rather

ICD-10 codes are fun

They're the codes the WHO uses to categorise all medical diagnoses

There's a lot of options so it covers just about any eventuality

Like W56.42XA for if @blackle punches someone (Struck by shark, initial encounter)

Y'know that £3.1 billion aircraft carrier the UK bought despite having no planes to put on it?

It's sprung a leak

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-42406138