You’ve done well, it will have improved your health no end, and looking better for it is a bonus. Your friends are being happy for you!
(I know: I was in poor shape a number of years ago, but made a big effort and got much more exercise and lost 30 kilos over a few years, and boy did I need to.)
(I know: I was in poor shape a number of years ago, but made a big effort and got much more exercise and lost 30 kilos over a few years, and boy did I need to.)
January 26, 2026 at 9:59 PM
You’ve done well, it will have improved your health no end, and looking better for it is a bonus. Your friends are being happy for you!
(I know: I was in poor shape a number of years ago, but made a big effort and got much more exercise and lost 30 kilos over a few years, and boy did I need to.)
(I know: I was in poor shape a number of years ago, but made a big effort and got much more exercise and lost 30 kilos over a few years, and boy did I need to.)
Sadly for peer disapproval, if I was getting abuser/aggressor vibes from an acquaintance, then I wouldn’t continue to be friends with them. Their friend group would then consolidate around people who think similarly to them, sadly concentrating/magnifying the problem among the members of that group.
January 26, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Sadly for peer disapproval, if I was getting abuser/aggressor vibes from an acquaintance, then I wouldn’t continue to be friends with them. Their friend group would then consolidate around people who think similarly to them, sadly concentrating/magnifying the problem among the members of that group.
I can, begrudgingly, understand the BBC’s line of thinking (as they’re only write-only users), but eventually…
It’s the fact that they (and almost every corporate entity, public service, politician, etc) *only* post to cesspit social networks and not also to 🦋 and 🦣 that’s the most annoying thing…
It’s the fact that they (and almost every corporate entity, public service, politician, etc) *only* post to cesspit social networks and not also to 🦋 and 🦣 that’s the most annoying thing…
January 26, 2026 at 3:44 PM
I can, begrudgingly, understand the BBC’s line of thinking (as they’re only write-only users), but eventually…
It’s the fact that they (and almost every corporate entity, public service, politician, etc) *only* post to cesspit social networks and not also to 🦋 and 🦣 that’s the most annoying thing…
It’s the fact that they (and almost every corporate entity, public service, politician, etc) *only* post to cesspit social networks and not also to 🦋 and 🦣 that’s the most annoying thing…
Even as a man, I know that a proportion of men are horrible abusive aggressive types. I’ve often wondered, is it 10%, 25%, 50%, or even more? It’s so depressing: is it patriarchal upbringing, so-called “lad culture”, something innate (higher levels of testosterone?)? How do we make ourselves better?
January 26, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Even as a man, I know that a proportion of men are horrible abusive aggressive types. I’ve often wondered, is it 10%, 25%, 50%, or even more? It’s so depressing: is it patriarchal upbringing, so-called “lad culture”, something innate (higher levels of testosterone?)? How do we make ourselves better?
And don’t forget to buy an ice cream during the intermission, otherwise folk’ll think you’re uncivilised… 🍨
January 21, 2026 at 8:30 PM
And don’t forget to buy an ice cream during the intermission, otherwise folk’ll think you’re uncivilised… 🍨
Never mind Google and all their data-snooping…
It really wouldn’t surprise me if that sort of data didn’t already exist in the wonderful community powered @openstreetmap.bsky.social, however, and could be displayed as a layer (trails suitable for horse riding undoubtedly do)… 🗺️🙂
It really wouldn’t surprise me if that sort of data didn’t already exist in the wonderful community powered @openstreetmap.bsky.social, however, and could be displayed as a layer (trails suitable for horse riding undoubtedly do)… 🗺️🙂
January 20, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Never mind Google and all their data-snooping…
It really wouldn’t surprise me if that sort of data didn’t already exist in the wonderful community powered @openstreetmap.bsky.social, however, and could be displayed as a layer (trails suitable for horse riding undoubtedly do)… 🗺️🙂
It really wouldn’t surprise me if that sort of data didn’t already exist in the wonderful community powered @openstreetmap.bsky.social, however, and could be displayed as a layer (trails suitable for horse riding undoubtedly do)… 🗺️🙂
Indeed! But I just thought it was worth highlighting: I suspect there are probably many people who don’t know that Germany’s borders are very different now than they were way back then (something I only learned myself by later studying a little history).
