Sam the Octopus @troubleMoney@computerfairi.es

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

Now, I've heard of glorious Japanese blades folded over a thousand times, but this is just taking the piss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owseTngZFMI&t=0s

I like that the masto post on /r/videos has "$ AD" flair

As if anyone involved with masto has spare funds for advertising

Well this is a missed opportunity, if the accent colour was gold instead of black it could have been the Iron Man watch

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/hublot-big-bang-unico-red-magic-video

Lady Monarch

#oulipoaband

The UTC hand on my watch is now marginally useful! Yay!

(damn DST)

ATTENTION:

The United Kingdom is now on UTC+1 as the clocks have just gone forward an hour

Please adjust anything that needs adjusting accordingly