January 20, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Indeed! But I just thought it was worth highlighting: I suspect there are probably many people who don’t know that Germany’s borders are very different now than they were way back then (something I only learned myself by later studying a little history).
Sorry for late reply: I meant that it ‘ought’ to work the same way way in any same currency and economic area, with the proviso that the area needs to provide support to raise up the parts that are not doing so well. (And arguably Greece wasn’t at the level where it should have joined the eurozone.)
January 20, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Sorry for late reply: I meant that it ‘ought’ to work the same way way in any same currency and economic area, with the proviso that the area needs to provide support to raise up the parts that are not doing so well. (And arguably Greece wasn’t at the level where it should have joined the eurozone.)
Public library services which have ebooks, and @gutenberg.org and @archive.org, are probably of more practical use for more people than physical libraries nowadays, which sadly are often not in easily accessible locations or have usable opening hours. (But we need both.)
January 20, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Public library services which have ebooks, and @gutenberg.org and @archive.org, are probably of more practical use for more people than physical libraries nowadays, which sadly are often not in easily accessible locations or have usable opening hours. (But we need both.)
If anything, that map perhaps serves as much as anything as a reminder that present day borders are not necessarily former borders. These former German territories in black were also on the losing side of both World Wars:
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
If anything, that map perhaps serves as much as anything as a reminder that present day borders are not necessarily former borders. These former German territories in black were also on the losing side of both World Wars:
I’m not so sure about that. Just like many of us in the UK, her ancestry was from many different parts of Europe.
January 13, 2026 at 12:04 PM
I’m not so sure about that. Just like many of us in the UK, her ancestry was from many different parts of Europe.
As an EU member, EU economy •is• yr ‘local’ economy, and EU funds help to support less well off parts of the federation (see also USA, in theory).
After all, that’s exactly how it works entirely equitably in the semi-federal UK, right…? 🤔
ERDF funds supported many parts of UK when we were a member.
After all, that’s exactly how it works entirely equitably in the semi-federal UK, right…? 🤔
ERDF funds supported many parts of UK when we were a member.
January 13, 2026 at 10:09 AM
As an EU member, EU economy •is• yr ‘local’ economy, and EU funds help to support less well off parts of the federation (see also USA, in theory).
After all, that’s exactly how it works entirely equitably in the semi-federal UK, right…? 🤔
ERDF funds supported many parts of UK when we were a member.
After all, that’s exactly how it works entirely equitably in the semi-federal UK, right…? 🤔
ERDF funds supported many parts of UK when we were a member.
Probably not: contrary to what some of the media wd have us believe, EU can be pragmatic too. DK, like UK did, has an opt-out from the euro, SE carefully arranges its affairs so as not to have to adopt it. A well-behaved UK wd be a large UK member again, it’s likely there wd be some flexibility.
January 13, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Probably not: contrary to what some of the media wd have us believe, EU can be pragmatic too. DK, like UK did, has an opt-out from the euro, SE carefully arranges its affairs so as not to have to adopt it. A well-behaved UK wd be a large UK member again, it’s likely there wd be some flexibility.
Well, seeing as Brenda sadly is no longer around to take any holidays and new bank notes don’t have her on them any more, I guess that could work; you might need to ask Brian if he’d mind, though…
January 13, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Well, seeing as Brenda sadly is no longer around to take any holidays and new bank notes don’t have her on them any more, I guess that could work; you might need to ask Brian if he’d mind, though…
There’s “roughly” the same size, and then there’s would their clothes fit without either popping the buttons or ripping a seam, or needing a tighter belt. As you’ve pointed out, it does happen sometimes, but I’m sure it’s very uncommon.
January 11, 2026 at 5:54 PM
There’s “roughly” the same size, and then there’s would their clothes fit without either popping the buttons or ripping a seam, or needing a tighter belt. As you’ve pointed out, it does happen sometimes, but I’m sure it’s very uncommon.
Not to mention the remarkable odds of all of them being the same size… 🤔 #DidntHappen
January 11, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Not to mention the remarkable odds of all of them being the same size… 🤔 #DidntHappen
Spoiler: portrait video mostly does have zero value. If effectively the only thing in shot is a gurning face, it would be better as only audio (don’t have to look at the screen, and much smaller file/download too)
…and then it could maybe even just be text which I can read/skim •even more• quickly!
…and then it could maybe even just be text which I can read/skim •even more• quickly!
January 11, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Spoiler: portrait video mostly does have zero value. If effectively the only thing in shot is a gurning face, it would be better as only audio (don’t have to look at the screen, and much smaller file/download too)
…and then it could maybe even just be text which I can read/skim •even more• quickly!
…and then it could maybe even just be text which I can read/skim •even more• quickly!
It’s not the facing the camera, that’s a given, except for anon interviews. It’s:
Portrait video = it’s all about me, me, me; hit like and subscribe, obedient content consumers!
Landscape video = what’s happening in the scene is the most important + I’m just reporting as a part of whole picture.
Portrait video = it’s all about me, me, me; hit like and subscribe, obedient content consumers!
Landscape video = what’s happening in the scene is the most important + I’m just reporting as a part of whole picture.
January 11, 2026 at 11:30 AM
It’s not the facing the camera, that’s a given, except for anon interviews. It’s:
Portrait video = it’s all about me, me, me; hit like and subscribe, obedient content consumers!
Landscape video = what’s happening in the scene is the most important + I’m just reporting as a part of whole picture.
Portrait video = it’s all about me, me, me; hit like and subscribe, obedient content consumers!
Landscape video = what’s happening in the scene is the most important + I’m just reporting as a part of whole picture.
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No video I've ever seen worth watching has been one person talking face on to the camera. That is influencer/narcissistic shit and one of the reasons most sane people avoid TikTok like the plague.
January 10, 2026 at 6:18 PM
No video I've ever seen worth watching has been one person talking face on to the camera. That is influencer/narcissistic shit and one of the reasons most sane people avoid TikTok like the plague.
Oh, very well played by the original anon opinionator, I didn’t pick up on that pun, uhh, aspect of the post. 👏🐴
a man wearing a top hat and a vest is standing in front of a pile of rocks ..
Alt: Doffs top hat in appreciation
media.tenor.com
January 11, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Oh, very well played by the original anon opinionator, I didn’t pick up on that pun, uhh, aspect of the post. 👏🐴
Unfortunately even Wikipedia messed it up with a new design a few years ago: you have to click to open/use the search field rather than it being always visible, a wasteful on by default appearance sidebar (something you use only rarely) but the page section headings nav menu hidden by default, etc…
January 10, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Unfortunately even Wikipedia messed it up with a new design a few years ago: you have to click to open/use the search field rather than it being always visible, a wasteful on by default appearance sidebar (something you use only rarely) but the page section headings nav menu hidden by default, etc…
Your dog *really* likes peanut butter…
January 9, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Your dog *really* likes peanut butter…
Someone’s forgotten that mornings were filled w/ Programmes for Schools and Colleges; you didn’t get the testcard + Pages from Ceefax until the afternoon…😉
(Our school used very few of the progs: I often wondered if teachers were afraid of being shown up by people who cd explain the topic better?!)
(Our school used very few of the progs: I often wondered if teachers were afraid of being shown up by people who cd explain the topic better?!)
January 9, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Someone’s forgotten that mornings were filled w/ Programmes for Schools and Colleges; you didn’t get the testcard + Pages from Ceefax until the afternoon…😉
(Our school used very few of the progs: I often wondered if teachers were afraid of being shown up by people who cd explain the topic better?!)
(Our school used very few of the progs: I often wondered if teachers were afraid of being shown up by people who cd explain the topic better?!)
(You know you’re starting to get old when you realise there will be younger folk reading this and wondering just what on earth we are all going on about… 😢)
January 9, 2026 at 12:56 PM
(You know you’re starting to get old when you realise there will be younger folk reading this and wondering just what on earth we are all going on about… 😢)
“Hey, do you want to connect with my Interface 2?”
January 9, 2026 at 12:54 PM
“Hey, do you want to connect with my Interface 2?”